HEBB CHALLENGE 11: EUROPOP

To ALL housemates
Your 11th challenge is now here!

To pass the task:

* You are only allowed FOUR fails, which means any more than 4 housemates not completing the task, you will fail.

Help gain a pass

If you notice members not posting near the end date then it is up to you as housemates to get them to in order to help you all pass and housepoints to be added. PM them, post in the HEBB chat thread or anything else you can think of!

Time for 11th task

This task will be open until Sunday 10th December
Housepoints

If the task has been successfully passed, 500 housepoints will be added to the base housepoints

If the task is a fail (5 or more members do not post their challenge) then 200 housepoints will be lost from the base housepoints

Each housemate that participates will also be awarded 50 housepoints each

THE CHALLENGE

Your task this week is to create a song worthy of the Eurovision Song Contest!

This task is designed to test you creativity, song writing skills and grasp of foreign languages. It will also analyse how you face the challenge of working in a group.

You will need to ensure that by the end of the task you have at least:
-written a song (which must contain at least one verse in a foreign language)
-made costumes using a doll maker
-created merchandise
-nominated one person with a microphone to record the finished song (optional)

To pass this challenge everyone must post at least once (you are however allowed four fails), and you must have everything completed.

Big Brother will judge you on how well you worked together as a team, and how successfully you completed the challenge set to you.

Good Luck!

Sorry, quick question: Does this mean we make up a song all together?

Yes I'm thinking we all do make up the song together and disscuss it all together XD

Ahaha, I just read you guys discussion in the HEBB chatroom. Thanks!

Yeah so did I!

Anyway, let's get started people! Like schemer said, we first need to pick a genre of song to write...ideas?

I think I am best off working on dolls or merchandise, I suck at English and poetry and singing...

Who wants to work with me?

(I'll get started soon)

And a name for the band?

i think i'll do better at helping writing the song

i'll think of something then i'll post to know your opinons

As a name, what about something like the Weird Sisters...we could be the Random Housemates...or maybe the Silver Hippos to symbolise HE's obsession of hippos?

Hey everyone!

Well, I'm horrible at writing lyrics so I think I might just have o stick to the merchandises, but I think Ginny would be good for the lyrics as she's used to writingsongs for the Hufflepuff band.

As for the song I had a slight idea, should we make up an entirely original song? Or perhaps one that similar to a real song so that if we find someone to sing it, they can just have it in the background so the music could be heard?

As soon as we agree on the name of the band I'll start with the sovenirs and stuff!

Yeah same...so name? Anyone?

I have the karaoke version of the High School Musical Soundtrack...we could make up lyrics to that and have someone sing it? The music is really good!

I love high school musical songs!

"We're soaring..gliding...there's not a star in heaven that we can't reach..." Okay I'll stop. and Ginny is SURE to know those songs..

hmm I say it's up to us to decide on a name so we could get started on stuff soon..I like the idea of the Silver Hippos...although I like the name Random Housemates :D it would just be esaier to have merchandise with silver hippos..what do you think?

Yeah, shall we get started with silver hippos merchandise then? How about, by tomorrow, we have:

Cuddly toys, posters, mugs, T'shirts...

And dolls!

Oh, before all that, we need a logo...

sure! I'll look up stuff later tonight! *hugs WL* I've actually missed talking to you much since our very first duel..lol

okay back to the subject at hand..shall we find little hippo shaped candy too? lol

Hey! I remember that...it was so much fun...*reminisces* I completely forgot about this years duelling, so i got knowcked out...ah well, back to the point..

Candy is a must...nobody could live without candy...

Oh, this seems fun! I'm not really great at writing lyrics, but I can try and ask my brother for help. *shrugs*

I'll look up some more things later! ^.^

ooo this shall be a fun one....i could get a friend of mine to help writing lyrics although i do love the idea of putting words to HSM music *sings*

so...what needs doing?

ooh I like the sound of this challenge...okay, I will help with merchandise, and whatever else needs doing, but I probably won't be able to start working on this till Thursday evening.

Hmm, I think I could help with anything.

Seems the dollz and merchandise already have alot of people willing to help.

Sooo, I think I'll help with the song and the lyrics.

I'm guessing the lyrics should be done first.

Yeah, I can help with lyrics. And Jenn, you're not terrible with lyrics, lol. Ok, so what genre are we doing? I'm up for anything.

I'll help with anything (including the song if it doesn't have to rhyme . . . ).

Maybe something (just off the top of my head like . . . )

We live in a generation
of hate
and malice
and mischief

We live in a generation
where nothing is what is seems

We live in a generation
where lies are the truth
where promises are dirt
and where my daughter's dream is of a few nights
without me.

and it goes on and on and on . . .

haha, it sucks, but whatever . . . this off the top of my head after having it fried at 3 hours of orchestra *headdesk*

I think we should start ASAP to try to finish this in time . . .

Hey I'd just finished a logo on paint (it wasn't so good, but it was cute) but then my comp broke down, so I'll get in in hopefully today so we can start putting it on Merchandise...

coolio.....well we need to think of a band name!

I'm not very creative, but I'll try and think of one if no one else can

Hmm, i suck at songwriting.. well, atleast if it is in english. Swedish and Finnish is easy, but blaaah :D

Who should be planning the costumes? Hehe, band name.... maybe The Hebbzors? xD Okay no.

delta that was cool i like it

I thought we decided on The Silver Hippos?

I have a logo, but feel free to make a better one (I'll post it tonight at home).

We need someone to take merchandise...

I know that jenn and I are already working on stuff, COME JOIN US! lol

By Saturday, I'll get some T-shirts and stuff up...

List of jobs

song writers
-needs to be in a foreign language, but this should be easy
-Raist, Prinny, Holly, Cloaked, (maybe), Elana, delta
singer (perhaps to record it?)
graphics creator
- for merchandise (shirts, mugs, consession stand food, etc)
-WL, Jenn, Streams, Cloak (maybe)
- for banners and such (posters, pins, stickers, etc)

- dolls for costumes
Caro (maybe? hehe)

amber and Lily offered to be where it's needed

Things that need to be agreed upon
- band name Silver Hippos (does everyone agree?) *most important as we need this to get started on the merchandise)
-music genre


so basically I think there's enough people with the lyrics, maybe one or two more, we need to see if anyone would offer with the singing and we need a bit more people for the merchandise! So people listed above...PM each other and get started on brainstorming!

no pm's talk about everything here! that's the only way BB can judge our work

anyway great job soting that out jenn

ummmm....what???

i cant do song-writing!!!

my friend can but not i!!!

and if we need it to be foreign then carr can do it! she is our own little rockstar right??

Silver hippos sounds good to me...after all, it has part of my name in it ^^

a question about the merchandise: do we post pictures in this thread, as we did by the Battle of the Bands ages ago?

aaand let's see that logo, WL!

i can go with silver hippos!

Just tell me if there's anything you need me to do :D

I enjoy writing songs and making dolls and graphics and could make a banner for the group and weeeeeee I love doing this stuff XD Just ask Jenn, I went crazy for BU

*raises glass to silver hippos*

Here is my logo! (If anyone has better software to get a nicer logo, then pleeeease make it better...this was the best I could do on paint)

ooh I like it...can we start using it?

lol, i like it! it's cool!!! we should use it!

Hmm, i can only... finnish and swedish, and i can tell ya that it's not beautiful. Not if you compare to latin or french, and stuff like that... and me making dolls? Sure, what's the theme of this? Silver?

I haven't a clue, Caree :D I'm still awaiting my marching orders ^.^ *salutes people*

Marching orders?

Here they are!

Caro, can work on dolls.

Ginny is good at lyrics and loves HSM (like me!!! tis great, came out in sept in UK though...) so she can pick a song and start working with all the other lyrics people to get a song ready!

(I have the karaoke version of HSM if you want/need it)

(And please don't feel as though I'm bossing you around...I don't want to but someone needs to make some decisions or we would dance around each other for yonks...say something if you don't like what I'm doing!)

Okay donkey, boss :D I shall make two dolls, one for girls and one for boys, mmmmkay? ^^

And i'm gonna do more of 'em until the majority is satisfied :D

WOOOOOOOOT! XD *goes to do all of the songs so she can find one that peoples like*

Okay people lets get cracking!

Prinny, sorry I assumed that you would be under songwriting cause you mentioned it

Sure Caro, I'm think the theme would be silver and black? or white? or all three your choice I think just 2 costumes for guys and about 3 to 4 different varieties for the girls rather then one for each person...

So songwriters have you guys gotten together for a song yet? One idea that needs to be decided, are we going to do a song of our own? Or a song thats real but change the words around to assoiciate with HE? There's also the start of delta's song on the second page so go check it out and give your opinions!

And merchandise people! hehe I found bunches of jewlery and stuff so I'm going to post it here cause I'm on the school computer and cant save it..lol but I'll group all the jewlery into one large image kinda like a catalog. We still need posters and such for this! I could do this but since I have some trouble with the blending...okay I dont know how :D but I'm only good for the cut and paste kinda stuff..

http://www.silverjewelrycatalog.com/c12001.jpg
http://www.dallaspridgenjewelry.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/ChocoHippo_sm.jpg
http://www.pennymichelle.com/critter_hippo.html
http://www.deejewelry.com/images/hippo.jpg


other stuff I found
mugs
http://www.hueyhippo.com/images/hueycups1.jpg
http://www.dottielliott.com/images/mugs/hippomugsm.jpg
http://www.hueyhippo.com/images/hueycups-world.JPG

hippo statues
http://www.isleofbeads.com/Animal_Graphics/hippo.jpg
http://www.tapirback.com/tapirgal/gifts/friends/hoofed/hippo-plastic-museum-quality-safari-f458s.jpg

candy
http://www.sweetstall.com/acatalog/hapyhipo.jpg

drinks, we could just paste a picture of a hippo on the logo

toys
http://www.puppistry.com/aurora/flopsies/hippo.jpg
http://cdkenterprises.com/animals/images/ggg31012.jpg
http://anwo.com/store/media/hippo_plush_fie_floppy.JPG
http://www.rosiehippo.com/images/T190_dustpan.jpg ( cause to take care of a hippo you'll need this to clean up it's...you know..lol)

so far we have a logo, some jewlery, toys, etc, oh yeah and everyone! Come post and give your opinion!

Can i do black and white theme? It's a lot easier to mix... so 2 for the guys, and 3-4 for girls? Will do! *rushes off*

sure but maybe add a little bit of silver? like jewlery or something? :D Woohoo for Caro!

I read Delta's song and it's good :D

Should I keep going with my BB-licious song or should we wait for Delta to get here and continue with hers?

If you want you could do yours and we'd just take a vote..after all it's better to have to many then not enough hehe

Okay :D I have much time on my hands so this should be fun. Lol

Big Brother We Love You (lol)

Person One (guy?)
When the house was unfurled
To popular demand
Anything could happen
We all took the chance

Person Two (girl?)
We never believed in
Though we all agree
we'll always take our parts
In the HOgwarts BB

Both
We know that we're all deranged
And on every day
We'll together fight

We started off apart
Now we want to
Work day and night
Do challenges too
We'll keep eyes on the prize
We know it's an art
Surviving in here with you

Person One:
Now we've survived all those rats

Both:
And the cockroach plight

Person Two:
And we all ran from the spiders

Both:
And we all did hide
I know that we're all deranged
We know that we're all deranged
And on every day
The eviction deals

We started off apart
Now we want to
Work day and night
Do challenges too
We'll keep eyes on the prize
We know it's an art
Surviving in here with you

We never knew what could happen
If we stole the rum of Caree
She chased us and swore
So now we'll just stick with tea

It's our parts
Nominations are due
The prize is in sight
Luxery items are few
And now we're all so wise
We feel in our hearts

That we'll do are part
Keep our hit lists too
Activeness at its height
This week we'll evict two
And now the Hufflepuffs* will rise
They fancy some apple tarts
Big Brother we love you...
Big Brother we love you....


*could be changed to housemates but hehe I like it this way :D


Yeah I didnt put any into any other language...someone else could do that. I'd probably mess up lol

Okay I can make banners but I won't be able to post them till after the weekend. Is there anything else you guys want me to do?

HEY GINNY! I LOVE THAT! And I could tell that it fits in The Start of Something New..it does right (god that would be embarrassing if it doesn't! lol)

Everything is going great people! But we need more of the housemates to post...I'm nearly done with fan t-shirts and jumpers/hoodies and stuff...