Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico debuted in the first edition of Own Americavision Song Contest and has participated in every edition since then. The country won the contest twice; once with the song "Fight Like a Man" by Angie Rose in the ninth edition and with the song "Dying on the Inside" by Nessa Barrett in the fifteenth edition. The country has also been in the top five six times. Their entries were selected through internal selection. However, the broadcaster held a national final for the twelfth edition to select an entry for their representative. The country hosted the tenth edition at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan.

The country's latest winning entry "Dying on the Inside", earned 232 points, this being their best scored entry. Puerto Rico has been an automatic qualifier 6 times. The country failed to qualify to the grand final once in the third edition, ending on the 14th place in the semi-final.

History
Since its debut in the first edition, Puerto Rico has competed in every edition, and is one of the few countries to do so, together with Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Guyana and United States. The country has won the contest twice. Its first victory was with Nuyorican singer Angie Rose, who performed the song "Fight Like a Man" in the ninth edition, and the second time the country has won the fifteenth edition with the song "Dying on the Inside", performed by New Jersey-native Nessa Barrett. Puerto Rico has been an automatic qualifier 5 times and in the tenth edition it became the best scored host entry after ending third in the grand final. This record was ultimately broken by Canada in the fourteenth edition. The country failed to qualify for the first time in the third edition, where MIX5 didn't manage to enter in the top 10 of the first semi-final. This is country's only non-qualification and the worst result in the contest to date. The country has a total of seven top 10 finishes, six of which are top 5 placements. It has earned 5 automatic qualifications, the most remarkable being the two auto-qualifications in a row in the tenth and eleventh editions.

Puerto Rico had a successful debut in the contest. Their first entrant was Blanca feat. Tedashii with the song "Not Backing Down", who finished 5th out of 26. Following the auto-qualification in the second edition, the country was represented by Raquel Sofía with the song "Ron de azúcar", which was the first time they sent a song in Spanish. It scored 21st out of 26 in the grand final. After their non-qualification in the third edition, the country had several top 15 finishes until seventh edition where V V Brown and the song "Shift" brought the first podium finish for the country. In the ninth edition, the country won the contest with the song "Fight Like a Man" performed by Angie Rose with a record-breaking score of 217 points. The country was an automatic qualifier for two editions in a row in the tenth and eleventh editions respectively, where they earned another podium finish with the song "Deja de hablar (Blah Blah Blah)" by Chesca and Jon Z. The country returned to the podium for the fourth time in the twelfth edition where Lexxe and the song "Queen" ended second. The nation achieved another top 10 finish in the fourteenth edition with the song "Lose My Mind" by Anthony Ramos, this being the first time that the country got a top 10 result outside the top 5. The following edition, the country went on winning with the song "Dying on the Inside" performed by Nessa Barrett, receiving 232 points, 26 points ahead the runner-up. This also marked the second win for the country, and thus becoming the fourth country that has won the contest twice, after United States, Canada and Jamaica.

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12 Points
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