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Post by fabbi on Jun 15, 2018 20:08:33 GMT 1
Random countries from different continents. We just had that already (at least partly).
I know that sounds very vague, but can we just get a "send something different" theme? Aka a song / genre from we'd normally not send to a contest. |
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Post by Vaggelis on Jun 15, 2018 20:40:38 GMT 1
I would say not something that has happened before.
From the previously suggested themes, I will support the overused theme and the tribute edition. I wouldn't mind the retro or the only males one either though. I wouldn't go for the pair, because much as I think this is a nice idea, it won't really be fair if your result was mostly determined by another person and not that much by you. I wouldn't go for the winner of winners one either, because it completely limits the edition and the potential for the contest. Also some countries with weaker industries will be forced to send a song which didn't place well, just because there are no other potential entries satisfying the special edition's rules.
About some new ideas:
- Songs not in English, but not in the country's official language(s) either.
- Instrumental entries only.
- Bands (or duos) that contain atleast one male and atleast one female member too (doesn't get any more sex equal).
- Players must send an entry not from their country, but from a country bordering theirs (Idk if this is a nice idea - but it's a crazy one and I think it'll be fun, even though countries with more bordering countries would have more potential).
- Songs released only in 2018.
- Deep research (someone else suggested something similar too, with <100K views. Maybe it could be <100K views or the number could be shortened to <50K, <20K, <10K or even <5K).
- Diaspora edition (Have to send someone who was neither born nor lives in your country, but has significant ancestry from it).
- Have to send the WORST SONGS EVER, and people don't vote for the songs they like the most, but the ones they hate the most.
- Young singers only (Don't necessarily have to be minors, maybe <20 years old could do too, at that time ofc).
- Songs in own language (submitted by other ppl too I think but I think it's a nice one too).
- We have to trade the countries on our own (that'd be a mess but Idk. Also some people with countries with weak industries would struggle trading so ye I take this one back.).
I thought of (J)ESC songs (or artists) too but many countries haven't even ever participated and I'm unsure whether there are enough countries that participated in ESC atleast once for every player.
I also thought of very popular songs (e.g. >50M views but Idk if some countries have that popular songs).
Though some countries (like Turkmenistan, for example) would struggle with some of these themes. (maybe if that's chosen you could let some people change their countries for this special edition)
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Post by Minko Zin on Jun 15, 2018 20:49:41 GMT 1
Only gay artists (probablly would be challenging for some coutries) and only male artists
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Post by Gregory (inactive) on Jun 15, 2018 21:03:21 GMT 1
I know that sounds very vague, but can we just get a "send something different" theme? Aka a song / genre from we'd normally not send to a contest. I'm in a non-forum contest where we did a themed contest. The song had to have been from or featured in media (TV show, film, or video game). That might be fun! (And before you say that it'd be hard for small countries, Denmark won it so  ) |
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Post by CHAE WITH A C on Jun 15, 2018 21:29:20 GMT 1
To send artists with descent of that country
eg. Bebe Rexha has Macedonian/Albanian descent so they would be sent for Macedonia/Albania
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Post by ferrygraf on Jun 15, 2018 21:46:19 GMT 1
As I don't have any new song-related themes in mind, I'll just suggest using a different voting system for this edition  Scorewiz has many new ones meanwhile and it would be interesting to try one: Examples: (quoted from scorewiz) Extended ESC style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20) ESC 1963 style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
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Post by fabbi on Jun 15, 2018 21:48:39 GMT 1
Examples: (quoted from scorewiz) Extended ESC style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20) ESC 1963 style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Omg that's all possible now?  I really need to make my own Scorewiz for something then asap.  |
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Post by ferrygraf on Jun 15, 2018 21:57:38 GMT 1
Examples: (quoted from scorewiz) Extended ESC style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20) ESC 1963 style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) Omg that's all possible now? I really need to make my own Scorewiz for something then asap. Yep, for a while  I guess I can quote all options here, in case other people are fond of the idea too: ESC style (1 to 8, 10, 12)
Melodifestivalen style (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12)
Extended ESC style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 17, 20)
ESC 1962 style (1, 2, 3)
ESC 1963 style (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
ESC 1964-1966 style (1, 3, 5)
Lucky 7 (1, 2, 3, 5, 7)
Lucky 13 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13)
Pyramid (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3)
Extended Pyramid (1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5)
Minus points variant A (-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3)
Minus points variant B (-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
ESC style with minus points (ESC style with extra -1, -2 and -3) |
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Post by fabbi on Jun 15, 2018 22:23:52 GMT 1
Tbh. I really like reading all those suggestions. However considering the fact that I have  Angola here it'd be in most cases very difficult, but I'd obvs be in for any kind of "swaps" (just to see someone else having a struggle  )
Let's see the topics so far considering my country. - Songs not in English, but not in the country's official language(s) either. Well Angola has quite a variety of languages (just like all African countries) and even 7 national languages, but as I don't even know Portuguese I don't want this lol.- Instrumental entries only. Uhm... No thanks!
- Bands (or duos) that contain atleast one male and atleast one female member too (doesn't get any more sex equal). Tbh. I think throughout the last 4 years I heard like 1 song by an band from Angola (and even that was only partly) and not many more by duos so I guess that says enough lol.- Players must send an entry not from their country, but from a country bordering theirs (Idk if this is a nice idea - but it's a crazy one and I think it'll be fun, even though countries with more bordering countries would have more potential). Omg yes!  I mean it's not like the Congos, Zambia and Namibia are the best ones in that matter lol, but I think I know quite a few songs from all of them.
I find it a bit a weird submission, but I'd be in for that one. However I think there should be a limit on songs from the countries. I mean it really can't be the case that we'll be having 9 songs from Germany for example. - Songs released only in 2018. The 6 Angolan entries were mainly from 2013-2015 if I'm not mistaken and only Matias 2 songs from 2016 / 2017. So a no from me either.- Deep research (someone else suggested something similar too, with <100K views. Maybe it could be <100K views or the number could be shortened to <50K, <20K, <10K or even <5K). Well African songs don't often get over 100'000 views "by themselves" so I guess that'd be fine by me.- Diaspora edition (Have to send someone who was neither born nor lives in your country, but has significant ancestry from it). Well even though there's quite some Angolans living abroad, Idk if I can do this. I never really find out something about my artists.- Have to send the WORST SONGS EVER, and people don't vote for the songs they like the most, but the ones they hate the most. That'd be an epic one. And in my case I guess it'd be the porn song again since it's right now the only Angolan song I'd express a dislike for. - Young singers only (Don't necessarily have to be minors, maybe <20 years old could do too, at that time ofc). An absolute no-go!- Songs in own language (submitted by other ppl too I think but I think it's a nice one too). Well that's what I'm doing anyway lol ...- We have to trade the countries on our own (that'd be a mess but Idk. Also some people with countries with weak industries would struggle trading so ye I take this one back.). #30 all over again. I thought of (J)ESC songs (or artists) too but many countries haven't even ever participated and I'm unsure whether there are enough countries that participated in ESC atleast once for every player. Idk. Has Portugal ever sent someone from Angola?I also thought of very popular songs (e.g. >50M views but Idk if some countries have that popular songs). I already mentioned above that African songs don't really get high views without support from outside. Also I just looked up the views of Loucos (which is too my knowledge) the most popular Angolan song of the last years and even that one hasn't 50 millions yet. Therefore I guess that's absolutely impossible for me. It'd be an interesting one tho.  |
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Post by Cedric on Jun 15, 2018 22:54:05 GMT 1
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