Stonewall Yourovision 2019

The Eurovision Song Contest is the ultimate #1 entertainment show event on the planet earth. Every year since 1956 a growing number of countries choose one song to represent their country in an opulent state-of-the-art worldwide broadcasted television show. An international audience and professional juries from each participating country then select their winner in the famously long and thrilling voting procedure. The ESC reaches about double the audience as the superbowl, it is watched and enjoyed all over the world as the Eurovision Europe happily includes even Australia. The ESC makes people come together in the spirit of Love, Peace, Peace, Love and tricks in a hamsterwheel. There are fireworks, wind machines, costume changes and wild dances that are building the bridges between the individuality of the songs and the uniting of different people to celebrate diversity. That is the spirit we share in Star Trek as well as in the community that builds Stonewall, so we decided to bring the three together in a modern fairytale under the same sky.

Join us on May 12th for a get-together in the spirit of Eurovision! We rendezvous on Risa and then there will be party for everybody, a fun quiz and a fashion contest. Amazing prizes from Stonewall Credits to ships and costume boxes will be available! So light your fire because we are one. Feel your heart beat, share the moment and dare to dream: #yourovision19.



Sunday May 5th * Kling-O-Vision

As part of the monthly House of Nagh 'reD May'Qep Event we will celebrate 'Kling-O-Vision', the glorious Klingon Opera Contest! Be sure to prepare a battlehymn, boasting about your greatest victory, your strenght and your honour! Let your words align in rhyme to tell about your greatest time! Qapla'!

Sunday May 12th * Your-O-Vision

Opening Ceremonies
[19:00 CEST or click here for your timezone]
Get-together and party for everybody on Risa.

Yourovision Star Quiz
[20:00 CEST or click here for your timezone]
A fun, mostly mulitple choice, in-game chat quiz.

Fashion Contest
[21:00 CEST or click here for your timezone]
Show off your costume designs in three categories!

Fabulous Fighting
[23:00 CEST or click here for your timezone]
We will conquer the Dyson Ground Battlezone or do personal ground endeavors in our amazing Yourovision-costumes.

Closing Ceremonies
[24:00 CEST or click here for your timezone]
We will say congratulations to all our winners and finish the night with some more party for everybody! Dance!

Heavy Betting Game
From April 12th until the begining of the Grand Final Evening May 18th:
Win EC for guessing the correct Eurovision results!
Place your bets here in this thread (click link)


Tuesday May 14th * Eurovision Semi Final One
Thursday May 16th * Eurovision Semi Final Two
Saturday May 18th * Eurovision Grand Final



There are so many facts and useless knowledge around the ESC, it's almost like Star Trek Canon! First we have the rules, for example no animals are allowed on stage. And all artists have to be at least 16 years old. And, ehem, theoretically, songs with a political message are not allowed to enter the contest at all. Then we have the stars, the eurovision royalties - gorgeous icons and divas like Dana International, Ruslana, Johnny Logan and Goran Bregovic and so many more. Not to mention the growing number of participating countries and all the cities that had the honour to host a show, from Lisbon to Helsinki, from Dublin to Moscow.



Get a glimpse of it all in our Eurovision Star Quiz, in which we playfully present some interesting facts around the big contest. You do not need to be a eurovision specialist for this, so don't be shy to take part in it, as it will be mostly a multiple choice quiz! And there are Prizes to win as well:

First place: 3 Stonewall Credits
Second place: 2 Stonewall Credits
Third place: 1 Stonewall Credit
All participants will recieve a mystery item.
Stonewall Credits are redeemable at the Stonewall Credit Store for in-game and out of game prizes.



In Eurovision, you can break the rules of fashion and your chance to win shall grow. Costumes make up much of the unforgettable impression from a performance. To honor and enjoy the eye candy factor of Eurovision, we will have the following three amazing categories:

1. Colorful Sporty
Many acts decide to go for a sporty look in bright colours, usually combined with rather modern choreographies. Show us your toon in a casual, modern and colorful look. Even swimsuits are allowed.

2. Classical Elegance
The song contest stage is also often filled by people in elegant suits and classy gala robes. Throw on your finest and impress with a sophisticated evening attire in a glamorous look!

3. Costume Change
Why just go with only one costume? Give us your very own version of the (in)famous on-stage costume change!

Each person can participate in each three categories. Remember that in Eurovision, costumes often get enhanced to work well with the wind machine (featuring long hairstyles or capes) and sometimes they are designed to fit a certain choreography. You are more than welcome to include such thoughts in your design and your presentation to the audience.Also, feel free to enhance your performance with other emotes or special effects. As in the real Eurovision show, there are no pets allowed.
Please note the procedure to detemine the winners is inspired by the original EBU voting system: all participants in one category are members of the jury for this category. You have 8, 10 and 12 points to distribute for your 3rd, 2nd and 1st place. You are not allowed to vote for yourself. The voting points will be collected and then summarized together. Should there be ties within the results of the audience, a jury of neutral event-hosts (the Teds) will decide.

In each category you can win the following:
First place: 3 Stonewall Credits
Second place: 2 Stonewall Credits
Third place: 1 Stonewall Credit
All participants will recieve a costume item.
Stonewall Credits are redeemable at the Stonewall Credit Store for in-game and out of game prizes.




Take your chance to win up to 100 million EC in this years Heavy Betting Game!

Make bets on the results of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest. Who will win? Who will get the least points? Which place will a certain country make? Also predict the qualification results from the Semifinals to get a bonus.
Place your bets here in this thread (click link)

If you want to listen and watch the songs in the meantime please open these links:

• Songs of the first Semi Final
• Songs of the second Semi Final
• The Big 5 and Israel

Can't wait to see everyone there at the event but also see you on 5th for the kdf warm up!

If anyone wants a calendar events link then here it is :
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/euv19c15gl5t41qnv54tj2ucqg%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

You can down load it and add all the events to your calendar  to give you a reminder! 

Amazing post and it sounds like a great event!  I mean, I have very little knowledge of Eurovision, but I hope to be there!

Yesss! I am so looking forward to this! :D
Trick in a hamsterwheel though? I thought that was Cal...

Quote by Chipz416

Yesss! I am so looking forward to this! :D
Trick in a hamsterwheel though? I thought that was Cal...

squeaks! :D

Quote by Voleron

Amazing post and it sounds like a great event!  I mean, I have very little knowledge of Eurovision, but I hope to be there!

Eurovision is an amazing thing - the coming together of nations not unlike the birth of the federation!
But with gay frivolity! And songs!
Hopefully you'll be able to watch it somehow :D

What a great description of this mega show. All is said. And you can watch it even in the US and Canada and China! Here's how:

1. Try the official website of the Eurovision Song Contest. It has all the news and on the event days there will be live streams as well.
>>> Eurovision official website
2. If this is not working, you can try Eurovisionworld. It has a great calendar of all events, linked with live streams, sometimes with multiple options.
>>> Eurovisionworld

@Voleron: There is a canadian singer this year, 'Katerine Duska' from Greece. And another canadian singer has even won the contest: Céline Dion in the year 1988 for Switzerland with the song 'Ne partez pas sans moi'.
>>> Céline Dion - Ne partez pas sans moi

#yourovision19

Is the Klingon event a live singing via voicechat thing?

We like that idea, but right now it will be more like a chat based tell-your-tale thingie. We've did a klingon boasting contest a while ago, and it was done in this manner. Was a lot of fun. So, if you want to take part, please prepare a short song/poem/story, which can be posted in the fleetchat in, say, up to 5 - 10 posts.

The singing or sometimes mentioned live karaoke thing has the problem of synchronizing around the world. Most people are unaware of this problem, but you have it even in the PvE's of the game. We use 2 computers with the same connection and we sometimes measure a difference about 1.5 seconds. In the game that isn't that dramatic, but in live singing it is really awful. But we're working on it for the future...

#yourovision19

To anyone outside europe and Australia who hasn't seen Eurovision big Grand Final..
this is exactly how its like when after 4 hours each country submits their votes.
It takes them ages to "thank you for a wonderful show, your dress looks so pretty" 

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#yourovision19

Hahaha, this is so spot-on! And Jedward was in it.:D

To anyone outside europe and Australia who hasn't seen Eurovision big Grand Final..
this is exactly how its like when after 4 hours each country submits their votes.
It takes them ages to "thank you for a wonderful show, your dress looks so pretty" 

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#yourovision19
Oh my god that's amazing

costumes ready!

Hello Fleethearts!

If you want to watch the red carpet (actually orange this year) ceremony for Eurovision 2019, starting in 2 hours, you can watch it here:

ESC 2019 Red Carpet Ceremony

#yourovision19

Great fun event Tom & Kjel!
Thank you for putting it on for the 2nd year... they keep getting better and better.. looking forward to Your-o-Vision 2020!

Thank you!

#yourovision19

Some screenshots from this year's #yourovision19 event! Thanks very much to Tom & Kjiel for all of you work in putting this together for the community! We all had a great time!

Hello Fleethearts and visionary people!

This is Europe calling, we have the votes and they are confirmed.
Here are the results of Your-O-Vision 2019:


The Star Quiz

Winner with 9 of 12 points - yithmas1418
Runner-up with 6.5 of 12 points - yaris8
Third place with 5 of 12 pounts - Tie: @Chipz416/@Kierix

The prizes will be shipped via ingame mail, please ensure that your mailbox is not full.
Your Stonewall Credits Account will be updated in the next days by Admiral Gareth.
All participants will receive a mystery item.


The Costume Contest

Category Colorful Sporty

Winner - Akrilon
Runner-up - @Kierix
Third place - isthisscience

Category Classical Elegance

Winner - @balduranne
Runner-up - @Chipz416
Third place - isthisscience

Category Costume Change

Winner - Akrilon
Runner-up - Hawk_lsd
Third place - @Chipz416

To view the Costumes of all participants please follow this link:
Your-O-Vision Costume Contest Album

The prizes will be shipped via ingame mail, please ensure that your mailbox has empty space.
Your Stonewall Credits Account will be updated in the next days by Adm Gareth.
All participants will receive a costume item.


The Heavy Betting Game

Results will be posted next week, as the event is ongoing right now.
To place your bets please follow this link:
Your-O-Vision Heavy Betting Game
Please note that you can place your bets on Eurovision 2019 for free. You can win up to 100 Million EC and free ships. Good luck.


ThanQ

We want to thank Voleron, Gareth and Kierix for their support in advertising, organising and conducting this event.
A BIG THANK YOU goes to @viethai and @kierix for helping with prize donations!

TedHembach and @hippiepunk#4241
#yourovision19

[Gay gasp!]

Amazing event I'm so glad to be involved,!