October 6, 20195 yr Author Kind of a shame that you miss out on the chance to get another AQ next contest to maybe send something a little more wacky (this was always bound to do rather well anyway) but really pleased that this did so well ofc <3 I'm gonna pretend this was your winner since it did actually get more points than 'Ignis' and all :lol: so will be joining Pharao in actually being more successful than your winner! Jadakissnia now having more top 10s than Persephonia in about half the number of attempts though :lol: we are not worthy xx Indeed, I didn't clock the fact that I'd lost out on an AQ for a little while and then a sudden wave of saltiness washed over me :kink: definitely played it safe with this AQ but I was still in peak stan mode (still riding high in my personal chart etc.) and wanted more people to hear it ASAP :wub: never mind, hopefully I'll get another shot at an AQ eventually. I'm so glad you were a fan, it's like the snubs last month never even happened, back in business with double-figure points for each other :kink: I'm totally okay with pretending this is my winner, as much as I enjoy 'Ignis' too :kink: blimey, my 3rd places killing it this year. 'Scope' one of the most successful songs ever in its semi-final too. We go hard when we go bronze apparently. Wow :drama: well... at least you still have more wins than me x
October 20, 20195 yr Yup, this was exactly as I thought, same song too, I actually checked it out the other day and it sounded pretty good although I need a re-listen for sure. Also wanted to point out this is your 2nd 'Epiphany' entry in a song contest, after Club Bizarre ofc :P (I'm almost in the same boat there, with my entry being titled 'Zombie 2000' and I sent a 'Zombie' to a spin-off before ha. #quickfacts)
October 21, 20195 yr Author BJSC 119 Ross From Friends - Epiphany MeJJYsqE7hY This month our 46th entry to date comes in the form of 'Epiphany' by Ross From Friends! The title is named both after his sister and a literal epiphany. This is the title track from its accompanying EP. Speaking of the project, he said: "I wanted the release to play on the idea of a desolate physical and social landscape becoming a utopia from a communal epiphany - or revolution" - so you can imagine that the music video is pretty creative. As for the song itself, the British producer channels his inner BICEP sonically as it's largely an electronic instrumental, save for very small vocal portions here and there. One quirk though - another layer to the song is that there's a Middle Eastern guitar playing throughout most of 'Epiphany' too. We're so ready to dive back into the world of instrumentals for this contest! Our song can be found in slot 5 of semi-final 2. ~~~ omg I think I know :') Aha! I know I see what you did there xx :kink: Yup, this was exactly as I thought, same song too, I actually checked it out the other day and it sounded pretty good although I need a re-listen for sure. Also wanted to point out this is your 2nd 'Epiphany' entry in a song contest, after Club Bizarre ofc :P (I'm almost in the same boat there, with my entry being titled 'Zombie 2000' and I sent a 'Zombie' to a spin-off before ha. #quickfacts) Well done for your guess - even down to actual song - being bang on! I'm glad your first impression was positive, hope it grows further on second listen too :heart: and oh yes Bray pointed that out to me as well - what a fun fact! *.* or should I say #quickfacts (g'won with the spooky double x)
October 23, 20195 yr Author OOFT! :wub: Dusky vibes are there in addition to BICEP so I'm glad you like!!
October 25, 20195 yr Author We QUALIFIED for the BJSC 119 final with Ross From Friends - 'Epiphany'! Hot off the Lotunian press - we're going to be finalists in the 119th edition of BJSC! 'Epiphany' by Ross From Friends survived the semi 2 crowd and delivered our 39th qualification to date. This positive news also boosts our current streak of qualifiers up to 6. Not bad when we had two DNQs at the start of the year! It was always going to be tough to follow two top 3 results in a row, but at least we've advanced to the next stage, no matter where we place in the final. This is what our would-be and real votes looked like... Would-be semi 1 votes: 12 Q 10 Q 08 Q 07 Utopia: Blood Red Shoes - Elijah 06 Q 05 Rolloland: Mostly Autumn - Saturday Night 04 Q 03 Thelonia: Moon Boots - So Precious (feat. KONA) 02 Niceland: Adriano Cintra - Animal (feat. Camila Siqueira) 01 Q This was definitely not the best start to the night! We're gutted for Utopia who lose out once again with a high quality offering. We were not expecting Rolloland to perform so poorly, I mean... bottom 3 in the semi?! What were you guys in semi 1 thinking. Thelonia sent a lush chill dance offering but their good luck unfortunately had to run out eventually. Niceland reconfirmed with something pretty quirky and we were here for it, but many others didn't quite take to it as it came... last in the semi. Erm :mellow: semi 2 votes: 12 Q 10 Q 08 Q 07 Q 06 Q 05 Arcodesia: Sleep Party People - Death Is The Future 04 Q 03 Q 02 Q 01 Sergeistan: The Kolors - Los Angeles (feat. Guè Pequeno) This semi was a lot smoother than anticipated on the other hand! Aside from our own qualification, we only lost 2 of our top 10. Arcodesia were a big loss as they delivered yet again with an instrumental that's very fitting for Halloween. Then Sergeistan squeezed into our votes with a solid follow-up to their brilliant debut last time. Please support Jadakissnia in the final, we're so close to being top 10 in the YTD! We can be found in slot 24.
October 26, 20195 yr Author epiphany Q'ing was never in doubt but well done anyways :wub: tune Thanks Leww :wub: glad you had faith in my entry! Excited to see what it can do in the final, although front-runner Unovia coming right after me in the ordering is unlucky :lol: (jk that means nothing, except back 2 back bangers x)
October 28, 20195 yr Author Glad to have you aboard the hype train Jeff *.* I'm a fan of your entry too!
November 3, 20195 yr Author BJSC 119 Results Ross From Friends - Epiphany http://www.faqfestival.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Ross-From-Friends-2-765x400.jpg The results of the BJSC 119 final were presented in Lotunia last night! We anxiously waited to find out if our entry would live up to the hype in a tense scoreboard lockdown. We found out that our electronic instrumental 'Epiphany' by Ross From Friends finished in 7th place with 229 points! We are CHUFFED with this result as it means that a Jadakissnia first has happened. For the first time ever, we have achieved three top 10 results in a row! These are 1st place for 'Ignis' by Rompasso, then 3rd for 'All Eyes On You' by Active Child and now 7th for 'Epiphany' by Ross From Friends! In addition to this, we finished in 3rd place earlier in the year with 'I Show You Secrets' by Pharao, taking our tally of top 10 hits to 4 this year. This matches the amount of those we achieved last year, but doesn't quite beat the insane 6 top 10s we achieved in one year in 2016. Still, a very successful turnaround this year after two DNQs earlier in 2019! We now have 17 top 10 hits in total. This is the second time we've achieved 7th place, after 'Virtual Paradise' by AK & LYNX feat. Veela in BJSC 78. Although this was after the disqualification of Mz. 007's 'Important', no shady business to achieve 7th this time :kink: The impact of 7th place doesn't end there, as we actually finished 7th in the semi-final too - with 80 points. We underperformed a little in the final compared to predictions where we were the 2nd or 3rd favourite nation to win, but we still did incredibly well, so we are very happy nevertheless. A huge congratulations to Unovia for winning with the song that was the front-runner in the odds, we're pleased that we voted for the gold medal! These were our final votes: 18 Persephonia: Amon Tobin - One Shy Morning 15 Deandria: María Daniela Y Su Sonido Lasser - Zombie 2000 13 Aeroche: ∆XIUS LIИK - KØNSTANTA 12 Summericia: Nobuo Uematsu - Toberu Mono (Thaehan Remix) 11 Séyetana: GHOST DATA - T O M I E 10 Cowtermont: HOWWLER - 9 Times 09 Fljótavik: Digitalism - Pogo (Shinichi Fljósawa Re-Edit) 08 Taahino: Issues - Drink About It 07 Ojnoj: Ben Platt - RAIN 06 Unovia: Franky Wah - Hide (feat. Robinson) 05 Espen: Cerrone - The Impact 04 Cor Lupus: i_o - Ghost In The Machine 03 Dobago: SKYND - Elisa Lam 02 Jupiterdonia: Nicole Dollanganger - Lemonade 01 Terra Avium: Nakhane - New Brighton (feat. ANOHNI) Thank you to the following nations for pointing us: 18 - Aeroche, Skall + Persephonia :heart: 13 - Trifoski 11 - Thelonia, Arcodesia + Terra Avium 10 - Tartford, Wholune, Kylienips + Flynnonda 9 - Aelandor, Rolloland, Vülkyria + Summericia 8 - Sergeistan, Fljótavík + Deandria 7 - Cadelicia 6 - Bøtanikkä + Jupiterdonia 4 - Altyr Muunilinst + East Rukahavian 2 - Land of DW So... next up it's the final contest of the year! The pressure is on after this unexpected successful streak. Better get looking soon!
March 11, 20205 yr Author basic UPDATE ahead of the big 50th anniversary next month! BJSC 122 WILDES - Let You Go HhYYY4HtFLE 6th place // 227 points thank you: 18 - St. Burbia 15 - Harmonica, Holland-Oats, Kluminican Republic, Persephonia, Summericia 13 - Arcodesia 12 - Utopia 10 - New Lexico 9 - Terra Avium 8 - FSR Rontvia, Lotunia, Rolloland, Altyr Muunilinst, Aelandor 7 - Danæviia, Thelonia, Sandénia 6 - République D’Askorza 5 - Aeroche 4 - FARC 3 - Kylienips, Daehun, Oslol 2 - Séyetana, Jupiterdonia 1 - The Actual Republic of Bellamia ---------- BJSC 121 Banoffee - Tennis Fan (feat. Empress Of) VhS5MB9cLY8 10th place // 193 points thank you: 18 - Deandria 15 - Altyr Muunilinst 13 - Land of DW, Tartford, FARC, Skall 12 - Singerpurear 8 - Fljótavík, Oslol 7 - Harmonica, New Lexico 6 - Bøtanikkä, République D’Áskorza 5 - Niceland, Danæviia, Unovia, Ojnoj, Cor Lupus 4 - Hushkanukia, The Actual Republic of Bellamia, Kylienips, Persephonia, Hendinia 3 - Thelonia 2 - Taahino 1 - Aeroche, Greenfroze, Dobago, Daehun ---------- Festive Fun II (aka Beaver's Christmas spin-off) Coil - Christmas Is Now Drawing Near faGEKXgZOEk 5th place // 69 points thank you: 10 - Fljótavík 08 - Terra Avium 07 - Christmas Isle, ProJ, Aeroche, Persephonia 06 - Beaverdonia, Séyetana, Deandria 03 - Cor Lupus 02 - Lotunia ---------- BJSC 120 OTHERLiiNE - Chimes rTZYm9MyfeQ 20th place // 153 points thank you: 15 - Wholune, Terra Avium 13 - Persephonia, East Rukahavian 12 - Thelonia, Skall 10 - Arcodesia, Land of DW, Aelandor 9 - Deandria 8 - Trifoski 6 - Flynnonda, Fljótavík, Harmonica 5 - Danæviia 2 - Hushkanukia 1 - Dobago ---------- BJSC TBO XII FINALISTS defNgG7NkpA Rompasso - Ignis originally placed: 1st in BJSC 117 I3Qwf6MGCYE Pharao - I Show You Secrets originally placed: 3rd in BJSC 112 TBO RESULTS = TBA ---------- Phew, I think that's everything! What a fantastic start to the decade for Jadakissnia, we're up to 19 top 10s now! Insane. Excited for our 50th entry :wub:
March 26, 20205 yr Author 5 years ago, as a 17-year-old sixth form student, I was finally convinced by Bré and April to join in the fun of BJSC. I mention my studies because it was probably a bit naughty when A Levels were in full swing. But hey, everyone needs a distraction or two right? I signed up as Jadakissnia and debuted in 74 alongside forever allies Aprogonia (still in our hearts x), Cor Lupus and Flynnonda. We started off on a good note with a 13th place finish in that contest! We've had a few bumps in the road (I like to forget 77 ever happened) but I'd like to think that we've established ourselves as a fairly successful and diverse nation. From Spanish pop to witch house, we love finding a new discovery to unleash in this contest. So... let's go back through the archives! Here are all 50 Jadakissnia entries to date: 2015 74: Last Lynx - Curtains [13th] 75: ONUKA - Time [9th] 76: M+A - When (feat. Emay) [36th] 77: Muhsinah - Luv w Luv [DNQ] 78: AK & LYNX - Virtual Paradise (feat. Veela) [7th] 79: jj - All White Everything [26th] 80: Stranger Cat - Unzip Your Skin [DNQ] 2016 81: Sonia & Selena - Yo Quiero Bailar [8th] 82: BLVCK CEILING - WVFFLIFE (CHVRN Remix) [6th] 83: VHS Glitch - Blood In Blood Out [35th] 84: Perturbator - Sentient (feat. Hayley Stewart) [25th] 85: OVERWERK - Toccata [8th] 86: Tuna - Seret Aravi [DNQ] 87: FM-84 - Arcade Summer [9th] 88: Mssingno - Scope [3rd] 89: FEYNMAN - 1-800MYLOVE [14th] 90: HÆLOS - Earth Not Above [2nd] 2017 91: Tearist - Headless [12th] 92: SOLDOUT - Do It Again (feat. GOOSE) [DNQ] 93: aYia - Ruins [21st] 94: BÖ - Waqqaberry [3rd] 95: Hugar - Waves (feat. Arnór Dan) [22nd] 96: KING PLAGUE - Ave Plague [17th] 97: MONOMOTION - Mango Bay [24th] 98: Moth Equals - Jiv [27th] 99: Zhanar Dugalova - Izin Korem [24th] 100: Francis and the Lights - See Her Out (That's Just Life) [14th] 2018 101: K Á R Y Y N - BINARY [10th] 102: goreshit - the nature of dying [6th] 103: Elena Temnikova - Kazalsya Strannym [DNQ] 104: Adam F - Circles [17th] 105: Shpongle - Around The World In A Tea Daze (Ott Remix) [16th] 106: Claptone - Birdsong (feat. Zola Blood) [5th] 107: Vendredi sur Mer - Larme à Gauche [12th] 108: Somnium - Sinking [2nd] 109: Ben Frost - Venter [17th] 110: Badshah & Sunanda Sharma - Tere Naal Nachna [18th] 2019 111: DJ Maphorisa, RudeBoyz and Distruction Boyz - Midnight Starring (feat. DJ Tira, Busiswa and Moonchild Sanelly) [DNQ] 112: Pharao - I Show You Secrets [3rd] 113: Josin - Once Apart [DNQ] 114: LUNA - Dumala [24th] 115: Yoshitaka Hirota - hazy iii [34th] 116: Gleb - Gauč n Bass [30th] 117: Rompasso - Ignis [1st] 118: Active Child - All Eyes On You [3rd] 119: Ross From Friends - Epiphany [7th] 120: OTHERLiiNE - Chimes [20th] 2020 121: Banoffee - Tennis Fan (feat. Empress Of) [10th] 122: WILDES - Let You Go [6th] 123: Aphex Twin - Ageispolis [TBC] Feel free to let us know your Jadakissnia top 5/10/20 etc. :wub: ^ all of our entries in one place! all the greyed out ones aren't on Spotify but those should all be on YouTube. ~~~ RsZPmcWTajs BJSC 123 Aphex Twin - Ageispolis For our special 50th anniversary entry we've decided to send a legend of his field! The ground-breaking Aphex Twin has provided everything from ambient to off-the-wall electronic music for over 30 years now. We've decided to select the classic 'Ageispolis' from 'Selected Ambient Works 85–92'! It's been a huge favourite of ours for years, so it feels right to send this in terms of passion for the song and to be a bit cheaper than we usually are. Here we have an über soothing bleepy bloopy instrumental. Does it sound familiar? Well that might be because Die Antwoord sampled it in their song 'Ugly Boy'. I appreciate that version too. But nothing quite compares to the blissful original. In Hendinia tonight it was announced that we'll be in slot one of semi 1. Opening the whole contest, no pressure! We hope you guys enjoy our anniversary entry. It's been a pleasure to be a part of 50 contests in a row - so much escapism over the years and plenty of brilliant discoveries. We're going nowhere :heart:
March 26, 20205 yr 1. Pharao - Show You Secrets and I'll do the rest when I refreshen my memory but yeah #1 ain't changing :P
March 26, 20205 yr Author 1. Pharao - Show You Secrets and I'll do the rest when I refreshen my memory but yeah #1 ain't changing :P A shocking favourite tbh :o :kink: yesssss though what a tune!
March 27, 20205 yr omg where do I begin? It really has been a tumultuous 50 contests together. From both winning in August contests, landing in the top 2 together, and you giving me two 18’s while Harry has given me none :P cheers to another huge era!
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