Hlo All * I know it probably seems a long way off, but I have a feeling it will creep up on us quicker than expected, so today La RTVR is launching its national final for edition 30. * Format * There will be 16 participants. 12 of these are former representatives of Il Regno d'Italofilia with the remaining 4 being new candidates. * Round one will consist of 4 heats of 4 songs. The heats were created using a seeding system, based on performance in the contest in which the singer represented Il Regno d'Italofilia. The 4 new participants were allocated randomly. The top 2 from each heat will advance to the semi final. * The semi final will consist of 4 head-to-heads as follows: Winner of Heat 1 vs Runner up of Heat 2 Winner of Heat 2 vs Runner up of Heat 1 Winner of Heat 3 vs Runner up of Heat 4 Winner of Heat 4 vs Runner up of Heat 3 * The final will be between the 4 winners of the semi-final. * POINTS * Each voter will have 20 points to share as they please between the 4 participants in each heat. The only restriction is that no song can receive more than 50% of the points (i.e. 10 points). * VOTING * To vote send me your points in a private conversation. Voting in each heat will be open for 3 days, closing at 22:00 BST on the 3rd day. I will try to announce the results of each heat by 23:00 with the next heat opening at 00:00. * Thank you in advance to those of you who decide to vote, and help La RTVR choose the potential winner of edition 30.
Without further ado, let's kick off with heat 1. * The participants Ligabue (6th place in edition 16) Florent Pagny (14th place in edition 27) The Pogues (DNQ in edition 24) Amel Bent The songs: * Ligabue - Urlando Contro Il Cielo: * Florent Pagny - Est-ce que Tu Me Suis? * The Pogues - Rainy Night In Soho * Amel Bent - Cette Idée Là * Voting is now open and will close at 22:00 BST on Monday 26th September.
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Now that we are just over half way through the voting period, here is a quick update on where we stand at the moment, after 6 sets of votes: * Points: * 1st place: 41pts 2nd place: 36pts 3rd place: 23pts 4th place: 20pts * Voting facts * One song has not been anyones favourite, but it is not in last place. * One song has been two people's favourite and 2 people's least favourite. * The most common number of points awarded are 9 and 1 * The least common are 10 and 0.
Thank you to all who voted in the first heat. The votes have been counted and the results are shown below: * in 4th place with 36 points: Ligabue in 3rd place with 45 points: Florent Pagny in 2nd place with 52 points: The Pogues in 1st place with 67 points: Amel Bent * Amel Bent and The Pogues will therefore advance to the semi-final. * Heat 2 will be posted shortly.
So here is heat 2. The participants are: Luca Dirisio - 5th place in edition 22 The Jesus And Mary Chain - 13th place in edition 21 Lââm - 23rd place in edition 23 The Men They Couldn't Hang Luca Dirisio - Giu' Amore * The Jesus And Mary Chain - Some Candy talking * Lââm - Je Veux Chanter Pour Ceux * The Men They Couldn't Hang - Island In The Rain * Voting is now open, and will close at 22:00 on Wednesday 28th September. Same format, 20 points to apportion as you please, with a max of 10 points to any one song.
Thank you to all who voted in the second heat. The votes have been counted and the results are shown below: * in 4th place with 27 points: Jesus and Mary Chain in 3rd place with 29 points: Lââm in 2nd place with 40 points: The Men They Couldn't Hang in 1st place with 44 points: Luca Dirisio * Luca Dirisio and The Men They Couldn't Hang will therefore advance to the semi-final. * Heat 3 will be posted shortly.
And here are the details of heat 3: * The Participants Kim Wilde - 5th in edition 26 Laura Pausini - 9th in edition 17 OMD - 19th in edition 18 Kyo The songs * Kim Wilde - Cambodia * Laura Pauisni - Sorella Terra * OMD - Walking on The Milky Way * Kyo - Le Chemin * Voting will close 22:00 Friday 30th September
Thank you to all who voted in the third heat. The votes have been counted and the results are shown below: * in 4th place with 21 points: Kim Wilde in 3rd place with 24 points: Laura Pausini in 2nd place with 30 points: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark in 1st place with 45 points: Kyo feat. Sita * Kyo feat. Sita and OMD will therefore advance to the semi-final. * Heat 4 will be posted shortly.
And here are the details of heat 3: * The Participants Grégoire - 1st in edition 19 Anggun - 7th in edition 25 Sweet Mullet - 24th in edition 20 The SoCal VoCals The songs Grégoire - Le Meme Soleil * Anggun - Je Partirai * Sweet Mullet - Glub Mah Eek Krun * The SoCal VoCals - Insomniac * Voting will close 22:00 Sunday 2nd October. same format 20 points to allocate as you like.
Thank you to all who voted in the fourth heat. La RTVR would like to apologise for the delay in releasing these results. We would like to reassure voters that this was in no way an attempt to fiddle the figures or cook the books. The delay was the result of a snowball effect of studying, and heavy rain, culminating in a collapsed bathroom ceiling, and hurried attempts to tidy up before calling my landlord. * The votes have now been counted and the results are shown below: * in 4th place with 22 points: Sweet Mullet (underrated q.f.) in 3rd place with 24 points: The SoCal Vocals (much to my surprise this received top marks from 2 people) in 2nd place with 30 points: Anggun in 1st place with 45 points: Grégoire * Grégoire and Anggun will therefore advance to the semi-final. * The semi-finls will be posted shortly. The voting will be slightly different for the semis due to the head-to-head format.
OK, so it's now time for the semi finals, of which there are 4. Each Semi final will be a head-to-head - so 1 song against nother, with the winner progressing to the final. To vote, you have 5 points to award, this could be 0+5, 1+4 or 2+3 depending on how much you like/dislike the songs in that head-to-head. I will post two semis at a time, so without further ado, the first two semis are detailed below: Semi Final 1: Winner of Heat 1 (Amel Bent) vs Runner-up of Heat 2 (The Men They Couldn't Hang) Semi Final 2: Winner of Heat 2 (Luca Dirisio) vs Runner-up of Heat 1 (The Pogues) Voting will be open until 22:00 Wednesday 5th October.
Quick update: After 4 sets of votes, although 1 song has 50% more points in each semi, its still very close, and the leaders swapped places after each set of votes. Voting is open until 22:00 tomorrow.
Thank you to those who voted in the first 3 semi finals. Here are the results: Semi Final 1 Amel Bent 15 vs 10 The Men They Couldn't Hang Semi Final 2 Luca Dirision 13 vs 12 The Pogues Slightly surprised by the results of semi 2 as I though Luca would storm to victory, but he only narrowly scraped through. Amel Bent and Luca Dirisio therefore progress to the final. Semis 3 and 4 to follow shortly
and here are the last 2 semis. Same voting system (5+0, 4+1 or 3+2) for each one. Semi Final 3 Kyo feat Sita vs Anggun Semi Final 4 Grégoire vs OMD Voting closes Saturday October 8th at 22:00