[Game] 152nd FSC (Jan 2020) - Quezon City, Philippines (MGA RESULTA)

[cheapthrills]

Maligayang bagong Taon!!! Ito ay 2020! Happy New Year! It's 2020!

Welcome to the 152nd FSC and our first of the Roaring Twenties!

We also say goodbye to entries from the 2000-2009 decade at least until retro season.

We ended the decade with [MENTION=5507]xtofer[/MENTION] capturing the crown with this delightful bop:

Gibbs - No Hearts

We return to the Philippines for the first time in ages. You'd have to go all the way back to the 8th contest in 2007 to find the last time we were here. This time, we find ourselves in Quezon City, the biggest city in the Philippines, and the timing couldn't be better to escape from a chilly January (well, those of you in the Northern Hemisphere anyhow).

Quezon City was the Philippines' capital before Manila - while here, perhaps go shopping in Eastwood City, get your best Snapchat selfies in at Art Island, or pay respects to a former Filipino president at the Quezon memorial

So bring your swimsuit - the weather's fine. Just don't forget to listen to the songs in the meantime.

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 10 years old at the most. For 2020, eligible entries must have been released after December 31st, 2009.
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 favourites 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 - 14/1 | 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. Philippines (xtofer)
02. Bosnia and Herzogovina (Undercover)
03. Australia (Thriller)
04. France (heppolo)
05. Ukraine (CandyPerfumeBoy)

15 - 16/1 | 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.

17 - 28/1| VOTE! Whoever fails to vote during this period will be subject to the penalties described under Late Vote and Very Late Vote

29/1 | Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 10 points penalty.

30/1 | Very Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 15 points penalty. Whoever fails to vote by this date (Quezon time) will be disqualified.

31/1 | Results

ALL RULES AND PENALTIES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED


ENTRIES:

Argentina (HC55555) | TINI, Lala Ebratt - Fresa
Australia (Affillate) | Morgan Evans - Diamonds
Croatia (navi) | VOΛDO - Snooze
Cuba (mondflug) | Liset Alea & Didi Gutman - A Ver
France (heppolo) | Bagarre - Béton armé
Germany (CandyPerfumeBoy) | Nina - Automatic Call
Greece (ConstantinosV) | Marseaux x dPans x Brando x Geo RVSD - Τέλεια Ατελείς
Israel (jio) | Riff Cohen - J'aime
Japan (KindOf) | Da Pump - U.S.A.
Malaysia (Spiral) | Midnight Fusic - Lovesick
Moldova (Magnus) | Ева Тимуш - Ищи Меня
New Zealand (cheapthrills) | Graham Candy – Back Into It
Philippines (xtofer) | Kiana V - Hide My Love
Poland (Mainshow) | Kwiat Jabłoni - "Dziś późno pójdę spać
Portugal (flopho) | MEERA - Little Of Your Time
Russia (JakeP) | Zivert - Beverly Hills
Spain (maroon) | Dvicio, Taburete - 5 Sentidos
Sweden (trebor) | Sabaton - Bismarck
Ukraine (franklex) | Onuka - Zenit
United Kingdom (Leo) | IDER - Mirror
United States (urbanmusik) | Amber Mark - Love Me Right

[trebor]

Sweden

[Leo]

uk!

[cheapthrills]

I have added a poll to address late votes. I made this a yes or no - but if this were to be changed:

1. No vote would still result in disqualification.
2. Late votes would incur a point penalty without disqualification.

If you want the rules to stay in place, vote no. If you want to change to what's described, vote yes.

[cheapthrills]

Also, I'll go with New Zealand

[Leo]

I voted YES but I think that if you don't cast your votes before the final deadline is ok to stick to the "cannot participate in next month" rule.
I just think that a Late vote already has the point penalty which is enough. We all know results are mostly probable to be published on the last day of the month

[cheapthrills]

I voted YES but I think that if you don't cast your votes before the final deadline is ok to stick to the "cannot participate in next month" rule.
I just think that a Late vote already has the point penalty which is enough. We all know results are mostly probable to be published on the last day of the month

That is what the set up would be if we were to change the rule.

Thanks Leo!

[franklex]

Ukraine if [MENTION=37899]CandyPerfumeBoy[/MENTION] will let Ukraine go,
otherwise US

[maroon]

Spain, please

[flopho]

Portugal

[mondflug]

Cuba

[trebor]

1. SWEDEN Kingdom Of Sweden | Konungariket Sverige
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Artist: Sabaton
Song: Bismarck
Album: Single (Non-Album track)
Year: 2019

[CandyPerfumeBoy]

EDIT: gonna change to Germany

Ukraine is free

[Affillate]

[MENTION=834]Thriller[/MENTION] are you Keeping Australia? If so I'm gonna haveta think of something Happy New Year everyone btw.

[franklex]

Ukraine. US is free

[urbanmusik]

USA

[heppolo]

2. FRANCE



Genre: Electropop
Year: 2017

A slice of modern French pop. Interesting fact: each member of the band gets to sing the lead vocals in different songs on their LPs/EPs.

[jio]

Romania

[Undercover]

Bosnia and Herzegovina is free (though I doubt that anyone cares ).

I'm taking a break. Good luck to all contestants.

[ConstantinosV]

Greece

[ConstantinosV]

I vote yes to the change! Penalty is enough..
I agree with all of the above

[ConstantinosV]

3.Greece
WNC - Τέλεια Ατελής (Perfectly Imperfect)[/CO

[Mainshow]

4. Poland
Kwiat Jabłoni - Dziś późno pójdę spać

Kasia Sienkiewicz and Jacek Sienkiewicz are siblings creating Polish folk-pop and are able to combine a modern atmosphere with ethnic-influenced sounds. The song itself is about anxiety in a world full of fears and hectic life. Hope you'll like it as well

https://youtu.be/FWDXwrgdm9w

[flopho]

05 PORTUGAL


MEERA - "Little of Your Time"

[franklex]

Voted "no"
1. Im tired to wait results each month. when I try to vote on time.
2. Then I tired to wait for people who dont send #11 and #12 (In this case someone's top do not contain #11 #12 we shouldnt wait another two days for them send additionally #11 or #12