June 28, 201114 yr Well I believe that the video could help you understand the song more and hence let it grow on you faster that it would, or grow at all, that wouldn't have happened without the video.
June 28, 201114 yr im predicted to come near last in everyone prediction. oh joy :( Edited June 28, 201114 yr by Jack500
June 28, 201114 yr Sorry, but it's not a very strong song, and I think there is a bit of a limit to how much Disney we can take :lol:
June 28, 201114 yr Author Well I believe that the video could help you understand the song more and hence let it grow on you faster that it would, or grow at all, that wouldn't have happened without the video. I can personally count on one hand the number of times a music video has helped a song to grow on me/click with me EVER. I rarely watch them for a start, I'll get lambasted no doubt but I still haven't seen the music videos to the majority of the songs in the current UK top 40 - really only the ones by the big name stars - Gaga, Rihanna, Katy Perry and J.Lo - music videos just aren't something I spend a great deal of time indulging in. Mainly because until last week I didn't have any music channels on TV or bandwidth allowance to use Youtube more than 2 or 3 times per week :lol: But unless they're something really obviously special, like Last Friday Night for example, I get bored and switch off - I have a very short attention span :drama:
June 28, 201114 yr I rarely watch music videos too but there's a fair few examples that made me change my mind about the song. Disturbia headlining the pack. Incredible video.
June 28, 201114 yr Author It's a great video indeed, but I was already massively in love with the song from the first listen :wub: Similarly though, I've never started to love a song less due to a crap video!
June 28, 201114 yr Author From 8th in Rich's predictions to 26th in Tom's :lol: That is quite harsh but I wouldn't be too disheartened, Tom predicted Utopia's runner up from last month to come bottom 3 iirc :o But then none of what I predicted to come top 3 last month finished in the top 10 so go figure :P
June 28, 201114 yr Sorry James :( I just really don't get Unnamed Love. It's pleasant but the lyrics are awful, and there's nothing that special about it IMHO. Daelandria's song is similar but better IMHO. Then again I would say the same of mine and FSR Rontvia's :kink:
June 28, 201114 yr Well it's a song contest, not a video contest :lol: Plus SSS's (:heehee:) vid ain't all that. At least it's memorable! :P
June 28, 201114 yr Predict the top 10 of the final [50 points available - 5 points for each correct position, 3 points for being one position off, 1 point for being two positions off; an extra 10 points if you predict all the countries correctly, regardless of how they finish in the top ten] 1. UnoShake: Havanna Brown - We Run The Night 2. Herzebania: Britt Love - Come With Me 3. FSR Rontiva: Chart Music - All My Life 4. Ojnoj: Misty Miller - Remember 5. Batidas: Brooke Fraser - Something In The Water 6. Hendinia: Wynter Gordon - Buy My Love 7. Aquafina: Alexandra Stan - Get Back (ASAP) 8. Eledan: The Irrepressibles - In This Shirt 9. Ashton: Kristine Elezaj - Warpath 10. Numayania: Katzenwaffe Feat. Melie - Bring Me Light Bonus Question 1 l How many points will this month's winning song score? [50 points for the exact amount, 25 points for guessing within 5 points of it, 15 points for guessing within 10 points of it, 5 points for guessing within 20 points of it, 1 point for guessing withing 50 points of it] 170 Bonus Question 2 l What type of act will the winner be - a female soloist, a male soloist, a mixed group, a male duo/group, a female duo/group or 'other'? [5 Points] Female soloist Bonus Question 3 l Will we have somebody breaking out of the 'two winners club' this month to score a third (these are Eledan, Kopecka, Herzebania, Hendinia, Quotosibb and BaNG)? [5 Points for the correct prediction, 0 for the wrong one] No Bonus Question 4 l How many 12's will Ashton get? [5 Points for the correct prediction, 0 for the wrong one] 5 Bonus Question 5a l Predict the amount of points that the following countries will award each other's entries [10 points for every one that you get spot on, none for anything else - so a maximum of 60 points available here - Countries included in this question should ONLY answer question 5b so that your votes are not revealed, anybody else must ONLY answer either 5a or 5b, but not both]; FSR Rontvia -> Ashton - 08 Ashton -> FSR Rontvia - 10 Ojnoj -> Batidas - 05 Batidas -> Ojnoj - 10 Numayania -> PRoJ - 10 PRoJ -> Numayania - 08 Bonus Question 5b l Predict the amount of points that the following countries will award each other's entries [10 points for every one that you get spot on, none for anything else - so a maximum of 60 points available here - Countries included in this question should ONLY answer question 5a so that your votes are not revealed, anybody else must ONLY answer either 5a or 5b, but not both]; Torchwood -> Kopecka Kopecka -> Torchwood Allecian -> Budtar Budtar -> Allecian Zechonia -> UnoShake UnoShake -> Zechonia Bonus Question 6 l Where will the following finish? [10 points for each guessed correctly, 5 points for coming within 5 positions out for each]; Aquafina: 7th Lievant: 20th Farahtyn: 27th Bonus Question 7 l Predict the bottom seven positions of the final [5 points for the exact position, 3 points for being one position off, 1 point for being two positions off; extra 8 points if you predicted all the members right, no matter if the places are mixed up or not] 22. Allecian: Aleesia - Life Of The Party 23. Budtar: Victoria Justice - Best Friend's Brother 24. FNT Nickdonia: Lights - My Boots 25. Bignia-Zaragovina: Sissel Kyrkjebø & Espen Lind - Where The Lost Ones Go 26. Zechonia: Heather Nova - Higher Ground 27. Farathyn: Erika Sellin - I'm A Dreamer 28. Quotosibb: Beverley Knight - One More Try
June 28, 201114 yr 2nd Top 10 in a row?! That would be something <3 Edited June 28, 201114 yr by (((( PAVEL ))))
June 28, 201114 yr Sorry James :( I just really don't get Unnamed Love. The first time I played 'Unnamed Love' all I could hear in my head was "la la la la la you make me feel good, la la la la la you make me feel good, etc...". Well, 'Unnamed Love' and 'You Make Me Feel' from BJSC XXXIV are similar - practically identical even. :D
June 29, 201114 yr Predict the top 10 of the final: 1. UnoShake – Havana Brown – We run the night 2. FSR Rontvia – Chart music – All my life 3. Herzebania – Britt Love – Come with me 4. Letland – Capital Cities – Safe and sound 5. BaNG - Sharam feat. Anousheh Khalili - Fun 6. Ashton – Kristine Elezaj - Warpath 7. Hendinia – Wynter Gordon – Buy my love 8. Dalisska – Toxic Avenger feat. Annie – Alien summer 9. Numayania - Katzenwaffe Feat. Melie - Bring me light 10. Farahtyn – Erika Selin – I’m a dreamer Bonus Question 1 l How many points will this month's winning song score? - 136 Bonus Question 2 l What type of act will the winner be? - A female soloist Bonus Question 3 l Will we have somebody breaking out of the 'two winners club' this month to score a third? - No Bonus Question 4 l How many 12's will Ashton get? - 4 Bonus Question 5a l Predict the amount of points that the following countries will award each other's entries: FSR Rontvia -> Ashton – 7 Points Ashton -> FSR Rontvia – 5 Points Ojnoj -> Batidas – 0 Points Batidas -> Ojnoj – 4 Points Numayania -> PRoJ – 7 Points PRoJ -> Numayania – 6 Points Bonus Question 6 l Where will the following finish? Aquafina: 12th place Lievant: 14th place Farahtyn: 15th place Bonus Question 7 l Predict the bottom seven positions of the final: 22. Kluminican Republic – Sneaky sound system – We love 23. Kopečka – Selena Gomez - Whiplash 24. Zechonia – Heather Nova – Higher ground 25. Bignia-Zaragovina: Sissel Kyrkjebø & Espen Lind - Where the lost ones go 26. FNT Nickodonia – Lights - Boots 27. Danaelanda - Danny Dove & Ben Preston feat. Susie Ledge - Falling 28. Quotosibb – Beverley Knight – One more try Something confuses me a bit though, because how on earth can Life of the party come bottom 7? When other than Warpath it seems to pack the most powerful pop punch in here? That’s genuine BJSC fodder for ya right there! I don’t see it coming anywhere near the bottom at all. I also think Farahtyn is underrated; as the only ballade type of song in the final it could get some decent points! And I think because of the high quality and a lot of poppy stuff - there might not be a high pointage winner. Edited June 29, 201114 yr by Freeze
June 29, 201114 yr I feel like I'd be doing my own music taste a dis-service by placing odds of 50/1 or something on it. Except you're supposed to be basing it on how well you'll do not how much you like it....
June 29, 201114 yr Except you're supposed to be basing it on how well you'll do not how much you like it.... Given Rich is the most successful person in this contest it's not really that misplaced for him to say his music taste generally aligns with what does well here!
June 29, 201114 yr Author Except you're supposed to be basing it on how well you'll do not how much you like it.... Well the only times I've given myself odds of below about 15/1 in the past two years were for Example, Markoolio/Linda Bengtzing and Caro Emerald. Two of those did about as well/badly as expected and Caro exceeded my expectations quite hugely. When it comes to predicting how my own entry will finish, I'm actually usually relatively close, only Backseat and Strawberry Shake did a little worse than I'd anticipated/hoped but not disasterously. UK bookies usually put our entries far higher in the odds than international bookies do - generally because a lot of patriotic punters will get behind the home entry no matter what and the bookies don't want to end up with vast payouts. My odds are a reflection of that if you like, I will always put my entry fairly high up, unless I'm completely certain that it's a flop, because I trust my own instinct and music taste a great deal and always have done. Sometimes I've gone against the grain and just pushed something out there that I wanted to introduce to a few people who I thought would love it, even if it obviously wasn't going to do brilliantly (Example, Caro Emerald) but most of the time my tastes are pretty in line with what does well here, as proven by my analysis of how many points I've given to the winners and runners up over the years - nearly always a very high amount. Nobody who has ever done a set of odds or taken part in the predicta on here won't have let personal taste slightly seep through into it, it's impossible not to to some extent. Nobody wants to believe that the songs that they love the most are going to finish in the bottom ten, so their favourites gets bumped up a bit in their set of odds. When you're so blinded by love by something, it's very hard to comprehend that nobody else will be, so yes my 12, 10 and 8 pointers are probably higher up my set of odds than in other people's but likewise everyone else's odds and their respective favourites. I do often wonder if the reason a lot of people don't take part in the odds/predictas is because they're worried about the reaction it will cause from others - 'will people think I'm underrating/overrating my own entry and coming across fake modest/over-confident?', 'will the person I've put in last place/bottom ten in the predicta or odds take great offense and not vote for me even if they like my entry?'. At the end of the day, odds are indeed only our personal predictions and I'd absolutely love for more people to get involved in them - what would be interesting is if we collated all of the different sets of odds together to come up with an 'utlimate set' and see how close they correlate with the final results! Judging by last month though, we were all mostly way off :lol:
June 30, 201114 yr Predict the top 10 of the final [50 points available - 5 points for each correct position, 3 points for being one position off, 1 point for being two positions off; an extra 10 points if you predict all the countries correctly, regardless of how they finish in the top ten] 1. Ashton: Kristine Elezaj - Warpath 2. Batidas: Brooke Fraser - Something In The Water 3. FSR Rontvia: Chart Music - All My Life 4. UnoShake: Havana Brown - We Run The Night 5. FYR Vojvodina-on-the-Wold: Florrie - I Took A Little Something 6. Herzebania: Britt Love - Come With Me 7. Eledan: The Irrepressibles - In This Shirt 8. Numayania: Katzenwaffe Feat. Melie - Bring Me Light 9. Hendinia: Wynter Gordon - Buy My Love 10. Torchwood: Mike Nielsen feat. Ellen - Unnamed Love Bonus Question 1 l How many points will this month's winning song score? [50 points for the exact amount, 25 points for guessing within 5 points of it, 15 points for guessing within 10 points of it, 5 points for guessing within 20 points of it, 1 point for guessing withing 50 points of it] 135 Bonus Question 2 l What type of act will the winner be - a female soloist, a male soloist, a mixed group, a male duo/group, a female duo/group or 'other'? [5 Points] Female soloist. Bonus Question 3 l Will we have somebody breaking out of the 'two winners club' this month to score a third (these are Eledan, Kopecka, Herzebania, Hendinia, Quotosibb and BaNG)? [5 Points for the correct prediction, 0 for the wrong one] No. Bonus Question 4 l How many 12's will Ashton get? [5 Points for the correct prediction, 0 for the wrong one] 7. Bonus Question 5a l Predict the amount of points that the following countries will award each other's entries [10 points for every one that you get spot on, none for anything else - so a maximum of 60 points available here - Countries included in this question should ONLY answer question 5b so that your votes are not revealed, anybody else must ONLY answer either 5a or 5b, but not both]; FSR Rontvia -> Ashton - 5 points Ashton -> FSR Rontvia - 7 points Ojnoj -> Batidas - 12 points Batidas -> Ojnoj - 6 points Numayania -> PRoJ - 0 points PRoJ -> Numayania - 3 points Bonus Question 5b l Predict the amount of points that the following countries will award each other's entries [10 points for every one that you get spot on, none for anything else - so a maximum of 60 points available here - Countries included in this question should ONLY answer question 5a so that your votes are not revealed, anybody else must ONLY answer either 5a or 5b, but not both]; Torchwood -> Kopecka Kopecka -> Torchwood Allecian -> Budtar Budtar -> Allecian Zechonia -> UnoShake UnoShake -> Zechonia Bonus Question 6 l Where will the following finish? [10 points for each guessed correctly, 5 points for coming within 5 positions out for each]; Aquafina: 11th Lievant: 26th Farahtyn: 22nd Bonus Question 7 l Predict the bottom seven positions of the final [5 points for the exact position, 3 points for being one position off, 1 point for being two positions off; extra 8 points if you predicted all the members right, no matter if the places are mixed up or not] 22. Farahtyn: Erika Selin - I'm A Dreamer 23. Utopia: Best Coast - Crazy For You 24. Danaelanda: Danny Dove & Ben Preston feat. Susie Ledge - Falling 25. People's Republic of Jester: Akcent feat. Ruxandra Bar - Feelings On Fire 26. Lievant: Ultraviolet Sound - Dead On The Dancefloor 27. Budtar: Victoria Justice - Best Friends Brother 28. Quotosibb: Beverley Knight - One More Try _______________ These results look kinda logical to me. I can see Bignia-Zaragovina creeping in the Bottom 7, and Torchwood missing out on a Top10 position though...
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