Totallympics International Song Contest - Special Event

[Werloc 3,164]

4 minutes ago, rybak said:

We all should patiently waits for latewoodu 

He is probably bidding his time and waiting for a new independent country to pop up on the map.

[dcro 10,210]

Update?

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

24 users have now registered and one other thing I can point out is that all continents are represented. Well, apart from Antarctica

 

17 artists / songs have also been chosen.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Nothing much to update since. We still have 24 registered to participate and 18 songs and artists have now been selected. 

[Vektor 3,326]

46 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Nothing much to update since. We still have 24 registered to participate and 18 songs and artists have now been selected. 

That's actually pretty good for this contest. Festival of Music had 27 songs the last time, and users were allowed to submit two songs. 

[rybak 3,218]

4 godziny temu, OlympicIRL napisał:

Nothing much to update since. We still have 24 registered to participate and 18 songs and artists have now been selected. 

Let's hope that everyone will select the songs before deadline.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

1 hour ago, rybak said:

Let's hope that everyone will select the songs before deadline.

20 of the 24 entries have now been selected.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

The deadline closes next Friday, 10th July, then on Saturday 11th July there will be a full reveal of the nations and the artists and songs chosen to represent each nation. We will also reveal the participating users, but you won't know which user has entered with which song / nation.

 

Later that day the live draw to allocate each nation to their respective groups will take place and the entries will be divided into different continental pots in order to distribute the songs as evenly as possible in terms of geography.

 

And finally when the draw has concluded @Olympian1010 will reveal the logo and the slogan which he has created for this edition.

 

Once the draw has concluded, work will begin on Sunday 12th July to allocate judges for each match and private messages will be sent out to each participant to inform them which matches they must judge and how long they have to complete their judgements.

[OlympicIRL 5,532]

Formats depending on the final number of entries:

 

24 entries

• 6 groups consisting of 4 nations each
• Top 2 qualify for the Round of 16
• The 3rd placed nations will qualify for the repechages (6 songs competing for 4 remaining places in the Round of 16)
• 4th placed nations are eliminated

 

25 entries

• 5 groups of 5 nations each
• Top 3 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• The 4th placed nations will qualify for the repechages (5 songs competing for 1 remaining place in the Round of 16)
• 5th placed nations are eliminated

 

26 entries

• 6 groups (4 groups of 4 nations and 2 groups of 5 nations)
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in the 5-nation groups also qualify for Round of 16
• The 3rd placed nations in the 4-nation groups enter repechages (4 songs competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16.
• 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated

 

27 entries

• 6 groups (3 groups of 5 nations and 3 groups of 4 nations)
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in the 5-nation groups also qualify for Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in the 4-nation groups enter repechages (3 songs competing for 1 remaining place in the Round of 16)
• 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated

 

28 entries

• 7 groups of 4 nations each
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (7 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16)
• 4th placed nations are eliminated

 

29 entries

• 7 groups (6 groups of 4 nations and 1 group of 5 nations)
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in each group and the 4th placed nation in the 5-nation group will enter the repechages (8 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16)
• 4th placed nations in the 4-nation groups and the 5th placed nation in the 5-nation group are eliminated

 

30 entries

• 6 groups of 5 nations each
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (6 nations competing for 4 remaining places in the Round of 16)
• 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated

 

31 entries

• 7 groups (4 groups of 4 nations and 3 groups of 5 nations)
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd placed nations in each group will enter the repechages (7 nations competing for 2 remaining places in the Round of 16)
• 4th and 5th placed nations are eliminated

 

32 entries

• 8 groups of 4 nations each
• Top 2 in each group qualify for the Round of 16
• 3rd and 4th placed nations are eliminated

 

 

[Olympian1010 7,976]

@OlympicIRL What if we did a consolation bracket? (I’m thing maybe called “Best of the Worst”)

 

So if we had 24 entries:

We do 4 groups of 6, with the top 4 songs in each advancing to the Round of 16. The 5th and 6th place songs in each group then “advance” to a 8 song single elimination bracket for the title of “Best of the Worst.”
 

 

 

Separate thought: How are we going to prevent people from gaming the system? If people vote for each round after the conclusion of the first round, couldn’t people purposely attempt to drag down the score of a song? For example, say in the Round 16 we have the #1 seed versing the #16 seed. Couldn’t everyone just choose to vote for the #16 seed to manufacture an upset of the #1 seed on purpose? I’m not suggesting people would do this, but it does seem like a potential problem to me.

I’d love to hear your thoughts @OlympicIRL