All For One Caribbean
All For One Caribbean is an annual international song contest for the Caribbean region. Started in 2013, the competition has been held twice since its inception. The first All For One Caribbean contest was held on 21 October in Fort de France, Martinique.[1]
All For One Caribbean | |
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Also known as | All 4 One Caribbean |
Genre | Song contest |
Created by |
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Original languages | English, French, Spanish, Creole |
No. of episodes | 3 contests |
Production | |
Running time | 2 hours, 35 minutes (final) |
Production company | Dream Master WI |
Release | |
Original release | 21 October 2013 – 24 October 2015 |
Chronology | |
Related shows | |
External links | |
Official website |
Format
All For One Caribbean is an annual song contest which was created by Joslyn Vautor, Dominique Pompee and Bernard Lagier, the three founders are all members of the Culturelles Caribbean Connection.[1] The competition is loosely based around the format of the Eurovision Song Contest, All For One Caribbean however does not have any semi finals. A juror from each nation awards between 1 and 100 points for every entry, except their own.[2]
Unlike the Eurovision Song Contest the competition does not go to the winning country, it has remained in Martinique for all editions of the competition to date. Furthermore, singers and songs for the competition are selected by each countries Ministry of Tourism, no country has to date held a public selection.
Participation
To date a total of 13 sovereign states and dependent countries have participated in at least one edition of the All For One Caribbean Song Contest. 35 sovereign states and dependent countries are eligible to participate in the competition.
Country | Debuting year | Withdrawing year | Returning year | Number of entries | Wins |
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Barbados | 2013 | 2015 | 2 | ||
Cuba | 2013 | 3 | |||
Dominica | 2013 | 3 | |||
Dominican Republic | 2013 | 3 | 1 | ||
Guadeloupe | 2014 | 2 | |||
Guyana | 2015 | 1 | |||
Haiti | 2013 | 3 | |||
Jamaica | 2014 | 2015 | 1 | ||
Martinique | 2013 | 3 | 1 | ||
Montserrat | 2014 | 2 | |||
Saint Martin | 2013 | 2014 | 1 | ||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2014 | 2 | |||
Saint Lucia | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2 | 1 |
Trindad & Tobago | 2013 | 2015 | 2 | ||
Winners
By year
Year | Date | Host City | Participants | Winner | Song | Performer | Points | Margin | Runner-up |
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2013 | 21 October | Fort de France | 9 | Saint Lucia | "St Lucia we love" & "Glo koko | Mongstar | 622 | 5 | Martinique |
2014 | 18 October | Fort de France | 11 | Dominican Republic | "Ahora tú" & "Cierra los ojos" | Rosaly Rubio | Barbados | ||
2015 | 24 October | Fort de France | 10 | Martinique | Maleïka Pennont | 1309 | 36 | Haiti | |
See also
- ABU Song Festivals
- Bala Turkvision Song Contest
- Bundesvision Song Contest
- Cân i Gymru
- Caribbean Song Festival
- Eurovision Dance Contest
- Eurovision Song Contest
- Eurovision Young Dancers
- Eurovision Young Musicians
- Intervision Song Contest
- Junior Eurovision Song Contest
- OGAE
- OGAE Second Chance Contest
- OGAE Video Contest
- Sopot International Song Festival
- Turkvision Song Contest
References
- "Presentation 2013". All For One Caribbean. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- "All For One Caribbean: All For One Caribbean 2013". Eurovoix-World.com. Retrieved 28 September 2015.