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Schedule for the 67th World Hit Festival
Times are subject to change...
Draft Thread Opens - 23rd October
Sign-ups close - 30th October, 23:59 GMT
Closure of Draft - 6th November, 23:59 GMT (with the Live Draw following soon after, subject to change based on numbers)
+ 24 hour grace period
Voting Open - 8th November 23:59 GMT or earlier - 12th November 23:59 GMT
Winner Known By- 18th November
In the case of Semi-Finals, dates will be moved back to accommodate for extra voting/more days to prepare graphics...
Welcome to Elejamie!
Firstly, I would like to thank and congratulate our friends at MCG1 for their hosting of the contest last edition, expertly handling the unusual needs required to host the orchestral edition of the contest. As ever, this edition was a great success, and it was excellent to see a great celebration of live music in such a manner. Again, merci beaucoup. I also look forward to working with our friends in Elejamie, who I must also congratulate on winning on their debut (our contest seems to have a tradition of such), on the hosting of the 67th edition of the contest in the beautiful city of Playa de Rocas, and I look forward to getting to know the country better, as I hope will millions of viewers from around the multiverse. I know that the team at CRTS will put on the best possible show and we will do everything in our power to ensure that it is so, and that indeed we can welcome more countries and more viewers to enjoy this great festival of song, newly bolstered by a series of rule changes brought in to ensure the integrity of the contest going forward. All that remains to be said now is Bonne chance à tous!
Christine Périault
World Hit Festival Overseer | Le Superviseur du Festival International de la Chanson
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. In order to see how the whole thing works, feel free to explore the previous competition in Beepee, linked above, which will also allow you to get a feel for the contest and what is required.
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 part of this long history. Click here for a thread with links to every OOC and IC thread of all World Hit Festivals so far (updated to WHF53).
Click this for a statistical database of all WHF participants (updated to WHF65). For winners, click here to see a full list of all WHF winners with links to their entries.
*PLEASE NOTE:* Much of this data is currently outdated, and is set to be updated and consolidated into a single database alongside a new WHF nationstates-side hub, hopefully to be completed by the end of WHF67. Stage one, the updating of the statistical database, has been completed.
*A SHOUT OUT* to Achaean Republic for compiling a Spotify playlist of the winners of the World Hit Festival, which can be found here
Below you can find the rules of the 66th World Hit Festival!
Rules and Regulations...
ENTRIES
- For an entry to be accepted, must have one of either at least some staging directions orsuitable background role play.‘At least some staging directions’ is to be defined as anything more than 3 sentences of RP to accompany the entry. Cases that are on the borderline will be accepted or rejected at the discretion of the Host and the Overseer.' ‘Suitable background role play’ is to be defined as at least 5 sentences of background to the entry. The right to reject an entry according to this criterium is reserved by the Host and the Overseer. More generally, feel free to consult the Acceptable Entry Standards for the World Hit Festival
- 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.
CONTEST
- A nation is allowed to submit 1 puppet maximum to the contest, meaning that a user can be controlled at most 2 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 5 points maximum across both nations, and a maximum of 3 to one (that is to say, a maximum of 3 to one and 2 to the other). Votes will not be accepted if users give themselves, across both of their nations, more than 5 points, or more than 3 points to one.
- 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 be contacted by the Overseer to ask if they want to take up the role.
- The host can reveal they will host the World Hit Festival after talks with the Overseer on when to do this.
- If the host either doesn't announce their interest in hosting the proceeding contest or declines hosting rights, usual procedure is that 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, and the Overseer also reserves the ability to choose an alternative 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.
Playa de Rocas, Elejamie
If you'd like to sign up, simply fill the form out below. Any extra requirements requested by the host will be found and explained in the form below too.
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[box][b]Nation:[/b]
[b]Broadcaster:[/b]
[b]Song Title:[/b]
[b]Artist:[/b]
[b]Language(s):[/b]
[b]Title Transcription (if required):[/b]
[b]Title Translation (if required):[/b]
[b]Tune:[/b]
[b]Official Trigramme:[/b]
[b]Name of Head of Delegation:[/b][/box]
Participating Nations (20)
Last updated: 01/11/2022, 14:10 GMT
Achaean Republic (AS1): Nessa Navarro - Supersonic
Aenglide (ÆTV): blujacket - Time
Alezian Union (ABA): Ma'aka Ra'u'ke'i Salem - Mo'amu'u (Mon Amour)
Antahbrantahstan: TBC
Astbeck-Langgate (ALTV): TBC
Beepee (BONC): Maria Poole - Sunflower
Britonisea (BVC): TBC
Carrelie (CRTB): June and Julie - Répondez-moi
- Westanglia (WRT): Amsterdam - I'm In Love
Fatimania (RTV): Slnečnica - Beauté Fatimanienné
Flusia (FRG): ◇UTER W◇RLD - The Lights are Dimming Down
Elejamie (CRTS - HOST): Fernsehturm - The Church
Hafamarimët (TVH): Mezi Vničan - Zäd
Ildonia (IGBA): Xandra Lun - The Sun
The Ice States (IMO): James Brownsword - Tie Your Deity Down
Kalosia: TBC
Malta Comino Gozo (MCG1): Fakawi - Feel So Special
Normandy and Picardy (SRNP): TBC
Norrp (NPTV): TBC
Pemecutan (UBC): TBC
Scotatrova (TAS): Elena Marquesa - Amber Waves
Strayroos (rtvS): Goldi - Hope
- Uppen Nasa