Hello everyone, we hope you are all safe and well.

A little while after teams has finished (next Wed), as you may be aware, we are looking to launch AF IDOL 2.0

To make it different and so that forums aren't using the same songs in the same order and getting the same results etc.. we've decided to change the format a little. We will be adhering to loose themes, each round. There will be a total of 16 themes and due to us in the AF Inner-Circle coming up with the idea and themes, we thought the only fair way to do this was to announce the rounds in advanced to you guys too, so get planning.

However, we would like some interactivity with your forums with this. So get ideas from your forum members (ultimately you have the final say ofc) and decided amongst yourselves as moderators as to which songs you will be choosing to use. After all, the idea of AFI was to get discussion going in the AF's. We wanna keep the rounds a secret until they're officially revealed. If any posters suggest a song that you think would be used better at a later time, just state that you plan to use that in a later round and that you hope they trust you in this decision etc.. That way, each round is getting discussed in the forums and we'll be getting forum input!

The rounds are:

ROUND 1: FREE CHOICE
> Any song by your artist. <

ROUND 2: A song that started an era
> Self explanatory. The first single from an era. <

ROUND 3: A song without an official music video
> Basically any song, that doesn't have an official music video uploaded to their official Youtube/VEVO channels <

ROUND 4: FREE CHOICE
> Any song by your artist. <

ROUND 5: Worst single
> An official single that is either bottom 3 of their best sellers (singles released in March 2020 or after are ineligible - example: Little Mix can't use Break Up Song for this round) or it must've come bottom 3 in their singles rates <

ROUND 6: A non-top 75 charting hit
> Any song that didn't chart in the top 75, but charted on the UK charts. This doesn't HAVE to be a single. As long as it charted, but missed the T75 <

ROUND 7: A ballad album track
> SO EMOSH <

ROUND 8: SABOTAGE > This obviously all depends on which forums are left <
> You will be assigned a different forum to choose their entry. SABOTAGE THEM. GET THEM AT THEIR WEAKEST!!! *evil laugh* - I expect this will be a big talking point for your AF's. <

ROUND 9: FREE CHOICE
> Any song by your artist. Get back on your feet after the sabotage round! <

ROUND 10: A remix, bonus track or B-side
> Self explanatory. <

ROUND 11: A collaboration
> Self explanatory.

For collaborations where one artist has collaborated with another artist with an artist forum then the LEAD ARTIST has priority (examples: Britney feat. Madonna, Britney gets it over Madonna, Lady Gaga gets Telephone over Beyonce etc..)

However, if it's a joint credit then unfortunately it's a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis (example: Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss - it's a fight to the death!) <

ROUND 12: FREE CHOICE
> Any song by your artist. <

ROUND 13: A top 40 hit single
> A single that reached any position from #11 to #40 <

ROUND 14: A song that closed an era
> The final single of an era <

ROUND 15: Should've been a single
> The MISSED opportunity <

ROUND 16: FREE CHOICE
> Any song by your artist. Final round. GO OUT ON A HIGH. <

We are doing AWAY with polls. The idea is that we shall be choosing around half of the candidates and we will be manually adding the scores together (it'll literally just be one point per mention). Also, we are giving Charli XCX, Fifth Harmony, K-Pop & Lana to join in for their last hurrah. So they will need help in the AF-Hub, in choosing their entries!

We've tried to make this as unpredictable and fun as possible. The general morale of the first AF Idol was incredible. One of my absolute favourite moments from the 12 years I've been on this site. Lets just go out and have fun, again! I am SO excited to see the choices and it's going to be so nice seeing Ariana get a fair chance this time! However, artist forums that DON'T give us an entry, the Artist Forum Inner-Circle will be automatically choosing them ourselves for that specific forum. Well, Ariana was screwed over SO badly with this last time, so please take part!

As always, if you have any questions feel free to either write it in here, or send us a PM

STAY SAFE AND HAVE FUN.

THE AF INNER-CIRCLE FORUM MODERATORS.

ROUND 11: A collaboration
> Self explanatory.

For collaborations where one artist has collaborated with another artist with an artist forum then the LEAD ARTIST has priority (examples: Britney feat. Madonna, Britney gets it over Madonna, Lady Gaga gets Telephone over Beyonce etc..)

However, if it's a joint credit then unfortunately it's a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE basis (example: Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss - it's a fight to the death!) <

ROUND 8: ALBUM CLOSER
> An ALBUM TRACK that closed either a standard OR deluxe version of the album. NO singles (example: One Direction can't send 'History' but can instead send 'I Want to Write You A Song' from that album if they wish to do so). <