...and the one that will be the world's most difficult to read forum post ever... 😂

One thing I have to point out that intrigued me is that Herbilore actually received one vote more than Summericia, despite the latter finishing 168 points ahead of it! I think @Herbs can count himself pretty unlucky that 18 voters only attracted 68 points.

Summericia and FSR Rontvia were the clear faves for 18s with 7 and 6 respectively - as hinted before, Nelionoir actually only got 4 sets of points in the top 2, it's just they were really consistent so it's difficult to deny they really sent something that resonated with everyone, only Aeroche came close on voters with 33 to 35

	Country	Artist & Title	Total	EAS	CHE	MOT	LOO	AJA	PES	JAD	DOB	NEL	A-KO	TAA	GRE	FLJ	TER	FSR	ELE	FLY	SEY	L-DW	AEL	BAL	SKA	ALT	BOT	JUP	THE	COR	AES	HUS	UTO	FAR	KAT	HEN	BRO	AER	POP	SUE	KLU	TRI	DAN	MAC	NEW	CUM	LOT	HER	ZAN	PER	REP	SAN	WHY	SUM	SCO	YEH	Votes	18s	15s	13s
1	Nelionoir	Night Tapes - storm	325	13	9	12		7	12	15			13			11	15	9	3	6			6		12	8	5			4	7		7		12	1	10	13	7	12	12	13	11			1	1	3	13				18	18	6		35	2	2	5
2	FSR Rontvia	ARGO - Korku	269	8	18				8	18	7	8	12		10	18	12			11	18	6	7		10		11	3				1					4	3		15			18						10	18			10		5		26	6	1	0
3	Aeroche	sim0ne - space cadet	261	11		11			10		13	2	2	5		6	2	15	1	9		9		11	1		13			7	3			12	7	6	7		15		18		8	9	4	8			11	2		6	7	10			33	1	2	2
4	Summericia	Avery Cochrane - Shapeshifting On A Saturday Night	236		13	15	18	18							13			18									10	18	10	15						15			4						18		6	18	18		9						17	7	3	2
5	Ajanaeda	Nuovo Testamento - Dream On	231			18	15							9	6			7						3	18	6	18		9	2		12			3	7	13	8			9		12	10	9	12	3		6		1			15			25	3	2	1
6	Fljotavik	Joon Gloom - Joker	214	5					7	10	11	18	10				8	8			3	13	5		7		6	12					5		18		6	10	1	8				12		15			3	5					8		25	2	1	1
7	Cor Lupus	Tsatsamis - Sweet Praise	214	2	12		5		5		10		3							18				13	9	5	3	11	13		6			6		3		12		10	13		5	3	15	13		4					15				25	1	2	4
8	POPHub	Magdalene - Lucky Girl	201		7	13	12	1						11	9			1				4		7		12	15	8		3	18	5			6	12		18			15		9		2			11						2			23	2	2	1
9	Kathaldazia	MERCY - POSSESSION	191	3	4					6	18	9	6			12	11		6	10	11						1		11	8	13		9	1			2	2	11							4				9	6	10	8				25	1	0	1
10	New Lexico	Yorke - airplane mode	191		2	4	13	3			1			13					12					18		15	8			9				4		10		4			1			11			11	10			5	13	12	12			22	1	1	3
11	Cumulonimbia	Deki Alem - House Fire	190		11				15	8		13	11			4	3			1	1		2		3		4						4	9	9			9	10		5	11	10	6						15	4			11	11		25	0	2	1
12	Utopia	Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics	190			9			18	9		12				15	7				12		8		6	3		10				9			11					6		9		8		18				7					13		19	2	1	1
13	Danaeviia	Levi.Sct - Technotude	186	18					9		15		15				13	10			13	11	13				9				8								5	18	7			1					2	6				13			18	2	2	4
14	Skall	Bubble Love - Double Caper	184		3		3			11	8	6				5	10	13	7		5		1								1	2	12	7	5		9				2	8	1			10			4	13	8	7		8	15		27	0	1	2
15	Eledan	Nicolás Jaar - Aquí	183						11	12		15			3	13	9	3		7	4				15		7		18					15	13					7		2								11					18		18	2	3	2
16	Aesthetica	Jae Stephens - Afterbody	169		8		9	9	6					18					8			1		6						13						8			8		4	15			12	5	15					18	2		4		19	2	2	1
17	Greenfroze	Ken Hirai - 1995	163			6	11	8			9		18						10		15	12			2			9			5						3				3	1		18	6								11	4	12		19	2	1	0
18	Cheiron	Daisy Grenade - Don’t Sweat It	156			2	7	13						12	15								3			4		15		12						13			6						13		8	13			10	9		1			17	0	2	4
19	Taahino	Ashnikko - Trinkets	156			8		15																5		10			2	11	15	18		11		11		1	13		10		4		5						15	2					17	1	3	1
20	Jadakissnia	S1RENA - DNA 1NTERLUDE / DNA	152	10					13			11				1			18			15		8					3		9			8	10		5		18											1	7		3	5	7		18	2	1	1
21	Hendinia	Frost Children - WHAT IS FOREVER FOR	151	6	5	10			3	4				3						13		5				11			7	5	10	10									11	10		5			12				3	8			10		20	0	0	1
22	Flynnonda	Borderline - When It’s Raining	150		10		10						7	10	18		5		4				12		4			13			12	6					1							15			18			4		1					17	2	1	1
23	Klum Rep	Swank Mami - Baddiez	148			1		6						8				12				8		4		1				10	2			5		18		15	12			4				6	9				11	15	1				19	1	2	0
24	Rep d’Askorza	Astrid S - First To Go	145	12			8							7	8			5						10		18					11			10		9		5						4	10		10	6				12					16	1	0	0
25	Altyr Muunilinst	Krewella - Crying On The Dancefloor	143	7							6				1					15				2					4	18		11		13		5			2	4					7			15	12		12	4	5				18	1	2	1
26	Trifoski	acloudyskye - Shoots	141	15						1		4	5			7				2	6	10	18		5								8							9			7	13		9	2	5		10		3			2		20	1	1	1
27	Zanmatony	Dan Deacon - Feel The Lightning	141	9						3		5			2	9	6	2	11				4		8				8			7	13							13		18				7								7	9		18	1	0	2
28	Pestolia	ivri - tower of memories	132							7		7				10	4	6			8		15					1				15	10		4					2		3	15							12			13				16	0	3	1
29	Terra Avium	Future Utopia & Lava La Rue - The Pleasure Trap	124	4	6					5		3								8	2				13			7	5		4		11		15		8	11		5		6								8				3			18	0	1	1
30	Lotunia	Luca Vasta - Santa Maria	122		15	7	6	4	1				9		12		1	4				7		12								3				4	11						3	2	3			8	1					9			20	0	1	0
31	Land of DW	Lord Of The Lost & Within Temptation - Light Can Only Shine In The Darkness	122					10			2		4	1					2	4	9		10					4	12								18			11			13				7	9						6			16	1	0	1
32	Sandenia	LØLØ - omg	120				1							15	7				13		10					13						8		18		2									11		13						9				12	1	1	3
33	Why So Sirius	Yu - Geld	118		1						4			4	4				15			18		15					15	6									9				6						8		13						13	1	3	1
34	Bronzil	Fazerdaze - Motorway	98					11	2	13		10	8	6		8	18									2		5					3		2					1	6									3							15	1	0	1
35	FARC	Sycco - Dribble	92				2	12						2				11						9		9												6				5		7				12			2	11	4				13	0	0	0
36	A-Konohagakure	Phuture Noize - Hyperspace	84								12					3			5	12	7	3					12		6			4	2							3	8		2						5								14	0	0	0
37	Aelandor	PRXZM - Where We Started	80			5	4						1		11					5													6												8			2	15		18	5					11	1	1	0
38	Thelonia	Your Mate’s Ex - Disco Shift	78							2	5									3					11								1		8		15	7	3							11			9						3		12	0	1	0
39	Mothertopia	Samia - Lizard	77					5							5							2	9			7							18	3			12					12				3		1									11	1	0	0
40	Herbilore	Julia Fox - Down The Drain	68			3		2	4		3	1							9					1			2	6	1	1		13		2	1										1		5		7				6				18	0	0	1
41	Suedeonia	Ducks Ltd. - Train Full Of Gasoline	52	1												2							11					2					15									7				2	4	7							1		10	0	1	0

Oh okay buzzjack, why did you do that this time gah. Even though I quite like what you did there

Third time a past entrant of mine has gone on to win, just call me a tastemaker B-) Congrats blacksquare! I obviously can't complain despite cheapness, it's the highest points I've given to a winner this year and a great song from an amazing band (if I'm ever foraging with them again, I'll let them know x), although I must be honest it would've been really refreshing seeing an inspired winner like FSR Rontvia, shame they have to settle for 2nd again, but an impressive position for a song as alternative as that!

Had a bit of a drought at the end, but 29th is fine by me (seemed to lose a few votes from the semi though, aww x). I've really been loving this song over the last few months and it's slowly evolving soundscape, but I was never sure how it would translate to BJSC as it's a bit of a slow burner and I hate seeing songs I love completely bomb so I kept hesitating to send it, so I'm just really pleased I can say that it connected with some like it did me, thanks all for voting <3

From my other favourites, great to see Kathaldazia and Fljotavik make the top 10, would've loved for some of that stacked 11-15 section to make the top 10 but good placings for them all too. Only disappointment is my 18 doing so badly, we weren't kind to that sound what with Marika Hackman not making the final too </3

Many thanks for the excellent hosting, dandy*! (and sorry for bombarding you with Shrike pictures x)

A UNIQUE POSITION I HAD NEVER HAD BEFORE. Can I finally finish at 4th and 6th to complete the set now? It’s been literally 17 years.

I am shocked! A rock song that I found on New Music Friday Türkiye which has under 100 YouTube views and under 4,000 Spotify streams is not what I would exactly call a recipe for a hit, so I'm astonished it came 2nd, even despite odds as high as 4th, I thought they were a bit generous. Thank you SO much for all the votes (including Scotland 2 at the end there) and especially all the 18s, that's amazing. I don't mind the way it was revealed @dandy*, I expected to fall further and delighted that I hung on for an 11th silver medal; our sixth since we last won and our fifth in just over three years. I'm not sure niche foreign lanugage songs like this are ever going to be the key to a win but that really wasn't the aim with a song like this, so it makes the result even more amazing. Quite a progression up from 6th in the semi too, thank you to the voters from the other semi for the bump!

Neliönoir is a great winner, brilliant song and high up my vote and just continuing a spectacular year they are having.

Great to see my two favourites in fourth and third, I'd heard Space Cadet before but didn't really think about it for BJSC, great ravey entry though and a deserved top three return for Aeroche! And Roba pulling another inspired pop discovery out for Summericia, I'd never heard that track or artist before. Ajanaeda and Fljótavík 5th and 6th means that my predicted clear top five in the odds all came in the top six, although not the right order, and the only song I vastly underpredicted was my own.

Glad Skall did well in the end as that was a clear third favourite of mine but I wasn't sure how it would do.

Thanks so much dandy* for very slick hosting and a really enjoyable contest with lots of great entries!

Yet another contest where my back-up choice beats me 🙈 So mad to see how few votes Avery Cochrane got compared to the competitors around it but how huge each vote it received was. I had an inkling it'd do well though! That's why I wanted it for myself. 😛

Two back-to-back bookies faves for Ajanaeda and two back-to-back fifth place finishes. What are the odds of that! We've never had two top tens in a row though so we're chuffed with that. Thanks everyone who voted for Nuovo in this edition. We hope some people made a discovery from it even though they've done well with other songs in other contests on the forum.

I haven't had a chance to read through yet but thank you for hosting, Dandy. It's been fun to visit Fljotavik!

and I'm happy with the winner too. It really was a beautiful song that builds impeccably. It grew on me even further from semi final to final.

Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Josh!

thanks for the great hosting Dandy!

5 hours ago, dandy* said:

Also THIS was the look I got from Mr D* earlier when I explained we couldn't watch the final of Sewing Bee live because I was going to be presenting the results of a pretend song contest

...and one final post to go full circle...

Mr D* has just messaged me from bed to say that he has just seen who won on Sewing Bee. I'm quite scared to go join him now.

Goodnight all!

12 out of 17 votes for Avery Cochrane being medal positions is pretty crazy...! Had not realised just how all or nothing that was proving and definitely not what I'd have predicted, it's odd to think that a song that sounds like it could be a mainstream hit (maybe moreso in 2010 than now but still) ended up smashing into the top 5 via very focused niche votes rather than wide appeal.

18 minutes ago, Brer said:

...and further mixed feelings with this now being the 2nd contest in the last 3 where a major fave of mine has finished 2nd! (Arguably a third in a row as I gave MISS LUXURY double digit points too). At least this time it wasn't as heartbreakingly close as f5ve. So thrilled to see 'Korku' doing so well anyway even if the early lead was too good to be true, I do predictably always stan entries in this style but even by that standard this one did strike me immediately as a potential all-timer so very happy to see it connecting strongly with so many others as well, also love to see it for such an obscure artist, I think I am actually going to drop a few pennies on an iTunes download for the song if for no other reason than I am a little concerned at the possibility of it becoming lost media at some point!

(will comment further on results after I've dusted off my calculator so as ever no one be celebrating their exact position too hard just yet x)

Glad you enjoyed it so much. Definitely do download it, I did too as I'm worried it will just be up for a year or something as they are so obscure indeed.

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The Summericia 17 votes with such a high score thing seems quite unique to me. You sometimes see niche genre songs doing that and mopping up all the 18s, but not usually pop. This song seemed very widely accessible and catchy to me but maybe that early Katy vibe is an acquired taste these days. I'm glad it got enough big support to finish in the top five. I've just never seen anything like it before where a pop entry gets seven 18s but only 10 other votes!

Great hosting

Congrats to the winner. Great to see my 18 pointer do well

Maybe I should stick to anonymous contests....

22 minutes ago, pavi said:

A UNIQUE POSITION I HAD NEVER HAD BEFORE. Can I finally finish at 4th and 6th to complete the set now? It’s been literally 17 years.

Congrats on your new unique position

New Lexico in the top 10 for the first time in (what feels like) DECADES despite literally nobody making any remarks about the song all contest, we stan an under the radar queen!

Have double checked the scoreboard and just the one correction... which shakes up the top 3

...in opposite world that is, it's the bottom 3 that it affects. Skall's 11 should be to Suedeonia rather than Thelonia, still not enough for Ducks Ltd. to escape last place sadly but it does bring them a good bit closer to the pack. Thelonia drop 2 places to 40th, Mothertopia and Herbilore up a place each to 38th and 39th respectively.

All other points and positions match with the image version of the final scoreboard although noting that the Taahino/Cheiron tiebreak should be the other way round in the table version! All the tiebreaks for posterity:

Fljótavík beat Cor Lupus (25 votes each, 2 18s to 1)

Kathaldazia beat New Lexico (25 votes to 22)

Cumulonimbia beat Utopia (25 votes to 19)

Taahino beat Cheiron (17 votes each, 1 18 to 0)

Trifoski beat Zanmatony (20 votes to 18)

Lotunia beat Land of DW (20 votes to 16)

Anyhoo - the top end of the scoreboard did drift a bit from my tastes by the end and I only voted for 4 of the top 10 but it has ultimately ended up feeling like a pretty nice genre balance. Happy with Aeroche returning to big hit status after exiting their generic era, Fljótavík pulling the same trick as République d'Áskorza did last month for me with their host entry actually getting points from me and getting a solid mid top 10 result and very pleased that Kathaldazia did just about squeak out a top 10, although would have been a fave for me taking up at least one of those last two top 10 spots almost no matter what it seems as the 11-15 section is packed full of bangers, all of them making my own top 10! Aw at Danæviia ending up missing the top 10 as I'm sure they were in there for quite a lot of the reveal, but still a pretty decent result for them in the end, also probably better results than I'd have predicted for Cumulonimbia and Elëdan. Utopia's sounded very Neliönoir-y to my ears so I had kind of hoped it was heading for a dark horse top 10 but not quite in the end!

Also yay for a pretty solid midtable for Flynnonda (and seems I never needed to be worrying about it DNQing...!), then another little patch of my faves in the 26-30 section which I'd have liked to see doing better but can see why they didn't do so. Bottom 10 and sub 100 points definitely feels undeserved for Bronzil this time (even if I didn't help out much by contributing again to their ongoing small points issue whoops x) and it is a shame that Suedeonia came last but was still a charming presence in the final - it actually jumped up to my 2 points from just outside my top 10 on my relisten of semi 2 which I see was responsible for costing Bøtanikkä a spot in the final, sorry Addy and I'd have been missing out by only 2 points instead of 4.

...and I've just realised that I accidentally closed my spreadsheet without saving changes after adding all the votes in to double check the final scoreboard so I'm going to have to redo the whole thing before posting the new YTD update oops! Think that's my cue to go to bed rather than stay up any later working on spreadsheet stuff, I'll aim to redo that and get the YTD up tomorrow evening (not that there's much tension over who's going to be #1 )

((and here's fair warning that I will delete any ragebait replies from Cody so please try to be normal x))

congrats blacksquare on the win, and I presume the EOY #1 is wrapped up! Definitely need you to host this upcoming contest bc the last time you hosted was fantastic 🤩

I was getting a bit worried that the top 10 wouldn’t be to my liking but I ended up voting for a majority of it so thank goodness 😅 Summericia’s entry reminded me of Sabrina doing “Leave Before You Love Me” so glad that ended up doing so well, and really happy to see New Lexico in the top 10!

Seeing Nuovo get top 5 is a bit of a 🥀 moment bc it means I could have done better under different circumstances so I’m disappointed with that, but glad to get a third top 10 this year and my first to cross 200 since Debbii Dawson (and more importantly GETTING HARRY’S 18), all of which I’m surprised by… guess I should learn to trust you guys more 😅 thanks to everyone who voted, I’ll be sure to pull from the archives more often in the future 🧡

Krewella seems like the biggest robbery here, I thought that would end up in the top 10 💔 and thought Klum Rep would have done better as well 🥀

Thanks Dandy for hosting and thanks to everyone for giving me a substantial playlist for my trip to Sacramento 🥰

52 minutes ago, Brer said:

((and here's fair warning that I will delete any ragebait replies from Cody so please try to be normal x))

pretty sure queen Ashnikko has that covered

Please with 18th, it seems like forever since I've had a top 20 😂 well done blacksquare! Thank you for the fab hosting Dandy x

I really had hope I'd get higher than 16th, but being on the top half of the table is good enough for me! I feel like if this contest didn't have so many high quality entries, I'd probably have done better. But regardless, thank you to everyone who gave Jae some points! She's such a young diva, I'm excited for her career. Congrats to Nelionoir, what a sawng! Thanks for hosting @dandy* ! Excited for the next contest, but I also have no clue what I'm sending next!

Congrats blacksquare!!! Looking forward to v2.0 of your hosting!

And huge thanks to D* himself for the excellent and smooth hosting!