[Josiah.]

TiBB Music Festival: Pittsburgh 01
20 & 24 August 2019

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It is time to let the competition begin again! I, with Shaun's knowledge AND Riley's (Wizard) lovely ideas, decided to create a spiritual successor to TiBB Eurovision. Cut to now, and welcome to the TiBB Music Festival! What songs will be heard? Where are the constant translations into French? When will the madness end? No idea.

FORMAT

The format of the TiBB Music Festival will remain similar to TiBB Eurovision, however, there are some changes. For the first time, I will have a Spotify playlist of all of the songs for you to listen to the songs during the 4 day voting period. For the voting, there will also be 2 sets of points (just like TiBB Eurovision), however, everyone will be sending 2 sets of 1-8, 10, and 12 points (one for jury voting, one for televoting).

RULES

- If you want to take part, reply to this thread with the country you want! But please, if you do reserve a country, I expect an entry.
- In a change from TiBB Eurovision, participants can now choose a song that is already in the public database (look on Spotify or YouTube, there are plenty of songs on either one).
- Lyrics, an artist name, song title AND music video are all that's required.
- Members may only represent one country.
- Entries must be submitted to me as soon as possible. The event itself will take place on a Tuesday evening and the results will follow on a Saturday of the same week.
- And for the first time since Globalvision, countries that are not in Europe or Australia will be able to participate.

You have as much time as you need to find your entries. Please find songs that we all may enjoy, and please don't feel afraid to take part The more entries, the more fun it is to run. Songs can be about anything you like, and whilst we are fairly liberal with what is deemed "in good taste" obviously a song containing 30 different death threats may well find itself lost in my inbox and doomed never to enter.

The winner of this glorious festivity shall also receive a supply of Anastasia Beverly Hills cosmetics this lovely little award (which has been potentially lost in the TiBB Admin towers)! - so if that isn't motivation to bring your A-game, I don't know what is.

Before this thread was posted, I selected 5 different songs and 5 different countries from a personal shortlist of 26 songs. These countries will be listed below, and all of the countries mentioned below will be free game (sans Denmark, because some things never change with me).

COUNTRIES

AMERICAS:
• Argentina
• Bahamas
• Barbados (taken by WickedSkengMan) <-song chosen->
• Brazil (taken by ShakeyJake10) <-song chosen->
• Canada (taken by Kate!) <-song chosen->
• Chile
• Colombia
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• United States (taken by Calderyon) <-song chosen->
• U.S. Virgin Islands

ASIA & OCEANIA:
• Australia (taken by Amy Jade) <-song chosen->
• China
• Fiji
• Hong Kong
• New Zealand
• Philippines (taken by RileyH) <-song chosen->
• Samoa
• South Korea (taken by T*)
• Tonga

AFRICA:
• Algeria
• Angola
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana (taken by Nicky91) <-song chosen->
• Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

EUROPE:
• Albania
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (taken by Josiah) <-song chosen->
• Estonia
• Finland
• France (taken by Liam-) <-song chosen->
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland (taken by Cherie) <-song chosen->
• Israel
• Italy
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway (taken by Ammi) <-song chosen->
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom (taken by Alf.) <-song chosen->
• Vatican City

[Josiah.]

bump.

[Josiah.]

Hopefully, someone other than Alf has been paying attention to this...

[Nicky91]

I Choose Ghana

[Josiah.]

So far, 3 countries and their songs and artists have been chosen.

[Cherie]

Ireland please, so I don't need to do anything, am I reading this right?

[Calderyon]

You don't have to do anything other than participate?

I'll request for USA then, please.

[Josiah.]

Calderyon, the songs for Canada, Denmark (me), Ireland (Cherie), United Kingdom (Alf), and United Kingdom (you) were selected before I made the thread. Everyone else who chooses a country has to send in a song that is already in the public database.

[Kate!]

Canada please then.

[Ammi]

...I’ll go to Mexico please, Josiah.....

[T*]

hmm South Korea please

[Josiah.]

If no one saw it in the OP, unless you are participating as Canada, Denmark, Ireland, the UK, or the US, you do not have to create a parody to submit. You can find a song (fairly new or somewhat well known) either on Spotify and/or YouTube.

[Ammi]

...so I just choose any song, Josiah...and send it to you as it is...?...

[Josiah.]

Yes Ammi.

[Amy Jade]

I'm not sure what I am doing but I'll play as Australia

[Denver]

Barbados

[Josiah.]

As stated in the OP for those that may be confused with what songs to submit: "In a change from TiBB Eurovision, participants can now choose a song that is already in the public database (look on Spotify or YouTube, there are plenty of songs on either one)."

[Liam-]

Do songs have to be by artists from the country we choose?

[Josiah.]

Liam, they don't, but I'd encourage it.

[Liam-]

I’ll take France

[Josiah.]

That now makes 11 countries chosen so far.

[Josiah.]

I have finalised the dates as 20 August for the Final, and 24 August for the voting results.

[Ammi]

....hmmm if it’s recommended to have the artist from the chosen country..?...then can I change to Norway please, Josiah...I did have a song chosen for Mexico but it was non Mexican related ....

[Josiah.]

Successfully changed.

[Josiah.]

By Tuesday at 12:00am, it'll be one week before we officially begin the fun.