A forum full of dirty rascals had convinced me that this was DNQing and its success was the absolute cherry on the cake of a chaotic results thread.

 

 

In terms of surprising DNQs, apart from the one I'm fresh off of, I was fully convinced this was going to be a contender to win!

 

 

Those dramatic strings! Y'all in LXI were tasteless hoes!

I think my biggest mismatch of expectation would be this one:

 

 

I probably should have sent 'Blind As Night' but I was convinced 'The All Time High' would be a top 10 or something even more than that, instead, didn't qualify.

 

Others include 'Moonglow' (particularly as I almost always qualify when I make a gothic metal pick I'm fully behind) and 'Pretty Cvnt' (though when I saw the semi for that one I knew I was f**ked, that definitely got a top 20 position in another semi draw), 'Sonsick' is an old classic of mine that I was sure would qualify also.

 

oh and this of course:

 

 

literally had it as a 'send this to get a hit' entry, seemed like BJSC was into that but APPARENTLY NOT

 

as for surprising Qs

 

 

this perhaps, it's such an indulgent entry of mine (both artists previously entered by me) that managed to outperform two of the three times I'd sent them before this, never expected it to do as well as it did (15th), still kinda proud of that. Otherwise, Alestorm (my most recent hit lol).

So far only have 2 qualifiers and I think those two are to be expected. However, there are some entries which I think would have qualified:

 

 

I thought this had a nice message and a really nice hook that would be memorable, and that note at the end :o

 

 

It was another song from the potentials I have and it seems this would go down well with the people... oh boy how wrong I was!

 

 

I was fully convinced anything more electronic and sophisticated would grab some points in BJSC, but clearly not :(

 

 

Was convinced that anything in the 4 potentials I have would be a qualifier and went for the artist that was successful in BJSC before and a song I like the most. Should have read the feedback a lot more carefully and went for other songs instead (but that would not have given me the first victory in PFSC :kink: )

Ok having had a little time to think about this question, I’ve chosen that my most surprising qualifying entry was this one from Les Rythmes Digitales which qualified 12th in my Semi Final in BJSC 99 but then finished 39th in the final. I don’t think I would qualify with an entry like that with today’s standards.

 

 

As for my most surprising DNQ, considering how well instrumentals generally do, I would suggest that this 10 minute long entry from Envio was one entry that I felt relatively confident would break my DNQ run at the time, but it wasn’t to be, and sadly finished 22nd in my Semi Final in BJSC 96. Even Dobago described it just the other day as one of the best instrumental songs he had discovered in BJSC.

 

 

I think when I’ve entered more songs over time I will have a better perspective of what my most surprising entries are, but these are the two I went with today.

idk about most surprising dnq but i'm gonna throw this in bc it turned cor lupus from one of the top countries into basically invisible

 

 

qualifiers: basically every qualifier after that

special shout out to La Di Da bc I was genuinely scared for all the K-pop and I thought 124 when all the K-pop went through was a one-off, like we may have had like... FOUR K-pop hits in the three years between BJSC 100 and that and one of them was in English to appease the xenophobia so yeah there's that

Where do I start with the undeserved DNQ's? I think in terms of the tracks that shocked BJSC voters the most:

 

 

Thank goodness Caution Tape smashed rejects.

 

 

Considering Higher was high in all the odd predictions and sadly DNQ'd made me particularly upset. It is funny now, because the next month I managed to qualify with Nerdy Boy. (Which is the bubblegum sound that BJSC hates).

 

 

I will also just leave this here from this year...

 

Surprising DNQs

 

 

 

 

For me:

 

Surprising DNQ:

 

KARA - STEP

 

So unjust and absolutely heartbroken it failed to qualify. :cry: My favourite K-Pop song of all time. It's a stunner! One of the most perfect pop songs ever. Deserved to be the first (?) K-Pop winner.

 

Also a shout out to recent DNQ'er

 

NIKI DEMAR - Alone In My Car

 

One of my favourite entries of mine. The chorus is just... sublime. :(

 

Onto surprising Qualifiers...

 

Kuana Torres Kahele, Napua Greig and James Ford Murphy - Lava

 

I love this so much, but I was pretty surprised to see it make the final :wub:

 

EDIT: Oh and this

 

Noah & The Whale - The First Days of Spring

 

I probably would be less surprised now, but way back in a largely, predominant pop contest, it was lovely to see this BEAUT make it through to the final!

Moan was such a landmark winner in BJSC - completely changed perceptions of what could do well :wub:

 

I was so happy when it won but secretly gutted that I'd never been brave enough to send Trentemøller before :lol:

absolutely

 

I remember my first few contests being drenched in pop but when moan won it felt like anything had a chance thank GOD

absolutely

 

I remember my first few contests being drenched in pop but when moan won it felt like anything had a chance thank GOD

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I think my most surprising DNQ would be this:

 

 

I sent it after a good little string of qualifiers and had a pretty good feeling it'd continue that and maybe even contend to be a second big hit in a row after coming 3rd in the previous contest, the DNQ blindsided me a bit (and kicked off a run of 3 DNQs in a row which I have luckily avoided repeating since xx). They did go on to get some redemption by having a top 10 hit with a different song (which I don't like as much but admittedly is a little more wide appealing, even though I'm still not sure why 'Simple Guy' apparently wasn't wide appealing to begin with xx).

 

My most surprising qualifier would probably be this one:

 

 

Based on the song alone I didn't think it was too unlikely to qualify as post-rock always has its fans, but it got near enough the absolute worst semi-final draw it could possibly get (with essentially every single person who usually votes for this sort of thing being in the opposite semi). I was saved by the fact that semi-final happened to have one of the lowest points barriers for qualifying in the contest's history, allowing this to scrape through in 18th place (the lowest placing qualifier) with just 34 points. Went on to do decently in the final.

 

my most surprising Q and it went on to win. don't remember it getting any hype at all

 

my most surprising Q and it went on to win. don't remember it getting any hype at all

 

I would agree but this was an auto-qualifier so not exactly a surprise qualifier! (definitely one of the most out of the blue winners though)

I would agree but this was an auto-qualifier so not exactly a surprise qualifier! (definitely one of the most out of the blue winners though)

o yer! lmao forgot it was an aq oop

Out of the other posts in here so far, 'Touched By The Sun', 'Flutterwonder', 'Cercavo Amore' (one of the best Rd'Á entries for me and I actually forgot it was a DNQ!), 'Yoohoo', both of the N DNTN ones, 'Mary Keanes Introduction' and above all else 'The Home We Made Pt. II' deserved more the most.

 

and 'Get Down' remains one of the most heinous things to ever 'grace' the contest xx

My most surprising DNQ is well known I think. The only time I've ever had a contender to win :lol:

 

 

Honorable mentions:

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(and probably Photo ID from the last contest!)

 

My most surprising Q was a backup choice after my original entry got vetoed, slow-tempo folk is not exactly a recipe for success. It didn't do great in the final but I never thought it'd get that far anyway!

 

 

Honorable mention:

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So many DNQs to choose from, but I think my first ever entry was a bit of a surprising DNQ. Maybe the video put people off?

 

 

I guess Charlotte Adigéry is less surprising, but no less upsetting:

 

 

I also feel like Soulé deserved better than crashing out

 

 

 

I think my most surprsing Q is probably Max Richter (Spring 1 (Ade Laugee Remix)) which definitely doesn't sound like a hit, but I guess it stood out for being different?

'Spring 1' is still one of your most memorable entries for me! (I apparently only gave it 4 points at the time but definitely deserved better than that in retrospect)

 

'All Your Love' and 'Fantasy' definitely another 2 that deserved better as well.

Still one of my fave discoveries from BJSC. It just played on my shuffle a few days ago too. Everyone else was so wrong :snif: