Special Edition #90 + #100 Themes

[Laurinda]

The time for the next Special Edition is approaching


It is about time to include you all in the process again.

Make sure the suggestions are realistic for all countries. Example: Not every participating country has a Eurovision artist.

No suggestion is too big or small, because the 100^th edition is just around the corner and we all know that it has to be extra special.
I will think long and hard about this theme, so I need some very creative suggestions.

Themes we had before:

#	Theme Name	Description
10	When You Were Born	Everyone had to send and song from the year they were born including +/-1 year.
20	Pre-90s
30	In Loving Memory	Everyone had to send deceased artists as a tribute to them.
40	Random Theme Lottery	Every country got a random theme (picture, genre, artist, time period, keyword, tempo).
50	Millenium Songs	Songs released in 2000 only.
60	Suggestion Pairs	Everyone was paired with another country with which they picked each other’s entries.
70	Best-Of	Everyone had to send their best-placed artist again, with a different song.
80	Deep Connection	Deep connection with the player or the country.

Please take a moment and vote in the poll.

This thread is looking for suggestions for the 90^th edition. You can make suggestions for the 100^th edition in this thread after the theme for the 90^th has been selected.

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[Fatih]

I love them all but I have one special favorite
voted.

[Shovkovskyi/Peter]

My suggestions:
1. Songs with a number in title (obviously it can contain other words as well, but at least one of the words in the song title has to be a number)
2. A remix/cover/revamp of an original song (songs submitted can't be the originals but any other version of the original song that is performed/remixed by local artists). But instead of just any song, both the original and the remix/cover/revamp has to be done by local artists. Basically the song has to stay local. Obviously this theme can be modified. (Example: a local DJ remixes a song. It's pretty much the same song performed by the same original artists, but it's been remixed by someone else (in this case a DJ), not the original artists themselves)
3. Movie soundtracks (no need to explain this one)

[nijat]

Some ideas for the special edition (I will update this post later if I think of more ideas):

1. Soundtracks. As the name suggests, we send soundtracks of the movies that we like for this special edition theme.
2. Second Chance. Usually, special editions are about successful acts, but most of us have beloved artists that did really badly in the contest. Hence, we can send those artists again, giving them a second chance, as the theme name suggests. There needs to be some clarifications, however, on certain aspects of the theme, e.g. what is exactly "doing badly": bottom 10, bottom 5, etc.? Nonetheless, this is the later step in case the theme gets chosen.
3. National genres. Under this theme, all the countries will send songs pertaining to the national (e.g. mugham for Azerbaijan) or regional genre (e.g. volkmuzik for Austria, Switzerland and Germany; turbo-folk for former Yugoslavian countries). However, I am not sure if this theme is realistic or not.

[inactivo]

My theme proposition: It's similar to "Random Theme Lottery" but the song title have to contain: An animal, a color, a number, symbol ( ? ! € % ) or a place (like cities or countries)

[Shovkovskyi/Peter]

Apr 2, 2020 15:24:26 GMT 1 nijat said:

Some ideas for the special edition (I will update this post later if I think of more ideas):
3. National genres. Under this theme, all the countries will send songs pertaining to the national (e.g. mugham for Azerbaijan) or regional genre (e.g. volkmuzik for Austria, Switzerland and Germany; turbo-folk for former Yugoslavian countries). However, I am not sure if this theme is realistic or not.

It's not impossible, because each nation or region have their own specifics. You just have to think of music genres that have had major impact on the culture of the country. You already named some, I can tell that for Latvia that would be traditional/folk music (aka Dainas). From more recent one's we definitely have rock music that has played big part of our recent (last 40-50 years) history.

[fabbi]

Wow. The last awards were held in November / December and now we're already discussing the theme for #90.

I have only 1 idea right now:
Something / Someone we'd normally not send. I'm pretty sure we all have that.


And about the poll: I liked all of the topics we had in the past (It's just that it didn't turn out the way I'd have personally liked it to and I'm not only talking about the results - but that's not the topic now) and voted for the ones from: #20, #30, @40 and #60 which are also the ones I find the most creative.

[Laurinda]

The poll has been locked. You can now see how everyone voted. I wasn't planning to re-use the previous theme, but I was wondering what you thought of them. Considering many of you didn't take part in all of them.

Not that many suggestions have been given so far. Thanks to everyone who has suggested something. Keep them coming, there's not much time left.

[Laurinda]

Everyone currently participating received this ↓ in your inbox. Don't forget to vote in the survey if you intended to. Thanks to the 21 people who already voted.

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Special edition survey

This time the selection of the Special Edition theme will work a bit differently. Instead of voting for your top three or so, I decided you can rate them instead. Please avoid giving multiple themes the same rating (example: giving 4 of them 1 and 10 to your favourite. In case your favorite doesn't win, you didn't support your second favourite.)

Suggested themes
1. Covers (remixes, revamps, parodies) Everyone must send a song that was originally released by another artist or artists from your country.
2. Second Chance Everyone must send a song by an artist that has scored the lowest in the previous editions. That includes the bottom 3 by points to avoid confusion. In case of any type of collaboration (duet, feature), the player has more acts to choose from. In case of a tie of the highest scored act the first tie break is position (lower position gets the advantage), the second tie break is amount of players in the given edition, if it’s still tied, the fourth act can also be chosen from.
3. Soundtracks By the Wikia definition a soundtrack is music accompanying and synchronized to a movie, book, TV show or video game. Therefore, everyone must send a song that has been a soundtrack to something.
4. National genre/Traditional song Every country must send a song in a national, regional genre (ethno, folk, turbo-folk) or a song that officially/originally doesn’t have an artist because it’s sung by the people and is that way passed from generation to generation (you will most likely send a version that is performed by someone known*).
5. Our parents’ Birth Year Everyone must send an entry that was released in a year of either of your parents or your legal guardians' birth year including +/- 1 year. If a parent or both are deceased, that plays no role. If a player has a missing birth year, the manager will determine it.

*as opposed to unknown, not necessarily famous.

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What would make an edition (very) special in your opinion?
a. Challenging theme (requires some research)
b. Abstract (like matching your entry to a picture, quote, lyric)
c. Many different aspects to the theme (a few themes in one, restrictions, format, voting)
d. Players with different themes (like Random Theme Lottery)
e. Restrictions (i.e. no worldwide hits, no returning artists)
f. Different voting system (voting for more than 10)
g. Collaboration (like in Suggestion Pairs)
h. Different format (semis, battles, heats)
i. All of the above

Clarifications:
a. A theme that is not considered easy by most participants. A theme that should require some time to find a song that fits to it.
b. It is up to the player’s imagination to make a connection to the given topic.
c. A few easier themes combined. A theme combined with a different voting system, a different format or some restrictions.
d. Example: everyone has to fit the artist to a different letter, number, picture, and so on.
e. Example - no worldwide hits, no returning artists, no females, only pre-90s songs, and so on.
f. The players would be able to vote for 12 countries instead of 10.
g. The players have to work together in pairs or smaller groups.
h. Instead of only a final, the contest could have semi-finals, duels, battles (by continents) or heats.
i. Only select this without picking anything else.

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[fabbi]

Apr 25, 2020 16:23:16 GMT 1 Laurinda said:

A song that officially/originally doesn’t have an artist because it’s sung by the people and is that way passed from generation to generation (you will most likely send a version that is performed by someone known*).

What if we do know the original artist?
I mean we all have these songs from like "only" 60 years ago (instead of 200) that we all sang in school (or still do) etc. Are these available for the edition?