Rules

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SxoinasEsc is composed of three Shows, two Semi-Finals and one Final. The recaps are produced and transmitted on Organizer’s Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyOKH7N8WjPo1hjikoJP0sQ . The Organizer doesn't make any profit from the contest.

 

Time Zone

The name of Time Zone is CET (Central European Time).

 

Format

Each song which competes in the contest shall be selected through a national or internal selection. The selection process is organized under the sole responsibility of the Participating member. The allocation of the countries to the two Semi-Finals and the Final will be decided by a random draw. Allocation pots will be determined based on the previous edition’s voting ranking.

 

Number of participating countries

A maximum of 44 countries shall be allowed to participate. Members from a maximum total of 26 countries will compete in the Final. There shall be four guaranteed places for the direct finalists (incl. Host country and the remaining countries in Top 6 from previous edition). Apart from 6 direct finalists, the 38 participating countries have to compete in one of the Semi-Finals for the remaining places in the Final. Ten countries from each Semi-Final will qualify for the Final. The number of countries participating may be modified depending on circumstances.

 

As for the first edition, all countries are going through the semifinals

 

Application process

Once the application date is officially revealed, Full members and Direct Finalists are able to confirm their participation and apply for the contest. On the first day of applications, Members who competed in previous season will be able to apply. On the second day, applications will be opened for everyone. If Full members decide to change their country, they will lose their membership.

In the application message, the Member needs to submit the country they want to take part with. When you send me your entry, you should send me with message: a) Artist(s), b) Song, c) Youtube link, d) Recap of 20 seconds.

In case one or more Members haven't submitted songs by the end of the deadline, they will be disqualified from the contest but will still be able to take part in the next edition.

 

Once the application is fully submitted (country, song and artist) and the Member receives feedback, they cannot change their entry unless approved by the Organizer with a valid reason.

Application and voting for Participating members have to be done all using one method from the following:

• E-mail - sxoinassevastos@outlook.com
• Messenger – m.me/sxoinasesc

 

Criteria of eligibility

The compositions must not have been commercially released before the release date – January 1, 2015 and must not have more than 500 million views on the Official / lyric video. Songs that competed in (Junior) Eurovision Song Contest, preselection’s or similar song contests are strictly forbidden from entering SxoinasEsc. Eurovision Artists arent accepted.

Artist can compete for a certain country if they or their parents come from the participating country or if the artist was born / has lived there. Borrowing songs from neighboring countries by micro nations isn't allowed. One artist cannot compete for the same country for 4 consecutive times.

 

Determination of the scores and of the winning song

Each Participating member is required to vote in the Final and the respective Semi-final where they compete or just vote. Voting is the only obligation in the contest. Not submitting valid votes in time will result in an immediate disqualification, the Member will be banned and will consequently lose rights to apply for SxoinasEsc ever again. Votes sent after the deadline will not count and will not be considered.

 

The country that got disqualified will face the following consequences:

• In case of a Semi-final qualification, the country's progress to the Final shall be nullified and the next country with the highest score that sent valid votes shall be proclaimed as a qualifier
• In case of a victory, the country's winning title shall be nullified and the next country with the highest score that sent valid votes shall be proclaimed as the winner

 

The results of each Participating member shall be determined as follows:

• 12 points shall be allocated to the song having obtained the best rank
• 10 points to the song having obtained the second-best rank
• 8 points to the song having obtained the third-best rank
• 7 points to the next, and so on, down to 1 point having obtained the tenth-best rank from the Participating member

At the end of each Semi-Final, the presenters shall announce the names of countries which have qualified from the Semi-Finals to the Final. These countries will be the countries that obtained most votes and have given valid votes. In the final, winner song shall be the song which has obtained the highest number of points in total and has submitted valid results.

 

The full results of the Semi-Finals and the Final shall be published on the official website of SxoinasEsc, https://sxoinasesc.jimdofree.com/ after the end of the Final.

 

Calendar

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Applications: 8 October 2021 - 12 October 2021

Selections: 8 October 2021 - 14 October 2021

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Pots Of Allocation Draw: 26 October 2021

Results Of Allocation Draw: 28 October 2021

Running Order Of Semi Finals: 30 October 2021

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Semi Final 1: 2 November 2021

Semi Final 2: 4 November 2021

Grand Final: 6 November 2021

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Winner's obligation

The winning Member shall have one week to decide the host city and venue (in the winning country) and host(s) for the following edition of The Song. In the event of deadline not being respected, the Organizer reserves the right to select listed subjects. The winning Member will not be sanctioned in the event of not selecting the subjects.

The Organizer reserves the right to change or modify the rules at any given moment.

These rules will be valid for SxoinasEsc 2021 but are still being modified.

 

 

[last edit: October 26, 2021]