DS Fantasy Eurovision 50: Let Go For London!
Carlisle156
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Hello everybody and welcome to the 50th DSFE, with Foxes finally taking England to victory over in Tallinn, meaning that for our landmark 50th contest we'll be setting up came in LONDON.
Before I continue, lets take a moment to listen to the the beautiful Foxes with her winning performance of 'Let Go For Tonight'.
Now that is out of the way, let me explain to you how the contest will be going down:
Originally, I thought about 'letting go' for the 50th and suggesting a concept of having no rules... but as fun as i'm sure that would be, it's highly impractical. (Suchashame.) So, the contest will be random as opposed to picks and you'll be given two countries after the deadline passes. The rules for choosing songs are the same as usual, but if you're a newcomer (and newcomers are always welcome!) here are the rules to abide by.
RULES
•An entry cannot be recorded before the year 2000.
•The song must not exceed five minutes in length,
•Former Eurovision stars are allowed but it cannot be the same song that they performed in the actual contest or at a national pre-selection.
•The song cannot have appeared in the UK Top 40.
•The song must not have been used already in DSFE.
•The artist must be from your country or have ties through parents or grandparents. No other links will be accepted.
I'm also going to be stealing the wonderful Alexos' list of 60 countries, and will be requesting to use the good/bad country stats for the draws. (More countries will be handed out if we have more than 30 signups)
SO with all that said, please sign up by sending me a cute little private message over here. I won't be replying but i'll post a list daily into the thread so y'all can see if I've acknowledged your message or not!
The deadline for sign ups is TUESDAY 4th MARCH at 5pm, with countries to be distributed immediately after.
As it's the milestone 50th contest, and the contest will be landing on the 3rd anniversary of the 1st, we should make a point about making this the greatest contest ever. I'll do my best but I need all of you to be enthusiastic and active okay great.
xoxo
Before I continue, lets take a moment to listen to the the beautiful Foxes with her winning performance of 'Let Go For Tonight'.
Now that is out of the way, let me explain to you how the contest will be going down:
Originally, I thought about 'letting go' for the 50th and suggesting a concept of having no rules... but as fun as i'm sure that would be, it's highly impractical. (Suchashame.) So, the contest will be random as opposed to picks and you'll be given two countries after the deadline passes. The rules for choosing songs are the same as usual, but if you're a newcomer (and newcomers are always welcome!) here are the rules to abide by.
RULES
•An entry cannot be recorded before the year 2000.
•The song must not exceed five minutes in length,
•Former Eurovision stars are allowed but it cannot be the same song that they performed in the actual contest or at a national pre-selection.
•The song cannot have appeared in the UK Top 40.
•The song must not have been used already in DSFE.
•The artist must be from your country or have ties through parents or grandparents. No other links will be accepted.
I'm also going to be stealing the wonderful Alexos' list of 60 countries, and will be requesting to use the good/bad country stats for the draws. (More countries will be handed out if we have more than 30 signups)
Aland Islands (can pick from Finland)
Albania
Andorra (can pick from Spain)
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Estonia
Faroe Islands (can pick from Denmark)
Finland
France
Georgia (can pick from Georgia, lol good luck)
Germany
Gotland (can pick from Sweden)
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jersey (can pick from England)
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein (can pick from Germany)
Lithuania
Luxembourg (can pick from Netherlands)
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco (can pick from France)
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Africa (can pick from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya or Egypt)
Northern Ireland (can pick from Ireland)
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino (can pick from Italy)
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Svalbard (can pick from Norway)
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Wales
Western Asia (can pick from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait)
Albania
Andorra (can pick from Spain)
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Estonia
Faroe Islands (can pick from Denmark)
Finland
France
Georgia (can pick from Georgia, lol good luck)
Germany
Gotland (can pick from Sweden)
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jersey (can pick from England)
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Liechtenstein (can pick from Germany)
Lithuania
Luxembourg (can pick from Netherlands)
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco (can pick from France)
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Africa (can pick from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya or Egypt)
Northern Ireland (can pick from Ireland)
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino (can pick from Italy)
Scotland
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Svalbard (can pick from Norway)
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
Wales
Western Asia (can pick from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait)
SO with all that said, please sign up by sending me a cute little private message over here. I won't be replying but i'll post a list daily into the thread so y'all can see if I've acknowledged your message or not!
The deadline for sign ups is TUESDAY 4th MARCH at 5pm, with countries to be distributed immediately after.
As it's the milestone 50th contest, and the contest will be landing on the 3rd anniversary of the 1st, we should make a point about making this the greatest contest ever. I'll do my best but I need all of you to be enthusiastic and active okay great.
xoxo
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Btw, I don't know if you noticed Carlisle, but there was no Croatia in the previous contest, are we going to do without them again?
I hadn't noticed, pesky Alex; I wonder what Croatia ever did to him!
I've removed Denmark 3 (Greenland) and swapped it for Croatia. Greenland will be reinstated if more than 30 sign up.
Here's a little something for you all, the very first contest thread:
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1450193
First time I've seen this one, loving what happened to Belgium, just as well that rule got culled, I don't think Belarus could even take part if that was still a rule, not to mention others too . Great piece of history though, wonder how many players from the first one will be here in London. Here we go!
In a way, I'd love a return to more that style of contest- a lot more compact. I'm not sure it will ever happen, though.
The first contest is so innocent.
It wasn't there because they have unbelievable never had a top 10, their best result was 11th back in contest #4.
Ah I see. Well they need to try harder tbh.
least it wasn't Norway
Are you participating this time?
I hope he is Would be great to have the veteran creator of DSFE back for it's milestone session.
I was considering either random.org drafting the countries out in two sets (good & bad) or just random-shuffling the list of participants and then assign them to a set of two countries. o:
22 sign-ups currently, if you think you've signed up but aren't on the list then I haven't acknowledged it oops.
21stCenturyBoy
AcerBen
Alexos
avb
AxG
Carlisle156
dylanpartyon
EuanDesu
Fudd
Gav 2.0
Gwen 404
JonahTakalua
kvn
mikabv
MissMidgard
nick1990
phill363
poshbloke
stanld03
TerryP
yoshi94
Yugimuto1
When I hosted I actually physically put them into different pots and had an actual draw. It was both awesome and a little sad.
Sure thing :P
Ahah well it does sound strangely fun to do!!
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1483905
Mine were:
-Ireland and Germany
-Austria and Switzerland
Otherwise known as the Jamala contest!
Probably my best combination of countries was Latvia and Wallonia, because I knew I had something decent in mind for both.
Belarus and Italy, as I simply adored both of my entries ( which I'm still miffed about that they didn't get through).