Welcome to Fromulya!
Firstly I would like to congratulate the efforts of Fromulya for finally winning the World Hit Festival! Cut Aisyah Nurramadhani won the World Hit Festival with a total of 27 points in what was a hotly contested Festival. The result could've gone to anyone, but that's what makes Fromulya's victory even more brilliant - the best of a great bunch of entries. I most certainly hope that now going into the 55th World Hit Festival, the qualify of the Festival improves even more so that the Festival reaches the greatest of heights for Fromulya's first ever hosting. I would also like to congratulate the team in Achaean Republic for hosting a great World Hit Festival.
This is it! The 55th World Hit Festival is the final World Hit senior edition of 2020 and what a year it has been?! Focusing on the positives of the Festival rather than the many issues and problems in the real world, 2020 has seen six great editions of the World Hit Festival, with a seventh fantastic show expected to finish the year off. While I can speak with bias by saying my own nation's two wins have been two personal highlights of mine, I cannot ignore the birth of uprising nations at the Festival. We have seen new winners and hosts and personal records being broken. We have seen the two largest World Hit Festivals to date (50th, 53rd WHF) which resulted in exciting Semi-Final shows being made.
For one more edition this year we can use the Festival as a form of solice and escapism in the turbulent year that we have all had and so I hope we leave 2020 with a bang in Brahmokerto, Fromulya for the 55th World Hit Festival. At least in the adult version of World Hit Festival, I will see you all in 2021 for the Orchestral Edition in January...
Guy Autriche
World Hit Festival Overseer
What is the World Hit Festival?
The World Hit Festival (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. For winners, click here to see a full list of all WHF winners with links to their entries.
Below you can find the rules of the 55th World Hit Festival!
Rules and Regulations...
ENTRIES
- For an entry to be accepted, must have at least a tune and a complete set of lyrics. Incomplete, inappropriate or disorganised/unclear entries will not be accepted at the discretion of the host and the Overseer.
- Reserved RL Tunes Nations must not send a reserved tune from this list. Songs that have been reserved are those that have placed in the quintile of any participating Festival, including Junior World Hit Festival. Songs that do not place in the top quintile are reserved for a year from the IC date of the Festival. You can find all information, and more, by browsing that link. The Overseer will be responsible for checking tunes, with the host double-checking before transferring the entry to the IC.
- 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.
- In order for Semi Finals to be initiated, there must be enough nations for there to be 13 nations per Semi Final. The number of participants before Semi Finals are initiated will be dependent on circumstances.
- The maximum amount of nations that can participate without more than one automatic qualifier (ie the host) is 18 nations per Semi-Final. Once this number has been broken, the top 6 (including the host) will automatically qualify to reduce 18 nations to 15 in each Semi.*1
CONTEST
- A nation is allowed to submit 2 puppets maximum to the contest, meaning that a user can be controlled at most 3 nations in the contest.
- Users must send a full ranking of all nations on the IC Thread to the host of the competition when the voting opens. If users usually split their rankings across multiple participating nations (master and at least one puppet), they are free to provide only one ranking - provided it directly aligns with how many points given out across the user's participating nations. Otherwise, the user must send a ranking per participating nation they own. Rankings should not be displayed by any given user until after the Festival has been completed.
- The nation ranked first will receive 5 points, the nation ranked second will receive 4 points etc. Nations ranked 6th or below will not receive any points.
- When participating with multiple nations, users can only give themselves 8 points maximum. Votes will not be accepted if users give themselves, through any of their nations, more than 8 points.
- In the event of a tie, the countback system goes as follows: Amount of nations - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 6th places, 7th places etc.
HOSTING
- The winner of the competition will automatically be given the right to host the competition. The winner will have 72 hours (maximum) to announce their interest in hosting the Festival to the Overseer.
- The host can reveal they will host the World Hit Festival after talks with the Overseer on when to do this. It will still officially be announced on the WHF Network.
- If within the first 72 hours, the host either doesn't announce their interest in hosting the proceeding contest or declines hosting rights, the nation who came 2nd will be asked and so on until it reaches the Overseer. The Overseer can give hosting responsibilities to a user placed below them if they are willing to host.
- If the host abandons their host duties, the World Hit Overseer will be responsible for what left needs to be done.
- We would like to ensure all World Hit Festival hosts can host the competition to the best of their ability. If you have any concerns about hosting if given the opportunity to, don't hesitate to speak to the World Hit Overseer.
The 55th World Hit Festival...
BRAHMOKERTO, FROMULYA
HOSTS OF THE 55TH WORLD HIT FESTIVAL
Fromulya is a country of thousands. Thousands of volcanoes mark our place in the heart of the Ring of Fire. Thousands of diverse cultures, which meet with one another in peaceful harmony. Thousands of communities, each of them being its own spark that lights the fire of passion that keeps us going, and that keeps us warm in times of peril. Thousands of islands, connected through our shared heritage. Thousands of years of history, as passed on to us by our elders through dance and song.
For the 55th World Hit Festival, we invite you to sing with us, to celebrate life with us. Join us as we dance around the Ring of fire.
Draft Thread - 25th October
Sign-ups close - 7th November
Closure of Draft - 8th November
Voting Deadline - 15th November
Winner Known By - 22nd November
Participating
If you would like to participate at the World Hit Festival, please complete the form below.
Provisional Sign-Ups (21)
Updated 23rd October 2020, 20:36 BST
- Achaean Republic [AS1] Laura Lee - Viento
- Beepee [BONC] Hugo First - 'til Now
- Britonisea [BVC] AIDA - MY FINAL PROMISE.
- Darkmania IMAKETHEMUSIC feat. - Fri
- Estogium [RVC]
- Fromulya [TVRF - HOST] Dian Tarakita
- Izmedu [RTI]
- Joija [JTV] Pastiche - Worth Dying For
- Kalosia [RTVK]
- Kyritakia
- Llalta [LBN]
- Nekoni
- Nightom [KVC]
- Normandy & Picardy [SRNP] Philippe Lyotard - À Nouveau
- North Alezia [ABA] Halimah Sa'adinova - Hilang di Zafi
- Pemecutan [UBC] Agus Teja ft. Trisna Arya and Nuraini Fajrin - Tetap di Hati
- Rhim Flavezztowland [FTV] Heart Zone - Move It
- Scotatrova [SSTR] Miguel Alvaro
- Skanden
- Togonistan Ray Carter & The Gatherers - Freefall
- Vartugia Shitty Band Name - We gonna get last place
Tunes
- Achaean Republic Hot Potato - Pillow
- Beepee Edsilia Rombley - Van Jou
- Britonisea SIA - Courage to Change
- Darkmania Röyksopp feat. Robyn - Monument (The Inevitable End Version)
- Estogium Ivan NAVI - Це Вона (Зірка)
- Fromulya Alffy Rev ft Hanin Dhiya - Beautiful We Are
- Izmedu Zeljko Joksimovic - Nije ljubav stvar
- Joija Brick - Ben Folds Five
- Kalosia Celeste - Strange
- Nekoni Superbus - Un autre monde
- Normandy & Picardy Ultimo - 22 Settembre
- North Alezia EMI MARIA - Lost In Tokyo
- Pemecutan Eka Gustiwana ft. Prince Husein and Sara Fajira - Tersimpan di Hati
- Rhim Flavezztowland MAMAMOO - Hip
- Scotatrova Pablo Alborán, Ava Max - Tabú
- Skanden DJ Snake ft Zomboy - Quiet Storm
- Togonistan Broder Daniel - Shoreline
- Vartugia Katrina and the Waves - I'm Walking On Sunshine