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This is the standard infobox for "Country in the Eurovision Song Contest Year" pages and uses the Infobox OESC National Edition template. The box to the right is an example. You can copy-and-paste the code below, adding the info on the country and year you choose to write about.

The infobox code should be placed at the top of the article before all writing, though it should be after any maintenance templates.

Code
Most articles should only need the following fields. Do not remove fields from this list when the value is unknown; in that case the values should be left blank. Please note that the field names are case-sensitive.



Year
The year field is for the year of the country's participation being referred to in the article.

Contest
The contest field should only be used when the infobox will not be used on a Eurovision Song Contest page. If it is for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, type "Junior", otherwise leave it blank.

Country
The country field is for the country being referred to in the article that year. Put the countries name, without linking and using a flag template, the infobox will automatically produce the flag through coding.

Preselection
The preselection field is to specify the type of preselection (method of choosing the song) held that year. The possible entries are:
 * Internal Selection
 * National Final
 * Name of country's National Final (ex "Melodifestivalen 2008")

In the case where a country picks the artist internally, but the song through a National Final, put National Final.

Also, when using National Final, specify (if possible) the method of voting when there is more than one.
 * Example: National Final 60% Tele-Voting/SMS 40% Judging panel
 * National Final 60% Tele-Voting/SMS 40% Judging panel

Preselection date
The preselection date field is for the date that the selection process was held on; do not link this date.

Entrant
The entrant field is for the artist/group that was chosen to compete in the contest.

Song
The song field is for the song that was sent to compete. Songs are always surrounded by Quotation marks and not italics.
 * "Comme Ci, Comme Ça".

QF result
The QF result field is for the placing of the country in the Eurovision Quarter-final. In italics write either Qualified or Failed to qualify followed in parenthesis by the placing and points received. If the song Failed to qualify, only the placing is necessary in the parenthesis.
 * Qualified (1st, 156 points)
 * Failed to qualify (19th)

SF result
The SF result field is for the placing of the country in the Eurovision Semi-final. In italics write either Qualified or Failed to qualify followed in parenthesis by the placing and points received. If the song Failed to qualify, only the placing is necessary in the parenthesis.
 * Qualified (1st, 156 points)
 * Failed to qualify (19th)

Final Result
The Final result field is for the song's placing at the Eurovision Final (if appropriate). List the country's placing followed by a comma and then the points received. If the song failed to qualify, then leave the field blank.
 * 3rd, 218 points