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Posted by: Jester 30th June 2011, 10:33 PM

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HISTORY

An island between 3 continents but aligned to Orchidia, PRoJ has had a tumultuous history.

There was an ancient Stone Age colony on the island dating to before the great BJSC world ice age and this is evident in the names of the older towns of Etxelur and Sarum, plus the establishment of ancient dykes to keep out the rising sea levels. This civilisation was repressed when the island was taken over by pirates in the 15th century.

First established in its modern form the 15th century by rogue pirates, it soon flourished as a strong trading port due to it's strategic position between 3 continents and the proximity to the ancient territory of Kopecka (there is an ancient causeway to this territory which flooded in ancient times). The pirate King, Colm I was crowned as the monarch of Jester's Kingdom in the year 1486 and his dynasty ruled for nearly 500 years. Following years of descent by the lower classes comprising the descendants of the original pre 15th century population an peaceful revolution took place on 28 January 1976 and the Peoples Republic of Jester (later changed to PRoJ) was born allowing the island to become a developed country and leaving years of totalitarianism behind.

Posted by: Jester 30th June 2011, 10:35 PM

PRoJ entry history


BJSC I // did not enter
BJSC II // Air - Cherry Blossom Girl // DNQ {SF1: 19th (45pts)}
BJSC III-VI // did not enter
BJSC VII // Beth Rowley - Oh My Life // 13th (75pts) {SF2: 9th (61pts)}
BJSC VIII // Gwen Stefani - Wonderful Life // 20th (49pts) {SF1: 7th (70pts)}
BJSC IX // Alizée - Moi... Lolita // 10th (101pts) {SF2: 5th (67pts)}
BJSC X // Sigur Rós - Ára Bátur // DNQ {SF2: 18th (40pts)}
BJSC XI // Those Dancing Days - Run Run // 20th (70pts) {SF2: 7th (81pts)}
BJSC XII // Chairlift - Bruises // 13th (93pts) {SF1: 5th (95pts)}
BJSC XIII // LCMDF - Bitch Of The Bitches // 13th (79pts) {SF1: 9th (64pts)}
BJSC XIV // Sneaky Sound System - I Love It // 27th (35pts) {SF2: 11th (53pts)}
BJSC XV // Passion Pit - Sleepyhead // 13th (82pts) {SF1: 12th (61pts)}
BJSC XVI // Howling Bells - Into The Chaos // DNQ {SF1: 24th (16pts)}
BJSC XVII // Emma Deigman - It Was You // 21st (67pts) {SF1: 9th (76pts)}
BJSC XVIII // Ear Pwr - Future Eyes // DNQ {SF2: 16th (52pts)}
BJSC XIX // Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Off & On // 27th (53pts) {SF2: 13th (59pts)}
BJSC XX // Dragonette - Fixin To Thrill // DNQ {SF1: 14th (50pts)}
BJSC XXI // Air - Sing Sang Sung // DNQ {SF2: 18th (43pts)}
BJSC XXII // Charlotte Gainsbourg - AF607105 // 24th (67pts) {SF2: 13th (62pts)}
BJSC XXIII // LCMDF - Cool And Bored // DNQ {SF1: 17th (28pts)}
BJSC XXIV // The Drums - Let's Go Surfing // 15th (76pts) {SF2: 5th (79pts)}
BJSC XXV // The Golden Filter - Hide Me // 5th (103pts) {SF1: 3rd (90pts)}
BJSC XXVI // Gorillaz, De La Soul and Gruff Rhys - Superfast Jellyfish // 33rd (84pts) {One Big Final}
BJSC XXVII // Stornoway - Zorbing // 28th (111pts) {One Big Final}
BJSC XXVIII-XXX // did not enter
BJSC XXXI // Lauren Taveras - Like Me // 34th (25pts) {One Big Final}
BJSC XXXII // Oh No Ono - The Tea Party // 34th (7pts) {One Big Final}
BJSC XXXIII // Alexandra Stan - Mr. Saxobeat // 6th (117pts) {SF1: 4th (83pts)}
BJSC XXXIV // Radio Killer - Lonely Heart // 4th (126pts) {SF1: 4th (95pts)} CURRENT HIGHEST
BJSC XXXV // Akcent - Feelings On Fire (feat. Ruxandra Bar) // 17th (73pts) {SF2: 4th (70pts)}
BJSC XXXVI // Lora - No More Tears // 20th (66pts) {SF1: 13th (51pts)}
BJSC XXXVII // Sleigh Bells - Rill Rill // 25th (57pts) {SF1: 10th (66pts)}
BJSC XXXVIII // Charlotte Gainsbourg - Terrible Angels // DNQ {SF1: 17th (39pts)}
BJSC XXXIX-XL // did not enter
BJSC XLI // Twintapes - Pluto // DNQ {SF1: 21st (23pts)}
BJSC XLII // Lianne La Havas - Forget // 15th (83pts) {SF2: 14th (58pts)}
BJSC XLIII // Antoine Clamaran and Vince M - Feeling You (feat. Soraya) // 25th (49pts) {SF2: 12th (64pts)}
BJSC XLIV // Pegase - Without Reasons // DNQ {SF1: 17th (45pts)}
BJSC XLV // Sigur Rós - Ekki Múkk // 22nd (68pts) {SF1: 13th (54pts)}
BJSC XLVI // Strange Talk - Sexual Lifestyle // 20th (90pts) {SF1: 4th (81pts)}
BJSC XLVII // Neon Trees - Everybody Talks // DNQ {SF1: 15th (54pts)}
BJSC XLVIII // Wild Nothing - Nocturne // 16th (80pts) {SF2: 12th (67pts)}
BJSC XLIX // Passion Pit - Take A Walk // 11th (101pts) {SF1: 9th (59pts)}
BJSC L // Lukas Graham - Better Than Yourself (Criminal Mind Pt 2) // 6th (112pts) {SF1: 2nd (90pts)}
BJSC LI // Beach House - Wild // DNQ {SF2: 18th (44pts)}
BJSC LII // Marika Hackman - Cannibal // DNQ {SF2: 19th (29pts)}
BJSC LIII // Birds Of Tokyo - Lanterns // DNQ {SF2: 19th (44pts)}
BJSC LIV // Phoenix - Entertainment // 16th (90pts) {SF2: 10th (67pts)}
BJSC LV // Boards Of Canada - Reach For The Dead // 22nd (76pts) {SF2: 6th (70pts)}
BJSC LVI // Half Moon Run - Full Circle // DNQ {SF2: 19th (33pts)}
BJSC LVII // Classixx - All You're Waiting For (feat. Nancy Whang) // DNQ {SF2: 24th (19pts)}
BJSC LVIII // Zero 7 - On My Own (feat. Danny Pratt) // DNQ {SF1: 25th (26pts)}
BJSC LIX // Sin Fang - Young Boys (Jónsi Remix) // 29th (42pts) {SF1: 14th (51pts)}
BJSC LX // did not enter
BJSC LXI // East India Youth - Dripping Down // DNQ {SF2: 18th (47pts)}
BJSC LXII // Starwalker - Bad Weather // DNQ {SF1: 28th (3pts)}
BJSC LXIII // Ásgeir - Head In The Snow // DNQ {SF2: 17th (56pts)}
BJSC LXIV // FM Belfast - Everything // 46th (59pts) {One Big Final}
BJSC LXV // Metronomy - Reservoir // DNQ {SF1: 19th (44pts)}
BJSC LXVI // Parov Stelar - The Sun (feat. Graham Candy) // DNQ {SF2: 17th (46pts)}
BJSC LXVII // Black Rivers - The Ship // DNQ {SF2: 20th (38pts)}
BJSC LXVIII // The Voyeurs - England Sings Rhubarb Rhubarb // DNQ {SF2: 28th (10pts)}
BJSC LXIX // Zero 7 - Take Me Away (feat. Only Girl) // DNQ {SF1: 19th (46pts)}
BJSC LXX // Urban Cone - Sadness Disease // 12th (106pts) {SF1: 6th (82pts)}
BJSC LXXI // Cold War Kids - First // 12th (110pts) {SF2: 7th (84pts)}
BJSC LXXII // Walking On Cars - Always Be With You // DNQ {SF2: 27th (33pts)}
BJSC LXXIII // Everything Everything - Distant Past // 7th (149pts) {SF1: 3rd (105pts)}
BJSC LXXIV // Laura Doggett - Old Faces // DNQ {SF2: 33rd (15pts)}
BJSC LXXV // Amber Run - 5AM // 35th (131pts) {SF2: 17th (65pts)}

Posted by: gooddelta 30th June 2011, 10:46 PM

A timely new thread in light of your recent success, I guess it was all about finding the right *sound*. Will you be sending Romanian dance every month from this point onwards?

Posted by: Jester 30th June 2011, 10:47 PM

Not sure, Tom and I were discussing the same on Sunday. I think I will see how I go this time and judge then (having said that, I already have my next entry lined up!).

I am drawing a map of my country now and will scan it in and post it. I just need a kind soul to make me a new flag!

Posted by: gooddelta 30th June 2011, 10:50 PM

Well it's good to have a niche, I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I send Swedish artists more than half of the time

Posted by: Jester 30th June 2011, 10:56 PM

I was eyeing up some Swedish tracks last night on youtube actually, but was drawn back towards Romania!

Posted by: gooddelta 1st July 2011, 07:06 AM

There's 3 or 4 decent new Romanian dance tracks on the new Clubland compilation if you're ever stuck for ideas. Or any dance compilation these days to be fair! They're a bit of a driving force in the genre recently it would seem!

Posted by: Tom Rabioso Kay 1st July 2011, 08:25 AM

Noticed that BaNG's song for XXXV is on Clubland 19 Lonely Heart too. OK it's a shit remix but at least it's finally on iTunes.

Anyway welcome back PRoJ, as near-neighbours and staunch supporters of your entries Numayania is glad that it looks like your time has finally come

Posted by: gooddelta 1st July 2011, 09:14 AM

Indeed they both are! The summer Clubland's are always FAR better than their winter counterparts for some reason. More full of present and future Eurohits and less full of crap dance covers. I guess it makes sense, Europe only ever seems to get a foothold in the UK charts in the summer months, come winter and it's all X Factor...

The remix of Lonely Heart isn't that bad actually, but the remix of Me & My Microphone on there is DIRE. 7 minutes long and ripped the heart out of the song :/

Posted by: danielMFAO 1st July 2011, 11:19 AM

I've got a song from the latest Clubland in my ideas box It's Romanian dance too, if I enter it before anyone else does I think it could go far (purposely not saying what it is)

Posted by: Tom Rabioso Kay 1st July 2011, 07:04 PM

Liviu Hodor? I considered it for this month too

Posted by: gooddelta 1st July 2011, 08:21 PM

Azuro's Ti Amo is my highlight of the compilation that I didn't already know, although it's Italian not Romanian Sounds Romanian though!

Posted by: Tom Rabioso Kay 1st July 2011, 09:42 PM

German in fact But yeah, partly in Italian and very Romanian

Posted by: Jester 2nd July 2011, 06:04 PM

I have already chosen my next entry, and its not on Clubland 19 (which I did consider buying last night in Asda)

Posted by: Tom Rabioso Kay 2nd July 2011, 08:37 PM

Ooh, nice

Posted by: Jester 2nd July 2011, 09:33 PM

I drew myself an PRoJ map today (yes, drew using colour pencils and verything!) while bored at my parents house - I will scan it in at work on Monday and upload it.

Posted by: Jester 28th August 2011, 10:02 PM

Updated - I added a map

Plus wooo hoo at getting to the final with Sleigh Bells!

Posted by: Jester 10th March 2012, 10:18 PM

I would like to announce that the Former People's Republic of Jester (the former Jester's Kingdom) is now just known as PRoJ.

Ta.

Posted by: Tom Echo Kay 10th March 2012, 11:59 PM

Yay, Prodge, I like it I need to reactivate my thread, I might be on for my second series of three top 5's in a row this month

Posted by: Arrs 11th March 2012, 01:42 PM

I've just discovered that the song I was considering of sending next time (Capital Cities - Safe and Sound) has already been used by the Republic. Oh well. More digging for me then!

Posted by: Jester 11th March 2012, 02:10 PM

I forgot about that! Good luck for the digging, I have NO CLUE what to send next.

Posted by: Jerick 15th March 2012, 04:06 PM

I like your map, did you do it yourself? for hand?

Posted by: Jester 15th March 2012, 04:08 PM

Hi Jerick, yes I did when I very bored last year! Glad you like it

Posted by: Jester 13th June 2012, 09:51 PM

Could someone make me a pic of the PRoJ flag please? The flag is as per my drawing in the top left corner of the map on page 1 - thanks!

Posted by: Ryan741 14th June 2012, 03:39 PM

Hi!

I've had a go at it for you, I can make changes to it so let me know if you do!

Posted by: Jester 15th June 2012, 08:30 PM

Perfect! Thanks very much Ryan

Posted by: Ryan741 15th June 2012, 08:58 PM

No problem! I'm glad it was what you were after!

Posted by: Jester 22nd October 2014, 09:56 PM

Wish me luck! Maybe I can actually qualify for the first time this year (before it is next year)?!

Posted by: 152chris 22nd October 2014, 11:04 PM

ok by the look of that YES

Posted by: Jester 26th October 2014, 12:24 PM

Having been thwarted with our first choice and our back-up () we have stuck with some dance this time.

BJSC prayers that PRoJ make it through this time please!

Posted by: مدهش* 26th October 2014, 12:29 PM

Colour me intrigued.

Posted by: ▬Mart!n▬ 26th October 2014, 12:41 PM

Was that my back up track that I gave you

Posted by: Jester 26th October 2014, 12:43 PM

Nope!

Posted by: ✖ ketalina ✖ 26th October 2014, 08:34 PM

omg shame, ur first choice (i assume) was incredible! hope ur still bringing it.

Posted by: Jester 26th October 2014, 08:47 PM

It was the one I showed you yes hope I am too! thanks!

Posted by: Jester 1st November 2014, 11:03 PM

Posted by: jsilv 2nd November 2014, 10:30 AM

have my support !

this is pretty excellent, would actually be shocked if this DNQd..

Posted by: M¤th 2nd November 2014, 09:12 PM

Thought I would peek in here, your entry is fabulous! Hoping for a strong finish from this, actually

Posted by: Jester 2nd November 2014, 09:29 PM

Thanks guys

Posted by: Jester 1st February 2015, 01:01 PM

After 2 consecutive 'hits' (12 being the highest we have been in years!), we have gone for Irish rock/pop with a lead singer that sounds uncannily like an X Factor winner…..!

Posted by: Gage 1st February 2015, 01:14 PM

Oh my god, you're sending Steve Brookstein?!?!?!

Posted by: مدهش* 1st February 2015, 01:22 PM

No Jester, don't deliberately sabotage your good streak!

Posted by: Jester 1st February 2015, 01:51 PM

It only sounds like one, not actually them Will PM.

And not Steve Brookstein, Oliver

Posted by: Noahspike 1st February 2015, 03:28 PM

I think I might know who/what you're talking about. Colour me intrigued anyway, especially as I love your last entry.

Posted by: Jester 1st February 2015, 04:19 PM

I hope you do know (and like it!).

Posted by: Jester 24th May 2015, 11:38 AM

Would any kind soul with nothing interesting to do make me a list of my entries and peaks etc?

Much gratitude if possible!

Posted by: ¡bré! 24th May 2015, 02:43 PM

I completed my exciting master spreadsheet for this a little while back so I can do so! I can also include points and semi-final positions/points if you want.

EDIT: PMed you ~

Posted by: Jester 24th May 2015, 03:13 PM

Thanks Bre!