Select Song Contest #13

[Tufkai]

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fromawindow Tommy nakoto  smatt alan asw pac maciothespy

Select Song Contest #13
in Rome, Italy

In the event that someone steps down as HoD / gets three strikes, their country will be free for anyone to take. If the contest becomes full again, we'll return to draws.

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, September 25th 23:59 CET
Submissions close Sunday, October 2nd 23:59 CET

Free countries
Australia
Brazil
Denmark
New Zealand
Romania
Sweden
Turkey

Participating countries

Australia - FREE
Belgium - Llemian
Brazil - FREE
Canada - Chante™
Denmark - FREE
France - topicboy85
Germany - joshua
Greece - ESCkoozi
Ireland - justin05
Italy - Tufkai
Japan - ukraineofcourse
Mexico - Gilberto
Netherlands - uhsting
New Zealand - FREE
Norway - Joe
Poland - Miss 𝖱𝖠𝖣𝖤𝖰𝖰
Romania - FREE
Russia - ferret
South Korea - Kinoshita!
Spain - fra
Sweden - FREE
Turkey - FREE
UK - basil
Ukraine - ʀօʏ
USA - italix  
superjonno
valkory
Aglan

Strikes (red = currently banned)
(orange = will be banned next edition)
(updated as of #13 confirmation)
sircheeseaton - 3
euu - 4
greecelove - 4
valkory - 5
eurovisionsmellsgood - 1
chhunter - 3
josejtdfan - 2
jaketoby16 - 4
 escanton - 3
dapturner1992 - 1
escseemone - 1
basil - 2
whitewolf19912014 - 3
miss radekkk - 2
anthony - 2
nionioslapps - 1
ukraineofcourse - 1
esckoozi - 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

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 2018/edition 24)
- 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.

[Tufkai]

Italy confirms

[ʀօʏ]

Confirms

[justin05]

Ireland confirms! Our song will be revealed later.

[ESCkoozi]

 Eleni Hatzidou - Tremo Olokliri


1:59-2:24

[uhsting]

Netherlands

Roos Blufpand ft. Della Dix

"DRAAK!"

RV: link




DRAAK!

[fra]

Spain confirms

[ukraineofcourse]

im taking japan

[Chante™]

canada be back

[topicboy85]

FRANCE Announces its presence in the 13th edition of the "Select Song Contest #13 "

The delegation announced tonight that the country will continue in the competition despite the poor results obtained in the last edition !

The country is already working on listening to new songs for the next edition and about in a week , we  will finally announce its representative!