Eurofestivision Song Contest

## **Welcome to Eurofestivision!**

We are a virtual game, started as a musical project, aiming to share songs, cultures and new friendships! Be welcome to join us!

## **What is Eurofestivision?**

Eurofestivision is a virtual game created as a personal project with the main objective of getting to know other cultures, people and making new friends through music sharing started in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by its founder, Rafael Martins in May 27, 2016. There was a secondary idea behind the project lauching: practicing foreign languages with native people. The name was taken from the famous Eurovision Song Contest, once most of the players are (huge) fans of the contest and can spend the period between the live shows to keep in touch with their favorite artists. It is also known by the reduced name, EFV (EFV is an abbreviation for Eurofestivision).

## **How to Participate?**

All people from any country in the World are allowed to participate and join the group to play with us!

You must choose an available country and choose an entry that will represent your delegation! Attention: the singer or band must be born in the country you chose or have a close relationship with the country (fixed residence in the country, double citizenship, etc - all cases will be evaluated by a Council of Members which can approve or not your application). In case of bands, at least one of the singers must be born in the country to be represented.

For the full list of available countries, click HERE.

You must also have a social media profile (on Facebook/Instagram, for example) to receive all information and reminders about the contest and current editions.

## **Seasons**

Here you can find all information about Eurofestivision Song Contest seasons. Click on the edition number to have further information.

## **References and Notes:**

1. ↑ Belgium and Sweden ended up the voting with 86 points each. At that time, EFV didn't have any available criteria in order to break ties. Both countries were declared winners and the Runner Up position was declared vacant.
2. ↑ In the previous season, Belgium and Sweden were declared winners with 86 points each. As well as Chile received more points from the Associated Members than Belgium, it was offered to Chile the oportunity to host the first half of Grand Finale and to Belgium the second half.
3. ↑ South Korea and Finland received 86 points from the voting. First tie-break rule: counting the number of voting countries. **South Korea had 14 countries voting and Finland, 11.**
4. ↑ China was the host country and, according to the rules, was automatically qualified to the Final. Ironically, the player abandoned the game and China's place in the Final was offered to the country with the best available result (at that time, Gibraltar). The same happened to Australia: automatically qualified to the Final, its place was offered to Venezuela.
5. ↑ Sweden received 126 points from the voting but the player failed to vote. According to EFV Song Contest rules, if the player fails to vote in time, respecting the accorded deadlines, the country is automatically disqualified. **In this case, Morocco receiving 124 points was declared winner.**
6. ↑ The country failed to vote in the Semifinal (its player) and so the host country was disqualified. Applying the reviewed rules, after decision of the EFV Council, the contest was reallocated in a city provided for the Runner Up (Luxembourg) and all the visual identity was changed in time to the Final. The city of Luxembourg-Ville was provided as new host city.
7. ↑ Season 6 had the record number of disqualifications per edition. Finland, Canada and the Phillipines were qualified to the Final and received 119, 106 and 102 points respectively. Those countries were disqualified for failing to vote and **Luxembourg was declared winner, receiving 96 points.**
8. ↑ Armenia and Sweden were qualified to the Final and received 120 and 89 points. In both cases, the players failed to vote and were disqualified. **With the Armenian disqualification, France was declared winner receiving 98 points.**
9. ↑ Special Edition 01 had a Bidding Phase in which Saint Petersburg was voted amongst 14 candidates and elected as host city.
10. ↑ Original Song by James Brown. Performed as a tribute by Christina Aguillera.
11. ↑ In collaboration: Clean Bandit, Sean Paul & Anne-Marie.
12. ↑ In collaboration: Sia & David Guetta.
13. ↑ Catalan Bay is a beach in Gibraltar, not considered as a specific municipality, but part of the Municipality of Gibraltar.
14. ↑ With this victory, Australia became the first three-time winner in EFV History.
15. ↑ Right after 10 seasons, it's celebrated a Special Edition, in which all players (former and active ones) are invited to participate. This season has a special feature: it's themed and generally all songs are sorted in a one-round competition.
16. ↑ The player who used to represent Norway was banned for cheating and the entries he sent for both countries he used to manipulated were erased and considered available for future seasons (after 10 editions).
17. ↑ Anniversary Season.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Estimative for future seasons.