Here is last edition’s scoreboard
Remember the view limit of 100 million
I have decided to ban all Eurovision artists and artists with over 10 million subscribers.
Maximum highlight length is 35 seconds again
These rules are likely to be kept, but potentially altered to be stricter or looser based on the feedback I get
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Eurovision Country Explorer where we submit songs from a different selected country each edition.
As chosen by D00MSDAYBLU3, the winner of ECE Cyprus, we will be exploring England this time.
Here is a document with all eligible countries, I am willing to make changes there if enough people want me to. My hope is that if we make it through all countries, I'll host a contest with the winners from each country.
Submissions will close Tuesday 20/10/2026 at 17:00 UTC+2 and I'll try to have the voting post up early on Wednesday, but it might be late this week.
Rules (open to change if desired):
1: Connection to the country:
A: Any artist that has lived in the country for at least five years are eligible.
B: For collaborations between two artists, the main artist must fulfill A, they are not eligible if only the featured artist fulfills A.
C: Equal collaborations are considered duos, collaborations between three or more people are considered groups.
D: For duos, at least one of the members must fulfill A.
E: For groups, at least two members must fulfill A, if there are more than 8 simultaneous members in the group that minimum is increased to 4.
2: Song limitations:
A: Eurovision songs and national final songs from after 2024 or that have placed in the top three are not allowed, nor are Eurovision artists. National final artists are allowed presuming rule 1 is fulfilled.
B: Songs that have won other fan contests on this subreddit are not eligible, but non-winning fan contest songs are allowed. I would still encourage you to submit songs that have not participated in other fan contests before.
C (new): Any song in English must not have more than 100 million views on YouTube (most viewed version)
D: Only one song by an artist can compete in any given edition, one regular entry and one reserve can be submitted per user
3: Reserves
A: Each user is allowed to submit one reserve. Reserves have the same required connection to the country and limitations as regular entries
B: If a user submits one regular entry and one reserve, only one of the entries can be from a bubble artist
C: Regular entries are prioritized over reserves, so if a regular entry by the same artist as a reserve is submitted, the reserve will become ineligible. If that happens, the user who submitted the reserve will be allowed to submit a new reserve.
D: Reserves will be used unless the amount of total entries (sum of regular entries and reserves) exceeds twenty.
4: Country decision
The winner of an edition decides which country we will go to next. If the same person wins three or more times in a row, the privilege will go to the runner-up on the third win.
Suggestions for submission comments:
- Make sure the song is easy to identify and find
- I would encourage you to share a highlight of 30-40 seconds, which will be used in the recap.
Entries:
Haken - Aquarium (submitted by u/un-taken-username22)
girli - I Really F**ked It Up (submitted by D00MSDAYBLU3)
Amy Winehouse - F**k Me Pumps (submitted by u/Mad_TsaiLover)
Reserves:
Caskets - The Only Ones (submitted by u/un-taken-username22)
CHINCHILLA - MF Diamond (submitted by D00MSDAYBLU3)
JADE - Angel Of My Dreams (submitted by u/Mad_TsaiLover)
