Here is the preliminary schedule - well, schedules - for ETNW 2011. The post-submission period schedule will obviously depend on whether we have just one final or two or more semis.
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Submissions open: Monday 10 January 2011
Submissions close: Sunday 16 January 2011
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Scenario 1: Final only
Voting starts: Monday 17 January 2011
Voting ends: Sunday 23 January 2011
Sponsor revelation: Monday 24 January 2011
Results: Tuesday 25 January 2011
Scenario 2: Two semi-finals + final
Voting - Semi 1 starts: Monday 17 January 2011
Voting - Semi 2 starts: Thursday 20 January 2011
Voting - Semi 1 ends: Saturday 22 January 2011
Voting - Semi 2 ends: Tuesday 25 January 2011
Qualifier revelation: Wednesday 26 January 2011
Voting - Final starts: Thursday 27 January 2011
Voting - Final ends: Wednesday 2 February 2011
Sponsor revelation & results: Thursday 3 February 2011
Scenario 3: Three semi-finals + final
Voting - Semi 1 starts: Monday 17 January 2011
Voting - Semi 2 starts: Thursday 20 January 2011
Voting - Semi 1 ends: Sunday 23 January 2011
Voting - Semi 3 starts: Monday 24 January 2011
Voting - Semi 2 ends: Wednesday 26 January 2011
Voting - Semi 3 ends: Sunday 30 January 2011
Qualifier revelation: Monday 31 January 2011
Voting - Final starts: Tuesday 1 February 2011
Voting - Final ends: Monday 7 February 2011
Sponsor revelation & results: Tuesday 8 February 2011
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Obviously I'll confirm the schedule once the number of entries is known. Keep your eyes open for updates :)
12/27/2010
ETNW 2011: The Rules
After last year's shall we say 'comprehensive' approach, I'll try and keep things brief this time round... :)
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1. Neither your song nor singer should have taken part in Eurovision or a national selection process. (I'd prefer if the composers hadn't either, but I won't enforce it.)
2. Songs can be in any language and any length.
3. Songs from any country and any year can be entered for any country and any year. (For example, if you really want to, you can enter a Serbian song released in 2008 as Latvia 1959.)
4. No cover versions.
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There, how's that for brief!
I would just remind everyone, however, that the point of ETNW is to enter songs that make people think "yeah, that sounds like something Monaco might have entered in 1965" or "hmmm, I can see Ukraine picking that kind of thing in 2001". The more unlikely your combination - as in the example in point #3 above - the less likely most people are to view it as 'authentic'.
And of course that brings us to the most important but unwritten rule of ETNW: when you vote, it's not just about what you like or don't like, but also what you think comes across as most authentic based on the year and country a song's been allocated to. I know this is subjective, and proved to be a bit of a bone of contention last year, but the results showed that most people were happy to go along with it. It's the point of the contest, after all.
The submission period isn't open yet, but just as a reminder, here's what you need to submit:
1. An MP3 of your entry
2. The name of your song and singer
3. The year and country you're allocating it to
4. Your MB nickname
I'll repeat this info when the submission period opens. In the meantime, get your thinking caps on, but don't get overexcited!
If anything's not covered in the rules (!) and you want to ask about it, the best place to do so is on the MB. Indeed, until I set up a new email address for the contest, that's the only place to ask me! You could ask me via Facebook or MSN, I suppose, but other people might be wondering the same thing, so let's keep it all public.
Stay tuned for updates! :)
*****
1. Neither your song nor singer should have taken part in Eurovision or a national selection process. (I'd prefer if the composers hadn't either, but I won't enforce it.)
2. Songs can be in any language and any length.
3. Songs from any country and any year can be entered for any country and any year. (For example, if you really want to, you can enter a Serbian song released in 2008 as Latvia 1959.)
4. No cover versions.
*****
There, how's that for brief!
I would just remind everyone, however, that the point of ETNW is to enter songs that make people think "yeah, that sounds like something Monaco might have entered in 1965" or "hmmm, I can see Ukraine picking that kind of thing in 2001". The more unlikely your combination - as in the example in point #3 above - the less likely most people are to view it as 'authentic'.
And of course that brings us to the most important but unwritten rule of ETNW: when you vote, it's not just about what you like or don't like, but also what you think comes across as most authentic based on the year and country a song's been allocated to. I know this is subjective, and proved to be a bit of a bone of contention last year, but the results showed that most people were happy to go along with it. It's the point of the contest, after all.
The submission period isn't open yet, but just as a reminder, here's what you need to submit:
1. An MP3 of your entry
2. The name of your song and singer
3. The year and country you're allocating it to
4. Your MB nickname
I'll repeat this info when the submission period opens. In the meantime, get your thinking caps on, but don't get overexcited!
If anything's not covered in the rules (!) and you want to ask about it, the best place to do so is on the MB. Indeed, until I set up a new email address for the contest, that's the only place to ask me! You could ask me via Facebook or MSN, I suppose, but other people might be wondering the same thing, so let's keep it all public.
Stay tuned for updates! :)
Coming soon: ETNW 2011!
If you're reading this, you must have seen the post(s) on the message board on www.escnation.com, so welcome to the bit-before-anything-actually-happens-to-do-with the Eurovision That Never Was 2011!
The contest will have much the same set-up as the inaugural 2010 edition, although the rules have changed slightly, so see the next post for those (and yes, I've condensed them!). Bear in mind that the submission period won't open until mid-January-ish, so there's no point sending anything to me yet. There'll be a new email address anyway ;-)
That said, get thinking about the kinds of songs you could enter. The 2010 edition proved that everyone got the point and spirit of the contest (more or less!) and had fun with it, so let's hope we can repeat that in 2011!
After the Rules post, further updates will follow in due course, but they'll be signposted on the MB as well. So one way or another you shouldn't miss anything if you keep your eyes open :)
Enjoy the Eurovision That Never Was 2011!
The contest will have much the same set-up as the inaugural 2010 edition, although the rules have changed slightly, so see the next post for those (and yes, I've condensed them!). Bear in mind that the submission period won't open until mid-January-ish, so there's no point sending anything to me yet. There'll be a new email address anyway ;-)
That said, get thinking about the kinds of songs you could enter. The 2010 edition proved that everyone got the point and spirit of the contest (more or less!) and had fun with it, so let's hope we can repeat that in 2011!
After the Rules post, further updates will follow in due course, but they'll be signposted on the MB as well. So one way or another you shouldn't miss anything if you keep your eyes open :)
Enjoy the Eurovision That Never Was 2011!
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