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Northeast Party House "For You"

XCIV: did not qualify

 

Yes, this was planned in advance with us entering the band in Nuggets before BJSC. :P It's our 30th entry and we genuinely weren't sure how it would do, just kinda seeing how long our Q streak will last! It's kind of a Bloc Party-meets-Silverchair sound?? I guess y'all weren't here for it, so our Q streak is brought to an end at 7.

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Jillian Jacqueline "Reasons"

XCV: did not qualify

 

Kind of our second country entry, but really the first song that came to mind was 'Water Under The Bridge' so I'd definitely say there's more of a pop feel to it. Either way, this turned out to be a bigger risk than intended, being one of few pop entries in a very non-pop semifinal. Unfortunately most of its potential fans were in the opposite semi, which led to Jillian's downfall.

Another really catchy entry from you! Growing on me with every listen!

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Baha Men "Accident"

Buzzjackfestivalen V

 

Last July we had two Baha Men songs as potentials, but couldn't decide between them and ended up forgetting to enter BJSC 86 altogether. We immediately found a hot streak after that, so the timing was never right to try the Baha Men again until now. The main risk is that there is a lot of novelty entries that could cancel each other out. We've just barely fallen short of qualifying our first two times in Buzzjackfestivalen, so hopefully third time's a charm!

This is a BANGER. *.* rooting for you in our heat!

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Moment "All This Time"

XCVI: did not qualify

 

They just qualified with 'Indigo', which was one of the best entries of the year so far but settled for a bottom-half finish in the final IIRC. For whatever reason the familiarity did not work in our favor or lead to Moment improving on that performance, instead suffering diminishing returns and extending our flop streak. Should it have been a Michelle McManus cover after all? :drama:

"Indigo" was like 14th I think.

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Kari Kimmel "Can You Feel It"

XCVII: did not qualify

 

Been meaning to get Kari Kimmel into BJSC since last year, but it took some time to find the right song to send. This one felt right as it's one of her most anthemic, plus catchy and well-produced, although it has the disadvantage of not being on Spotify, iTunes, OR Amazon, and not Youtube either until I uploaded it myself! It was in the wrong semi too, which meant a third consecutive DNQ for us. :(

Blondage "Dive"

XCVIII

 

A male-female edgy pop duo in the vein of former Harmonican artists Holychild and Kaneholler, we are VERY excited about Blondage and think 'Dive' is our strongest entry of the year so far! Hopefully it's just what we need to break our DNQ streak. We'll go ahead and predict a 21st-place finish to match 'Paper Games', but top 10 or top 15 would certainly be welcome!

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Recommended by Zanmatony for your 100th contest;

 

 

:D

Blondage "Dive"

XCVIII: 42nd

 

Our first last place! *.* :cheer: Of all the things we thought this entry might be remembered for, this definitely wasn't it. We finally broke our DNQ streak which is all that really matters, but there's far better stats to digest here. Blondage bathed in the trickle points, with 60 points spread out between 18 different voters. In fact, only two countries put 'Dive' in their top 10 (the rest were all 1-5 points), so under the old 12-point system it would've had like 10 total points! Kind of a shame since we love this entry so much, but it's nice to finally be memorable for the first time in months.

 

Here's the full and fascinating votes spread. Thank you to these countries!

11 points: Cor Lupus

9 points: Yehesi

5 points: Desbuanda

4 points: Cadelicia, Seyetana, Thelonia, Triangledonia, Unovia

3 points: Zanmatony

2 points: Aeroche, Altyr Muunilinst, FSR Rontvia

1 point: Azure, Cowtermont, Cumulonimbia, Hushkanukia, Jupiterdonia, New Lexico

(I'm so tired that I typed "The Rock" as one of the countries giving us 4 points. Thank you, The Rock.)

 

Recommended by Zanmatony for your 100th contest;

 

:D

I've heard this before! It was in JSG's chart a couple years ago and of course I was intrigued and listened. It didn't stand out to me though! Plus my 100th contest is 6.5 years away :lol:

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Hollyn "Alone"

XCIX

 

This is the first time we've sent a song that we only discovered the day before the confirmation deadline. Just two months ago a different Hollyn song was nearly sent by us, but we're confident this is a much stronger entry (once we removed the rather off-putting rap verse). Could've easily cut it down to 3 minutes and saved this for Buzzjackfestivalen but we were desperate and couldn't hold on to this! Hope it pays off!

 

Loving this! Hope it can qualify for you!

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Hollyn "Alone"

XCIX: 13th

 

Not only did we get our fifth qualifier of the year, matching our 5 qualifications in each of the past two years, but Hollyn gave us our best finish of the year so far, easily surpassing 'Paper Games' by Kaneholler! We'll see what happens, but it would be pretty amazing to get a 6th qualifier in the 100th BJSC contest.

 

We did not get a chance to thank countries individually, so here's our list of the countries that gave points to 'Alone' - thank you all!

18 points: Aelandor, Republique d'Ashton, Seyetana

15 points: Niceland, Ultraviolenceland

13 points: Altyr Muunilinst, Jukianie

12 points: Lotunia, The Actual Republic of Bellamia

10 points: Daehun

9 points: Medhelnia

8 points: New Lexico, Unovia

7 points: Azure, Taahino

6 points: Bignia-Zaragovina, Terra Avium, Triangledonia

5 points: Hushkanukia, Sandeborg, Singerpurear

3 points: Desbuanda, Jupiterdonia, Land of DW, Ojnoj, Ramrynia, Tartford

2 points: Quintessa

 

Last time half our voters gave us 2 points or less; this time only one country did. :lol: We'll update our points given/points received after the next contest!

 

Daniella Mason "Cover The Earth"

C: did not qualify

 

Two reasons for sending Daniella Mason this month: one, because she's responsible for our favorite entry of all time so it's only fitting to recycle her for the 100th contest,

and two, because she first represented Hushkanukia who are reportedly participating for the last time! :( Lucky for us, Daniella released her new album just three days before confirmations opened, and it's a very good album. This is the last song on it, which makes it even more fitting as our entry for this contest! And, according to the Youtube comments, apparently our previous artist Hollyn is a fan! :o

 

Unfortunately this got swallowed up amongst the other amazing entries in this milestone contest, but it did get nominated for TBO: Rejects!

HARMONICA'S FAVORITE ENTRIES OF 2017

 

 

1. Kluminican Republic - RUFUS "Innerbloom"

2. South Danaelanda - Gareth Emery & Standerwick feat. Hailene "Saving Light"

3. Ultraviolenceland - Hannah Jane Lewis "Raincheck"

4. Ultraviolenceland - Jaded "In The Morning"

5. Oslol - Moment "Indigo"

6. Desbuanda - Paper Route "Chariots"

7. Medhelnia - Misterwives "Machine"

8. FARC - Robinson "Don't You Forget About Me"

9. Republique d'Ashton - Dragonette "Darth Vader"

10. Ojnoj - SAARA "Superpowers"

 

Seven of our top-pointers made it in the top 10, the other three being our highest 13-pointer (Jaded), our highest 15-pointer (Robinson), and "Superpowers" which received only six points from us! There was no stopping "Innerbloom" on this list, from the very first listen I knew it was going to be one of our favorite entries ever, let alone of the year. Thank you Kluminican Republic for sending it. :wub: Also, shout out to Ultraviolenceland for getting two entries in our top 5! And a shout out to Desbuanda just because :hi:

 

Songs 11-50 will be coming later (hopefully tomorrow)!

oh wow I’m surprised it’s not indigo

HARMONICA'S FAVORITE ENTRIES OF 2017 (CONTINUED)

 

11. Hendinia - Sigrid Bernson "This Summer"

12. N DNTN - NUSSY "Hard As Diamonds"

13. Hushkanukia - Ryder "Nirvana"

14. Niceland - Captain Cuts feat. Nateur "Love Like We Used To"

15. Lotunia - Eva Weel Skram "Berre la meg vær"

16. Dobago - Lindsey Stirling feat. Rooty "Love's Just A Feeling"

17. St. Burbia - Alice Merton "No Roots"

18. Medhelnia - YONAKA "Bubblegum"

19. East Rukahavian - Wild Culture feat. Chu "Know Love"

20. Tinnmark - Emilie Nicolas "Sky"

21. Unovia - SLUMBERJACK feat. Vera Blue "Fracture"

22. Republique d'Ashton - Mutya Keisha Siobhan "I'm Alright"

23. #00274E - CupcakKe "LGBT"

24. Fljótavík - Off Bloom "Falcon Eye"

25. Oslol - K.I.D "Taker"

26. Ramrynia - Catherine McGrath "Talk Of This Town"

27. Desbuanda - DJDS feat. Amber Mark & Marco McKinnis "Trees On Fire"

28. Aeroche - Disco Fries feat. Hope Murphy "Born Ready (Halogen Mix)"

29. Yehesi - MY "W.I.L.D."

30. Medhelnia - Clare Maguire "Elizabeth Taylor (Mulholland Edition)"

31. FARC - Rhys "Last Dance"

32. Botanikka - Wrabel "The Village"

33. Trifoski - Drones Club "Hurricane"

34. Azure - Marianas Trench "Celebrity Status"

35. Jupiterdonia - Smallpools "Million Bucks"

36. Beaverdonia - Digitalism "Open Waters"

37. Pupok - Sam Spiegel & Ape Drums feat. Assassin "Mutant Brain"

38. Yehesi - VINAI feat. Anjulie "Into The Fire"

39. St. Burbia - Tasah Tah feat. RaOol "Malang"

40. Tinnmark - Vigiland "Friday Night‬‬‬"

41. Unovia - Molly Kate Kestner "Prom Queen"

42. Oslol - Blonde Electra "Let's Touch"

43. Bhangra - RUFUS "You Were Right"

44. Hendinia - Burak Yeter & Ryan Riback "Go 2.0"

45. Dobago - Lydia Singer "Push Bang Bang (K Warren's UKG Mix)"

46. Quintessa - Diana Wang "Home"

47. Yehesi - MUNA "I Know A Place"

48. Taahino - Tonight Alive "Temple"

49. Kylienips - Ali Barter "Girlie Bits"

50. Bhangra - Fenech-Soler "Kaleidoscope"

 

34 countries represented in our top 50, not bad! Keep in mind that all of these are a 9/10 at least and most are 10/10 or 11/10. I think Yehesi and Oslol have the most entries with three each. And I omitted one entry that will appear in my personal chart EOY instead.

 

Stay tuned to see what we entered into the Andra Chansen contest!

Is it one of these?

Is it one of these?

Nope! It's from before Cor Lupus was a thing.