April 25, 201114 yr 24-05-24 Back to WHERE ELEDAN BELONG. Oh and ... BEST. WINNER. EVER. No kidding. Ever? :D Can someone post a nice list with all the BJSC winners for me to see if 'Riverside' really is the "BEST. WINNER. EVER"? I was thinking this! A massive turnaround from the semi where I got the joint highest amount of 12s :lol: It's the main reason I thought it was right for Riverside to win really - what's two extra voters when the other song is the favourite of six of the voters? Yet I reckon had Kath voted, 'Riverside' wouldn't have got anything whilst Vendela would've probably been given an 8 at least so your victory would've been sealed.
April 25, 201114 yr Ever? :D Can someone post a nice list with all the BJSC winners for me to see if 'Riverside' really is the "BEST. WINNER. EVER"? BJSC I: Mdiče: Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss BJSC II: Bokia: Katherine McPhee - Dangerous BJSC III: Bhangra: Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice BJSC IV: FSR Rontvia: Sara Bareilles - Love Song BJSC V: Elëdan: t.A.T.u - Gomenasai BJSC VI: Quotosibb: Beverley Knight - Black Butta (Live) BJSC VII: Mdiče: Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl BJSC VIII: Nonsuch: Lily Allen – Guess Who Batman BJSC IX: Kingdom Of Shadow: Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? BJSC X: Mdiče: Brandy - Right Here (Departed) BJSC XI: Elëdan: Lenka - The Show BJSC XII: Kopečka: La Roux - Quicksand BJSC XIII: Herzebania: Agnes - Release Me BJSC XIV: FSR Rontvia: Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song BJSC XV: Mdiče: Röyksopp; Robyn - The Girl and the Robot BJSC XVI: Mdiče: VV Brown - Shark In The Water BJSC XVII: FSR Rontvia: Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love BJSC XVIII: Mdiče: Ke$ha - TiK ToK/Dolla BJSC XIX: Kathaldazia: Eva Simons - Silly Boy BJSC XX: Numayania: Alphabeat - The Spell BJSC XXI: Lorikeet: Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys BJSC XXII: B.a.N.G.: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets BJSC XXIII: Quotosibb: Marina & The Diamonds – Hollywood BJSC XXIV: B.a.N.G.: Delphic - Halcyon BJSC XXV: Hendinia: Roll Deep; Jodie Connor - Good Times BJSC XXVI: FSR Rontvia: Sheelah - Psycho BJSC XXVII: Kopečka: Eric Saade - It’s Gonna Rain BJSC XXVIII: Ashton: Molly Sandén - Mitt Liv Är Mitt BJSC XXIX: Yuxhaaq: Zoe Badwi - Freefallin’ BJSC XXX: Hendinia: Adele - Someone Like You (Live) BJSC XXXI: FSR Rontvia: Sheelah - The Last Time BJSC XXXII: FSR Rontvia: Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing BJSC XXXIII: Batidas: Agnes Obel - Riverside Which reminds me, I need to update the stats thread! Hopefully I'll be able to get it done tomorrow ^_^ .
April 25, 201114 yr Ever? :D Can someone post a nice list with all the BJSC winners for me to see if 'Riverside' really is the "BEST. WINNER. EVER"? Winners: 01 - Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss 02 - Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous 03 - Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice 04 - FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song 05 - Eledan // t.A.T.u - Gomenasai 06 - Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta (Live) 07 - Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 08 - Nonsuch // Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman (Fuck You demo) 09 - Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow <- considered by most to be the contests defining track/best winner 10 - Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here 11 - Eledan // Lenka - The Show 12 - Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand 13 - Herzebania // Agnes Carlsson – Release Me 14 - FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song 15 - Mdiče // Röyksopp; Robyn - The Girl And The Robot 16 - Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark in the Water 17 - FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love 18 - Mdiče // Kesha - Dolla (Tik Tok demo) 19 - Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy <- Most overrated winner 20 - Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell 21 - Lorikeet // The Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys 22 - BaNG // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets 23 - Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood 24 - BaNG // Delphic - Halcyon 25 - Hendinia // Roll Deep; Jodie Connor - Good Times 26 - FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho 27 - Kopečka // Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain 28 - Ashton // Molly Sandén - Mitt Liv Är Mitt [After tie break with Lotopialand // Darin – Love Killer] 29 - Yuxhaaq // Zoe Badwi - Freefallin' 30 - Hendinia // Adele - Someone Like You (live) 31 - FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - The Last Time 32 - FSR Rontvia // Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing 33 - You!
April 25, 201114 yr Author Yet I reckon had Kath voted, 'Riverside' wouldn't have got anything whilst Vendela would've probably been given an 8 at least so your victory would've been sealed. Which would've been quite the turnaround, given she gave me absolutely nothing in the semi.
April 25, 201114 yr Judging from those winners, the general BJSC taste was best from 22-24 and actually from 30 up until now. :P Edited April 25, 201114 yr by zechhh
April 25, 201114 yr Author I may have to rank those winners RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW 09 - Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow 17 - FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love 15 - Mdiče // Röyksopp; Robyn - The Girl And The Robot 12 - Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand 13 - Herzebania // Agnes Carlsson – Release Me 31 - FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - The Last Time 27 - Kopečka // Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain 28 - Ashton // Molly Sandén - Mitt Liv Är Mitt 32 - FSR Rontvia // Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing 33 - Batidas // Agnes Obel - Riverside - 16 - Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark in the Water 20 - Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell 24 - BaNG // Delphic - Halcyon 03 - Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice 01 - Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss 21 - Lorikeet // The Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys 10 - Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here 26 - FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho 07 - Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl - 11 - Eledan // Lenka - The Show 22 - BaNG // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets 14 - FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song 18 - Mdiče // Kesha - Dolla (Tik Tok demo) 05 - Eledan // t.A.T.u - Gomenasai 06 - Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta (Live) 25 - Hendinia // Roll Deep; Jodie Connor - Good Times - 30 - Hendinia // Adele - Someone Like You (live) 23 - Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood 08 - Nonsuch // Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman (f*** You demo) 04 - FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song 19 - Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy 29 - Yuxhaaq // Zoe Badwi - Freefallin' 02 - Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous
April 25, 201114 yr Which would've been quite the turnaround, given she gave me absolutely nothing in the semi. :blush: I really should've paid more attention to those semi final screen caps you posted. :D
April 25, 201114 yr Have you ever done a Best of BJSC showdown where all the previous winners battle it out for the title of Ultimate BJSC Winner? :o
April 25, 201114 yr Author Have you ever done a Best of BJSC showdown where all the previous winners battle it out for the title of Ultimate BJSC Winner? :o Um, sort of. We have The Best Of which finds the best entry at the end of each year - previous winners TEND to win, but don't always. I was thinking of doing a Runners-Up Survivor actually.
April 25, 201114 yr Um, sort of. We have The Best Of which finds the best entry at the end of each year - previous winners TEND to win, but don't always. I was thinking of doing a Runners-Up Survivor actually. As you currently have two runners up positions for 2011? :P
April 25, 201114 yr Author As you currently have two runners up positions for 2011? :P I also have two winning positions overall :P But winners are too easily focused on, whereas runners up are forgotten a lot of the time - hence why I'd do a Survivor to knock out the least faves each time and find the best over all of the 33 contests.
April 25, 201114 yr When we hit 5years and the big 50 I have a few ideas of how to celebrate. Some form of Ultimate BJSC winner thing is on that list
April 25, 201114 yr I also have two winning positions overall :P But winners are too easily focused on, whereas runners up are forgotten a lot of the time - hence why I'd do a Survivor to knock out the least faves each time and find the best over all of the 33 contests. Oh you meant from all the years! Oh okay :) When we hit 5years and the big 50 I have a few ideas of how to celebrate. Some form of Ultimate BJSC winner thing is on that list If BJSC is still running :( That should be great :D
April 25, 201114 yr If BJSC is still running :( That should be great :D I don't see why not after XXXIII was apparantly regarded as one of the most successful. When we have a semi final with more than 25 countries in each, then you know it's more than a bonafide success. :D (although hopefully not for XXXIV as I wouldn't cope with up to 50 countries taking part :lol: ).
April 25, 201114 yr Nobody thought we'd make it to 3.5years and 33 contest [plus 3 spin offs, 3 TBO's and 3 reject's] Who knows how long it'll run for. A couple of months ago BJSC was as good as dead, now it's really picked back up again.
April 25, 201114 yr Author Actually, that was what caused the contest to start going downhill - we had to start trying to find ways of getting it down from 50+ contestants as semis started getting properly brutal, and getting in a slightly unfriendly semi could be disastrous as there were so many countries. A level between 40 and 50 is perfect however - I'm going to provisionally predict about 46 entries this time around.
April 25, 201114 yr BJSC XX had semi's with 26 people in each. It's nice to be a bit bellow that again as it was starting to get a little crazy
April 25, 201114 yr My winners rank, based on a mixture of how good they actually were as winners and how much I like the song. I'm not biased, honest! 13 - Herzebania // Agnes Carlsson – Release Me - It's easy to take this and the other UK hit winners for granted but there was no way of telling that this song would have any more of a chance at success than the hundreds of other Scandipop songs entered. The key difference? This is one of the greatest Scandipop songs of all time, my favourite ever in fact. I was sending one of my favourite entries that month in M.A.G.I.C. and yet I was still championing this to win in front of it! Peter introduced me to the song (via PM before sending it), so it's only fair that it's on top. By FAR my favourite BJSC winner musically too. 17 - FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love - SO glad that this won, seriously! When I heard it I knew it had potential. It also managed to win Unknown Pleasures on CHC at the time, so a massive crossover song indeed :D It's absolutely gorgeous as well :wub: 31 - FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - The Last Time - How did they manage to better Psycho? The first time I heard this I thought, well if that can win BJSC then this certainly can - although I hadn't actually planned to send it but quickly realised that it was my favourite song by a mile at the time and that I really HAD to send it. Whereas Anna Abreu whores her way around countless countries, Sheelah ARE Rontvian, the closest thing we have to a country mascot :lol: 33 - Batidas // Agnes Obel - Riverside - Brilliant winner, the fact that even the people that didn't give it points haven't crawled out of the woodwork as usual to say '$hit winner' shows that it's a respected victory for a deserving track, whether it appeals to you or not 26 - FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho 09 - Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow - Certainly not my favourite winner, but a defining winner, and THE song of BJSC I guess 12 - Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand 03 - Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready to Make Nice - I knew this already but it was a great entry and I was pleasantly surprised that it won! 11 - Eledan // Lenka - The Show - This was a lovely winner, and Lenka is surprisingly still great - I'll be shocked if something from her new album isn't entered to BJSC34 32 - FSR Rontvia // Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing - Really shocking winner to me, I've certainly had better but maybe it marked yet another BJSC shift, with Agnes Obel following it up, Scandipop dead again in favour of indie girls (still from Scandinavia though :lol:)? 05 - Eledan // t.A.T.u - Gomenasai 15 - Mdiče // Röyksopp; Robyn - The Girl And The Robot - I adore this, and XV was amazing, but in terms of actual inspiration I'd have preferred Jody to win - both songs finished next to each other in my 2009 EOY top 40, but I gave Jody the 12 because it made a more interesting entry 30 - Hendinia // Adele - Someone Like You (live) - Nice that we pre-empted the Brits hype/her general massive success with this winning! I only gave it 7 points (under the 18 system) although mainly because I knocked 0.5% off it because of my scoring system. 18 - Mdiče // Kesha - Dolla (Tik Tok demo) 06 - Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta (Live) 24 - BaNG // Delphic - Halcyon 04 - FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song - It wasn't as cheap as it looks though, honest! Although it was top five in the US by the time I sent it I think. I was loving it at the time of the first contest though, I just took an age to getting round to send it - I really should have debuted with it :lol: 07 - Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl 27 - Kopečka // Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain 14 - FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song - Not sure how I won with this, I still really like it but what a terrible contest XIV was to allow it to win :drama: 25 - Hendinia // Roll Deep; Jodie Connor - Good Times 28 - Ashton // Molly Sandén - Mitt Liv Är Mitt - Not my favourite Ashton entry by any means, but I'll give it credit for being the first foreign language winner and finally a win for one of my two favourite BJSC nations! 21 - Lorikeet // The Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys 20 - Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell 23 - Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood - CHEAP AS CHIPS! But the fact that it's a great song stops it from being rock bottom 22 - BaNG // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets 29 - Yuxhaaq // Zoe Badwi - Freefallin' 08 - Nonsuch // Lily Allen - Guess Who Batman (f*** You demo) 01 - Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss 16 - Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark in the Water 19 - Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy - Ridiculously overhyped, although even I gave it 3 points :lol: 10 - Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here - Never really 'got' this 02 - Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous - I don't remember much about BJSCII at all to be honest, apart from me flopping again, but this was not a good winner, and I like Katharine McPhee generally!
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