Posted September 21, 20213 yr Hello and welcome to Semi Final #1 in the 138th Buzzjack Song Contest. For those who are new or need some familiarisation with the rules, please take some time to have a quick look over the rules before you submit your votes. VOTING RULES ⌦ You must only vote in the semi final which you have been placed into unless you are Aesthetica or Kluminican Republic, who must vote in both semi-finals as a autoqualifiers. ⌦ Votes should be submitted in the Eurovision Song Contest voting system (i.e. 12 points, 10 points, 8 points, 7 points, 6 points, 5 points, 4 points, 3 points, 2 points & 1 point should be awarded). ⌦ All votes must be sent by PM to me (Botchia) and no one else. ⌦ The deadline for submitting your votes is Monday 27 September 2021 at 23:59 BST. Late votes may be accepted at the discretion of the host, however, a 15% deduction will be applied to any nation submitting their votes after the deadline. ⌦ Any nation which fails to submit their votes will have a 33% deduction applied to their semi final points. ⌦ The highest scoring 20 nations from each semi final will advance to the finals. AUTOQUALIFERS AQ | Aesthetica | Ami Suzuki & Yasutaka Nakata | FREE FREE | AQ | Kluminican Republic | Apashe | Uebok (Gotta Run) (feat. INSTASAMKA) | SEMI FINAL #1 ENTRIES 01 | New Lexico | BEN & TAN | Iron Heart | 02 | Pagasa | Bartees Strange | Mustang | 03 | Yehesi | Ranji & Ghost Rider | Can't Sleep | 04 | The Actual Republic of Bellamia | DVBBS & Powfu | Losing Sleep | 05 | République d'Áskorza | Olivia Holt | Next | 06 | Taahino | As It Is | IDGAF | 07 | Zanmatony | Riohv | Green Room | 08 | Persephonia | Deafheaven | The Gnashing | 09 | Bhangra | Emma Steinbakken | Sorry | 10 | East Rukahavian | Priyanka | Come Through (feat. Lemon) | 11 | Aelandor | Kaleida | No Computer | 12 | Republic of Adonia | Crystal Kay | Girl's Night | 13 | Summericia | Alice And The Glass Lake | Coals | 14 | Thelonia | Tommy Farrow | Everything We Talked About (feat. Clementine Douglas) | 15 | Rolloland | Genesis | Supper's Ready | 16 | Jadakissnia | X-Perience | A Neverending Dream | 17 | Flynnonda | UNIIQU3 | Microdosing | 18 | Land of DW | FiNCH | Direkt Bock | 19 | D'yermak'er | Raja Kumari | Bindis And Bangles | 20 | Aquafina | Solardo & Maur | Power | 21 | Ojnoj | М&A & Бэтси | Симпл Димпл Поп Ит Сквиш | 22 | Tartford | Middle Kids | Stacking Chairs | 23 | Aeroche | Cakes Da Killa & Proper Villains | Don Dada | 24 | N DNTN | Tommy Genesis | a woman is a god | 25 | Greenfroze | Pink Fantasy | Poison | 26 | Altyr Muunilinst | W O L F C L U B | Freefall (feat. Jaki Nelson) | 27 | Lotunia | TOMORROW X TOGETHER | 9 And Three Quarters (Run Away) | 28 | Cor Lupus | OVRGRWN | Wasteland | 29 | Skall | Part Time | Ganz Wien | 30 | Sovarasma | Giolì & Assia | Bebe | Votes received (30/32) ⌦ Aelandor ⌦ Aeroche ⌦ Aesthetica ⌦ Altyr Muunilinst ⌦ Aquafina ⌦ Bhangra ⌦ Cor Lupus ⌦ D'yermak'er ⌦ East Rukahavian ⌦ Flynnonda ⌦ Greenfroze ⌦ Jadakissnia ⌦ Kluminican Republic ⌦ Land of DW ⌦ Lotunia ⌦ New Lexico ⌦ N DNTN ⌦ Ojnoj ⌦ Pagasa ⌦ Persephonia ⌦ République d'Áskorza ⌦ Rolloland ⌦ Skall ⌦ Sovarasma ⌦ Summericia ⌦ Taahino ⌦ Tartford ⌦ Thelonia ⌦ The Actual Republic of Bellamia ⌦ Zanmatony
September 21, 20213 yr Jadakissnia entering once again my faves 90's dance songs :wub: (I must admit I considered it myself long time ago but then I've learned Cascada did cover it and kinda ruined it for me lol but so happy to see someone else sending it).
September 21, 20213 yr I was hoping to end up with a decent amount of dancebloc members this month and I've not been disappointed *.* I know and have charted both the Altyr and Persephonia entries <3 Here for Jade's entry omg :heart: Jadakissnia entering once again my faves 90's dance songs :wub: (I must admit I considered it myself long time ago but then I've learned Cascada did cover it and kinda ruined it for me lol but so happy to see someone else sending it). Ooh yay :o I have not heard the Cascada cover version :lol:
September 21, 20213 yr Let me be the first to point out that this semifinal has Tommy Farrow, Genesis, and Tommy Genesis. That won't get confusing at all :lol: I'm not in this semi but excited to hear Middle Kids!
September 21, 20213 yr Sorry so far is becoming a hit in different places :o I'm seeing this entry sent to another song contest I'm in and I quite like the song :P . Great to see Kaleida here and Iron Heart is a lost gem which Denmark missed out in Eurovision this year. Excited for this semi! Edited September 21, 20213 yr by uhsting
September 21, 20213 yr Spotify Missing: Aesthetica, Skall Rolloland out-Rolloing themselves this month with a ... 23 minute entry !
September 21, 20213 yr TXT and PinkFantasy? I’m really gonna enjoy the second half of the semi After seeing I’m literally two songs off from W O L F C L U B I am not feeling my chances of getting out of this alive
September 21, 20213 yr Rolloland out-Rolloing themselves this month with a ... 23 minute entry !Lemme get my checkbook, I’m leaving
September 21, 20213 yr I am not feeling my chances of getting out of this alive How are you feeling about your chances of revealing the UP XXX results like ever? :unsure:
September 21, 20213 yr Quickly skimming and it appears that New Lexico are joining me in sending Avicii this month! (but more seriously it sounds a lot like 'Goliath' so perhaps it could do similarly well?) Also I've only ever heard the Cascada version of A Neverending Dream before, should've occurred to me it was a cover given it is Cascada. This version is already sounding better so that is promising. I'm also already familiar with the Solardo song which is a bit of a tune, so hopefully that can do well.
September 21, 20213 yr Let me be the first to point out that this semifinal has Tommy Farrow, Genesis, and Tommy Genesis. That won't get confusing at all :lol: Though from what I know of the respective artists, the actual songs won't be in any danger of being confused with each other :lol: (it's a popular month for people called Tommy as we have a Tommy Villiers in semi 2 as well!) ~ Happy to have been drawn with Jadakissnia and Pagasa, only needed Utopia as well to go 3 for 3 on current BJSC participants who I know like at least one Deafheaven song. Although the one Deafheaven song that made it to the dhwe charts seems to be a much older song and as I understand it their older music is several universes away from their current sound :kink: (I've only discovered them this era but I see a lot of their fans not being too keen on the new direction, I'm much more into this shoegaze/post-rock sound than I am into black metal though so no complaints from me). I was debating between sending this or 'In Blur' as that song is probably their most 'accessible' (and has a music video) but ultimately decided it's best to just go with the song I like the most, not exactly going to be winning either way xx I think there are 4 songs in this semi I've heard already - plus Travis' AQ as he already sent it to Club Bizarre a while ago! - though none of them are ones I remember being hugely standout on first listen, will see if they prove to be growers B-)
September 22, 20213 yr Though from what I know of the respective artists, the actual songs won't be in any danger of being confused with each other :lol: (it's a popular month for people called Tommy as we have a Tommy Villiers in semi 2 as well!) ~ Happy to have been drawn with Jadakissnia and Pagasa, only needed Utopia as well to go 3 for 3 on current BJSC participants who I know like at least one Deafheaven song. Although the one Deafheaven song that made it to the dhwe charts seems to be a much older song and as I understand it their older music is several universes away from their current sound :kink: (I've only discovered them this era but I see a lot of their fans not being too keen on the new direction, I'm much more into this shoegaze/post-rock sound than I am into black metal though so no complaints from me). I was debating between sending this or 'In Blur' as that song is probably their most 'accessible' (and has a music video) but ultimately decided it's best to just go with the song I like the most, not exactly going to be winning either way xx I think there are 4 songs in this semi I've heard already - plus Travis' AQ as he already sent it to Club Bizarre a while ago! - though none of them are ones I remember being hugely standout on first listen, will see if they prove to be growers B-) I fully forgot about sending it there! Well, hopefully it has better success in the final than it did there!
September 22, 20213 yr Though from what I know of the respective artists, the actual songs won't be in any danger of being confused with each other :lol: (it's a popular month for people called Tommy as we have a Tommy Villiers in semi 2 as well!) ~ Happy to have been drawn with Jadakissnia and Pagasa, only needed Utopia as well to go 3 for 3 on current BJSC participants who I know like at least one Deafheaven song. Although the one Deafheaven song that made it to the dhwe charts seems to be a much older song and as I understand it their older music is several universes away from their current sound :kink: (I've only discovered them this era but I see a lot of their fans not being too keen on the new direction, I'm much more into this shoegaze/post-rock sound than I am into black metal though so no complaints from me). I was debating between sending this or 'In Blur' as that song is probably their most 'accessible' (and has a music video) but ultimately decided it's best to just go with the song I like the most, not exactly going to be winning either way xx I think there are 4 songs in this semi I've heard already - plus Travis' AQ as he already sent it to Club Bizarre a while ago! - though none of them are ones I remember being hugely standout on first listen, will see if they prove to be growers B-) from what I’ve seen deafheaven are a contentious band among black metal purists bc of their roots in shoegaze…. I’m not really into black metal but I got into them bc to me they were always just heavier shoegaze so the new stuff will def appeal to me! that’s all I’ll say lol Edited September 22, 20213 yr by dhwhore
September 22, 20213 yr Not sure how good the SF is for us but we shall see. Not liking the idea of a 23 minute song. Someone’s clearly after a permaban
September 22, 20213 yr Oh dear god this is a shocking semi draw for my song Oh, I feel the same. Well, I'm a fan of 'IDGAF', it was one I already knew before. 'A Neverending Dream' was a huge fave too, of course + there are some others I'm familiar with (Bhangra, Aquafina and Tartford). Don't be fooled by the video of 'Direkt Bock' - although it is most likely the best video of the year that contains at least 39 10/10 moments, the song itself is fantastic, too (but might need a second listen, it is not as instant as 'Nachbarn' was).
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