The X Factor (Song Contest)

Do you have the X Factor?


I don't know whether I would call it a song contest or not but it is definitely a music competition.
The X Factor (as the name suggests) follows the same format as the widely popular television show. This means that in this 'contest' there are no countries. You choose a singer/band/group rather than a country to play with.
Unlike song contests, the competition will be held of a number of weeks with frequent 'shows' to eliminate contestants, rather than a semi final and a final.



FORMAT
Because this isn't your normal song contest, the format should be read carefully.

- Sixteen users will take part. Each user will be playing with an artist. If you miss out on a spot, don't worry! Details on how you can take part will be explained later.
- There are thirteen shows, including the final, so the competition will take place over the span of thirteen weeks.
- The recap for each show will be posted on a Friday night, and voting will be open for 72 hours (3 days), closing on Monday night. The results will follow shortly after, with the sing-off taking place straight afterwards.
- After the results are announced, the two artists with the least amount of votes will take part in the sing off. Two completely different songs will take part. A poll will be open for 24 hours, and anyone can vote on it. The artist with the least amount of votes will be eliminated. If there is a tie, the main vote will prevail and the person with the least amount of votes there will be eliminated.
- As the competition will be following strict time schedules, votes will only be open for 72 hours and it is heavily emphasised to vote. If you fail to vote, your vote threshold will halve and this will have an adverse effect on your percentage threshold (meaning you'll lose half your votes but this doesn't necessarily mean you'll get half the percentage threshold, this could be less).


ARTISTS
As you take part with artists and not a country, before you participate your artist must be approved.


- Regardless of whether your artist is known or not, it must be approved before the competition.
- Domestically established artists can take part, but international cannot. This basically means that if a singer is well-known on the forums but is only famous IRL in their home country and/or neighbouring countries, they are allowed to participate. Artists like this include Fleur East (UK/Ireland), Samantha Jade (Australia) and Ivi Adamou (Greece/Cyprus) (examples). Internationally established artists are those who are famous worldwide. This includes Taylor Swift, Adele, One Direction, Justin Bieber etc. These artists are NOT allowed to take part.
- Eurovision artists are allowed to take part, but must fill the above requirement.
- For obvious reasons, artists that are dead or bands that have broken up cannot take part.
- If a band/group takes part, their songs must feature the current line-up if members have left. This means that if a group originally was ABC, but A left and was replaced by D, the only songs that can be used must be sung by BCD and not ABC. If members were added after the song was released, this is okay.



SONGS

- The artist you use must have at least 16 songs. These songs must be accessible via YouTube or any other popular video-sharing website (Vimeo, Dailymotion). This is to make sure you have enough songs to compete with in the entire competition (assuming you get to the final). The songs don't need to feature a video.
- All 16 of your songs must be submitted before the competition starts. This is to make sure that if you are inactive or something happens in which you are unable to send your song, there is a song there to use. You must also put these in order, from use first to use last. If you don't do this, your songs will be picked week by week at random. You must also provide recap times here if you want them.
- Overused songs are allowed to compete, but are barred from use if you reach the Top 5.
- Artists can have songs in multiple languages - there is no restriction in that.
- Songs can feature other artists, but these artists can't be famous worldwide. For obvious reasons, songs featuring other contestants on the show aren't allowed. Your artist MUST be the main artist, they cannot be the featured artist.
- When deciding on your song order, be extra careful where you place your songs. Do you want weak songs to compete first, so you have an array of strong songs towards the end of the competition, or do you want to use your strong songs first to make sure you're not eliminated first?
- The song must have been published after 2000.
- Covers, samples and parodies are allowed, but aren't if the original song comes from an artist who is also competing.



VOTING

- As the competition will be following strict time schedules, voting will only be open for 72 hours. No votes will be accepted after the timeframe, and if you fail to vote, your votes will halve and this will have an effect on your placing. There will be 16 songs max in a show, so taking 5 minutes out to vote can't be that hard. If you can't vote for any reason, let me know ASAP so arrangements can be made.
- The voting methods will be changed throughout the competition as the number of contestants decreases. You will be notified when such changes are made.



PUBLIC VOTE / REPLACER LIST

- If you missed out on participating but still wish to take part, you will be placed on the Replacer List. If a person doesn't vote, your votes will replace theirs. If no replacers are needed, your votes will be added to the public vote.



IMPORTANT RULES

- You are not allowed to change your artist at any point throughout the competition. If you want to, you are able to change your artist three days before the first show.
- Songs cannot be used twice, unless stated otherwise.
- The song being used for that week's show can only be changed two days before the show.



To save me the hassle, don't bother to participate if you're frequently inactive or don't think you can vote all the time in the 72 hour voting space. The last thing I want to do is go running around for votes.


Basically, confirm your participation below in the thread and then send me a PM of the artist you'd like to participate with.

 

Participants:

1: Mordecai - Rebecca Ferguson
2: Julian - Troye Sivan
3: ✨ Forrest ✨ - My Darkest Days
4: Tufkai - Imelda May
5: nick - All Time Low
6: ᴛᴏᴍ ᴋʟᴏsᴇʀ - TBA
7: Maxim - Ani Lorak
8: George - Mike Posner
9: Talitha - Tonight Alive
10: (inactive) - Jasmine Thompson
11: Bas - TBA
12: @jack - Melanie Martinez
13: Apostolis - Sirusho
14: Jens - Caro Emerald
15: ✨💃 - Marina and the Diamonds