May 7, 20232 yr Congrats Kath, that 101-point winning margin has to be the biggest in a while unless I'm forgetting something obvious! As for my faves, happiest to see my 18 (Ojnoj) finish top 20 after originally being bottom 2! So glad it turned out to have pretty strong appeal, and finally some justice for Chappell Roan's previous entry DNQing. My 15 and 13 both bottom 10 but 150 points each is a bit more than I feared the way the results were going. I really thought 'Afterlife' was among the strongest pop entries so I'm pretty baffled at that one. Also, I have to say an amazing result for Wholune, even though it was very instant for me I never would've predicted it ranking high for so many others, but very pleased that it did! And yay for 2/3 of the Harmonica recycles making the top 20, I figured Sophie and The Aces both had a good chance of doing so. I figured Voice Of The Beehive might struggle a bit in comparison, I guess 33rd is still decent but still deserved better. Big thanks to Jamesy for hosting! Needless to say I loved the Animal Crossing theme and reminiscing over my favorite characters. Even with all of that it was still a pretty simple but solid hosting effort overall. Hopefully we can all return to Yobnedorica in the future :D
May 7, 20232 yr Contrats Kath!! My Pophub/Lookylion top 2 would have come last and fourth last were it not for my own votes which is really quite illegal.
May 7, 20232 yr Obvs I’m ecstatic that George made 4th, the unexpected hits are always the most rewarding ones ^_^ It also made me realise that it feels like a very long time since we last had a top 5 hit unless I’m forgetting something. Also… Voice of the Beehive were robbed. It’s a great pop song but sadly I think that the low quality audio may have hampered it quite a lot. I love the track and even I thought that it sounded awful after what had come before it.
May 7, 20232 yr I am so shook. Thank-you all ❤️🙏 I already made peace that a win wasn't going to come again after what happened with Eliza Rose last year. Kathaldazia last won in 2009 which was 14 years ago so this feels quite surreal and means a lot to me! I initially confirmed a techno track, but came across Under Your Spell quite last minute on dameeeela's (a very tasteful female DJ) Spotify playlist and thought "OK this slaps", then went and looked for the music video, and after seeing that I was SOLD Amazing to see George Clanton so high! Gorgeous track. I was surprised it was being so underestimated. Also yay for Botanikka (a great throwback) and Singerpurear in the top 10. My fave Singerpurear entry to date - I heard the song before although it didn't click at the time but now I LOVE it Let me go dust off and recharge that Nokia so long
May 7, 20232 yr Omg! Just noticed Love Island quen Samira in 3rd place! I bet she wasn't THAT STRESSED tALOxN0b1k8
May 7, 20232 yr Congratulations Kath :cheer: and with a 101 point lead too :o my 18 pointer did THAT! (Feels good!) Also delighted to see Hendinia hold 2nd, with overall gold and silver matching my own. No way did East Ruk deserve to finish last, but 111 points seems a high score with which to do so. I'm OK with 32nd, it's my lowest final placing yet and 17 voters is my fewest yet, but over half of those in double figures and 5 medals is great, several commiserations too and only 20 points off what would have been a PB of 22nd. Looks like I was in the right semi with 9th, thanks to everyone who voted Sølv there too! Thank you again Yobnedor for running the show, I know little about Animal Crossing but introducing those characters in the threads helped remind us all there was a contest going on! Edited May 7, 20232 yr by jimwatts
May 7, 20232 yr Thanks for the fab hosting James, much appreciated all the hard work, and congrats to Kath, just outside my votes but well deserved after Eliza Rose really should have won, and I still regret that it didn't click with me immediately to help it with a leg up. Pretty good top 10, I thought, and huge thanks to everyone who voted for the fabulous Jungle, faves of mine for 9 years now but they never seem to get a commercial breakthrough. Thanks esp to the Gold voters (Wholune, East Rukahavian), silvers (Kath, Pestolia) and bronzes (AH, Bre, Greenfroze) but also everyone else! That's our 3rd 7th slot and 8th top 10, though we could have grabbed that elusive number 8 if we'd given one more point to Tartford :lol:
May 7, 20232 yr The law of diminishing returns strikes the Empire. As Dandy says, the audio quality may have hampered its impact. I didn't think it would underperform Magnetic Fields.
May 7, 20232 yr Hoorah, a 6th Top 10!!! And four 18s too - thank you all! I was quietly confident in Rodeo doing well. The few previous times I was convinced I'd get a big hit, I always flopped hard, so this is indeed a first for me. Congrats Kath! Snow Strippers weren't far off my votes, though thankfully they weren't needed. Also very pleased that Singerpurear & Rolloland made the Top 10 :wub: Edited May 7, 20232 yr by AH Gold
May 7, 20232 yr Yass congrats Kath :clap: verified banger, I'm a big fan of most of that top ten. Lookylion/Spod/Bronzil deserved better though! Thanks James for hosting, loved the theme and you got all the villagers' personalities spot on.
May 7, 20232 yr Congrats Kath! :clap: St. Burbia bouncing back from two consecutive DNQs with two consecutive 3rd placers :cheeseblock: Glad to see so many people enjoyed the discovery!
May 8, 20232 yr Congrats Kath! It would have got my 18 points if I had voted a little later, I’ve been listening to it a lot since then. Banger!
May 8, 20232 yr Great to see a Kathaldazia win, took me a few listens to properly get that one but ended up scoring well with me and well deserved after so many incredible entries in the last two years :wub: Great to see my 18 pointer in the top 5 too ^_^ 38th slightly disappointing for Slow Crush, but 131 points does feel like a very good score for being that low down so I'll take it. I did think I was in a bit more dodgy semi than I'd have ideally liked for it, so not surprised I qualified so narrowly! Edited May 8, 20232 yr by RabbitFurCoat
May 8, 20232 yr Congratulations Kathaldazia, we at Zanmatony are thrilled for you! :wub: In case you are hosting, please PM me as I’m on holiday with limited internet access. Ty. ^_^
May 8, 20232 yr 👀👀👀 :hi: in the continued indefinite absence of the YTD thread (it'll be back one day I promise) here's a quick update of where we are at after 4 contests x 1 985 FSR Rontvia 2 946 Hendinia 3 880 Kathaldazia 4 875 Altyr Muunilinst 5 844 Summericia 6 834 Lotunia 7 831 Aeroche 8 809 Cor Lupus 9 780 Cumulonimbia 10 772 Terra Avium 11 712 République d'Áskorza 12 694 Fljótavík 13 678 Jadakissnia 14 647 Pestolia 15 606 D'yermak'er 16 590 Lookylion 17 577 Persephonia 18 542 St. Burbia 19 532 Yobnedorica 20 530 Florina 21 525 Kluminican Republic 22 523 Singerpurear 23 520 The Spodic Empire 24 518 Tartford 25 517 Thelonia 26 512 Sovarasma 27 510 Pagasa 28 494 Rolloland 29 487 Bøtanikkä 30 483 Bronzil 31 482 FARC 32 444 Suedeonia 33 433 Zanmatony 34 431 Utopia 35 413 Ojnoj 36 411 Scotland 2 37 404 Pupok 38 398 Wholune 39 398 N DNTN 40 396 Ingermanlandia 41 379 Quintessa 42 375 Danæviia 43 360 Greenfroze 44 357 Kingdom of Horanius 45 344 Séyetana 46 334 Dobago 47 318 Jupiterdonia 48 308 Aesthetica 49 295 POPHub 50 292 Eastovka 51 291 Elëdan 52 272 Aelandor 53 269 Kylienips 54 238 Sergeistan 55 207 Skall 56 199 N-Lazone 57 178 Kyriatine 58 176 (The Actual Republic of) Bellamia 59 164 Cadelicia 60 163 Taahino 61 162 New Lexico 62 155 Buzzjack Mountain 63 145 Varakë 64 137 Flynnonda 65 136 Trifoski 66 125 Neliönoir 67 124 Ben's Sanctuary 68 111 East Rukahavian 69 110 Bhangra 70 107 Conoria Me being top 20 without having any top 20 hits in individual contests so far, the qualifying consistency pays off as per x Hendinia lost 30 points to a deduction in the last contest so FSR Rontvia would be leading by just 9 points if not for that!
May 8, 20232 yr 5th is fab going. I don't expect to hold even that by end of year but you never know.
May 8, 20232 yr Thought I’d be a little lower given the last 2 months. Rontvia on top feels like the good old days!
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