Posted January 13, 20214 yr S E M I S Two rounds down, two rounds to go! And it's time we head to Hendinia for the FIRST TIME IN TBO HISTORY, where the semis are about to take flight. From DNQ's to top 10 smashes, 40 entries qualified from the quarter finals to reach this round but now they're about to be joined by the big guns. The 40 entries joining them are the songs that finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th from BJSC 121 through to BJSC 130. The draw for the semi-finals ensures each semi has 5 each of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th placers, the DNQs that are still in are split evenly, and all countries with multiple entries have them in opposite semis as evenly as possible - as carefully curated by our wonderful Bra. Following on from previous rounds, the same rules apply: Anyone who has participated in BJSC in 2020 is free to vote in one, the other or both of the semi-finals (you do not need to have a song in the semi finals to be eligible). The punishment for failure to vote remains as a 15 point deduction for your song, and as you've seen from the last few rounds, this could easily make the difference between qualifying for the final and not. So, the more people who vote, the better chance your entry stands of making it to the bitter end! The 18 point voting system (18/15/13/12/11/10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 for your fave through to 15th fave) also remains, so make sure (RobBot MBE) to drop me a PM when it's time to vote. The deadline sits at 23:59pm GMT on Wednesday 20th January 2021, with results HOPEFULLY coming the next day. I'm gonna try and rustle up some recaps to make it more accessible for you guys as I know juggling this with BJSC 131 is gonna be an overload of listening. That's enough waffle though, let's get it GOING so we can get TBO done this side of Christmas. SEMI ONE 01 Holland-Oats 127 // 02 Land of DW 129 // 03 Danæviia 129 // 04 Flynnonda 124 // 05 Kluminican Republic 126 // 06 Ramrynia 121 // 07 Singerpurear 129 // 08 Skall 127 // 09 Greenfroze 128 // 10 Lotunia 126 // 11 Hendinia 127 // 12 Fljótavík 121 // 13 FARC 127 // 14 Arcodesia 121 // 15 Thelonia 125 // 16 Cumulonimbia 130 // 17 Jadakissnia 122 // 18 POPHub 130 // 19 Lookylion 130 // 20 Hendinia 125 // 21 Persephonia 123 // 22 United States of Jack 129 // 23 Bøtanikkä 123 // 24 Cor Lupus 124 // 25 Altyr Muunilinst 121 // 26 Scherzland 130 // 27 Mosquetania 128 // 28 New Lexico 124 // 29 Aeroche 125 // 30 Pupok 129 // 31 Oslol 122 // 32 Wholune 129 // 33 FARC 130 // 34 Hushkanukia 124 // 35 Ojnoj 123 // 36 D'yermak'er 123 // 37 Harmonica 128 // 38 FSR Rontvia 121 // 39 Altyr Muunilinst 122 // 40 Skall 128 // SEMI TWO 01 Summericia 127 // 02 Ultraviolenceland 125 // 03 Séyetana 123 // 04 Hendinia 121 // Camden Cox - Healing 05 Utopia 129 // 06 Lookylion 128 // 07 Tartford 126 // 08 Hushkanukia 123 // 09 Mosquetania 126 // 10 Dobago 124 // 11 Danæviia 130 // 12 Republic of Adonia 127 // Ayesha Erotica - Vacation Bible School 13 Lotunia 122 // 14 Niceland 124 // 15 République d'Áskorza 130 // 16 Caerfyrddia 128 // 17 Suedeonia 125 // 18 The Actual Republic of Bellamia 128 // 19 Quintessa 130 // 20 Rolloland 130 // 21 Vülkyria 128 // 22 FSR Rontvia 130 // 23 Kluminican Republic 129 // 24 Skall 121 // 25 Numayania 129 // 26 Pupok 124 // 27 Altyr Muunilinst 129 // 28 Flynnonda 123 // 29 Trifoski 128 // 30 United States of Jack 122 // 31 Altyr Muunilinst 126 // 32 Varakë 124 // 33 Scherzland 124 // 34 Aelandor 130 // 35 Sandénia 124 // 36 Persephonia 129 // 37 Terra Avium 126 // 38 FARC 122 // 39 Aeroche 128 // 40 Hushkanukia 125 //
January 13, 20214 yr Author SPOTIFY PLAYLISTS unavailable: Lotunia 126 unavailable: Rep. of Adonia 127 RECAP VIDEOS Semi One: >> https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yogdm Semi Two: >> https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yshpj
January 13, 20214 yr Seems funny I have my best and worst songs competing in this and nothing in between! :lol: Reckon this will be the end of the road for 'Hacker' but really hoping 'China Shop' can do good things, still love it to this day! Second favourite entry of mine this year (behind Little Jinder).
January 13, 20214 yr Exclusive spoiler from the quarter-final results: there was a 'reject' song that finished as high as 5th in the quarter-final stage. So if there's any song that's going to follow Cavetown to making the grand final I'm expecting it to be that one. Honestly though it's kind of miraculous that happened at all last year - each of the semis has 20 top 5 hits from the year, nevermind all the other songs that also qualified for their original contests, and there are only 15 slots for the final from each so the rejects really have to pull off a pretty remarkable overperformance to be in contention! I'm hoping I should have a decent chance of getting at least one of my songs through here (I would really really love 070 Shake to get through in particular although Minuit Machine was also like my ~4th favourite entry of the year so I'm happy with my representation here, if only Ela Minus could have been here too x) but it's a tough cull having to make the top 15 out of 40.
January 13, 20214 yr omg Mecha Maiko to make it through PLEASE if either of mine! :wub: i think that's my 2nd fave entry of the year behind alice deejay. (not that i don't like animals, quite the opposite! :lol:)
January 14, 20214 yr omg considering how TBO 2020 has gone for me so far it’s gonna be a miracle if Daydream makes it through :P
January 14, 20214 yr Author HOPEFULLY this can stay working without being taken down after 2 seconds - YouTube is not HAVING IT. SEMI 1 RECAP // https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7yogdm
January 14, 20214 yr HOPEFULLY this can stay working without being taken down after 2 seconds - YouTube is not HAVING IT. SEMI 1 RECAP // this worked - I mean, I routed it through to the dailymotion site because the embed isn't showing up for me but it worked and I have an order for semi 1 in ten minutes, thank you Rob!
January 15, 20214 yr voted semi 1. We have righted a cruel wrong from our previous votes, and a track that deserved full marks but got none at all gets our full support this time! semi 2 we hope to vote for tomorrow....
January 15, 20214 yr May be a stupid question but I assume we are not allowed to vote for our own song?
January 15, 20214 yr You vote for yourself by removing your presumptuous 15 point deduction x (i.e. no, you can't vote for your own songs)
January 17, 20214 yr Voted in semi 2. It was only after typing my vote out that I realised I had picked at least one song from each of the ten contests.
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