Welcome to Achaean Republic!
Hello everybody and welcome back to the Achaean Republic! Firstly, I would like to send my warmest congratulations to Itamar who won the World Hit Festival with a total of 35 points - making history! As we move into pride month, it's more important than ever to celebrate the diversity that you can find in the World Hit Festival - and what better place to do that in that the Achaean Republic?
We would also like to congratulate Normandy and Picardy for a fantastic consecutive hosting - you've done fantastically!
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 59th 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 59th World Hit Festival...
Orongumilá, Achaean Republic
HOSTS OF THE 59TH WORLD HIT FESTIVAL
Draft Thread - 23rd May
Sign-ups close - 30th May
Closure of Draft - 6th June
Voting Deadline - 13th June
Winner Known By - 20th June
Participating
If you would like to participate at the World Hit Festival, please complete the form below.
Provisional Sign-Ups (36)
Updated 1 June, 23:15 BST
- Achaean Republic [AS1/AFT] Viviana Mercado - Te Vas a Perder
- Adab [ABC]
- Alezian Union [ABA] Andi Robi Idris Novogrody - Faraway Land
- Axuva
- Beepee [BONC] Max Doubt - On and On
- Britonisea [BVC] Josh Morris - Mine
- Carrelie [CarrelieOne] Vian Genamman - Wo bist du, Wassermann?
- Darkmania [DaTV] Marÿe Grëymann ë Röbert Alsberg - I din himmel
- Estogium [RVC]
- Faraby [FBC]
- Fromulya [TVRF] Stafsus Ahli Bidang Musik Dirjen Humas BP2NS - ASI
- Hafamarimët gumdrop - Vrïdrek Tevanavjë Pa
- Izmedu Lana Tomas - La jamna tuga
- Kalosia [RTVK] Sick Transit - Tu e ja
- Kassegrochia [Tre Televisija] Hawk - Homeland
- Kyritakia [KOSMOS] VoxPOP! - That's The Way It Goes
- Kergle [KNT] Samir Rouscot - The Rise of the King
- Malta Comino Gozo [MCG1] Marcelo Cutajar - Enough is Enough
- Mercedini [TeleDini] IO
- Monaeroglisseurest Pleindanguillese [MonaeroTV] Jean/Michelle - I Don't Want To Know What Love Is
- Natanya [NTV] Tsvet ft. Alexandria Hokkaichev - Petrichor
- Nekoni [nk.TV]
- New Zealandic South West Saint Martin [NZSWSMBRTBS] Tee-Bee-Aye - Let's Commit a Crime!
- Nightom [KVC] Henry Nikkelsen - Cloud 9
- Normandy & Picardy [SRNP]
- North Auphelia [Spirit News 3] Macy Sumcox and Oliver Beck - Dancin' Down
- Pemecutan [UBC] Iktamila Kamnajada & Gading Mahesa - Tanpamu
- Rhim Flavezztowland Mikhail DeLangford
- Scottish Socialists Callum Caldwell - Gie It A Wee Nudge
- Sedoniæ [SVBB] Ester og Kompanie - Sefære kom
- Skanden [ST] Jonathan Larsson & Brigitta Eklund - Sjunger en sång
- Teesdexxia [TBA] David Murciélago - No me dejes sin tu amor
- Tödlichebujoku Velicio Eglítis - Hear Me Scream
- Togonistan [Lucky 7] Kaitoa Chiefs - Haukāinga
- Independent South Africa Willie Joubert - Hello World
- Vartugia Do We Need A Name? - We are 90 years old