Good day folks, Eureddision team here! We hope you're keeping calm, safe and well supplied in this rough time.

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A year (nearly) passed since our previous, second edition (won by Nizkiz - Небяспечна from 🇧🇾 Belarus), so it's time to choose the best European song of 2019. Let's cut to the thing:

Song rules

• 1. At least 51% of lyrics must be in national language of given country (regional or minority languages are allowed);

• 2. Artist (majority of band) must come from given country, or be based there;

• 3. Song must be available at Youtube (official music video is recommended). Video must've been released in 2019. [or 2018-2019 for subreddits, which didn't participate in 2018/19 edition]. Early 2020 releases will be eligible for 2020/21 edition next year!

• 4. Major international hits aren't allowed. General threshold is that most popular video should have no more than 100M views (all songs below it are "safe"), but exceptions for specific cases are possible. Consult when in doubt.

• 5. Song length must fit between 2 and 8 minutes. Video might be a little longer, if it e.g. includes non-musical intro or credits. Please consult any unclear cases.

• 6. Not allowed are: covers or new releases of older songs; instrumentals; songs with lyrics including clear hate speech.

You can check full list of rules, deadlines etc. HERE.

Participants

• 1. These 30 subreddits are aboard at the moment. Link will be updated.

• 2. Other subreddits mostly haven't decided or answered yet, or (🇬🇷 r/Greece, 🇬🇪 r/Sakartvelo and 🇪🇸 r/Spain) told us they would be able to participate only if some user(s) volunteers to cover the qualifications. So if you want your subreddit/country to participate, and it's not listed among those already aboard, consider offering your help. Take note, that we've loosened organizational rules - as long as subreddit qualifications follow song rules and deadlines, and mods are at least indifferent towards the idea, we will accept the entry.

• 3. We've decided to lift r/Israel suspension, but they are not interested in participating (to say the least). If someone has idea how to include Israeli songs in the contest (maybe some other subreddit?), let us know.

• 4. We decided to not invite non-European subreddits directly (except some which participated already), due to low response last time, but if your subreddit (of any non-European country, excluding those which are covered by regional subs) wants to join, let us know - we are still open to the idea.

• 5. Deadline to enter a subreddit is March 22nd (next Sunday).

Schedule

• Mar 13-Apr 4: national qualifications (selections started no later than Mar 24, votings 29)

• Apr 5-12: finals (with open online voting, same as last time)

• Around Apr 13: winner song announced

• Important: there will be some minimal karma / account age threshold necessary to vote. Lurkers, please register as Redditors ;)

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Another thing - we know some of you waited for promised special folk edition, which was supposed to happen around Oct 2019. Unfortunately I couldn't do it then due to personal reasons. So consider it moved to (around) Oct 2020, and please accept my apology.

Last but not least, we would like to thank mod team of our hosts - r/Europe - who manage to juggle our thread(s), especially when our continent becomes archipelago of Orans… hopefully not for a long time.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask below! You can also link this post in your subreddit, or join our Discord. And of course, r/Eureddision itself – although keep in mind it's mostly a technical subreddit, as Eureddision itself happens mostly at national subreddits, and here at r/Europe. That's all for now, thank you for your attention!