TiBB Music Festival 01

The TiBB Music Festival 01 was the 1st edition of the annual TiBB Music Festival musical event. The contest took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States following a months-long bidding process to host the contest. Organised by the TiBB Broadcasting Union (TBU) and host broadcaster NBC, the contest was held at PPG Paints Arena, and consisted of a final held on 20 August 2019, and a voting results show held on 24 August 2019. The shows were presented by Leo Hastings, Alexis Enero, and Nathan Coleman, the only time that the contest has been presented by three presenters.
Inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest, held annually since 1956 (except 2020), ThisisBigBrother.com member Josiah Stuart had thought of a contest in the same vein as the Sanremo Music Festival to continue the legacy of the TiBB Eurovision Song Contest, which was last held in May 2019. A fellow TiBB member had suggested to him to start a new contest in the same vein as other Eurovision fan contests by using songs in the public domain. Following approval from the newly created Reference Group, the rules and structure of the contest were agreed upon.
Twelve countries participated in the inaugural edition of the contest, and the first winner was Australia, with the song "Better the Devil You Know" performed by Kylie Minogue. Australia won the combined vote and televote, and placed second in the jury vote. Ireland won the jury vote and came in second place. Barbados, United States, and Norway rounded out the top five, with Philippines coming in last place.
==Location==
The first edition took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. This was the first time the country had hosted the contest. The selected venue was the 19,000 seat PPG Paints Arena.
===Bidding Phase===
For the first edition, TiBB Networks and the Reference Group embarked on a months-long bidding process as to who should be the host country. Upon the announcement of the bidding process, Atlanta, Brisbane, London, Malmö, New York, Pittsburgh, Stockholm, Toronto, and Vancouver were the only cities to apply to host the contest.
The host city was revealed to be Toronto when the thread for the edition was posted. This decision was made after all bids were both well received. TiBB location scouts made their final decision as to which venue should host based on the audience size.
City 	Venue 	Capacity
Atlanta, GA 	Mercedes-Benz Stadium 	42,500-75,000
Brisbane, QLD 	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre	10,000
London 	Wembley Arena 	12,500
London 	The O2 Arena 	20,000
Malmö 	Malmö Arena 	15,500
Pittsburgh, PA	PPG Paints Arena 	19,000
Stockholm 	Avicii Arena 	16,000
Toronto, ON 	Scotiabank Arena 	19,800
Vancouver, BC 	BC Place 	54,500
==Participating countries==
 Participants of the TiBB Music Festival 13
Country	Broadcaster 	Artist 	Song 	Language	Songwriter(s) 	TiBB member 		 	 	 	 	 	
Country	Broadcaster 	Artist 	Song 	Language	Songwriter(s) 	TiBB member 		SBS	Kylie Minogue	"Better The Devil You Know"	English	Mike Stock • Matt Aitken • Pete Waterman	Amy Jade
 	CBC TV 8 	Rihanna 	"Higher" 	English 	Chauncey Hollis Jr. • James Fauntleroy • Mike Dean • Terius Nash •Bibi Bourelly • Ernest Dion Wilson • Rihanna 	Denver 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	tvglobo 	Anitta 	"Medicina" 	Spanish 	Mau Montaner • Andy Clay • Larissa Machado • Jonathan Leone • Mario Cáceres 	Strictly Jake		 	 	 	 	 	
 	CBC 	Ana Golja 	"Glory Days" 	English 	Rob Wells • Muazana Ana Golja • Naomi Shobha 	Kate! 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	DR 	Aly & AJ 	"Star Maps" 	English 	Jeremiah Raisen • Yves Rothman • AJ Michalka • Aly Michalka 	Josiah. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	FranceTélévisions	Inüit 	"Body Lies" 	English 	Alexis Delong • Coline Rio • Pablo Charbonnier •Pierre Cheguillaume • Rémy Fanchin • Simon Quénéa 	Liam- 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	GBC 	Reggie 'n' Bollie	"New Girl" 	English 	Cleo Tighe • Sarah Blanchard • Pablo Bowman • Danny Casio •Tom Barnes • Pete Kelleher • Ben Kohn • Ammar Malik •Teddy Geiger • Marc Sibley • Nathan Cunningham	Nicky91 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	RTÉ 	Lyra 	"Falling" 	English 	Laura McNamara • Phil Cook • Marli Harwood 	Cherie 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	NRK 	Sigrid 	"Strangers" 	English 	Sigrid Solbakk Raabe • Martin Sjølie 	Ammi 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	ABS-CBN 	Maymay Entrata 	"Kakayanin Kaya" 	Filipino	Marlon H. Nabia • Milain H. Nabia 	RileyH 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	BBC 	Imagine Dragons 	"Thunder" 	English 	​Dan Reynolds • Wayne Sermon • Ben McKee • Daniel Platzman •Alexander Grant • Jayson DeZuzio 	Alf. 		 	 	 	 	 	
 	NBC 	JoJo 	"When Love Hurts"	English 	​Benjamin Joseph Levin • Daniel Omelio • Ammar Malik •Ryn Weaver • Jason Evigan 	Calderyon 		 	 	 	 	 	
==Production==
The TiBB Music Festival 01 was produced by NBC. The core team consisted of Asthena Thanou as executive producer, contest producer, and director, and Samuel Renfell as executive in charge of production and executive line producer.
===Slogan and visual design===
The slogan and theme are were revealed on 6 August 2019 when the official thread was posted. The logo was made up of three semi-circles, two of which were blue, and two of which had a blur effect to them.
===Presenters===
This edition, three anchors and reporters from TiBB News were chosen to present the contest. Leo Hastings, a former Veggie Brother housemate and investigative reporter, Alexis Enero, lead anchor for TiBB News 24, and Nathan Coleman, lead anchor for TiBB News Wales and co-anchor for Newyddion TiBB.
===Format===
The competition consisted of 1 grand final and 1 voting results show, a format which was in use since the start of the TiBB Eurovision Song Contest. This edition, because of videos posted via Google Drive as well as a playlist on Spotify, the contest would be extending its reach across platforms and devices.
===Voting system and contest structure===
The voting system used was the same used in the Eurovision Song Contest: Every country will each give out two sets of 12, 10, and 8-1 points; one set for the jury voting, and the other for the televoting. In the final, in the event that a country cannot deliver a result, aggregated results calculated on the basis of neighboring countries would be used. During this contest, tiebreakers were done by who had performed earlier in the running order.
==Contest overview==
The final took place on 20 August 2019 at 20:00 BST and featured 12 competing countries. All participating countries with jury and televote voted in the final. The final running order of the competing performances was decided by production and revealed the day of the final.
: Winner
 Final of the TiBB Music Festival 13
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	 		 	 	 	
Draw	Country	Artist 	Song 	Place	Points	01		JoJo	"When Love Hurts"	4	126
02 	 	INÜIT 	"Body Lies" 	11 	89 	 		 	 	 	
03 	 	Lyra 	"Falling" 	2 	184 	 		 	 	 	
04 	 	Anitta 	"Medicina" 	10 	90 	 		 	 	 	
05 	 	Sigrid 	"Strangers" 	5 	111 	 		 	 	 	
06 	 	Reggie N Bollie	"New Girl" 	9 	93 	 		 	 	 	
07 	 	Aly & AJ 	"Star Maps" 	6 	110 	 		 	 	 	
08 	 	Maymay Entrata 	"Kakayanin Kaya"	12 	70 	 		 	 	 	
09 	 	 	"Glory Days" 	8 	100 	 		 	 	 	
10 	 	Imagine Dragons	"Thunder" 	7 	106 	 		 	 	 	
11 	 	Rihanna 	"Higher" 	3 	128 	 		 	 	 	
12 	 	Kylie Minogue 	 	1 	185 	 		 	 	 	
==Voting results==
Place	Combined	Combined	Jury 	Jury 	Televoting	Televoting
Place	Country 	Points 	Country	Points	Country 	Points
1 	 	185 	 	97 	 	97
2 	 	184 	 	88 	 	87
3 	 	128 	 	76 	 	66
4 	 	126 	 	63 	 	55
5 	 	111 	 	62 	 	53
6 	 	110 	 	62 	 	52
7 	 	106 	 	58 	 	50
8 	 	100 	 	45 	 	50
9 	 	93 	 	44 	 	49
10 	 	90 	 	41 	 	48
11 	 	89 	 	39 	 	46
12 	 	70 	 	21 	 	43
Detailed jury voting results of the final of the TiBB Music Festival 01
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Total	Jury	Tele	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote	Jury vote
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Total	Jury	Tele	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Total	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	126 	76 	50 	 	3 	10 	10 	2 	10 	12 	6 	5 	10 	1 	7
 	 	89 	39 	50 	3 	 	5 	1 	6 	1 	3 	12 	3 	3 	2 	
 	 	184 	97 	87 	12 	10 	 	12 	7 	8 	8 	8 	12 	8 	8 	4
 	 	90 	44 	46 	2 	8 	2 	 	1 	2 	4 	4 	1 	5 	12 	2
 	 	111 	58 	53 	6 	6 	7 	8 	 	7 	1 	1 	7 	1 	4 	10
 	 	93 	41 	52 	5 	 	6 	6 	3 	 	2 	7 	4 	2 	2 	3
 	 	110 	62 	48 	10 	2 	4 	7 	5 	4 	 	5 	8 	4 	5 	8
 	 	70 	21 	49 	 	1 	3 	3 	 	 	 	 	2 	 	6 	6
 	 	100 	45 	55 	1 	12 	2 	 	4 	2 	10 	 	 	7 	7 	1
 	 	106 	63 	43 	4 	5 	8 	2 	10 	12 	5 	10 	 	 	10 	5
 	 	128 	62 	66 	7 	4 	 	4 	8 	6 	6 	3 	6 	6 	 	12
 	 	185 	88 	97 	8 	7 	12 	5 	12 	5 	7 	10 	10 	12 	 	
Detailed televoting results of the final of the TiBB Music Festival 01
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Total	Tele	Jury	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote	Televote
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Total	Tele	Jury	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Voting procedure used: 100% Televote 100% Jury vote	Total	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	126 	50 	76 	 	6 	1 	7 	4 	1 	8 	5 	2 	5 	3 	7
 	 	89 	50 	39 	5 	 	2 	4 	12 	2 	3 	12 	4 	4 	2 	
 	 	184 	87 	97 	7 	12 	 	8 	5 	7 	10 	10 	8 	10 	8 	2
 	 	90 	46 	44 	3 	7 	7 	 	1 	8 	2 	2 	2 	3 	6 	5
 	 	111 	53 	58 	12 	5 	 	10 	 	 	 	 	10 	 	4 	12
 	 	93 	52 	41 	6 	 	6 	3 	2 	 	1 	8 	5 	1 	12 	8
 	 	110 	48 	62 	4 	1 	4 	6 	6 	4 	 	6 	6 	2 	5 	4
 	 	70 	49 	21 	1 	2 	3 	2 	8 	12 	7 	 	1 	6 	1 	6
 	 	100 	55 	45 	2 	8 	5 	1 	3 	5 	12 	1 	 	8 	7 	3
 	 	106 	43 	63 	 	4 	10 	 	7 	3 	5 	3 	 	 	10 	1
 	 	128 	66 	62 	8 	3 	8 	5 	 	10 	4 	4 	7 	7 	 	10
 	 	185 	97 	88 	10 	10 	12 	12 	10 	6 	6 	7 	12 	12 	 	
===12 points===
Countries in bold gave the maximum 24 points (12 points apiece from professional jury and televoting) to the specified entrant.
12 points awarded by juries in the final of the TiBB Music Festival 01
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
3 	 	, ,
3 	 	, ,
1 	 	
1 	 	
1 	 	
1 	 	
1 	 	
1 	 	
====Televoting====
12 points awarded by televoting in the final of the TiBB Music Festival 01
N.	Contestant	Nation(s) giving 12 points
4 	 	, , ,
2 	 	,
2 	 	,
1 	 	
1 	 	
1 	 	
1 	 	
==Broadcasts==
Broadcasters and commentators in participating countries
Country 	Broadcaster 	Channel(s)	Commentator(s)
 	SBS 	SBS 	Myf Warhurst and Joel Creasey
 	CBC TV 8 	CBC TV 8 	No commentator
 	tvglobo 	tvglobo 	Maria Claudia Macedo
 	CBC 	CBC 	Tom Power
 	DR 	DR1 	Ole Tøpholm
 	FranceTélévisions	France 2 	Stéphane Bern
 	GBC 	GTV 	No commentator
 	RTÉ 	RTÉ One 	Marty Whelan
rowspan=2 	 	 	
NRK P1 	Ole-Christian Øen	 	
 	ABS-CBN 	ABS-CBN 	Bianca Gonzalez-Intal
rowspan=2 	 	 	
BBC Radio 2 	Scott Mills 	 	
 	NBC 	NBC 	No commentator
Rest of the World	TiBB Networks 	TiBB1 	No commentator
==Trivia==
*This was the first edition of the contest.
*Through the 2nd edition of TiBB Melodi Grand Prix, the songs of , , , , and were chosen just days before the official forum thread was posted.
==External links==
*Official forum thread