Eurovision Battle Royale 2038

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The Eurovision Battle Royale 2038, also known as the Eurovision 2038, or the EBR 2038, or more simply France 2038, was the 23rd annual edition of the Battle Royale contest that took place in France. This was the second time that it has hosted, having previously done so in 2036, just two years previously. A total of 56 countries announced their intent to participate in the event. The Battle Royale consisted of a quarterfinal stage consisting of the lowest placed 24 citizens of the last Eurovision, in which the top two qualified directly to the Grand Final and third to twelfth place qualified to the Group Stage. Following the quarterfinal was the group stage, where four groups of 24 citizens battled it out for a top eight position. The top 8 in each Group would qualify to the Grand Final, in which the remaining 36 citizens battled it out for the final win.

The host country, France, was the winning nation of the 22nd edition the year before, which gave them automatic hosting responsibilities for this edition, as well as automatically qualifying them to the Grand Final. The other countries were obliged to compete in either the quarterfinal or the Group Stage, depending on their results in the previous edition. Each citizen was distributed randomly in their groups through a random draw.

The winner of this edition of the Eurovision Battle Royale was X. He/She defeated X, who finished as the runner-up. X, X, and X completed the Top 5. The host country, x, had it's citizens finishing in X and X place.

## Arena

The Arena for this edition was decided on 1 December 2037. Having gone for major metropolises the last time they hosted, France decided to showcase their natural landscapes in this edition.

## Format and Rules

The draw to determine in which Group each country would participate, as well as the podium numbers on which the host country's citizens would start, took place in Nantes, on the 4 of December, 2037. Each country had until December 1st to announce their intent to participate in the Eurovision, and each country had until March 10, 2038 to submit their citizens.

The majority of countries chose their citizen through an internal selection, by means of a "Reaping". The reaping occurs when the governments of Europe, each organizes a televised lottery of their citizens where every single one, aged between 13 and 50, are obliged to have their names placed into a big pot of sorts, and after randomizing the names like a true lottery, one male and one female name are read out live on national television by government officials. These citizens are the reaped citizens to represent their country in the Eurovision. It's notable that each year the majority of citizens see this as an exciting honor, and many volunteer to be picked. To profit from this, it's necessary for each hopeful volunteer to pay money in order for their name to be entered more than once. This process could cost from as little as £50 in poorer countries, to £500 in more wealthy ones. The maximum number of times that a volunteer can have their name in a pot is 100. One would think that there wouldn't be that many volunteers for such a violent and life-ending event, but in this universe, the citizens of Europe look extremely positively on the event and see it as rebirth of the Golden Age of Ancient Greece and Rome; therefore, there are thousands of citizens each year who try to volunteer to bring glory and honor to their country.

In the build-up to the actual event, each reaped citizen is invited to many locations all throughout Europe to promote themselves, forge alliances with the other citizens, and talk with potential sponsors. These official parties are announced by the Event Organizers (EOs) usually around the start of the new year. These are televised and watched by millions as well, similar to how millions each year watch the red carpet for award shows.

The list of Official Parties for this year:

* Estonia: Tallinn (20 March)
* Belgium: Bruges (28 March)
* Northern Ireland: Belfast (4 April)
* Italy: Naples (11 April)

These parties aren't obligatory however, and some alternatives to this include immediately moving into the Citizen's Village (usually a high-tec tower or complex located in or near the city center of the most populous city in the host country). In any case, citizens are obliged to move into the Citizen's Village before the 25th of April, 2038. This is because each citizen needs time to get their fitness up and competitive to put on an entertaining TV show, as well as acclimate to the host country. The EOs provide each country and citizen with their own team of trainers, cooks, stylists, and other specialists free of charge to ensure that each citizen can become fit and competitive enough so the Battle Royale will be as entertaining as ever. For the month that the citizens live there, they are encouraged to learn survival techniques and work out so their chances of survival in the harsh Arena increases.

The night before the first semi-final, the Opening Ceremony takes place. Comparable to Olympic ceremonies, this ceremony celebrates the history and culture of the host country, and further includes multiple shows of firework, music, and other cultural and ethnic performances, as well as high-tec displays and other pyrotechnics. Following the cultural show is the Parade of Nations. Each citizen from the participating countries were brought into the main complex (usually the widest and biggest street in the Capitol of the host country) on high-tec self-driving chariots and shown to billions worldwide. More so, each chariot was decorated with symbols from the country each citizen is from, and followed their national flag. As soon as the pomp and celebration finished, the EOs and government officials of the host country gave speeches, the Eurovision Battle Royale flag was raised with the host country's flag, and the citizen's oath. The final event of the ceremony is the lighting of the cauldron, performed by the winner of the previous edition in every edition so far except the first.

Following the Opening Ceremony, the citizens are forced into lockdown in the Citizen's Village until their semi-final. It is forbidden for a citizen to have prior knowledge to results in a semi-final or access to anything that could give them an advantage in their semi-final. In fact, the citizens are forced to go with television and internet until their semi-final. This is to assure that the suspense is retained and each citizen participates fairly.

## Tie-Break rules for the Group Stage

* *This applies to the Quarterfinal as well*

1. **Top 8 remaining citizens in live to compete in the Grand Final**
2. **Of those, they are firstly ranked by number of kills they have committed.**
3. **If all is still tied, then the Degrees of Separation Rule is enforced.**

ex. Jan of Germany kills only Teo of Belgium. Teo of Belgium had killed 2 other citizens beforehand. Erik of Sweden only kills Andriy of Russia. Andriy of Russia had killed 1 citizen beforehand. Jan of Germany will be ranked higher than Erik of Sweden in the rankings.
4. **If the citizens still have the same number of kills, then the tie-break favors the one that reached that number of kills the earliest.**
5. **This Degree of Separation Rule will continue until necessary.**
6. **If all is still tied, the tie-break favors those who are furthest away from pod numbers 12 and 13.**
7. **If all is still tied, the tie-break favors those whose age is furthest away from 31 and 32.**
8. **If all is still tied, then the citizens will share the position.**
## Quarterfinals

The lowest three performing countries' citizens in each of the four groups of the previous edition were forced to compete in the Quarterfinals. To not prolong the duration of the entire Eurovision, the Quarterfinal is usually placed in a tiny obstacle-filled Arena inside a sports stadium. The Quarterfinal is only meant to last 2 days at most.

This quarterfinal took place on 26 May, and lasted 4 hours, in the Stade de France, Paris.

## Qualification for the Grand Final

Twenty-four citizens participated in each Group. Fifty-six countries participated in the Eurovision Battle Royale this year.

### Group A

The events of Group A took place between June 3 and June 11, in the Gulf of Morbihan.

### Group B

The events of Group B took place between June 4 and June 9, in the Somme Estuary.

### Group C

The events of Group C took place between June 5 and June 8, in the Monts du Cantal.

### Group D

The events in Group D took place from June 6 to June 11, in the Forêt d'Orléans.

## **Live from the Arena!**

Welcome to the start of the Eurovision Battle Royale 2038. We are coming to you live from Strasbourg, France, which is the location of this year's Arena. In just under 5 minutes, the thirty-two finalists who battled their way through the Group Stage will join the host country's own two automatic qualifiers and the two quarterfinalist qualifiers in the Arena, where they will commence a fight-to-the-death in which only one person will be left standing. That person will forever be honored as a hero in their country and have their name etched in the history books as a Eurovision Battle Royale champion. We can only imagine how nervous the competing citizens must be.

It looks like the citizens are being raised onto their pods. With all the pomp and months of preparations over with, we can finally say with delight: let the 23rd Eurovision Battle Royale begin!

### Day 2 (June 19)

  Alyssa Micco
 **Two** citizens were killed, **30** remain.

### Day 4 (June 21)

  Jonatan Dubos
 **Two** citizens were killed, **28** remain.

### Day 6 (June 22)

  Tatiana Croitor
 **Two** citizens were killed, **20** remain.

### Day 7 (June 22)

  Kyle Mason
 **Two** citizens were killed, **18** remain.

### Day 8 (June 23)

 **One** citizen was killed, **17** remain.

### Day 9 (June 24)

 **One** citizen was killed, **16** remain.

### Day 12 (June 27)

 **One** citizen was killed, **6** remain.

### Day 14 (June 29)

 **One** citizen was killed, **5** remain.

### Day 15 (June 30)

 **One** citizen was killed, **4** remain.

### Day 16 (July 1)

  Mirko Čupić
 **Two** citizens were killed, **2** remain.