ESC Big Brother 2017 - SEMI FINAL 2. Deadline: Friday, March 24th, 23:59 CET

[Matt]

The most controversial game of the year is back........and you love it. The annual Big Brother game is back, are ready to protect your favorite entries at any cost? This game is loosely based on the American version of the famous reality TV Show Big Brother.

In the first round, we will narrow down the 43 participating countries from 43 to 26. That means seventeen songs will be eliminated in the Semi Finals. As every year, we'd like to throw in a few Twists and as previously mentioned, here is the first one: In previous years, the Big 5 and Host nation did not have to battle it out and automatically advanced to the Final Stage. But no anymore as this year they will have to go through the same process and could see their demise earlier than expected, that is up to you. But enough talking, let's get the ball rolling.

So we'll try to keep it straight forward! May the best song win.​

RULES:​

1. 
   [*=center]Each round consists of two Stages: a. Nomination and b. Elimination
   [*=center]Each round, registered members of the ESC United forum will be able to nominate one song for eviction. You will vote in the poll that is going to be posted in the thread.
   [*=center]Once the deadline has passed, the names of the members who voted, will be thrown in a hat. Three members will be randomly chosen and their nominations will be put up for eviction. That means the three users will be the Head of Household (HOH) for the day. If one or more of the Hoh’s picked the same nominee, we will keep drawing names until we have three different nominees.
   [*=center]The name of the HOHs as well as the three nominations will be revealed to the public.
   [*=center]Everyone on the Internet (Forum and Website) will be able to cast their vote to evict a song. The poll will stay up for approximately 24 hours.
   [*=center]The country/act that has received the highest number of votes, will be evicted from the game.
   [*=center]The HoH who nominated the eliminated country and will be able to give immunity to a country the following round.
   [*=center]We’ll start over.

STRATEGY GUIDE:​

1. There is no rule on who you should or should not vote for, but voting for your least favorite could actually hurt some of your favorites at times, so just consider some of the strategical suggestions I'm throwing out there.

2. You are not required to reveal your votes in the thread, but you are allowed to share your vote and encourage members to vote with you (or even form a clan like Team Valentina or any other team).

3. Check the thread on who people vote for because that could give you an indication who is in danger and who is not (of course that you will never know for sure because the majority of players do not reveal their votes).

4. Base your vote on voting patterns and trends because your favourites can have bigger chances to survive.

Example: You hate Germany’s entry and also dislike the Slovenian song. While you would rather see Germany go, it may be a better idea to vote for Slovenia first if you can see a lot of members want to get rid of it first. If you have a feeling Germany will not get enough votes, you may just be throwing your vote away, so maybe going for a different song until the opportunity arises to get rid of Germany would be the smart thing to do.

5. Get with your friends and buddies and vote in groups to increase your chances to nominate/evict a song (but don’t forget that the board and game rules still apply here and that you are not allowed to break them).

6. Don’t forget that the HoH play a big part in this game, so be sure to use that power wisely instead of just throwing it away by nominating something you know might not go home at this point. If you know the person who has won the HoH power, you can know which song would that person nominate or save, so you can base your vote on that as well.

So, to sum up the most important parts, the most vital things here are understanding of the rules and strategy.

 

[Matt]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - STARTING SOON

Reserving this post for now.

 

[ParadiseES]

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[Matt]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - STARTING SOON

I will reveal a few changes over the next few days but here is one major change: The Big 5 are no longer guaranteed safety from the Semis. That's right, in ESC they may be able to sit back and relax thanks to their untouchable status. But this is ESC Big Brother and nobody is safe. That means they will have to go through the Semis just like anybody else. Stay tuned for addtl updates.

 

[Salmon]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - STARTING SOON

Thunder and lightning it’s getting exciting

 

[Matt]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - STARTING SOON

It's been 10 years since we started tracking the BB games so in case you are wondering, here are the winners since 2007:



2007
1. Serbia: Marija Serifovic - Molitva

2008
1. Slovenia: Rebeka Dremelj - Vrag naj vzame


2009.
1. Azerbaijan: AySel and Arash - Always


2010
01 GERMANY - Lena Meyer-Landrut - Satellite
02 TURKEY - MaNga - We could be the same
03 CROATIA - Feminnem - Lako je sve


2011
01 Estonia - Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street
02 Hungary – Kati Wolf – What about my dreams
03 U.K. – Blue – I Can


2012
01 Iceland - Greta Salome and Jonsi - Never Forget
02 Italy - Nina Zilli - L'amore e femmina
03 Romania - Mandinga - Zaleilah


2013
01 Norway - Margaret Berger - I Feed you my love
02 Denmark - Emmelie de Forest - Only teardrops
03 Austria - Natalia Kelly - Shine


2014
01 Israel - Mei Finegold - Same Heart
02 Hungary - Kallay Saunders - Running
03 The Netherlands - The Common Linnets - Calm After the Storm


2015
01 Estonia – Elina Born & Stig Rasta – Goodbye to Yesterday
02 Slovenia – Maraaya – Here For You
03 Belgium – Loic Nottet – Rhythm Inside


2016
1. Iceland - Greta Salome - Hear them Calling
2. Croatia - Nina Kraljic - Lighthouse
3. Cyprus - Minus One - Alter Ego

 

[Salmon]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - STARTING SOON

2014
01 Israel - Mei Finegold - Same Heart

2016
1. Iceland - Greta Salome - Hear them Calling

We do have the best track record at predicting winners, don’t we?

 

[ZoboCamel]

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We do have the best track record at predicting winners, don’t we?

It looks like the contest was had a pretty good record track record right up until 2011, at which point it promptly fell into a heap by crowning two NQs and two grand-final-flops

Nonetheless, looking forward to it all! Interested to see what's to come and perhaps to place a small bet that the winner here will be a surprise NQ/right-hand-side in Eurovision xshifty

 

[CPV4931]

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One of my favorite Forum games :-) Eurovision feels coming closer and closer, when "Big Brother" starts. And we had some great editions of this game in the past years.

 

[scratchthat2009]

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OMG, the day I finally am able to post, I read this news. So excited!

 

[Miguel]

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I am in.

 

[NikkiBoy]

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Team Dance Alone

 

[Matt]

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The rules have been posted, we're only a few days away so get ready........

 

[ESCada]

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HIDE YOUR WIGS .......... HIDE YOUR WEAVES

 

[ParadiseES]

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#TeamImri #TeamDanceAlone #TeamRequiem #TeamNavi anyone?

 

[DaFlo]

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#teamLineYodelDanceAloneOrigoPaper

 

[Matt]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - SEMI FINAL 2

The first poll is up, here is a quick reminder:

- You will be able to vote for one country that you like to see nominated but be smart and strategic about it. Will you go after the obvious choice or possibly knock out a song that's too much of a threat? It's your call.

- Once the deadline has passed, I will throw all names of users that voted in a hat and pick three random names who will become the Head of Household (HoH). Whoever those three individuals have nominated, will be up for elimination. If they voted for the same country, we will continue to pick names until we have three nominees.

To be clear, the country that receives the most votes in the poll will not necessarily become a nominee but its odds are bigger than for those who receive only a few votes. Also remember: The HoH who originally nominated the eliminated country, will be able to give immunity to another country the next round.

 

[Matt]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - STARTING SOON

I will leave the first round open until Wednesday, 23:59 CET. After that, we'll switch to 24 hour voting windows.

 

[Salmon]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - SEMI FINAL 2. Deadline: Wednesday, March 14th, 23:59 CET

Just a suggestion: I’d kinda like it if the current HoH poll results were made public (but not revealing the names of who voted for which song) so one could vote more strategically in those rounds. For instance, if I really wanted to see Slovenia go and saw that many people already voted for Slovenia, I might choose another country with fewer votes because it’s statistically very likely that Slovenia is already getting nominated and I’d just be wasting my vote if I made the same choice.

And users who team up around liking one particular song or disliking several particular songs could collaborate to split their votes evenly among their two/three/n hated entries to gain a higher chance of both getting nominated.

I’m quite sure a non-hidden poll would make the game a lot more fun and draamaatic.

 

[ZoboCamel]

Re: ESC Big Brother 2017 - SEMI FINAL 2. Deadline: Wednesday, March 14th, 23:59 CET

Lovers of fun & quirky stuff, let us work together to save some of this year's most interesting entries! #TeamJacques #TeamSlavko #TeamYodel