Citivision Song Festival #1 • New York [CONFIRMATIONS]
Jul 14, 2020 19:16:17 GMT 1
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Post by suyana on Jul 14, 2020 19:16:17 GMT 1
WELCOME TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE CITIVISION SONG FESTIVAL
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY
hello all !!! for those of you who have already confirmed, there is some news. a host city has been selected, and it's
new york !!! you can find the full results of the draw here. i drew the names of the fourteen cities who confirmed early out of a bowl one by one until only one name was left. that city would be eliminated from consideration for hosting, and the remaining cities would be added back into the bowl. the process would then start over, eliminating one city at a time until i was left with two cities. then from those two cities, i drew the host !! the theme and official logo for the contest have been revealed as well, as you can see. for those of you new to this post and to the contest, hello !!! welcome to the very first citivision song festival, organized by the international council for cities and music (a.k.a suyana ). i've wanted to start a contest using the concept of cities acting as city-states for a while now, and i think now its the perfect time for me to start this contest. if you need a reminder of what the rules look like, or if you are seeing this for the first time, then here they are:
contest provisions:
- instead of countries’ submitting entries, cities submit entries.
- entries submitted must be from the city proper or the metro areas surrounding the city.
- cities eligible are as follows: cities on the major agglomerations of the world list (the first city named is the city being represented), and the capital city and largest city of any country otherwise not represented (i.e. if
turkey has no cities on the list, then ankara and istanbul are eligible, but if 
estonia has no cities on the list, tallinn is the only city eligible).- if a country already has one city on the list, the aforementioned rule does not apply, even if it only has one.
- microstates (e.g.
san marino, 
andorra) are NOT permitted, but cities from states that aren’t fully recognized or that reside in territories (e.g. 
palestine, 
kosovo, 
transnistria, 
puerto rico) ARE permitted, as well as city-states (e.g. 
singapore, 
hong kong).- the five largest agglomerations (currently
guangzhou, 
tokyo, shanghai, 
jakarta, 
delhi), as well as the ten largest cultural centers for music ( new york, los angeles, 
seoul, 
london, 
paris, 
stockholm, 
lagos, 
moscow, 
são paulo, miami), have AQ privileges. the first five of these cities to confirm their participation in the competition automatically qualify along with the host of the competition. this happens every edition (i.e. new york may automatically qualify for the first edition, but if they don’t confirm fast enough they have to participate in the semi-finals of the next edition.)- anytime more than 25/26 cities confirm for an edition, semi-finals are held that determine the participation of the grand final (8 cities qualify from two semi-finals of 14 or less, 10 cities qualify from two semi-finals of 15 or more, 7 cities qualify from three semi-finals when there are more than 45/46 participants).
- anytime more than 65/66 cities confirm for an edition, a pre-qualifying round is enacted where the worst performing cities (defaults to least populated in cases of ties) compete for spots in the semi final (worst 4 cities compete for 2 spots, 5/6 cities compete for three spots, 7-11 cities compete for five spots, 12+ cities compete for nine spots).
- points are given out as in northvision and eurovision. each participating city gives out two sets of
- 
, 
, and 
(one for the "jury" and one for the "televote"). if and when we surpass 65/66 participants, HoDs of the participating cities can take on a co-HoD, who can provide one set of the two sets of votes. however, this cannot happen until we surpass that number of participants.song provisions:
- no (J)ESC songs can be submitted.
- covers are NOT permitted but samples ARE permitted, and remixes are permitted as long as the original version has NOT participated yet.
- songs must not be older than 10 years to the date of the last day of entry submission.
here is some more insight into how the logos are formatted on official event posts and videos:
the logo is inspired by the flame on top of the torch held by the statue of liberty in new york harbor, and by physical representations of sound waves in many drawings.
example of city-themed logo here (new york city's flag):
i've decided to change the rule of entry posting, which means you can begin national selections and/or post your entries right now !!! as always, it isn't necessary to send me your entries for approval, but if you are unsure about any entries, you are free to pm me (suyana ) to ask any questions if you need help, ore if you'd like to be a part of the council organizing the contest, as it is just me at the moment.
this contest will move slower than other contests on this forum. as of right now i am the sole organizer of the contest and i am new to the process of contest hosting. bear with me as this isn't the easiest theme to manage. as for the flags, we will refer to the flags of the cities in recaps and logo design, but default to the flag of their respective countries in the case of results (which, for now, will be screen recorded from scorewiz) and forum posts.
CONFIRMATION DEADLINE: 11:59PM EST 23 JUL / 5:59AM CEST 24 JUL
ENTRY DEADLINE: 11:59PM EST 30 JUL / 5:59AM CEST 31 JUL
confirmed participants (25):
grand final:
zagreb @antonija los angeles italix seoul Chante™ saint petersburg panchin 
johannesburg kacper 
sydney Ari 
lisbon Ｂ３ＳＴＢＥＡＴＳ gwangju EtCetera 
valletta Kyushuaïa jakarta asean wear facemask perth Francisco phoenix ♫ diamanti ♫ 
vancouver jacob leeds deleted user san francisco Vandalain interested? (sorry if i tagged you and you don't want to be tagged. let me know if you don't want to be tagged again.)
MaRtIn , Gilberto , Carlos , Ari , European Ananas , 𝖱𝖠𝖣𝖤𝖰𝖰 , EtCetera , konrαd , Fat Nepal , joshua , Alex Memphis , hayashi 🇺🇦🇵🇸 , niko , SBINNALA , Dominic , Grace , italix , deified , Vandalain , тнєяσиттi95 , Qual , Josh's Tattoo (Inactive) , rєgícα , Fatih , vaneedas , Aglan , Jacob , ferret , topicboy85 , TitleTheNon , Muren , basil , jacob , yakbhumi , Euu , deleted user , Þórir , Betty G , chhunter , Luiri , ʀօʏ , martinantidormi , Eke , vaggelis10 AussieSwarm , LazyPam , Syr , Marcos , shanfachai , barovka (sometimes inactive) , Amanda , Sel , Basti(án) , Wysteria , Aleks , Dylan , Argüello , Ｂ３ＳＴＢＥＡＴＳ , Hayastantzi92 , ClassifiedCat , ferrygraf , nijat , hongarius , mateusgr , iseendale , Anesović , mimisthesc , @eriethioesc , xmultivision - Semi-Active , balint , James UK , njegosh , inactivo (nq era) , Blandine
thank you all so much for the support, i wasn't expecting this contest to be as big as it is right now off of the first edition alone. i'm super excited to start this journey with all of you !!
14 july 2020 / new york, u.s.
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