Izmedu clinches its 5th win on home soil in Mousiki, with Zoran Milos' "Hladna pluaya" emerging victorious in the largest World Hit Festival to date. The win came unexpected to RTI and thus a bit more time was spent contemplating the hosting rights. However, RTI would accept the hosting rights and thus, the contest will now be held for the 7th time in Izmedu. This time, RTI stages it in the city of Polumisec with the slogan of "Beautiful Symphonies."
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 (the latter link is outdated).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!
Details of the show here!
Schedule
Draft Thread Opens: September 1, 9:00PM PDT
Sign-Ups Close: September 8, 9:00PM PDT
Draft Thread Closes, IC Thread Up: September 19, 9:00PM PDT
Voting Deadline: September 26, 9:00PM PDT
Grand Final Results Reveal: September 27-October 2
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 user with three nations 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.
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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]
[/box]
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.
Participating Nations
Adab: TBA by Alman Bensoussan
Anollasia: "Baştan Sona" by John Villeroy and Fatma Akgöz
Antahbrantahstan
Besen: "On the Floor" by Naomi
Britonisea: "Buntars Ahgehar" by Jasmine Ōkubo
Chameliya
Christarnea: "Échiquier" by Néons
Cuiji Islands: "Ispanno" by Julian Possa
Darkmania: "Frihet" by TÆTØTÅ feat. Crÿst Rÿstermöd
Estogium: "Hear Your Voice" by Sarah Ward
Ethane
Evil Lord Bane: "1000 Demons Screaming in Terror" by KaoS DamNNatioN
Fromulya: Kuku-Kukuku by TBA
Hesskin Empire: TBA by Setel
The Hlhata States: "Reposting Butthole Pictures" by Jerome Brown
Indo States: "Віенс, мон амоур" by Maria Clara
Izmedu: "Let Me Go" by Letenje
Kalosia: "Gaja" by TBA
Kishrael: "בא לי אותך" by Sambucca
Llalta: TBA by Esther Winterbourne
Mercedini
Monaeroglisseurest Pleindanguilles: "Unspeakable Crimes in Musical Form" by Prisoner Number 16783
Natanya: "Rainbow" by Muki Muki Men
Nekoni
Nightom
Normandy and Picardy: "Smile" by Michael Aersen
P a m p a n g a: "May Nilad" by Corndog
Platerdam: "Allez!" by La Rue Morgue
Polkopia: "Pasažir" by Will A.
Proluvia
Rusmailica: "Герцеговина" by Pirov
Saintrabina: "Laternen" by Cynte
Skanden: "Magia di Noi" by TBA
South Batoko: "Fly Around" by Aviation Inc.
TIDS Hiklarmangia: "Boobies" by Slavie
Todaskakys: TBA by Tanaro
Todlichebujoku: TBA by Kiryeitá Sinulle
Vartugia: "The Izmeduan WorshipSong (Sandic Is <3)" by The Gruppenavn ft. Ërÿka Dëttërna
Wuriya: "Milky Way" by Jumina
Zitravgrad: "Snowstorm" by Alexei Pavlovich Bryanysk
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.
If we can match or even surpass last edition's turnout, it'd be amazing.
