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Guten Morgen! Wir sind zurück in Deutschland!
Good morning! We're back in Germany!
Good morning! We're back in Germany!
If you check out the statistics in our history thread, you'll know that Germany was the country with the most total points last year. It seems primed to hold that position as it takes the first contest of the year. A year ago this month, trebor won the first of back-to-back German wins. Less than a year later, our winner is KindOf, who won with the below song in a close contest:
Stuttgart has been around for a few millenia - and is the sixth largest city in Germany. It's found in the southern part of the country. Today, it is reknowned in the auto industry as home to such luminary companies as Mercedes-Benz and Porche. There's a lot of cultural, architectural, and parks for you to enjoy here, and it might be easy to get distracted. But if you want something different to do, you can visit the a Pig Museum in a former slaughterhouse, take an old cable car to visit an old cemetary, or check out an old Nazi bomb shelter.
Hmmm. Perhaps you want to do more traditional things here instead.
As you look at the timeline, be aware of the shortened schedule!
RULES
01. This is a monthly contest, modeled after Eurovision. You need to have at least 10 posts to your credit to take part.
02. You can pick any country in the world.
03. The artist you choose has either to be a citizen of the country they'll represent or to have been born there. At least HALF of the people from your act must be from the country you choose.
04. Your song must be under 10 years old. Eligible entries must have been released after January 1st, 2011.
05. Eurovision entries are not allowed. Songs from concurrent Eurovision heats are not allowed either.
06. The song cannot have been a UK/US Top 40 hit, as it would give it an unfair advantage.
07. The song can be a remix.
08. The song cannot be a cover version.
09. If your song features a sample, please state it early enough, so the other contestants can decide whether it is acceptable or not by poll.
10. You cannot vote for your own country.
11. Discussion about one's favorites during the contest is NOT ALLOWED, as it has the potential to influence the voting.
12. PLEASE try and choose a song not everyone would know, the point is to discover new artists.
13. If a song becomes or is found to be ineligible at any time before the voting is over, it will be disqualified.
14. Make sure you understand all the rules before you take part. You will need to devote about 2 hours of your time to this game to listen to all the entries at least once. Do a little research on your entry before you present it, be sure that it doesn't violate any rules, and check here to see if it has taken part before.
TIMELINE
01 - 12/12 | RESERVE & PRESENT: Present your entry or just reserve your country. Last month's top 5 get their choice from last month reserved, so nobody may choose these countries until they let them go:
01 Germany (KindOf)
02 Bulgaria (Top10)
03 Netherlands (Spartan)
04 Morocco (Leo)
05 Australia (cheapthrills)
13/2 | PRESENT: Pick any country that hasn't been presented yet and present your entry (ALL reservations are now expired). A maximum of 30 confirmed entries in total will be accepted.
14 - 25/2 | VOTE! Whoever fails to vote during this period will be subject to the penalties described under Late Vote and Very Late Vote
26/2 | Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 10 points penalty.
27/2 | Very Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 15 points penalty. Whoever fails to vote by this date (Stuttgart time ) will be disqualified.
28/2 | Results
ALL RULES AND PENALTIES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED
ENTRIES:
Australia (GaGarazzi) | Vera Blue - Lie To Me
Bulgaria (Top10) | Oliviya Nicole - Not Just Another Christmas Song
Canada (jio) | TIKA - Sideways
Chile (Mainshow) | Karla Grunewaldt - Desatar
Croatia (navi) | J.R. August - Crucify Me
Cyprus (Affillate) | Sophia Patsalides, Kris Shades - Break up the Silence
Czechia (Tansike) | Katja Krasavice - Friendzone
Denmark (mondflug) | Simone Emilie - Anywhere
Finland (KindOf) | Tomi Saario - Someone Like You
France (flopho) | Therapie Taxi - Naive
Germany (Leo) | Arlissa - Healing
Israel (Spartan) | Lola Marsh - Only For A Moment
Italy (Nostalgiee) | Matteo Faustini - Il cuore incassa forte
Jordan (ConstantinosV) | Issam Alnajjar - Hadal Ahbek
Malaysia (Spiral) | Ayda Jebat - Parah Parah
Netherlands (Colbie) | Froukje - Licht en Donker
Portugal (heppolo) | The Legendary Tigerman - Fix of Rock'n'Roll
South Africa (Nanda) | Nora En Pure - Wetlands
Spain (maroon) | C. Tangana, Niño de Elche, La Hungara - Tú Me Dejaste De Querer
Sweden (CandyPerfumeBoy) | LÉON - And it Breaks My Heart
Switzerland (trebor) | Jeans for Jesus - Wosch no chli blibä
Ukraine (franklex) | ULIANA ROYCE - HOLODNO I TEPLO
United Kingdom (JSparksFan) | The Brand New Heavies - Sweet Freeek
United States (cheapthrills) | Pearl Charles - Only For Tonight
Tagging those of you who have recently participated - let me know if you don't want to be tagged in future FSC posts:
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