July 23, 20178 yr Author Oops! I didn't have a clue it was Silas' country. I still struggle to remember which country matches which person. :wacko:
July 23, 20178 yr The first foreign language winner, and the only one for a good few years after that (next one was Indila in BJSC 61).
July 24, 20178 yr Author 29. Yuxhaaq - Freefallin' - Zoe Badwi Previous winners t.A.T.u and Ellie Goulding returned but so far no one has managed to win the contest twice. Ellie was hindered by a 57% deduction that prevented her from a comfortable top 10 placing. Australian Zoe Badwi won by 20 points ahead of Zowie's Broken Machine (FSR Rontvia) and Just A Guy by BC Jean (Kopecka). Freefallin' is a lively pop/dance tune. It's not as good as Tom Petty's Freefallin' but I quite enjoyed it. Zoe Badwi is Jade Thirlwall's cousin. In 2011,she was hit by a catapult that was fired at her while filming a music video. The culprit was never found. The song was called 'Accidents Happen'. :o 7.7 out of 10. L6hlBBfbudA
July 24, 20178 yr *catches up* Freefallin' is definitely my favourite out of the bunch since I last posted! 'Psycho' is pretty good as well - the chorus of it is reminding me of something and it's really bugging me that I can't figure out what it is :lol: 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. Yuxhaaq // Zoë Badwi - Freefallin [bJSC 29] 13. Elëdan [π] // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 14. Elëdan [π] // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 15. FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho [bJSC 26] 16. Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 17. Nonsuch // Lily Allen - f*** You [bJSC 8] 18. FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 19. Kopečka [Qärenfanghoney] // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 20. Kopečka [Qärenfanghoney] // Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain [bJSC 27] 21. Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 22. Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 23. Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta [bJSC 6] 24. Ashton // Molly Sandén - Mitt Liv Är Mitt [bJSC 28] 25. Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 26. Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21] 27. FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 17] 28. Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 29. Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2]
July 24, 20178 yr One of my favourite things about this set of contests is Utopia entering a 14 minute Nightwish track (the best of their longer songs no less) and getting it to a top 20. If that had gone through semis that sort of thing is niche enough to get clobbered by the pop dominance of the time. I mean, semis are better but that was one upside. I love love love Halcyon, their best song I've heard and It's Gonna Rain is also the Saade track that has aged the best for me. Mitt Liv ar Mitt is a great winner for that weird contest, it's a good song even before my predisposition to like it for being a winner not in English. Free Fallin was a pretty rubbish winner although having said that, back when I was first joining the contest and had shitter taste, it was a song I was disappointed to see had already been entered as I'd known it for a few months and thought it could do rather well.
July 24, 20178 yr One of my favourite things about this set of contests is Utopia entering a 14 minute Nightwish track (the best of their longer songs no less) and getting it to a top 20. If that had gone through semis that sort of thing is niche enough to get clobbered by the pop dominance of the time. I mean, semis are better but that was one upside. I'd forgotten how long that Nightwish song was! Wonder if that had the record for longest BJSC entry prior to 'Impossible Soul' obviously shattering the record (I thought the previous record was another Pavel entry, 'A Throne Without A King Pt 2', but this Nightwish song is actually longer than that).
July 24, 20178 yr I'd forgotten how long that Nightwish song was! Wonder if that had the record for longest BJSC entry prior to 'Impossible Soul' obviously shattering the record (I thought the previous record was another Pavel entry, 'A Throne Without A King Pt 2', but this Nightwish song is actually longer than that). Without knowing for sure I'm claiming it. Worth every second. If it were a standard song length it'd probably be challenging for the top spot on my most listened by now :heart:
July 24, 20178 yr Author I was wondering what the longest song was. I see Impossible Soul is 25.35. I think the longest song I have is 25.04. This is going to be a tough record for Rolloland to break.
July 25, 20178 yr Author 30. Hendinia - Someone Like You (Live) - Adele Adele won the 30th contest by just 7 points with How I Like It by Kim Lian and Future Presidents finishing 2nd for Botanikka and Break You Hard by Natalia Kills in 3rd place (Xanaga). I'm assuming by the date of the contest,it's the performance on Later with Jools Holland. This has since become probably the most well known British song of the 21st century so I'm unsure what score I should give it. I've decided to treat each song on its own merits so I'm giving it my highest score so far,regardless of whether it belongs in BJSC or not. There are a few Royksopp songs that I prefer to Someone Like You but The Girl And The Robot is not one of them so this is my favourite winner so far. I'm not an Adele fan and have never listened to her albums but this is an outstanding song which she sings so well in this clip. It's not on youtube but I found it elsewhere. 9.7 out of 10. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x36j78f Edited July 25, 20178 yr by King Rollo
July 25, 20178 yr That was a beautiful performance from Adele. Of course the Brits performance would then go on to be the legendary one, it was wonderful to witness such a MOMENT happening at the time *.* the song truly became inescapable for soooo long after that. I actually prefer live performances of 'Someone Like You' like the Jools Holland/Brits ones to the studio version, due to the way the chorus is delivered. It feels much smoother. This goes straight into my top 10 as it is a lovely song, not any higher because the magic was slightly lost for me after a while after it became so ridiculously overplayed. Not quite my favourite 21 single - that was actually 'Set Fire To The Rain' :heart: 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. Hendinia // Adele - Someone Like You (Live) [bJSC 30] 09. Quotosibb // Marina And The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 10. Mdiče // Ke$ha - TiK ToK [bJSC 18] 11. FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 12. Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 13. Yuxhaaq // Zoë Badwi - Freefallin [bJSC 29] 14. Elëdan [π] // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 15. Elëdan [π] // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 16. FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho [bJSC 26] 17. Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 18. Nonsuch // Lily Allen - f*** You [bJSC 8] 19. FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 20. Kopečka [Qärenfanghoney] // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 21. Kopečka [Qärenfanghoney] // Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain [bJSC 27] 22. Kathaldazia // Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 23. Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 24. Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta [bJSC 6] 25. Ashton // Molly Sandén - Mitt Liv Är Mitt [bJSC 28] 26. Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 27. Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21] 28. FSR Rontvia // Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 17] 29. Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 30. Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2]
July 26, 20178 yr Author My revised league table: 1. Someone Like You (Live) - Adele 9.7 2. The Girl And The Robot - Royksopp 9.6 3. Halcyon - Delphic 9.5 4. Not A Love Song - Uh Huh Her 9.4 5. Psycho - Sheelah 9 6. The Show - Lenka 8.9 7. Love Song - Sarah Bareilles 8.7 8. Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks 8.5 9. Shark In The Water - VV Brown 8.45 10. Robots In Love - Beautiful Small Machines 8.4
July 26, 20178 yr 01 Herzebania // Agnes - Release Me [bJSC 13] 02 FSR Rontvia // Sara Bareilles - Love Song [bJSC 4] 03 Hendinia // Adele - Someone Like You [bJSC 30] 04 Quotosibb // Marina & The Diamonds - Hollywood [bJSC 23] 05 Bhangra // Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice [bJSC 3] 06 Mdice: Ke$ha - Dolla/Tik Tok [bJSC 18] 07 Hendinia // Roll Deep - Good Times [bJSC 25] 08 Mdiče // VV Brown - Shark In The Water [bJSC 16] 09 Kathaldazia: Eva Simons - Silly Boy [bJSC 19] 10 Kingdom Of Shadow // Margaret Berger - Will You Remember Me Tomorrow? [bJSC 9] 11 B.a.N.G. // Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets [bJSC 22] 12 Nonsuch // Lily Allen - f*** You [bJSC 8] 13 Yuxhaaq // Zoe Badwi - Freefallin' [bJSC 29] 14 Mdiče // Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl [bJSC 7] 15 Numayania // Alphabeat - The Spell [bJSC 20] 16 Ashton // Molly Sanden - Mitt liv ar mitt [bJSC 27] 17 Lorikeet // Dolly Rockers - Boys Will Be Boys [bJSC 21] 18 FSR Rontvia // Sheelah - Psycho [bJSC 26] 19 Elëdan // Lenka - The Show [bJSC 11] 20 Kopečka // La Roux - Quicksand [bJSC 12] 21 Mdiče // Brandy - Right Here (Departed) [bJSC 10] 22 Kopecka: Eric Saade - It's Gonna Rain [bJSC 27] 23 Elëdan // t.A.T.u. - Gomenasai [bJSC 5] 24 FSR Rontvia: Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love [bJSC 18] 25 FSR Rontvia // Uh Huh Her - Not A Love Song [bJSC 14] 26 Mdiče // Britney Spears - And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix) [bJSC 1] 27 Bokia // Katharine McPhee - Dangerous [bJSC 2] 28 B.a.N.G. // Delphic - Halcyon [bJSC 24] 29 Mdiče // Royksopp - The Girl And The Robot [bJSC 15) 30 Quotosibb // Beverley Knight - Black Butta [bJSC 6] Really like all those since I last posted except It's Gonna Rain, which is still good! Someone Like You is an all time fave, totally flawless performance as always from Adele. It's not even one of those songs that got too much with overplay because it's too good for that <3 Freefallin' is an absolute bop as well, I miss that sort of dance-pop. Psycho is fab but spoiler I prefer their other winner even more. Mitt liv ar mitt has that mid 00s pop-rock sound going on that I love.
July 26, 20178 yr Scandipop nations not even getting their contest Liam has not gone unnoticed #blacklist
July 26, 20178 yr Author 31. FSR Rontvia - The Last Time - Sheelah Sheelah became the first act to win the contest twice,representing FSR Rontvia on both occasions. They finished 57 points ahead of Stuttering by Fefe Dobson (United States Of Jack) while Get Over You by Neon Hitch was 3rd for Botanikka. I don't think The Last Time is quite as good as Psycho but it's a well produced pop song and once again their vocals are impressive. 8.2 out of 10. LmyomOfDKXM
July 26, 20178 yr I far prefer The Last Time too, it's way more euphoric. In fact I only sent it because I felt it was a superior track. Obviously now it would have been a veto on account of me sending a recent former winner of mine.
July 27, 20178 yr Author 32. FSR Rontvia - Sadness Is A Blessing - Lykke Li FSR Rontvia retained their title with another Swedish song. Lykke Li's points total of 140 was the lowest winning score since BJSC8. Elisabeth Carew was 2nd on 125 points with You'll Never Love Me (Kopecka) and Anine Stang's Dominoes was 3rd for Letland. I love the Phil Spectoresque production on this one and she has a distinctive voice. This is a great song which I'm going to put 3rd on my list so I have to go to 2 decimal places for my score. I should really have given the first song by Britney Spears 5 out of 10 regardless of how good or bad it was to give me more of a range above and below it. 9.55 out of 10 Xu-b3u5jDiU
July 27, 20178 yr Absolutely adore 'Sadness Is A Blessing' :heart: this was a contest that I didn't vote in but that would have surely been an easy 12 from me, thankfully it of course didn't need my support to win.
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