Post by (inactive) on Feb 14, 2016 17:56:06 GMT 1
OFFICIAL RULESBOOK
OF THE CELEBRATION SONG CONTEST
THE COUNCIL
• Celebration Song Contest is held by the members of Celebration Broadcasting Union (CBU), which is led by the CBU Council.
THE CBU COUNCIL:
•
(inactive)
•
ClassifiedCat
•
Apostolis
•
Host Broadcaster
(currently
Kyron )
THE CBU COUNCIL:
•
(inactive) •
ClassifiedCat •
Apostolis •
Host Broadcaster(currently
Kyron )ENTRIES
• Entries for the contest can be selected by either internally, or through a national selection.
• All internal and national selection entries must be checked and approved by the Council before publish.
• Overused songs/artists/worldwide hits are (generally) not accepted.
• Covers and remixes are eligible to participate as long as the original song hasn't participated, is not overused nor famous.
• Artists must either be born or reside in the country they represent, meaning descent is not recognised. The same goes for groups. In the case of a group consisting of members of different nationalities, the birthplace or residence of a majority of the members is what will make them able to participate for a country.
• It is highly recommended to post a 20 second timeslot together with your entry.
• Borrowing countries (
) must send unknown artists from the countries they're borrowing from.• All entries must be posted in the confirmations thread. If you fail to post your entry in the confirmation thread in time, you will receive a strike unless you have a good reason.
• You are not allowed to post your confirmation, as well as your entry, in the same post.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
• All UN member countries +
Kosovo, 
Faroe Islands, 
Palestine, 
Puerto Rico and 
Taiwan are eligible to participate in the contest.• The player must have been participating with their country for a minimum of 3 editions before switching country.
BORROWING RULES:
Andorra -- Spain Liechtenstein -- 
Austria & 
Switzerland Monaco -- 
France San Marino -- 
ItalyTAKEN COUNTRIES:
Albania (Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) )
Armenia (Tobbz )
Australia (Jens ) Austria (Queen of Mean (Inactive) ) 
Brazil (Boyan08 )
Canada (reserved)
Colombia (Gilberto )
Cyprus (✨💃 )
Denmark (Sel )
Finland (alex(a)bg ) France (nick )
Hungary (ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ )
Germany (αndreas )
Greece (Lᴇꜰ )
India (Aliya )
Ireland (CHAE WITH A C ) Italy (Maxim )
Japan (NoobChicken ) Latvia ((inactive) )
FYR Macedonia (Nikolinanina )
Mongolia (Coco (Inactive) )
Netherlands (alexeh )
Norway (Wysteria )
Peru (Dominykas )
Philippines (MaRtIn )
Poland (denisgame )
Portugal (Bas ) Puerto Rico (Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] )
Russia (Levi21 ) San Marino (✨ Forrest ✨ )
Serbia (savis2867 )
Slovenia (@ori2002 )
South Africa (Jean-Pascal ) Spain (Kyron ) Sweden (ClassifiedCat ) Taiwan (Matt ) Ukraine (Apostolis )
United Kingdom (Niki )
United States (Luiri )STRIKES
Strikes are being given for:
• Failing to submit valid voting results in time without a serious reason.
• Failing to post an approved entry on time without a valid reason.
• Posting an entry/national selections without having approval.
• Failing to confirm/withdraw on time.
• After receiving 3 strikes, the player will lose their country and will be temporarily/permanently banned from participating in the contest. (Each case is decided by The Council separately)
STRIKES:
| ✨💃 | 1/3 |
| Boyan08 | 1/3 |
| denisgame | 2/3 |
| NoobChicken | 1/3 |
 Hayastantzi92 | 1/3 |
| αndreas | 1/3 |
| Nikolinanina | 2/3 |
| Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) | 1/3 |
| Ealex | 1/3 |
| Marco Antonio [QUITE INACTIVE] | 2/3 |
| savis2867 | 2/3 |
 Francisco | 1/3 |
| Sel | 1/3 |
| Coco (Inactive) | 1/3 |
| Jean-Pascal | 1/3 |
