Welcome to Todlichebujoku!
Firstly I would like to congratulate the efforts of Todlichebujoku for winning the 55th World Hit Festival, 33 editions after you last won. Ī Astoles won the 55th World Hit Festival with the song "Supernova" with 28 points after a wonderful contest held by Fromulya for the first time.
The 56th World Hit Festival is now here - something that many of have been waiting for. For the second time in World Hit Festival history, there will be an orchestral edition with only live music, headed by a full-sized philharmonic orchestra, being allowed to participate. It has been decided that we will return to Todlichebujoku for the first time in only 5 editions as we gear up for what is expected to be a fantastic edition of the World Hit Festival.
Who's going to win?
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 56th World Hit Festival!
Rules and Regulations...
ENTRIES
- This is an orchestra edition, please refer to the rules of this on the second post of this page.
- 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 56th World Hit Festival...
STERBLICHENGOKAI, TOLICHEBUJOKU
HOSTS OF THE 56TH WORLD HIT FESTIVAL
[i]Sterblichengokai, also commonly known as Estegoa, is Tödlichebujoku's largest city and home to some of the nation's biggest cultural institutions. As the world of Jemaa's premier trade center for the past couple of centuries, the vast sums of money trading hands in Sterblichengokai has been a magnet for composers and artists looking for patrons to fund their professions, and many have made their names in the city. This atmosphere promoting the appreciation of the arts has cultivated a rich heritage in the city, persisting through various global and local conflicts, and even today amongst the myriad glassy bank towers and high-rise apartment buildings, the city's orchestra halls and opera houses continue to put on regular shows.
Draft Thread - 3rd January
Sign-ups close - 10th January
Closure of Draft - 17th January
Voting Deadline - 24th January
Winner Known By - 31st January
Participating
If you would like to participate at the World Hit Festival, please complete the form below.
Provisional Sign-Ups (27)
Updated 28th December 2020, 18:10 GMT
- Achaean Republic [AS1] Narinho - Todo es Vanidad
- Australaisan Lushanksian Confderation [RTL] PW Botha - Sarie Marais
- Axuva [WEN] Victoria Kwon - Everything
- Beepee [BONC] Ivor Biggun - The Same
- Britonisea [BVC] Alexandre Augustin - Enchanté
- Carrelie [Ca1/Cn1] Eíana Ve-Moit - Iantasíqua!
- Darkmania [DaTV] Ërÿk (Ärse) - Mennesker
- Duskain and Bodresia [TDF] Les Deux Femmes - Monsieur Bonhomme
- Estogium [RVC]
- Fromulya [TVRF] Qasidah Jaya RT 3
- Joija [JTV] House Of The Devil ft. Lania Walsh - Stars
- Lotnuscora [LAVF] Shifra - Cosmos
- Kalosia [RTVK]
- Malta Comino Gozo [MCG1] Margarite Camille - Qalb ta' Qalbi
- Mercedini [TeleDini] Oleksi Tvernic & One World Choir - Eternal Ascension (It's Never Enough)
- Normandy & Picardy [SRNP-ORNT] Antoine Delaphine - À travers la mer
- Nightom [KVC]
- Nekoni [nk.tv] Sandro Lallane - Too Close to the Sun
- North Alezia [ABA] Emilia Rosetta Dadon - Secret Lover (Where are you?)
- Northern Beepee [KooriTV] Gunner Boscher - Today Is
- Pemecutan [UBC] Ayu Pratiwi - Cinta Kita (Takkan Goyah)
- Rhim Flavezztowland [FTV] Sienna Cody - My Best Friend
- Rusmailica [RAVF] Platans - Panacea
- Skanden [SKT] Homophonic - Mörkaste Natt
- Talvezout [TRT] Laura - See You Again
- Todlichebujoku National Final in Progress
- Tohotokai [THS] Nakamura Shion - 私のすべて
Tunes