BJSC 177

Fazerdaze - Motorway

Result: 34th

 

Points received: 98 | voters: 15

18 | Terra Avium

13 | Jadakissnia

11 | Ajanaeda

10 | Neliönoir

8 | A-Konohagakure

8 | Fljótavík

6 | Kluminican Republic

6 | Taahino

5 | Jupiterdonia

3 | Persephonia

3 | Utopia

2 | Altyr Muunilinst

2 | Kathaldazia

2 | Pestolia

1 | Suedeonia

(SF1: 15th, 59)

 

A return to qualification led to receipt of an 18 point score in a record fifth final appearance in a row (albeit broken by the DNQ), which at the time took me to 4th on the scoreboard with 14 votes revealed. That was as good as it got however, and a sum total of just 22(!) points from the last 38 voters (49 points was the next lowest total any finalist had from these voters combined) meant a slump all the way out of the top 30, the first time I've gone three contests without finishing there, and in the last 10 contests, aside from the two top 5 finishes, none have been in the top two thirds of the scoreboard, with the next highest being 29th. Must do better!

Points given

18 | Land of DW | Lord Of The Lost & Within Temptation - Light Can Only Shine In The Darkness

15 | Thelonia | Your Mate's Ex - Disco Shift

13 | Ajanaeda | Nuovo Testamento - Dream On

12 | Mothertopia | Samia - Lizard

11 | Lotunia | Luca Vasta - Santa Maria

10 | Neliönoir | Night Tapes - storm

9 | Skall | Bubble Love - Double Caper

8 | Terra Avium | Future Utopia & Lava La Rue - The Pleasure Trap

7 | Aeroche | sim0ne - space cadet

6 | Fljótavík | Joon Gloom - Joker

5 | Jadakissnia | S1RENA - DNA 1NTERLUDE / DNA

4 | FSR Rontvia | ARGO - Korku

3 | Greenfroze | Ken Hirai - 1995

2 | Kathaldazia | MERCY - POSSESSION

1 | Flynnonda | Borderline - When It's Raining

A more rewarding result in Nuggets saw my fourth runner-up medal in a song contest on Buzzjack, after the third came in PFSC earlier this year. I now have 15 top 5 finishes, comprised from every regular contest on Buzzjack at least once!

11th | Retro 1 | Alphaville - Forever Young

13th | CB 21 | Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train

26th | BJSC 151 | Call Me Loop - Walls

2nd | Retro 2 | Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L.

23rd | BJSC 152 | LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Time Is Not A Healer It’s A Fuel For Resentment

DNQ | BJSC 153 | Lanterns On The Lake - The Likes Of Us

7th | CB 23 | Freaks & Geeks, Veronica Bravo - Let Me Know

32nd | BJSC 154 | Sølv - Past Life

3rd | BJSC 155 | MRD - Last Dance

6th | Retro 3 | Blondie - X Offender

24th | UP XXXII | Artemas - Sink Or Swim

21st | BJSC 156 | Picture Parlour - Norwegian Wood

24th | CB 24 | VIZE, Leony, Niklas Dee feat. Tokio Hotel - Monsoon

DNQ | BJSC 157 | Samia - Honey

22nd | Spin Off 08/23 | Madame - ARANCIATA

4th | Retro 4 | Joy Division - She's Lost Control

4th | BJSC 158 | ACRAZE & Aviella - In A Dream

21st | Spin Off 10/23 | Subtrax - WFT

26th | PFSC XIV | Silly Boy Blue - Widow Dreams Forever

42nd | BJSC 159 | Mozey - Tell Me

16th | CB 25 | Broosnica - More Energy (More Passion)

17th | BJSC 160 | Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk

14th | Spin Off 12/23 | Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas

25th | PFSC Special #2 | ARXX - God Knows

7th | CB 26 | Prayer - Make Me Feel

18th | BJSC 161 | Metric - Days Of Oblivion

16th | Retro 5 | The Jesus & Mary Chain - Upside Down

4th | UP XXXIII | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold

11th | BJSC 162 | INXS - Don't Change

27th | BJSC 163 | Luca Eck - Chaos Reigns

29th | BJSC 164 | Otha - I'm on Top

3rd | Retro 6 | Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb

19th | PFSC XV | Gammer feat. RUNN - Roots

21st | BJSC 165 | Vintage Culture - Find A Way

1st | Bop Idol 1 | Phoenix - 1901

16th | BJSC 166 | Echoberyl - Weird Boy

21st | CB 28 | Audio Bullys - As We Step

13th | BJSC 167 | Jain - Nobody Knows

38th | BJSC 168 | Attractive Chaos - Words On A Letter

9th | Retro 7 | Air - Le soleil est près de moi

29th | BJSC 169 | No - Drive Faster

23rd | Nuggets | Swiss Portrait - Paralysed

3rd | Bop Idol 2 | Fleet Foxes - Mykonos

DNQ | BJSC 170 | Anthony McCaffrey - The Dark

19th | CB 29 | Laid Back - White Horse

8th | Retro 8 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

16th | PFSC Special #3 | Florrie - Kissing In The Cold

40th | BJSC 171 | Sleater-Kinney - Crusader (Special Interest Remix)

3rd | CB 30 | Oklou (feat. underscores) - harvest sky

2nd | BJSC 172 | GusGus (feat. Högni & Earth) - Breaking Down

6th | Bop Idol 3 | Madonna - Amazing

35th | BJSC 173 | Willow Kayne - Zenosyne

19th | Retro 9 | Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven

5th | BJSC 174 | MØ - Keep Møving

2nd | PFSC XVI | Yndling - As Fast As I Can

15th | UP XXXIIV | Dexndre - 100 wings

12th | CB 31 | Max Dean, Locky, Luke Dean - Curveball

32nd | BJSC 175 | Cult Of Venus - Algorithm

16th | Retro 10 | Young MC - Know How

5th | Bop Idol 4 | Ruti - Racing Cars

4th | Buzzfestivalen | LSR/CITY, Gareth Emery, Annabel - out of the sky

DNQ | BJSC 176 | Mirella - Timanttei

7th | Spin Off | Yndling - Monopoly

21st | PFSC XVII | LALA HAYDEN - beast

34th | BJSC 177 | Fazerdaze - Motorway

2nd | Nuggets XVIII | Just Mustard - POLLYANNA

Top 5 finishes by contest:

Bop Idol: 1st - 3rd - 5th

BJSC: 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th

Retro: 2nd - 3rd - 4th

Nuggets: 2nd

PFSC: 2nd

Club Bizarre: 3rd

Buzzfestivalen: 4th

Unknown Pleasures: 4th

[if Buzzfestivalen doesn't count as a BJSC Spin Off, my highest finish in one of those is 7th]

BJSC 178

Yakima Jera - Dertlı Dolap

Hoping to fare better than my last non-English language entry, and for that matter the last few Bronzil entries altogether, like last contest's runner-up (ARGO - Korku), this is sung in Turkish from the Germany-based darkwave duo, but it's been on my potentials list for a while!

BJSC 178

Yakima Jera - Dertlı Dolap

Result: 12th

 

Points received: 168 | voters: 17

18 | Persephonia

15 | Deandria

15 | Jadakissnia

15 | Neliönoir

15 | Scotland 2

13 | Pestolia

13 | Terra Avium

12 | Bøtanikkä

12 | FSR Rontvia

12 | Jupiterdonia

9 | Danæviia

7 | Skall

4 | Kathaldazia

3 | Why So Sirius

2 | Ajanaeda

2 | FARC

1 | Hendinia

(SF1: 2nd, 102)

 

Plenty to cheer this time, via what turned out to be second place in the semi final with a triple figure score! A return to the top 20 in the final, which itself brought a return to the top 20 in the YTD standings, was powered by a haul of seven medals (the most of any Bronzil entry bar MRD with eight), with receipt of an 18 point score for a sixth final appearance in a row. Happy to have something of a cult favourite in this edition, which ended with six of the 11 places above me taken by songs I voted for too.

Points given

18 | Neliönoir | Isabella Lovestory - Vanity

15 | The Spodic Empire | Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan In The Movies

13 | Cor Lupus | Zanias - Serpentsmile

12 | Danæviia | Ghost Cop - A Shot In The Dark

11 | Jadakissnia | Erin LeCount - 808 HYMN

10 | Herbilore | Alison Sudol - Come On Baby

9 | Harmonica | This Mortal Coil - Another Day

8 | Summericia | Then Comes Silence - We Lose The Night

7 | POPHub | Hunnygloss - The Party Never Ends

6 | Zanmatony | Morgana - I'm Not Going Anywhere

5 | Séyetana | Hagali - For Those Who Remain

4 | Pestolia | a.s.o. - Go On (Extended Mix)

3 | Pagasa | Wednesday - Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)

2 | Scotland 2 | James Ferraro - Live At Primavera Sound 2012

1 | East Rukahavian | Yndling - It's Almost Like You're Here

BJSC 179

Roxy Music - Do The Strand

We back we go back to 1973 for my oldest entry so far, also the second artist I've sent who has had a UK #1 - that came 8 years later, by which time their influence on the new wave musical landscape was inescapable, and the genius of Brian Eno continued to be heard as a producer. This dance craze satire with its punk-predating ethos of rejecting what's gone before came on shuffle for me a few weeks ago, and I had an epiphany to send it here!

BJSC 179

Roxy Music - Do The Strand

Result: DNQ

 

(SF2: 25th, 15)

Well I lasted 28 contests of competing in BJSC without getting a disgraceful result, but the double whammy arrived of going from second in the semi of the previous contest to second last in this one - my first time in the bottom four of any semi - and taking 20 points off my previous lowest semi points total of 35. I can hardly blame the semi draw either as it looked favourable, but I can't have any regrets about sending it - the song is a key part of Roxy Music's early influence (only this week, I heard on a Sex Pistols documentary that "The Strand" was one of their former names, taken from it), but translating that to this contest was in hindsight a hard sell. It leaves me with a mountain to climb in BJSC 180 to make the EOY top 20 as I have in the previous two years, but I have my entry ready and will give it a shot.

Points given

18 | Cumulonimbia | Ushko - COMET

15 | Deandria | Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms

13 | Persephonia | VACUUM MAN - Alimut

12 | Neliönoir | Nightbus - Angles Mortz

11 | FSR Rontvia | SADU - Luukered

10 | Aelandor | Phantogram - In A Spiral

9 | Elëdan | holybones - These Are The Rooms

8 | POPHub | Jane Inc. - what if

7 | Baleghde | TSHA - In The Night

6 | Mothertopia | Lexie Liu - X

5 | N DNTN | Planningtorock - Get Your Fckin Laws Off My Body

4 | The Spodic Empire | Tracey Thorn - It's All True

3 | Sovarasma | Lemondaze - o(type)

2 | Dobago | Pendulum - Vault

1 | Jadakissnia | Sara Zozaya - Blu