TiBB Music Festival: Pittsburgh 08 // And the winner is... South Korea! (pg. 4)

[Coldwinter]

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TiBB Music Festival: Pittsburgh 08
4 and 12 February 2021

Official Wikia: Click Here! (https://channel-tibb.fandom.com/wiki/TiBB_Music_Festival_08)

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. We've been in Pittsburgh, the Gold Coast, Belgrade, Oslo, Manchester, Rome and Milan, and Copenhagen. Cut to the second week of February, and get ready to "Live Out Loud" in back in the place where it all began, Pittsburgh! What songs will be heard? Where are the constant translations into French? When will the madness end? No idea.

Past editions of TiBB Music Festival:
Pittsburgh 01 - (Winner: Australia, ceremony starts p.4) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=360098)
Gold Coast 02 - (Winner: Serbia, ceremony starts p.2) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=361665)
Belgrade 03 - (Winner: Norway, ceremony starts p.4) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=363207)
Oslo 04 - (Winner: United Kingdom, ceremony starts p.2) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=364908)
Manchester 05 - (Winner: Italy, ceremony starts p.2) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=366226)
Italy 06 - (Winner: Denmark, ceremony starts p.2) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=367392)
Copenhagen 07 - (Winner: United States, final starts p.3) (https://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showthread.php?t=368405)

FORMAT
The format of the TiBB Music Festival will remain similar to TiBB Eurovision, however, there are some changes. I will have a Spotify playlist of all of the songs for you to listen to the songs during the voting period. For the voting, there will also be 2 sets of points of 1-8, 10, and 12 points, one for the jury voting, and the other for the televoting.

RULES
- If you want to take part, reply to this thread with the countries you want! But please, if you do reserve a country, I expect an entry.
--From this edition onwards, everyone can choose 1 to 2 countries to participate as.
- 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 two countries, and 1 song and/or singer in each of the other categories.
- Entries must be submitted to me as soon as possible. The events of the contest will take place over the course of a 2 week period.
- 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)! https://i.imgur.com/pCZ1tmH.png - so if that isn't motivation to bring your A-game, I don't know what is.

Like last edition, the Big 6 (the top 6 of the previous edition) will all qualify for the final. All of the countries mentioned below will be free game (sans all of the ones I have, because some things never change with me, and because of the nature of the new participation rule).

COUNTRIES (for Grand Prix Category)
AMERICAS:
• Argentina
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Brazil
• Canada (chosen by Liam-) <-song chosen->
• Chile
• Colombia
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• United States «Host Country» ««Big 6 qualifier»» (chosen by Josiah.) <-song chosen->
• UK Virgin Islands
• U.S. Virgin Islands (chosen by Barry.) <-song chosen->

ASIA & OCEANIA:
• Australia ««Big 6 qualifier»» (chosen by Liam-) <-song chosen->
• Bangladesh
• China (chosen by Calderyon) <-song chosen->
• Fiji
• Hong Kong
• India
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Philippines
• Samoa
• Singapore
• South Korea (chosen by Calderyon) <-song chosen->
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Tonga
• Vietnam

AFRICA:
• Algeria
• Angola
• Botswana
• Cameroon
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana ««Big 6 qualifier»» (chosen by Josiah.) <-song chosen->
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Republic of the Congo
• Sierra Leone
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Tunisia
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

EUROPE:
• Åland Islands
• Albania
• Armenia
• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (chosen by Josiah.) <-song chosen->
• Estonia
• Faroe Islands
• Finland
• France ««Big 6 qualifier»» (taken by Calderyon) <-song chosen->
• Georgia
• Germany (chosen by Nicky91) <-song chosen->
• Greece ««Big 6 qualifier»» (chosen by Barry.) <-song chosen->
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland (chosen by Nicky91) <-song chosen->
• Israel
• Italy ««Big 6 qualifier»» (chosen by Liam-) <-song chosen->
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Latvia
• Lebanon
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• Netherlands
• North Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• San Marino
• Serbia
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom (chosen by Barry.) <-song chosen->
• Vatican City

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[Liam-]

Australia, Canada

[Calderyon]

South Korea and China.

[The Grinch]

United Kingdom and us island

[Coldwinter]

OP updated.

[Calderyon]

So 1-2 songs for each category?

[Coldwinter]

If you choose to. I'd personally recommend 1 song per category.

[Calderyon]

No, I meant that you have to enter 1 song from each country you have to to each category, correct?

[Coldwinter]

For the Grand Prix category, yes. The other 4 categories work like Sanremo, which there are no countries.

[Nicky91]

Netherlands, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, North Macedonia, Greece, Croatia, Romania

[Calderyon]

For the Grand Prix category, yes. The other 4 categories work like Sanremo, which there are no countries.

Please explain the San Remo format.

[Calderyon]

Netherlands, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, North Macedonia, Greece, Croatia, Romania

Only maximum of two countries allowed.

[Nicky91]

Only maximum of two countries allowed.

but previous editions you could have more countries

[Calderyon]

but previous editions you could have more countries

Yeah, but apparently on this one 1-2 is allowed. I would have otherwise picked Japan too.

It's in the rules in the OP.

[Calderyon]

From the rules above:

From this edition onwards, everyone can choose 1 to 2 countries to participate as.

[Nicky91]

ok then i don't take part

[Calderyon]

Why not?

[Coldwinter]

Nicky, it's just that because there's so many songs this edition, I had to lower the number of countries taking part (mainly because its such a hassle editing videos). Besides, the songs that you would've used for your other countries can be used in the other categories.

Calderyon, Sanremo has 2 categories: Big Artist and Newcomers. In most cases (in the past 7 years), the winner of the Big Artists round is the entry that Italy sends to Eurovision.

[Calderyon]

So do we choose to enter 1 singer to each category and then 2 song entries (1 from each country) in the GP?

Can the singers be anyone from anywhere? (Ie: not country bound)

[Coldwinter]

Yes.

[The Grinch]

So one singer, two songs from them from each country

[Coldwinter]

Or two songs from two different singers. Whichever option you fancy.

[Nicky91]

Nicky, it's just that because there's so many songs this edition, I had to lower the number of countries taking part (mainly because its such a hassle editing videos). Besides, the songs that you would've used for your other countries can be used in the other categories.

Calderyon, Sanremo has 2 categories: Big Artist and Newcomers. In most cases (in the past 7 years), the winner of the Big Artists round is the entry that Italy sends to Eurovision.

ok never mind, count me in then but i'll need to rethink about my entries

[Nicky91]

submitted my entries correctly then

my grand prix countries are Germany, Ireland

[Coldwinter]

OP updated

[Coldwinter]

I have posted the contest dates in the OP and on the wikia.

[Coldwinter]

I've received Nicky's songs (and my own). I'm pretty excited for this new "era" of TiBB Music Festival, if you can call it that..

[Nicky91]

bit of detail around my entries

Aram Quartet are a vocal trio from Italy, they won x factor over there

John Farnham's ''you're the voice'' some consider too as a australian anthem

Voltaj's won ''best romanian act'' in 90's at MTV ema's, they represented romania at eurovision in 2015 with ''de la capat'' and this one is more funky upbeat, more like a romanian lake malawi vibe

Mitch Tambo is a aboriginal singer, known for making the final on australia's got talent very recently


Germany (In This Together) it was the theme song for i'm a celeb germany 2020, written by composers for emmelie de forest only teardrops


Ireland (Dynamite), part of westlife's recent new album

[Coldwinter]

4 of the Big 6 (France, Ghana, Greece, and Italy) are still up for grabs. If any of you other 4 want to take one of them each, that will be fine. If not, then we might have a bit of a switcheroo of the remaining Big 6 countries.

[Liam-]

I’ll take Italy, how many songs do you actually want? I’m confused

[Coldwinter]

At least 1-2 for the non-Grand Prix categories.

[The Grinch]

I’ll take Greece too then

[Coldwinter]

OP updated.

[Coldwinter]

I'm taking Ghana, which means that France is up for grabs for either Calderyon or Nicky.

[The Grinch]

So I’m still a bit confused.

I can have two artists for Greece or one artist and two songs?

[Calderyon]

OK, I'll take France then.

[Coldwinter]

So I’m still a bit confused.

I can have two artists for Greece or one artist and two songs?

One artist and song for each country that you have.

[Coldwinter]

We currently have 4 songs for Alternative, 3 songs each for Foreign Language, Legends, and Newcomers, and 5 out of 14 songs for Grand Prix.

[Liam-]

I’m still confused, you want a song for each category, as well as one for the Grand Prix?

[Coldwinter]

I’m still confused, you want a song for each category, as well as one for the Grand Prix?

At least 1-2 songs for each category, and then 1 song for each country in the Grand Prix.

[The Grinch]

All are in the Grand Prix though

[Coldwinter]

All are in the Grand Prix though

Every song in the other categories are technically in their own final(s); with every song for your three countries in the Grand Prix, I'm just revealing the results of all categories on the same day.

[The Grinch]

Every song in the other categories are technically in their own final(s); with every song for your three countries in the Grand Prix, I'm just revealing the results of all categories on the same day.

Ok think I get it now

[Coldwinter]

To everyone except Nicky: You have less than 2 weeks to submit songs, as 1 November is when we start this shindig.

[The Grinch]

To everyone except Nicky: You have less than 2 weeks to submit songs, as 1 November is when we start this shindig.

I’ll try send tomorrow

[Coldwinter]

I need songs as soon as possible. It feels weird knowing that we're 10 days away from the start of a new edition.

[The Grinch]

Sorry I’m in the hospital just now so I need to wait

[Coldwinter]

That's okay Barry, get well.

[Liam-]

Sorry, this keeps slipping my mind, I’ll get them in tomorrow sometime

[Coldwinter]

It’s almost time, just one week to go.

[The Grinch]

I think I did it right

[Coldwinter]

Calderyon and Liam, I need your songs as soon as possible.

[Calderyon]

I'll post them now.

[Coldwinter]

The OP has been updated, and I'm still waiting on Liam's submissions.

[The Grinch]

I’d pm him he may have forgotten

[Nicky91]

maybe a nice idea, but could we do a christmas special of this?

i mean with christmas songs only from around the world :think:

[Coldwinter]

Yeah, I was thinking about that Nicky.

Also, we have all the songs in.

[Coldwinter]

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(Watch the videos above, and then come back to this post to view voting details)

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You must send in 1 set of 1-8, 10, and 12 points for this. You will be able to vote using the link below. If you do not vote, your votes will be replaced by aggregated results.

Voting closes at 5.59pm on Thursday 12 November.

Good luck to all and...

TiBB, START VOTING NOW!

Voting Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDi_yXLie_m18XLaLcAY516LYeZIglPbnilEkPYxSJ OAFwPw/viewform?usp=sf_link

[Calderyon]

You can vote for your own song?

[Coldwinter]

Yes Calderyon, yes you can.

Also, I hope everyone's happy that Rudolph and Augustine have returned.

[Calderyon]

The poll might be broken.

[Coldwinter]

That’s odd, because the link works fine for me.

[Coldwinter]

Calderyon (and the others), I have updated the link to the form.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDi_yXLie_m18XLaLcAY516LYeZIglPbnilEkPYxSJ OAFwPw/viewform?usp=sf_link

[The Grinch]

Do we have todo the pol three times for each country?

[Coldwinter]

No, because with the Alternative, Foreign Language, and Newcomers categories, you are voting as yourself; so just once will be fine.

[Coldwinter]

If the form isn't working, just send your points in a PM like normal.

[The Grinch]

Yeah it’s acting up

[Coldwinter]

The songs in Foreign Language category will be posted around 8pm.

[Coldwinter]

Here's the link to the YouTube playlist for the Foreign Language category. I would have posted it yesterday, but I was extremely busy when I went to post the songs.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhDUmNUMEb-ZOm41_QLAZA9XxUqo71Ivj

Voting is done in the exact same way as the Alternative category.

[Coldwinter]

In preparation for the Legends category later on today; I have an announcement:

For all the categories except for Grand Prix, I am amending the voting system; and you will rank every song in each category on a scale from 1-10. The song with the highest average score will be the winner for the category.

[Coldwinter]

This new format isn't going to work, so the eighth edition will be postponed until January (with just the Grand Prix), and we'll return to the old format for Christmas. The Big 6 for the eighth edition will remain the same for next edition.

[Coldwinter]

It's officially back on!

TiBB Music Festival 08 will be happening on Sunday 7 February, with the results on Friday 12 February.

Get ready for our favourite past-time to return.

[Coldwinter]

And in preparation for the upcoming 8th edition; here is the revamped theme logo:
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[Coldwinter]

The graphics are coming along nicely. Can't wait for you all to see them in action during the final on the 7th.

[Coldwinter]

Calderyon, Barry, Liam, Nicky; are you paying attention to this?

[Nicky91]

what are our entries then?

[Calderyon]

Calderyon, Barry, Liam, Nicky; are you paying attention to this?

Yes?

[The Grinch]

Yes

[Coldwinter]

what are our entries then?

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[Calderyon]

You've scrapped the other ones? The San Remo -kinds?

[Coldwinter]

You've scrapped the other ones? The San Remo -kinds?

Yes. It would've been too complicated to do the Sanremo style in the long run.

[Coldwinter]

The video is being edited, and will be ready for tomorrow, surprisingly.

[Coldwinter]

Since doing this sooner rather than later seems like the thing to do... Welcome back to Pittsburgh ladies and gents!

https://i.imgur.com/mQyzNBs.png (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l2USL-eT95CPiJsgBiImvrPEKpu1mCIg/view)
(click the picture to watch the video, and then come back to this post to view voting details)

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Just as stated at the video, you can vote by sending me a private message. You must send in 2 sets of 1-8, 10, and 12 points (one for jury voting, one for televoting). You cannot under any circumstance vote for your own country. Please have some differences between your two sets of votes. If you are participating with more than one country, please send all votes in one PM, and please have some differences between your sets of votes. If you do not vote, your votes will be replaced by aggregated results.

Voting closes at 6:00pm GMT/1:00pm EDT next Thursday.

Good luck to all and...

TiBB, START VOTING NOW!

[Coldwinter]

And next Friday, when we get to results, I will be doing something different for the TiBB Music Festival: something I planned on doing last edition. I will go country by country for the jury voting (which means that the revealing of the jury points will take longer than normal). Televoting points will still be revealed in the way they have been.

[Coldwinter]

I have received the votes from myself and Calderyon.

[Coldwinter]

This is a voting reminder for the ones who haven't voted.

[Coldwinter]

Less than 25 hours left to vote.

[Coldwinter]

Less than 2 hours left to vote.

[Coldwinter]

Voting is now closed! The votes of Barry's countries and Liam's countries will be aggregated results. The full results will be revealed tomorrow; along with a rule change for the ninth edition.

[Coldwinter]

We will be having the full show (recap, interval, and results) in a special CyTube room at 8pm; with the results separately being posted here! See you there!

[Coldwinter]

I present to you the winner!

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Congratulations South Korea on winning for the first time!

The full results are on the edition's official wikia page.

Now, in other news, we have two big changes to the rules (one of them noted in the video): Relegation and Annual Contests.

From the 9th edition onward, the bottom 5 of the previous edition will be ineligible for selection. This means that these countries will not be listed in the OP for said edition.

Also from the 9th edition onward, we will have 1 contest a year every April; with the Christmas editions happening every December.

[Coldwinter]

This means that...

China, Denmark, France, Germany, and Italy cannot be selected as countries next edition.

Also, here are winner stats so far:

Number of Wins
• Australia - 1 win (Ed. 1)
• Serbia - 1 win (Ed. 2)
• Norway - 1 win (Ed. 3)
• United Kingdom - 1 win (Ed. 4)
• Italy - 1 win (Ed. 5)
• Denmark - 1 win (Ed. 6)
• United States - 1 win (Ed. 7)
• South Korea - 1 win (Ed. 8)
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• Puerto Rico - 1 win (Xmas 1)

[Calderyon]

Very pleased.