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I had one of these before but not been used for a decade, so thought I'd start a new one with the predominant focus being on the period from my mid-2018 return, following a couple of years without entering, but first a summary of the 78 Utopian entries.

Utopia Entry History

Entry Number | Song Contest Number | Finishing Position | Song
01 03 24 The Shortwave Set - Casual Use
02 04 02 The Pipettes - Pull Shapes
03 05 13 Operator Please - Just a Song About Ping Pong
04 06 26 Foals - Hummer
05 07 23 Ida Maria - Queen of the World
06 08 DNQ The Hot Puppies - The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful
07 09 20 John Legend - Green Light (feat. Andre 3000)
08 10 05 PNAU - Embrace (feat. Ladyhawke)
09 11 DNQ Alela Diane - The Pirate's Gospel
10 12 DNQ LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends

11 13 DNQ Shinichi Osawa - Dreamhunt (feat. Rubies)
12 15 22 Los Campesinos! - Ways To Make It Through The Wall
13 16 15 Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
14 17 DNQ Burake Som Sistema - Sound of Kuduro (feat. M.I.A., Saborosa, DJ Znobia & Pura Prata)
15 18 23 Alex Metric - Head Straight
16 19 11 Spinnerette - Baptized By Fire
17 20 17 Monkey Swallows The Universe - Bloodline
18 21 18 Sally Shapiro - My Fantasy
19 22 DNQ jj - Things Will Never Be The Same Again
20 23 21 Chew Lips - Slick

21 24 DNQ Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness (feat. MGMT & Ratatat)
22 25 24 Groove Armada - Paper Romance
23 27 18 Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
24 34 02 Those Dancing Days - I'll Be Yours
25 35 18 Best Coast - Crazy For You
26 36 22 Gregory & The Hawk - Boats & Birds
27 37 DNQ Mates of State - Maracas
28 39 DNQ Mark Ronson & The Business International - Record Collection 2012 (feat. MNDR, Pharrell Williams, Wiley & Wretch 32)
29 40 DNQ Friends - Sorry
30 43 10 Grimes - Genesis

31 44 04 Reverend and the Makers - Bassline
32 45 DNQ Friends - My Boo
33 46 23 Us The Duo - In The End
34 48 12 Blackmill - Evil Beauty
35 49 DNQ Dan Croll - From Nowhere
36 51 DNQ Ducktails - Letter of Intent
37 52 14 TCTS - 1997
38 54 DNQ Los Porcos - Sunshine
39 55 12 Bibio - A Tour A L'huere
40 56 23 Cosmo's Midnight - Phantasm (feat. Nicole Millar)

41 57 DNQ Holy Ghost! - Dumb Disco Ideas
42 58 DNQ Troumaca - Layou
43 60 17 (Young) Ejecta - Afraid of the Dark
44 61 12 Kye Kye - Honest Affection
45 62 13 Danny Brown - 25 Bucks (feat. Purity Ring)
46 64 29 Doss - The Way I Feel
47 65 DNQ Brett - Golden
48 66 23 Felix Jaehn - Shine (feat. Freddy Verano & Linying)
49 67 DNQ Les Loups - Colourblind (feat. Cybil)
50 68 14 Paradis - Garde Le Pour Toi

51 69 DNQ King 810 - Write About Us
52 70 DNQ RL Grime - Reminder (feat. How To Dress Well)
53 72 08 Brenmar - Hula Hoop (feat. UNiiQU3)
54 73 10 Mr Fijiwiji - Yours Truly (feat. Danyka Nadeau)
55 75 DNQ Cuushe - Daze
56 79 DNQ Slander - Love Again (feat. WAVZ)
57 80 DNQ Ravyn Lanae - Free Room (feat. Appleby)
58 83 DNQ Bleached - Sour Candy
59 88 DNQ Average White Band - When Will You Be Mine
60 105 15 DJ Koze - Pick Up

61 107 06 Riton & Kah-Lo - Ginger
62 108 08 Metric - Dressed To Suppress
63 109 37 Bulow - You & Jennifer
64 110 DNQ Liela Moss - Memories and Faces
65 113 DNQ As December Falls - Ride
66 114 21 Hayden Thorpe - Love Crimes
67 116 12 Cousn - Brain Ticker
68 117 23 Salute - All About U
69 118 DNQ Beabadoobee - She Plays Bass
70 119 DNQ Blood Red Shoes - Elijah

71 121 32 Right Hand Left Hand - Chacabuco (feat. Taliesyn Kallstrom)
72 122 26 Hurtsfall - 12 Long Years
73 123 28 Zuzu - Skin and Bone
74 124 DNQ Coach Party - Breakdown
75 125 DNQ Lauran Hibberd - Old Nudes
76 126 DNQ Psychic Markers - Clouds
77 127 18 Ejeca - Ekstac
78 128 37 Circe - Ten Girls
79 129 04 Temples - Paraphernalia
80 130 14 Páula, Povoa & Jerge - Primavera

81 131 35 Be Charlotte - Back to Life
82 132 32 W. H. Lung - Second Death of My Face
83 133 DNQ Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (ii) (Jon Hopkins Remix)
84 134 33 Boards of Canada - XYZ
85 135 DNQ Perfume Genius - Describe (A.G. Cook Remix)
86 136 DNQ As December Falls - Tears
87 137 21 Desire Marea - Tavern Kween
88 138 18 piri and Tommy Villiers - Soft Spot
89 139 36 Anna Prior - Thank You For Nothing
90 140 36 Caroline Loveglow - Happy Happy

91 141 DNQ Porij - Can't Stop
92 143 23 Turnstile - Fly Again
93 144 DNQ Obongjayar - Tinko Tinko (Don't Play Me For a Fool)
94 145 04 Ibibio Sound Machine - Protection From Evil
95 146 DNQ Night Breed - Pack of Wolves (Pendulum Remix)
96 147 DNQ Sinead O'Brien - Like Culture
97 148 DNQ Tom Vek - Fountains Spit Your New Name
98 149 DNQ Seraphina Simone - Lovesick
99 150 28 Sprints - Literary Mind
100 151 40 Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat

101 152 13 Kevin de Vries - Dance With Me
102 153 DNQ The Comet Is Coming - Code
103 154 38 Slow Crush - Hush
104 155 DNQ The Cost of Loving - Strings (Attached)
105 156 DNQ Hak Baker - Doolally
106 158 32 Public Service Broadcasting, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jules Buckley - Broadcasting House
107 159 37 Dead Pony - COBRA
108 160 02 Karma Kid - The Gates Will Open
109 161 02 The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight


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Contest 128: Circe - Ten Girls, 37th



BJSC 128 was the 78th contest and 47th final Utopia took part in, represented by London based solo artist Circe with her synth heavy 'Ten Girls'. Its 37th placed finish represented a joint lowest ever final finishing position in a result that was in some ways pleasing and in some ways not. Obviously never pleasing to equal a joint lowest record, but despite its lowly finish its appeal was quite wide, with its 18 voters being more than three of our other four finalists this year, aided by being Queen of the 1 pointer with four lots of 1 given.

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Utopia Voting History - Points Given and Received

I've been back and done a full voting history following Utopia's return including all countries that competed in the contest, the full version of which should be accessible in spreadsheet form here

Votes Given
88 countries have qualified for a final I've voted in, of which 68 have received points at least once. The top 15 of which are:

Rank | Points | Average Points | Country
01 140 10.77 Fljotavik
02 139 8.69 Aeroche
03 94 7.23 Terra Avium
04 90 6.00 Persephonia
05 84 6.46 Thelonia
06 82 6.31 FSR Rontvia
07 68 13.60 Arcodesia
08 64 4.27 Jadakissnia
09 63 9.00 Cowtermont
10 59 6.56 Suedonia
11 58 7.25 Skall
12 53 5.89 Kylienips
13 52 5.20 Rolloland
14 49 4.45 Seyetana
15 48 3.43 Alytr Muunilinst

12 points awarded to Zhala sees Fljotavik take the lead from Aeroche by a solitary point, as their 100% points record continues, though interestingly no 18. Terra Avium and Persephonia strengthen their places in the top 5 as the other countries in the top 10 either didn't participate or didn't qualify. A contest return for Arcodesia would definitely be most welcomed!

Votes Received
A total of 90 countries have voted in the 12 finals Utopia have been in, of which 76 have awarded points at least once. The top 15 of which are:

Rank | Points | Average Points | Country
01 106 9.64 Fljotavik
02 94 7.83 Persephonia
03 83 6.92 Jadakissnia
04 83 7.55 Terra Avium
05 76 6.91 Skall
06 67 5.58 Seyetana
07 62 5.17 Niceland
08 61 5.08 Rolloland
09 60 5.45 Taahino
10 54 4.50 Daneviia
11 54 4.50 Jupiterdonia
12 51 4.64 Suedonia
13 50 6.25 Republic of Adonia
14 48 4.00 FARC
15 46 3.83 Aeroche

It's a double #1 for Fljotavik as they give Utopia almost as many points as they receive, the top 15s have a significant amount of similarities but some nice differences too. Something I found interesting were that Persephonia and Jadakissnia in 2nd/3rd had both given points to 8/11 entries which were the same 8, a sequence now ended by Jade awarding 1 point to Circe.

Big notable differences are Kylienips, Summericia, East Rukahavian and Singerpurear who's entires often go down well with Utopia but not the other way round, and vice versa for Jupiterdonia, Quintessa and Taahino (if only Your Light had qualified!)

The most opportunities without a single point being exchanged is with Scherzland, up to 15 following the previous contest (0/8 given, 0/7 received), though there are plenty of other countries with who points are rarely exhanged, including:

New Lexico: 1/24
The Actual Republic of Bellamia: 1/19
Hushkanukia: 2/23
Ultraviolenceland: 2/21
St. Burbia: 3/26
Unovia: 3/22
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I do love a good spreadsheet *.* (Does remind me that my own voting history spreadsheet is one of many BJSC stats things that I'm many months behind on now, will catch up again one of these days)

No surprise of course that me and Jade have very similar voting patterns but that is interesting that we'd voted for/snubbed the exact same Utopia entries since your comeback up until now - I think Liela Moss, beabadoobee, Blood Red Shoes and Coach Party would all have made my votes too had they qualified, don't immediately recall if any of those are ones Jade would not have also voted for. x
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Contest 129: Temples - Paraphernalia

The 79th Utopian entry comes from Kettering band Temples, the third indie band to represent in 2020, with their new single Paraphernalia, something of an earworm providing a sound reminiscent of Tame Impala and as many of the YouTube comments identify, Daft Punk's 'Veridis Quo'. There appears to be much more talk and discussion around this than there normally is about a Utopia entry, could this have a wider reach than previous indie entries and become the best performing Utopia track of the year? ohmy.gif

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BJSC 129
A great 4th place finish for Temples this month becoming the 5th top 5 and 10th top 10 for Utopia, 48 entries and 85 contests since we last graced the top 5, when 'Bassline' by Reverend & The Makers also finished 4th in 2012. Temples were supported by 26 countries who gave an average of over 11 points including an incredible 11 medal positions from Seyetana, Suedonia (18), Fljotavik, Niceland, Rolloland, Botanikka (15), Trifoski, Wholune, Oslol, Singerpurear and Lookylion (13). By points it is our most successful entry, the 290 easily beating the 247 of Riton & Kah-Lo's 'Ginger' in BJSC 107. Thanks to all who voted!

Voting Histories
The points given and received spreadsheet following our return has been updated, Fljotavik still lead the way despite this being their first non-scoring contest, Utah Saints ranking 19th in this contest, one place ahead of Aeroche who also don't score so remain second. Elsewhere, Persephonia climb as they become the third country to reach 100 points after another great entry with Minuit Machine, and Jadakissnia and Rolloland climb in the top 10 taking advantage of the countries around them either not participating or not qualifying with their great discoveries in ison and Lo Moon. Danaeviia was a clear 18 this contest with a challenger for my favourite BJSC discovery of the year and climb into the top 20, along with Tartford who’s 80s disco grabbed the 15 *.* A mention for Scherzland who received their first point, the only time in 17 potential occasions a vote has been exchanged either way!

The points received has little change as 9 of our top 12 supporters gave double figures to Temples, so Jadakissnia (3), Skall and Taahino (non-participants) fall down. Fljotavik continue the double at the top, with the average given/received now almost equal (10 vs. 10.08).


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BJSC 130 - Páula, Povoa & Jerge - Primavera



Rounding off Utopia's first full year of BJSC with an impressive 7th final qualification and 14th placed finish was Brazilian/French trio Páula, Povoa & Jerge with Primavera, the lead track from their excellent EP of the same name. Close to breaking 200 point barrier with 199 including four 18s from Cumulonimbia, Numayania, Pagasa and Skall which were particularly pleasing. Thanks to all who voted happy.gif


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2020 Roundup

2020 represented the first time Utopia have taken part in a full calendar year's worth of contests. Here are the countries we've loved and been loved by the most this year. Three of each top 5 are the same, with the points between us and both Persephonia and Terra Avium being almost identical over the course of the year, that's good enough to be top in the received table for the latter but it's a comfortable lead for Fljotavik in the points given table with 7 of their 8 entries getting at least 10 points from Utopia. Impressively, 23 different countries finished in the 30 potential 'medal positions' for Utopia this year.

Points Given
01 88 Fljotavik
02 72 Terra Avium
03 68 Jadakissnia
04 63 Persephonia
05 59 Aeroche
06 50 FSR Rontvia
07 47 Rolloland
08 45 Tartford
09 40 Skall
10 40 Altyr Muunilinst

11 39 Kylienips
12 38 Republic of Adonia
13 35 FARC
14 34 Danaeviia
15 31 Dobago
16 27 Thelonia
17 27 Trifoski
18 25 Ojnoj
19 23 Numayania
20 22 Seyetana


Points Received
01 70 Terra Avium
02 65 Rolloland
03 64 Persephonia
04 62 Fljotavik
05 56 Seyetana
06 52 Skall
07 52 Suedonia
08 49 Jadakissnia
09 43 Niceland
10 39 Wholune

11 39 Botanikka
12 32 Numayania
13 27 Taahino
14 26 Republic of Adonia
15 24 Trifoski
16 23 Aeroche
17 23 FSR Rontvia
18 22 Eledan
19 21 Flynnonda
20 21 Oslol

By the end of the year I'll have posted my top discoveries of the year, just need to do a bit more listening to the this month's songs before deciding where they should place.


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Contest 131: Be Charlotte - Back to Life



It was great to get a record breaking 5th consecutive final qualification with an entry that verged as far into pop as Utopia are likely to go. I had no expectations of how well this would do so was nice to see it appeal to both regular and irregular Utopia voters - a 35th placed finish with some double figure points was a pleasing result.
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Review of 2020: Contests 121-130

So I put together a list of my favourite 40 BJSC discoveries of the year but waited until TBO was complete to reveal. 25 different countries are included with Persephonia and Terra Avium getting the most entries with 4, Fljotavik (all top half) and Dobago (all bottom half) get three each. Contest 129 ranks as the best with 7 entries, closely followed by 124 and 128 with 6, whilst 121 and 127 get just one each.

Rank | Points Given | Contest | Country | Song

01 18 129 Danæviia: Aly & Fila - Somebody Loves You (w/ Plumb)
02 18 126 Terra Avium: JUTRØ - Substancja
03 18 127 Terra Avium: LCD Soundsystem - Seconds
04 10 126 Fljótavík: SAULT - Wildfires
05 18 122 Aeroche: Kidnap - Ashes
06 12 129 Persephonia: Minuit Machine - Don't Run From The Fire
07 18 123 Tartford: E'Voke - Runaway (Biff 'n' Memphis Mix)
08 18 125 FSR Rontvia: Hayley Ross - Come Back (N-Joi Remix)
09 18 124 Altyr Muunilinst: Frida Sundemo - Anything
10 18 128 Kylienips: Yeule - Pretty Bones

11 10 124 Jupiterdonia: Rebecca & Fiona - Fet House Mode
12 15 126 Jadakissnia: Hante. - Wild Animal
13 11 128 Republic of Adonia: Ivorian Doll - Rumours
14 07 125 Thelonia: Bronson - Heart Attack (feat. lau.ra)
15 12 128 Fljótavík: Zhala - Aerobic Lambada
16 10 123 Séyetana: clipping. - Blood of the Fang
17 18 130 Terra Avium: FalKKonE - Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
18 12 122 Jadakissnia: Wildes - Let You Go
19 13 130 Fljótavík: Jam & Spoon - Find Me (Odyssey to Anyoona)
20 15 129 Tartford: Yvonne Elliman - Love Pains

21 xx 122 Deandria: Isaac Delusion - Midnight Sun
22 11 125 Persephonia: Vacant - Hidden
23 10 129 Rolloland: Lo Moon - Loveless
24 05 130 Persephonia: Jorge Elbrecht - Perish
25 05 124 Ojnoj: W O L F C L U B - Rebels
26 18 121 Arcodesia: My Nu Leng - City Lights
27 07 128 Dobago: Pendulum - The Tempest
28 11 129 Numayania: Marie Davidson & & L'Œil Nu- Renegade Breakdown
29 05 125 United States of Jack: Olivia O'Brien - Josslyn
30 08 129 Ramrynia: Ruelle - Good Day For Dreaming

31 xx 129 Dobago: Utah Jazz - Vintage
32 08 130 Rolloland: Jai Wolf - Lost (feat. Chelsea Jade)
33 08 122 United States of Jack: Aly & AJ - Attack of Panic
34 03 128 FARC: Tei Shi - Die For Your Love
35 xx 124 Terra Avium: Pale Blue - Breathe
36 13 123 Jayrusalem: The Perfect Kiss - Indebted To You
37 08 128 Niceland: Roosevelt - Sign
38 15 124 Persephonia: Negative Gemini - Rollercoaster
39 13 124 Kathaldazia: Pascal Ledoubin - Friendships
40 13 126 Dobago: Unknown Brain - MATAFAKA (feat. Marvin Divine)
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Trying to remember to actually use this thread and post entries whilst the contest is happening...

BJSC 133: Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (ii) (Jon Hopkins Remix)


This month I have gone against my normal method of choosing a BJSC entry by thinking about what current songs I'm loving and picking one that's relatively unknown that I either want to introduce or think might do well, the 83rd Utopia entry comes in the form of a 10 year old remix of Wild Beasts, close to artist recycling following lead singer Hayden Thorpe's entry in contest 114. This has been toward the top of the list of old(er) songs I'd like to sent to a contest on here at some point for a while now, so I thought I'd send something from that for a change!
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Greetings Utopia! hi.gif

I’m just having a listen to your entry now, and who doesn’t appreciate good electronic music! wub.gif This isn’t something I’ve heard before, but that’s great because I’m here to make new discoveries just like this! Waiting to see if a vocal comes into this soon or are we dealing with another rather lovely instrumental I might add. This is exactly the sort of song I seek out, so I expect it to do well in my points selection this month! I noticed we are in the same Semi which is nice, and I also noticed that my chosen entry by Mint Royale is one you have played in the past via last.fm. Oh there is a vocal in this song after all! Very eerie vocals I might add. ohmy.gif.

Wishing you a successful contest from Zanmatony! happy.gif
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BJSC 134: Boards of Canada - XYZ



Following the end (just) of Utopia's record qualification streak, we go a bit riskier this month with the 8 minute electronic instrumental 'XYZ' from Boards of Canada, continuing the move away from current songs being enjoyed. XYZ was recorded in 1998 in a John Peel session but remained unreleased for more than two decades as sampling couldn't be cleared at the time.

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I've listened to bits and bobs of Boards of Canada over the years but this song is easily the most I've ever enjoyed them, completely captivated by the way it builds I find it so interesting. Cautiously optimistic over its performance and that it can have some appeal but ultimately won't be surprised with a finish in the bottom 5 of this month's semi.

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Giving this an update...

BJSC 135 - Perfume Genius - Describe (A.G. Cook Remix) - DNQ



A second remix in three contests with both songs being the only two in nine to fail to qualify. Not overly expectant of a good result but thought it would have more appeal than it did.

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BJSC 136 - As December Falls - Tears - DNQ



A rare recycling of an artist, trying to do better than previous entry 'Ride' which fell a few points short, unfortunately the result was the same. No regrets in sending it, it was by far my favourite song of the year that I either hadn't already sent or wouldn't get vetoed. An entry which managed to alienate all of Utopia's natural base, 0 points in a semi from Cumulonimbia, Skall, Suedonia, Terra Avium and Fljótavík must be something of a rarity! drama.gif If I try and introduce them to BuzzJack for a third time it'll have to be with their Pop Goes Punk cover of Little Mix *.*
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BJSC 137 - Desire Marea - Tavern Kween



Representing Utopia in Cumulonimbia this month is South African artist Deisre Marea with his current single Tavern Kween, a synthpop gem sung in native Zulu language. I'd like to think it can be Utopia's best performing entry of the year so far, not the strongest of targets but we shall see!
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Desire Marea was also behind one of my all time favourite BJSC spinoff entries (from the first Pride spinoff):



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I was confused for a moment when I noticed I was already subscribed to his channel despite having never heard of him before, turns out it is just because he is a member of FAKA but their music was uploaded to his personal channel! (or perhaps it was a FAKA channel at the time and since changed to be a solo one, not sure)
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BJSC 137 - Desire Marea - Tavern Kween



Representing Utopia in Cumulonimbia this month is South African artist Deisre Marea with his current single Tavern Kween, a synthpop gem sung in native Zulu language. I'd like to think it can be Utopia's best performing entry of the year so far, not the strongest of targets but we shall see!


This deserves to smash hard! I love it Mark - a synth-heavy banger that's perfect for the dance floor. *.*
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I’m loving this too - definitely my fave of yours for a little while. Just a shame I can’t actually vote for it drama.gif
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