October 22, 201311 yr WHAT 'TThhEe PPaARRtTYY' got sent and didn't even qualify? :mellow: I see that was back in my first ever contest and in the other semi.
October 22, 201311 yr I don't think I'd do anything drastically different from now (i.e. I'd still flop every month) but 'Ein' may have won had I sent it to a later contest.
October 22, 201311 yr Should've done at the time anyway :( One of my favourite ballads ever sent to this contest, along with 'Don't Go' by Rae Morris. :wub: That too should have done far better, but I feel like it would be a certain DNQ now :( it only very narrowly escaped that fare in the first place!
October 22, 201311 yr I'd imagine True Love Fantasy would be a top 10 nowadays. Also verging towards 'hopeful' but I think Sjus and Hide would probably do quite well now (yes I know the latter was sent this year!) Although my two top 10s, Ti Amo and Geronimo probably wouldn't do so well.
October 22, 201311 yr Author That too should have done far better, but I feel like it would be a certain DNQ now :( it only very narrowly escaped that fare in the first place! Was the soundtrack to quite an upsetting time I was going through like 18 months ago, so I thank you for sending it for that alone!
October 22, 201311 yr hide should've done so much better, and was basically voted exclusively by countries with taste so at least you have that down!
October 22, 201311 yr Was the soundtrack to quite an upsetting time I was going through like 18 months ago, so I thank you for sending it for that alone! I'm pleased you made a proper long term discovery out of it, it makes it worthwhile to hear that somebody really loved it even if entries do flop. It was actually my 5th favourite song of 2012, I absolutely LOVE it and have no regrets whatsoever sending it. It seemed to get a little more popular as time went by too, it did better in TBO.
October 22, 201311 yr I'd imagine True Love Fantasy would be a top 10 nowadays. Also verging towards 'hopeful' but I think Sjus and Hide would probably do quite well now (yes I know the latter was sent this year!) Although my two top 10s, Ti Amo and Geronimo probably wouldn't do so well. If Need U won then True Love Fantasy definitely should've done too :( His two best songs EASILY.
October 22, 201311 yr WHAT 'Tthhee Ppaarrttyy' got sent and didn't even qualify? :mellow: I see that was back in my first ever contest and in the other semi. A true TRAGEDY.
October 23, 201311 yr It doesn't bear THINKING (NASA would've probably done a bit better tho. Money Note might even have WON)
May 25, 20169 yr With the bjsc landscape changing quite a bit since this thread (and not entirely for the better, BRING BACK 2013/14), I figured it would be interesting to give this a shot (I was tempted to just put "outside the top 10" for all of them): 20 Curxes "Haunted Gold" - DNQ 17 Robert DeLong "Global Concepts" - idk I think this would do alright today, maybe a similar result to what it actually got DNQ Paper Crows "Happier" - DNQ DNQ Savages "She Will" - DNQ DNQ Django Django "WOR" - DNQ, but would maybe sneak into the final if it got a suitable semi 01 Ghost Loft "So High" - maybe a top 20 place? :lol: 21 Autoheart "Agoraphobia" - DNQ 21 Jamie Lidell "What a Shame (Remix)" - would maybe qualify? 01 The Kite String Tangle "Given The Chance" - Top 5 26 Cashmere Cat "Mirror Maru" - DNQ, only really made the final because of the AQ 08 Sentinels "Love Rhythm" - just outside the top 10 DNQ Soap&Skin "Sugarbread" - DNQ 19 Movement "Us" - low finish in the final 26 Gazelle Twin "Belly of the Beast" - DNQ 22 Blawan "Getting Me Down" - god the 2014 voters weren't that sensible either were they 06 Anamanaguchi "Prom Night" - Top 15 04 The Magician "Sunlight" - Top 5, the only one here I could envision getting a higher finish 09 Nihils "Help Our Souls (Remix)" - Top 15 09 Kero Kero Bonito "Sick Beat" - Top 20 09 Daniel Avery "Drone Logic" - Top 30, this was quite a strange top 10 hit, would never get there today though 07 Yeasayer "O.N.E" - Top 20
May 25, 20169 yr When looking at my first 5 entries, I imagine that Hannah Grace, Kitten and Regina Spektor would still dnq. I like to think that Elina Born and Beth Sherburn would make it just outside the top 20/25
May 25, 20169 yr Only gon' do the entries before my big return (in which I came last in the semi so not so big but whatever :kink:) because I think the newer ones would do pretty much the same now? Although I can imagine a lot of these would as well haha BJSC 11 / Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch: originally 4th, now in the 20s. Hopefully the Rejects contests will continue up to at least that point! BJSC 12 / Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy / originally DNQ, however it's so well known that I think now it would be vetoed :lol: BJSC 13 / Hooverphonic - Mad About You / originally 28th (last in the final), I think it would be around last in the final again now BJSC 14 / Alanis Morissette - Straitjacket / originally DNQ, a veto now lmao BJSC 15 / Au Revoir Simone - Dark Halls / originally DNQ, now DNQ again BJSC 16 / Halou - Political / originally DNQ, same now BJSC 17 / Regina Spektor - Samson / originally 20th, a DNQ now I think BJSC 18 / Röyksopp - This Must Be It / originally 17th, now a veto possibly BJSC 20 / Pogo - Expialidocious / originally a DNQ, same now BJSC 21 / Elegeion - Scars / DNQ then, DNQ now BJSC 22 / The Big Pink - Dominos / originally DNQ, now I think it would qualify (if not vetoed) and come somewhere in the 20s BJSC 46 / Emilia - Teardrops / DNQ then, DNQ now BJSC 47 / Kate Havnevik - Unlike Me / same as above BJSC 48 / Stars - Counting Stars On The Ceiling / same as above BJSC 50 / Télépopmusik - Breathe / 20th back then, I think in the 30s now BJSC 55 / Anneli Drecker - You Don't Have To Change / DNQ back then (last in semi :(), DNQ again now Looking at these, I really have been unlucky in the contest over the years :') (apart from the win obvz) I've yet to be in the final more than twice in a row!! :o
May 25, 20169 yr The Reloaded contest is already showing that the majority of my entries would do significantly worse now, though a couple have done better - Thermostatic's Driving and Delta's Believe Again (going from 17th to winning...I'll never understand that original result at all). I think we can safely assume that most of my Scandipop and cheesier entries would probably flop now while the slightly less in your face stuff like I'm Going For Your Brother, Vaporous, Fireflies and Take Me To Church (maybe not...everyone seems to hate that these days because of overexposure :lol:) might end up doing better.
May 25, 20169 yr BJSC 11 / Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch: originally 4th, now in the 20s. Hopefully the Rejects contests will continue up to at least that point! Oops I meant 'Reloaded'.
May 25, 20169 yr Well seeing as I've only been entering for just over a year now I don't think my entries would've done better now tbh :kink: but maybe Spirals considering follow ups involving it did well (and won my least favourite poll :cheer: )
May 25, 20169 yr That said, the thing with the Reloaded's is that only a very tiny cross section of current participants take part in that, and it's usually not the pure pop voters, which skews the results a bit for those whose first few years of entries were of that ilk. So I don't think some of my early entries would flop QUITE as hard as Reloaded suggests this time around, but then again I'd never send half of my original entries these days, as tastes change and some of those sound incredibly irrelevant and tacky now.
May 25, 20169 yr man without country / lemonade i still think shoulda been smashes in their TIME never mind a bit later. see: cut copy.
May 25, 20169 yr I think seeing TBO last year and hearing people saying they've grown onto some of my entries has changed the scope of things a bit. The only act that I sent last year that would probably have a chance at winning now is Five Knives.
May 25, 20169 yr I think on the whole my earlier entries would do worse now seeing as my entries usually reflect the current flavour of dance music that's popular. 25 Danny Dove & Ben Preston - Falling / DNQ DNQ Elena - Disco Romancing / DNQ DNQ Radio Killer - Don't Let the Music End / DNQ DNQ Antillas - Damaged / DNQ DNQ Christina Walls - Carry Me To Paradise / DNQ DNQ Airsoul - Asia / DNQ 18 Laurentiu Duta - Shining Heart / DNQ DNQ Oana Tache - Take Control / DNQ DNQ Adrian Lux - Burning / DNQ DNQ Andreea Banica - Could U / DNQ DNQ Netsky - Love Has Gone / Top 40 24 EDX - Touched / DNQ 26 Hardwell - Apollo / Top 30 12 Flume - Insane / Top 15 DNQ Aston Shuffle - Sunrise / Top 30 27 Quintino & Alvaro - World In Our Hands / DNQ DNQ Stone & Van Linden - Summerbreeze / DNQ 15 Cahill & Kimberley Locke - Feel the Love / Top 40 13 Kat Krazy - Siren / Top 30 DNQ Tiesto et al - Love and Run / DNQ 24 Arty - It's All Relative / DNQ DNQ Steve Aoki et al - Boneless / DNQ 13 4 Strings - This Heart Is Yours / Top 40 DNQ Mar - Man x Woman / DNQ 26 Oliver Heldens - Gecko / Top 10 12 Laurel - Fire Breather (Remix) / Top 30 15 Ferreck Dawn & Redondo - Love Too Deep / Top 30 DNQ Tez Cadey - Seve / Top 30 DNQ BH - Hold On / DNQ 25 Jenny Mayhem - Bad Girls (Remix) / Top 40 31 Ruffneck - Everybody Be Somebody (Remix) / Top 40 11 Shadow Child & Doorly - Climbin' (Piano Weapon) / Top 15 18 Sandy Rivera - BANG! / Top 30 06 Pep & Rash - Rumors / Top 20 16 Mediate - What You Do / Top 30 04 Colleen D'Agostino - Stay / Top 30 [most recent ten entries have been excluded]
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