World Hit Festival 50 - Vodiznad, Izmedu | OOC&DISCUSSION

[Britonisea]

Sign-ups for the 50th World Hit Festival have closed.

I will be posting the Overseer Election results and then the results of the final list of participants.

Stay tuned.

[Britonisea]

5TH WORLD HIT FESTIVAL OVERSEER ELECTIONS RESULTS

The deadline for voting has passed and thus, it is time for me to reveal the results of the 5th WHF Overseer elections. I will first reveal the voting system that is to be used. First, we'll look at the second item on the voting ballot to determine if it is to be either borda count or instant-runoff voting.

Borda count	•••••	5
Instant-runoff voting	••••	4

10 users have voted; 1 abstained. 4 voters opted for instant-runoff voting, while 5 voters opted for borda count. Borda count voting will be used. The nominee that receives the least amount of points in Item 1 is elected.

Now, we can reveal the actual rankings themselves. 9 nations have voted, and I can reveal in alphabetical order that they are: Achaean Republic, Beepee, Besen, Ertzei Kishim, Izmedu, Kalosia, Polkopia, Todlichebujoku and Togonistan.

Nation										Total
Darkmania	1	3	3	1	3	3	3	2	2	21
Natanya	3	2	2	3	1	2	1	3	1	18
Britonisea	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	15

Obtaining 15 points, the lowest amount, Britonisea remains as the Overseer of the World Hit Festival for an undetermined period of time - standby for further announcements.

The first four votes represent the results before the extension on Monday. At the time, of the four that voted, 1 user abstained from voting for a voting system. Borda count was favoured. Britonisea was first placed with 6 points.

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The final list of participants at the 50th World Hit Festival will come shortly.

[Britonisea]

Participating Nations: As of February 22nd February 2020 - FINAL LIST

1. Achaean Republic [AS1] Por Ciento - Sinceramente
2. Axuva [WEN]
3. Bayilan [B7] Najwa - My Baby/Lets Get Loud
4. Beepee [BONC] Eileen Dover - Inside Me
5. Besmenien [BRF 1] Die Befanters - Hier kommt Tom
6. Besen [BSB] Eliane Poreanca - Too Cold to Care About Feeling
7. Britonisea [BVC] Meghan Jorgensen - Waiting For You
8. Darkmania [DaTV] KANDYSE - Lÿn
9. Electrum
10. Electrum Diplomatic Offices
11. Ertzei Kishim [HARESHET]
12. Estogium [RVC] Elias Nordin - Do Not Look Back
13. Ethane
14. Fatiman Federation [RTVF] Angelica Magsaysay - Cherish Life
15. Free Republics [WOLF News Channel] Bruno Milani - Ye Nichollites by Name
16. Fromulya
17. Imperial Joseon Da-Hye - Life (인생)
18. Izmedu [RTI - HOST] Poslie Postojanje - Battle Cry
19. Kalmarlund [K×T] Angelica Sandell - Warrior
20. Kalosia [RTVK]
21. Kannap [KEN]
22. Kassegrochia [Tre Televisija] Artyom - I Won't Break
23. Llalta [LBN]
24. Malta Comino Gozo
25. Mercedini [TeleDini] Alicia Mocha - Nothing Left To Fight For
26. Nahlcomo [PRTOFCN] Massey Massie - No
27. Natanya [NTV]
28. Normandy and Picardy [SRNP] Marie Traveur and Orchestron - O Tempora
29. Nightom [KVC] GAELE ft Zorsia - Just Can't Be Ya
30. Polkopia [PNB] Vanessa Anisimova - Better Love
31. Skanden
32. Talvezout [TRT] Agnoeítai - Gotta See It Through
33. Teesdexxia [TBA] Maria Cwtsh - Innocents
34. The Hlhata States
35. The Sarian [TVN1] Lukas Kamer - Palmer
36. Tödlichebujoku [Estegoa100]
37. Togonistan [Lucky7] Stacy Lekker & Apikaila Kuresa - Graceful Winow
38. Vartugia [WTF] The Izmeduan Liberation Choir For The Movement For Däryana To Represent Her Native Izmedu - Let Däryana represent Izmedu (Yes. I will)
39. Vdara
40. Wazekia

Hopefully, we will see 40 nations participating at the 50th World Hit Festival!

[Izmedu]

WORLD, THE HOST HAS A DEADLINE ANNOUNCEMENT

I've sent messages to a few of you already and in talking with Brit, I've decided to EXTEND the draft thread deadline to February 25th, 11:59PM PST, giving you all an additional 48 hours to complete and send in your entries. We are extremely close to triggering semis for the first time since WHF40, and it is my hope that this move will aid in helping that become reality.

As semis are looking likely, a modified schedule of what comes next after the draft thread closes shall come in due course. Stay tuned.

[Izmedu]

WORLD, THE HOST HAS A WHF50 ANNOUNCEMENT

I've spent the past couple of hours thinking about how the semis will go and planning the entirety of the rest of the WHF50 season. I want to stress that these plans are tentative and certainly subject to change, so do not take these to be set in stone. However, I've discussed with Brit the possible schedule moving forward, here it is.

Draft Thread Closes: February 25th, 11:59pm PST
Listen-a-long: February 26th, afternoon UK time (to be updated)
IC Thread Up: February 26th, 9:00pm PST
Voting Deadline: March 4th, 11:59pm PST
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Semi-Final 1 Reveal: March 6th
Semi-Final 2 Reveal: March 8th
Grand Final Voting Reveal: March 10-15

What happens now?

Now that semi-finals are close to being a fungible thing, I'll begin the procedure of arranging everyone into their respective semis. As we are at the border of 29 entries, this means that I (the host) will likely remain the sole auto-qualifier into the grand final. I will discuss further with Brit the specific mechanics of how many we should qualify and how many grand finalists should there be once the final number of entries looks more concrete at the 25th.

There will also be a live draw for semis. It's currently tentatively scheduled the 26th; and I will do so in the lead-up to the listen-a-long. As a note (due to time constraints), it's unlikely I'll be able to make graphics for it. However, I will reveal which semi you will be drawn in and which half of that semi you will also perform.

A secondary live draw might occur for the grand final itself. Watch the space for this one.

Will the voting remain the same?

Yes! I will explain in more further detail once the entry deadline passes, but you will be asked to rank all entries in a full ranking, as well as send the usual information (RP, your spokesperson)
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These plans are very tentative but if a nation wishes to have a former winner featured in a possible grand final interval act greatest hits medley, please let me know as soon as possible! I'm happy to talk it out and see what form you'd like this idea to take. I can't accept everyone into this provisional idea but my hope is to have at least 3 or 4 winners participate here.

[Izmedu]

WORLD, THE HOST HAS A WHF50 ANNOUNCEMENT

Now that the deadline has passed, I am proud to announce that the draft thread is now closed

The IC thread shall be up starting approximately 9pm. Similarly, voting shall also start at likely around a similar time tomorrow.

The grace period is now in effect. I encourage anyone currently working on their entries right now to keep doing so.

[Britonisea]

Hey guys, your Overseer speaking. Just to let you know but the Official WHF50 NSwiki article is here!

http://nswiki.org/index.php?title=World_Hit_Festival_50

All information regarding what happens at World Hit Festival 50 will be uploaded here as well as the IC Thread. So far, you can find the results of the Semi-Final draw that happened earlier today. More will be uploaded in due course.

[Izmedu]

World, I am pleased to say that the IC thread, though still in a very much WIP state, is now up and all entries have been transferred. This means that the voting is now OPEN

WORLD! START! VOTING NOW!!!

WORLD HIT FESTIVAL 50 - IC Thread

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VOTING INSTRUCTIONS
We will be voting in the same way we have done for recent WHFs. You will be sending in a full ranking of all participating entries to me.

For this edition, rank all participating entries from 1 to 30, with your entry ranked 1st as your favorite and your entry ranked 30th being your least favorite. Please remember to also include the host in your ranking (represented in semi-final 1 as the interval act). For nations that are participating with puppets this edition, the points limit rule for puppets still applies. I'll also need pictures of your spokesperson as well and brief RP dialogue (ie. "Good evening Vodiznad! This is [NATION]")

For people doing spokesperson dialogue, it's going to be a two-phase voting reveal this edition. Your spokesperson will be announcing your nation's 5 points during the reveal.

This full ranking ensures that you will only need to vote once for the entire contest. Sending in a new ranking for the grand final is not required, though nations that wish to do so are absolutely welcome to send me new votes.

I will use your full ranking to determine your points allocation for both the semi and the grand final. For example, if Testlandia competed in semi-final 1 and sent me a ranking of every single participating nation in the contest, who gets points is determined by who competes with them. Testlandia ranked Bobville 4th in their ranking; but since Bobville is their highest ranked nation/favorite entry competing in their semi, they get Testlandia's 5 points in semi 1. This points allocation will continue until all points values down to 1 are exhausted.

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You are free to send your votes to me via TG or Discord DM, you can reach me at Izmedu#6997

The deadline for voting is: MARCH 4, 11:59PM PST

Good luck everyone! Looking forward to seeing everyone's votes

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INFORMATION ON QUALIFICATION

Now that we've hit 31 nations, a WHF record, we're now at a point where we have 15 nations participating in each semi-final. The previous WHF with semi-finals, WHF40, only had 7 nations qualify from each semi to create a grand final of 15 nations.

This time, a decision has been reached to increase the amount of qualifiers. For this edition, the top 8 from each semi will qualify to the grand final. Between both semis, 16 semi-finalists will qualify to create a grand final of 17 nations.

[Izmedu]

World, the deadline for voting has passed. Which means...

WORLD! STOP! VOTING! NOW!!!

[Todlichebujoku]

I really enjoyed visiting the Sastavak train station last night. Looking forward to returning to Izmedu!

[Izmedu]

Hello!

It's been a busy weekend, so many apologies that the IC thread has hung in relative silence for a couple of days! As you can see however, we now have a grand final of 17 nations. I would firstly like to congratulate all nations that qualified to the grand final this edition. I'm looking forward to seeing how the final results develop and who our winner will be. For those that did not qualify, many commiserations. However, this is not the end of your World Hit Festival journey as a whole. Your full ranking will still decide who the winner shall be and what the grand final's results will look like.

I'm waiting on a couple of nations to send me updated votes. Note that that latter part is optional. If you have voted with the ranking, you do not need to send me anything extra unless you absolutely want to.

With this in mind, let's take care of the schedule for the upcoming days. My ideal to conclude the World Hit Festival as quickly as possible, ideally around the 16th.

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GRAND FINAL SCHEDULE
Entry Transfer: Beginning March 11, 9:00PM PDT
Listen-a-long: March 12, 2:00PM PDT
Results Reveal: March 13-16 (Phase I: 13-14 | Phase II: 15-16)
Winner Announced: March 16

[Izmedu]

Hello!

As you can see from the IC thread, we are now officially midway through the results reveal. 66% of the available votes have been revealed, but things are far from being over. With the first phase of the voting complete, we move onto Phase II, which will concern your 5 points. As seen in the past, this phase is the most critical one in deciding who the eventual winner shall be. The specific time stamp is to be determined, but I do know whose votes I will reveal today.

The rest of Phase II will work out this way: there will be 10 votes on day 3 and 4, and 11 votes in day 5. I will reveal the first set of Phase II votes today. This means the winner reveal is likely to come at around Tuesday, March 17, Afternoon PDT.

The nations whose votes will be revealed are:

• Llalta
• Axuva
• Nahlcomo
• Besen
• Malta Comino Gozo
• Polkopia
• Skanden
• Achaean Republic
• Vartugia
• Todlichebujoku

I'll also try to update the IC thread in due course. I'm excited to reveal more of the results. See you soon!

[Izmedu]

Hello!

Day 4 of the voting will begin today. It'll likely start at around 2pm or 3pm PDT to avoid clashing too directly with today's WV results reveal. I'm looking forward to revealing the next ten votes. The order will be as follows:

• Beepee
• Fromulya
• Natanya
• Estogium
• Izmedu
• Britonisea
• Wazekia
• Kalosia
• Bayilan
• Togonistan

[Izmedu]

Hello!

Today is the final day of the results reveal. 11 nations' votes will be revealed and by the end of it, we will know who the winner of the 50th World Hit Festival is and the potential identity of next edition's host. I'm looking forward to revealing who they are. The votes will start at 2pm PDT. The voting order will be as follows:

• The Hlhata States
• Imperial Joseon
• Besmenien
• Kassegrochia
• Fatiman Federation
• Kalmarlund
• Teesdexxia
• Ertzei Kishim
• Nightom
• Normandy and Picardy
• Talvezout

[Izmedu]

Hello world! I've revealed the full breakdown of the points and I've already released the sheet on Discord. However, I've had enough time to step away from the screen to be able to begin posting the full results on the forums. First, I will start by revealing the full 1-15 of each semi.

Semi-Final 1 Results

1 Britonisea 43
2 Estogium 29
3 Normandy and Picardy 26
4 Togonistan 24
5 Llalta 20
6 Natanya 18 (7 voters)
7 Polkopia 18 (5 voters)
8 Malta Comino Gozo 17
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9 Achaean Republic 12
10 Talvezout 11
11 Kassegrochia 9
12 Imperial Joseon 5 (Imperial Joseon voted first)
13 Fromulya 5
14 Bayilan 2
15 Beepee 1

Semi-Final 2 Results

1 Todlichebujoku 36
2 Ertzei Kishim 30
3 Teesdexxia 28
4 Besen 25
5 Kalosia 23
6 Nightom 16
7 Besmenien 13
8 Wazekia 12
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9 Axuva 11 (4 voters, 5x1, 4x1)
10 Fatiman Federation 11 (4 voters, 5x1, 4x0)
11 Kalmarlund 10
12 The Hlhata States 5 (The Hlhata States voted first)
13 Skanden 5
14 Vartugia 0 (Vartugia voted first)
15 Nahlcomo 0

Please click this link to view and download the 50th World Hit Festival Voting Information

In it will be every single ranking, how I allocated your points, and the full points breakdown of every single nation between the semi and the final.

If you have any questions about accessing the above link or about anything in the sheet, please let me know.

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I also would like to thank you for the chance to let me host this contest as well as a hearty congratulations to the winner! It's been a wild ride since the beginning of WHF50 and I am so grateful to have taken this journey with all of you. I'm looking forward to the start of WHF51.

And I also can't be anymore prouder of Britonisea's overseership. Though I know he is continuing on for the foreseeable future, what he's accomplished in the past 10 editions has been extraordinary. I'm looking forward to seeing how future editions go and to also see the WHF grow even bigger than it is.

See you soon