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[daniels1000]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

DRAW : 31st August,18:30 CET


We'll have both semifinals&running order draw.

 

[Trece]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Start

SONG SELECTION
1-7 SEPTEMBER

http://www.escforums.com/t8675-4/

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

http://www.escforums.com/t8484/ have been updated regarding semi final qualifiers and sanctions for not voting in semi finals:

4. If a country does not vote on time without prior consent being given by the show's host or WorldVision mods
In the semifinal: it will not advance to the final (if they end up in the top 12) and will forfeit their place (i.e. the 13th place country will qualify, then 14th place and so on...);

and

Sanctions specific to non-voting in Semi finals:

- If a country fails to vote in their allocated Semi-final, they will be issued with a temporary warning. This warning shall remain against the country until the next edition, and will only be removed from their "record" if they vote in the Semi final during the following edition. The removal of the warning will mean that it no longer counts towards the country's cumulative total of sanctions.
- If the country fails to vote in two consecutive Semi finals (i.e. editions), this warning will turn in to a permanent sanction and the country will have to sit out the next edition (see the "second offence" sanction above). However, in terms of the cumulative total of sanctions, this will count as one offence overall.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Added further clarification to a couple of rules in the entries section, and added the following rule:

2. National/regional selections cannot begin until after the final of the previous contest has ended.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Further clarifications and additions to the rules:

Entries:

3. The artist/group chosen to represent your country or region must either:-
- have been born in the country/region,
- be a citizen(s) or a current resident(s) of the country/region,
- or have achieved the majority of their success as an artist/group in the country/region.

Voting:

6. The winning country is automatically pre-qualified (PQ) for the next edition's final. In the running order for the semi-finals, any PQ countries will be assigned a semi-final in which they must vote. Failure to vote may result in a warning/sanction.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

VERY IMPORTANT NOTICE

It has never actually been specified in the rules, but please refrain from announcing the artist/group that you will be using in the next edition until after the current edition is over. You can provide hints, but please refrain from posting the actual name before the start of the NF week.

Thanks

Added the below to the rules:

12. You may not reveal the names of the artist or group you have chosen to represent you in the next contest until after the current contest has ended.

Basically, don't reveal any confirmed NF songs or confirmed artists/groups until the NF period has begun.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Update the main contest rules with rules from the Guidelines for song selection thread in the Green Room:

13. For public NFs, all voters must be given equal voting rights (i.e. you should include all votes received in the final results). If you are not happy to follow this rule, you can choose a private NF or an internal selection.
14. If a jury decides to hold a public NF, the results of the NF must be withheld from public view until after the official show has begun. The most that can be revealed is a list of points received, without specifying which entry received the points. Violations may result in either a warning or a sanction.
15. Only votes received by PM may be included in your NF results - votes cast in the forum threads cannot be used.
16. Only votes from WorldVision members may be accepted for NFs.
17. Juries may reveal to the public the participants in their NF (for both public and private selections) and the candidates for internal selections. Photos, song titles and artist names can be revealed. However, please refrain from revealing the winner of the selection process until the official show has begun.
18. For internal selections, the most you can reveal publically is the artist. The song must not be revealed to the public under any circumstances. You can also use your country's thread in the Green Room to post hints and clues to the artist if you want to have a little more fun with the public during the NF phase.
19. After you have sent your entry and back-up to the show host, please don't forget to send the NF full results to the mods in either Excel format or via a Scorewiz link.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Cleared up the information regarding private threads (which no longer exist) and added the following new rule regarding temporary withdrawals from the contest:

14. Please note that if you need to withdraw from a specific edition for whatever reason, you should inform the host by PM before the submission deadline. If you follow this procedure, no sanction will be applied. However, if you miss 2 or more consecutive decisions for any reason at all, please be aware that sanctions will be applied to you according to the sanctions rules below.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Updated the rules in the voting section following the results of the PQ poll:

5. The country that receives the most points and takes the first place, has the right to organize the next competition. In the case of refusal, this right passes to the country in second place, then third place, and so on. If the host country is not the winner of the previous edition, they will not have an automatic PQ spot in the final and will instead participate in the semi-finals.
6. The winning country is automatically pre-qualified (PQ) for the next edition's final. In the running order for the semi-finals of the next edition, the previous winner will be assigned a semi-final in which they must vote. Failure to vote may result in a warning/sanction.

 

[theditz83]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Some tidying up in the Rules thread has been carried out, and a more visible section regarding artist/group eligibility has been added:

Artist/group eligibility:

For an artist or group to represent your region, they must satisfy at least one of the below criteria:-

- they must have been born in your country/region,
- they must be a citizen(s) or a current resident(s) of your country/region (temporary stays due to recording new material, touring etc. aren't enough),
- or they must have achieved the majority of their success as an artist/group in your country/region.

** In the case of duos or groups, half of performers must comply with one of the criteria above. For groups with an odd number of members, 1/3 or 2/5 of the members can qualify as long as one of those is the lead vocalist. If in doubt, please ask a mod for advice.

**Featured artists (e.g. David Guetta feat. Sia, Calvin Harris feat. Example etc.) shall be considered as duos for the purposes of this contest so long as the featured artist provides the lead vocals.

 

[daniels1000]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Added to the rules

7. If a juror of the winning country/region changes his country/region from next edition, he will lose his PQ privilege, i.e. he won't be PQed.

 

[daniels1000]

Re: News / Updates / Announcements

Added to the Rules

13. Hosts have to send the list of voters to the moderators as soon as possible after the given deadline. Late votes can NOT be accepted.

 

[WorldVision]

Little reminder about the rules:!:

[quote="WorldVision Rules]10. Entries must not be revealed before the official show begins. Violations may result in either a warning or a sanction.[/quote]

 

[WorldVision]

We'd like to announce that the WV Mod team has changed an important rule regarding reju-voting:

Instead of using a fixed number as a minimum, we'll be using a percentage of the semi (that the reju voters vote in) as a minimum in the decision on how to handle the reju votes.

(please read the Rules thread for more info http://www.escunited.com/t8484/)

If the number of REJU-voters is below 40%** (of the semi that the REJU-voters vote in): their votes will be combined and added as an additional set of votes in that particular semifinal (i.e. the group of REJU-voters will act as 1 voter in the semi that they REJU-voted for and the top 10 of their combined votes will be rewritten to the traditional 12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 points system)

If the number of REJU-voters is above 40%** (of the semi that the REJU-voters vote in): their most voted non-qualifying country/region from that semifinal will qualify to the Final (i.e. additional qualifier from REJU-voting)

This new rule already starts in the current edition (WV21) and will be used from now on.

 

[Mozz]

Announcement from the mod team:

The WV mod team has decided that during the confirmation period of WV22, we will have (just like we did in WV21) a poll to use pots in WV22 in an experimental way. This will be the second and last part of the experiment before we decide if we will use pots in all future WV editions. The reason is that we need more information (not just from 1 edition with pots, but from 2 editions) before we can make a definite decision about something as important as using pots in WV.

After WV22 we will have a final and decisive poll about the use of pots in WV.

 

[Trece]

http://www.escunited.com/t8694/ thread has been updated

- Take note that it is forbidden to start NF before NF week.

Replaced by

- Take note that it is forbidden to start NF before semi-finals will end.

- You need to send full results of your NF to the Mods via PM.

Removed

One important rule is to avoid revealing any specific details about artists/groups or songs that you are definitely including in your next NF before the final of the current contest is over - please wait until after the current edition is finished before doing this.

Removed

 

[WorldVision]

The WorldVsion mod team has added a new set of rules regarding joining and rejoining WorldVision.

We have also changed some rules regarding sanctions.

The changes and new rules will be applied from the start of WV27.

See the rules section: http://www.escunited.com/t8484/

 

[Trece]

Re: Should host country be PQ?

Should host country be PQ?
Voters 59.
This poll is closed

Yes, both the winner and the host country should be PQ - 50 | 84.75%
No, only the winning country should be PQ - the host shall take part in the semis - 9 | 15.25%

General statistic. From 77 members voted 59 - 76,6%
50 members from 77 voted "yes" - 65%
The majority supported changing this rule.

So
Current rule about PQ entries

7. The country that receives the most points and takes first place has the right to organize the next competition. In the case of refusal, this right passes to the country in second place, then third place, and so on. If the host country is not the winner of the previous edition, they will not have an automatic PQ (pre-qualification) spot in the final and will instead participate in the semi-finals.

has changed on

7. The country that receives the most points and takes first place has the right to organize the next competition. In the case of refusal, this right passes to the country in second place, then third place, and so on. If the host country is not the winner of the previous edition, both the winner and the host country have an automatic PQ (pre-qualification) spot in the final

 

[Trece]

WORLDVISION LOGO UPDATING FROM 44 EDITION

It was about time when WV logo should update the appearance
What country or region will be the first one to use updated logo next edition? Will know soon As for now the heart is empty

Examples

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