Hihie Eurovision Song Contest Wiki

## **All editions**

1st edition - January/February 2018

2nd edition - February 2018

3rd edition - June 2018

4th edition - June/July 2018

5th edition - July 2018

6th edition - July/August 2018

7th edition - August 2018

8th edition - August 2018

**More detailed list here!**

## Participants

Albania Andorra Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia&Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland FYR Macedonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Monaco Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

Countries that haven't participated yet although it is possible: Liechtenstein, Malta, Morocco

## Rules

**1.**

 The songs allowed to participate in the AESC:

**1)** Have to be sung by an artist born in the country he/she represents or at least have roots there:

**1.1)** For example only Polish singer for Poland, Spanish for Spain etc.

**1.2)** For small states there is a possibility for citizens of other countries:

* For Andorra – from France or Spain

* For Liechtenstein – from Austria or Switzerland

* For Luxembourg – from France or Belgium

* For Monaco – from France

* For Vatican City – from Italy

* For San Marino – from Italy

**2)** Have to be aviable on YouTube

**3)** The limit of views is 55 million. There can't be the same singer more than once in 3 editions!

4**)** Have to be the official audio version or live performance, not remake or cover

**5)** Mustn’t be Eurovision/Junior Eurovision song, but it can be a song that participated in the national final

**2.** The number of participants is between 21 and 41.

**2.1)** If we have:

* 21-27 songs >>> only the Grand Final takes place

* 27-37 songs >>> one semi-final and the Grand Final take place, top 10 from previous edition is automatically qualified to the final
* >37 songs >>> two semi-finals and the Grand Final take place

**3.**

8 or 10 finalists (depends on the amount of participants - 10 from a semi with 18 countries at least) from each semi-final will qualify to the Grand Final

**4.**

Host of the show (previous winner) is automatically qualified to the Grand Final.

**5.**

Every participant is obligated to vote in his semi-final. Non-qualifiers don't have to vote in the Grand Final. Votes must be sent before the deadline, otherwise the participant is punished with disqualification from the contest (semi-final) or losing 50% of overall score (final).

**6**.

The voting system is in Eurovision style: 12,10,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1.

**7.**

In case of tie, higher place will go to the country that gets votes from more countries. In case if it doesn't help - the winner is decided by the amount of 12 points marks. Then 10 points etc... If still the winner cannot be decided - the earlier running order has the final decision.

**8.**

The winning country hosts the next contest! The winning person is obligated to represent the country again.

**9.**

If during the contest it will be discovered that a participant brakes the rules, he can be disqualified even getting 1st place.

**10.**

The administration can always change the rules or add new ones.