ESC BIG BROTHER 2018 ~ FINAL ~ FINAL ROUND (ddl. 11th May, 21:59 CEST)

[Jukica]

We will decide the winner via the game. The rules are very simple: I will post the hints from time to time (most likely one hint per day) and you have to guess a city according to the available hints. You can post only once per semi-final/final, what means that you can make 2 posts (one in each semi) while we have semi-finals (with limited number of guesses by semi-final). The game is very popular and exciting and it definitely won't be boring. Also, the winner will be contacted, but he/she won't be revealed until they will decide to use the twist.

HINTS:
1. It is a place
It is a city (yeah I accidentally revealed this )
2. Its population is lower than 500 000
3. It is located in Eurasia (Europe or Asia)
4. It is less than 50 km from the sea
5. It is located in Europe
6. Its population is lower than 100 000
7. It is in Iceland (2 guesses)

Hey to everyone and welcome to one of the most popular forum games! I'm back once again as one of ESC Big Brother hosts. If you are playing this game for the first time, please check the rules below!

ESC Big Brother 2018 has two big parts: 2 semi-finals and the big final. Semi-finals are equal to the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 semi-finals with prequalified countries that are voting in that semi-final. While there are no prequalified countries, the big final will consist of 13 songs from every semi-final! The last standing song in the final will be crowned with ESC Big Brother 2018 winner award. Both semi-finals and final include special twists/challenges which are here to make this game more interesting for everyone, so let's hope that we will succeed!

Coming within 2-3 days for both semis

1. ESC Big Brother 2018 is back! The game consists of 2 parts: nomination and elimination and both will be very exciting.

2. Head of Household is also back! At the beginning of every round, 3 HoHs will be chosen and they will be required to send a list of 3 songs for nomination. Everything together will give 3 songs which will be up for eviction. The most voted song will be eliminated from the game.

3. The songs that are nominated and not eliminated in the current round cannot be nominated in the next round!

4. How to become the HoH? Every person who will post in the thread will be thrown in the hat from where we will draw 3 names. Also, it is irrelevant if you post once or 20 times during the round.

5. All HoH winners will be required to PM 2 members when they're sending their nominations: @Jukica and @ParadiseES (unless defined different). Don't worry about remembering who to private message because we will write everything in PMs we will send to the winners.

6. Everyone will be able to vote in the polls, while only the forum members will be able to become one of the HoHs. There will also be exciting twists which are created to make the game interesting.

7. Mostly each round will be around 24 hours long. If one round will be longer or different, we will inform you in advance.

8. The last song standing will be crowned "Big Brother 2018".

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 these strategic suggestions.

2. You are not required to reveal your votes in the thread (all polls are private), but you are allowed to share your vote and encourage members to vote with you.

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.

6. Don’t forget that the HoHs play a big part in this game, so be sure to use them wisely if you have this unique power instead of just throwing it away by nominating something you know won’t go home at this point.

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

1. Same as last year, the Big 5 and host are not safe from the semi-finals. This means that Semi-Final 1 will have 22 songs and Semi-Final 2 will have 21 songs.

2. Each semi-final will give us 13 finalists, so we will be down from 43 to 26 participants by the end of semi-finals.

3. While the official board rules still apply here, we are more tolerable here because of usual game discussions.

4. This is not ESC Ranking Game, this game was designed to be strategic where you can either try to keep your favourites in the game or vote strategically. It was also created to be dramatic and bizarre, so you can know what to expect in most of the rounds.

So, before playing this game, please answer to these questions: Do you get mad when people try to find you in Hide And Seek? Do you get angry when someone is beating you in any game? I understand that this game isn’t for everyone and that some people will not be able to stand all the drama and pressure (or your favourites getting eliminated from the game), so please take part in this game only if you are sure that this issue will not cause any problems for you.

The main word in this game is strategy and everything is based on that. The most important thing in this game is to play smart. So, if your favourite is eliminated, SEEK REVENGE and play smart, but if you refuse to play strategically and get upset about your favourites being kicked out early in the game, you can blame only yourselves for not playing smart.

[Jukica]

And start voting!

http://pollmaker.vote/p/QVWYLCA0 -> remember, you are voting for the song you want to win, not for the song you want to eliminate

[94ayd]

No idea how made top 3 but I hope we will get the same winner as in the Ranking Game.

[marty]

after all the rounds voting for the song we want to eliminate, why now vote for the song we want to win? its not logical

[heke1988]

after all the rounds voting for the song we want to eliminate, why now vote for the song we want to win? its not logical

Because there is three finalists left and at the end of Big Brother you vote person, who you would like to win competition.

[Jukica]

We have a winner and announcement is coming soon everything else will be posted within a few days

[marty]

Because there is three finalists left and at the end of Big Brother you vote person, who you would like to win competition.

i know. but that doesnt make sense to me. because the three left are not those who people like to win but those who most people dont want not to win. i thought thats the clue of the game and the difference to other rankings. the winner would be the one who has the least haters.

[Jukica]

i know. but that doesnt make sense to me. because the three left are not those who people like to win but those who most people dont want not to win. i thought thats the clue of the game and the difference to other rankings. the winner would be the one who has the least haters.

We always have voting for the winner in the final round (at least when I'm hosting ESC Big Brother)

Anyway, results time I'll be short since everyone is waiting for the results

3rd place .............................. ITALY 2018: Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro - Non mi avete fatto niente with 14% of votes

And the winner iiissssssss .................................................. ........ with 48% of votes (2nd place 38%)

FRANCE 2018: Madame Monsieur - Mercy

What means that 2nd is AUSTRIA 2018: Cesar Sampson - Nobody but you

Detailed breakdown in a few days

[Soul]

Thanks for the results and for hosting this game, Jukica and ParadiseES. It was great fun taking part!

[Chorizo]

Another great result for Austria.