Following Mercedini's landslide second win in Izmedu, ENM have decided to opt out of the hosting rights for the to focus on the 4th Junior World Hit Festival. The runner-up of the 36th World Hit Festival is Kalosia. Thus, the hosting rights have fallen upon RTVK for the first time since WHF26, and the former overseer has agreed to host the contest. This is Kalosia's third time hosting the contest, debuting a new city and sporting the slogan, "Channeling Voices."
What is the World Hit Festival?
The World Hit Fesitval (WHF) is a multiversal song competition. Each nation shall enter 1 song and 1 artist, and it shall be 'performed' via roleplay. Most nations tend to use a real life tune as a musical backing, but every entry submitted to the World Hit Festival is required to have original lyrics (ie. if you submit a tune, you must re-write the lyrics), so this does mean that instrumental entries are blocked from entering the contest.
WHF operates with three threads, the OOC, Draft, and IC threads. The one you are seeing now is the OOC/Sign-ups thread, the main place for you to discuss the contest, reveal your entrant, etc. All OOC chatter goes here. The Draft Thread, opened by the host, is the second thread opened up during a WHF contest, and this draft thread is where nations will post and work on their entries until a deadline determined by the host. The IC thread, also opened by the host is the third and final thread attached to a WHF, and it is where the host will transfer your entries.
The World Hit Festival has had a very long history in NationStates, and a thread by the second overseer (Euskirribakondara) has been created to compile this long history. Click here for a thread with links to every OOC and IC thread of all World Hit Festivals so far. Click this for a statistical database of all WHF participants. (the latter link is outdated). For winners, click here to see a full list of all WHF winners with links to their entries.
For those wanting a look at the immediate past, here are a collection of links to the most recent WHF: OOC Thread - Draft Thread - IC Thread
We also have a Discord server!
Schedule
Draft Thread Opens: January 1
Sign-Ups Close: January 10
Draft Thread Closes, IC Thread Up: January 20
Voting Deadline: February 4
Winner Revealed: TBD
Rules and Procedures
- A nation is allowed to submit 2 puppets maximum to the contest, meaning that a user can be controlling at most 3 nations in the contest.
- The voting procedure is as follows: 5 points to your favorite, 4, 3, 2, and 1 to your 5th favorite. All votes are sent to the host through telegram.
- Users are allowed to receive 8 points maximum from their puppets. Meaning, a nation with three users can use Nation B and C (with B and C giving 4 points each) to give Nation A 8 points total, but nothing more.
- A nation is also required to vote, but there is no penalty for not voting. The host will make up your votes in the event that they do not have your votes.
- All or at least most of the written lyrics must be original. Should any user spot any concerns, don't hesitate to let the overseer or current host know.
- If more than 30 nations successfully post complete entries on the draft thread, semi-finals will be held.
Signing Up
You've read the rules and what it's about, and you wanna join? Awesome! To confirm that you are indeed participating, fill out the sign-up form below. It is not necessary to immediately complete the sign-up form in full immediately, as a post saying you'll participate is also fine. However, please do fill out the form to completion during the contest.
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[box][b]Nation:[/b]
[b]Broadcaster:[/b]
[b]Song Title:[/b]
[b]Artist:[/b]
[b]Language(s):[/b]
[b]Title Transcription (if required):[/b]
[b]Title Translation (if required):[/b]
[b]Tune:[/b]
[b]Picture of your entrant:[/b]
[b]Clean (Un-rippled) picture of your national flag[/b]
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For WHF veterans, this sign-up form will look very familiar as it is the same sign-up form for the past 15 editions. However, for debutantes, I have provided a sample application using WHF32's winning entry in a spoiler, with explanations in brackets.
Additionally, the host has asked for two postcard related items and they have been added up to the sign-up form. These items will be explained in the post immediately following this one.
Participating Nations
Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic
Britonisea
Darkmania: "Jeg blir med deg" by Chärlöotäa Fëdëränserngarmigërölÿrmär
Ethane
Fromulya
Hiklarmangia: "Ass, Ass, Ass" by Slavie
Izmedu: "Who I Am" by Irma Cigir
Kalosia
Mercedini: "Optimum" by Cody Goršek & Syren
New Doltania: "Never Give In" by Alexi Lodoski
Norjihan: "Don't Call Me Now" by Deðø Sedang and Ásær Huraðin
Skanden
Todaskakys
Togonistan: "I Wanna Fly" by Apikaila Kuresa
Vartugia: "La meg reise" by Frankona Rombertona (and band)
It's a lot to take in, but as I've mentioned before, there are nations here that are willing to help. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask them on this thread or to TG any of us. Most importantly, enjoy your time here and enjoy the music.
