thanks Rob for the lovely looking banner that I'm pinching x

Welcome all to the slightly belated semi-finals / heats / deltävlingar for BJFestivalen / Buzzjackfestivalen / Buzzfestivalen 2025 / VII (we really don't have a consistent branding for any of this ddd). Persephonia here to kick off proceedings with the first of our 4 semi-finals, the other 3 should be following in short order either later tonight or possibly tomorrow depending on how nocturnal my fellow mods are x

Each participating country is to vote in their semi-final only and vote with the following slightly truncated points allocation:

12 points (favourite)

10 points

8 points

6 points

4 points

2 points (6th favourite)

As usual you cannot vote for your own entry so you'll be ranking your 6 favourites of your 10 competitors. If you're in this semi-final please deliver your votes via PM to me (Brer) by 23:59 BST on Monday 7th July 2025 (note the somewhat shorter than usual deadline but the nature of the contest should make it pretty quick to listen through). The 2 songs with the most points will book a guaranteed spot in the grand final, while the songs in 3rd through 5th will go into the Andra Chansen round to compete for the remaining final spots. Unfortunately it'll be the end of the line for the remaining 6 although eliminated countries will be free and encouraged to still vote in the Andra Chansen and final rounds. x

Assuming we weren't meant to be changing the format to match the slightly changed format of the actual Melodifestivalen anyway. xx

Let the voting commence 😎

1. Sovarasma: JOLIN - Pleasure

2. Mothertopia: Say She She - Cut & Rewind

3. New Lexico: Dolly Style - POM POM

4. Jadakissnia: Cannelle - WATCH ME FLY

5. Cheiron: Chase Icon - SoCal Girl

6. Flynnonda: Arthur Hill - Appetite

7. Elëdan: sineila - X-8

8. Ben's Sanctuary: Karen Harding & Shift K3Y - Morning

9. Scotland 2: Rico Nasty & Boys Noize - Arintintin

10. Summericia: MishCatt - Another Dimension

11. Pestolia: Jae Stephens - Body Favors

Looking forward to getting stuck into my first Buzzfestivalen.

Dolly Style

Ouch, not a good chance to go through from this heat.

That’s a really good heat, a couple of bawps!

Voted

Surprisingly strong semi. A lot of EDM/dance

impromptu listenthrough of all 4 heats tonight anyone? (I won't repeat myself in the other threads x)

Deets please @danG

on second thoughts looks like barely anyone's online so I'll go for tomorrow 8pm

I was out last night but think I should be able to join tonight

VOTED!

Very high quality semi! A couple of songs I sadly couldn’t give points to but nonetheless deserving.

I'll be playing all four heats from 8pm-ish here https://sync-tube.de/room/F7L5us-Y

(even if it's just to myself as can't do tomorrow or Monday)

Got home a bit later than I expected oop but will join shortly x

Currently still awaiting votes from the following, remember to get them in today x (I need to dig a bit to remind myself what the penalty for non-voting is)

@uhsting @Jade @HarryGarfield @Roba.

(btw thanks Pavi for the Spotify playlist x)

Are the results tonight? 👀

They will be, yes! (Might be a bit late though x)

We got a full house of votes in this semi as well btw

Rooting for Cheiron to progress! Although lots of other good stuff here too.

I was first to declare my semi's results so that means Dolly Style gets an extra 20 points, thems the rules x