Post by Tufkai on May 17, 2018 21:01:14 GMT 1
SBINNALA Queen of Mean (Inactive) Vaggelis streamrunner Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) italix Aless Dylan . Gregory (inactive) Matilda Domantas Jmain
ESC Rules Contest #05
This edition will have a similar structure to the Eurovision Song Contest 1960, but entries can be from any year. More details on rules below.
If you would like to join, just post 'I confirm' below. This time round there are 13 spots.
Rules –
1. Places in this contest are first come, first serve, with no permanent players. You cannot select your own country – the countries are assigned randomly
2. You can select a song from any year
3. Covers are not allowed
4. Instrumentals are not allowed
5. In order to compete for a country, an artist must have…
a. been born or raised there
b. at least one parent from there (grandparents are not enough)
c. lived there for at least 3 years (if they are currently between two countries, they are considered eligible)
5.1. Borrowing -
- A song can compete for a country if at least one of the composers and lyricists are from that country (The vast majority of foreign acts in Eurovision fell under this category.)
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Monaco and 
Luxembourg can send any song in the French language. They can only sing in English if they send native acts.-
San Marino can borrow from 
Italy-
Andorra can borrow from 
Catalonia -
Ireland can borrow from 
Northern Ireland (they can also compete for 
UK but that's not considered borrowing)- Artists from unrecognized countries (e.g.
) can compete for the country they have the closest ethnic ties with (e.g. Kosovar Albanians can compete for 
Albania). Ethnic minorities can compete for the country of their mother tongue, unless they come from a multi-lingual country (e.g. an Italian speaker from 
France can compete for Italy, but an Italian speaker from 
Switzerland cannot (unless they also have ties to ))No approval is required for borrowing
6. The countries will withdraw and return based on when they withdrew/returned in the actual contest. The only exceptions are if they win or they withdrew because of poor results but they got good results in this contest.
7. You may hold a national selection in whatever format you like. Once a song competes in an NS, it cannot compete again.
8. The majority of broadcaster-specific rules are ignored (e.g. if you have Denmark after 1999, you do not have to send a song in English, even though it is required irl). One of the exceptions is Belgium’s dual broadcasters – they will alternate between a Flemish (Dutch) and Walloon (French) act each year
9. The song can be any length (there wasn’t much point in including the 3 minute rule)
10. A song cannot take part if it has competed in… (These rules may change in the future depending on what works and what doesn't)
- (Junior) Eurovision
- (Junior) Northvision
- Any forum contest in the last 6 months (based on confirmation date) (this is to prevent songs that aren’t overused at the time, but become overused by the results)
- 5 or more forum contests
Year specific rules –
1. For this edition, there will be 13 players.
2. Solos or duets only (featured artists count as duets if they're included in the recap)
3. Belgium’s act must be from Wallonia (the French-speaking region)
4. You must sing in one of the official languages of your country (regional languages are fine as long as they're not from diaspora, e.g.
UK can sing in Welsh but not Polish)5. Each player has 10 votes. They may combine them in whatever way they choose. (Think of it like having 10 televotes)
6. Singers can be of any age
7. If anyone does not vote, they will receive a strike. Replacers will vote on their behalf (if replacers cannot be found, the votes of the other players will be drawn out of a hat)
8. If there is a tie, each delegation will vote for their favourite out of the tied entries. Whichever songs gets the vote of the most countries wins. If there is still a tie they will both be considered winners.
Confirmed (13/13)
Tufkai
Dylan
Aless
italix
Gregory (inactive)
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Queen of Mean (Inactive)
Jmain
SBINNALA
Domantas
Vaggelis
denisgame
Jacob
Rules by year in spoiler TufkaiDylan
Aless
italix
Gregory (inactive)
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Queen of Mean (Inactive)
Jmain
SBINNALA
Domantas
Vaggelis
denisgame
Jacob
1956 –
+ Singers can be of any age
+ Each player sends two songs
+ Solo artists only
+ Each player has 4 votes
+ You can vote for your own song
+ If anyone does not vote, the Swiss player will provide the votes on their behalf
+ Only the winner is announced
+ If at least one player sings in English, the language rule will be enforced the following edition
1957 –
+ Solo or duos only (a featured artist counts as a duet if they’re included in the recap)
+ Each player sends on song
+ Each player has 10 votes
+ If anyone does not vote, they will get a replacer
+ If anyone does not vote without informing me/having inactive status on their profile they receive a strike
+ If replacers cannot be found, 10 of the votes of other players will be drawn out of a hat
+ All votes are announced on a scoreboard
+ You cannot vote for your own country
+ If there is a tie, all songs that tied will be considered winners, and Austria will withdraw out of protest (same to Sweden, Finland, Norway and Portugal if it happens in a later year before 1975). If there is another tie before 1975, there will be a revote between the tied songs
+ If Spain or Portugal wins before 1975, Austria will withdraw
1958 –
+ The winner from the previous edition hosts the contest
1962
+ The voting system is changed. Each player has to give 3,2 and 1 point to their top 3 songs
1963
+ The voting system is changed again. Each player has to give 5,4,3,2 and 1 point to their top 5 songs
1964
+ Each player has 9 points. They can give 5,3 and 1 to their top 3, 6 and 3 to their top 2 or 9 points to one song
1967
+ Voting system is reverted back to the one used between 1957 and 1961
1971
+ Each player must give two sets of either 1 to 5 points to each song.
+ Groups are now allowed
1973
+ Countries can now sing in any language. Luxembourg and Monaco must sing in French unless they send native acts
1974
+ Voting system is once again reverted to system between 1957-1961 and 1967-1970
1975
+ Modern voting system is introduced for the first time. Each player must give 12,10,8-1 points to their top 10 songs.
+ In case of a tie, the song with the most 12 points wins. If there is still a tie, it continues with 10 points, 8 points and so forth. In the unlikely event that there is still a tie, the song that performed first wins.
1977
+ Every country has to sing in their own language once again. If countries send an entry in English within the first hour they will be allowed to use them
1980
+ From now on, votes are announced in numerical order instead of song order
1990
+ Singers must be over 16 years of age
1992
+ Luxembourg is no longer allowed to borrow
1993
+ A pre-qualifying round is introduced for the seven new debuting countries. Each player gives 12,10,8,7,6 or 5 to each song. The top 3 highest scorers will advance to the final
+ The 7 newest players (based on first confirmation date) will have to take part in a PQR
1994
+ The bottom 5 countries from 1993 are relegated this edition (or 6/7 depending on whether Italy and Luxembourg are in the bottom 5)
1995
+ The bottom 7 from 1994 are relegated
1996
+ Everyone except the host must participate in a pre-qualifier. The top 22 qualify to the final
1997
+ The 5 countries with the lowest average results are relegated this edition (or 6/7 depending on whether Italy and Israel are in the bottom 5)
1999
+ The 6 countries with the lowest average results are relegated (or 7 depending on whether Hungary is in the bottom 7)
+ Countries can now sing in any language.
2000
+ The 5 countries with the lowest average results are relegated
+ From now on, the big 5 are exempt from relegation
2001
+ The 7 countries with the lowest average results are relegated
2002
+ The bottom 5 from 2001 are relegated (bottom 6 depending on whether Portugal is in the bottom 5)
2004
+ The top 10 from 2003 are automatically qualified to the final. The top 14 players from the previous edition are also automatically qualified to the final. Only the host will keep their country, while the other 13 will be assigned an AQ country, while the rest will be assigned an SF country.
+ The top 10 highest scoring songs from the semi-final will advance to the final
+ A new tiebreaker rule is added. The song with votes from the most countries is superior.
2006
+ One non-participating player must provide votes for Serbia and Montenegro
2008
+ The host keeps their country, while the 2nd to 5th placing players are randomly assigned one of the big four countries. (2nd to 4th if a big 4 country won last edition)
+ The other countries are divided into 2 semi-finals. (The pots will be adjusted accordingly, with the changed pots being redrawn)
+ The top 9 from each semi-final will qualify. Of the remaining songs, the song that got the most votes from replacers is the ‘jury’s choice’
+ From here, if Armenia wins, Azerbaijan will withdraw, and vice-versa
2010
+ Jury’s choice is removed. The countries the 10 most points qualify from the semi-final
2011
+ Big 4 is extended to Big 5, with the 2nd to 6th placers getting countries from those countries (unless the winner from last edition was from the big 5)
2015
+ The 2nd to 7th placers from 2011 automatically qualify to the final with the introduction of Australia
2016
+ Big 6 is restored to big 5
+ Players must give two sets of 12 to 1 points – jury and televoting
