July 19, 20177 yr (Update 18-23) Love it - 'TiK ToK' Good - 'Silly Boy', 'Hollywood' Below par - 'The Spell', 'Under The Sheets' Terrible - 'Boys Will Be Boys' 01. Herzebania // Agnes - Release Me [bJSC 13] 02. Mdiče // Ke$ha - TiK ToK [bJSC 18] 03. Mdiče // Royksopp - The Girl And The Robot [bJSC 15] 04. Nonsuch // Lily Allen - Fuck You [bJSC 8] 05. Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 06. Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 07. Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 08. Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 09. Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? [bJSC 9] 10. Elëdan [π] // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 11. Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 12. Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark In The Water [bJSC 16] 13. Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 14. FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 15. Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 16. B.a.N.G // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets [bJSC 22] 17. Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 18. FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 17] 19. FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 20. Elëdan [π] // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 21. Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta (Live) [bJSC 6] 22. Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2] 23. Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21]
July 19, 20177 yr Author 24. B.a.N.G. - Halcyon - Delphic Mariah Carey and Goldfrapp were the only big names in the final. After more than two years,the contest was finally won by a song with a male lead vocal. Stockport band Delphic won comfortably by 35 points ahead of Tinashie & Kissy Sell Out representing Kingdom Of Shadow with Come On Over. Your Love's A Drug by Leighton Meester was 3rd (Liechenstaan). I have both of Delphic's albums so I am familiar with Halcyon. It's far from the best track on their debut album. Counterpoint and Acolyte would have both got 10 out of 10 from me but it's still a fine song with its New Order like guitar sound. I'm going to put it just behind The Girl And The Robot as the 2nd best winner so far. Bre has stolen my thunder in pointing out that we are still counting down the order of the BBC Sound of 2010. The next winners should therefore be Hurts. 9.5 out of 10. ZFHxtnacFV8
July 19, 20177 yr Bre has stolen my thunder in pointing out that we are still counting down the order of the BBC Sound of 2010. The next winners should therefore be Hurts. Haha, sorry :kink: I just remember that factoid being pointed out in the original contest! If only Hurts had continued the streak. Delphic winning at the time was very out of the ordinary as it was the very first winner with male vocals. Winners with male vocals are still rare now, but not so rare that we wait 24 contests between each one. I do love 'Halcyon' although I prefer 'Doubt' :heart: (Another factoid that people may or may not know, the Tinashé who came 2nd in this contest is the same person as Rationale who would later be a winner).
July 20, 20177 yr I wasn't all that fussed about 'Hollywood' at the time (though I must have seen something in Marina because I did buy 'Oh No!' on CD single during release week!) - this wasn't great as it was hard to escape, it was the favourite song of one of my best friends at the time and the "Oh my god, you look just like Shakira..." etc line was quoted so much in secondary school :kink: Anyway, it FINALLY clicked with me a couple of years later after I started stanning 'Primadonna' and revisited some of her older songs! It's pretty quirky and I really appreciate her vocals now. It's great to finally hear some male vocals as well now with Delphic! :lol: I can see why it won as the chorus in particular is solid. The instrumentation is also top notch! It's really up my street actually, one of the best winners so far <3 <3 B.a.N.G were on fire at this point. (Not only are two B.a.N.G winners in my top 3 but Ellie is next to a song called 'Halcyon' *.*) 01. Herzebania // Agnes - Release Me [bJSC 13] 02. B.a.N.G // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets [bJSC 22] 03. B.a.N.G // Delphic - Halcyon [bJSC 24] 04. Mdiče // Röyksopp - The Girl And The Robot [bJSC 15] 05. Mdiče // V V Brown - Shark In The Water [bJSC 16] 06. Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? [bJSC 9] 07. Quotosibb // Marina And The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 08. Mdiče // Ke$ha - TiK ToK [bJSC 18] 09. FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 10. Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 11. Elëdan [π] // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 12. Elëdan [π] // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 13. Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 14. Nonsuch // Lily Allen - f*** You [bJSC 8] 15. FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 16. Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 17. Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 18. Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 19. Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta [bJSC 6] 20. Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 21. Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21] 22. FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 17] 23. Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 24. Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2]
July 20, 20177 yr Author 25. Hendinia - Good Times - Roll Deep featuring Jodie Connor An eclectic line-up included Nick Cave,Foals,Groove Armada,Sia and Diana Vickers. Roll Deep won by 22 points ahead of Lo-Fi-Fnk with Marchin' In for Skall. Robyn's Fembot was 3rd for Nonsuch. I think this is the first winning song to feature rapping. It's good to see another different genre of music winning the final. Good Times is a party anthem which manages to rhyme late night shopping with high street bopping. It's not going to get a high mark from me as there are hundreds of other songs that sound the same as this. 6.6 out of 10. dEGnYyKib9E
July 20, 20177 yr 'Good Times' is a huge guilty pleasure for me! :wub: I absolutely adored it at the time and my love for it has not waned at all. It is an immensely fun party song and that chorus is such an earworm! It never fails to put a smile on my face. *spams it for a lil while now* That Roll Deep revival was very much welcomed, slay those two consecutive #1s *.* 01. Herzebania // Agnes - Release Me [bJSC 13] 02. Hendinia // Roll Deep - Good Times (feat. Jodie Connor) [bJSC 25] 03. B.a.N.G // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets [bJSC 22] 04. B.a.N.G // Delphic - Halcyon [bJSC 24] 05. Mdiče // Röyksopp - The Girl And The Robot [bJSC 15] 06. Mdiče // V V Brown - Shark In The Water [bJSC 16] 07. Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? [bJSC 9] 08. Quotosibb // Marina And The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 09. Mdiče // Ke$ha - TiK ToK [bJSC 18] 10. FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 11. Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 12. Elëdan [π] // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 13. Elëdan [π] // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 14. Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 15. Nonsuch // Lily Allen - f*** You [bJSC 8] 16. FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 17. Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 18. Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 19. Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 20. Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta [bJSC 6] 21. Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 22. Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21] 23. FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 17] 24. Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 25. Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2]
July 20, 20177 yr 01 Herzebania // Agnes - Release Me [bJSC 13] 02 FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 03 Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 04 Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 05 Mdice: Ke$ha - Dolla/Tik Tok [bJSC 18] 06 Hendinia // Roll Deep - Good Times [bJSC 25] 07 Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark In The Water [bJSC 16] 08 Kathaldazia: Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 09 Kingdom Of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? [bJSC 9] 10 B.a.N.G. // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets [bJSC 22] 11 Nonsuch // Lily Allen - f*** You [bJSC 8] 12 Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 13 Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 14 Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21] 15 Elëdan // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 16 Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 17 Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 18 Elëdan // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 19 FSR Rontvia: Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 18] 20 FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 21 Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 22 Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2] 23 B.a.N.G. // Delphic - Halcyon [bJSC 24] 24 Mdiče // Royksopp - The Girl And The Robot [bJSC 15) 25 Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta [bJSC 6] Not a huge fan of Halcyon, I much prefer Doubt by them. Good Times however is an absolute banger, not one I always go back to or count as a massive fave all the time, but I'm always reminded how brilliant it is when I do hear it again, effortlessly puts me in a party mood and makes me want to go out there and then :lol:
July 21, 20177 yr Author 26. FSR Rontvia - Psycho - Sheelah For the first time since BJSC6,there were no semi-finals. 48 countries went straight through to the final. Leona Lewis,Alexandra Burke and N-Dubz were all present and previous winners Dolly Rockers were back. Sheelah finished 43 points ahead of Home by Kelis (B.a.N.G). River Flows Into You by Jasper Forks was 3rd for Ben's Sanctuary. I like this one. It's a pop song with great vocals but the guitar sound will make it appeal to rock fans as well. Once again,this is gooddelta's own youtube upload but he still hasn't replied to David Israel's question from two years ago. 9 out of 10. QfeysrpV3hc
July 21, 20177 yr 26. FSR Rontvia - Psycho - Sheelah Once again,this is gooddelta's own youtube upload but he still hasn't replied to David Israel's question from two years ago. I didn't even realise there was a comment on the video! And having looked at it I don't remember the answer :lol: Presumably I ripped it from an audio stream using Audacity and then used it to make a video. I really adore Psycho <3 Kickstarted the glorious era of Scandipop doing incredibly well in BJSC too.
July 22, 20177 yr Author 27. Kopecka - It's Gonna Rain - Eric Saade 49 countries took part in the final. That's the most in this run of 7 contests without semi-finals so I'm assuming this was the biggest final in BJSC history. Lady Gaga,Drake,Flo Rida and The Wanted all entered but Eric Saade became the first male solo singer to win the contest,finishing 39 points ahead of Eminem and Rihanna representing Quotosibb with Love The Way You Lie. Fallulah's Bridges was 3rd for Sangria. It's Gonna Rain is a good solid pop song but a bit clichéd. Eric went on to finish 3rd in the 2011 Eurovision final. 7.7 out of 10. Btm8sdEpP10
July 22, 20177 yr BJSC 64 had a final with 52 songs (it had semi-finals but they were cancelled due to the host disappearing from the site halfway through the contest :drama:)
July 22, 20177 yr Lord...thank god Saade won (though I personally preferred Bridges in 3rd <3). I forgot Love The Way You Lie was entered...dark times :lol:
July 22, 20177 yr I'm sure the fact it was a rap song was used as an excuse for it 'not being that cheap' :lol: I very nearly gave up with BJSC around this time due to songs like this popping up time and time again. 2009/10 is a goldmine for pop classics in BJSC but god they had to fight bloody hard against the uninspired tide to get the results they deserved.
July 22, 20177 yr I miss pop Saade so much, 'It's Gonna Rain' is such a scandipop gem, what a winner!
July 22, 20177 yr lmao Love The Way You Lie really? no wonder Silas hates the ban list so much if it didn't keep that out. that Eric Saade song sounds very dated now but I suppose I would've given it a few points at the time. Ignoring that they were on the Sound Of list, 'Halcyon' sounds like a very inspired winner for its time, perhaps forward thinking as BJSC would a few years later go into an "indie" phase (read: less pop hoes winning). Really enjoyed 'Good Times' in 2010, doesn't seem very inspired for a BJSC winner but it's an undeniable bop. As for 'Psycho', yeah not my type of music. Seems we're now in the Scandipop era of the contest so a lot of these winners I don't really love. 01. Herzebania // Agnes - Release Me [bJSC 13] 02. Mdiče // Ke$ha - TiK ToK [bJSC 18] 03. Mdiče // Royksopp - The Girl And The Robot [bJSC 15] 04. Nonsuch // Lily Allen - Fuck You [bJSC 8] 05. Hendinia // Roll Deep - Good Times (feat. Jodie Connor) [bJSC 25] 06. Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 07. Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 08. Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 09. Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 10. B.a.N.G // Delphic - Halcyon [bJSC 24] 11. Kingdom of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? [bJSC 9] 12. Elëdan [π] // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 13. Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 14. Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark In The Water [bJSC 16] 15. Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 16. Kopečka // Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain [bJSC 27] 17. FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 18. Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 19. B.a.N.G // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets [bJSC 22] 20. Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 21. FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho [bJSC 26] 22. FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 17] 23. FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 24. Elëdan [π] // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 25. Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta (Live) [bJSC 6] 26. Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2] 27. Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21]
July 23, 20177 yr Author 28. Ashton - Mitt Liv Ar Mitt - Molly Sanden The closest contest yet with the top 2 countries tying on 229 points. Molly Sanden's song won the tie-breaker with more votes. Lotopialand had to settle for 2nd place with Love Killer by Darin. Sky Ferreira's One was just two points behind in third place for Kylienips. I got bored of this song well before it finished. Very uninspiring. 6.3 out of 10. UXD2HPqJuWY
July 23, 20177 yr Banned tbh. Goodbye. I got bored of this song well before it finished. Very uninspiring. You're supposed to be rating my entry, not yours tho.
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