WorldVision Song Contest 52 | OOC | Sign-Ups CLOSED

[Mercedini]

With improving results year after year capped off with Mercedini's first ever Top 10 performance, Emittente Nazionale di Mercedini (ENM) decided to renew SongSearch for another year after a vast rebrand of Mercedini's national broadcaster. Mercedini are hoping to get yet another Top 10 performance and have set a five-year goal of getting at least a podium finish but ideally winning the contest in that time frame. This year, another eight songs have been selected by a panel of ENM executives and WorldVision fans in the hope of sending a winning song to WV52. This year's theme is heavily based on the 'Identity of Mercedini' with songs coming far and wide from experienced performers and local start-ups in Mercedini. Without further ado, here are the eight songs vying for your votes tonight:

01 >> Rhythm DMZ ft. Chinook & Abigail Westford - Lift Me Up
Tune: Major Lazer ft. Ariana Grande & Machel Montano - All My Love


02 >> Lukasz - Until Tomorrow
Tune: Darin - Ta Mig Tillbaka


03 >> Samuel Borlaviac - Living My Dream
Tune: Justin Bieber - What Do You Mean?


04 >> Le Ragazze Felici ft. Knox - In2
Tune: De Fam ft. Brandon Beal - With You


05 >> M'folo Asante - My Time
Tune: Kwabs - Walk


06 >> Rapidly Descending Barrier - Get It On
Tune: The 1975 - Chocolate


07 >> Missy B - Your Love
Tune: Becky G - Shower


08 >> Charlie Donliffe & ManDem - Nel Mio Cuore
Tune: Danny Saucedo ft. Malcom B - Brinner I Brostet

To vote in Mercedini's national selection, please send a telegram to Mercedini stating the song title, artist and the amount of points you are giving to the song. Give 10pts to your favourite, then 8 for second, 6 for third, 4 for fourth and then 3 down to 1 for fifth to seventh. The song that finishes in eighth place receives no points from your nation. We hope you enjoyed this edition of SongSearch, and we wish you good luck in the WorldVision Song Contest.

[Gurori]

Bid

I'm sorry, Gurori, but you can't (well you can) just take someone elses idea for the postcards. Personally, I don't appreciate that, especially working hard to come up with the idea and to make all the postcards too. Plus, originality is key to a postcard - is it not?

I don't want to search through the best and worst results of each and every nation. I find the postcard system to be a bit complex and I'd rather if everybody got the same kind of postcard as each other. No more, no less.

[Ethane]

Would I be able to use the song I wanted to enter for contest #48 as I didn't submit it time?

Yes.

[Britonisea]

I'm sorry, Gurori, but you can't (well you can) just take someone elses idea for the postcards. Personally, I don't appreciate that, especially working hard to come up with the idea and to make all the postcards too. Plus, originality is key to a postcard - is it not?

I don't want to search through the best and worst results of each and every nation. I find the postcard system to be a bit complex and I'd rather if everybody got the same kind of postcard as each other. No more, no less.

There is no such thing as a "postcard system." Not every host has to do a postcard. A postcard is an optional though recommended thing to do to enhance your contest. Below, I have listed postcard examples - all of which are different. Never has anyone "copied" from anyone, they're all unique from each other - even though they do the exact same job.

A postcard is a basically similar to what they do in Eurovision. The postcard for Russia in Eurovision 2015 was;

Whereas Ukraine in 2014 was

They're two different ideas and they don't copy from each other. If you want more examples closer to home;

WorldVision 36: Muliphu



WorldVision 40 : Rokkestaat



WorldVision 41: Quickenden



WorldVision 45 : Lavington



WorldVision 50: Kasin

As the host where you have seemed to find inspiration, I advise you to reconsider your postcard design, because I doubt people (who vote based on postcards) would vote for the same postcard with a different writing for this edition. I know for others or non-bidders it isn't a biggy, but for me it is.

[Todlichebujoku]

I'm sorry, Gurori, but you can't (well you can) just take someone elses idea for the postcards. Personally, I don't appreciate that, especially working hard to come up with the idea and to make all the postcards too. Plus, originality is key to a postcard - is it not?

I don't want to search through the best and worst results of each and every nation. I find the postcard system to be a bit complex and I'd rather if everybody got the same kind of postcard as each other. No more, no less.

Um nobody except Kalosia does the first, and as to the second, each nation's postcard is supposed to be unique (as far as nation name and entry details, possibly extending to flag and something that relates to your bid's theme).

Postcards I've made in bids/hosting:

WV49/50; theme was "Fire and Ice"


WV36; theme was "Cream of the Crop"


WV32; theme was "Portal Through Worlds"

[Gurori]

Well, fuck Postcards.

Y'all can have Country balls instead.

[Todlichebujoku]

Well, fuck Postcards.

Y'all can have Country balls instead.

I did make all of mine in Powerpoint instead of Photoshop or whatever sorcery people like Kalosia use.
But Polandballs can be pretty popular as postcards.

[Gurori]

Well, fuck Postcards.

Y'all can have Country balls instead.

I did make all of mine in Powerpoint instead of Photoshop or whatever sorcery people like Kalosia use.
But Polandballs can be pretty popular as postcards.

Introducing Polandcards!

[Kalosia]

Well, fuck Postcards.

Y'all can have Country balls instead.

I did make all of mine in Powerpoint instead of Photoshop or whatever sorcery people like Kalosia use.
But Polandballs can be pretty popular as postcards.

I used Keynote (fancy Powerpoint) for the animated versions on the bid video, but the actual ones were in Photoshop. Again, inspiration was from this. Imitation is honestly easier than you think... or maybe it's because they were based off polygonal shapes.

I'm very in favour for the idea of WVball, it's been proposed several times before but never really made it... I think. (I'm not sure whether it was Polkopia who bid with them in '38)
While the stage is my main concern in bid-voting (so if your bid has no stage it automatically does not get any points from me), I also take postcards into consideration. I'd say it's the 2nd most important thing I consider but I see it as a nice-to-have, not a must-have.

[Britonisea]

Yes, it was Polkopia. I remember because I was using "Rhythm Inside" and my country ball was playing the drum to the tune.

[Harold I]

Nation Name: The United Kingdom of Harold I
Official Broadcaster: Harold I Broadcasting Company
Song Title: Annie
Artist(s) Name(s): Oakley and Orson

Tune: Brown Sugar- The Rolling Stones (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOBP7QMuHHs)

[Adab]

Adab once again returns to the WorldVision stage, with the one and only Kinan al-Salaman - once again - representing us after a series of legal and political entanglements.

[Britonisea]

HAPPY FOUNDERS DAY! From your friends in Kyvivre and Quickenden; 2 of the many WorldVision Cities!

[Estogium]

Provisionally signed up as Estogium. Unclear whether participation will actually happen.

(Very busy)

[Krytenia]

Krytenia return.

[Kalosia]

One set of lyrics is due in a little over a day, another is due in a little over a month. Guess which one I've completed and which one I haven't started on at all?

The Kalosian entry for the 52nd WorldVision Song Contest is titled "Living" and will be performed by a to-be-determined 4-member girlband. A full news article to be released... by the time things are determined.

[Missus X]

Signing up as the Mister Xian puppet. Rick Leg will be singing "I Love To Dance" to the tune of "Starships" by Nicki Minaj.

[Mister X]

Signing up as the Mister Xian puppet. Rick Leg will be singing "I Love To Dance" to the tune of "Starships" by Nicki Minaj.

Confirmed. For Mister X, Filius Deorum will try (again) to win the WorldVision Song Contest with "I'm Going Higher" to the tune of "Can't Stop The Feeling" by Justin Timberlake.

[Antahbrantahstan]

An internal selection committee has selected the duo Kallalili as the Anturian representative at WorldVision, singing "Stronger" in tune to Indyana & Yasmin-Volcano

[Talvezout]

Talvezout will be entering, this time with a somewhat mild vengeance as TRT actually has funding now.

[Mister X]

Coming soon (probably)...

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[Britonisea]

Slay, #FindYourBeat!

[Kalosia]

An infamous Kalosian psychic has predicted that a woman of Britonish descent will represent the island nation at the WorldVision Song Contest within the foreseeable future (pun intended). This comes after news of the kingdom's withdrawal, and before the Kalosian entrant and song are revealed later this week.
Obviously all it does is nothing but add to the rumour mill, though this announcement puts her credibility into question — if it's true, she just has insider info; if it's false, she's a fraud. "Remember, I did not say exactly when this will be fulfilled", she said. "Only that it will happen before the trees turn green again."

Brit, I will TG you at a later time.

[Zeganas]

Zeganas is coming back to WorldVision

Nation Name: Zeganas
Official Broadcaster: BCBC National
Song Title: Eternal Love
Artist(s) Name(s): Oyoka Project

Tune: Groove Coverage - Poison

[Ardoki]

I had to withdraw from the last edition as I had several assignments and exams due during that period. Am I still allowed to sign-up for this edition, or do I have to wait until next edition?

Thanks.

Note: I'll be finished with my final exams next week.