Rules

## Participation

1. A country can participate only if it's part of the TBU.
2. Everyone should confirm the participation or the withdrawal in the upcoming edition before the deadline.
3. Once the country confirmed the participation, it is required to submit an entry before the deadline, otherwise the country will be eliminated.
4. If the song has been officially submitted, it cannot be changed (unless it doesn't follows some rules and the HoD would be asked to change it).
5. Entries can be chosen internally or with national selection processes.
6. The country that wins one edition can help the TBU to decide which will be the next host city, because every country can apply their projects.
7. In case of a Head of Delegation change, the country is forced to present a new chief before any new edition starts, and this change can not happen if an edition is taking place at the moment.
8. It is required that the complete show of the edition is broadcast in the country with no interruptions in both the public TV and Radio.

## Choose singer/band and song

1. The singer should be from the selected country or have strong connection with the country they represent.
2. A band can represent the country if at least one of members is from the selected country.
3. Singers can represent a country if at least one of their parents is from selected country.
4. The song can not be commercialised before it is chosen to participate in the contest.
5. The song can not be longer than four minutes and shorter than one and a half minutes.
6. The singer must be at least 16 years old to participate.
7. Parodies, mash-ups and non-official remixes are not allowed.
8. It's not necessary for a song to have an official music video. The delegation can submit an alternative video to be used for their entry.
9. The song any country present have to have a studio version.
10. There are no restrictions regarding the language; the song can be in any language, no matter the country it represents.

## Voting

1. The voting system is based on a top 10 of songs. Voting for top 10 songs and awarding points (13 points for the favourite song, 11 points for the second favourite, then 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively), in a round of jury voting, and another one of public voting.
2. If a country fails to vote although it is participating, it will be forced to withdraw for one edition.
3. In case of non-voting, the country votes will be the same, but it will be eliminated for the next edition.

## Final results

1. The winner is the country achieving the most points.
2. If the countries are tied, the country with a higher position on public voting would be the winner. Inside of it, the country with more 13 is the winner (and then, 11 and 9). If they still in tie the one which received points from the most countries will be the winner. If the still in tie, both tied countries will be considered as if they finished in the position they are opting.

## Hosting the competition

1. The same city can not host the contest twice in a row.
2. Any country can present its application to host the festival, but only one per country and per edition.
3. The host country, who helps the organisation to decide the host city, has to be impartial, although they can present their own application.
4. The city must present an official logo and art-work that represents the edition.
5. The arena has to roofed and has to have a capacity of more than 5.000 seats.
6. The budget will be in the hands of both TBU (25%) and the host TV (75%) on equal terms, but the economic benefits after the contest is finished will be divided in 30-70%, getting the host TV the highest amount of money.