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.
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 2019:
1.
FINLAND - "Look Away" Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman
2. ALBANIA - "Ktheju Tokës" Jonida Maliqi
3. CZECH REPUBLIC - "Friend Of A Friend" Lake Malawi
4. GERMANY - "Sister" S!sters
5. ARMENIA - "Walking Out" Srbuk
6. DENMARK - "Love Is Forever" Leonora
7. MOLDOVA - "Stay" Anna Odobescu
8. IRELAND - "22" Sarah McTernan
9. SWEDEN - "Too Late For Love" John Lundvik
10. SLOVENIA - "Sebi" Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl
11. ROMANIA - "On A Sunday" Ester Peony
12. CYPRUS - "Replay" Tamta
13. MONTENEGRO - "Heaven" D Mol
14. ISRAEL - "Home" Kobi Marimi
15. BELGIUM - "Wake Up" Eliot
16. UNITED KINGDOM - "Bigger Than Us" Michael Rice
17. PORTUGAL - "Telemoveis" Conan Osiris
18. ESTONIA - "Storm" Victor Crone
19. BELARUS - "Like It" ZENA
20. HUNGARY - "Az Én Ápam" Joci Pápai
21. FRANCE - "Roi" Bilal Hassani
22. ITALY - "Soldi" Mahmood
23. SERBIA - "Kruna" Nevena Božović
24. SWITZERLAND - "She Got Me" Luca Hänni
25. CROATIA - "The Dream" Roko
26. SPAIN - "La Venda" Miki
Playlist of all the 26 songs: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLToFhbaeiV0ZhjeUavxS4EUMO-RcOZI0T&si=AqF6sK6nbeHxd5z3
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 23rd 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.
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 2019:
1.
FINLAND - "Look Away" Darude feat. Sebastian Rejman2.
ALBANIA - "Ktheju Tokës" Jonida Maliqi3.
CZECH REPUBLIC - "Friend Of A Friend" Lake Malawi4.
GERMANY - "Sister" S!sters5.
ARMENIA - "Walking Out" Srbuk6.
DENMARK - "Love Is Forever" Leonora7.
MOLDOVA - "Stay" Anna Odobescu8.
IRELAND - "22" Sarah McTernan9.
SWEDEN - "Too Late For Love" John Lundvik10.
SLOVENIA - "Sebi" Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl11.
ROMANIA - "On A Sunday" Ester Peony12.
CYPRUS - "Replay" Tamta13.
MONTENEGRO - "Heaven" D Mol14.
ISRAEL - "Home" Kobi Marimi15.
BELGIUM - "Wake Up" Eliot16.
UNITED KINGDOM - "Bigger Than Us" Michael Rice17.
PORTUGAL - "Telemoveis" Conan Osiris18.
ESTONIA - "Storm" Victor Crone19.
BELARUS - "Like It" ZENA20.
HUNGARY - "Az Én Ápam" Joci Pápai21.
FRANCE - "Roi" Bilal Hassani22.
ITALY - "Soldi" Mahmood23.
SERBIA - "Kruna" Nevena Božović24.
SWITZERLAND - "She Got Me" Luca Hänni25.
CROATIA - "The Dream" Roko26.
SPAIN - "La Venda" MikiPlaylist of all the 26 songs: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLToFhbaeiV0ZhjeUavxS4EUMO-RcOZI0T&si=AqF6sK6nbeHxd5z3
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 23rd 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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