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== Rules of the «Worldvision» Contest == | == Rules of the «Worldvision» Contest == | ||
<big>The current set of Rules has been update on '''OCT 15, 2025''' and is effective for all the "Worldvision" competitions</big> | <big>The current set of Rules has been update on '''OCT 15, 2025''' and is effective for all the "Worldvision" competitions</big> | ||
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=== 6. Contest Flow: Format & Organizing === | === 6. Contest Flow: Format & Organizing === | ||
6.1. The contest is held and organized by the Participant, who won the previous edition within one single location & venue. The venue and the location are subject to the Reference Group and the head of the IECO approval and must match the demanding criteria. If there is no possibility to find the location or there is no wish of the winning Participant to organize the new Season's Project, the head of the IECO shall appoint the new organizing Participant. As a good gesture, usually the first approach initiated to the previous edition runner-up, then a second runner-up. The approach is not limited to runner-ups or mandatory to follow the order: the final decision is behind the IECO and made in the best interest of the Project.<br> | 6.1. The contest is held and organized by the Participant, who won the previous edition within one single location & venue. The venue and the location are subject to the Reference Group and the head of the IECO approval and must match the demanding criteria. If there is no possibility to find the location or there is no wish of the winning Participant to organize the new Season's Project, the head of the IECO shall appoint the new organizing Participant. As a good gesture, usually the first approach initiated to the previous edition runner-up, then a second runner-up. The approach is not limited to runner-ups or mandatory to follow the order: the final decision is behind the IECO and made in the best interest of the Project.<br> | ||
6.1.1. In case the winning Participant wants to organize the Contest, but don't have infrastructure for it or there is a valid reason not to produce the Contest there, another country may hold the Contest in partnership with the winner on their behalf. | 6.1.1. In case the winning Participant wants to organize the Contest, but don't have infrastructure for it or there is a valid reason not to produce the Contest there, another country may hold the Contest in partnership with the winner on their behalf.<br> | ||
6.2 The contest consists of the Grand Final and if the amount of the participants bigger than 28 - one or two Semi-Final(s). The format of each Season and the amount of the shows is decided by the IECO Reference Group.<br> | 6.2 The contest consists of the Grand Final and if the amount of the participants bigger than 28 - one or two Semi-Final(s). The format of each Season and the amount of the shows is decided by the IECO Reference Group.<br> | ||
6.3. All shows must be live streamed and aired for the Participants to watch the Broadcast. After the show, a recording must be published.<br> | 6.3. All shows must be live streamed and aired for the Participants to watch the Broadcast. After the show, a recording must be published.<br> | ||
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=== 9. Other Moments === | === 9. Other Moments === | ||
9.1. Failure to vote, collusion, randomness, intentional falsification, irregular voting patterns, generating rankings from AI or a refusal to provide rankings in full will result in disqualification of the Participant from the next Season of the Project. IECO will calculate a substitute aggregated result for each country concerned and the voting will be replaced using jury results of all other countries from the Allocation Draw pots with an exponential formula (Section 8.3).<br> | 9.1. Failure to vote, collusion, randomness, intentional falsification, irregular voting patterns, generating rankings from AI or a refusal to provide rankings in full will result in disqualification of the Participant from the next Season of the Project. IECO will calculate a substitute aggregated result (a fallback) for each country concerned and the voting will be replaced using jury results of all other countries from the Allocation Draw pots with an exponential formula (Section 8.3).<br> | ||
9.2. If an Observer refuses to participate in voting, fails to vote with accordance to the rules or is unable to do so, they will be replaced and another Observer shall be appointed instead. If they have already casted their votes in any of the previous stages of the Season, IECO will calculate a substitute aggregated result and the voting will be replaced using televoting results of all other countries from the Allocation Draw pots with an exponential formula (Section 8.3). Observers that were identified with certain irregular voting patterns shall not be invited again to participate in the next Season.<br> | 9.2. If an Observer refuses to participate in voting, fails to vote with accordance to the rules or is unable to do so, they will be replaced and another Observer shall be appointed instead. If they have already casted their votes in any of the previous stages of the Season, IECO will calculate a substitute aggregated result and the voting will be replaced using televoting results of all other countries from the Allocation Draw pots with an exponential formula (Section 8.3). Observers that were identified with certain irregular voting patterns shall not be invited again to participate in the next Season.<br> | ||
9.3. In case it is proven that the Participant or Observer have not watched a recap in full, their votes would be cancelled and IECO will calculate a substitute aggregated result instead with accordance to the rules 9.1 and 9.2.<br> | 9.3. If the Participant have a valid reason and informed the organizers of inability to vote due to circumstances, the replacing voting will be calculated, but no penalties will be introduced to the Participant<br> | ||
9. | 9.4. In case it is proven that the Participant or Observer have not watched a recap in full, their votes would be cancelled and IECO will calculate a substitute aggregated result instead with accordance to the rules 9.1 and 9.2.<br> | ||
9. | 9.5. HOD's cannot withdraw or replace their submitted participation after the song has been announced and confirmed.<br> | ||
9.6. Members of IECO can be downgraded to Associate Members or expelled from IECO in case of breaking the rules.<br> | |||
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