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Post by greendemon on Apr 20, 2023 15:01:37 GMT 1
Hot on the heels of Havenvision, it's time for... Entries are now open for Haven's favourite foreign-language-only song contest! As with other contests on here, there will be a period of roughly two weeks in which you can send in an entry, after which the list will be posted up here and there will be another couple of weeks for everyone to listen to the songs and vote for their favourites using a Eurovision-style voting system. Anyone and everyone is welcome to enter a song, and to vote (whether or not they entered). If you want to enter a song, please send a freely-accessible link via PM to me. I will accept any entry as long as it fits the following criteria: Rules- The lyrics must be in a language other than English (and there must be lyrics - save the instrumental tracks for Instrumental Idol!). Songs which have a few words of English are OK, but I will reject an entry if it has any more than that. Any other language (including fictional languages!) is fine. - Open to any and all genres of music! - The artist must not have had a UK top 20 hit, and the entry itself must not have reached the UK top 40 or featured on a UK top 5 album. Please try to avoid choosing anything which is likely to chart soon. - The song must not have appeared in a previous contest on Haven. Artists who have appeared in other contests with different songs are fine, but any artist who has appeared twice in Lingovision already cannot be entered again. Please see the full list of previous entries if in doubt. - The song must not have featured in the semi-finals or finals of any Eurovision Song Contest (a different song by an artist who has would be fine - but please try to avoid past winners or really famous acts.) There is no limit on the number of entries I will accept (we usually have around 18-22), but I will only accept one entry per poster. Entries will be open until the end of Friday the 5th of May. I will only extend this in the event of there being insufficient entries so please do send your songs in at the earliest opportunity. NEW FOR 2023!After threatening to do so previously, I have now created a master list of all previous Lingovision entries. For the moment it's only available as a Google doc, and should be accessible to anyone who has a Google account, but if this is difficult for people to access I can post it as a thread. Artists who have already appeared twice (and so can't be chosen again) are given in the spreadsheet in red text, but for clarity, they are also listed below: Coeur de Pirate Kent Najoua Belyzel Natalia Lafourcade Pizzicato Five Veronica Maggio Threads for previous Lingovisions are available in the Lingovision subforum; please refer to these if you want to check an entry and you're unable to access the spreadsheet. |
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Post by -Big Dan- on Apr 20, 2023 17:33:00 GMT 1
I'm in!
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Apr 20, 2023 18:37:23 GMT 1
IM IN, found this hidden beauty for this year, give me the crown now
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Post by raliverpool on Apr 20, 2023 19:34:59 GMT 1
IM IN, found this hidden beauty for this year, give me the crown now ^ Not a chance:
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Post by Mic1812 on Apr 20, 2023 19:38:48 GMT 1
Sent my entry in
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Post by Dave on Apr 20, 2023 21:25:26 GMT 1
IM IN, found this hidden beauty for this year, give me the crown now Double points as you found the version without Bieber  I have a song in mind for this, so I'm just gonna send it in and not change my mind several times over the next 2 weeks. |
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Post by smokeyb on Apr 20, 2023 21:46:42 GMT 1
Had a song ready for this so I've sent it in
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Post by Smurfie on Apr 20, 2023 22:08:21 GMT 1
Me please! Though don’t have a song ready yet.
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Post by Pablo on Apr 20, 2023 23:21:57 GMT 1
NEW FOR 2023!After threatening to do so previously, I have now created a master list of all previous Lingovision entries. For the moment it's only available as a Google doc, and should be accessible to anyone who has a Google account, but if this is difficult for people to access I can post it as a thread. Seems OK to access and view without signing in with a Google account.
I know a few songs that will again tests one of the rules, 1 that could be controversial and 1 that's certain to finish low so I'll sit out for now. |
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Post by greendemon on Apr 20, 2023 23:31:57 GMT 1
Thanks to those of you who have sent an entry in so far! (If I haven't replied to you yet it's because I still haven't checked your entry but unless any are Gangnam Style or Despacito in disguise we're probably OK  ) I have a couple of potential entries I've decided not to use so if anyone would like to take part but is short of ideas, they are potentially up for grabs... |
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Post by greendemon on Apr 21, 2023 10:30:42 GMT 1
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 21, 2023 10:37:57 GMT 1
I’m taking longer than usual, I normally have a short list, tried looking last night and nothing jumped out at me yet, will try again later.
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Post by Earl Purple on Apr 21, 2023 11:07:43 GMT 1
I guess my target is to get more than 11 points
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Post by Roo. on Apr 25, 2023 13:46:14 GMT 1
I've got two extremely different entries I'm torn between, but I will get something in before the deadline!
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Post by Dave on Apr 25, 2023 18:06:41 GMT 1
I've got two extremely different entries I'm torn between, but I will get something in before the deadline! Just keep the other one for next year. I've sent in my song. |
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Post by greendemon on Apr 25, 2023 18:13:43 GMT 1
Up to 14 entries now! Still plenty of time, and room  |
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Post by Pablo on Apr 26, 2023 1:32:20 GMT 1
Found a few songs now so I will enter - just weighing up on which song to enter.
Question for future contests - Are there any rules on foreign covers of songs originally sung in English?
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Post by TheThorne on Apr 26, 2023 7:34:23 GMT 1
entered but only have one so hope its not a dupe
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Post by greendemon on Apr 26, 2023 9:52:15 GMT 1
Found a few songs now so I will enter - just weighing up on which song to enter. Question for future contests - Are there any rules on foreign covers of songs originally sung in English? Not currently in the rules, but it's more of a 'not really in the spirit of the contest' thing. We might have had a few covers of English songs before (I can't actually remember!) but no massive hits as far as I can recall. Given that people do sometimes struggle with finding entries for this, I haven't wanted to be too restrictive, but I will implement a rule if people start entering covers of UK #1s for example. So not officially banned, but I'd say strongly discouraged. |
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Post by Hupin on Apr 27, 2023 9:59:47 GMT 1
I think I have my selection made (and a back-up just in case).
Just need to go through the rules one by one to make sure it passes all of them 🤞
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