OSC - Rules

[Llemian]

Here are the rules for The Olympiad Song Contest:

As of OSC 48

OBU COUNCIL
Llemian  europezgal08

Rules
1. You can't send JESC/ESC Songs.
2. The artist can only perform for one country per edition.
3. The artist can only represent a country by CLEAR heritage with evidence/proof.
4. Acts and all band members must be over 18 years old (Check rules for JOSC age limits).
5. 50%+ of the band/group/collection has to be from this nation. 
6. Top 6 from the previous edition must keep their country or withdraw for 1 edition.
7. You need to show that you are an active member of the forums to join.

Song Eligibility
1. ALL eurovision national selection / borrowing songs must be sent to all OBU council in a PM for approval.
2. ALL songs above 3 million views must be sent to all OBU Council in a PM for approval.
3. NVSC wikia and language sung / used through media will NOT be a justified reason for heritage.
4. Clear evidence must be available if heritage is in doubt, (no exceptions)
5. Covers MUST be approved first to check for eligibility.
6. Songs from previous OSC national selections ARE ELIGIBLE to be re-used.

Voting

1. Voting in ESC style.
2. Non-voting per Final/Semi Final is 1 strike. 3 strikes: Ban for 1 edition.
2.1 a 4th strike after this is a permanent ban. 
3. Everyone MUST vote within the deadline
4. Not voting will result with your country being disqualified from their semi final
4.1 or you will lose your country if placed in the top 6

National Selection Rules

1. Poll, recap or open voting are acceptable formats.
2. Can only be performed for the edition after the running edition.
3. ALL songs & acts must be sent to OBU Council in a PM for approval.
4. Songs from previous national selections ARE ELIGIBLE to be re-used.

*Borrowing Rules*

1. The following countries in the list below are eligible to compete and borrow singers.
1.1 If the country is NOT in the list then it CANNOT borrow.
2. The act/singer must comply with the rule that follows that nation.

3. All borrowing singers/act must have limit of less than 1,000,000 views on a song to borrow.
4. Borrowing acts must be 100% native to the country. (Eg. San Marino can borrow Annalisa but cannot borrow Lady Gaga)
5. All countries borrowing must have their song approved by MBU.

Country	Restrictions
Aland Islands	Finland
Andorra	Spain
Faroe Islands	Denmark
Gibraltar	UK singers with Spanish links
Greenland	Denmark
Liechtenstein	Germany
Luxembourg	Belgium
Marshall Islands	USA Singers with Oceania links
San Marino	Italy
US Virgin Islands	USA Singers with carribean links.

Eligible Countries

A
Afghanistan
Aland Islands
Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
 Australia
Austria

Azerbaijan

B

Bahamas 
Bahrain 

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus
Belgium

Belize

Benin
Bermuda

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Botswana
Brazil
British V. Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

C
Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada
 Canary Islands 

Cape Verde
Cayman Islands 
Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia
Comoros
Democratic of Congo
 Republic of Congo
Cook Islands 

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cuba
Curaco

Cyprus

Czech Republic

D
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica

Dominican Republic

E

Ecuador
Egypt

El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

F
 Falkland Islands 

Faroe Islands 

Fiji
Finland
France
 French Guiana
French Polynesia

G
Gabon

Gambia

Georgia
Germany

Ghana
Gibraltar

Greece

Greenland 
Grenada
Guam
Guadeloupe 

Guatemala

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

H

Haiti

Honduras
Hong Kong

Hungary

I

Iceland

India

Indonesia
 Iran

Iraq

Ireland
 Israel
 Italy
 Ivory Coast

J
 Jamaica
Japan

Jordan

K
Kazakhstan

Kenya
Kiribati

Kosovo
Kurdistan

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

L
Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein 
Lithuania

Luxembourg 

M
Macau 

 F.Y.R Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta
Marshall Islands 
Martinique
Mauritania

Mauritius
Mayotte 

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro
Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

N

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands
New Caledonia

 New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

 North Korea

Norway

O

Oman

P

Pakistan

Palau
Palestine

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru
 Philippines
Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Q

Qatar

R
 Romania
Russia

Rwanda

S
St. Helena 
St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia
St. Vincent and The Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino 
Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Sengeal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore 

Slovakia

Slovenia
Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa
 South Korea
South Sudan

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland
 Sweden
Switzerland

Syria

T
Taiwan 

Tajikistan
Tanzania

Thailand

 Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

U
Uganda
Ukraine 

United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States Of America
 United States Virgin Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

V

Vanuatu

 Venezuela

Vitenam

Y

Yemen

Z

Zambia

Zinbabwe

The Contest Website - mysterious-song-contest.wikia.com/wiki/Mysterious_Song_Contest_Wikia

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[✨ Nicole ✨]

You may need to edit the taglist. I'm not in it

[Llemian]

Jan 20, 2016 22:24:08 GMT 1 ✨ Nicole ✨ said:

You may need to edit the taglist. I'm not in it

 GASP!!!

Will add you now 
SORRY!!

[✨ Nicole ✨]

Jan 20, 2016 22:28:16 GMT 1 Llemian said:

Jan 20, 2016 22:24:08 GMT 1 ✨ Nicole ✨ said:

You may need to edit the taglist. I'm not in it

 GASP!!!

Will add you now 
SORRY!!

Mistakes happen It's OK.

I had to remind Tobbz twice to put me in the PMF taglist, so understandable.

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[willsong]

May I say that you could well add New Caledonia to the eligible countries: it has 258.000 inhabitants and an ISO code, so I think you can't say it doesn't meet the criteria you stated earlier in the confirmation thread. (It is not really a mini state, is it )

And what about Western Sahara?

[MaRtIn]

^ Some Moroccans could disagree.

[Llemian]

Mar 7, 2016 11:46:41 GMT 1 willsong said:

May I say that you could well add New Caledonia to the eligible countries: it has 258.000 inhabitants and an ISO code, so I think you can't say it doesn't meet the criteria you stated earlier in the confirmation thread. (It is not really a mini state, is it )

And what about Western Sahara?

Criteria from Edition 27 was difficult but It just doesn't seem ideal to accept every single location if no one is going to continuously using them. 

Western Sahara is a territory but no one would ever use it frequently and same to New Caledonia. 

The countries in the list are there either they are an independant nation or they appear frequently in contest in the forums or are nations that will have frequent use. 

[willsong]

Mar 7, 2016 19:35:32 GMT 1 Llemian said:

Mar 7, 2016 11:46:41 GMT 1 willsong said:

May I say that you could well add New Caledonia to the eligible countries: it has 258.000 inhabitants and an ISO code, so I think you can't say it doesn't meet the criteria you stated earlier in the confirmation thread. (It is not really a mini state, is it )

And what about Western Sahara?

Criteria from Edition 27 was difficult but It just doesn't seem ideal to accept every single location if no one is going to continuously using them. 

Western Sahara is a territory but no one would ever use it frequently and same to New Caledonia. 

The countries in the list are there either they are an independant nation or they appear frequently in contest in the forums or are nations that will have frequent use. 

I would use them though (Otherwise I wouldn't have asked).
The frequent use argument is not really valid. It is subjective, I've never seen anyone outside me use or , and I can't really say that , and are frequently used as well, while Western Sahara is quite frequently used in AfricaVision.
BTW, you're missing one very small independent state as well 
And if you block a nation because it is not yet used a lot it never will, which is unfair I think.
What would be the difference between Nauru staying unused for dozens of editions and New Caledonia being unused for dozens of editions?
Furthermore, continuous use should not matter in a contest in which no nations are reserved to players, and everyone can take any eligible country at any edition.

I can understand size and lack of an ISO code as arguments, that is a clear yardstick to measure eligibility, which was a great improvement imo.
What I don't get is that the criterium changes as soon as I find a nation matching the criteria sketched before which is not on the list as is.
I would like a black and white criterium for eligible countries, instead of a list which is selected on subjective criteria.

An example of this would be:

Eligible are:

a) All independent countries
b) All territories with at least (insert number) inhabitants that have an ISO code

This would make it clear for everyone, and would save us the endless going round and round over certain countries