Posted March 17, 20232 yr Good evening all and welcome to the next stage in this glorious trip to the skies, the Semi-Finals! Held in the ancient Valkyrie Castle, we are in the most historical and dramatic parts of the land, a land seeped in myths and legends. It was here that it was said Harpies guided the souls of the dead, the Griffins guarded ancient treasure, the nearby colosseum is said to be the only nesting place of the humongous Roc, the Alkonosts and Sirins sung to the saints, and perhaps the most noteworthy is the battle that took place between the legendary Ice and Fire Phoenixes for ultimate control of the kingdom. The scars of which can be seen throughout the stadium and covered extensively by our Wader bird tours, Many sources report it had a historically disappointing ending as they were both torched by a Thunderbird. It is based on this myth that the competitors this month have been split into two semis to reflect the great battle for a place in the final that rages ahead, and 20 spaces up for grabs, it's a dramatic battle indeed, but before taking flight, participants are advised to read the below rules: - The 68 entries per month have been split into two semi-finals of 33 apiece (Ice and Fire) with last month's top 2 auto-qualifying. You must vote in the semi you have been placed in only, Terra Avium & FSR Rontvia will vote in both semis. Only participants of the contest can vote and you cannot vote for yourself. - Please vote for your ten favourites from the semi-final using the Eurovision 12-point system shown below and send these via PM to me (Chez Wombat): 12; Your Favourite 10; Your 2nd Favourite 08; 07; 06; 05; 04; 03; 02; 01; Your 10th Favourite - If you do not vote, you will receive a 33% deduction to your entry which will greatly affect your chances of qualifying, so please ensure you vote on time - You have a week to vote until Friday 24th March 23:59 with results the day after, late votes will be accepted up to a point but will still receive a 15% deduction to your entry. Without further ado, here are the pieces of birdsong competing this month: ⚡AQ (Thunder)⚡ 21 ❄️ Scotland 2 ❄️ Blümchen - Herz An Herz (Strobe warning) (100th Anniversary entry) *watch with caution, our pigeon carriers died of cringe delivering the files to the stadium Playlists and Voters lists will be in the post below, just left for Marcel to give us some words of wisdom before we start Let battle commence!
March 17, 20232 yr Author Spotify/Apple Music: (SF2 for both missing & ) YouTube: Semi 1 playlist?list=PLXMZc8uCTIjxLKt7rAOkMT1A7Xof56tly Alternate links if geoblocked: 21 ❄️ Scotland 2 ❄️ Blümchen - Herz An Herz Semi 2 playlist?list=PLXMZc8uCTIjzcrj4p4R2WBerBhwlQT88g Voters: FSR Rontvia Terra Avium Aeroche Botanikka Cor Lupus Cumulonimbia Dobago East Rukahavian Fljotavik Florina Flynnonda Hendinia Kathaldazia Kluminican Republic Kylienips Land of Jack Lotunia Nelionoir New Lexico Persephonia Rolloland Seyetana Scotland 2 Singerpurear Sovarasma Suedeonia Trifoski Wholune The Actual Republic of Bellamia Aesthetica Altyr Muunilinst Ben's Sanctuary Bronzil Danaeviia D'yermak'er Eastovka FARC Freedonia Harmonica Ingermanlandia Jadakissnia Kingdom of Horanius Land of DW Lookylion N DNTN N-Lazone Pestolia POPHub Quintessa St. Burbia Taahino Tartford Thelonia Ultraviolenceland Utopia Yobnedorica
March 17, 20232 yr Ooh I charted Kylienips' Gary Numan song a couple of years ago, he's still got it :heart: same with Altyr's song 'Ciao Ciao', deserved better in Sanremo festival last year -_- Lmao Ultraviolenceland :kink: Bring on this contest *.* although a bit worried by the lack of alt nations in my semi considering the sound I've gone for this month
March 17, 20232 yr An AQ! Thank you Beaver for saving me from a pop semi! Scotland 2 serving a great entry again, Herz An Herz <3 I also know the Sorn song from last year and the Benjamin song. I listened to Aeroche's after seeing it at No.1 in Leww's chart and thought it was very good. Excited to get stuck in.
March 17, 20232 yr Quite a few I know this time round including Florina, POPHub, Bronzil and Pagasa! Lucky draw for me as well with Cor Lupus in the same semi <3
March 17, 20232 yr ANOTHER Semi 2 draw shared with Jadakissnia! Also a first death slot showing ever which doesn’t bode well, plus I was really counting in Kathaldazia to help boost my points this month but alas it’s not to be. Either way, as always really looking forward to getting stuck into this selection soon. Thank you Chez. :music:
March 17, 20232 yr seeing someone sent Fake It, meaning there is a HIGH chance I'll get beat by my potential FOR A FOURTH CONTEST IN A ROW (oh how do I decide my top song between Jupiterdonia and Greenfroze *.*)
March 17, 20232 yr Good to see some familiar name: Billx, Emelie Hollow, Linney, Lil Texas, and Metrik Janji ft. Johnning one is so NCS classic :wub:, I also know the original Herz an Herz too (such a shame I'm not on this semi)., and finally, the better Rondé song has been sent! :w00t: Hope you like "Dreams", which recycled both Feenixpawl and Georgi Kay. ^_^
March 17, 20232 yr seeing someone sent Fake It, meaning there is a HIGH chance I'll get beat by my potential FOR A FOURTH CONTEST IN A ROW (oh how do I decide my top song between Jupiterdonia and Greenfroze *.*) I am more surprised that this wasn't sent earlier :kink:
March 17, 20232 yr Author Gosh, we were quite conservative with the song lengths this time, mine being comfortably the longest :cheeseblock: It's not quite as good an animated story as last month's runner up, but it's still up there x
March 17, 20232 yr Thanks as ever to Dan for making the Spotify playlists. :wub: Welcome back all the returning nations this month, especially Land Of Jack after what I’ve learnt from Bré has been a 10 year hiatus!
March 17, 20232 yr The top 2 from the PopJustice Song Contest in December last year have both shown up here now, quite a coincidence! (Lotunia and POPHub respectively, 'Cold Killer' is the song I've been expecting to show up here since the start of the year and was predicting it might be a Cor Lupus entry). They are both actually really good songs so hope they can both do well here too. Greenfroze's entry is actually also a former PJSC winner albeit one I don't remember nearly as well, can't even remember if it was one I liked or not so relistening with fresh ears! I think there are 7 songs in my semi that I've heard and at least 4 of them should already be solid points contenders so a good start, hopefully the rest of the semi can live up to that quality - I loved 'Intruder' on its release, a bit random to see it in BJSC now but why not, Kylienips hype it is! Also sending early hype to Lotunia as aforementioned, Fljótavík and Kluminican Republic. Semi 2 has a further 9 or 10 songs that I've heard (although it's generous to describe that Ultraviolenceland entry as a song :ph34r:) but not as many big faves, hype to Utopia though as well as POPHub. I'm throwing out another entry that I have absolutely no clue if anyone here will like, I've seen Model/Actriz' sound compared to 'being forced to dance at gunpoint' and I think that's quite apt :lol: I listened to their album last week off the back of a couple of intriguing singles and some pretty big hype among Fantano/RateYourMusic-core terminally online people (the album is #5 of the year on RateYourMusic so if it DNQs I can point at that and call you all wrong x) and it has a bunch of really great and intense songs on it but ended up just going with the lead single which is probably the most accessible song on the album, so if this doesn't qualify then probably nothing from it would have. Also there's a scene in the music video with a big flock of birds so I couldn't pass up sending that to a Terra Avium contest obvz x
March 17, 20232 yr seeing someone sent Fake It, meaning there is a HIGH chance I'll get beat by my potential FOR A FOURTH CONTEST IN A ROW (oh how do I decide my top song between Jupiterdonia and Greenfroze *.*) :frankie: I think you should strongly consider stopping having multiple potentials
March 17, 20232 yr Sorn is one I had as a potential but I knew it won PJSC so cba to go so cheap knowing that :lol: Gary Numan *.* back to listening to one semi this time which is good in a way lol. No idea how mine will do this time but who knows really. Oh also know Pestolia!
March 18, 20232 yr Throwing some hype out for my own entry with Aesthetica! It took me a few days to figure out what it reminded me of, but it's giving kinda LCD Soundsystem meets trashy electro party music. Hope it pans out well for us!
March 18, 20232 yr Hoping for some better luck this time around for East Rukahavian. Taking a punt this time around not the cheap Spinnin' TV dance cheeseblock way.
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