ESC BIG BROTHER 2018 ~ Returning SPICIER THAN EVER soon!

[Jukica]

Um ... hello it's time to announce that the twistiest, speciest forum game is set to return to return in 2nd half of March!

The game will be as dramatic as in the previous years, so brace yourselves. :twisted:

Also, this edition's main hosts will be [MENTION=4374]Jukica[/MENTION] (who is returning after being absent the last year) and [MENTION=4437]ParadiseES[/MENTION]!

Rules and everything else will be announced soon, but a few announcements:

• The game will contain elements from both the ESC BB 2017 and previous editions.
• Due to hosts being busy/absent in late April/early May, the game will finish pretty early (until 26th April).
• We are again messing up with the finalists with putting them in semi-finals!
• Everyone who posts in this thread before the game will start will be able to become one of the Head of Household winners, so start posting!
• If you have any suggestions, feel free to post them here.

While we are waiting for the rules, let me explain the general idea for the game. Each round will have 3 Head of Households who will have the power to choose 3 songs which will be nominated. Each one of them will send 3 nominations and overall result will give us 3 nominations. After that, voting starts after what 1 song will be eliminated. Just check the visual explanation below:

Don't worry about the rules, I will write everything in the posts / PMs.

To sum up, the most important words for this game are: strategy and drama. :twisted:

So, if you thought that this game won't be dramatic:

 

[94ayd]

Spicy

 

[ClassifiedCat]

ooooo

 

[luli]

hipp hipp hurayyyy xjump

 

[Mykola]

We are ready!!!!

x12s​

 

[Nicholas123]

Yaaaay!

 

[JChan]

I can't wait!!

 

[DaFlo]

Fuego.

 

[Kaz]

keen af

 

[hawadharma]

I never played this before, is it good? xgreen

 

[Odra]

I never played this before, is it good? xgreen

Me neither, but it should be good!

 

[Citrine]

How is this played?

 

[Bibha]

I've never played this.... Can someone tell the rules

 

[ZoboCamel]

How is this played?

I've never played this.... Can someone tell the rules

Things change slightly from year to year, but the rules in the first post of last year's thread should give you a bit of an idea: http://escunited.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=1786606

Essentially, it's a game of anti-voting, where you try to eliminate the songs that aren't your favourites, and use strategic voting to try and make sure your favourites are the last songs left standing.

 

[Nicfedy]

Couldn't it be made simpler by just voting a song out you don't like?

 

[SiXo]

Me want.

 

[Jukica]

[MENTION=4743]hawadharma[/MENTION] [MENTION=16077]Odra[/MENTION] [MENTION=16082]Citrine[/MENTION] [MENTION=16072]Bibha[/MENTION]
I will post the official rules in a few days, but the idea will be similar to the previous years: Each round there are 3 songs nominated (by the Head of Households) and people vote for the song they want to eliminate. It's up to each person how they will vote, they can vote for the song they don't like or they can organize with a few members to strategically vote for one song. This game is very fun and very dramatic, those who vote in the game always have a good time.

Me and [MENTION=4437]ParadiseES[/MENTION] are usually the game hosts and we always have a few interesting things ready to make game more exciting and fun. e.g. One of them is April Fools round (similar to what Diggiloo used to do), everyone always loves those.

Here is an example of some April Fools names we had:
ALBANIA 2014: Herpes - One Spot's Anger
Armenia 2015: Gynecology - Don't Push
Armenia 2016: Iveta Munchkin - FoodWave
ARMENIA 2014: Aram JPG - Not Alone (There Are Other File Formats)
Australia 2015: Every Australian Guy - Australia
Australia 2015: Every Australian Guy - Tonight European
Azerbaijan 2015: Samir & Viktor - Wolfie
Azerbaijan 2016: Sarma - Wrapped Miracle
BELARUS 2014: TEO - OMG We Didn't Change Our Entry!!!
Belgium 2016: Fleur East - Sax
BELGIUM 2014: Jacques Houdek - Mother (I'm Hungry)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2016: Reeeeeally Long Artist Name - Comeback Song (Yay We're Back)
Bulgaria 2016: Poli Latenova - If Presenting The Song One Week Late Was A Crime
Cyprus 2015: Jon Lilygreen & The Islanders - One Thing I Should Have Done Looks Better In Spring
Cyprus 2016: 1+2+7+3 - Mathematics
Czech Republic 2015: Marta Jandová & Václav Noid Bárta - Hope (For Qualifying) Never Dies
Czech Republic 2016: Ğãbriëlå Ĝūŋčíkŏvá - I Stand (With Too Much Special Characters)
Denmark 2015: Very Social Media - The Way You Are Stalking on Facebook (Oh Oh Uh Oh Oh)
Denmark 2016: Lighthouse - Nina
Estonia 2015: Elina Died & The Stig - Hello to Tomorrow
Estonia 2016: Jüri Postman - Stop
Finland 2015: Come Up With The Name We Can Pronounce!!! - Song Title
Finland 2016: Waterja - Float It Away
France 2016: Amir Stjernberg - You-ou-ou-ou-ou
GEORGIA 2014: Someone Not Called Sopho - DISQUALIFIED ENTRY (Come Back With Another Sopho!!!)
Germany 2015: Habemus Papam! Ann Sophie - OMG OMG White Smoke
Greece 2015: Maria Helena Paparizou - One Last Number One
Greece 2016: Random Unknown Band - Qualification Land
Hungary 2012: Compost Disco - The Sound Of Our Plants
Iceland 2016: Loreen Zelmerlöw - Hear Euphoria and Heroes Calling
Ireland 2015: Lindsey Stirling - Playing With Violin
Israel 2015: Nadav-en 16 years old - Golden Adult
Israel 2016: Star Hovi - Made of Hovis
Italy 2015: Il Volvo - Grande Auto
Italy 2016: Francesca Michelin - No Tire Thread Separation
Latvia 2015: Aminoata - Leucine Injected
Latvia 2016: Eurovision 2011 Slogan Copycat!!! - Feel Your Heart Beat
Lithuania 2015: Monica & Ross - Time #2
Lithuania 2016: Donny Montell 2.0 - I've Been Waiting For This Night (After The 10-Week NF)
Macedonia 2016: Kaliopi - Donut
Malta 2015: Nina Sublatti - Warrior
Malta 2016: Ira Losco - Not This Song (Anything Else?)
Moldova 2016: Lidiaac Newton - Falling Apples
Netherlands 2015: The Common Trijntjes - Why Why-y-y-y didn't we win?
Netherlands 2016: Flash Bob - Speed Up
Netherlands 2014 - Anouk - Everybody Poops (Birds Too)
Norway 2015: Scarlett Johansson & Whoever - A Celebrity Like Me
Norway 2016: Vignette - Road Tax Breaker
Poland 2015: Monika Kuszyczyszyszyczyszyszynska - In The Name of Consonants
Poland 2016: #Justice4Margaret - Cool Me Down
Portugal 2015: Leonor Andrade - Há um bar que nos separa (Getting Drunk)
Romania 2015: Vodkaj - De la capăt (Drunk As Well)
Romania 2016: Every ESC Fan - 3 Moments of Silence For Toilet Break, Please?
Russia 2015: Lady Gagarina - A Million Meat Dresses
Russia 2016: Sergey Saade - I'm The Only Popular Manboy
San Marino 2016: Serhatina Monetta - I Didn't Know (That You Miss Valentina So Much)
SAN MARINO 2014: Valentina Monetta - The Social #RandomHashtag Song (Oh Oh Maybe Oh Oh )
Serbia 2016: Adele Nina Zilli-Winehouse - Hello, It's Me (From The Other Side)
Serbia 2014 - Moje 3 feat. Random Goats - Vriskovi Su Svuda
Slovenia 2015: Oprah Sony Winfrey - You Get Headphones, Everybody Gets Headphones!
Slovenia 2016: Slovenian Taylor Swift - Red
Sweden 2016: Franck - If I Were Coffee
Switzerland 2015: The Toppers Sopho Nizharadze Natalia Kelly Tolmachevy Twins - Time To Shine
Switzerland 2016: Rykka - The Last of Our Kind (Not Killed By Aliens Yet)
Ukraine 2016: Jamala - 2011 (Revenge Song)
United Kingdom 2014: Bonnie and Clyde - Don't Believe In Us (We Will Rob You)

I already have a few ideas for this year

[MENTION=9033]Nicfedy[/MENTION] People can vote for the songs they don't like if they want to, it's up to them, but our idea for the game from the beginning is strategy.

 

[JChan]

Couldn't it be made simpler by just voting a song out you don't like?

In theory, yes but if you have a song that you really want to win it is in your best interest to keep the weaker songs in the competition. This way your song has an easier time winning in the end.

 

[VedatiNet]

Yup can't wait

 

[lorens]

Any idea when we'll be getting started?