Rules

'''Section 1 – Basic Rules'''

1 – Any person is allowed to take part in the contest providing they adhere to the following rules.

2 – Only one person can participate with one country at any one time, one person, one country, simple.

3 – Players MUST be respectful of one another, everyone has different opinions of which they are perfectly entitled to.

4 – Bullying or inappropriate comments can have serious consequences, including immediate eviction from the contests.

5 – The maximum number of participants is 26.

6 – Only European countries are allowed to take part.

'''Section 2 – Song Artists'''

1 – In order for an artist to represent a country, they must be born within that country, or have at least one parent from that country.

2 – If an artist lives In a given country, they become eligible to represent that country.

3 – In the case of groups, at least one member of the group must be from the country they are representing.

* Note there are borrowing rules for small countries, allowing them to take artists from specific regions of their larger neighbours*

'''Section 3 – Songs'''

1 - Providing the artists meet the above criteria, any song can represent a country.

2 – Songs of any age are allowed.

3 – The minimum length for a song is 2 minutes, the maximum is 7 minutes.

4 – For the recap video, you are within your rights to request a 24 second slot to showcase your song.

5 – If offensive to multiple members of the group, the management retains the right to reject a song for submission.

6 – Unimaginative song choices are frowned upon, the management retains the right to reject so called “Hit” songs, the aim is to discover new music.

'''Section 4 – Voting'''

1 – Voting in the contest follows the classic Eurovision System, a player will award 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 and then 12 points to their favourite songs.

2- Players must vote within the stated deadline to do so, failure to do so will result in disqualification from the following edition.

3- Persistent failure to vote will result in eviction from the contest.

4 – Suspicious voting and cheating will be taken very seriously, resulting in eviction from the contest.

5- Players can vote by either using the recap video or the playlists provided.