Hello and welcome to the 38th edition of EuroVoice! The EUBC and Sirion TV are delighted to welcome you to Neomantua, capital of Neolombardia and the beating heart of southwestern Angleter. Neolombardia is a historic gateway to Angleter's neighbours and to the sea, and tonight we're proud to be the GATEWAY TO MUSIC.
Neomantua, Angleter
Tonight's show will be live from the brand-new Michael de Pforttenhelm International Arena, which was opened by HM King George V last year. The arena has a capacity of 17,000 and is fast becoming the premier music venue in southwestern Angleter.
Michael de Pforttenhelm International Arena
And your host for tonight will be a familiar face for EuroVoice aficionados – the one and only Nick Knowles, who before coming 4th in EuroVoice 35 with his exquisite original song Make You Feel My Love, was best known as a veteran Angleteric TV presenter. We're hoping to get Nick to bring his guitar out again and play us some new material, but we've also got music from EuroVoice 38 winner Nick Cave and, of course, Vennu Mallesh.
Nick Knowles
Rules
Entry:
This particular contest has no theme, any song may be entered. However, the organisers reserve the right to make final adjudication on whether a song is or is not appropriate to be performed at Eurovoice 38.
Voting:
The voting system will be made clear once the voting period is due to begin. Please send your votes to @Angleter and @Inquista via telegram on NationStates or private message on Discord. Do not make your votes public. Any votes cast incorrectly or after the end of the voting period may be rejected, and their admissibility is entirely at the discretion of the organisers.
Timescale:
Entry deadline – 23.59 (GMT), June 5th, 2020
Voting begins – 00.01 (GMT), June 6th, 2020
Voting closes – 23.59 (GMT), June 12th, 2020
Entry form:
Country:
Artist:
Song:
Link: (a link to the song at Youtube, Vimeo or any other similar website)
Broadcaster: (a national TV broadcaster in your country)
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:
Entries:
CZECH SLAVIA :: Anna K, Co mi za to dáš
NOFOAGA :: Yemi Alade, Bum Bum
INQUISTA :: Years & Years, All For You
MENNRIMIAK :: Alan Walker, All Falls Down
MALBORYA :: Sigrid, Strangers
MARNOUA :: Els Catarres, Fins que arribi l'alba
LEAGIO :: Rick Astley, Never Gonna Give You Up
FREMET :: Sissel Kyrkjebø, Shenandoah
ANGLETER :: Drake Bell, I Found A Way
EASTERN HAANE :: Agnes Obel, Broken Sleep
ICHOLASEN :: Sham Rock, Tell Me Ma
RED CROATIA:: Tereza Kesovija, Moja posljednja i prva ljubavi
CONCH KINGDOM :: U2, Song For Someone
VAYINAOD :: Infant Annihilator, Unholy Gravebirth
SPAIN :: Morat ft. Aitana, Presiento
REITZMAG :: Marina Kaye, The Whole 9
Country: Angleter
Artist: Drake Bell
Song: I Found A Way
Link: LINK
Broadcaster: Sirion TV
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: LINK
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Apache Indian
((OOC: Yes, there is a music video, and no, I'm not linking to it because it has Josh Peck in it. I would like to stress that Josh Peck is not an Angleteric character.))
Country:Kingdom of Mennrimiak
Artist:Alan Walker, Julie Bergan, Noah Cyrus and Juliander
Song:All Falls Down
Link: Link
Broadcaster: (a national TV broadcaster in your country)NRK (Norsk rikskringkasting )
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:Link
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:Emilie Voe Noreng
Country: Reitzmag
Artist: Marina Kaye
Song: The Whole 9
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_qeBrDCcJg
Broadcaster: Central Broadcasting Corporation [CBC]
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Simon Cowell
Country: Spain
Artist: Morat ft. Aitana
Song: Presiento
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZueYnZFggoQ
Broadcaster: RTVE - BBC
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: LINK
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Rosario Flores
Country: Malborya
Artist: Sigrid
Song: Strangers
Broadcaster: MBOTV, 4x
Picture and the name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Loren Allred
Country: Vayinaod
Artist: Infant Annihilator
Song: Unholy Gravebirth
Broadcaster: VTV1
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: [Mads Mikkelson](link url)
Country: Leagio
Artist: Rick Astley
Song: Never Gonna Give You Up
Link: (a link to the song at Youtube, Vimeo or any other similar website) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Broadcaster: (a national TV broadcaster in your country) Leagioan Broadcasting Company
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Howie Mandel
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:
Country: Nofoaga
Artist: Yemi Alade
Song: Bum Bum
Link: (a link to the song at Youtube, Vimeo or any other similar website): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2n3lBHiZRs
Broadcaster: (a national TV broadcaster in your country): SPRN
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: link
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Stefflon Don
Country: Red Croatia
Artist: Tereza Kesovija
Song: Moja posljednja i prva ljubavi
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwxURV4hMt0
Broadcaster: Red(Croatia)Tube
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: https://cdn.britannica.com/09/103109-050-22132158/Latifah-2003.jpg
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Queen (de jure) Latifah
Country: Eastern Haane
Artist: Agnes Obel
Song: Broken Sleep
Link: LINK
Broadcaster: the Syndicate of Publications
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: http://www.musicalcriticism.com/news/concerts-review-2009-1.jpg
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Tristan Murail
Entries are now closed, and VOTING IS OPEN
You have until 23.59 GMT on June 12th to vote. Please vote by sending your votes via Discord, TG, or DM to both @Angleter and @Inquista in the following format:
The Kingdom of Spain
12:
10:
8:
7:
6:
5:
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3:
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1:
No points
11th:
12th:
13th:
14th:
15th:
Please rank all entries except your own country's according to that format, with 12 for your favourite, 10 for your second-favourite, &c., right down to 15th place for your least favourite entry. It's important that you rank even the songs you don't want to give any points to, since that allows us to redistribute points in accordance with the rules if an entry has to be disqualified for (usually) failure to vote in time.
Which leads me neatly onto my final point: if you fail to vote before the deadline, your entry may be disqualified and you may be banned from EV 39.
Good evening, Europe! Welcome to EuroVoice 38!
I'm Nick Knowles, and we're live here in Neomantua, in the brand new Michael de Pforttenhelm International Arena, with a musical extravaganza that nobody will be forgetting in a hurry. A whopping SIXTEEN acts from all over Europe and, for the first time in EuroVoice history, beyond, will be singing their hearts out to win your favour.
But before you hear from them, it's time you heard from me. EuroVoice aficionados will remember my entry a few contests back, and here in Angleter, whenever we host this great competition, we like to pay tribute to our EuroVoice heritage. So to open the show, here's, well, myself, with Make You Feel My Love.
Thanks, folks. I hope you enjoyed that. Now, it's time for the stars of tonight's show:
Starting us off tonight, it's CZECH SLAVIA, and Anna K, with Co mi za to dáš
Representing NOFOAGA, on their first time in EuroVoice, we've got Yemi Alade, and Bum Bum
INQUISTA are no novices to EuroVoice, and representing them this time, it's Years & Years, with their song All For You
Next up, it's new entrants MENNRIMIAK and Alan Walker, with All Falls Down
There can't be many countries that take EuroVoice more seriously than MALBORYA. Flying their flag tonight, it's Sigrid, with Strangers
We hope that MARNOUA won't be strangers to EV after this, their first entry. It's Els Catarres, and Fins que arribi l'alba
Some of us had to go through Rickrolling the first time. The nation of LEAGIO obviously didn't. Yes, it's Rick Astley, with Never Gonna Give You Up
Returning to EuroVoice, it's FREMET, with Sissel Kyrkjebø, and Shenandoah
After Nick Cave's triumph in EV 37, can this man Keep Angleteric EuroVoice Great? Representing ANGLETER, it's Drake Bell, with I Found A Way
Personally my favourite Haane, it's EASTERN HAANE, and Agnes Obel, with Broken Sleep
I'm not sure which one this is, but it's some form of ICHOLASEN, represented by Sham Rock, singing Tell Me Ma
Completing our Slavic contingent, it's RED CROATIA, who've sent Tereza Kesovija, with her song Moja posljednja i prva ljubavi
And now, for the first time in EV history, a non-European entry! Yes, it's our good friends in CONCH KINGDOM, with U2 and Song For Someone
I've now been asked to read the following statement by the Director of EuroVoice, Peter Montfort. EuroVoice prides itself on its core values of freedom of speech and free expression. We respect all the cultures of Europe, and the fact that some of the music entered into this contest is not to everyone's taste is a strength, not a weakness. It's a testament to the extraordinary diversity of our region. We shall never censor the music, and we shall always leave it up to the audience to be the judge. That is the true EuroVoice spirit. Now, representing, er, er, er, FEYENOORD, it's Infant Annihilator, with Unholy Gravebirth
Now for something completely different. Yes, it's SPAIN, with Morat featuring Aitana, and Presiento
And rounding us off tonight, it's REITZMAG and Marina Kaye, singing The Whole 9
The whole 9, or rather, the whole 16. Yes, those are our entries. It's now time to get your votes in, and while you're doing that, here's some music from a true EuroVoice legend. Yes, for an interval act you'll remember for a very long time, it's the one and only Mr Vennu Mallesh, with his deep take on the state of the world today, in No Happy New Year 2020!
Thank you, Vennu. VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED. Please do not vote, or you may still be charged.
While we're counting the results, it's time for a quick chat with the man who brought EuroVoice back to Angleter for only the third time in 38 editions. Yes, that's right, it's Nick Cave, and, of course, the Bad Seeds. What did you make of those performances, Nick?
I thought they were great, Nick. The competition's so strong, I don't know if I can pick a winner. All I know is they'll be better than the bloke who won EV 37.
Ahaha. Now, I know you've got some music for us tonight, but I thought maybe we could switch it up, you put your feet up, I crack the old guitar out, and we make it NICK KNOWLES AND THE BAD SEEDS. How about it?
No.
OK. Well, I hear you've got a special guest with you tonight?
Yes, we're going to sing with Kylie Minogue. A great Angleteric artist, and don't any of you forget that.
I'm sure they won't. So here's our EV 37 winners, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, with Kylie Minogue, singing Where The Wild Roses Grow. Take it away, Nick!
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ft. Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow
Now, I am told the results are very much in, so it's time to start our tour of the capitals of Europe, and get the results of the votes from the sixteen entrants in tonight's EuroVoice. We are just minutes away from knowing the winners of EuroVoice 38 and, of course, the hosts of EuroVoice 39.
As a quick reminder of the rules, every country or region gives 12 points to its favourite entry, 10 to the next best, then 8, then 7, 6, and all the way down to 1. I'm pleased to say that all entrants are reporting results, and there are no disqualifications from EV 38.
We start by going to Prague, and Antonin in Czech Slavia. Hello, Prague?
Hello, Nick; hello, Angleter; hello Europe!
Good evening, Antonin! Can I please have the results of the Czech televote?
Certainly, Nick. Our results are as follows:
Marnoua - 7
Spain - 6
Red Croatia - 5
Fremet - 4
Malborya - 3
Eastern Haane - 2
Inquista - 1
Our 8 points go to Nofoaga
Our 10 points go to Reitzmag
And our 12 points go to... Icholasen! Thank you Nick, and good night!
Thank you, Antonin! Icholasen with an early lead there.
Country: Reitzmag
Artist: Marina Kaye
Song: The Whole 9
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_qeBrDCcJg
Broadcaster: Central Broadcasting Corporation [CBC]
Picture of the person you want to deliver your country's votes:
The name of the person you want to deliver your country's votes: Simon Cowell