A/N: Good day everyone. PastaWithWhiteFlag here. :D Since I'm still thinking of my ideas on the next chapter of my other fanfic I have, I'm going to write a story about Eurovision Song Contest 2013. I became a fan of this show in Europe since January 2013, about two days after New Year's Eve. I discovered ESC videos on Youtube and yes, I got easily addicted to it. If you haven't heard of this kind of show, the Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active countries across Europe and it was first started in 1956 in Switzerland. Before they can take part of the contest, national selections take place in the represented countries. During the competition, each country will choose their favorite song but they can't pick or vote their own song due to the rules policy. The higher the votes of the song, possibilities are the country might win the contest.

In 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan. Sweden won the competition with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen, beating the higher points of the 2nd placer, Russia with the song "Party For Everybody" by Buranovskiye Babushki. This year 2013 will be hosted in Sweden and it premieres on May 18 in Malmo.

This story tells about the participating countries are preparing for the event. They have picked the song during the nationals and they will present it during the competition. Some countries who failed to qualify in the finals last year are trying their best to improve their skills for them to join the finals.

Note: I'm not gonna use OC characters

Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia nor Eurovision Song Contest. It all belongs to Hidekaz Himaruya and European Broadcasting Union.

Have fun reading. ^_^

Inside of the Dutchman's house where he sat on a chair inside the kitchen, sipping a hot mug of coffee in the early morning with a neutral expression of his face. But inside his mind, he ponders about losing again in the competition last year in Azerbaijan. He wondered why he keeps on losing every time the results are shown after semi-finals of the contest. The Dutch nationals sent talent and experienced singers to represent their country but the result was always a failure and he don't have any idea why does this keep happening.

"My last year's performance wasn't that bad after all. The choreography was good. The props was good including my costume which was looked like Native American thing but those voters were acting selfish again.". Netherlands frowned and later on sighed, staring at his mug while tapping his finger on the table.

Outside the kitchen, the phone rang in the living room. Netherlands stood up and rushed to the living area to pick up the phone.

"Netherlands' residence. What do you want?". He spoke with a low voice

"Mister Netherlands! The nationals have already decided to pick the artist to compete the contest.". The representative of EBU(European Broadcasting Union) spoke to him.

The Dutchman nodded. "I see. Well, can you tell me who's the artist?". He asked.

"It's Anouk!" The representative shouted.

His eyed widened after he heard the man on the phone. "W-Wait... Anouk? Really?".

"Congratulations to you, Mister. I guess you will have a big possibility to qualify to the finals. I will mail it to you the song with lyrics by delivery. Good Luck, Netherlands!". The man ended the conversation.

Netherlands suddenly dropped the phone, looked surprised about he heard the artist. He talked to himself.

"I-I heard about her that she is the most experienced and well-known artist in my country. M-Maybe the man was right.". He nodded and gave a slight smile. "I have a great potential to qualify in the finals."

Few hours later...

The doorbell rang outside the house. Netherlands quickly rushed to the main door and opened it. He saw a messenger carrying a mail. "This must be the song and the lyrics inside of it. I can't wait to sing it.". He smiled and signed the papers before he took the mail and closed the door.

He sat on a sofa with the mail, opening it and he brought out the CD sample and a paper containing the lyrics inside. He stood up, grabbed the CD and walked to the music player. He placed the disc inside the player and started playing it.

The background song popped out followed by the voice.

Isolated from the outside
Clouds have taken all the light
I have no control
It seems my thoughts wander off
Of the time when I tried to
Live life without you

While listening to the song, he gave a questioned look. "This is the song entry?". He stopped talking when the chorus began to came out.

Birds falling down the rooftops
Out of the sky like raindrops
No air, no pride

As he listened to sad melody tune of the song, he gave out some chills with a crestfallen. look on his face. "This song looks depressing. How can I sing this with a ballad tune?". He frowned.

To a place without fear, with no moonlight
All I need are trees and flowers and some sunlight
Where memories are being made and where the old one dies
Where love ain't lost

The Dutchman continued listening to the song until it finished. He grabbed the paper containing the lyrics and read it.

"It sounds like I'm singing to this in the funeral services but...". He think to himself until he spat his last word behore he started to rehearse and practice the song.

"But... I want to make it to the final after 7 years of waiting. I want to qualify.". He nodded.

Here's some of notes about role of Netherlands in Eurovision Song Contest.

= The Netherlands was one of the seven countries competing in the very first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. It has missed only four contests so far. The preselection process is done through the National Songfeestival with the winner qualifying to represent the Netherlands in ESC.

= With four victories the Netherlands ranks in the top 10 most successful Eurovision countries. Nevertheless the last victory to date was in 1975.

= In previous years the Netherlands has suffered a lot of heartache, failing to qualify to the final since 2004, despite its best efforts.

[ Q & A ]

Who is Anouk?

= The successful Dutch artist and said to be the most experienced artist in Netherlands. Anouk is nothing short of a superstar with seven albums going to number one in her home country and having countless other hits in the Dutch, Belgian and international charts.

Who represented last year 2012?

= Joan Franka. The Dutch artist presented the song called "You and Me" in Baku, Azerbaijan. Unfortunately, the song didn't qualify in the finals.

Next country will be... FINLAND AND HIS CATCHY SONG! :D Stay tuned on the next chapter. Post your review and reactions, I'd love to read your opinions about this chapter.

Brohugs,

PastaWithWhiteFlag.