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).
Here is how the countries for this year got selected:
Here are the 26 countries competing in ESC 2025:
1.
NORWAY - "Lighter" Kyle Alessandro
2. SLOVENIA - "How Much Time Do We Have Left" Klemen
3. IRELAND - "Laika Party" EMMY
4. ISRAEL - "New Day Will Rise" Yuval Raphael
5. LITHUANIA - "Tavo Akys" Katarsis
6. SPAIN - "ESA DIVA" Melody
7. GEORGIA - "Freedom" Mariam Shengelia
8. UKRAINE - "Bird Of Pray" Ziferblat
9. UNITED KINGDOM - "What The Hell Just Happened?" Remember Monday
10. AUSTRIA - "Wasted Love" JJ
11. ICELAND - "RÓA" VÆB
12. MONTENEGRO - "Dobrodošli" Nina Žižić
13. NETHERLANDS - "C'est La Vie" Claude
14. ITALY - "Volevo Essere Un Duro" Lucio Corsi
15. POLAND - "GAJA" Justyna Steczkowska
16. GERMANY - "Baller" Abor & Tynna
17. SERBIA - "Mila" Princ
18. ARMENIA - "SURVIVOR" PARG
19. SWITZERLAND - "Voyage" Zoë Më
20. MALTA - "SERVING" Miriana Conte
21. PORTUGAL - "Deslocado" NAPA
22. DENMARK - "Hallucination" Sissal
23. CROATIA - "Poison Cake" Marko Bošnjak
24. FRANCE - "maman" Louane
25. CYPRUS - "Shh" Theo Evan
26. ALBANIA - "Zjerm" Shkodra Elektronike
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 1st of July at 21 CEST!
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).
Here is how the countries for this year got selected:
Here are the 26 countries competing in ESC 2025:
1.
NORWAY - "Lighter" Kyle Alessandro2.
SLOVENIA - "How Much Time Do We Have Left" Klemen3.
IRELAND - "Laika Party" EMMY4.
ISRAEL - "New Day Will Rise" Yuval Raphael5.
LITHUANIA - "Tavo Akys" Katarsis6.
SPAIN - "ESA DIVA" Melody7.
GEORGIA - "Freedom" Mariam Shengelia8.
UKRAINE - "Bird Of Pray" Ziferblat9.
UNITED KINGDOM - "What The Hell Just Happened?" Remember Monday10.
AUSTRIA - "Wasted Love" JJ11.
ICELAND - "RÓA" VÆB12.
MONTENEGRO - "Dobrodošli" Nina Žižić13.
NETHERLANDS - "C'est La Vie" Claude14.
ITALY - "Volevo Essere Un Duro" Lucio Corsi15.
POLAND - "GAJA" Justyna Steczkowska16.
GERMANY - "Baller" Abor & Tynna17.
SERBIA - "Mila" Princ18.
ARMENIA - "SURVIVOR" PARG19.
SWITZERLAND - "Voyage" Zoë Më20.
MALTA - "SERVING" Miriana Conte21.
PORTUGAL - "Deslocado" NAPA22.
DENMARK - "Hallucination" Sissal23.
CROATIA - "Poison Cake" Marko Bošnjak24.
FRANCE - "maman" Louane25.
CYPRUS - "Shh" Theo Evan26.
ALBANIA - "Zjerm" Shkodra ElektronikePlaylist 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 1st of July at 21 CEST!
Queue list (the nations that are waiting in line to compete in the near future):
Let's redo this contest!
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