Chummervision Song Contest Winter 2014

The Chummervision Song Contest Winter 2014 is the 5th edition of the bi-annual song contest for countries of Chummerope. It will be hosted in Sveesveer following The Colourist's win for the country the previous summer.

Host City & Venue
Bidding for the host city & venue took place from October 6th 2013 starting with 5 shortlisted venues. The winner was the Vees Arena in Vees, which beat Manisbov Stadium in the nation's capital city of Fisheadbarg in the final 2.

The first round took place on October 6th 2013, shortly following the reveal of the potential venues. The Sveesveer Audio Center was eliminated from the process finishing in 5th. Reasons stated for its early exit were "It was too small and generic. Usually rather small private concerts are held there, and there's a large recording studio where Sveesveeri artists like The Colourist record their music, as a venue though, it's not particularly impressive."

The second round took place on October 7th 2013, when the Yuri Grand Hall in Fisheadbarg was eliminated in 4th place.

The third round took place the day after on October 8th 2013, when it was announced The J'har in W'rait, W'ree would not host the contest and officially finished in 3rd. Many critics were skeptical that the venue made it to the bidding list, due to the fact that if it had been chosen, the contest would have been hosted in W'ree and not the actual host nation of Sveesveer, despite the location of the venue and its closeness to the W'reean-Sveesveeri border. Reasons given for The J'har's exit were "In the end, the venue was simply too big, and Sveesveer wanted it to be hosted in Sveesveer."

This left the final 2 between Manisbov Stadium in Fisheadbarg and Vees Arena in Vees. The final round of bidding took place on October 17th 2013, when it was officially revealed that the Vees Arena was selected to stage the contest in February, beating Manisbov Stadium in the nation's capital city Fisheadbarg and becoming the first non-capital host city in the contest's history.

Deadlines
In addition to these deadlines, the age limit of which a song submitted can be eligible to take part is approximately 13 months prior to the date of the final, the date of which for this contest is January 1 2013. Songs publicly released before this date will not be eligible to take part and can result in disqualification of the song and potentially the country in question.

Semi-final allocation draw
The draw that determined the semi-final allocation was held on 23 December 2013 at the CBU conference centre in Vees. The participating countries, excluding the automatic finalists (Aitze, Dandenia, Sveesveer, UOCT Republic and W'ree), were split into 7 pots in total, 3 Western pots and 4 Eastern pots, based on voting patterns from previous contests and geographic location. From these pots, 14 were allocated to compete in the first semi-final on 12 February 2014 and 14 were allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 14 February 2014.

The pots were calculated by the televoting partner HyphenationTec and were as follows:

Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final will take place on 12 February.

Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final will take place on 14 February.

Debut Countries

 * - On October 2nd 2013, Zzzaaani broadcaster Z confirmed they would make their debut for Wintervision 2014. Head broadcasting pilot Frickle Mon Nick's only words towards the debut were "WE WILL REIGN THE CONTEST."

Returning Countries

 * - On October 5th 2013, Boiztamani news paper "Boiz Daily" revealed that the country had been in talks with the CBU and would infact be re-entering the competition this year.


 * - On October 5th 2013, Fetian broadcaster 2FFC confirmed the country would be making their return to the contest for Winter 2014, due to the economical growth in the country and calls from Fetian fans to make a return.

Withdrawing Countries

 * - On October 5th 2013, Stallanian President Zam Bi announced in a public press conference that because of long time political conflicts with host Sveesveer, and to ensure the safety of his countrymen, Stallania would not be participating in Chummervision Winter 2014.

Other Countries

 * - On December 5th 2013, Chelsey confirmed through it's official chummervision twitter that it would not be returning this year for the contest. No reason was specified.
 * - On October 2nd 2013, Timothe Elavo confirmed Hydrocilania would not be making a return to Chummervision for the Winter 2014 contest. Reasons stated were due to lack of public funding and interest and that it would be "unlikely" they would participate again in the near future unless interest turned around. They will, however, continue to broadcast it on their national TV network HON.
 * - On October 6th 2013, Looolna informed the CBU it would not be making a return to the contest this year.