The Eastern Sound

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• **THE EASTERN SOUND | TES**•
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**The Eastern Sound**, better known as **TES**, is a fan-made contest created by **ESC MARIO** and **Karol** and is located in **Discord.**All **Eastern Broadcasting Union** Members, which require to be Asian-Pacific, are allowed to participate and send an entry that must follow all the rules that the **EBU** proposes

## History

On the 20th June of 2020, Mario & Karol, the excecutive supervisors of the **EBU,** decided to create a pacific and friendly singing competition among 33 Asian-Pacific participating countries with lots of diversity.

The contest began on the TBD August/September 2020 in TBD, TBD. 33 countries took part in this succesful first edition. At the end, TBD, was proclamated the first winner ever of **The Eastern Sound | TES.**

The songs are actually approved and allowed by the Council which consists of:

Mario, Karol, Bennet, Juan, Ado & Michal.

## The Slogans

When producing the theme for any edition, a slogan is formed which is often based on the message the winning song aspires or on what the country is able to offer to the audience.

## Format

The format of the contest is quite simple. usually in each edition all the participating countries are drawed in two semifinals randomly through pots created by the **EBU.**

Always the host + the top 3 of the previous edition, are pre-qualified to the finals, which means that they don't need to compete in semi-finals. Normally the host has to vote in both semi-finals while the 2 other countries are drawn randomly to vote one in each semi-final.

The number of qualifiing countries from each semi-final is 8, which means, that there are only 19 spots in the Grand Final where the winner is always decided. In the final all the participating countries, including the non-qualifiers must vote.

The voting of the contest is divided into two parts, the **Juries** & the **Televoting**. In the Juries the HoD's must vote to his/her top 8 favourite entries with the following system: 12, 10, 8, 6, 4-1. Then for the Televote, the HoD's must split 43 points between at least 6 countries! The one that gets most points overall in the Grand Final will be the winner!

### The Big 03

As I've mentioned before, the Top 03 of each edition, including the winner are always pre-qualified to the Grand Final of the following edition with no need of having to compete in the Semi-Finals.

## The Season

### The Pre-Season

The Pre-Season is the period of time when HoD's start making national selection or submittting privately their entries. In this period of time usually some Hod's of diferent nations organize big parties all around Asia, where people can listen to the competing entries or singers related to teh festival itself. Also Sneak Peeks are take place during this season and they are very important because they often are the 50% of the final "Betting Odds"

### The Season

During The Season, contestants start rehersaling on the stage and they get prepared for the Semi-Finals. In This period the fans actually make big parties, organize different activities or just enjoy the music on the host city. It's actually the most enjoyable part of the contest, because during those dates the winner is revealed.

## Countries

Here You Can Check The List Of Countries!