All For One Caribbean

All For One Caribbean was an annual international song contest for the Caribbean region. Started in 2013, the competition was held three times 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
Also known asAll 4 One Caribbean
GenreSong contest
Created by
  • Joslyn Vautor
  • Dominique Pompee
  • Bernard Lagier
Original languagesEnglish
French
Spanish
Creole
No. of episodes3 contests
Production
Running time2 hours, 35 minutes (final)
Production companyDream Master WI
Release
Original release21 October 2013 (2013-10-21) –
24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)

Format

All For One Caribbean was 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
Barbados Barbados 2013 2015 2
Cuba Cuba 2013 3
Dominica Dominica 2013 3
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 2013 3 1
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe 2014 2
Guyana Guyana 2015 1
Haiti Haiti 2013 3
Jamaica Jamaica 2014 2015 1
Martinique Martinique 2013 3 1
Montserrat Montserrat 2014 2
Collectivity of Saint Martin Saint Martin 2013 2014 1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2014 2
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 2013 2014 2015 2 1
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad & Tobago 2013 2015 2

Winners

By year
Year Date Host City Participants Winner Song Performer Points Margin Runner-up
2013 21 October Martinique Fort de France 9 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia "St Lucia we love" & "Glo koko Mongstar 622 5 Martinique Martinique
2014 18 October Martinique Fort de France 11 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic "Ahora tú" & "Cierra los ojos" Rosaly Rubio Barbados Barbados
2015 24 October Martinique Fort de France 10 Martinique Martinique Maleïka Pennont 1309 36 Haiti Haiti

References
  1. "Presentation 2013". All For One Caribbean. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. "All For One Caribbean: All For One Caribbean 2013". Eurovoix-World.com. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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