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Hogwarts Song Contest 2036 - Inaugural Edition

Helloooo everyone! It's been a hot minute since I last posted the interest blog about this, and now, I have the deets I promised y'all!

What's Happening?
As I introduced in this here blog post of mine, the Hogwarts Song Contest is an IC musical competition based on the RL Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision is Europe's favorite TV show and it unites people from around the globe! HSC is naturally far smaller than ESC though, for obvious reasons ;)

The Breakdown
Now for the good part! The details I promised!!!
 * HSC 2036 is the inaugural edition; the very first of potentially many! It will all depend on how well this goes.
 * ICly, this contest will consist of a single live show, hosted by Ann-Sofie Deb and Phyllis Adair.
 * In an ideal scenario, this will happen at the very least by Week 9 OOC.
 * All contestants will be selected via a live audition round, with the judges being the two hosts and one other student chosen at complete random.
 * The contestant requirements are very, very small; basically be a current student at Hogwarts :P Year does not matter, music experience doesn't matter... you get the idea ;)
 * For the reason of fairness, I (Sophie) will not be voting, nor participating myself due to having the hosts and such.
 * The voting system is based on a jury vote and a "televote" system, similar to the one used in ESC and the National Finals for ESC.
 * The jury vote works like this; a jury comprised of all teachers who are not HoHs will assign 1-8, 10 and 12 points to the acts, with 1 being the lowest possible score and 12 being the highest. To keep the excitement (and points!) high, each juror's votes are counted separately. In the event that a juror cannot vote for some reason, a back-up jury comprised of the Head Students will vote in the juror's place.
 * The televote works the same way; but instead of it being teachers only, it is all characters who are not sitting on the jury or performing. The point system is the same, and the televoting score will be combined once all votes are in. This score along the one from the jury will give the total score which determines who will win!

Which should be the HSC Host Venue? The Quidditch Pitch The Great Hall The Empty Classroom The Room of Requirement (for reference: one, two, three, four)
 * The venue of HSC 2036 however... needs your input! I originally had thought about The Quidditch Pitch being the venue, however, out of a quiet sense of curiosity I decided that I'd get your thoughts on the matter. So here's a poll with some possible venue options; I am open-minded though, and if you think a different place might be better, please mention it in the comments!!!

Penny for Your Thoughts?
Got comments, questions, or something else? Please do comment below!!!