Eurovision Battle Royale 2029 | |
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Dates | |
Semi-Final 1 | 14 June - TBD |
Semi-Final 2 | 15 June - TBD |
Semi-Final 3 | 16 June - TBD |
Grand Final | TBD |
Host | |
Host Country | Belgium |
Arena | Bruges |
Participants | |
Participating Countries | 55 |
Debuting | None |
Returning | None |
Withdrawing | None |
Eurovision Battle Royale | |
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The Eurovision Battle Royale 2029, also known as the Eurovision 2029, or the EBR 2029, or more simply Belgium 2029, was the 14th annual edition of the Battle Royale contest that took place in Belgium. A total of 55 countries announced their intent to participate in the event. The Battle Royale consisted of three semi-finals, with each starting 24 hours after the one that preceded it.
The host country, Belgium, was the winning nation of the 13th edition the year before, which gave them automatic hosting responsibilities for this edition, as well as automatically qualifying them to the Grand Final. The other countries were obliged to compete in three semi-finals, with each being distributed randomly through a random draw. During the semi-finals, 36 citizens participated in a fight to the death until only between 11 and 12 citizens remained, with the remaining qualifying for the Grand Final in which another fight to the death would take place, this time until only one remained.
The winner of this edition of the Eurovision Battle Royale was X. He/She defeated X, who finished as the runner-up. X, X, and X completed the Top 5. The host country, x, had it's citizens finishing in X and X place.
Arena
The Arena for this edition was decided on the 31 October, 2028.
Format and Rules
The draw to determine in which semi-final each country would participate, as well as the podium numbers on which the host country's citizens would start, took place in Antwerp, on the 4 of December, 2028. Each country had until December 1st to announce their intent to participate in the Eurovision, and each country had until March 6, 2029 to submit their citizens.
The majority of countries chose their citizen through an internal selection, by means of a "Reaping". The reaping occurs when the governments of Europe, each organizes a televised lottery of their citizens where every single one, aged between 13 and 50, are obliged to have their names placed into a big pot of sorts, and after randomizing the names like a true lottery, one male and one female name are read out live on national television by government officials. These citizens are the reaped citizens to represent their country in the Eurovision. It's notable that each year the majority of citizens see this as an exciting honor, and many volunteer to be picked. To profit from this, it's necessary for each hopeful volunteer to pay money in order for their name to be entered more than once. This process could cost from as little as £50 in poorer countries, to £500 in more wealthy ones. The maximum number of times that a volunteer can have their name in a pot is 100. One would think that there wouldn't be that many volunteers for such a violent and life-ending event, but in this universe, the citizens of Europe look extremely positively on the event and see it as rebirth of the Golden Age of Ancient Greece and Rome; therefore, there are thousands of citizens each year who try to volunteer to bring glory and honor to their country.
In the build-up to the actual event, each reaped citizen is invited to many locations all throughout Europe to promote themselves, forge alliances with the other citizens, and talk with potential sponsors. These official parties are announced by the Event Organizers (EOs) usually around the start of the new year. These are televised and watched by millions as well, similar to how millions each year watch the red carpet for award shows.
The list of Official Parties for this year:
- Netherlands: Amsterdam (10 March)
- Italy: Venice (24 March)
- Croatia: Dubrovnik (14 April)
- France: Nice (20 April)
These parties aren't obligatory however, and some alternatives to this include immediately moving into the Citizen's Village (usually a high-tec tower or complex located in or near the city center of the most populous city in the host country). In any case, citizens are obliged to move into the Citizen's Village before the X of May, 20xx. This is because each citizen needs time to get their fitness up and competitive to put on an entertaining TV show, as well as acclimate to the host country. The EOs provide each country and citizen with their own team of trainers, cooks, stylists, and other specialists free of charge to ensure that each citizen can become fit and competitive enough so the Battle Royale will be as entertaining as ever. For the month that the citizens live there, they are encouraged to learn survival techniques and work out so their chances of survival in the harsh Arena increases.
The night before the first semi-final, the Opening Ceremony takes place. Comparable to Olympic ceremonies, this ceremony celebrates the history and culture of the host country, and further includes multiple shows of firework, music, and other cultural and ethnic performances, as well as high-tec displays and other pyrotechnics. Following the cultural show is the Parade of Nations. Each citizen from the participating countries were brought into the main complex (usually the widest and biggest street in the Capitol of the host country) on high-tec self-driving chariots and shown to billions worldwide. More so, each chariot was decorated with symbols from the country each citizen is from, and followed their national flag. As soon as the pomp and celebration finished, the EOs and government officials of the host country gave speeches, the Eurovision Battle Royale flag was raised with the host country's flag, and the citizen's oath. The final event of the ceremony is the lighting of the cauldron, performed by the winner of the previous edition in every edition so far except the first.
Following the Opening Ceremony, the citizens are forced into lockdown in the Citizen's Village until their semi-final. It is forbidden for a citizen to have prior knowledge to results in a semi-final or access to anything that could give them an advantage in their semi-final. In fact, the citizens are forced to go with television and internet until their semi-final. This is to assure that the suspense is retained and each citizen participates fairly.
Tie-Break rules for the Semi-Finals
- Top 11 or 12 remaining citizens in each semi-final all live to compete in the Grand Final
- Of those, they are firstly ranked by number of kills they have committed.
- If the citizens have the same number of kills, then the tie-break favors the one that reached that number of kills the earliest.
- If all is still tied, then the Degrees of Separation Rule is enforced.
- ex. Jan of Germany kills only Teo of Belgium. Teo of Belgium had killed 2 other citizens beforehand. Erik of Sweden only kills Andriy of Russia. Andriy of Russia had killed 1 citizen beforehand. Jan of Germany will be ranked higher than Erik of Sweden in the semi-finals.
- 5. This Degree of Separation Rule will continue until necessary.
- 6. If all is still tied, the tie-break favors those who are furthest away from pod number 18.
- 7. If all is still tied, then the citizens will share the position.
Qualification for the Grand Final
Thirty-six citizens participated in each semi-final. Fifty-five countries participated in the Eurovision Battle Royale this year.
Semi-Final 1
The first semi-final took place between June 14 and June 19.
# | Country | Citizen | Gender | Age | Place | Kills |
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01 | Montenegro | Milivoje Pavlović | male | 24 | 25 | 1 |
02 | Romania | Ana Silivasi | female | 44 | 14 | 1 |
03 | Azerbaijan | Nargiz Allahverdiyeva | female | 45 | 19 | 0 |
04 | Germany | Max Eichelberger | male | 28 | 18 | 0 |
05 | Monaco | Jacqueline Poissonnier | female | 38 | 3 | 2 |
06 | France | Alexis Beaulac | male | 29 | 16 | 1 |
07 | Macedonia | Yoan Lyobomirov | male | 31 | 29 | 0 |
08 | Turkey | Teker Kirac | male | 21 | 6 | 1 |
09 | Poland | Eugeniusz Cebula | male | 19 | 7 | 1 |
10 | Romania | Victor Dumitrescu | male | 18 | 10 | 0 |
11 | Kosovo | Erblina Bajramovic | female | 32 | 15 | 0 |
12 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Dina Hasic | female | 37 | 31 | 0 |
13 | Iceland | Eidny Gautrekursdottir | female | 28 | 4 | 1 |
14 | Luxembourg | Amber Primeau | female | 41 | 5 | 1 |
15 | Russia | Marya Korovina | female | 49 | 13 | 2 |
16 | Netherlands | Julien Kapteijns | male | 24 | 17 | 0 |
17 | Albania | Vandan Selimi | male | 39 | 30 | 0 |
18 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Munir Milošević | male | 40 | 20 | 1 |
19 | Belarus | Lubomir Shelyapin | male | 35 | 11 | 0 |
20 | Scotland | Kane Reid | male | 43 | 24 | 1 |
21 | Finland | Miikka Lehtola | male | 41 | 34 | 0 |
22 | Norway | Fredrik Tronstad | male | 21 | 33 | 0 |
23 | Greece | Mihailos Stratis | male | 41 | 12 | 1 |
24 | Azerbaijan | Rafael Ibragimov | male | 43 | 36 | 0 |
25 | Austria | Lukas Beckenbauer | male | 13 | 28 | 0 |
26 | Poland | Klara Bartczak | female | 19 | 2 | 3 |
27 | Czech Republic | Andrea Jindrová | female | 17 | 21 | 0 |
28 | Andorra | Lluís Badia | male | 17 | 1 | 3 |
29 | Serbia | Drago Jelić | male | 50 | 32 | 0 |
30 | Bulgaria | Bogdan Iliev | male | 35 | 23 | 0 |
31 | England | Victoria Ahmed | female | 24 | 26 | 0 |
32 | San Marino | Berto Zetticci | male | 14 | 35 | 0 |
33 | Israel | Eli Mostari | male | 43 | 22 | 0 |
34 | Hungary | Abel Balogh | male | 36 | 27 | 0 |
35 | Armenia | Pakrad Pogosian | male | 48 | 9 | 0 |
36 | Croatia | Sanja Prgomet | female | 20 | 8 | 0 |
Semi-Final 2
The second semi-final took place between June 15 and June 19.
# | Country | Citizen | Gender | Age | Place | Kills |
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01 | Malta | Yan Demicoli | male | 49 | 1 | 3 |
02 | Moldova | Andrea Banicheva | female | 49 | 6 | 1 |
03 | Liechtenstein | Lena Löwe | female | 14 | 8 | 0 |
04 | Latvia | Ina Berzmuiznieks | female | 23 | 3 | 2 |
05 | Malta | Katerin Lagriscti | female | 48 | 36 | 0 |
06 | Italy | Gina Trevisani | female | 19 | 28 | 0 |
07 | Hungary | Kati Simón | female | 48 | 30 | 0 |
08 | Georgia | Vano Bokuchava | male | 23 | 22 | 0 |
09 | Macedonia | Tsvetelina Borislavova | female | 40 | 23 | 1 |
10 | Portugal | Rita Furtado | female | 14 | 34 | 0 |
11 | Sweden | Nikita Danielsson | female | 25 | 9 | 0 |
12 | Ukraine | Timofiy Hrebenyuk | male | 50 | 25 | 0 |
13 | Slovakia | Riško Široký | male | 13 | 27 | 0 |
14 | Spain | Laura Ruiz | female | 17 | 33 | 0 |
15 | Estonia | Anna Piip | female | 22 | 21 | 2 |
16 | Estonia | Kaarel Eskola | male | 41 | 24 | 0 |
17 | Kazakhstan | Ayan Kenesev | male | 39 | 11 | 0 |
18 | Norway | Meline Bråten | female | 19 | 29 | 0 |
19 | Serbia | Renja Antić | female | 27 | 11 | 0 |
20 | Wales | Daisy Brooks | female | 30 | 5 | 1 |
21 | Monaco | Emmanuel Marcoux | male | 33 | 13 | 0 |
22 | Liechtenstein | Eric Nussbaum | male | 18 | 35 | 0 |
23 | Czech Republic | Prokop Mazal | male | 50 | 10 | 0 |
24 | Denmark | Olivia Friis | female | 47 | 32 | 1 |
25 | Northern Ireland | Declan Hartley | male | 17 | 17 | 0 |
26 | Ukraine | Hanna Kyrylivna | female | 16 | 26 | 2 |
27 | Ireland | Abbie Hodgson | female | 40 | 14 | 1 |
28 | Slovenia | Romilda Paler | female | 42 | 18 | 0 |
29 | Russia | Leonid Artemiev | male | 43 | 16 | 0 |
30 | Andorra | Prudència Tost | female | 27 | 2 | 2 |
31 | Northern Ireland | Eve Howells | female | 16 | 7 | 1 |
32 | Greece | Charissa Rodia | female | 15 | 31 | 0 |
33 | Switzerland | Sabine Bürger | female | 50 | 15 | 1 |
34 | Germany | Birgit Zweig | female | 13 | 20 | 2 |
35 | Netherlands | Marijke Werger | female | 30 | 4 | 1 |
36 | Lithuania | Jonas Dickus | male | 41 | 19 | 0 |
Semi-Final 3
The third semi-final took place between June 16 and June 22.
# | Country | Citizen | Gender | Age | Place | Kills |
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01 | Slovenia | Matteo Granjer | male | 40 | 36 | 1 |
02 | Iceland | Skafti Oskarsson | male | 18 | 17 | 1 |
03 | Cyprus | Milo Rodinos | male | 35 | 35 | 0 |
04 | Luxembourg | Charlot Blais | male | 23 | 1 | |
05 | Bulgaria | Bogomila Evgenieva | female | 34 | 22 | 0 |
06 | Cyprus | Maeva Zacharia | female | 28 | 12 | 0 |
07 | Albania | Shkëlzene Januzaj | female | 48 | 25 | 0 |
08 | Georgia | Leila Chakhunashvili | female | 39 | 14 | 2 |
09 | Armenia | Varteshah Mamikonian | female | 25 | 23 | 0 |
10 | Spain | Eduardo Espiga | male | 37 | 32 | 0 |
11 | Faroe Islands | Stefan Højgaard | male | 32 | 0 | |
12 | Moldova | Soare Cutov | male | 15 | 2 | |
13 | Turkey | Boncuk Bagci | female | 47 | 27 | 0 |
14 | Israel | Abigail Benski | female | 50 | 19 | 1 |
15 | San Marino | Beata Sabbatini | female | 33 | 2 | |
16 | Denmark | Rasmus Holst | male | 32 | 2 | |
17 | Italy | Lucio Lucchese | male | 13 | 30 | 0 |
18 | Ireland | Sean Murray | male | 36 | 1 | |
19 | Scotland | Mia Davis | female | 32 | 13 | 4 |
20 | Belarus | Irina Kartashova | female | 46 | 34 | 0 |
21 | Austria | Michelle Rothstein | female | 22 | 26 | 1 |
22 | Portugal | Ivo Azevedo | male | 18 | ||
23 | Faroe Islands | Sigrun Simonsen | female | 41 | 29 | 0 |
24 | Wales | John Wheeler | male | 26 | 24 | 0 |
25 | Lithuania | Germante Beinaraviciute | female | 33 | 31 | 0 |
26 | England | Luca Mason | male | 17 | ||
27 | Montenegro | Zorica Šaponjić | female | 28 | 15 | 0 |
28 | Kosovo | Rauf Pllum | male | 27 | 16 | 0 |
29 | Sweden | Holger Andersson | male | 45 | 33 | 0 |
30 | Croatia | Vedran Šantek | male | 46 | 2 | |
31 | Slovakia | Vladimíra Doležal | female | 33 | 28 | 0 |
32 | France | Halette Grenier | female | 39 | ||
33 | Switzerland | Lukas Beich | male | 33 | 20 | 0 |
34 | Kazakhstan | Fatima Sakeneva | female | 14 | 21 | 2 |
35 | Latvia | Maigurs Bezdeliga | male | 50 | 1 | |
36 | Finland | Noomi Saarela | female | 35 | 18 | 0 |
Summary of the Semi-Finals
Preparation for the Grand Final
The Grand Final
Welcome to the start of the Eurovision Battle Royale 20xx. In just under 5 minutes, thirty-six of Europe's finest, most brave citizens will be raised onto their pods going into the Arena, and in what will likely be two weeks, only one will emerge as the sole victor and Champion of Europe. We can only imagine how nervous and anxious the fans from the finalist nations must be, and how even more nervous their citizens must be!
Day 1 (June X)
Summary
Final Results
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02 | Belgium | Teresa Roijakkers | female | 37 | ||
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