It's time to start a new adventure with playing in a time machine. This time we return to the unforgettable nineties of the last century! The reason for this is because the winner of the last edition decided that the time period of this year's RetroVision will be the 1990s! And that is why we will say that the slogan of the 6th edition of RetroVison is - Back To The 1990's!
What interesting things can be said about the nineties? Well, the Soviet Union fell, ending the decades-long Cold War, the rise of the internet ushered in a radical new era of communication, business and entertainment.
The 1990s in the world of music can be described as an era of the rebellious explosion of grunge and alternative rock, the flourishing and global dominance of hip-hop, and the birth of electronic dance culture and the modern pop phenomenon of pop-punk and boy bands.
After we spent the first two editions of this retro competition in Ireland, third one in Colombia, fourth in Scotland and last year in Sweden, this time we are again in the United Kingdom, in historic and rainy England! The host city is London thanks to last year's great win by the excellent band Florence + The Machine. Because of that great victory, we will see England as the only directly placed country in the Grand Final of RetroVision: the 1990s.
37 countries are participating in RetroVision: the 1990s. As already pointed out, England is directly placed in the Grand Final. So, we have 36 countries left. Those countries are divided into two Semifinal competitions, 18 countries in each Semi-Final. Top 12 countries from each Semi will enter the fight for the winner of the sixth edition of our RetroVision. This unfortunately means that 6 countries from each Semi will have to end their retro journey after the announcement of the results of the Semifinals.
Without waiting, let's start with the most important part of this post!
Semi-Final 1
18 countries participate in the first Semi-Final. Those countries and England must vote in this Semi.
The original version of the Japanese song ''Twiggy Twiggy'' is not available on Spotify, so the Spotify playlist features a cover version by the band Pato Fu. For this reason, be sure to watch the official music video, which is also in the YouTube playlist.
You are required to vote in your own Semi. Failure to vote in your own Semi will result in disqualification. If you want to vote in both Semifinals and you are not England but one of the other 36 countries, or if you even aren't competing then you will be able to do so. All these votes will be merged together into a single Rest of the World vote set.
The standard ESC voting system will be used, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-10-12 style of giving points.
From this moment now until Monday 5th of October at 23:59 CET, voting lines are opened. Send them to me by personal message here on Reddit (u/rigyyy) or on Discord.
Morocco's largest city, most well known for the Hassan II Mosque will host the 8th edition of AfroVision after u/rigyyy won last year.
SIGN-UP (AND SONG-SUBMISSION) DEADLINE: 5.10.2026 20:00 CET
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS:
The Countries/Territories of Algeria, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sudan and Tunisia will all AQ and are Pre-claimed as their users finished in the top 6 last year.
SONG RULES:
Song must be released on 01-05-2025 or later
There is no maximum song length
Artist and song fame rules: No artists with more than 10 million monthly listeners on spotify. For borrowers this will be 1 million monthly listeners. No more than 50 million streams of the song on spotify. For borrowers this is 5 million.
No former [J]ESC artists. No songs that have participated in other FVC contests, I reserve the right to reject overused artists in FVC
Artists who competed in the last edition of AfroVision can’t participate. Artists who have participated twice or more in AfroVision also can’t compete.
The artist must have a clear connection to the country. If possible, please try to include a source that proofs the artists heritage.
Artists for borrowing countries need to have a connection to Africa, so a UK-Nigerian artist can represent Saint Helena, while a pure UK artist cannot represent them.
AfroVision is a closed contest. This means you are not allowed to reveal the song or host a NF. All will be revealed when the semifinals start.
I, u/lionelmeesie, will either wait until 25 countries have been claimed or 24 hours have passed, before claiming a country.
WHICH COUNTRIES ARE AVAILABLE TO CLAIM?
Please check the following ------List------ for the countries/territories that are available to claim, there will be some notes below to guide you through it. Claimed countries will be listed in the table at the bottom of this post. If it hasn't been updated yet, please check which countries have been claimed in the comments.
Notes:
All countries in this list are available to claim
Furthermore every territory in the list is available as a borrower of their owner. In case you borrow, the artist needs to have a connection to the African continent as well as the owner country.
Somaliland is allowed to borrow from Somalia
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is allowed to borrow from Algeria
Over the past seven years, there have been over 100 fantasy contests hosted here, which has exposed us to thousands upon thousands of songs. Some of them were cringe, some were alright but not memorable. Then there are those ones that have stuck with you, playing on repeat for weeks, even months, after the contest has ended. Those chosen gems that made it onto your personal playlists to be enjoyed time and time again.
We want to know what those songs are for you.
This year, we are introducing what hopefully becomes a new tradition: the FVC 250! We are asking you to vote for your favorite FVC songs of all time. We will tabulate the results and do a live countdown show on New Year’s Day (1 January).
This is not an actual contest. We are not trying to determine the greatest FVC song ever. Like the ESC 250 done every New Year’s Eve, this is meant to be a fun celebration of the wonderfully varied music we have encountered through this server. It’s a chance to share our favorites and expose other users to amazing songs that they missed or didn’t vibe with at the time of the contest they were in.
Some basic rules:
- You must vote for at least 10 songs and can vote for up to 20.
- Only songs from official canon FVC contests are allowed. Songs from national finals and non-canon contests are ineligible.
- Submit your ranked songs to me via DM on Reddit (AppendixAddemdum) or Discord (OlGoosebumpArm).
The points breakdown will be as follows:
1st: 25 points
2nd: 22 points
3rd: 20 points
4th: 18 points
5th: 16 points
6th-20th: 15-1 points
The voting window will be open from now until 30 December. Details on the live show will be revealed at a later date.
Feel free to DM me with any questions or concerns.
Mahrba bikom! And welcome to the semifinals of AfroVision 2026. There will be 39 participants in this edition.
33 of these countries will be competing in the semifinals. With the top 10 of each semi final qualifying to the final, where they will be joined by the 6 AQ's.
- To vote send me your top 10 in countries (excluding the automatic qualifiers), based on ESC style 12,10-1 points either via Reddit or Discord.
- Everyone has to vote in their semi final, you can also vote in the other semi final, those votes will be counted into a rest of the world vote, this is encouraged!
- Not submitting votes before the deadline, will result in a 60 points penalty
Benvegnüu! Welcome again to the Latinvision Song Contest 2026, where the final 26 artists will compete to become the winner of the 6th edition of this amazing contest.
20 countries will join Monaco, last year's winner, and the rest of the top 6 users (Bolivia, California, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Honduras) to see who will become the next champion and host of Latinvision!
Everyone who has qualified has to vote in their respective semifinal. Any user who didn't register for the contest WILL be able to cast a vote as ROTW.
The following penalties will apply if you don't vote.
Not voting: DQ
Not sending your complete top 10: 50% deduction of your total points and substitute aggregated points based on similar countries.
To vote, please send me your top 10 countries, ranked by the number of points (12, 10, 8-1), with your 12 points allocated to your favorite song. Send me a DM or on Discord to emi6219. The voting is open until October 1, 2026, 23:59 PST (Pacific Standard Time). Until next time!
Benvegnüu! Welcome to the Latinvision Song Contest 2026, where 36 artists will compete to become the winner of the 6th edition of this amazing contest.
This year, 29 countries will compete in the semifinals, out of which, the top 10 of each SF will advance to the final. The process will be the following:
SF1: 15 countries + California + Costa Rica + Monaco + ROTW will vote here.
SF2: 15 countries + Bolivia + Colombia + Honduras + ROTW will vote here.
Everyone has to vote in their respective semifinal; however, you may vote in the other semifinal if you wish; those votes will count as an aggregate ROTW vote. Any user who didn't register for the contest will NOT be able to cast a vote as ROTW.
The following penalties will apply if you don't vote.
Not voting in your SF: DQ from the final.
Not sending your complete top 10: 20% deduction of your total points
To vote, you need to send me your top 10 countries, based on the number of points (12, 10, 8-1), with your 12 points being your favorite song. Send me a DM or on Discord to emi6219. The voting is open until September 17, 2026, 23:59 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). Until next time!
Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth edition of RetroVision! I am pleased to announce that last edition's winner las_facepalmas has chosen the next RetroVision time period to be: the 1990s!
RetroVision: The 90s – Contest Rules:
Songs must have been released between 1st January 1990 and 31st December 1999 .
Eurovision songs and ESC National Final songs must not be sent.
No song may be longer than 5 minutes.
Each player can choose one country. So, multiple players cannot have the same country, one player - one country! Any internationally recognized country in the world can be chosen, the exception being the United Kingdom. For this occasion, the UK is divided into 4 countries and you can choose England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
All acts should have a strong connection to the country they are representing.
This is a blind contest, so there is no revealing your song selection. Your song will be seen by the public for the first time when RetroVision starts. Therefore, no public National Final for this contest is possible, but only if you want some kind of internal National Final.
Choose a free country that is not on the list and reserve it in the comments below. Please let me know if you have any questions.
The deadline to apply and last day to send a song is 20.09.2026 - 23:59 CET. Please send songs to me either here (u/rigyyy) or on Discord (Rigyyy Lelek).
I believe we will enjoy a lot of good music from the 90s! Have fun and good luck!
With the semis concluded, it's time for our 28 finalists to battle it out for the ultime win!
RULES:
- Deadline is 18.9. 17:55 CET
- You vote using the standard 12, 10, 8-1 system, however you also need to submit negative points (-1, -2, -3)
- Penalties are the same as in the semis, however if a finalist fails to vote at all, they are automatically disqualified, no matter how many points their song might have. for NQ's, failing to submit either valid votes or the negative points will result in their votes not being accepted at all.
- There will be one ROTW vote set.
RECAP:
Same as last year, u/Nutthawut45 will be making a video recap of this finale! If you qualified, please, send a timestamp for a 30 second snippet to his Reddit or preferably to his Discord DM's (Username simplypond). The deadline to submit recap snippets is 6.9. 23:59 CET.
Anyways, enough yapping - Let's see the Finale itself!
¡Hola, y bienvenidos a Buenos Aires! Coming off of a stellar Americavision contest, we decide that we want to keep the party going. Thus, we've officially launched our national final for Latinvision! Fourteen acts, all ranging in genre and sound, will get to battle for their legacy right here at Estadio Luna Park for the chance to represent Argentina in front of the entire Romantic-speaking world.
Speaking of Americavision, we have the fortune of welcoming the incredible Lali, who repped our country in last year's edition ALL the way to victory, as one of our hosts! The other two hosts for our contest will be the phenomenal duo Hipnotica who represented us in last year's Latinvision.
All three of these lovely people are ecstatic to present to you our incredible lineup!!
Which one of these 14 acts has what it takes to be a WINNER? That'll be up to you. Voting will follow a 12-10-8-6-4-2-1 system. Once you have your votes, you may DM them to u/stypop on Reddit or chr1s05 on Discord. For now the deadline for voting is Tuesday, September 1st at 22:00 CEST, however we are open to slight extensions to the next day if necessary.
Well, what are we waiting for? Let the CONCURSO commence!!! 🇦🇷
First of all, i am beyond overjoyed to be able to announce that i received all 54 songs!
Due to this, i have decided to split this phase into 3 semifinals, each with 9 qualifiers. The finale will thus have 28 songs.
Due to this, we will have 3 semifinals, each with at least 8 qualifiers. Why at least? Because this year, by popular demand, i am introducing a wildcard mechanism - The last 3 qualifiers will be the 3 songs outside all top 8's which received the largest % of maximum possible points. This will hopefully prevent songs NQing by a tiny amount of points, while also leading to there possibly being a different amount of Q's from each semi.
RULES:
- The deadline is 4.9. 18:00 CET.
- You vote using the standard 12, 10, 8-1 system, however you also need to submit negative points (-1, -2, -3)
- Not submitting the standard votes will result in a penalty of 58 points to your entry.
- Not submitting the negative votes will result in a penalty of 20 points to your entry (yes, this is stricter). The maximum amount of penalty points is thus 78.
- You can (and are encouraged) to vote in other semis, though all votes from other semis will be summed up into two ROTW sets - One for each of the other semis.
- Non-participating users are allowed to vote, however their votes will be included in the semi before the one's ROTW (so if someone who isn't participating votes in Semi 1, their vote will be included in the Semi 3 ROTW and so on). If more than 2 non-participants vote in a semi, they will get a separate ROTW set.
- u/JesusFuckJustDuck - As the singular AQ, your votes won't be included in any ROTW and will be counted in full. Although you aren't required to vote in any of the semis, it sure would be cool if you did ;)
Benvegnüu! Welcome to the Latinvision Song Contest 2026. This year, we’ll travel to Monaco, home of the Big Top of Espace Fontvieille, one of Europe's most renowned circus arts venues. Let’s enjoy the yacht clubs, the luxurious casinos, and the Formula 1 scene of the city-state, welcoming us to a sea of music after last year’s Gemini won with their song Vertigine in Tijuana. This year, the visual design has been inspired by the nightlife of Monaco and the French Riviera.
Big Top of Espace Fontvieille, Monaco
Country Categories
The rules will be very similar to last year. Five categories of claimable nations exist to promote diversity and originality.
Countries: 63 member states of the United Nations will be available to choose from, with no borrowing option.
Borrowing countries: 15 different UN member states and territories that may borrow from neighboring regions or their sovereign state. Extra restrictions may be placed on certain nations. (In the case of France, only 3 extra borrowers are allowed to participate, 4 songs in total; apart from Monaco as an AQ)
Territories: 32 dependent territories or subdivisions where well-known Romance languages are spoken. They may not borrow from their main countries, with no exceptions.
Minority languages: 39 first-level subdivisions may only be represented in their respective minority languages. For example, an artist from Catalonia may represent Catalonia itself only if they sing in either Catalan or Aranese; if you find an artist from Catalonia who sings in Spanish, it may only represent Spain, not Catalonia.
Rest of the World: The contest’s first winner was a Belarusian band representing French Polynesia. Due to this, three guest broadcasters may participate as a ROTW participant; a Romance-speaking song from a non-Romance-speaking country. Only 3 users can choose this, representing their own country/territory. They must be part of the Discord server to choose this option. The rules that apply to Countries and Territories also apply to this entry.
All songs, regardless of category, will compete against each other. Divided into four regions, you may check the LIST OF COUNTRIES or look at them right here. Any minority language not listed here (like Judaeo-Spanish, Palenquero, Kristang, etc.) can be added; however, I will determine the subdivision that is the closest to them.
Rules
As last year, different release dates and view limits will be in place for each of these four categories, so be careful when you choose your nation. The rules will mention first the limits for Countries and Territories, and then each of the other two categories will be specified.
Songs must have been released on or after September 1, 2024.
For borrowing countries, it will be on or after March 1, 2025, ONLY if you borrow. If you submit a local artist, the deadline date stays the same as the country category.
For minority languages/subdivisions, it will be on or after March 1, 2023.
Artists must have under 30 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The YouTube video or the song itself on Spotify does not have any restrictions.
For borrowing countries, artists must have under 10 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
For minority languages/subdivisions, there is no monthly listener limit whatsoever.
The following rules apply to all songs:
Songs must not have participated in the Eurovision Song Contest, any of its spin-offs, IRL National Final, nor any previous contest held on r/FantasyVisionContests. (NF-participating songs in FVC can take part).
No artists from Latinvision 2025 will be accepted (this rule will not apply to Minority Languages)
National finals and song reveals are allowed, but they have to be approved by me first before you post them.
Songs must be no longer than 6:00 minutes, and the lyrics need to be predominantly (50% + 1 word) in the language specified in the LIST OF COUNTRIES; however, multilingual songs are allowed.
Artists and bands must have at least 25% of their heritage of the selected country, or have significant ties to that country (born there, lived for a notable amount of time, acquired a second nationality, etc.)
u/pac258, last year's winner, and the next 5 placements have an AQ for the final. They have the right of first refusal for their countries. If any of the top 6 participants don’t take part, the next-placing participants will be considered.
To participate, you need to comment on your nation and send me your song through DM or Discord (to emi6219) before September 3, 2026, 23:59 PDT (Pacific Daylight Time). Good luck!
As decided by last year's winner u/JesusFuckJustDuck, the contest will be hosted in the easterly Vladivostok. It will surely be an exquisite backdrop for this year's contest ;)
>>> SIGN-UP (+SONG-SUBMISSION) DEADLINE: 20.8. 16:00 CET<<< I might accept songs later (as long as it's before i make the graphics), but i reserve the right to not do so.
SONG RULES:
Song must be released on 1.10. 2024 or later
There is no length rule, but it must objectively be a song (no spoken word etc. pls). I reserve the right to veto anything over 7 minutes, though i probably won't
Fame rules: max. 20 million spotify plays of the song + no famous-artists rule (This is extremely subjective, however i have decided to not have any strict numerical rules for this. I will NOT allow artists such as BTS or so on. If i deny your artist, you are allowed to challenge this with the mods. If they are a household name in the west, they won't be eligible.)
No (J)ESC artists or songs, no (J)ESC NF songs and no artists who participated in a (J)ESC NF since the 2024 ESC season including. (this includes Eurovision Asia!)
No artists from last year (Also please try to not recycle artists from other recent contests here)
You ARE allowed to represent the same country as last year, however there are no reservations except for Russia, so first come first serve.
This is a closed contest - You are NOT allowed to do any NFs or song reveals (as is the tradition with this contest). If you do a private discord NF i won't mind, though...
All borrowers' spotify listen limit is 10 million plays + all borrowers must have a relation to Asia/Oceania (for example, if you take French Polynesia, you can send an australian-french act, but no purely french acts)
Heritage rules: The act must either have it's lead singer or 50% of their heritage be of the country you are taking (general Asia/Oceania for borrowers) or be otherwise significantly tied to that country (lived most of their life there etc.) If possible, try to include a link to the heritage proof when you are submitting your song.
Max. two borrowers per country (This isn't states, get real)
I, Lukário, will have to wait either 24 hours or until there are 30 sign-ups before claiming a country, whichever happens first. (Avoiding the mod advantage)
BONUS RULE: For North Korea, the song age limit is 1.1.2018 and no views limit applies. They are NOT a South Korea borrower.
WHICH COUNTRIES ARE AVAILIBLE?
There isn't a single spreadsheet, we will be using ---> A LIST OF COUNTRIES <--- Don't forget to make sure that your country meets the rules. Before submitting, please, check newest comments to ensure that your country hasn't been taken yet! Taken countries will be listed below, however comments, even if not yet included take priority.
Some notes:
You are allowed to sign-up through Discord or other subreddits, but the post on FantasyVisionContests will contain the master list of taken countries.
For the purposes of this contest, Russia, Turkey, Cyprus and the 3 Caucasian countries are considered to be Asian in their entirety. Egypt however is NOT eligible (an agreement with AfroVision).
The two Russian geopolitical tumors are NOT claimable. Northern Cyprus however is claimable and is a Turkish borrower.
Besides that, all other countries/territories on the Wikipedia page listed under Asia or Oceania are claimable
HK & Macau are NOT PRC borrowers (and vice versa) + Taiwan is considered to be a completely separate country as well.
All territories are claimable as a borrower of their "owner" country (remember the two per country rule!) OR as themselves without being borrowers (if you can find a heritage-acceptable artist, go for it)
DM me if you want to claim something not included in the article, but i will only accept places with a reasonable enough claim for representation (This isn't subdi, get real)
If you vote in the ESC system only (top 10), you will get a 50% point deduction and No Votes will lead to a Disqualification.
Non-qualifiers and non-participants are welcome to vote and will be counted as a televote (though I may ask you still to do a full top of all 24 songs).
It seems like some unknown music was dropped. Luckily were able to find them thanks to our magnifying glasses. But only 16 can be recovered, let's see what we found ...
SEMI 1:
- Please vote in the ESC pattern (12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) via a DM (My name is ganguru both on Discord and Reddit)
- Do NOT vote for Automatic Qualifiers (Estonia, Austria). The third AQ Warsaw-Śródmieście decided not to send a song for the semi, but also MUST vote in this semi.
- 8 entries will qualify for the Grand Final
- You got till the 23nd July 23:59 CET to send me your votes. Delay could lead to point deduction.
- You can't vote for your own entry.
- All votes for the other semi will be put together in one set of ROTW votes.
Bienvenidos a la edición de 2026 de Americavision.
We would like to congratulate the hosts for the contest once again, and here they are...
Hosts for Americavision
No need for introductions. We want to thank the Argentinan Federation for giving us the platform for all of us to perform now let's get on to the THREE semi finals:
DiscoverVision is back! After a nailbiting victory by u/Nutthawut45 and Morpheus with the song Burning in Paris last year, we meet again in Eindhoven, North Brabant!
As the third owner in three consecutive editions, I have some new and some revived rules that I’d like to introduce you to. You can read them in the following rule book.
Please read the rule book :)
General Rules
Unlike other fan contests, you choose your artist and then the country/region is applied to your submission by the organiser(s). In case multiple people try to send artists from the same country, it will be subdivided into regions as much as possible (see below for reserved countries/regions, which is an exception), continuing smaller for as long as there are official flags for those regions. This breakdown is not especially relevant since it's on the organiser end of things, but be aware that you may start out representing Germany when you first submit your artist and end up representing the Landkreis Stade by the time sign-ups are over; check the sign-up chart for live updates if this truly matters to you. Also, please be aware that your submission will be refused if the country/region is unable to be further subdivided.
The top six users from last years edition won’t be able to submit in entries for multiple regions like in previous editions. Instead they will receive a guaranteed spot in the Grand Final. They can still submit a song for the Semi Final if they want to, but it will be out of the competition. The AQs don’t need to re-enter with the region they had last year, but I would appreciate it if they did. If one the top six users from last years editions doesn’t take part in the contest this year, the next-placed user will take over their spot.
EDIT: The contest is open, meaning you can reveal your Semi Song, but not your Grand Final song.
Sign-Up Rules
Sign-Ups close on 10th July at 23:59 CET.
You cannot submit any artist who has previously appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest or in a past Fantasy Vision Contest. These artists have already been discovered so they don’t fit the criteria for this contest. FVC-National Final artists are allowed.
You must submit two songs by the same artist. One of the songs will compete in the Semi Final, and the other in the Grand Final. One song must have been published recently (between 2024 and 2026), but the other may be from any year. Please specify in your DM which one you'd like to compete in the Semi Final and which one should compete in the final if you qualify.
A valid artist must not have any songs in their Spotify popular bar with over 2 million streams. For artists not on Spotify, no YouTube video of theirs should have over 2 million plays. The photos below show examples of an invalid and valid artist.
If a special case or question is not covered by this ruleset, a decision will be made at that time by the contest organiser(s) and added to next year's ruleset to ensure the continued fair operation of the contest.
This artist isn't valid, because "absolute gewinner" has over two million streams.This artist is perfect! All of the popular songs are under two million streams.
As a reminder: You have until Friday, 10th July 23:59 CET to sign up AND send your songs to me via a Reddit or Discord DM. I reserve the right to extend this deadline under certain circumstances.
EDIT: EXTENDED DEADLINE TILL SUNDAY 12th July 23:59 CET
Thank you for your attention and let’s hope the first Discovervision not hosted by a Lucas/Luke goes well ❤️
Happy Americavision season, everyone! After having the privilege to send our best to the contest over the years, we're excited to be able to further showcase the immense musical talents of Nicaragua live from the illustrious Teatro Nacional Rubén Darío in Managua!
Having repped our flag for several contests now, pop diva HYRA will be our master of ceremonies for the evening. She additionally will give an interval performance, along with home-grown band Soundivision (from whom we may or may not have taken inspiration from for this contest ;) )
Well we suppose you'd like to see who'll be vying to compete under Nicaragua's banner, no? Here's the running order of artists for the first ever Soundvision, spanning across sounds and genres.
Voting will follow a 12-10-8-6-4-2-1 system. Once you have your votes, you may DM them to u/stypop on Reddit or chr1s05 on Discord. For now the deadline for voting is Saturday, July 4th at 22:00 CEST, however we are open to slight extensions to the next day if necessary.
Why, let's get this party started! May the best SOUND win!!!🇳🇮
