Post by Tufkai on Oct 6, 2024 12:55:22 GMT 1
Select Song Contest #28
in
Toronto, Canada
In the event that someone steps down as HoD / gets three strikes, their country will be free for anyone to take.
No approval is required for entries. You may start a national selection but keep in mind that there is a 5 song limit.
Confirmations/withdrawals close Sunday, October 13th 23:59 CET
Submissions close Sunday, October 20th 23:59 CET
Also, ESCfavorite has been making a wiki for the contest since May at least. I had no knowledge of this until a week ago but appreciate all the work nonetheless, so check it out!
Free countries
None
Ask to be tagged if you want to know when countries are free
Waiting list will be effective after confirmations close.
Participating countries
Australia - Ari
Belgium - Dylan
Brazil - basil
Canada - Lux
Denmark - Apostolis
France - Tufkai
Germany - ʀօʏ
Greece - Marcos C
Ireland - justin05
Italy - europezgal08
Japan - nakoto
Mexico - trojan
Netherlands - topicboy85
New Zealand - Chante™
Norway - Wys
Poland - Kenajabam
Romania - regalgoose
Russia - ESCfavorite
South Korea - Kinoshita!
Spain - ukraineofcourse
Sweden - nionlap
Turkey - Tommy
UK - uhsting
Ukraine - ferret
USA - italix
Apostolis ig0r Chante™ tooxpac
Strikes (red = currently banned)
(orange = will be banned next edition)
(updated as of after #27 results)
sircheeseaton - 3
euu - 4
greecelove - 5
valkory - 5
eurovisionsmellsgood - 1
chhunter - 3
josejtdfan - 2
jaketoby16 - 4
escanton - 3
dapturner1992 - 3
escseemone - 4
basil - 4
whitewolf19912014 - 3
miss radekkk - 3
anthony - 3
nionioslapps - 2
ukraineofcourse - 2
esckoozi - 1
blurryface - 2
escisrael - 1
roy - 1
topicboy85 - 1
europezgal08 - 2
kenajabam - 2
ari - 1
tooxpac - 1
italix - 2
tommy - 1
regalgoose - 1
nionlap - 1
Rules –
1. This contest has permanent players. Once you claim/draw a country, it's yours until you leave or swap. When the contest becomes full, all countries will have a draw when they become free.
2. You can select a song from any year
3. Covers are allowed as long as they haven't already competed
4. 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)
If your artist doesn't fall under category A, and they have a stronger connection to another participating country, the HoD reserves the right to veto the entry
For groups at least 50% of members (or at least the lead singers) must have a connection to the country
(Exception if every member is from a different country)
4.1. Borrowing -
- A song can compete for a country if at least one of the composers and lyricists are from that country.
- Ireland can borrow from 
Northern Ireland (they can also compete for UK but that goes without saying)
- Ethnic minorities can compete for a neighbouring 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 ). Approval is not required but if the country they come from is participating, the HoD can veto it.
5. National selections are allowed but they can only have up to 5 songs. You may re-use songs in future selections. It is recommended that you time-stamp the videos to the recap spot.
6. A song cannot take part if it has competed in…
- (Junior) Eurovision
- (Junior) Northvision (unless it was an NQ from before 2021/edition 35)
- 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) (exceptions will be made for songs confirmed up to 3 days earlier - unless it's for Northvision or Fantasia)
- 3 or more forum contests
7. You can sing in whatever language you like, but if you send a song in a language other than English or an official/regional language, the artist mustn't have a strong connection the country (e.g. Ewa Farna can't sing in Czech for Poland). This doesn't apply if the majority of the lyrics are in English or an official language (e.g. Stella Mwangi can send a song with some Swahili lyrics for Norway)
8. Each player must give
and 
- 
to their top 10 (the voting system pre 2016)
9. Penalties -
One strike -
Not confirming/withdrawing on time
Not sending an entry on time
Not voting without reason. Replacers will vote on their behalf (if replacers cannot be found, the votes of two other players will be combined together).
Starting a national selection with more than 5 songs. (The selection can carry on but only on the first offence)
Sending randomised votes (at least check which countries are actually participating lmao)
Three strikes -
Cheating once
Permanent ban
Cheating more than once
If a player with under 100 posts gets a strike, they lose their country. All other players lose their country and get a one edition ban after three strikes. Getting additional strikes will also result in the same penalty.
10. If there is a tie, there will be a countback. The song with the votes from the countries has the advantage, then the most 12's, most 10's, etc.
11. If the contest becomes full, a waiting list will be introduced. The WL will have a points system - every time a user submits replacement (or Co-HoD) votes, they get a point. Users with more points will be higher on the WL.
in
Toronto, CanadaIn the event that someone steps down as HoD / gets three strikes, their country will be free for anyone to take.
No approval is required for entries. You may start a national selection but keep in mind that there is a 5 song limit.
Confirmations/withdrawals close Sunday, October 13th 23:59 CET
Submissions close Sunday, October 20th 23:59 CET
Also, ESCfavorite has been making a wiki for the contest since May at least. I had no knowledge of this until a week ago but appreciate all the work nonetheless, so check it out!
Free countries
None
Ask to be tagged if you want to know when countries are free
Waiting list will be effective after confirmations close.
Participating countries
Australia - Ari Belgium - Dylan Brazil - basil Canada - Lux Denmark - Apostolis France - Tufkai Germany - ʀօʏ Greece - Marcos C Ireland - justin05 Italy - europezgal08 Japan - nakoto Mexico - trojan Netherlands - topicboy85 New Zealand - Chante™ Norway - Wys Poland - Kenajabam Romania - regalgoose Russia - ESCfavorite South Korea - Kinoshita! Spain - ukraineofcourse Sweden - nionlap Turkey - Tommy UK - uhsting Ukraine - ferret USA - italix Apostolis ig0r Chante™ tooxpac
Strikes (red = currently banned)
(orange = will be banned next edition)
(updated as of after #27 results)
sircheeseaton - 3 euu - 4 greecelove - 5 valkory - 5 eurovisionsmellsgood - 1 chhunter - 3 josejtdfan - 2 jaketoby16 - 4 escanton - 3 dapturner1992 - 3 escseemone - 4 basil - 4 whitewolf19912014 - 3 miss radekkk - 3 anthony - 3 nionioslapps - 2 ukraineofcourse - 2 esckoozi - 1 blurryface - 2 escisrael - 1 roy - 1 topicboy85 - 1 europezgal08 - 2 kenajabam - 2 ari - 1 tooxpac - 1 italix - 2 tommy - 1 regalgoose - 1 nionlap - 1Rules –
1. This contest has permanent players. Once you claim/draw a country, it's yours until you leave or swap. When the contest becomes full, all countries will have a draw when they become free.
2. You can select a song from any year
3. Covers are allowed as long as they haven't already competed
4. 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)
If your artist doesn't fall under category A, and they have a stronger connection to another participating country, the HoD reserves the right to veto the entry
For groups at least 50% of members (or at least the lead singers) must have a connection to the country
(Exception if every member is from a different country)
4.1. Borrowing -
- A song can compete for a country if at least one of the composers and lyricists are from that country.
-
Ireland can borrow from Northern Ireland (they can also compete for UK but that goes without saying)- Ethnic minorities can compete for a neighbouring 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 ). Approval is not required but if the country they come from is participating, the HoD can veto it.5. National selections are allowed but they can only have up to 5 songs. You may re-use songs in future selections. It is recommended that you time-stamp the videos to the recap spot.
6. A song cannot take part if it has competed in…
- (Junior) Eurovision
- (Junior) Northvision (unless it was an NQ from before 2021/edition 35)
- 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) (exceptions will be made for songs confirmed up to 3 days earlier - unless it's for Northvision or Fantasia)
- 3 or more forum contests
7. You can sing in whatever language you like, but if you send a song in a language other than English or an official/regional language, the artist mustn't have a strong connection the country (e.g. Ewa Farna can't sing in Czech for Poland). This doesn't apply if the majority of the lyrics are in English or an official language (e.g.
Stella Mwangi can send a song with some Swahili lyrics for Norway)8. Each player must give
and - to their top 10 (the voting system pre 2016)9. Penalties -
One strike -
Not confirming/withdrawing on time
Not sending an entry on time
Not voting without reason. Replacers will vote on their behalf (if replacers cannot be found, the votes of two other players will be combined together).
Starting a national selection with more than 5 songs. (The selection can carry on but only on the first offence)
Sending randomised votes (at least check which countries are actually participating lmao)
Three strikes -
Cheating once
Permanent ban
Cheating more than once
If a player with under 100 posts gets a strike, they lose their country. All other players lose their country and get a one edition ban after three strikes. Getting additional strikes will also result in the same penalty.
10. If there is a tie, there will be a countback. The song with the votes from the countries has the advantage, then the most 12's, most 10's, etc.
11. If the contest becomes full, a waiting list will be introduced. The WL will have a points system - every time a user submits replacement (or Co-HoD) votes, they get a point. Users with more points will be higher on the WL.
France confirms
BMF 
• SSC 
Japan confirms and aims for another upper half!
Norway confirms!
OESC • 
OASC • 
OAmSC • 
OAfSC • 
OUSC
NVSC • 
FC • 
EoF • 
BMF • 
FMC • 
YND • 
OSF 
Belgium confirms
, FC 
Sovarasma, OAfSC 
, OAmSC 
, OASC 
, OESC 
, OUSC 
, SSC 
, Yoshi 
· BMF 
· FMC 
· EoF 