So most people still voted for at least one DNQ despite the rather limited pool - only 7 people in semi 1 and 5 in semi 2 who got a full house (and 3/5 of those in semi 2 were countries who DNQed themselves so had an even smaller pool).

 

Ooop at Terra Avium being only one point off, but a bigger gap in semi 1 (41 points seems like a surprisingly healthy cutoff point there especially with 2 non-voters).

Also ironically loving it does sound like they’re chanting Drugs instead

maybe that should have been left to the end of the results so we could see it in the coke bag

Love to see all my votes making it + Otha q’ing. Thanks everyone <3

 

I haven’t listened to all semi 2 songs yet, but it’s Cheiron’s to lose in all honesty…especially since it’s only one of the few pop entries that managed to Q!!!

Have I been completely blind to pop struggling to qualify? It still seems as varied as when I joined

Ooh all of my votes made it through! However, Terra Avium would've got 7 points from me if I was in SF2 so boo at that loss :'(

 

thanks for a great results presentation Kath x

Thanks for the semi results hosting Kath! :brat:

thanks for hosting julia x

Thanks for leaving Spodic Empire until the end. :manson:

Wooooo 2025 off to a good start for Mothertopia!

 

Absolutely devastated for ‘like a taxi (oh well)’ though! That was my 12!

shame about Terra, I love seeing shoegaze in the contest but I was worried it would be a bit too subtle to reach through.

 

Have I been completely blind to pop struggling to qualify? It still seems as varied as when I joined

 

I see loads of pop in the final, probably about half of it is pop. Granted, that's lots of different styles of pop that some here would not call as such, but that's only a good thing, we love diversity here.

Nice to see I got semi votes from people who'd never voted for me in SF's before - thanks to all 5 people who gave my song votes :)

 

Congrats to all the qualifiers (even if that does include what I'd consider one of the worst songs I've ever heard)

my would-have-been votes x

 

12 Q

10 Q

8 Q

7 Q

6 Q

5 Conoria

4 Q

3 Utopia

2 IKR Dakoteh

1 Q

shame about Terra, I love seeing shoegaze in the contest but I was worried it would be a bit too subtle to reach through.

I see loads of pop in the final, probably about half of it is pop. Granted, that's lots of different styles of pop that some here would not call as such, but that's only a good thing, we love diversity here.

 

I think that's a stretch Iz...I can count about 10 out of 42!!!

I think that's a stretch Iz...I can count about 10 out of 42!!!

 

Yeah I just finished listen through of SF2 qualifiers. I’d even say 10 is a push!

Ohoho, all the songs I voted for in SF2 qualified! Exciting..! :dance:

 

Bummer that Ring Pop didn't make it, but I also wasn't sure how it'd go. Thanks to those who did vote for it, tho - I'm glad you enjoyed it! :heart:

There were hardly any pop songs in semi 2 and out of those some ended up DNQing soooo

 

I can't comment on semi one though as I've not listened to it yet but I'm hopeful there's more pop there

Only lost one vote and I qualified so that’s a success! I really thought Conoria would be a qualifier so I’m shocked at that, and that it wasn’t all that close to #20 either.

 

Honki Ponki is also brilliant!!! I was shocked at all the DNQ predictions.

There were hardly any pop songs in semi 2 and out of those some ended up DNQing soooo

 

I can't comment on semi one though as I've not listened to it yet but I'm hopeful there's more pop there

 

Lol not really. The ones I’d consider poppier than others all DNQ’d

Ooh all of my votes made it through! However, Terra Avium would've got 7 points from me if I was in SF2 so boo at that loss :'(

 

thanks for a great results presentation Kath x

Thanks for the semi results hosting Kath! :brat:

thanks for hosting julia x

Thank-you 💚 every time we host the site goes down in the worst time

 

Thanks for leaving Spodic Empire until the end. :manson:

Blame random.org xcx

fashionably late again! Thanks for the hosting Kath, and all the hard work involved :wub:

 

Thanks :wub: to all those voting for Trucks (esp the 12 from Lookylion :yahoo: ), I genuinely love it, and at least it got loads of mentions so that means it's memorable :cheer: I think Buzzjack prob lacks the 5 to 10-year-old target audience :lol: My greatniece has been rightly converted by me to love Trucks and APT*, so we singalong together. 25 years from now she'll be playing 'em for her kids :lol: The video is just fabulous. :dance:

 

Plus, I have always said if you can predict what a Singerpurean entry is going to sound like, that's when I need to try harder! :)

 

(*) I actually only had to play them once...

 

12 points: Q

10 points: Q

8 points: Q

7 points: Q

6 points: Q

5 points: Q

4 points: Q

3 points: Q

2 points: Q

1 point: Q

 

Re: pop on a low ebb, I will always vote for great tracks, pop or otherwise, it's not a dirty word. Maybe it's that a lot of pop acts have been used up already or charted (cos they are good) and the current trend for navel-gazing "It's all about me being unhappy and you're to blame" ballads at the top of the charts has put the kibosh on genuinely joyous pop for the moment (APT apart, or is that APT apapartaypart), dance music excepted?