The 4th Junior World Hit Festival in Zoloroni, Mercedini saw its third competitive winner in the form of Alinghi Federal-Democratic Republic's "Mondo Animale," marking a landmark moment for the country. As five editions of the senior World Hit Festival has passed, the Junior version once more makes its re-appearance.
What is the Junior World Hit Festival?
The Junior World Hit Festival is the children's version of the World Hit Festival. It is a multiversal song competition modeled after the World Hit Festival. 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 Junior 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.
JWHF 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 JWHF 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.
However, there are key differences between the JWHF and the regular WHF, most of which will be articulated in the rules and procedures section. All of the regular rules in the WHF still apply, but a lot of the differences will involve your IC participants and how the show selects its host. Unlike the WHF, JWHF calls for bids from interested channels from interested channels and decides the host through a bidding process. Additionally, your IC entrants must be children or young teenagers in order to be eligible to participate (between the ages of 7 and 15).
Four editions of the Junior World Hit Festival have been held so far. To find them, please click this link.
If you want to see what the contest looks like in action, here are links to the most recent JWHF: OOC Thread - Draft Thread - IC Thread
We also have a Discord server!
Schedule
Bid submission closes, Host Voting Opens: September 29
Host voting closes, Draft Thread Opens: October 6
Sign-ups close: October 13
Draft thread closes, IC thread opens: October 20
Voting Closes: October 27
Results Reveal: Up to the discretion of the host, but likely by November 3rd
This schedule is subject to change. If enough objections are raised, proposed changes can be discussed with the overseer.
Rules and Procedures
- A user 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.
Rules and Differences for the Junior World Hit Festival
- Your IC entrants must be between the ages of 7 and 15 on the date of the contest.
- 6 people maximum are allowed on the stage, and all of them also must be between the ages of 7 and 15.
- Your lyrics must also be age-appopriate for the singer's age. For example, a singer who is 13 years old would normally not be singing a song about war or an economic crisis and thus, it would look out of place if done so. Rule of thumb: if your lyrics are more suitable for an adult in their 30s or 40s, step back. Remember that you're writing for a younger singer.
- Unlike the regular WHF, the JWHF has a language rule. 50% of your song must be in your national, regional, widely-spoken, and/or state-sponsored languages that your country speaks in. Preferably, this language should not be English (it is not forbidden if English is your national language, but you are highly encouraged to use another language)
- In terms of tunes and song production, there's two aspects. ICly, children/teenagers are going to be the main authors of the song, so keep that in mind when choosing your tune. However, adults can help produce the song or teach your entrants to songwrite. However, like rule 3, if you find that the songwriting begins to match that of a renowned artist, step back. OOCly, it is highly recommended and advisable but not required that you choose a tune primarily produced by children (examples: children's music or the Junior Eurovision are good sources for tunes)
- As an addendum to tunes, OOCly adult-produced songs can be sent to the JWHF. However, you must be able to ICly justify it and it will be held to the same rules (language rule, etc). If enough nations in the community object to a nation's tune, the WHF Overseer will make the final judgment to the tune's suitability.
- As noted, the JWHF selects its host through a host bidding process. Eligible voters will comprise of those who have signed-up for JWHF, and these votes shall be sent to the WHF Overseer.
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 (Age In Brackets):[/b]
[b]Language(s):[/b]
[b]Title Transcription (if required):[/b]
[b]Title Translation (if required):[/b]
[b]Tune:[/b]
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For WHF veterans, this sign-up form will look very familiar as it is the same sign-up form utilized for the past JWHF contests. However, for debutantes, I have attached a sample application with random nation information as well as additional annotations to explain each part.
Participating Nations
1zmedu: "Path of the Starlight" by Marta Šimunković (13)
Aloquirbe
Adab
Chameliya
Darkmania
Estogium
Fromulya
Hlhata States: "It's Jerome Bish" Jerome Brown (11)
Indo States: "Л'анніверсаіре де Наташа" by Ночь Кіндерґартен
Izmedu: "To poli" by Lea Rogosic (15)
Kalosia
Llalta
Lochario: "Di Kajani Kiti" by Salyin Sayad & Alma Rotter
Mercedini: SongSearch: Duel (National Final in progress, click on the link to vote!)
Pan-Asiatic States: "Ang-Aking Girlfriend, Laging Naka-Pula" by Plagpul
Skanden
South Batoko: "I Won't Stop Moving" by Kian Pearson (12)
Titaniumland: TBA by Vance D. (13)
Togonistan: "Fade Away" by Ash Alovili (13) & Eva Taualai (14)
Todlichebujoku: TBA by Dimas Švangau & Gerda Mizušima
Vartugia: "Gib Points!" by Däb (14)
Host Bids
Serna, Vartugia
Tushlark, Togonistan (HOST)
I've taken your bid as a provisional sign-up for now, but make sure to formally confirm
