Posted December 7, 20213 yr Here with a casual near midnight drop in Persephonia, it is that time of the year to look back over the hits (and, as it were, the almost-hits) of the year with the 14th annual edition of The Best of BJSC, and our third run of the combined format that replaced the separate TBO & Rejects competitions. The format will be more or less exactly the same as last year so if you remember how that worked you know how it's working this year. :jump: If anyone needs a refresher or is new to the concept of TBO, it's a retrospective contest where you'll all have the opportunity to vote again on a selection of songs entered across the ten contests of 2021 to elect a single winner for the whole year. But before we get to voting on songs that actually did well the first time around, this first qualifiers round is focusing on those songs that sadly fell short of a place in the final of their original contest, giving them a chance for redemption to go on to compete with the bigger fish in the later rounds. The year's 228 DNQs have been whittled down (using an objective and mathematical process - detailed in post 2 in this thread - so apologies to anyone who is missing their favourite rejects, they should have just been rejected a bit less x) to 80 songs, split into two qualifier groups of 40 songs each. To submit your votes simply PM me (Michael Bubré) your 15 favourite songs from each group that you wish to vote in using the normal BJSC final voting format (18 points for your favourite, 15 for your second favourite, then 13/12/11/10/9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1 for your third to fifteenth favourites). Obviously as usual you cannot vote for your own song(s). Links to the songs are all provided to refresh your memory, or hear the songs for the first time as it were (for I know not all have the time or inclination to listen to opposite semi DNQs x), and hopefully someone shall kindly provide some Spotify and YouTube playlists soon as well (edit: thanks to Dan and Jordan for their playlists as usual, now also embedded in this post). I'll post the results next Thursday, so setting the deadline as 23:59 on Wednesday 15th December (although I'll accept any votes that come in the day of results at a reasonable time too). Anyone who entered any contest this year is eligible to vote and you may vote in either Qualifier Group 1 or Qualifier Group 2, or both, whether or not you have a song competing in them. I encourage people to vote in both if they can. Be warned that failing to vote in a qualifier group you have a song in will incur a 15 point deduction for that song. That'll probably be a lot of people so think of it more as submitting votes being equivalent to giving yourself 15 extra points. The top 16 songs from each qualifier group will advance to the quarter-finals round and keep alive their dream of following Cavetown in 2019 and Death Grips in 2020 as scrappy underdogs making it all the way to the grand final to compete against the year's winners. Let the reminiscing begin x (and let me know if you'd like a different link to be used for your song(s)) Qualifier Group 1 01 Beaverdonia 134 // 02 Oslol 135 // 03 Cor Lupus 131 // 04 Pagasa 138 // 05 Jadakissnia 137 // 06 Rolloland 137 // 07 Ultraviolenceland 133 // 08 Caerfyrddia 136 // 09 Kathaldazia 135 // 10 Scherzland 133 // 11 Persephonia 131 // 12 POPHub 139 // 13 Danæviia 140 // 14 Republic of Adonia 131 // 15 Singerpurear 135 // 16 Séyetana 134 // 17 Pukarnia 140 // 18 Jupiterdonia 135 // 19 Land of DW 133 // 20 Harmonica 136 // 21 Trifoski 140 // 22 Mosquetania 137 // 23 Altyr Muunilinst 137 // 24 New Lexico 140 // 25 Cumulonimbia 134 // 26 Chestoria 133 // grouptherapy. - raise it up! 27 Kingdom of Horanius 132 // 28 Greenfroze 137 // 29 Aquafina 135 // 30 Zaminton 135 // 31 Mulgracia 140 // 32 Yehesi 138 // 33 FSR Rontvia 133 // 34 Sandénia 131 // 35 Cadelicia 137 // 36 Bhangra 134 // 37 Wholune 131 // 38 Buzzjack Mountain 132 // 39 Sovarasma 133 // 40 Eastovka 138 // Spotify playlist courtesy of danG: YouTube playlist courtesy of Riser: playlist?list=PLXMZc8uCTIjx1bDU-FHLbpGQLKI5yGWTd ~ Qualifier Group 2 01 N DNTN 135 // 02 Niceland 131 // 03 Quintessa 132 // 04 #00274E 138 // 05 Cadelicia 133 // 06 Jupiterdonia 137 // 07 Tartford 139 // 08 Zanmatony 139 // 09 Aesthetica 140 // 10 République d'Áskorza 137 // 11 Suedeonia 132 // 12 Fljótavík 136 // 13 Kylienips 139 // 14 Holland-Oats 134 // 15 Flynnonda 133 // 16 Lotunia 137 // 17 East Rukahavian 133 // 18 Utopia 133 // 19 Aelandor 138 // 20 Danæviia 134 // 21 Eastovka 139 // 22 Elëdan 136 // 23 D'yermak'er 140 // 24 Sandebörg 134 // 25 The Actual Republic of Bellamia 137 // 26 Hushkanukia 137 // 27 Vülkyria 133 // 28 Dobago 138 // 29 Zaminton 136 // 30 Kluminican Republic 135 // 31 Sandénia 133 // 32 Republic of Adonia 132 // 33 Skall 132 // 34 Thelonia 136 // 35 Numayania 131 // 36 Taahino 135 // 37 Lookylion 132 // 38 Ojnoj 138 // 39 Terra Avium 139 // 40 Summericia 135 // Spotify playlist courtesy of danG: YouTube playlist courtesy of Riser: playlist?list=PLXMZc8uCTIjwow2LmnhOfOaAlin5_IIXs Alternate link for #12 ('Buffalo') if geoblocked: ~ Votes received: Cor Lupus (1 & 2) Danæviia (1 & 2) Eastovka (1 & 2) FSR Rontvia (1 & 2) Greenfroze (1) Harmonica (1 & 2) Jadakissnia (1) Kathaldazia (1) Niceland (1 & 2) Numayania (2) Persephonia (1 & 2) Rolloland (1) Séyetana (1 & 2) Sovarasma (1) Terra Avium (2) Trifoski (1 & 2) Utopia (1 & 2) Zanmatony (1 & 2)
December 7, 20213 yr Author A reminder of how the songs for this were decided for anyone who is curious and does not remember from last year (don't worry about this post if it is confusing, just trust the process x): - All songs that finished one place short of qualifying for their original contest (19th place in the BJSC 137 semi-finals, 21st place in all other semi-finals of the year) qualified for this first round automatically. This includes 2 songs each from Danæviia and Republic of Adonia. - All countries who DNQed at least once during the year have their statistically best performing DNQ represented here (that is the one with the highest semi-final position and, in the case of a tie, the highest number of points), if that is not already covered by the previous bullet point. - Countries who entered more than once during the year but did not have any qualifiers also have their second best performing DNQ represented. This applies to Cadelicia, Eastovka, Sandénia and Zaminton, and is as part of the rules that ensure every country has at least 2 songs appearing at some point during the overall TBO contest (apart from those who only entered once during the year obvz). - The above 3 bullet points resulted in 79 eligible songs which was an inconvenient odd number so there is also one wildcard entry, which I chose to be the highest points scoring DNQ of the year which was not already eligible by the above criteria. The lucky song in question was Jupiterdonia 137. The second round of TBO (the quarter-finals) will also have 80 songs in total, comprising the 32 that qualify from this round and 48 others which were selected by a similar process: - All countries who did not have any top 5 hits during the year will be represented in the quarter-finals by their best performing qualifier. - Arcodesia and Varakë will also have their second best performing qualifier included, due to them being in the edge case of having fewer than 2 top 5 hits but also no DNQs. - A wildcard was needed for this round due to an odd number as well, that shall be the highest scoring non top 5 hit of the year that was not eligible by the above criteria which turned out to be N DNTN 134. Songs qualified to the quarter-finals: #00274E 137 // Hanne Mjøen - Emotional Fever Aelandor 139 // And One - Military Fashion Show Aquafina 139 // Zara Larsson - Funeral Arcodesia 134 // Monolink - The Prey (Mind Against Remix) Arcodesia 135 // Lost In Kiev - Insomnia Beaverdonia 133 // Fickle Friends - IRL Bhangra 136 // Rat City and Isak Heim - Rather Be Buzzjack Mountain 137 // Hazmusic - Delight Caerfyrddia 137 // Casi & The Blind Harpist - Rooted Chestoria 134 // Ylona Garcia - All That Cor Lupus 132 // Erika Vikman - Syntisten Pöytä Dobago 133 // Faux Tales - Atlas (ALPHA 9 Remix) East Rukahavian 135 // Riva Taylor - Woman Elëdan 133 // So Below - Breathe Greenfroze 138 // Pink Fantasy - Poison Harmonica 138 // Moyka - Stay Holland-Oats 135 // Kinder - Bus Stop Hushkanukia 134 // KING - Only U Kingdom of Horanius 133 // SUPER-Hi and Neeka - Following The Sun Kylienips 135 // YONAKA - Call Me A Saint Lotunia 138 // TOMORROW X TOGETHER - 9 And Three Quarters (Run Away) Mosquetania 135 // Ruben - Running Mulgracia 137 // Ariana And The Rose - Every Body N DNTN 134 // COBRAH - GOOD PUSS New Lexico 135 // Emmi - Drum Niceland 137 // Declan McKenna - Humongous Numayania 133 // Captain Jack - Dream A Dream Oslol 132 // Larkins - TV Dream Pagasa 140 // Explosions In The Sky - Have You Passed Through This Night? Persephonia 139 // Godford - Say My Name Pestolia 140 // Jae Stephens - got it like that POPHub 136 // Emilie Adams - Monogamy Quintessa 135 // DJ 89 - KUKER Sandebörg 135 // Old Swing - Bruised Scherzland 132 // VALDIS - Piece Of You Sergeistan 138 // Charli Adams - Didn't Make It Singerpurear 133 // Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tanya Tagaq - You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind) Skall 136 // Burial - Space Cadet Sovarasma 140 // Tale Of Us and Pete Tong - Time (feat. Jules Buckley) Suedeonia 131 // The Shoes and Anthonin Ternant - Time To Dance Taahino 140 // Choriza May - My Pussy Is Like A Peach Tartford 135 // Tungevaag - Young Summer Ultraviolenceland 136 // Daya - The Difference Utopia 138 // piri and Tommy Villiers - soft spot Varakë 137 // SICKOTOY, Elvana Gjata and INNA - Papa Vülkyria 132 // Sofia Kourtesis - La Perla Yehesi 139 // Gabry Ponte, LUM!X and Prezioso - Thunder Zanmatony 133 // Mint Royale and Lauren Laverne - Don't Falter The third round (semi-finals) and fourth round (grand final) also have songs already qualified to them which are a little less complicated to explain. The semi-finals will comprise 40 qualifiers from the quarter-finals plus the 40 songs which finished between 2nd and 5th during the year. Then finally the grand final will comprise 30 qualifiers from the semi-finals plus the year's 10 winners. Songs qualified to the semi-finals: Aeroche 133 // DJ Seinfeld - Dreams Of U And Me Above The Mezcal Moon Aeroche 135 // Chariot - Sky Wheel Aeroche 139 // Ewan McVicar - The Rhythm (feat. Trinere) Altyr Muunilinst 140 // The Brides Of The Black Room - Sirens The Actual Republic of Bellamia 134 // Robin Packalen - Hard To Love (feat. Alex Mattson) Bøtanikkä 132 // Cam - The Otherside Cumulonimbia 132 // Elaine Mai - No Forever (feat. MayKay) Cumulonimbia 135 // Daniel Bortz - You Can Stay Forever Cumulonimbia 138 // CLUBKELLY - DO YOU EVEN BLISS ? Danæviia 139 // Reba McEntire - Fancy (Dave Audé Remix) D'yermak'er 134 // Postiljonen - Atlantis FARC 133 // ASHS - Don't Call Me FARC 140 // Wind Rose - Diggy Diggy Hole Fljótavík 131 // Namasenda - Wanted Flynnonda 138 // UNIIQU3 - Microdosing FSR Rontvia 134 // ishi vu - This Is Your Life Hendinia 133 // Ulrikke - Falling Apart Hendinia 137 // Loren Gray - Piece Of Work Hendinia 140 // Ayesha Erotica - Literal Legend Jadakissnia 131 // Trudge - strast' Jupiterdonia 136 // Majid Jordan - Waves Of Blue Kathaldazia 137 // SWIM - No More Tears Kluminican Republic 137 // Ben Böhmer, Nils Hoffmann and Malou - Breathing Land of DW 132 // Aspyer - Symphony N DNTN 140 // Juliette Armanet - Le Dernier Jour Du Disco Ojnoj 131 // Charlotte Sands - Dress Republic of Adonia 134 // Grimes - REALiTi (Demo) Republic of Adonia 136 // Magdalena Bay - Chaeri République d'Áskorza 136 // Minelli - Rampampam Rolloland 139 // Blanck Mass - D7-D5 Séyetana 135 // Sewerslvt - Jvnko Still Loves You St. Burbia 137 // Alewya - Spirit_X St. Burbia 138 // Amber Van Day - Touch Summericia 131 // VNV Nation - When Is The Future? Summericia 133 // Xenomania pts. Paige Cavell - Red Is The Way Terra Avium 132 // Rein - OFF THE GRID Thelonia 139 // Futuristic Polar Bears - No Tears Allowed (feat. Franky) Trifoski 136 // DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - Try Not To Be Afraid (feat. Delilah Brao, Luke Markinson and Anyelisax) Varakë 135 // Hanne Mjøen - Hell With You Wholune 138 // Greta Van Fleet - Heat Above Songs qualified to the grand final: Aesthetica 137 // Violet Chachki and Allie X - Mistress Violet Altyr Muunilinst 132 // LOVA - Dance For The Hell Of It Bøtanikkä 139 // Anabel Englund - Midnight Rapture Danæviia 131 // Worakls and Rusanda Panfili - Storm FARC 134 // Ane Brun - Take Hold Of Me FARC 135 // Stockholm Noir - Boy Like A Girl (feat. Ofelia) Jadakissnia 138 // X-Perience - A Neverending Dream Lookylion 140 // Confidence Man - Holiday N DNTN 133 // Doss - Puppy St. Burbia 136 // Faouzia - Hero If a song isn't included in either the OP or this post unfortunately it will not get a chance to seek TBO glory, that do be the way the numbers fell.
December 8, 20213 yr Not the song I would have picked from my DNQ’s although I guess it has the strongest DNQ position of the year. Shame I couldn’t nominate ABDA as my choice.
December 8, 20213 yr Not the song I would have picked from my DNQ’s although I guess it has the strongest DNQ position of the year. Shame I couldn’t nominate ABDA as my choice.Would've been an easy +18 from me :lol:
December 8, 20213 yr didnt notice I came 2nd from Q twice this year! presumably you can't vote for your own entry forward?
December 8, 20213 yr welp at this being the first time I qualify for the second group. This really was the Cor lupus Witness era
December 8, 20213 yr I can attempt justice for YOASOBI! Or at least a chance to vote for it. *.* also vote for FAKE LAND, that's a lot more of an exciting DNQ entrant than I had last year.
December 8, 20213 yr I know it’s a bit short notice, but if anyone would like me to host a listenthrough of the first qualifier round this evening on synctube I can do as I’m free. I guess less people would be interested but I don’t mind doing it.
December 8, 20213 yr - All songs that finished one place short of qualifying for their original contest (19th place in the BJSC 137 semi-finals, 21st place in all other semi-finals of the year) qualified for this first round automatically. This includes 2 songs each from Danæviia and Republic of Adonia. Petition to either extend this to 22nd place or 21st in the final. Preferrably both.
December 8, 20213 yr Also this just feels wrong for not including the best DNQ of the year: BATHSHEBA. :nono:
December 8, 20213 yr Justice to the songs that finish between #6 and #10 :kink: It feels so odd to me that people could potentially vote for Hello Saferide here (they won't lol), but can't vote for Self Esteem which I'd have been so curious about how it would have done in TBO! Oh well, throwing my entire weight behind ishi vu then! And obviously all of my other top five and DNQ faves *.*
December 8, 20213 yr Author It's not as odd when you consider that the format is explicitly a merger of the old separate TBO and Rejects contests - I actually forgot that Self Esteem finished so low in her contest, I expect it could have done quite well under the old TBO format but nevermind! The format can always be amended again next year if people have issues with it, it seemed to work well enough the last two years though. For what it's worth Godford is not the song I'd have chosen to represent myself either but it was unambiguously my biggest hit of the year so! Here for some Rejects justice for 'Porcelain' tho. Also no Jupiter you can't vote for yourself xx (I didn't think that would need to be clarified but I'll add it to the OP :kink:)
December 8, 20213 yr I'm going to have to try and vote in both as all my favourite non qualifying songs that I've listened to most appear in the opposite one to my own entry
December 8, 20213 yr It feels so odd to me that people could potentially vote for Hello Saferide here (they won't lol), but can't vote for Self Esteem which I'd have been so curious about how it would have done in TBO! Oh well, throwing my entire weight behind ishi vu then! And obviously all of my other top five and DNQ faves *.* Self Esteem have my 18 for the year if it’s any consolation, up there with TR/ST as my favourite ever discovery from the contest :wub:
December 8, 20213 yr It's not as odd when you consider that the format is explicitly a merger of the old separate TBO and Rejects contests - I actually forgot that Self Esteem finished so low in her contest, I expect it could have done quite well under the old TBO format but nevermind! The format can always be amended again next year if people have issues with it, it seemed to work well enough the last two years though. For what it's worth Godford is not the song I'd have chosen to represent myself either but it was unambiguously my biggest hit of the year so! Here for some Rejects justice for 'Porcelain' tho. Also no Jupiter you can't vote for yourself xx (I didn't think that would need to be clarified but I'll add it to the OP :kink:) Yeah true, and I do accept that no format is going to please all the people all the time. It's a decent compromise and I really do appreciate this format for giving everyone a fair chance. It obviously does compile all of the biggest hits on paper but I guess there will always just be a small few cases where certain songs that could have smashed TBO are excluded. Self Esteem have my 18 for the year if it’s any consolation, up there with TR/ST as my favourite ever discovery from the contest :wub: <3 Wow, that's amazing to hear! I'm so impressed with how she's blown up this year, I got her new book today which is essentially her thoughts and iPhone notes since 2014 but makes for fascinating reading about the development of the Self Esteem project.
December 8, 20213 yr Author Thanks for the playlists Dan, will add them to the OP ^_^ (impressive that there are no unavailable songs).
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