Rules

Participation

 * 1) A country can participate only if it is part of the ABU.
 * 2) Everyone should confirm the participation or the withdrawal in the upcoming edition before the deadline.
 * 3) Once the country has confirmed the participation, it is required to submit an entry before the deadline, otherwise the country will be eliminated.
 * 4) If the song has been officially submitted, it cannot be changed (unless it does not follows some rules and the country be asked to change the entry).
 * 5) Entries can be chosen internally or with national selections.
 * 6) The country winner can host the next edition and decide the host city. If it does not want, any country can present its application.
 * 7) If one of the ABU-border-countries win, the next edition will be held in one of the completing TOP6 countries.
 * 8) If one of the observer members win, the next edition will be held in one of the completing TOP6 countries.

Choose country and song

 * 1) The singer should be from the selected country (or from the country group) or have strong connection with the country they represent.
 * 2) A band can represent the country if at least one of members is from the selected country.
 * 3) Singers can represent a country if at least one of their parents is from selected country.
 * 4) The song has to be unpublished before the competition.
 * 5) The song can be any lenght.
 * 6) The singer must be at least 16 years old to participate.
 * 7) Parodies, mash-ups and non-official remixes are not allowed.
 * 8) It is not necessary for a song to have an official music video.
 * 9) The song has to have a studio version.

Voting

 * 1) Voting system consists of a top of the 10 favourite songs for jury and televoting, awarding then the appropiate points (12 points for the favorite song, 10 points for the second favorite, then 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively).
 * 2) In the PQR, the voting system is 5 points for the favourite song, and then 3, 2 and 1 point for the rest.
 * 3) The automatic qualifiers are required to vote in semi-final they are supposed to vote.
 * 4) If a country does not get the final, you have to vote on it anyway.
 * 5) If a country fail to vote in semi-final and final on time, although it is participating, it will be forced to withdraw for one edition.
 * 6) In case of non-voting, the country votes will be the same, but it will be eliminated for one edition.

Final results

 * 1) The winner is the country achieving the most points.
 * 2) If the countries are tied, only in TOP2, the country with more 12 is the winner (and then, 10 and 8). If they still in tie the one which received points from the most countries will be the winner. If they still in tie, the country which gives more points to the other will win. If the still in tie, the country that performs earlier will be the winner. In case of a tie in another position, the organization will put tied countries in the position they are opting.
 * 3) The countries which ended TOP5 are directly qualified for next edition. If one of them is withdrawing for different reasons, the place is given to country on 6th place, and so on.
 * 4) If an observer member finishes in the TOP5, the country on 6th place will go directly to the next final.

Group of countries
Each country has to send a song of a singer that has born or live in any country of the same group.

"EXAMPLE: The singer Annalisa can represent Italy, Malta, San Marino and Switzerland*."

Artists are also include in the country's election possibilities if one of their ancestors is from that country.

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