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Post by Chante™ on Feb 15, 2022 15:13:52 GMT 1
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Post by Chante™ on Feb 15, 2022 18:16:08 GMT 1
 Shake Up Starting in New Decade With the new decade of the contest on the horizon, there will be a number of new and wonderful things that will be a part of this decade of the contest. WAITLISTDue in large part to the sheer popularity of the contest (as there are currently 0 free nations at the moment), new participants will have to go through a waitlist in order to participate. If a participant permanently withdraws, the first person in the waitlist will be offered that nation. If they do not wish to participate with that nation, then it will go down the waitlist until someone claims it. Current participants do not have to go through the waitlistWAITLIST NATIONS (ASSOCIATE BROADCASTERS)With the waitlist, a number of new participants will gain status as PERMANENT waitlist nations, akin to the associate broadcasters of the Own Eurovision Song Contest. Only one of these will be considered for permanent participant status. I will also mention the nations that had their bid to become a waitlist nation rejected in another part of this post  Ceuta y Melilla: These two Spanish cities on the Moroccan mainland have been accepted as a PERMANENT Associate Broadcaster, due in large part to their culture being different enough from the Spanish mainland. Only artists from either Ceuta or Melilla will be allowed to represent the nation, so don't bother trying to find a loophole. The flag that will be utilised with either be a fusion flag or whichever one the artist representing them is from.
 Mayotte: We can't have associate broadcasters without having Mayotte. An island that elected to stay with France as opposed to joining the rest of the Comoros in independence, it is of the same vein as Réunion, a current permanent participant. As such, they will be accepted as an associate broadcaster, with the ability to become a permanent participant if the desire is there from the rest of the contest participants. Accepting them may cause a shake up in the way the contest is run but what's life without a little fun? Saint Helena: The island of Saint Helena, one of the smallest in the world in terms of population, has a very distinct culture that is vastly different from the UK. As such, they have been accepted as a PERMANENT Associate Broadcaster. Only Helenese artists will be allowed, but given their miniscule population, their artists will be accepted with a looser requirementREJECTED BIDS Açores: Given that there was no native population on the islands, and that many Portuguese people have said that it feels like North Portugal in island form, the bid from the Açores was rejected. Their bid may be accepted in the future.  Canary Islands: Similar to the Açores, but the Canary Islands would be FAR too powerful and FAR to Spanish to allow in the African Contest. Maybe OESC will take them? Madeira: See Açores Somaliland: There are 2 strikes against Somaliland: 1) There is little to no recognition of Somaliland as a seperate entity, 2) Somaliland would cut down on Somali artists, which is taking away from an already weak-ish nation. If it was of a similar vein and from a larger nation (Nigeria for instance), maybe a different story. SPECIAL EDITIONSIn response to the fact that the results so far seem to say that you have to send diaspora and/or white people to do well (as evidenced by the fact that  Hme ye,  Soldier, and  Thula are the only fully native African winners and Hme ye &  Elle est partie are the only winners to have 0 white people credited on the track so far). This fully goes against the philosophy I had when creating the contest, which was to highlight the incredible music that the continent has. As such, there will be 2 kinds of special editions that will be used in this contest.
Altéditions: In these editions that are labeled as Altéditions, I will only accept artists born, raised, and based in the continent (some exceptions will be allowed for smaller nations like  Djibouti). Artists like   Ayra Starr (born in Benin, raised and based in Nigeria) would be allowed for Benin and Nigeria, but  DEBBY FRIDAY (born in Nigeria, raised and based in Canada) would not be accepted for Nigeria in an Altédition.
Melanidetions: In these editions, white people who are credited on a track will be rejected. They can be involved with production but can't be featured in it. Artists like   KOKOKO! (a quintet with 1 white member) would be rejected. This wouldn't require all artists to be black, but rather not white. A collab such as   FKA twigs and  Pa Salieu on "Honda" would be allowed, even if twigs is biracial. However, a collab like  DJ Assad &  Laurell on "Sweat" would be rejected, as Laurell is white. Stronger industries (think Nigeria, South Africa, DR Congo,  Ghana, etc.) will have much stricter regulations for this one (if KOKOKO! was from Burundi for instance, they would be allowed)
When one of these two special editions are going to happen, it will be announced an edition in advance to give everyone time to find an acceptable song that would fit the criteria. That being said, the first edition of the new decade, edition 11, will be an Altémelanidition, that being a combination of both Altédition and Melanidition. Have fun darlings.
Current TimelineLate-January - Early-March: E10 as a wholeEarly-March - Mid-March: WE1 Hosting DetailsMid-March - Early-April: WE1 as a wholeApril 14, 2022: WE1 Results (Set Deadline) |
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Post by Chante™ on Feb 22, 2022 17:46:30 GMT 1
Results Show Change for Edition 10 At this moment, I have not nearly as much spare time as I used to. As such, I will not be able to have the final results in 2 seperate videos like they have been. It'll be 1 video, but around the same length, just by drawing out the suspense. I'm incredibly sorry about this, but depending on how it goes, we may revert back to the old ways in E11, or we will stick to this for the rest of time. Who knows?
Current TimelineLate-January - Early-March: E10 as a wholeEarly-March - Mid-March: WE1 Hosting DetailsMid-March - Early-April: WE1 as a wholeApril 14, 2022: WE1 Results (Set Deadline) |
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Post by Chante™ on Apr 15, 2022 13:39:23 GMT 1
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Post by Chante™ on Aug 8, 2022 22:46:14 GMT 1
BING BANG BONG SING SANG SONG DING DANG DONG
HAVE A NEW SET OF ANNOUNCEMENTS BEBE
So, here's a new set of announcements. Most of y'all know that I'm moving to university in less than a month. I'm also going to be auditioning for a few travelling dance companies during next summer. Plus, I’m now a member of the NBU. As such, I'm not going to have a ton of time to continue hosting OAfSC by myself. I wish I could continue doing this in the way I did, but there just isn't a single way I can do that. As such, I am opening up applications to join the OAfSC council as a Co-Host. Ideally, applicants should have some experience hosting a contest, but the drive to be a part of the contest hosts.
APPLY HERE BY AUGUST 11th
Also next edition is an Altedition so I better not see any damn diaspora from y'all.
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Post by Chante™ on Sept 27, 2022 17:01:29 GMT 1
HEY Y'ALL NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS BEBE
Next edition isn't going to be an altedition like I had planned. Instead, the theme is NO EUROPEAN LANGUAGES. So no English, no French, no Spanish, no Danish, no Italian, no Bulgarian. Nothing of the sort. Artists can be from anywhere, and there can be a maximum of 2 phrases that are in a European language (note: an artist's tagline, think Megan Thee Stallion's "Real Hot Girl Shit" will not be included in this tally). Arabic and Hebrew are fair game as they originated from West Asia. Creole languages (for example, Jamaican Patois or Haitian Creole) are also fair game as the languages have enough of a difference from the European Languages to where they may be understandable from a broad context but not completely understandable. Also Afrikaans is fair game as it originated in South Africa from Dutch. Artists can be from anywhere so long as their music follows the guidelines. For instance, if South Korea was participating in this edition, they could send  Shenseea, as she performs occasionally in Jamaican Patois. However,   Zhong FeiFei wouldn't be allowed as she has yet to perform a solo song that isn't in English. Since I know I'm kinda springing this up last minute, y'all will have around a three weeks from when confirmations open to send in a song.
The results show for this edition is going to be tentatively scheduled for this Sunday alongside the Own Asiavision results, but things can change.
Also  Wys is a part of the council. slay
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Post by Chante™ on Oct 12, 2022 15:45:17 GMT 1
 I AM UPSET THAT I HAVE TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT
Four days ago, several delegations from Own Africavision went to  Bishkek to watch the results of the Own Asiavision Song Contest. There, the Mozambican head of delegation made some really disgusting remarks about the appearance of the Eritrean/Lao head of delegation, who also revealed their face for the first ever time. Upon hearing about this, the delegations from Australia, New Caledonia, Ghana and the Democratic Republic of the Congo convened to decide what to do in regards to the Mozambican head of delegation. We have come to the decision to permanently ban Hayastantzi92 from participating in the Own Africavision Song Contest. These types of comments are unacceptable in any form. I want the Own Contests to be inviting to everyone. The comments Hayastantzi made are unacceptable in any form. In hindsight, I should've done something like this when he made several comments denying Covid, but this is so disgusting. If someone is making comments that make you feel uncomfortable in any capacity, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL DEAL WITH IT TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES. I don't want anyone to go through something like this in this community again.
Ordinarily, Mozambique would become a free nation, however, Dan!! ★ will be taking over the nation. This offer was extended as they have been a part of the community before, and recently confirmed with Djibouti. Brada - "Medo" will no longer be the representative song for Mozambique, unless that song is what Danny wants to send. |
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Post by Chante™ on Dec 14, 2023 18:55:14 GMT 1
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Post by Chante™ on Dec 29, 2023 18:29:09 GMT 1
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Post by Chante™ on Mar 27, 2024 5:34:19 GMT 1
 Announcement of a Hiatus Following the completion of OAfSC 16, the contest will go on a hiatus until August. I don't want to put this contest on hiatus, but for my own mental health, this is the best option. You might be wondering why this is happening, and the short answer is I happen to be a university student, and will be on a study abroad this summer, from June to August. This study abroad is a language intensive, meaning I will be cramming a years worth of foreign language instruction in the span of two months. I have a feeling that my mental health will be going in the gutter during this period, and as I largely run the contest by myself, I think it would be best if this was the case. Though, there is the possibility that my cohost Wys decides they want to host the edition a-la E11. If that's the case, I will make an update to this post.
I also just want to say thank you so much for four incredible years of hosting this contest. When I pitched the contest idea to Mihail in March of 2020, I had a feeling this contest would continue for a while, but the sheer enthusiasm y'all have brought to this contest (that I created cause in FoIM, I noticed that so many people would simply ignore Africa, and that African music deserves a platform to be shared on, and that didn't really exist on the forums outside of a very rigged contest). You all are what makes this contest so special, and I cannot thank you all enough for everything. |
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