Urthvision VI
“To Celebrate Peace and Friendship”
September 1st - 11th 2018
Welcome one and all to Urthvision VI, hosted by the Cerdani Democratic Republic!
Held in the Palace of the Republic, up to 7,000 spectators will come to watch Urthvision VI in East Berlien. It is expected that the amount of people coming to the DDR will rise to more than 50,000 and there will be room to accommodate all of our guests. Even though the Cerdani Democratic Republic is hosting the Urthvision festival, there will be many chances for everyone to feel at home, as there will be cultural festivities for each of the participating nations, featuring food from the nation’s culture, dance and music. All of the fun will happen within three kilometres of the Palace of the Republic; and will be near majority of the accommodation for our guests and artists. While staying here you can also explore the historic city of East Berlien and experience our unique socialist culture, from the parks and plazas to the museums and towers, whatever you decide to do it will be an unforgettable experience!
THE VENUE
The Palace of the Republic is the perfect venue for the Urthvision Festival, with it’s famous white marble and bronze glass exterior to it’s top-of-the-class technology, stylish stage design and numerous amenities. The venue was opened in 1974, and has been used for many events in the DDR, including a sell out concert by Dschingis Khaan, who won the previous Urthvision festival. Holding up to 7,000 people, this venue has plenty of space for spectators, and tickets will be delegated to each nation fairly.
The venue is easy to reach, only a 10 minute walk away from the main train station and with a metro station underneath, free shuttle bus services will be running for people who present a valid ticket at the Airport and Train Stations. The airport is a 25 minute bus journey away or 5 minutes by train, all tickets for travelling will be heavily discounted to valid ticket holders to encourage them to experience East Berlien.
For those wishing to stay for the whole festival, the Ministry of Culture in partnership with Interflug are offering an ‘‘all-inclusive’’ ticket for foreigners, which will include a return plane journey, a week long stay in a 4* Hotel, free food while in East Berlien at top restaurants, a ticket to the Urthvision Festival show, a backstage tour of the Palace of the Republic auditorium, and free public transportation around the city. Prices for this ticket increase depending on how long you intend to stay in East Berlien for.
THE THEME
The Urthvision Festival brings together nations from all over the globe regardless of ethnicity, species or language to celebrate the one true universal language common to us all - music. The theme of ‘Peace and Friendship’ is a reminder that all nations despite all being different, can all come together through music and unite through a common course to celebrate the friendships we make and the peace between our peoples. We invite nations attending this Urthvision to come celebrate with us and to create their own representations of how they celebrate Friendship and Peace whether it be through a video, an act or even a speech!
THE HOST
Jürgen Pipp Walter will be your host for Urthvision VI. He is a talented musician from the south of the country and is the founder of the popular “Oktober Klub” musical group. He has hosted the annual talent shows in the Palace of the Republic for the past 4 years and has moderated numerous other musical concerts and events across the country. He has toured globally and is one of few musical artists to be awarded the “Order of Karl Marx” for cultural achievements. He will be joined by numerous other famous artists from the DDR during the show including the now world-famous Dschingis Khaan.
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THE DETAILS
With 39 points, East Cerdani won the 5th Urthvision Festival its first victory with the song “Moskau” by Dschinighis Khaan. As such the Cerdani Democratic Republic will be rightfully hosting this contest.
All nations are invited to attend this festival provided they are not hostile to the government or people of the Cerdani Democratic Republic.
The Ministry of Culture kindly requests that nations do not play advertisements or commercials during screenings of Urthvision VII
Prerequisites and Prizes:
We ask that all nations that wish to join us to establish diplomatic relations with our nation, this not compulsory but will aid in VISA processing and travel arrangements.
All participating nations must donate a sum of 500,000 SHD to cover their entourage expenses, as well as pay collectively for the trophies and prizes.
FIRST PLACE
The Nation that places first in Urthvision VI will receive the following:
425,000 SHD instant cash prize
Refund of initial donation sum
Hosting Rights for Urthvision VII
Two First Place trophies; one for the government and one for the performers.
An invitation to tour the Cerdani Democratic Republic at a time of their choosing
Awarded the National Prize of the Cerdani Democratic Republic
Awarded the Star of People’s Friendship
SECOND PLACE
The Nation that places second in Urthvision VI will receive the following:
300,000 SHD instant cash prize
Two Second Place trophies; one for the government and one for the performers.
An invitation to tour the Cerdani Democratic Republic later in the year
Awarded the Star of People’s Friendship
THIRD PLACE
The Nation that places third in Urthvision VI will receive the following:
150,000 SHD instant cash prize
Two Third Place trophies; one for the government and one for the performers.
FOURTH PLACE
The Nation that places fourth in Urthvision VI will receive the following:
50,000 SHD instant cash prize
Two Fourth Place medals; one for the government and one for the performers.
ALL OTHER PLACES
All other nations in Urthvision VI will receive the following:
25,000 SHD instant cash prize
Two partcipation medals; one for the government and one for the performers.
[spoiler]The Urthvision Regulations Committee to codifies and enforces a set of statutes that all Songfestivals follow. Alterations to these statutes will be allowed to take place twice-annually at pre-scheduled conferences composed of all nations participating in membership within the URC. Participation in the Songfestival does not require membership within the URC, but member nations will be afforded preference when dealing with song order, accommodations, and commercial and broadcast rights.
Membership within the URC is dependent on an annual donation proportionate to the nations GDP but will not recede past 5 million Auroran Standard Kiribs. Those members which donate more than 50 million ASK will be afforded the status of Boardmember, being able to make administrative and organizational decisions in conjunction with other Boardmembers.
Organizational:
The voting system will have participating nations poll their citizens through the use of the television broadcast, using whatever means necessary to collect the votes of the citizens, in the format of a list of all participating nations from first to last. The exact circumstances of the point system will be dependant on the nations participating and will be decided between the URC Board and the host nation.
If a nation that is not a member of the URC wins the contest, they agree on virtue of participation to abide by all rules and regulations the URC enforces and to accommodate the URC Board in planning out the next contest.
All participating nations must donate an amount of Kiribs submitted by the host nation and approved by the URC Board between 500,000 and 2 million in order to pay for construction of any necessary facilities, cover expenses for their nations’ entourage, and to collectively pay for prizes and trophies.
The host nation is responsible for the accomodation, transport, security, and successful performance of all participants. URC officials will be present where necessary to ensure all reasonable means are being undertaken to ensure each participating nation is treated fair and equitably.
All performers are required to possess a visa and residence within the nation they represent. Citizenship is not required.
Political relationships are forbidden to take precedence over the festival, as it is a celebration of culture and art. If a participant broadcaster suspends or alters their localized version of the host broadcast, they will be subject to a fine proportional to the changes made.
The host nation must be able to provide the following when selecting a city:
-The chosen venue must be able to house a minimum of 6,000 persons in an arena-style location designed to be able to host concerts.
-The chosen venue must be able to provide reasonable access to restroom, medical, and concessions facilities for all persons and species, whether able bodied or disabled.
-Venues must also be provided for the opening and closing ceremonies of at least 2,000 attendees.
-The host city must have enough hotel and resort space within 2 kilometers of the venue able to accommodate upwards of 5,000 people which include national delegations and press, but also attendees and fans.
-The host city must be able to guarantee the safety and security of participants, members of delegations and guests.
-The host city must have within the city limits a hospital and police organization numbering at least 1,000 officers, robust public transport, an international airport within 10
kilometers, access to reasonable sized roadways, and be able to provide fast and direct transport from each accomodation area to the venues for performance and official ceremonies.
-The host city must provide a recommended exploration program for visitors and performers in order to showcase, promote, and expand the culture, food, industry, environment, etc. of the host city and nation.
-The host city must have a robust broadcast and satellite up-link capability in order to disseminate the contest broadcast internationally.
Musical Performance-
All entered music and their associated contestants must be unique and married in the sense that the work of music is an original composition by the performer.
A musician or composer cannot represent their nation two songfestivals in a row.
All musical acts must be either created for this competition or be a pre-existing work of music that was not recorded prior to 1985 (Nineteen Eighty-Five.)
The act must not last longer than 6:30 minutes (six and a half) and the music itself may not exceed 6 minutes (six) in length.
Acts must have a vocal component unless they are intended to be performed orchestrally.
All works of music must be of either popular or cultural significance to their nation of origin. The host nation and their broadcast provider will work with cultural and historical experts to determine the eligibility of each song on this parameter. Nations whose first entry are denied will have 1 chance (one) to select a more appropriate musical work.
All vocal components of the musical work must be performed by a live singer. No pre-recorded vocals or lip syncing is permitted unless the vocals are part of an electronically altered component of the piece.
A nation is permitted a non-mandatory one-minute video to preface their performance. The video may only contain content that references the performer and their home nation. Anything promoting tourism, the government, the military, the international or colonial presence of the nation, the current venue, commercial products, etc is forbidden. Any content that is associated with the performers’ prior musical career, or any content that is similar or identical to any music videos or promotional content for the musical work itself is forbidden. All videos will be screened prior to the event. In the case that a nations’ video is found to violate any regulations, there will be no opportunity to submit another.
The chosen musical piece is not permitted to be performed by any artist professionally, from the time it is selected to the time it is broadcast during the contest.
Personnel-
All entrants must be confirmed and endorsed by their national selection committee.
No entrants may have prior issues with law enforcement of any kind whatsoever.
All entrants and their associated entourages will select one of 8 locations to be housed during their stay in the nation. No members of any nations’ staff are to stay in a different location.
A national delegation may not exceed 150 people and may not include more than five security personnel.
All personnel part of the delegation must be critical to the production and presentation of a musical act, including the performers themselves, any stylists, tailors, cooks, chauffeurs, instrument maintenance, dancers, etc.
If a nations’ submission is, for instance, orchestral, and thus the necessary performers exceed the entourage member limit, they will be afforded the total number of performers plus 15 extra spaces (fifteen) in their entourage.
Any personnel associated with a nations’ entourage that commit a criminal offense while visit the city, including but not limited to destruction of property, operating a vehicle without the associated license, consumption of a controlled substance while operating a vehicle, illegal acquisition or possession of a weapon, inhabiting the sovereign area without a proper visa, murder, assault, sexual misconduct, vandalism, public nuisance, poaching, libel, invasion of privacy, theft, burglary, possession of an illicit substance, malicious destruction of environment, animal cruelty, littering, obstruction of justice, verbal assault with intent to disparage race, species, culture, ethnicity, sexuality, financial situation, gender, intelligence, or dress, and all other codified infractions and felonies within host nation law will be arrested, detained, prosecuted, sentenced and served to the fullest extent of sovereign law.
Waivers concerning personnel issues and all other legal documentation can be found below.
Broadcasting-
The host nations selected broadcast provider maintains complete control over the broadcast and all aspects including preproduction, production, postproduction, editing, scripting, commentation, documentation, dissemination, commercial time and advertisers, guest selection, performance order, opening, closing, and intermission presentation, etc.
National broadcasters that receive the feed will be responsible for translation and localization of on-screen text.
Film and news staff are not permitted to cover the presentation of musical acts. They will be permitted to broadcast their own coverage of the red carpet and closing ceremonies only.
All broadcast equipment and dissemination methods must be cleared with the appropriate law enforcement and broadcast provider beforehand. Any unauthorized broadcasts or equipment will result in the ejection of the nations delegation and their forfeiture of the contest.
All news or film staff wishing to cover their nations performance and activities will be included within the 150 person limit.
All news and entertainment broadcasts must be output through state-mandated lines of communication which will be arranged with the broadcast provider beforehand.
No foreign news or entertainment firm is permitted to broadcast any footage shot by a tourist, citizen, participant, staff member, or diplomatic personage until 1 week after the official broadcast of the contest.
All entities wishing to film or otherwise broadcast content covering any person from their nation, or another participating nation, or the host nation, must submit the associated legal documentation that this person or persons gave explicit consent and otherwise understand that their likeness will appear on national and international television, no matter what they may be filmed doing.
Waivers concerning broadcast rights and all other associated legal and corporate paperwork can be found below.[/spoiler]
[spoiler]Players are allowed to submit a performance from ONE of their nations. If they submit multiple proposals from multiple nations, one will be chosen arbitrarily.
The video you submit must be of a musical work. Preferably the video will be of a live performance to allow voting players to understand the dynamic of the music when being performed on a stage rather than just the merits of the composition alone.
Your submission cannot exceed six minutes. The Shorter the Better. CAVEAT: If your song is part of a larger video, please indicate the timecode of where it stops and where it ends to help determine if it fits the length requirements.
Your submission must have been conceived or otherwise recorded in the last 40 years. This does not mean the version of the music itself, but rather when the original version came into being.
Pick a new artist if the artist has represented your nation in any previous Urthvision Competitions.
A preface video is not necessary
Submit your content by a forum PM or by a Discord DM (Arramall#8553)
Your submission must contain a link to a youtube, dailymotion, or vimeo video of your musical act, the name of the song and the performer, and whether or not you are interested in joining the Urthvision Regulations Committee.
If you would like to be considered for the Best Theme Award, please include a short blurb (no more than five sentences) along with your submission detailing how your submission matches the theme (“Take flight and celebrate life!”). The URC will judge the submissions, and will emphasize submissions that combine their nation’s culture with the theme of this competition
Your submission must be in no later than 12 a.m. AWST (GMT+8) on Saturday September 1.
Voting will begin on Monday September 3 at 12 a.m. AWST (GMT+8) and will last until Monday, September 10 at 12 a.m. AWST (GMT+8) . Winners will be announced on Tuesday, September 11.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Discussion will be in the TEP Roleplaying Server (Discord)
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