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Posted by: Jack 3rd May 2020, 06:39 PM

01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR3Liudev18
02 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbNQut96VY8
03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87L5rOQISlI
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05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuR7VN_Q06g
06 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPJkMfk1d_Q
07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GeYkQSnuf8
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21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf5sLj2IKYQ
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23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlf2M56Qbcc
24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixxWWKX4S_8
25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5-0hNEgIZc
26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYCwXy9g_A
27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdsZnbNPFJ4
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29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ALUrQd2udQ
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31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVZOePpBGsE
32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMQao9c6-CI
33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maK_2Tv6xRs



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03 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9uTScSgzrM
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05 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMPVsDx8HfY
06 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT8kvmUy0KU
07 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kW0vbVEIXE
08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlk4ulVs-2M
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19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4Q4wCYgauU
20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1uRYRuIjD0
21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmk0AIS5wgQ
22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEXYfT_G0W0
23 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L__V3s-wQuY
24 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrfXJaV1VxM
25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0b2T8QSX1s
26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7xzuadBSwo
27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x_YOeSqcns
28 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsK1b8vt0_c
29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdU3c60ykU
30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weacDXwncfo
31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lViGLS1F0po
32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twyPPjEyd7o
33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoFqsgk0Qb4

Posted by: Jack 3rd May 2020, 06:40 PM

Thanks so much to Lewis again for the graphic

Apologies for there being no semi-final reveal, I have had a lot on this weekend and low key I didn't realise HOW MUCH work this took omg. Hats off to anyone who has done it in the past and espesh Rob last contest for all the effort he put in.

It's my first time hosting, so please be kind if I get anything wrong!

Posted by: Bré 🐠 3rd May 2020, 06:42 PM

Semi-Final 1 YouTube Playlist

~ let me know if you want me to change your link in here as ever ~



Alternate links if auto-generated videos don't work











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Semi-Final 2 YouTube Playlist

~ let me know if you want me to change your link in here as ever ~



Alternate links if auto-generated videos don't work

Posted by: Bitch 3rd May 2020, 06:43 PM

Omg h00s you shoulda sent "Moment"

Posted by: Andrew. 3rd May 2020, 06:46 PM

The hype can’t wait to get stuck in listening, it’s been 84 years etc.

Posted by: Jack 3rd May 2020, 06:51 PM

Also, 'Sneeze, Cough, Hand Wash' is my early favorite. A BOP.

Posted by: SevenSeize 3rd May 2020, 07:01 PM

Grades - King finally showing up *.* one of my old potentials

Posted by: 🐠 IT’z Cody 🐠 3rd May 2020, 07:04 PM

BRUH NIKI CHUNGHA AND AOA IN ONE SEMI? HEAVEN *.*

Posted by: dan.G* 3rd May 2020, 07:05 PM

SPOTIFY

SF1


Unavailable: Tartford

SF2


everything available!

Posted by: 🐠 IT’z Cody 🐠 3rd May 2020, 07:06 PM

Michael: I’m already Tracer

Posted by: Addy! 3rd May 2020, 07:23 PM

OMG Tartford

Literally I had it on queue for quite some time now Music Instructor but with a different song Super Sonic (Brainbug Mix). I always find it surprising when someone besides me knows bops like these ...the only other one I would expect to have access to those songs would be Frankluck!!!



Good luck and I'm glad we're in same semi

Posted by: Bré 🐠 3rd May 2020, 07:25 PM

There are quite a few songs I've already heard outside of the contest again this month but not quite as many as last time, and it looks like the majority of the songs I already know are in the opposite semi from me so yay for being in the fresher semi for me! Some early hype in semi 2 for Aeroche, Cowtermont and D'yermak'er! ('I Wanna Be Blind' from the Turnstile/Mall Grab EP is up there among my fave songs of the year so far so would have probably been a guaranteed 18 from me if Jeff went with that instead but I liked 'Yes I Need My Generator' a fair bit too and this is a good opportunity to listen to it more again). Also sending early hype again to Jadakissnia over in semi 1 xx

Why So Sirius and Rolloland back-to-back near the start of semi 1 is going to be... a moment *_* also FSR Rontvia have sent an artist I had as a potential a few years back (with 'No More'), interested to hear this song!

We've had pretty amazing turnout in this contest, 68 entries is 4 more than we had in the previous biggest contest since BJSC 100! Wasn't sure we'd ever see a contest with this many entries again. (I mean it took a global pandemic to make it happen again but still...) Interestingly despite how massive this contest is we have very few long songs, the longest song is 6 and a half minutes and there are only 4 songs over 5 minutes, so plug sessions for this shouldn't end up being too excessively long ~

(Unfortunately we do seem to have lost Land of DW (as well as Taahino ofc) </3 not that this is a huge surprise following Frank's post in the semi results thread last month. Hope to see you returning at some point Frank).

Posted by: Addy! 3rd May 2020, 07:31 PM

which speaking of plug dj...are you available Bre to host or you need help?

Posted by: Bré 🐠 3rd May 2020, 07:35 PM

I'm happy to host the plug sessions again ~ can probably go for Tuesday & Wednesday, hoping that won't be clashing with anything important?

First BJSC listenthroughs on actual plug.dj for a few months *.* (courtesy of someone figuring out a workaround for plug.dj still not working properly)

Posted by: Addy! 3rd May 2020, 07:39 PM

Sounds fantastic to me

Posted by: King Rollo 3rd May 2020, 07:39 PM

Yes,I'm pleased to see my song being next to Why So Sirius in the running order. That's certainly when that semi will reach its peak.

Posted by: dan.G* 3rd May 2020, 07:47 PM

interesting to see Brainbug appear as I sent him to Halloween with 'Nightmare' - I haven't actually went and searched for his other songs, aside from the direct follow-up 'Benedictus' which was disappointingly very much a D-grade version of 'Nightmare'.

unfamiliar with most of these as ever except for 'Fet House Mode' which I found off Jupiter's PC, alongside 'Sirens' and 'New Person, Same Old Mistakes' (surprised this passed the veto considering it's Tame Impala and the song of theirs Rihanna covered). Plus I think I listened to 'Freaks' once but didn't think much of it, we'll have to see if it grows from being here.

Posted by: BridgeCow 3rd May 2020, 07:50 PM

Damn I was considering I Wanna Be Blind, feel like that's gonna come back and bite me ffs

Massive hype to Cadelicia initially tho

Posted by: Jade 🐠 3rd May 2020, 08:12 PM

Intrigued for Lex's entry as I heard a Moyka song earlier ('Backwards') and loved it! Kylienips' is one I've charted and I'm pretty sure the Chestoria entry is a song that my brother stans! Excited to dive into this, sent a Rontvia recycle this time so I'm glad they're in my semi

Posted by: LexC 3rd May 2020, 08:12 PM

So the tea is that New Lexico and FARC were the first two countries to confirm...and both confirmed ‘Spaces’ within 90 seconds of each other!

(Sorry Jake! x)

Posted by: LexC 3rd May 2020, 08:22 PM

I think there's sufficient pophoe and/or pophoe-curious nations in Semi 1 to stand me a good chance of keeping up my record Q streak!

Posted by: Bré 🐠 3rd May 2020, 08:23 PM

I'm just hyped to see Mall Grab in BJSC whatever the song tbh! One of the most exciting names in dance music recently for me (following being introduced to him via you in Unknown Pleasures).

Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 3rd May 2020, 08:24 PM

ur Q streak will be helped by the fact ur song is absolutely STUNNING lex.

Posted by: Hauspital* 3rd May 2020, 08:25 PM

And the fact that like half the contestants tried to confirm the song and so obviously like it (slight exaggeration, but ~3 people is still plenty)

Posted by: Qween 3rd May 2020, 08:26 PM

Even less confident about my cheap slice of Scandi given that draw

Posted by: Bré 🐠 3rd May 2020, 08:27 PM

That's Harry's anniversary entry x

Posted by: jakee 3rd May 2020, 08:28 PM

NIL POI’ coming your way babes!

Posted by: dan.G* 3rd May 2020, 08:29 PM

oh that makes more sense, forgot about that.

in which case nice pick of anniversary song.

Posted by: FrankLuck 3rd May 2020, 08:31 PM

I'm still around + I'm definitely planning to check out the entries! One of my top 3 potentials made it, so Sandénia hype all the way
There aren't too many songs I know this time (under 10), I'm glad that Jupiter ended up sending 'Fet House Mode', hope it will do well, great entry!
And we'll see, maybe I'll enjoy the contest even more without me being the part of it after so many years

Posted by: Andrew. 3rd May 2020, 08:42 PM

Omg we were gonna send the same song Jack! I put my one first, then yours, then changed back to mine because I couldn't decide at all :')

Posted by: HarryEzra 3rd May 2020, 09:09 PM

Yeah I wanted to choose that tame impala song as I feel like most know the Rihanna song but I wanted to showcase the original as my anniversary entry *.*

Posted by: uhsting 3rd May 2020, 09:33 PM

Wow thanks for the shoutout! I'm glad you like the song! Is it actually the shortest song ever sent to a contest? XD

Rolloland will surely be interesting! New Lexico with Spaces is actually sitting at no. 126 in Uhsting's Chart. I will give another week of listen! Other than that, it will be surely an interested contest (I see some Northvision Song Contest candidates as well (or maybe not because I might have seen it on someone else's chart lol ) )

EDIT: I remember NHS70. Really good song! I charted it quite close at the time it was released.

Posted by: Bré 3rd May 2020, 09:35 PM

I think it's slightly longer than The Llama Song which was also once sent here lel ~

Posted by: Cameron 🐠 3rd May 2020, 11:14 PM

We're jumping on the 80's bandwagon with this Indie-rock-electro number.

Posted by: Beef Curtains 3rd May 2020, 11:42 PM

What about Widowmaker?

Posted by: travis 3rd May 2020, 11:56 PM

I recognize so many songs in both semis, this is the first time in a while I've known so many! Some have even been potentials of mine!

I'm excited to see how the hype for my song grows because it felt like the most BJSC song I've heard in a while from the very beginning.

Posted by: Bré 3rd May 2020, 11:58 PM

I'm already Widowmaker x

Posted by: travis 4th May 2020, 12:02 AM

btw bre, if you look up "plug.dj fix 2020" on youtube, you should find some tutorials for a workaround!

Posted by: Bré 4th May 2020, 12:23 AM

I already have the workaround xx

Posted by: RobBot 4th May 2020, 12:29 AM

This has to be New Lexico's to lose~

Posted by: Infludexton* 4th May 2020, 03:03 AM

Genius entry tbh! I’m also kinda surprised Pete Wentz/Fall Out Boy was allowed for similar reasons although I suppose the song hasn’t become a hit yet and may be lesser known

Posted by: lewistgreen 4th May 2020, 06:54 AM

Just so you know, Wardy and I were on there on Friday evening and it stopped working. Even re-entering the code/refreshing didn’t work but maybe it’ll be fine a different day

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 4th May 2020, 10:18 AM

Ooh NHS70! I've had that in my head quite a bit the past month or so (presumably for the same reason it got sent) and I know The Rubens song as well, mainly as a result of Dexton spamming it in my persona chart

Posted by: Condebola* 4th May 2020, 10:22 AM

Susanne Sundfør is long overdue for a win in this x

Posted by: Kathy 😍 4th May 2020, 12:22 PM

I will sincerely be so upset if I DNQ (which I prob will judging by the draw!) as this entry of mine is my current song of the year That chorus is just to die for!

Posted by: Klumzeased* 4th May 2020, 12:34 PM

I see a couple former Klum representatives in semi one Hopefully Montaigne and Rebecca & Fiona do their countries proud!

My entry this month has been a potential for a while so I'm not head over heels obsessed with it like some of my other entries, all I hope for is a qualification and we're at least on par if not better than last month's result! It's very early 10's European summer holiday hit that never crossed over to the UK.

Posted by: imaduck 4th May 2020, 04:27 PM

I was expecting to see Spaces in PopJustice this month, but the biggest bit of pop in the last month appears here instead.

Some of the songs that got through veto here are insane, but I guess I come here with a popjustice understanding of what's big, and not a buzzjack one.

Muna can already have all my points.

Posted by: Bré 4th May 2020, 04:49 PM

I'm a little mystified as to how Moyka is apparently such a big deal with a song that has less than 5,000 views on YouTube. Even for a niche online interest act that seems extremely low.

Well this worried me for a second but I just tested and it is definitely still working for me! (Refreshing causes it to not work, if you refresh you have to enter the code again)

Posted by: RobBot 4th May 2020, 05:08 PM

I see Hypnotized got through over there, so there's definitely some choice allowances on both sides

I was surprised to see MUNA allowed here too actually but I can't pretend I've heard the song, think they're another that teeter somewhere in the middle of being niche and being well known enough.

Posted by: imaduck 4th May 2020, 08:02 PM

I think are veto processes are very different, which is probably why these things happen, we really primarily look at the charts and our own forum, so Hypnotized is an easy yes but MUNA, Frida Sundemo & The Aces would be laughed out at a glance though (as the aces were this month). A suprising amount of cross over this month, a lot of songs from either this or last round of PJSC.

(FLETCHER however seems to haunt both contests every other round like an underachieving but virilent strain of gonorrhea)

Posted by: Jack 4th May 2020, 08:13 PM

I've never really liked FLETCHER before but I think Forever is a bop!

Posted by: Bré 4th May 2020, 08:33 PM

The standards of what can be considered a significant level of discussion on BuzzJack are a lot lower than on PopJustice as we're a much smaller forum but even by those standards there was nearly no interest on this forum for (at least these songs by) any of The Aces, FLETCHER, MUNA or Frida Sundemo, there was more attention for Purple Disco Machine than all of those combined probably. The only notable mark against any of those songs was them having some prior success in BJSC (The Aces less so than the rest) which in itself usually doesn't feel like enough to veto a new song that it doesn't appear many people will know.

Posted by: Kathy 😍 4th May 2020, 08:35 PM

I will NEVER forget how you bribed the other veto members to sneak “Delirious” through you hoe.

Posted by: imaduck 4th May 2020, 08:47 PM

I am not above the occassional dick pic, I will not deny that.

Posted by: Quarantilas 5th May 2020, 09:23 AM

The veto is incredibly subjective. Its by its nature never going to be something that gets a universal agreement really so I just work off what evidence I have in front of me at the time.

Using Muna as the example maybe it helps if I explain my thought process, I’m just one person out of the group but hopefully it’ll help demystify some of the inner workings of the veto. This is what we are working off for the song in question:

MUNA - Stayaway 15
- artist came 34th in BJSC 83 and 2nd in BJSC 92 3+12
- appeared in 3 personal charts, 2 of which are BJSC participants (Jay, Jupiter)
- mid level blog coverage

2nd and 34th is a mixed bag, suggesting that they don’t have a consistent hit rate every time they are entered. The last entry was over three years ago and the contest has changed a lot in this time, so not necessarily the same audience is there. Two participants have charted the song, but that’s it for on-site buzz which suggests it’s not too widely known and those that know it haven’t been “oh my f***ing god you must listen to this” about it hence the lack of genre forum discussion. The lack of general internet background noise suggests it’s not likely to be something that a lot of people will have been knowingly exposed to without specifically looking it out.

There’s not enough evidence in front of me to show that this is a really widely known track and so my vote is to allow it through. Past performance comes into it for me when the artist has a consistent hit rate and that success is quite recent. In a case like this I don’t give it quite so heavy a weighting in my deliberations.

Dream contest for me is zero vetoes. All I can do is look at the evidence in front of my and decide if in my opinion it is likely that the song is quite well known among the participants and therefore giving that person a leg up in the competition. It’s a hard line to walk and I’m not saying we get every decision correct, because we absolutely don’t, but we do our best with what we can see and feel to make the right judgement. Where we get it wrong and veto a track, we have an appeals process that I strongly encourage the use of.

Posted by: :') 5th May 2020, 09:46 AM

Does somebody maybe have an Apple Music playlist for Semi 2 please? 🙏 ❤️

Will there be a plug session, please let me know so I can diarize! Thanks so much!

Posted by: Jack 5th May 2020, 10:09 AM

I think Bre said tonight and Thursday for plug unless I'm mistaken? I'll try to make both!

Posted by: Jay ☆ 5th May 2020, 10:39 AM

A #1 hit in my (now defunct) personal chart! Welcome to the contest African Grey, I hope Stayaway does brilliantly for you. Unfortunately we're not in the same Semi!

Posted by: imaduck 5th May 2020, 11:05 AM

You're doing the job and I'm sure everyone loves you for it, I think people have a habit of self-punishing songs they don't think should be in anway.

If it was up to me I'd let every song in, and we'd bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy.

Posted by: Bitch 5th May 2020, 12:32 PM

Vote IJSKOUD or be xenophobic thanks x

Posted by: Mart!n 5th May 2020, 12:54 PM

Montaigne was one of my acts that represented Kylienips, at the time the track I used did not do that well.

On the other hand, I just had to use Lapsley as I previously entered Station a few years back, I'm hoping Womxn will do better. I was going to change it at the last minute as I found something else, but I stuck with it, in the end.

Posted by: Vülker 5th May 2020, 04:23 PM

Just listened to and voted on SF1 - what a strong Semifinal! Could've easily given points to 6 or 7 more songs!

Posted by: Bré 5th May 2020, 04:37 PM

Plug session for semi 1 coming up tonight around 8:30 as usual! (Will try and make sure to start promptly since there are a fair few songs to get through ofc x)

Posted by: LexC 5th May 2020, 04:50 PM

Will do my best to attend the plug sesh (it's been 84 years ect)

Posted by: Bré 5th May 2020, 07:06 PM

https://plug.dj/buzzjack-listen-throughs

Starting semi 1 in 25 ish minutes

Posted by: Condebola* 5th May 2020, 07:23 PM

my entry not even acknowledged yet

Posted by: Jade 5th May 2020, 09:52 PM

Voted!

I feel like the nations towards the top of my votes are less predictable than usual ;o the semi was off to a rocky start but ended up with 12 I really wanted to vote for.

Posted by: LexC 5th May 2020, 09:55 PM

My main hype target from semi 1 is New Lexico Lotunia!

Posted by: Bré 5th May 2020, 10:20 PM

Sending all my hypes to Dobago in semi 1, the DANCE WITH THE DEAD vibes are strong (was this a song that you had as a potential for Club Bizarre? I feel like it could have done really well in that!) Lotunia's was a song I'd heard before as it was a winner on PopJustice, remembered quite liking it there but it stood out even more here, interested to see if it might come close to replicating its PJSC success here as it seemed like a very unexpected winner over there!

Hype to the eternal underdogs Harmonica and Niceland too, let's get them both to the final at the very least this time pls x

And also showing some love for an excellent AQ pick from Ojnoj

Semi 2 plug session coming same time tomorrow!

Posted by: Addy! 5th May 2020, 10:25 PM

Yes Dobago and Tartford hype

Posted by: Dobbo 6th May 2020, 09:26 AM

It was indeed yes. I wasn't sure which to send to what initially but ultimately I did end up preferring Red Eyes so sent that & held back the more in-your-face track for this. I guess this may well have done better there but who knows!

Posted by: gooddelta 6th May 2020, 03:31 PM

Voted. A fairly decent semi with a very good top five! Semi 2 has fewer songs that I absolutely love, but a lot more that I enjoyed overall.

I'll leave doing odds for the final but in terms of predictions I can see New Lexico, Lotunia, Ojnoj, Dobago, Pupok, Flynnonda, Thelonia, Altyr, Bhangra, Tartford, African Grey, Jadakissnia, Cor Lupus, Aeroche and Persephonia doing well among numerous others.

It is hard to see past a New Lexico win for sure, but Ojnoj have got a strong AQ that should have very wide appeal and Lotunia will do very well too.

Posted by: Bré 6th May 2020, 05:30 PM

^ I hadn't really paid much mind as to whether or not my song would do well this time so that is an encouraging sign

Posted by: Bré 6th May 2020, 06:54 PM

https://plug.dj/buzzjack-listen-throughs

Semi 2 coming up in half an hour ish xx

Posted by: CXNDÆRELLA-12 6th May 2020, 06:56 PM

@Braylene
Any stats for Semi 1 from the listen-through yesterday by any chance?~

Posted by: Bré 6th May 2020, 07:07 PM

Wasn't intending to post them but here they are, take with several large pinches of salt as ever xx

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 6th May 2020, 07:12 PM

Shame Nasty Cherry didn't do so well there :/

They'd be getting top points from me if I was in that semi!

Posted by: Jade 6th May 2020, 07:17 PM

FYI mine should've been 9 as Dan said he forgot to woot afterwards

yes 'same amount of woots as hotly tipped New Lexico' is what I'm clinging onto right now

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 6th May 2020, 07:20 PM

That's encouraging! Let's hope it can translate into an actual final position I've qualified 3 times in the last 15 contests show me some sympathy

Posted by: Andrew. 6th May 2020, 07:41 PM

Oh wow I did really well, a certain qualifier

Posted by: Klumzeased* 6th May 2020, 07:43 PM

don't let plug fool you! I came top in my plug semi based on woots and then finished bottom in the final after finishing somewhere around 14th in the semi

Posted by: LexC 6th May 2020, 07:46 PM

Many a false hope has been built up with the plug stats in the past before anyone wants to over-interpret them!

Posted by: Bré 6th May 2020, 07:50 PM

People who come on plug.dj are also very notoriously not as generous towards pop songs as the wider participant base so it's quite heavily skewed xx

Posted by: Commander Cody 6th May 2020, 08:44 PM

god I wish I was there for the plug session but I had work </3 AOA deserved better tbh

I’m not gonna read into plug stats, I don’t know the audience makeup from that day so the number might be misleading, like my entries usually get a decent reaction but an average of 6-7 woots might also mean your entry will fade into the background and the road to doing well is gonna be that much more of a struggle, so it cancels out and I don’t really have expectations

Posted by: Kathy 😍 6th May 2020, 10:01 PM

DAEHUN HYPE!!!!

Posted by: imaduck 6th May 2020, 10:09 PM

Anyone who dislikes Stayaway is being oppositive for the sake of it.

Posted by: Bré 6th May 2020, 10:20 PM

Semi 2 felt very sonically consistent, so many songs with the same kind of lowkey but groovy vibe (my own entry very much included ofc) - it's making it very difficult to rank my favourites as there isn't really one song that stands out massive above all the others (almost felt more like Club Bizarre than BJSC in that regard) but definitely enjoyed it more on the whole than semi 1. Will aim to do a relisten and vote on Friday.

We have to stan Kathaldazia's comeback tho and sending some hype to Aelandor, East Rukahavian, Flynnonda and Hushkanukia as well among others ~~

Posted by: Beef Curtains 6th May 2020, 10:21 PM

And Beaverdonia yaaay!

Posted by: :') 6th May 2020, 10:23 PM

Semi 2 is TOUGH

Justice for all the 3am bops and #DAEHUNHYPE

Posted by: Oliver 6th May 2020, 10:27 PM

There were a bunch of like 7-8 songs in the middle of the of the semi where I was like "this is probably my favourite semi of all time".

Posted by: Harve 6th May 2020, 11:48 PM

Does anyone like my entry

Posted by: Commander Cody 6th May 2020, 11:55 PM

it sucks that I’m not in your semi bc April’s comeback is probably one of my favorites this year

Posted by: Kathy 😍 7th May 2020, 12:08 AM

Watch me DNQ this month :')

Posted by: CXNDÆRELLA-12 7th May 2020, 12:50 PM

Same

If mine's a DNQ then I have NO idea about what can do well nowadays. AT ALL

Posted by: Bitch 7th May 2020, 12:52 PM

Let's just like each others entries tbh, clearly these brits don't appreciate what us foreigners bring to the table

Posted by: Klumzeased* 7th May 2020, 01:28 PM

you compliment fishers! for the record I like your entry Harve. (the one who is not actually foreign )

Posted by: Bitch 7th May 2020, 01:45 PM

Drag me, daddy klum

Posted by: Quarantilas 7th May 2020, 01:56 PM

Alliance of “non-English speaking country based users” immediately required.

Better name also urgently required.

Posted by: Bitch 7th May 2020, 02:03 PM

Let's call it the European Soldiers Against Xenophobic Englishmen
ASAXE

Posted by: Oliver 7th May 2020, 02:10 PM

Does Newcastle count as non-English speaking, asking for a friend...?

Posted by: Quarantilas 7th May 2020, 03:48 PM

love it

Posted by: CXNDÆRELLA-12 7th May 2020, 04:09 PM

we also have Jade here tho x

Posted by: CXNDÆRELLA-12 7th May 2020, 04:09 PM

lotti is 1/4 welsh so i'll let it slide

Posted by: *Tim 7th May 2020, 04:24 PM

She can join us, minorities united

Posted by: King Rollo 7th May 2020, 04:56 PM

Voted. There was nothing that really stood out but there were still songs that I liked that I couldn't give points to.

Posted by: CXNDÆRELLA-12 7th May 2020, 07:38 PM

if there's more of us, would that make them a minority

Posted by: *Tim 7th May 2020, 07:48 PM

I guess not? We are still minorities on our own

Posted by: X Æ Addy-12 7th May 2020, 09:39 PM

Sign me up!!!

I sent italian/english and they still keep ignoring it!!!

Posted by: Mart!n 8th May 2020, 09:21 AM

Voted

Posted by: Jonjo 8th May 2020, 10:26 AM

Ramrynia hype please. Thank you x

Posted by: lotita 8th May 2020, 11:33 AM

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 8th May 2020, 06:35 PM

Voted, an interesting semi!

Posted by: lotita 8th May 2020, 08:10 PM

the video for klums song *.* the horse girl in me jumped out x

Posted by: Klumzeased* 8th May 2020, 08:25 PM

we stan a niche fanbase!

also jesus christ the deadline is tomorrow! time is absolutely flying in these quarantined times.

Posted by: Hauspital* 8th May 2020, 10:41 PM

Voted!

I enjoyed the semi! My 12 pointer to win pls xo

Posted by: Bré 9th May 2020, 12:09 AM

Votes sent ~

Yehesi can have some hype from me too cos I am not a xenophobe x (also the song has grown on me, definitely the best Yehesi entry in a while)

I wouldn't be mad if Bal wins this like he won every other song contest this month tbh.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 9th May 2020, 12:25 AM

I'll have to remind myself to vote later on

Posted by: AH Gold 9th May 2020, 01:38 AM

Yay, at least I have one fan this month

Voted

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 9th May 2020, 09:18 AM

Voted!

Posted by: Quarantilas 9th May 2020, 10:30 AM

Rép d'Áskorza has submitted votes unusually early.

Posted by: *Tim 9th May 2020, 11:03 AM

(Imma forgive you for the lowkey shade as I need my stans)

Posted by: Popchartfreak 9th May 2020, 11:17 AM

voted. Pretty much liked every track in semi 2, so bit of a shame only 10 get points, hey ho!

Bit of hype for Suedonia - it's fab anyway, but it's also NHS, got a video that reminds you to keep your eyes closed when substances are flying about, and also makes me think of my fave joke:

A duck walks into a bar: "Got any bread?".....

google it

Posted by: *Tim 9th May 2020, 11:26 AM

Pupok's trash bop

Posted by: Hauspital* 9th May 2020, 11:27 AM

I'm also dropping some diet hype for Yashasi.

And some full-fat hype for Flynndonia ~ loads I'm liking in semi 2 *.*

Posted by: *Tim 9th May 2020, 11:31 AM

This is the most hype I had since like K3 or something

Posted by: Cameron 9th May 2020, 12:43 PM

Yehesi deserves to qualify. Justice for Laura Tesco.

Posted by: Commander Cody 9th May 2020, 02:01 PM

Jupiterdonia’s song filling the hole that PNAU left *.*

Posted by: travis 9th May 2020, 03:37 PM

voted and feeling not good at all about my chances now!

Posted by: Harve 9th May 2020, 05:11 PM

Will be voting later tonight - but not too late - as I am yet again dead from yet another ill-advised 1300m mountain climb in unreasonable temperatures.

Posted by: dandy* 9th May 2020, 06:49 PM

Votes are in... really loved my top 3 in SF1

Posted by: Harve 9th May 2020, 07:37 PM

That was a wonderful semi and it made voting extremely tough. The discrepancy in semi final quality is gonna make my final votes very lopsided~

Posted by: Jay ☆ 9th May 2020, 08:33 PM

Voted

Posted by: J00psyMethyd 9th May 2020, 09:34 PM

J'ai voté

Posted by: BridgeCow 9th May 2020, 10:00 PM

voted!

Posted by: Oliver 9th May 2020, 10:11 PM

Voted

Posted by: kye 9th May 2020, 10:27 PM

voted.

thank goodness for that last third in semi one! we got some real bops towards the end.

hype to > hendinia!

Posted by: Rob S 9th May 2020, 11:02 PM

Voted in time, enjoyable final, not much here I didn't like but did need a second listen through.

Posted by: lotita 10th May 2020, 07:51 AM

omg Stan me

Posted by: Jack 10th May 2020, 10:30 AM

Guys I'm so sorry, my nan is really ill at the moment and in no real state of mind to put my energy into posting this atm.

I will try my best to get it posted this week and will give you all an update where I possibly can.

Thanks for your understanding in advance

Posted by: Klumzeased* 10th May 2020, 10:57 AM

Take care Jack will be thinking of you and your nan! We all know what the priority is here and there's no need to be sorry - if needs be you can always handover responsibilities of the contest (or part of it) to a moderator.

Posted by: kye 10th May 2020, 11:27 AM

jack don’t worry about it, family comes first - thinking of you x

Posted by: J00psyMethyd 10th May 2020, 11:34 AM

No hurries

Posted by: *Tim 10th May 2020, 12:04 PM

Hope ur nan gets well soon! Don't hurry it, it's not like we've got anywhere to be these days

Posted by: Popchartfreak 10th May 2020, 12:50 PM

Don't worry Jack, family first, I hope all is improving with your nan

Posted by: imaduck 10th May 2020, 02:02 PM

If you all insist, I'll host instead.

I've got this.

Posted by: uhsting 10th May 2020, 03:16 PM

Hey Jack, no need to rush things. I hope your nan is getting well soon!

Posted by: Bré 10th May 2020, 04:03 PM

very sorry to hear about this Jack.

Posted by: Commander Cody 10th May 2020, 06:53 PM

Sending all my love to you Jack

Posted by: Jack 12th May 2020, 08:31 AM

Thanks for everyone's concern and sorry again for holding this up. I should be able to unveil results on Thursday at 7pm, if that is okay with everyone?

Posted by: Quarantilas 12th May 2020, 09:35 AM

Absolutely!!

Stay well and let us know if you need anything!

Posted by: Jack 14th May 2020, 04:25 PM

Sorry guys had another update, my nan is in critical care after deteriorating very quickly and although I've been strong this has completely slipped my mind.

I feel terrible for letting people down again and if the mods could help me with the rest as I just don't think I'm in a place where I can even bring myself to post the results right now, that's be appreciated.

Posted by: Popchartfreak 14th May 2020, 04:33 PM

Oh Jack, so sorry you're going through this terrible situation. All the best to you and your family and take care.

Posted by: Chez Wombat 14th May 2020, 04:38 PM

Aw Jack, that sounds awful, so sorry

Posted by: gooddelta 14th May 2020, 04:52 PM

So sorry to hear that Jack, take care and rest assured nobody feels you’re letting them down <3

Posted by: Kathy 😍 14th May 2020, 05:08 PM

Jack I’m sorry to hear that and I sincerely hope she recovers!

Posted by: Quarantilas 14th May 2020, 05:16 PM

Really sorry to hear Jack. Go be with Family, to whatever extent that you can, and don’t worry about any of this. You have all of our thoughts and well wishes.




@ Everyone else

We’ve got arrangements in place that will see Aeroche present the Semi-Final results. République d’Áskorza will then step in and host the final. Leww will give an update on when the results will be shortly and we will go from there!

Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 14th May 2020, 05:40 PM

jack <3 take some time to run through your emotions, be with ur fiancé and just focus on yourself and your family!

Posted by: HarryEzra 14th May 2020, 06:05 PM

I'm sorry to hear that Jack sending her and your family well wishes

Posted by: :') 14th May 2020, 06:07 PM

Our thoughts are with you and your nan. Be strong and sending you lots of lots of love!!

Posted by: Andrew. 14th May 2020, 06:14 PM

Aww Jack Sending love xx

Posted by: jakee 14th May 2020, 07:29 PM

jack ❤️

Posted by: J00psyMethyd 14th May 2020, 07:32 PM

Feel your feelings. My best wishes xo

Posted by: kye 14th May 2020, 08:25 PM

sending love jack

Posted by: uhsting 14th May 2020, 10:51 PM

I wish your nan a speedy recovery

Posted by: King Rollo 15th May 2020, 02:46 PM

It has just been announced on RTE that my entry has won Schoolovision!


A school in West Cork has won 'Schoolovision', a primary schools' version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Twenty-three pupils at Cappabue National School in Bantry recorded and released the rap song on climate change three months ago.

"One Small Change" went viral on social media and the principal was invited to enter the rap in the Schoolovision competition.

Schoolovision has been held on the eve of the Eurovision Song Contest for the past 12 years, with primary schools from up to 30 countries taking part annually.

Votes were cast online this morning and Ireland was announced as the winner.

Norway came second and Austria's entry was in third place.

Norma Healy, principal of Cappabue National School said everyone is thrilled to have won the competition.

She said it has been an exciting few months for the pupils who are now working on a second rap.

Ms Healy said they were supposed to appear on Good Morning America via Skype on World Earth Day but the appearance was cancelled because of Covid-19.

She said winning Schoolovision is the perfect consolation prize.

The pupils decided to make the video after being shocked by the amount of litter they found when they went to help clean up local beaches.

Music producer, songwriter and rapper Garry McCarthy came to the school to help the pupils - some as young as five - have their voices heard.

Past pupil, videographer Elaine Lucey, shot the video.

Posted by: uhsting 15th May 2020, 03:19 PM

Wow! That's a piece of good news! Congratulations to Cappabue National School!

Posted by: Liаm 15th May 2020, 03:21 PM

Sorry to hear Jack, all my love and hope you're doing ok!

Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 15th May 2020, 11:16 PM

All votes counted The only set of votes I don't seem to have is any from FRANDOOT so if you're wanting to vote, I'll accept them before 7pm tomorrow with no deduction! Results to follow at like 8:30-ish if that's alright?

Posted by: Jade 15th May 2020, 11:20 PM

Sounds brilliant Leww!

Posted by: X Æ Addy-12 15th May 2020, 11:25 PM

Brilliant leww...and as always a hero for stepping in and help out

Posted by: Bré 16th May 2020, 12:03 AM

Thanks Lew for helping out, bring on the results tomorrow x (y'all thought we were done having Aeroche take over contests just because they aren't a mod nation any more? )

Posted by: ✖ leww ✖ 16th May 2020, 05:59 PM

heya guys, i know it's been delayed enough but i've ended up with a backlog of paperwork today from my work shift that i don't think i'll get finished in time. i wasn't expecting it D:

would anyone mind if i popped it back until tomorrow at 7pm? it would end up quite a late starting one tonight i think

Posted by: Cameron 16th May 2020, 06:39 PM

Lew coming to the BJSC rescue AGAIN

Posted by: :') 16th May 2020, 06:53 PM

I wouldn't mind Lew! Good luck with your paperwork and all the best to you!

Posted by: Bré 16th May 2020, 06:59 PM

Another day is no big deal. We can just pretend the one week gap was intentional to respect the old standard of BJSC not happening during Eurovision week xo

Posted by: Suedehead2 16th May 2020, 07:08 PM

Can’t we just pretend the votes had to be sent to the USA to be processed?

Posted by: Commander Cody 16th May 2020, 11:56 PM

another thing to add to the list of thing s being delayed/cancelled this year x

Posted by: RobBot 17th May 2020, 06:52 PM

Oh, I gave Seyetana a 5 and I nearly give Iz points, so shame on you all, even if I don't remember it now x