I would hope if someone other than you wins, they are allowed some freedom over hosting, maybe not rules (unless they pass them by your broadcasting union or whatever 
).
For now I only feel comfortable with the host doing graphics.
This is pretty much the same with Eurovision as it is now, the hosts also get to do the stadium, however here it's obviously much easier to just post a picture of a stadium. I will listen to rule change suggestions, however I will listen to anyone anyways.
As far as my thoughts goes:
Aahrus Full RankingSongs I like and wanted to vote for: 20 16 8 4 28 22 3
Songs I didn't like and wouldn't want to vote for: 12 27 24 26 6 21 5 2 15 10 9 23 25 1 19 17 7 14
#20 - Schweine - I love it tbh, very nice song with a different flavour to it
#16 - Bad Apple - as far as songs goes, this was probably my favourite, however once swonx decided to go with an English cover instead of the Japanese version he originally sent, it lost some of its ethnic flair
#8 - Pompeii - very nice song with something about it that I like, not sure what
#4 - Ride - I do enjoy a good uptempo metal song every now and then
#28 - Magna Epicuri Usu No - pity points for the best original composition ever!
#22 - ÆØÅ - quite enjoy it for no apparent reason
#3 - Acid Wolfpack - the only good instrumental song submitted I think
There were too many slower instrumental songs I think. While it was only about 7 songs, it did take about a quarter of the watching time. Nothing against that, I just think it would have been more exciting. That said, the lack of excitement probably led to my victory.
Judgement on my own songs:
#13 - Lejla - 10th is far from a bad place. I am totally happy with this result. I expected it to do better than Shady Lady and Apricot Stone, all this means is I won't send another ethnic ballad like this.
The song itself came 3rd in Eurovision 2006.
#11 - Apricot Stone - Pretty impressed with this. I thought it would be near last place. 8th place is only one place off of what it got in Eurovision 2010, where it came 7th. The surprise success of this means I will return with a much stronger ethnic pop song next time. I'd still sooner vote for Ride than this tbh, it's my least favourite from the songs I submitted.
#18 - Shady Lady - The first votes came in and Ride was actually winning by a decent margin, with Shady Lady a close second. I couldn't even dream of this winning, especially as spectacularly as this. I figured it would get some love, it's pretty far from a bad song. However it fits a lot of the definitions of slutpop. I believe this won only because of no other alternative. Bad Apple is an alternative, but it was much more polarizing than Shady Lady. You either liked it or hated it, whereas Shady Lady is much more bubblegum and open to everyone. Didn't expect the dance genre to secure 2 out of the top 3 with metal taking second. Once I realized that people stopped voting for Ride and my margin got bigger I was shocked. Still can't believe this did better than 5th place. With a success like this, dance music is probably done getting good results. In contests like these it's hard to get the same winning song year after year.
Should be an exciting next edition with people having an idea of what to send and what to do. Without Electronik Supersonik, the difference between usf and the juries won't be big, or as big as this year. Should make things much more competitive.
Anyways, thanks to everyone for making this Univision quite a bit of fun! It'll be back in December pending nothing happens.
