Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2019

[Wumo 3,002]

To all.

I have informed Ionutz24 about the song he has posted is not eligble. 

 

Edit:

To specify, I mean the song posted on the last page (page 8), not the song he has posted on this page (page 9).

Edited September 24, 2019 by Wumo

[Ionoutz24 129]

 

 

Song from 2013

[amen09 390]

unfortunately, i think this song is not eligible 

 

trio amercian(big ali) britsh(Tony T) and Sasha lopez

    less than 50 %

[Vektor 3,326]

The rules don't say anything about this, but I think it would be weird if we would say that the artists who have "featuring" credit also represent more than 50% of the act. The use of the "featuring" credit instead of an "and" suggests that it's Sasha Lopez's song and not a completely equal collaboration between the artists. 

 

I mean, for example, let's say Desert Rose has two featured Algerian artists instead of one. Would that truly make it a 33% British production when it was released and promoted as a Sting single? 

Edited September 24, 2019 by Vektor

[bestmen 2,819]

@Wumo i'm  gonna to change my song due to technical insu

[bestmen 2,819]

ALGERIA

 

 

Khaled -- Aicha

 

 

Lyrics

french

Spoiler

Comme si j'n'existais pas
Elle est passee a cote de moi
Sans un regard, Reine de Sabbat
J'ai dit, Aicha, prends, tout est pour toi

Voici, les perles, les bijoux
Aussi, l'or autour de ton cou
Les fruits, bien murs au gout de miel
Ma vie, Aicha si tu m'aimes

J'irai a ton souffle nous mene
Dans les pays d'ivoire et d'ebene
J'effacerai tes larmes, tes peines
Rien n'est trop beau pour une si belle

Oooh ! Aicha, Aicha, ecoute-moi
Aicha, Aicha, t'en vas pas
Aicha, Aicha, regarde-moi
Aicha, Aicha, reponds-moi

Je dirai les mots des poemes
Je jouerai les musiques du ciel
Je prendrai les rayons du soleil
Pour eclairer tes yeux de reine

Oooh ! Aicha, Aicha, ecoute-moi
Aicha, Aicha, t'en vas pas

Elle a dit, garde tes tresors
Moi, je vaux mieux que tout ca
Des barreaux forts, des barreaux meme en or
Je veux les memes droits que toi
Et du respect pour chaque jour
Moi je ne veux que de l'amour

Aaaah !
Comme si j'n'existais pas
Elle est passee a cote de moi
Sans un regard, Reine de Sabbat
J'ai dit, Aicha, prends, tout est pour toi

Nbrik Aicha ou nmout allik [Je te veux Aicha et je meurs pour toi]
'Hhadi kisat hayaty oua habbi [Ceci est l'histoire de ma vie et de mon amour]
Inti omri oua inti hayati [Tu es ma respiration et ma vie]
Tmanit niich maake ghir inti [J'ai envie de vivre avec toi et rien
qu'avec toi]

Lalala....lalala...

 

 

English

Spoiler

As if I did not exist,
she passed me by,
Without a glance,
Queen of Saba. I said:
" Aïcha, take: all is for you."

Here the pearls, jewels,
Therefore gold around your neck,
the quite ripe fruits with the honey taste,
My life, Aïcha, if you like me.

I will go where your breath carries out us
In the ebony and ivory countries.
I will erase your tears, your sorrows.
Nothing is too beautiful for so beautiful.

Oooh! Aïcha, Aïcha, listen to me.
Aïcha, Aïcha, please don't go.
Aïcha, Aïcha, look at me.
Aïcha, Aïcha, answer me.

I will say the words of the poems.
I will play the musics of the sky.
I will take the rays of the sun
to light your eyes of queen.

Oooh! Aïcha, Aïcha, listen to me.
Aïcha, Aïcha, please don't go.

She said: " Guard your treasures.
Me, I want better than all that,
Of the strong bars, the bars even out of gold.
I want the same rights as you
And of the respect for each day.
Me, I want only love."

Aaaah!
As if I did not exist,
she passed me by,
Without a glance, Queen of Sheba.
I said:, Aïcha, take, all is for you."

I want you Aïcha, and I die for you This is the story of my life and my love
You are my respiration and my life
I want to live with you, only with you

Lalala... lalala...

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,977]

The American Jury has completed the first round of it’s national selection process. The process was very difficult because of how much American music changes by decade and because of the massive amount of nominated songs. Of the 40 songs that entered the preliminary round only between 7-11 remain in contention for the nomination. The American jury expects to announce it’s selection this weekend.

[Canada4thewin 90]

I have still no idea which song I will choose for Canada.

 

I have a couple of songs in mind, but... nothing specific yet.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Regarding the Moldovan song, as I understand, this is Sasha Lopez's song and despite the fact that it has 2 featured artists that are from other nations, it is his song and so seems perfectly fine in this case to represent Moldova.

 

We recognise that things can't always be black or white in terms of eligibility and that's why some discretion is allowed so that if it feels right that an entry should represent x nation, then we allow it. That is the purpose of the bolded part of the rule below although I think we can probably improve upon the definition for the future to kind of tease out this scenario further:
 

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2. (a) Artists chosen to represent a nation must have been born in or be of the same nationality as the nation for which they are participating OR they must have more or equal association with that nation.

 

 

So here, the main artist is Moldovan and while the other artists aren't associated with Moldova, this entry definitely has as much association with Moldova as it does any other country. We will always take the "grey scenarios" on a case by case basis and in this case it seems right that this song can represent Moldova.

 

If I am misunderstanding about this song's origin please let me know but looks like it is Sasha Lopez's song and he is a Moldovan artist

[DaniSRB 899]

 Serbia