Well my nerves are shattered after that. As innovative and thrilling as Pete's new format was, it was NOT kind to Desbuanda :drama:... I can definitely relate to Jade's experience of a frustratingly cruel trajectory! Went from maintaining a (surprise) jury top 10 to teetering for an age around the top 15 (something I haven't actually secured in over three years, so a big deal!), before the song finally landed on its lowest position throughout the entire reveal. I'm just so relieved that it still scraped the top half though, and provided a unique finishing position of #18 as a bonus, especially with all the bottom 10 predictions and typically woeful odds. Also so happy to just about stay ahead of Taahino (nothing personal, Lindsey B-)) as 'Bedroom' has been a continually (and inexplicably) neglected potential of mine for almost a year, so it would've been an extra kick in the balls to see it overtake in literally the final minute!

 

Anyway, can't complain overall - I both adore and had a lot of confidence in 'Take Back Time' so it's very pleasing that it did become a hit of sorts despite the poor Plug reception etc. Many thanks to all who gave it love, particularly Jonjo and Cian for the top points! <3

 

Aaand I'm extremely satisfied with that winner - congratulations Frank! Lyrically and emotionally it stood out a mile from the pack, and as Leww said, it's one of those inherently special tracks that I think anyone can appreciate and respect on some level, even if the style or genre doesn't appeal. Funnily enough I don't imagine I'll seek it out much despite it being my clear 18-pointer as it doesn't have strong replay-value for me, but its whole delivery is so arresting that I'd still consider it the contest's best. Was also exciting to see Quintessa dark horse it with an inspired entry, and glad that FSR Rontvia and St. Burbia followed through on their hype to achieve top 10s.

 

Big thanks to you, Pete, for a wonderfully hosted contest and captivating final!

 

 

ME FINALLY GETTING ANOTHER MEDAL POSITION AFTER LIKE 3 YEARS!!!!!

 

NO MORE #9'S FOR THIS GUY (Saara Aalto who)

 

Thank you, everyone!

OMG CONGRATS FRANK <3 <3 It was an amazing song! Had to give it my 18? Might be my first (or if not my first in a while??) to win and be my 18 pointer :heart:

 

Great hosting Pete!!

WHAT A SONG :wub: Incredible winner. Minus my own entry, but it's probably my fave winner since Bleachers :heart: It's kinda the same lane I welcome TØP to come back in.

 

Amazing hosting too, Pete. Loved the tension with the final vote and whether Frank had shot himself in the foot or not!! Really loved that way of unveiling the results too! Very interesting.

 

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Also, amazed but loving how well Wandering Hearts did. :wub: Although 'Devil' isn't my favourite, it's still great! Their album is one of my biggest revelations of the year so far. It's very similar so if anyone wants to know whether to listwn to it or not, I'd hughly recommend it :wub:

wait it’s bjfest next month right?

1 Holland-Oats θ Client Liaison θ World Of Our Love 18

 

Wow donezo congrats me on winning ;) contest over thanks guys

That awful Holland Oats song!!

They didn't vote for us because of Beaverdonia competition caused by the predicta

 

Not to mention the awful Beaverdonia song :kink:

A brilliant winner, I loved Thoughts and Prayers from the start and it’s only grown on me since :wub: The whole Top is deserving but I was hoping for Cor (blimey it must be) Lupus to sneak in too :P

 

Thanks so much to everyone who gave Client Liaison points! Despite pulling in 18 & 15s we’ve landed at the exact same position as we did with Vera Blue’s Regular Touch #28 :lol: Managed to stay Top 10-20 for most of the contest then the final lot snubbed me :cry: Great turn out though and an interesting/suspension format, thanks for the great work Pete!

Wow, congrats Frank! While I didn't quite *get* the song the sentiment of it is undeniable, should really be a proper hit plus I'm always here for a rock winner. Very thrilled to see Aeroche, Quintessa (:o), S DNLD and St. Burbia joining Land of DW in the top 10!

 

Overall this wasn't a memorable contest for me except for the fabulous hosting of Niceland - loved the way these results were revealed even more so than the semifinals! Thanks again for hosting Pete :D

Wow-wow-wow, thanks a lot Guys! :heart: I was convinced that 'Bambola' coming 2nd will be my best result until 2023, so this is a real surprise.

 

Fantastic hosting Pete, will be close to impossible to get to this level, at least I have one more month for brainstorming (I'm pretty sure that my 'design' will be ugly af, so I'll need to come up with a semi-passable way of presenting the results).

 

ps. Dan was right, 'DW' stands for 'Digital Workflow', the team I was working in when I started my 'bjsc-experience'. Yes, I'm THIS creative. Be prepared. :teresa:

The tiebreaks in the final are done by number of votes first Pete!

 

South Danaelanda beats FSR Rontvia (35 votes to 32), Desbuanda beats Rolloland (18 votes to 16), République d'Ashton beats Bøtanikkä (both 19 votes, Ashton with 2 18s to Bøtanikkä's 1), East Rukahavian beats Ojnoj (20 votes to 19), Yehesi beats Dobago (21 votes to 15), Cumulonimbia beats Palmyra (18 votes to 17). All the points totals match what I got adding them up though so all good. xx

Didn't realise that oops, thanks for letting me know - just updated the scoreboard :D

 

Semi and Final Scoresheets (all three are in there)

 

Once again, thanks everyone for receiving this so well!

Wow @ myself & my fave song in the contest scraping thru both the respective semis (the latter only due to deductions!)

 

And I wasn't far off knocking myself out as I had Singerpurear as my +10 at one point.

Cowtermont only qualifying because of Greenfroze's deduction!! Was so close to losing 4 of my top 5 of semi 1 then... :drama: lucky for them then as semi 2 was obviously much more friendly for them to go top 20 in the final! I predicted on plug that Desbuanda would be one of the two scraping through because of the deduction, safe to say I was way off on that one :lol: (that one was a grower, eek at it actually turning out to be underperforming from the semi-final!)

 

Semi 2's results pretty closely matching to the final for once though (aside from Dobago also overperforming after scraping in).

omg at how close I was!!!! :o (thank you Greenfroze for not voting :P)

14th in the semi :o smashing my projection again like last month then!

well done Pete, great job, and thanks for hosting.

Congrats Frank, it was a good song, but like Suedonia got squeezed out by more hooky tracks from my points, looking forward to the next one.

 

I see I shot myself in the foot with my semi 2 votes just keeping Singerpurear out the final :lol:

Oh, a third semi win, nice!

I predicted on plug that Desbuanda would be one of the two scraping through because of the deduction, safe to say I was way off on that one :lol: (that one was a grower, eek at it actually turning out to be underperforming from the semi-final!)

I couldn’t have asked for much more than a SEMI RUNNER-UP predicted to come bottom 10 by the consensus to boost the ‘underdog’ narrative Desbuanda’s been peddling all these years! Brings me right back to the ‘Graveyard Whistling’ glory days of odds upsets that I don’t even care this turned out to be a relative flop. :wub:

 

Interesting you have the song down as a grower though given the apparent drop-off in interest from its semi fans (not helped by an absence in the final of a top-scorer)! And also, it was so instant for me I’d actually sent the confirmation by the time the final chorus had played on my first listen haha. Anyway, thanks guys - I think that’s my best ever semi result, given I couldn’t vote the time Eves would’ve won.

Wow, I only just scraped into the final :drama:

oh, guess that's another semi top 10 for me then (if only just), that's neec, as the Beaverdonians would say. Too bad that couldn't translate into the final in any way :P Thanks for the two 12s in there as well <3