Schlagerman1
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Hey there! I am back again, this time with a little different contest which I hope people will enjoy voting in. As you all know, in 2004 came the introduction of the Semifinals and the number of participating nations increased from 26 in 2003 to 36 in 2004. But what if that didn't happen? What if the placements of the previous years mattered on which nations were allowed to compete, just like they did in 2000 and forward. So I decided to see which songs would be able to compete in 2004 if that rules were implemented and I need your help to decide what our outcome of it would look like, now over 20 years later.
So for every week (except for a break during the holidays), we will see 26 songs from every year compete for getting the trophy. You will work as jury members, ranking all 26 songs from #1 (the best) to #26 (the worst). The top 10 for every year (excluding the Big 4/5) will secure a place for coming year.
There is also a queue system, where the nations not competing is waiting to return, also determined after the placement they did in the previous edition they competed in. But there is a rule system for who gets in and not:
The running order for each year is also slightly changed, using the modern method of "Producers choice", with countries put in the same half in the final (and dividing the non-qualifiers depending on running order in semis) are being sorted to make it as good genre-wise as possible. From 2013 and forward, I use the running order in the final mostly, allowing all countries (except for the host) to be moved one position earlier or later. The songs that got eliminated are still divided after half and put in to make a variation in genre as much as possible. For 2020, I decided to make a running order based on which country got which half in the semi (with the big 5 getting randomized which half they get after that).
So for this edition, we are going for the third time in a row to Albania! Here are how the nations got selected for this contest.
Here are the 26 countries competing in ESC 2020:
1.
GERMANY - "Violent Thing" Ben Dolic
2. BELARUS - "Da Vidna" VAL
3. FRANCE - "Mon Alliée (The Best In Me)" Tom Leeb
4. SAN MARINO - "Freaky!" Senhit
5. SLOVENIA - "Voda" Ana Soklič
6. AUSTRIA - "Alive" Vincent Bueno
7. SERBIA - "Hasta La Vista" Hurricane
8. AUSTRALIA - "Don't Break Me" Montaigne
9. POLAND - "Empires" Alicja
10. LITHUANIA - "On Fire" The Roop
11. SWEDEN - "Move" The Mamas
12. SWITZERLAND - "Répondez-moi" Gjon's Tears
13. GREECE - "SUPERG!RL" Stefania
14. UNITED KINGDOM - "My Last Breath" James Newman
15. PORTUGAL - "Medo De Sentir" Elisa
16. CYPRUS - "Running" Sandro
17. BULGARIA - "Tears Getting Sober" Victoria
18. AZERBAIJAN - "Cleopatra" Efendi
19. ALBANIA - "Fall From The Sky" Arilena Ara
20. ARMENIA - "Chains On You" Athena Manoukian
21. SPAIN - "Universo" Blas Cantó
22. ROMANIA - "Alcohol You" ROXEN
23. NETHERLANDS - "Grow" Jeangu Macrooy
24. UKRAINE - "Solovey" Go_A
25. ITALY - "Fai Rumore" Diodato
26. LATVIA - "I'm Still Breathing" Samanta Tīna
Playlist of all the 26 songs:
How to vote:
You vote by sending a message to me here on the forum, ranking all 26 songs from 1 (the best) to 26 (the worst).
You got approximately a week on you to vote, so the deadline ends on Sunday the 30th of March at 21 CET!
Queue list (the nations that are waiting in line to compete in the near future):
Let's redo this contest!
So for every week (except for a break during the holidays), we will see 26 songs from every year compete for getting the trophy. You will work as jury members, ranking all 26 songs from #1 (the best) to #26 (the worst). The top 10 for every year (excluding the Big 4/5) will secure a place for coming year.
There is also a queue system, where the nations not competing is waiting to return, also determined after the placement they did in the previous edition they competed in. But there is a rule system for who gets in and not:
The running order for each year is also slightly changed, using the modern method of "Producers choice", with countries put in the same half in the final (and dividing the non-qualifiers depending on running order in semis) are being sorted to make it as good genre-wise as possible. From 2013 and forward, I use the running order in the final mostly, allowing all countries (except for the host) to be moved one position earlier or later. The songs that got eliminated are still divided after half and put in to make a variation in genre as much as possible. For 2020, I decided to make a running order based on which country got which half in the semi (with the big 5 getting randomized which half they get after that).
So for this edition, we are going for the third time in a row to Albania! Here are how the nations got selected for this contest.
Here are the 26 countries competing in ESC 2020:
1.
GERMANY - "Violent Thing" Ben Dolic2.
BELARUS - "Da Vidna" VAL3.
FRANCE - "Mon Alliée (The Best In Me)" Tom Leeb4.
SAN MARINO - "Freaky!" Senhit5.
SLOVENIA - "Voda" Ana Soklič6.
AUSTRIA - "Alive" Vincent Bueno7.
SERBIA - "Hasta La Vista" Hurricane8.
AUSTRALIA - "Don't Break Me" Montaigne9.
POLAND - "Empires" Alicja10.
LITHUANIA - "On Fire" The Roop11.
SWEDEN - "Move" The Mamas12.
SWITZERLAND - "Répondez-moi" Gjon's Tears13.
GREECE - "SUPERG!RL" Stefania14.
UNITED KINGDOM - "My Last Breath" James Newman15.
PORTUGAL - "Medo De Sentir" Elisa16.
CYPRUS - "Running" Sandro17.
BULGARIA - "Tears Getting Sober" Victoria18.
AZERBAIJAN - "Cleopatra" Efendi19.
ALBANIA - "Fall From The Sky" Arilena Ara20.
ARMENIA - "Chains On You" Athena Manoukian21.
SPAIN - "Universo" Blas Cantó22.
ROMANIA - "Alcohol You" ROXEN23.
NETHERLANDS - "Grow" Jeangu Macrooy24.
UKRAINE - "Solovey" Go_A25.
ITALY - "Fai Rumore" Diodato26.
LATVIA - "I'm Still Breathing" Samanta TīnaPlaylist of all the 26 songs:
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How to vote:
You vote by sending a message to me here on the forum, ranking all 26 songs from 1 (the best) to 26 (the worst).
You got approximately a week on you to vote, so the deadline ends on Sunday the 30th of March at 21 CET!
Queue list (the nations that are waiting in line to compete in the near future):
Let's redo this contest!
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