Welcome all to Darpabrak for the first phase of the 126th Buzzjack Song Contest.
From the moment you read this you will be able to confirm your chosen artist and song for this months contest.
This does not apply to anyone who failed to vote in the final last month, you have been cast out and thus your entry is unwanted.
You may enter by completing the following https://forms.gle/QZHdaayUD3r1txL97, after which your entry will be subject to the following http://www.buzzjack.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=196914. If your entry is deemed to be unsuitable it will be mercilessly culled and you will need to submit a replacement.
Please take the time to check you have not sent a song which has already been entered into a prior edition of the contest, or a song by, or featuring, one of the following artists who placed in last months top 3:
Nova Miller
Izzy Bizu
Noonie Bao
You are also unable to send the same artist as you sent last month, no matter what level of BOP they may have laid down in the preceding weeks.
However, you may feel free to enter an artist someone else sent last month if you are okay with being side eyed into oblivion.
You have until 23:59 (UK Time) on Thursday 30th of July to submit your entry.
In very quick with my confirmation this month. I had a couple of potentials hanging over from last month but have gone with something I heard a couple of weeks ago and very quickly fell in love with.
That's the earliest I've confirmed in yonks, down to very fortunate timing more than anything!
Straight in there with my confirmation. Ready to flop x
I went with the cheap route but I have a backup which will for sure DNQ just in case
I’m just desperate lol
f***, I was meant to be on top of this because I feel like my entry could be very in demand and I'll be gutted if I don't get it.
I just know we've all gone for the same thing.
Conformed
Before I even posted this thread I KNEW who would send the same thing as me. I was not wrong.
Confirmed something from 2011 so no worries about other people entering the same song.
time to DNQ ~
bc SOMEONE decided that I don’t deserve rights
Confirmed but I have a feeling it might me taken!!!
it's about time!
Confirmed Hoping it's not taken!
Have been on brand and confirmed something dark and synthy
Sent a Kelly Clarkson/Jordon Sparks esque pop rock bop!
Gone (for now) with my <10 views song. I may also be breaking my 'no Americans' rule as I can't find anything about this person online whatsoever.
For once I actually have a lot of potentials so I need a day or two to decide!
Confirmed my song now. This is the first time this year I've gone for an artist not from the UK or the USA (gone Swedish this time). Aren't I being boring ~
I adore my entry this month. Call me excited for something different!
I'm very tempted to switch to dance for another top 15 but you've got my pop rock one for now as planned
Confirmed, was going send another pop song as I was really struggling to find anything but then found this other song jumped out at me the other day and now am way more content with it (the pop one could be a hit too though)!
I actually have a number of potentials, one I just heard today on my run! But I do see it has a more blog coverage than my entries usually do so I might hold off a bit and use one of my older ones (*someone enters it here and it smashes*)
New Lexico are in with another scandi bop.
Also peaking behind the curtain I can see that two of my three other potentials have been sent so I'm expecting to seethe with jealousy while they both smash!
I have confirmed a little something a friend introduced me to earlier and I am living for
Confirmed my summer banger for this edition!
I'm between 2 that couldn't be further apart!
I feel like somebody already sent what I was hoping to send but I'm praying for the best here!!
And I am most certainly DNQing because of that clash so I blame John x
Confirmed with something I hope will do quite well which is unusual, so hopefully not setting myself up for a disappointment
Gone for some German synthpop this month
I only heard my entry on Monday and already I'm full on loving it, I hope the rest of you enjoy it. I feel like every time I don't go dance these days it's a risk
I remember the days where song clashes meant veto ala Billie 'Give Me The Knife'
I've sent something less contentious for now, going with similar vibes to Jade this month
Stuck between Portuguese 80s-inspired synthpop and Libyan synthpop (half-Arabic, half-English). Both male vocals oops
Mosquetania returning this month and as far as i can tell should not be a veto risky song.
Confirmed.
Confirmed new female artist, loving most of her stuff at the moment she comes across like Billie Eilish
Confirmed, but will likely change.
Confirmed,
Suedeonia have gone Flemish for the first time
I'm liable to change my entry and fortunately this is out of too many tracks I love rather than just having a placeholder. But currently I'm on my first guitar-based entry since 2018 and unlike many others, it's not a recycle yay.
About 24 hours left to enter y'all ~
Up to 53 confirmed nations so far, currently missing the following who entered last contest:
Cadelicia
Daehun
Jayrusalem
Lotunia
POPHub
Ramrynia
Singerpurear
Tartford
Trifoski
Ultraviolenceland (I feel like it's poor timing for Sam to be caring about any music other than Taylor )
LMAO! Poor Sam.
I don't think she's listened to (or particularly cares about lmao) anything else this week!
Confirmed though I have a suspicion someone has already entered it based on previous comments (in which case I have a backup oldie ready to roll)
Will be confirming tonight.
someone finally tried to enter rain on me :')
#justiceforfreewoman #bjscmodsarehoes #radio1livesmatter #fuckthevetorules #streamrockstar
It feels like a decade since the last normal BJSC! I’m ready for the semis ❤️❤️
sent a 2014 unavailable remix of a 50-year-old worldwide flop album track from an obscure US act that hit in South Africa years later and became a 21st century cult success without having to die first. I'd never heard of him or the track until just over a week ago.
I'm pretty sure no-one will ever enter or playlist this one.......!
really glad you're back tom
Happy to see Numayania returning again as well... assuming they are able to find a song that doesn't completely shatter the veto framework
Ooh almost missed this! I've confirmed. In the probable event my entry's either already been taken/will get vetoed, I'm already frantically searching for a sure fire DNQ backup
5 of the last 7 entries we've received were either already taken or auto-vetoes (and, in one case, both). Does anyone want to come through with a less problematic last minute entry?
Well, if you come to Altyr I guess it’s only right and proper to be as cheap and problematic as possible in our honour .
Is there only one music blog left? can’t remember the last time there was so many double and triple confirmations!
Defo keeping us busy this month!!
Welcome back Tom!!!
Reconfirmed, but I'll continue looking as I've been incredibly silly leaving it this late.
Interested to see the vetos! Triple confirmations, they must be tipped to do well if not vetoed
Great to have Numayania back
I must say I'm surprised there hasn't been a veto yet given a certain song was triple confirmed in the past 20 minutes
These have been vetoed:
Aly & AJ - Joan Of Arc On The Dance Floor 39
- artist DNQed in BJSC 2, came 9th in BJSC 18 and 2nd in BJSC 122 3+12
- artist had 5 US Hot 100 hits between 2005 and 2008 12
- currently #41 on the BuzzJack multichart, peaked at #38 and has been charting for 8 weeks 12
- low to mid level blog coverage
Duke Dumont and Say Lou Lou - Nightcrawler (Tensnake Remix) 34.75
- Say Lou Lou came 14th in BJSC 48, 19th (as featured artist) in BJSC 51 and 4th in BJSC 114 3+12
- Tensnake came 18th in BJSC 54, 30th in BJSC 58 and DNQed in BJSC 63 0.75
- Duke Dumont had 5 UK top 40 hits in 2013-2017 12
- double confirmed (other confirmation was for original version) 7
- appeared in 2 personal charts (Dan, Thom Kay), original version has appeared in more charts
- low to mid level blog coverage for both original and remix
Yves V - Home Now (feat. Alida) 34
- Alida came 2nd in BJSC 58, 14th in BJSC 98 and 15th (as featured artist) in BJSC 108 (sole vocalist so full veto points counted) 5+12
- Yves V had a very minor UK hit last year ('We Got That Cool' (feat. Afrojack and Icona Pop), peaked at #68)
- double confirmed 7
- heavily samples 'Ecuador' by Sash! (UK #2 hit) 10
- appeared in 2 personal charts, 1 of which is a current BJSC participant (Dan)
- mid level blog coverage
SUNMI - pporappippam 27
- artist DNQed in BJSCs 93, 99 and 101 and came 13th in BJSC 108 10+7
- charted at #5 in South Korea this year 10
- appeared in 2 personal charts, 1 of which is a BJSC participant (Bré)
- standard K-Pop blog coverage
John also changed away from it before it could be officially vetoed but to avoid the question of if it would then be allowed to get through for someone else we also pre-emptively vetoed Hanna Ferm - Sweet Temptation via mod discretion due to being confirmed 3 times in the first 15 minutes.
Everything else confirmed so far (as of about an hour ago) should be fine unless there are any last minute changes of circumstances (i.e. if we get yet more double confirmations lmao)
I really like 'pporappippam' (rare for a K-Pop song) but SUNMI is just too overused still.
SUNMI won UKMIX song contest just 2 days ago and I lowkey wanted to confirm but now glad I decided to skip it!!!
SUNMI won PopJustice's song contest as well (first K-Pop song to ever win there, and I dare say it might have been a possible first ever BJSC K-Pop winner as well? but alas)
I do recommend people listen to it anyway xox
I have confirmed, and I may reconfirm within the next couple hours
edit: f*** it, I'm happy with it and don't wanna turn off folklore so that entry will do x
Reconfirmed, more out of desperation than anything else though lol
And we have another double confirmation!!!
(don't worry Tom, it's not you again have messaged the person responsible x)
You'd have thought that with the relatively big gap between contests there'd be less, not more, room for people to have settled on the same songs. xx
I've heard all of those songs all seem fair!
That Yves x Alida song is major
Omg someone else just confirmed SUNMI now as well.
Literally nearly every song coming through today is needing to be reconfirmed immediately. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
how did I know someone was gonna send sunmicome one come all to DNQ city
The best songs are always in the vetos, that Yves & Alida song is a really nice discovery
I was contemplating an entry change but after reading this thread I think I'll avoid taking that risk My current entry is rather Hanson-esque so surely a surefire hit
Are there any stats showing countries that got vetoed the most throughout the years lmao
I think I got maybe two or three if I'm forgetting some cheap choice I'd made before
We've now had a fourth confirmation for Hanna Ferm for good measure too. xxx
Pushed it to the latest possible moment to decide but I have finally submitted my entry for this contest. POPHub sending something POP to live up to its name.
EDIT: Ignore this I am the 4th idiot to send Hanna Ferm
I must have stepped out of a Tardis to the early-mid 2010s seeing all these confirmation clashes.
great to see someone else here appreciates the Tensnake remix of Nightcrawler anyhow, it's better than the original in my view. that Yves V song is rather good too and the other vetoes sound decent on a first listen.
Sweet Temptation is a good song as well, I can definitely see why so many people had it on their radar. Would also have done really well I'm sure. (And for what it's worth it finished 2nd to SUNMI on PopJustice lol)
Come on Sweet Tempation!
Okay I have resubmitted my entry and it’s quite different to Sweet Temptation but hopefully will go over equally as well lol
I think someone needs to submit Sweet Temptation by The Temper Traps now just to complete this mess
Is there a maximum number of confirmations a song can have before it’s an auto veto?
I’ve heard Sweet Temptation three or four times but despite the hype, I can’t properly get into it so far. Needless to say it would have been a potential winner here though.
In our latest instalment of 'instantly denied entries', one of our double confirmers has reconfirmed... with a song that was already sent a year ago.
Stay tuned for the next episode of this increasingly absurd series. x
Ah right, FAYE lmao oops. Still a tune <3
that's why we need like a cap for vetoes per year lmao
Some people wouldn’t get past the first contest of the year if we did that!! Even if it means more work for us I’m not really in favour of a three strikes style policy although some months it is f***ing tempting.
This month is a slight anomaly though so hopefully things return to normal next month.
Just to make things a bit more complicated... is it too late to confirm?
One of those months where the confirmations thread will be longer than the voting ones.
Good luck to the BITCH stealing my original banger
Reconfirmed with a similarly epic entry.
all the latest drama in here. looks like my gem of a track is safe
Oh so NOW you all like Hanna Ferm? Where were you when she undeservingly DNQd for Hushky years ago?
she took the pimp slot on meltiest year hunni
'sweet temptation' is as cheap as they come entry-wise
also it's a bit of a 'don't stop now' knock off
Everyone's going for vetoes and double/triple confirmations whilst I'm quietly sat here with my song which currently has 8 views on YouTube
Reconfirmed!
I wish my entries were that popular and on demand lol!!!
Right I think we are finally nearly done here, hopefully still on track for semis to be up tonight. Huzzah.
These songs were also vetoed:
TWICE - MORE & MORE 15 / 27?
- charted at #4 in South Korea this year 10
- currently #39 on Japanese Spotify, also charting in most other Asian markets and peaked at #58 on global Spotify earlier in the year 5
- standard K-Pop blog coverage
- artist has been vetoed previously for 'substantial exposure' on the basis of having one of the largest first 24 hour YouTube views ever, this song had a slightly smaller debut but ended up passing 100 million views faster than their previously vetoed song so 'substantial exposure' may still apply here 12?
CXLOE - 12 Steps 22
- artist came 41st in BJSC 103, 7th in BJSC 107 and 2nd in BJSC 117 10+12
- appeared in 1 personal chart (uhsting)
- mid level blog coverage
but we are now done with this for another month ofc, let us pray this month was an anomaly with so many last minute double confirmations and vetoes. xx
Knew I was being a little cheeky there trying that CXLOE song at 9:30pm on deadline day, but shy bairns get nowt.
Just double checked the submission form and I did enter and name the Pop Mix, so no idea where the club mix has appeared as my entry.
I edited the name in the OP now, the link always went to the radio edit anyway (although it was the longer version in the Spotify playlist oops, so sorry if anyone using that is allergic to slightly extended versions of songs).
Powered by Invision Power Board
© Invision Power Services