Rules

## Confirmation and participation

To participate, select a country from the ⁠country list that exists on the official Discord server (#country-list).

- Keep your chosen country for at least three editions. Then you can alter your country from the list of free countries or trade countries with someone else.

- If you finish in the top six of an edition, you cannot switch countries in the following edition.

- The format of each edition will be determined by the number of participants. The council will declare the temporary format of an edition immediately after the edition is completed, and the official format of an edition immediately after the confirmation is completed. The grand final will, however, be limited to a maximum of 26 countries.

- If the number of participants exceeds the number of available spots, late confirmers will be restricted to waiting for a free spot. They do, however, have the opportunity to compete in the guest country song final, where the guest country will be chosen by the winner and the council.

## Song rules

The main rule: be original with your entries. This means the following:

- No overused songs (2 contests limit). However, however if a song is used in more than 2 contests after the entry is posted, or the council cannot spotted the 2 contests the song has been in before the song is posted, the entry would still be allowed. All songs posted are final and you cannot change your song.

- Songs that win another contest before, or taken part in the Northvision Song Contest or the Alternative Eurovision Song Contest are not allowed.

- The song must not have more than 10m views on YouTube.

- (Junior) ESC & national finals songs are obviously not allowed.

- The artist must have strong connection with the country. It must come from being born there, based in the country or ancestry.

- The song must not be older than from 2017 and artist must be older than 16 years old. Worldchart artists are not allowed to compete.

- Remixes are only allowed if they are by the original artist. Covers are not allowed.

- You can choose your entry interally or through a national selection.

- Songs that have competed before aren't allowed. Songs from previous national finals are also not allowed. (edited)

## Voting

The voting method is the ESC voting system (12, 10, 8, 7 to 1 points) with two sets (jury voting and televoting). For the semi-final or PQR, each country can vote with 1 set.

## Server

We present to you an unique warning system. Instead of strikes, we count on % of warning. The following can increase one's warning:

- Fail to vote in semi the country is in - 10% warning

- Fail to vote in final, or not presenting/submitting songs on time - 15% warning

- Cheating behaviour (Group voting, participate with 2 accounts, etc.) - 18% warning

- Other behaviour that can affect the server (Spamming, harassment, adult content, etc. - in which spotted by council or reported) - 25% warning

However, there is a way to reduce one's warning, which include:

- Notice of "unable to vote" and vote afterward - 10% warning decrease

If you reach 35%, you'll lose your country. If you reach 50%, you'll be banned to participate for one edition. If the warning reached 100%, you will be banned.

It is also up to council to decide cases that are vague to get a warning or not. The council can also insta-ban anyone who cause serious damage to the contest.

## 5. Borrowing rules

San Marino = Italy under 1 mil., worldwide under 20k

Monaco = France under 1 mil., worldwide under 20k

Andorra = Spain under 1 mil., worldwide under 20k

Luxembourg = Belgium, Germany & Netherlands under 100k

This set of rules is not final and will be updated by editions.