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Posted by: Dexton Jan 17 2018, 04:51 AM

Welcome to the grand cereal nation of Holland-Oats, renowned for our mass production of Buzzjack's finest oatmeal and the latest nation to be recognized in the Buzzjack Song Contest! Holland-Oats was formerly known only as an extremely large and highly populated cereal distributor, providing the world with the highest quality oat-based breakfast foods known to man! Now, following a highly controversial nation-wide vote, Holland-Oats has declared it's independence as a nation on the world stage. Our nation capital is Sarasmile and is the largest city in Holland-Oats with a booming population of 3,111,976! The total population of our entire nation is approximately 40 million, shared over six large cities. The current President/CCC (Chief Cereal Commander) of Holland-Oats is Franklin Hohl whilst his Vice President/VCCC (Vice Chief Cereal Commander) is William Oates. The official and most commonly spoken language in Holland-Oats is English, however other languages are also prominent are Dutch, Italian and Soft Rock.

An expansive railway system weaves throughout the nation, frequently used for the transportation of grains to and from the major cities. However this same railroad is also used for the world-famous Love Train, advertised as a Method Of Modern Love although is mostly used by Italian Girls and Family Men. The "Private Eyes" Railway connects the six largest cities of Holland-Oats: Sarasmile, Red Ledge, Camellia, New Philadelphia, Rich Girl City, and Dextown. In the fast-growing nation of Holland-Oats, Dextown is the former capital of Holland-Oats and only recently passed on the title of capital to Sarasmile to accommodate growth. Despite being located at opposite ends of the Private Eyes Railway and was expected to take weeks to transfer goods and services required for the capital from Dextown to Sarasmile, the administrative heads of Sarasmile Did It In A Minute!

Coincidentally the national anthem of Holland-Oats, as was voted by the public in an overwhelming 99.7% landslide victory back in 1982, is Maneater by Daryl Hall & John Oates. Disclaimer: The similarities between the artists of the national anthem and Holland-Oats name, as well as it's founders, were not noted by the public until 2018.

BJSC History:

BJSC 101: Morgan Saint - YOU [DNQ]
BJSC 102: Vera Blue - Regular Touch [28/37]
BJSC 103: CXLOE - Monster [41/41]
BJSC 104: Luke Million - Hypnotised (feat. Last Dinosaurs) [DNQ]
BJSC 105: Client Liaison - World Of Our Love [28/38]
BJSC 106: Chet Faker - Gold [DNQ]
BJSC 107: The Aston Shuffle - Tear It Down [36/42]
BJSC 108: Young Franco - Talkin' Bout It (feat. KLP) [35/38]
BJSC 109: GLADES - Not About You [34/39]
BJSC 110: Petit Biscuit - Suffer (feat. SKOTT) [19/38]

BJSC 111: Elk Road & JES - Ghost [15/37]
BJSC 112: Mallrat - Groceries [DNQ]
BJSC 113: Ok Moon - Loved You Right [DNQ]
BJSC 114: Did Not Enter
BJSC 115: Tones And I - Johnny Run Away [DNQ]
BJSC 116: Did Not Enter
BJSC 117: Kita Alexander - Between You & I [11/38]
BJSC 118: Jordie Ireland feat. Riley Biederer - Throw Away My Number [42/42]
BJSC 119: BENEE - Find An Island [16/38]
BJSC 120: Thelma Plum - Clumsy Love [22/38]

BJSC 121: Did Not Enter
BJSC 122: G Flip - Drink Too Much [18/29]
BJSC 123: The Jungle Giants - Sending Me Ur Loving [DNQ]
BJSC 124: The Rubens - Heavy Weather [DNQ]
BJSC 125: REZZ & Grabbitz – Someone Else [DNQ]
BJSC 126: JXN - paranoia [DNQ]
BJSC 127: Ball Park Music - Day & Age [DNQ]
BJSC 128: Eves Karydas - Complicated [DNQ]
BJSC 129: DVBBS - West Coast (feat. Quinn XCII) [38/42]
BJSC 130: Wafia - Good Things [25/41]

BJSC 131: KIAN - Sunbeam [DNQ]
BJSC 132: Alex The Astronaut – I Think You're Great [DNQ]
BJSC 133: Did Not Enter
BJSC 134: The Knocks - R U HIGH (feat. Mallrat) [DNQ]
BJSC 135: Kinder - Bus Stop [08/41]

90s vs. 00s: Pulp - Common People [14/38]
Pride: Mary Lambert - Secrets [22/46]
Re-Invention II: Weezer - Rainbow Connection (feat. Hayley Williams) [20/33]
Masquerade II [Rolloland]: Guillemots - Annie, Let's Not Wait [30/39]

Posted by: Dexton Jan 17 2018, 04:51 AM

The primary export of Holland-Oats is, of course, oat-based cereals, with at least fourteen cereals being named after the President and Vice President of Holland-Oats themselves. Oats grown form our luscious fields account for 73% of a Holland-Oatian's diet, with over half of that diet consisting of various cereals!

Lucky Oates
Our most popular cereal are the scrumptious Lucky Oates! Made from 100% Holland-Oat-grown oats, Lucky Oates are deliciously oaty and are adored by the entire nation. They are the personal favourite cereal of Vice Chief Cereal Commander William Oates who eats three bowls of Lucky Oates each morning. Rumour has it he has collected over 40,000 Jaguar key chains over the years and stores each and every one of them in a hidden room in his mansion! Whilst some say he has a bit of a Possession Obsession, the Jaguar key chains sure are worth it![/font]



fyi I am embarrassingly proud of that cereal box
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Posted by: Leonardo Jan 17 2018, 01:45 PM

Welcome to the contest, Good luck!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Jan 17 2018, 02:13 PM

Lots of effort put into that! Welcome to the contest and good luck!

That box also

Posted by: Avicii Jan 17 2018, 02:33 PM

Welcome from South Danaelanda!

Lucky Oates sell in only small quantities here due to the ever popular You Don't Know Me brand, which is recommended by the government as part of a healthy breakfast for being a good source of Vitamin G.

Posted by: travis Jan 17 2018, 08:08 PM

Welcome to the contest from your friends over here in Aesthetica!!! Can't wait to see what you bring to the show~

Posted by: Bré Jan 28 2018, 11:14 PM

I am admiring the dedication to the country name pun *_*

Welcome to the contest enjoying your first entry quite a bit, looking forward to what else you have to offer in the future ~

Posted by: Jade Jan 29 2018, 12:31 AM

Welcome to the contest Holland-Oats (I enjoy that pun way too much), from Jadakissnia I really like your debut, particularly the "I could be looking for you" / "I could be missing on you" parts, as they remind me of Bon Iver's "Could be lookin' at you" line in 'Friends' by Francis & The Lights and I love that song haha. Fingers crossed for a debut qualification!

Posted by: Dexton Jan 30 2018, 03:52 AM

BJSC 101

Holland-Oats made our debut appearance in the Buzzjack Song Contest this month with Morgan Saint's YOU! She was looking for you, missing for you, but alas did not qualify for you and came second-last in our Semi 2 Qualifier. Perhaps not a typical BJSC entry, yet a sweet and slightly haunting song with vocals to remember. Morgan Saint's accompanying music video for YOU is equally emotive complete with brilliant choreography by Morgan herself.

Holland-Oats extends huge gratitudes to those who voted for us in the Semi Final!

Votes Recieved
+8 from Beaverdonia
+4 from Moonland (The Nation Formerly Known as Deandria)
+4 from Terra Avium
+2 from Persephonia
+2 from Trifoski
+1 from Dobago

Total: 21

Posted by: Dexton Jan 30 2018, 04:02 AM

Hmm... the typical Holland-Oatian does suffer from a Vitamin G deficiency... perhaps we should begin importing You Don't Know Me for the good of our people...



What pun? Shame we didn't qualify but yay for BINARY getting through (all caps songs ftw), I have high hopes for Jadakissnia in the final! I actually hadn't heard that Francis & The Lights song before now but I do see the comparison and quite like the song, I liked the Chance the Rapper version of May I Have This Dance last year too though

Posted by: Riser Mar 6 2018, 10:05 PM

Hey! I love "You" (that's weird to say) and had no idea it was entered in BJSC until today! (It was going to be a future entry of mine, oops (but this was after you had sent it so it was totally my error, lol)) If we had been in the same semifinal I'd definitely have given it high points Alas it's not the kind of song that tends to do well, Morgan reminds me of the likes of Anna Of The North and Emilie Nicolas who are both rather floppy in this contest as well.

Posted by: Dexton Mar 20 2018, 02:40 PM

BJSC 102

Holland-Oats is celebrating qualifying for the first time with Vera Blue's Regular Touch! Placing at a low yet still respectable 28th out of 37! The single came to the attention of our nations music directors after placing 15th in the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 amongst other Australian artists such as Pnau, Vance Joy, Peking Duk, Baker Boy, Gang of Youths, and many many more~

Holland-Oats extends huge gratitude to those who voted for us in the Final, giving us our highest (and only) peak to date! Also a big fat thank you to Jupiterdonia for the +18

Votes Recieved
+18 from Jupiterdonia
+13 from Greenfroze
+11 from Flynnonda

+10 from Cor Lupus
+10 from Taahino
+09 from Ramrynia
+09 from Azure
+09 from #00274E
+07 from Kluminican Republic
+07 from Altyr Muunilinst
+06 from Cumulonimbia
+06 from Niceland
+06 from New Lexico
+06 from FARC
+05 from Beaverdonia
+05 from Dobago
+05 from République d'Ashton
+04 from Pupok
+03 from Unovia

Total: 149



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BJSC 103

CXLOE - Monster - 41

Posted by: Dexton Apr 16 2018, 06:29 AM

I DO PLAN ON UPDATING THIS

In the meantime we have Luke Million (producer of the Stranger Things theme tune) teaming up with Aussie indie band Last Dinosaurs 🦕 🦖 with Hypnotised

Posted by: Dexton May 17 2018, 02:42 AM

BJSC 105

Our fifth total entry is from local Australian band Client Liaison, with World Of Our Love! It’s our oldest entry to date but still only dates back to 2016-2017 There’s lots of tough opponents in our semi but H-O has high hopes this month (higher than last months anyway)

Posted by: Dexton Aug 29 2018, 11:44 AM

The effort & dedication put into this thread really dropped off a cliff didn’t it

Posted by: Bré Aug 29 2018, 12:39 PM

At least someone's further behind on their thread than me xx (oops)

Really baffled as to how The Aston Shuffle wasn't a bigger hit tbh! (I know I didn't help by not voting for it etc. but it was a v good final xx)

Posted by: DexTheHalls Nov 29 2018, 03:42 PM

BJSC 110 Petit Biscuit - Suffer (feat. SKOTT)

Posted by: PeteLeftLeeds Dec 4 2018, 01:49 PM

Glad I got round to having a second listen because this has really grown on me! A proper winter dance smash.

Posted by: Michael Bubré Dec 5 2018, 01:31 AM

Yayyy at this doing decently for you *.* definitely your best entry to date, a tune ~

Posted by: DexTheHalls Dec 5 2018, 05:28 AM

Suffer just keeps growing on me too *.* Thank youuu



I agree tbh. Regular Touch was amazing at first but I haven't listened to it at all in the last 6+ months Tear It Down was a banger too but kinda old so it didn't really fit?



Low key annoyed I didn't come 33rd though

Petit Biscuit is a French DJ and music producer and Skott is a Swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer... this may be the end of mostly Australian entries

Posted by: DexTheHalls Jan 21 2019, 04:51 AM

BJSC 111 Elk Road & JES - Ghost


A dance rework of a song from 2009 or something, released late last year and is set to go Top 20 in my personal chart.

The original..


This came in at 15/37 Our highest entry to date!

Posted by: Dexton Feb 26 2019, 08:22 AM

BJSC 112 Mallrat - Groceries

Posted by: Dexton Mar 15 2020, 01:20 PM

Updated the original post with my entries of the last 10 contests (yes thats how out of date this is). I love how I entered Tones and I literally right before Dance Monkey took off too - and now BENEE's Supalonely is becoming a hit after I sent Find An Island not too long ago. Fingers crossed now for some worldwide recognition coming Thelma Plum/G Flip's way!

My plan for the next contest was an alternative rock song by a young female Australian artist - however I feel like I gravitate towards that demographic more often than not so for BJSC 123 I'm thinking of going for an indie dance/pop jam by an Australian band. More Client Liaison than Tones and I going by my previous entries. However this will be Holland-Oats' 20th entry into the contest so maybe I'll change my mind again!

Posted by: Dexton May 9 2020, 03:34 PM

The Rubens - Heavy Weather


Holland-Oats' latest entry to BJSC after The Jungle Giants failed to qualify last time around!

Posted by: Dexton May 28 2021, 03:31 PM

Over a year since my last post in here but perhaps with our latest entry reaching an all new peak for Holland-Oats it's time to be more regular with updates!

Kinder - Bus Stop


BJSC 135 8th place - 246 points across 31 votes

Votes Recieved:
+18 Sandeborg
+18 Zamiton
+15 République D'áskorza
+12 Bøtanikkä
+12 FARC
+12 Hendinia
+12 Ojonoj
+11 Aeroche
+11 Thelonia
+10 Harmonica
+10 FSR Rontvia
+10 Ultraviolenceland
+8 Chestoria
+8 Dobago
+8 Kluminican Republic
+8 St Burbia
+6 Rolloland
+6 Eledan
+6 #00274E`
+5 Arcodesia
+5 Caerffydia
+5 Danæviia
+5 Land Of DW
+5 Singerpurear
+4 Séyetana
+4 Kylienips
+3 Greenfroze
+3 Lotunia
+3 Taro Bell
+2 Tartford
+1 New Lexico

In 8th place, we have our first entry into the Top 10 after 3 years of entering in 31 contests. Our former peak of #11 was in BJSC 117 with Kita Alexander's Between You & I, which came during a year of our entries either being relatively well recieved and placing in the mid top 20 to high top 30 or completely flopping! Lately, we haven't had much luck with the Buzzjack crowd as only three of our last eleven entries have qualified, however the latest happens to be our biggest yet! A huge thank you to all the above countries and hopefully Holland-Oats will be back even stronger next month

Posted by: Riser May 28 2021, 11:25 PM

So happy for you! *.* This song deserved it so much, great to see it lived up to its potential.

Posted by: Dexton Apr 10 2024, 02:29 PM

Aged like leftover milk in a bowl of Lucky Oats