Buzzvision 2017 // Semi Finals, the time has come! |
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30th April 2017, 04:20 PM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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Greeting assorted pophoes and eurohoes (and the two or three of you who just turn up for the week or so that the shows are on, icu2). The real "most wonderful time of the year" is upon us once more and so it's time to partake in the annual tradition of the BuzzJack Eurovision Forum preview contest. In celebration of the powers that be FINALLY granting me mod powers, it was decided that I was the perfect choice to host for the first time since the infamous Molly/Sanna tie in 2014 (remember that? ) Together we will follow the format of the semi finals where the ten songs out of 18 with the most points will join the automatic qualifiers of Ukraine, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom in the Grand Final. For your consideration, here are the songs: Semi-Final One 01 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 02 Georgia: Tamara Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 03 Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 04 Albania: Lindita - World 05 Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 06 Montenegro: Slavko Kalezić - Space 07 Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 08 Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 09 Portugal: Salvador Sobral - Amar Pelos Dois 10 Greece: Demy - This Is Love 11 Poland: Kasia Moś - Flashlight 12 Moldova: Sunstroke Project - Hey Mamma 13 Iceland: Svala - Paper 14 Czech Republic: Martina Bárta - My Turn 15 Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity 16 Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me 17 Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way 18 Latvia: Triana Park - Line Semi-Final Two 01 Serbia: Tijana Bogićević - In Too Deep 02 Austria: Nathan Trent - Running On Air 03 Macedonia: Jana Burčeska - Dance Alone 04 Malta: Claudia Faniello - Breathlessly 05 Romania: Ilinca ft. Alex Florea - Yodel It! 06 The Netherlands: OG3NE - Lights And Shadows 07 Hungary: Joci Pápai - Origo 08 Denmark: Anja - Where I Am 09 Ireland: Brendan Murray - Dying To Try 10 San Marino: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit Of The Night 11 Croatia: Jacques Houdek - My Friend 12 Norway: JOWST - Grab The Moment 13 Switzerland: Timebelle - Apollo 14 Belarus: Naviband - Story Of My Life 15 Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess 16 Lithuania: Fusedmarc - Rain Of Revolution 17 Estonia: Koit Toome & Laura - Verona 18 Israel: IMRI - I Feel Alive Send your votes to me, LexC, in the classic Eurovision style (12 points to your fave, 10 to your second fave, 8 to your third and so on down to 1 point) by 23:59 BST on Sunday 7th May. The results show will follow on the following Evening, the day before the first live show to kick off Eurovision week in style. In addition there will be two preview shows on the plug.dj BuzzJack Eurovision room on Monday May 1st (Semi One) and Wednesday May 3rd (Semi Two) at 20:00 BST on both nights. So if you're one of those strange people in this forum who still haven't heard some/most/all of the songs then these preview shows will be a nice and entertaining communal introduction for you. BuzzJack, start voting...NOW! |
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30th April 2017, 04:22 PM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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Yes please do try and join us for the plug sessions if you can, they're always great fun!
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30th April 2017, 04:27 PM
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Brown cow, stunning!
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Hmm might vote tonight as I've listened enough to have my faves, but I will deffo make the plug seshes, interested to see the consensus on a lot of these songs!
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30th April 2017, 06:43 PM
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thanks for being a sarcy lil bitch
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Semi one has more good songs in general but semi two has 4 highlights which overshadow the 12 pointer in semi one. But overall they are balanced
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30th April 2017, 07:46 PM
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my anxiety attacks
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I definitely prefer semi 2 in terms of highlights and 'interesting' moments (Croatia, Romania), and it just so happens that it's the semi 2 plug session that I can be around for
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1st May 2017, 05:56 PM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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Bumping this to let y'all know that we'll be pre-partying from 19:20 BST in the plug room if you're desperate for some Euro fun!
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1st May 2017, 08:56 PM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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Ta for the sesh guys, see ya same time on Wednesday for Semi 2!
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3rd May 2017, 06:10 PM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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Semi 2 runthrough starting in about an hour! Come and join us at our own plug room!
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3rd May 2017, 06:24 PM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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ACTUALLY I AM STILL ON THE TRAIN SO IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT BUT I AM RUSHING BACK!
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3rd May 2017, 06:25 PM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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Well I'll be playing some Eurovish classics to tide us over so don't worry Lex!
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3rd May 2017, 06:28 PM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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I knew I could trust you to have the emergency supplies of Dinah Nah at the ready Adam!
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3rd May 2017, 07:04 PM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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OKAY I AM HERE, A FEW MORE MINUTES AND THE SHOW WILL BE STARTING!
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3rd May 2017, 07:05 PM
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BuzzJack Legend
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where do I watch this?
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3rd May 2017, 07:09 PM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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7th May 2017, 01:17 AM
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Attack Dog/Sass Queen
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Bumping and sending out reminders for this shortly as a few of you need to edit your votes and one member of the mod team hasn't even voted yet (and it's not even the one who's got a decent excuse!)
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7th May 2017, 07:51 AM
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I was born 7 million years ago in Sweden, Africa
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I told you I was waiting to see all the rehearsal clips!!
Also my order changes every 5 minutes - I don't know how or when it happened, but I think this year has ended up stronger than last year! |
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7th May 2017, 02:25 PM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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Done... And I didn't realise how rough Semi 2 was until I got voting. There's well over ten songs I'd gladly never wish to hear again!
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7th May 2017, 02:30 PM
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BuzzJack Platinum Member
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Aw, I can't reach a computer to vote until tomorrow, lmk if the deadline is extended. Would love to be able to cast a vote in this!
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7th May 2017, 03:05 PM
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my anxiety attacks
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Done... And I didn't realise how rough Semi 2 was until I got voting. There's well over ten songs I'd gladly never wish to hear again! So rough in a bad way..? I think semi 2 is very strong and I've come to the conclusion that they aren't very balanced at all. My top five or six in semi 2 are all better than my favourite in semi 1 and I'd happily have thirteen qualifiers from semi 2 with only seven from semi 1. |
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7th May 2017, 03:22 PM
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BuzzJack Gold Member
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So rough in a bad way..? I think semi 2 is very strong and I've come to the conclusion that they aren't very balanced at all. My top five or six in semi 2 are all better than my favourite in semi 1 and I'd happily have thirteen qualifiers from semi 2 with only seven from semi 1. Barring a couple of songs, it's either extraordinary bland (Denmark, Switzerland) or excruciating (Croatia, Ireland). I know the former are popular on here, but these songs are so bad that they make Lithuania sound palatable. But, just my opinion... |
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