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Apr 6 2019, 04:17 AM
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Avalanche City "Prayed For Love"
113 Discovered: ZM This feels like a risk, but a safe entry didn't seem right this month despite the circumstances. Actually when you're in our position everything sounds like a risk! So no expectations for this one. We're probably going to have a string of consecutive entries from Australia/NZ, this being the second, unless we do something special for our 50th contest next month (although it won't be an anniversary entry as it appears those need to be submitted two months in advance, oops x) Do the damn thing Avalanche City! |
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Apr 25 2019, 05:41 AM
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Avalanche City "Prayed For Love"
113 Discovered: ZM Semifinal Result: 18th Final Result: 37th - 128 points Voters 12 points: Alteria, Wholune 11 points: Arcodesia, Daehun, FSR Rontvia 9 points: Greenfroze, Kylienips 8 points: Jupiterdonia, Tartford 7 points: Singerpurear, Suedeonia 6 points: Aelandor 5 points: Danaeviia 4 points: New Lexico 3 points: Florina, Kluminican Republic 1 point: Deandria, Unovia Okay this time we REALLY accomplished the thing! Really glad that this one found its fanbase, even despite finishing 6th from last and not getting any medal positions. Belated thanks to the countries above! So next is our 50th contest and we're as ill-prepared as ever, what better way to celebrate than to have our delegates plan last-minute in true Harmonican fashion. So stay tuned but don't hold your breath! |
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May 6 2019, 05:11 AM
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Sally "Calculated"
114 Discovered: ZM Semifinal Result: 24th Here it is, our 50th BJSC entry! We were going to select from our favorite rejected potentials of the last 5 years, but in the end those songs weren't sent for a reason so they'll remain that way for now. Instead we went for female pure pop just as we did for our first entry in 64. Sounds a bit out of place having already listened to the semifinal twice, but just having an actual melody made it stand out in a good way. Did we calculate this entry correctly? (Edit: we didn't ) (Speaking of which, I definitely mis-calculated earlier and only just realized we broke our record-longest Q streak last month. I was deliberately not mentioning that to avoid it being jinxed, but it's safe to do so now so YAY *.*) |
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Jun 15 2019, 04:20 AM
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Flight Facilities feat. Dustin Tebbutt "All Your Love"
115 Discovered: Rock FM Lusaka Semifinal Result: 22nd Well, our Q streak has reset to zero which means we're back in our comfort zone. Finally it's time to send the song that's been our backup entry for the past several contests - it genuinely has been at least seven! There's always been another song that felt more right at the time, but |
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Jul 25 2019, 12:14 PM
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Benee "Want Me Back"
116 Discovered: Probably YouTube, July 2019 Semifinal Result: 26th Our latest New Zealand-based entry comes from BENEE, the artist behind the hit 'Soaked' (who since changed her name a little bit). Long story short, the rest of her EP wasn't very BJSC-friendly so I went with my personal fave. It didn't do well but a few of our other potentials did! (We passed on 'I'm Good', didn't think it sounded like a hit let alone a winner, ah well ) |
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Sep 1 2019, 05:16 PM
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Black Atlass "If They Only Knew"
117 Discovered: Spotify (recommended by my cousin), July 2019 Semifinal Result: 25th My first time sending one of my Unknown Pleasures artists to another contest! This song was discovered almost by accident on a recent road trip. Not exactly confident with the semi draw that we got...but we'll see! (Edit: ) |
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Sep 24 2019, 04:39 AM
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Joseph "Fighter"
118 Discovered: The Summit FM, June-ish 2019 Semifinal Result: 25th Been saving this for a couple months and it's STILL growing on me with every listen! We sent Joseph three years ago with "White Flag" to a roaring top 20 success, and the trio has come back with somehow possibly an even better song. This failing to break our DNQ streak shows there's truly no justice in the world. THAT SECOND CHORUS THO. |
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Nov 23 2019, 05:32 AM
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Sophie And The Giants "Space Girl" 119 Discovered: Soundcloud, October 2019 Semifinal Result: 23rd After too many DNQs in a row, Harmonica had to stop getting emotionally invested in their entries, and instead waited until the last day or so of confirmations to discover a song worth sending. It was a great find to be fair, with Sophie's voice fitting somewhere between Florence Welch and Alice Merton, and that hook sounding like "Ship To Wreck" too! BJSC continued to not care, but that's okay. Sophie could well be back soon as she has another worthy song selection! Voice Of The Beehive "Scary Kisses"
120 Discovered: Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 90s Edition Finally our first 90s entry!! This song has been known in Harmonica since 2013, somehow this mostly-British band landed a #77 hit in America after their UK chart career had ended. It's a total earworm and will easily be one of our favorite entries ever. We can only hope there's some pop and 90s appreciation in our semifinal! |
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Jan 4 2020, 05:37 AM
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Voice Of The Beehive "Scary Kisses"
120 Discovered: Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 90s Edition Semifinal Result: 13th Final Result: 20th - 152 points Voters 18 points: FSR Rontvia 13 points: Espen 12 points: Aeroche, Singerpurear, Trifoski, Wholune 9 points: Altyr Muunilinst, Fljotavik 8 points: Persephonia, Seyetana 7 points: Niceland, Terra Avium 5 points: Jupiterdonia, Rolloland 4 points: Hushkanukia 3 points: New Lexico, Ojnoj, Summericia 2 points: Aelandor This post serves two purposes: First, a reminder that THIS SONG IS IN TBO AND YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR IT (as well as Flight Facilities' 'All Your Love', which was our best-performing DNQ of 2019 and made it through the first round of heats)! Second, celebrating that it was Harmonica's most successful entry of the year (i.e. our only top 20 hit) and deservedly so! Many thanks to those listed above, including what I believe is the only 18 we've received all year. Stay tuned as we update our voting history and announce our top 50 favorite entries of 2019! |
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Jan 21 2020, 11:00 PM
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Before we can move on to 2020 we have to wrap up 2019! This was one of our two favorite years of BJSC, if not our favorite altogether! Almost every contest was a way higher quality than average and our 18-pointers were always incredibly strong. However, Harmonica itself has been rather aimless and uninspired as of late. We are considering a break from the contest in the near future for this reason, but if the contest continues to be great in 2020 it will be tough to drop out! The best part is supporting our favorite entries, so on that note let's do just that!
HARMONICA'S FAVORITE ENTRIES OF 2019 1. Vulkyria - Xenomania pts. Paige Cavell "Predators & Monsters" 2. Altyr Muunilinst - SOAK "Maybe" 3. Florina - Moyka "Colder" 4. Botanikka - Tamia "Stranger In My House (Thunderpuss Club Mix)" 5. Ojnoj - Ben Platt "RAIN" 6. Scherzland - Kah-lo "Exit Sign" 7. Trifoski - Marianas Trench Ft. Roger Joseph Manning Jr. "Echoes of You" 8. Thelonia - Openside "Character Flaws" 9. New Lexico - chloe mk "To Be Young" 10. Skall - Nadia Rose "Skwod" If you know Harmonica you know we love Norwegian artists (Ary, Anna of the North, Emilie Nicolas, and now Moyka) and just about anything from New Zealand (most of our 2019 entries, plus Openside on this list). But the best country of ALL this year was Vulkyria, earning two of our 18s and appearing consistently in our votes. Well done! The rest of our top 50 will come in the next few days. (Also we've still got two entries in TBO!! Keep voting for us xx) |
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Jan 22 2020, 12:32 AM
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Cause if looks could kill, we wouldn’t want to be Dan Humphrey
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Openside!
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Jan 29 2020, 03:04 AM
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HARMONICA'S FAVORITE ENTRIES OF 2019 (CONTINUED)
11. St. Burbia - The New Respects "Trouble" 12. Hushkanukia - Marion Raven "We Are W.I.T.C.H." 13. Ultraviolenceland - SHAED "Trampoline" 14. Unovia - Ingrid Michaelson "Missing You" 15. Kluminican Republic - KSHMR, B3nte and Badjack "The Spook Returns" 16. Oslol - Havana Brown "BaBing" 17. Ramrynia - ELM "Fear" 18. FARC - Kokiri "Other Side Of Love" 19. Vulkyria - Tom Ferry and Lisa Ajax "Off My Mind" 20. Republique d'Askorza - Mutya Keisha Siobhan "Only You" 21. FSR Rontvia - Spinifex Gum with Marliya Choir "Sisters" 22. East Rukahavian - Jenni Vartiainen "Made In Heaven" 23. United States of Jack - Kiana Ledé feat. Offset "Bouncin" 24. Scherzland - Molly Hammar feat. Kim Cesarion "Show Me" 25. Persephonia - Baiuca feat. Aliboria "Olvídame" 26. Espen - Sho Madjozi "Huku" 27. FSR Rontvia - Swim Deep "To Feel Good" 28. United States of Jack - M.O "Ex At The Party" 29. Aesthetica - Niki And Gabi "Hair Tie" 30. Bhangra - Four Of Diamonds "Eating Me Up" 31. #00274E - EVA "Touch Me" 32. Wholune - Hey Violet "Clean" 33. New Lexico - Anja Kotar "Brain" 34. St. Burbia - Glowie "Cruel" 35. Hushkanukia - Dami Im "Fighting For Love" 36. Republique d'Askorza - Elley Duhé "Fever" 37. The Actual Republic of Bellamia - CXLOE and gnash "Sick" 38. Jadakissnia - Pharao "I Show You Secrets" 39. Oslol - Alyssa Reid "Satisfaction Guaranteed" 40. Greenfroze - EVERGLOW "Adios" 41. Oslol - Eden xo "Have It All (F9 Club Mix)" 42. Oslol - Eliza And The Bear "Winter In New York" 43. The Actual Republic of Bellamia - Lewis Blissett "Killing Butterflies" 44. Brechtoria - Wafia "I'm Good" 45. Jupiterdonia - LÉON "You And I" 46. Aeroche - Tommy Trash feat. Anna Lunoe "Me & U" 47. Greenfroze - Perfume "Everyday" 48. Suedeonia - whenyoung "The Others" 49. Taahino - State Champs "Criminal" 50. Eledan - Erika Lundmoen "Yad" It was a record year for our unsent potentials being sent by other countries - "Bouncin" and "I'm Good" from this list, plus "Diane" (Dobago), "Fade Out" (TARO Bellamia), "Final Form" (Persephonia), and "Can't Do It" (St. Burbia). Passing up on smashes is our new talent I suppose. Sorry if your country's not on this list, but you're probably somewhere on the year-end playlist which is 182 songs total! |
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Jan 29 2020, 03:47 AM
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Cause if looks could kill, we wouldn’t want to be Dan Humphrey
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you gave me 13 points so apology not accepted
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Feb 4 2020, 01:13 AM
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Robinson "Don't Say"
121 Discovered: ZM, January 2020 We actually nearly sent a Robinson song two years ago, shortly after 'Don't You Forget About Me' which is now in our all-time fave territory. This entry is more of a happy accident as we were blissfully unaware it was the exact same Robinson who won a few contests back. She qualified for us anyway, so we've got our Q streak back! How far can she go in the final? |
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Feb 21 2020, 04:54 AM
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Robinson "Don't Say"
121 Discovered: ZM, January 2020 Semifinal Result: 12th Final Result: 26th - 137 points Voters 15 points: Taahino 13 points: Ultraviolenceland 12 points: Ojnoj, Oslol, Ramrynia, Unovia 10 points: Singerpurear 8 points: Altyr Muunilinst 7 points: FSR Rontvia, Republique d'Askorza 6 points: New Lexico, Wholune 5 points: Summericia 4 points: Flynnonda 3 points: St. Burbia, Yehesi 2 points: Aelandor, Aeroche Okay, apparently I didn't post any commentary here. But thanks as always to the voters! |
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Feb 28 2020, 05:02 AM
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Burcu Gunes "Ufo"
122 Discovered: YouTube, February 2020 Semifinal Result: 24th OUR FIRST FOREIGN LANGUAGE ENTRY!!! We discovered a different Burcu Gunes song at a Turkish restaurant, Shazamed it, went through her other songs and eventually came across this gem. A definite earworm, it seemed to have potential but alas the Harmonican racism spoke louder |
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May 7 2020, 09:46 PM
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Leland & VINCINT "Middle Of Love" 123 Discovered: at Walgreens on March 18th doing my panic-buying before the inevitable stay-at-home orders were announced Semifinal Result: 30th With 'Blinding Lights' at #1, 'Physical' top 3 and 'Break Up Song' top 10, an 80s-sounding song seemed like a good idea (ignoring that we didn't have many potentials to pick from anyway!). Instead, we finished last in the semi. Whoops! Selah Sue "Always Home (Sorry Remix)"
124 Discovered: Soundcloud/YouTube, Summer 2016 Semifinal Result: 26th It's our 60th entry!!! We went for something special this time after not doing so for our 50th anniversary entry. This has been a potential since Summer 2016 but you can tell it's a very unique-sounding remix, and could easily go unappreciated. Well, with how we'd done the past two contests and three of our other potentials being taken, there was nothing to lose, and yet we lost anyway. An ASMR-friendly entry *.* |
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Jun 13 2020, 04:03 AM
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Overcoats "Fire & Fury"
126 Discovered: YouTube Here is Harmonica back in its element, sending not just its preferred genre of pop-rock but a song by a duo. We love a duo! Overcoats hope to follow the footsteps of Holychild, Kaneholler, For King & Country, and most recently Voice Of The Beehive to grab the attention of BJSC. Feeling confident about this one for a change, that's never a good sign is it? Sky is falling but we'll get through it |
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Jun 14 2020, 09:40 AM
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Rob aah
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I hope this does do well Jordan. Sounded great to me amongst an already fab semi!
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Jul 3 2020, 01:53 AM
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Overcoats "Fire & Fury"
126 Discovered: YouTube Semifinal Result: 11th Final Result: 26th - 148 points Voters 15 points: Singerpurear 13 points: Wholune 12 points: Jayrusalem 11 points: Summericia 10 points: Ultraviolenceland 9 points: Lotunia 8 points: Why So Sirius 7 points: Greenfroze, New Lexico, Republique d'Askorza 6 points: Hushkanukia, Rolloland, Trifoski 5 points: Niceland, Tartford, The Actual Republic of Bellamia 4 points: FSR Rontvia, Persephonia, Ramrynia 2 points: Jupiterdonia 1 point: Jadakissnia, St. Burbia ...and get through it we did! Breaking a 3-month DNQ streak was a much needed victory for Harmonica. Don't be surprised if we send Overcoats again in the future |
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