OOC | Contest Info | Last Edition
"A World Of Music", Official Theme of the 21st World Hit Festival
8:00PM, Normand Time (GMT)
Picard had been bustling for several days, as fans poured in before the spectacle that is the World Hit Festival. Many were Normand fans, travelling from the main cities in the west of Caen and Rouen, others arrived via Picard Airport from around the multiverse. No matter where they were from, Picard was determined to make everyone feel at home. Tourists visited the many sites of Picard, from the Tórðin Piccangenðaárðináoffat ("The Tower of The Picard People") to the Bank of Picardy Building. As the show was about to begin, the stadium was full to the brim of excited fans, and there were even fans outside watching on large screens constructed to allow people to watch the contest. There was a feeling of excitement and joy, as the contest was finally going to begin. What wasn't known - as BNRT and TVP had kept it a secret - was what the opening act was actually going to be. What was certain was that the previous champions, Small Lords, weren't going to be there, as they were on a multiverse wide tour promoting their new album, "Clearest Blue". The Venuðiná Piccarnoffwas about to explode with anticipation from the crowd when a voice was suddenly heard, saying "Ladies, Gentlemen, Children. Welcome to the greatest show in the Multiverse, live from Picard, Normandy and Picardy. This is the WORLD HIT FESTIVAL"
On TV screens around the multiverse, there is a view of the previous host city, Senmeri. We meet a child, who's name is never told. She walks around the city, past many of the sites, and reaches the highest point of the city. Then, she puts her hand into the sky, and it turns into one of the hands of the logo of this WHF. Then, the hand starts flying into the air, and soon we begin a whirlwind tour of the entire multiverse. We go to Todlichebujoku and Sterblichengokai, then to Monterra, Kalosia, then to Izmedu, Bloodbath Generation, Ekoz, and many of the other nations. Eventually, the hand reaches Picard, flying through the streets as fans walk towards the Venuðiná Piccarnoff (in reality, most fans used the trams or the underground). The theme tune has been playing throughout this, and finally we reach the stadium, where the opening act finally begins...
Luci Gjardin - The World Is In Your Hands
Lady Gaga - G.U.Y
Luci stands on a pedestal in the middle of the stage, looking upwards and to the side and the backs of her hands on her face. She turns her head and looks at the audience as she begins speaking as the song begins. The background is one that is black and full of stars and worlds. Luci's dress is made up of the flags of all of the competing nation, which is unfortunately less than usual.
Greeting Multiverse
Welcome to Picard
For the World Hit Festival
Sit back, and enjoy as this contest guides you through new and exciting cultures
The background zooms in on one the worlds, on which the logo of this WHF, the three hands, can be seen. Luci somersaults off her pedestal to the cheers of the crowd and begins a dance routine (OOC: Like that in the video). The three hands send out a beam which spreads out across the background, and by the end of the verse the background is made of the colours of the hands (Orange, Blue and Green, which are also the Picard colours).
The world is in your hands
Don't you see? (Oh yeah!)
Only you have the power
To change our world, so do it (Oh yeah)
Make a difference, make a change
Luci leaves the dancers who continue their routine, although it becomes more like gymnastics/acrobatics. She struts towards the front, confident and proud, like the contest wants everyone to be. She reaches the front in the part singing, part talking bit before the contest, placing her microphone on the microphone stand.
You can be leaders
You can be musicians
You can be the bringers of peace (of peace)
Make a change and don't be scared
Make a choice, the power's there
You can do whatever you want to do
The background now changes again to show the colours of all the competing nations converging as one, and slowly the colours change into the flags of all of the competing nations. Luci takes her microphone once again as she is lifted by two of the dancers and turns around, showing the back of her dress that says "The World Is Yours".
The world is in your hands (your hands)
The world is in your hands (your hands)
The world is in your hands (your hands)
The world is in your hands
As the chorus ends, Luci leaves the stage and flag bearers begin entering the stage, as the music from the song continues. Behind each of the flag bearers is the act performing from each of the competing nations. Then, the host of tonight's contest, Soði-Ann Esklenðan, walks onto the stage, welcoming all the acts before reaching the front and beginning to speak to the audience. All the time, the crowds have been cheering, both for the opening act, the flag bearers and for Soði-Ann.
[align=center]Hil! Hello, and Welcome to the 21st World Hit Festival in Picard. We are here for one purpose, to share music and cultures and to see what the world can offer. It is then up to you to decide who has won, and the power will be in you hands. It is those hands that can also change a nation, create a masterpiece, explore whole new world, and can do so much more. So, don't waste your chance, as "The World Is In Your Hands". Now, enough of me talking. You're here to watch the contest, and watch it you shall. The World Hit Festival has begun!
Song continues.
