Matto 🇮🇸 Björk - Karvel

7 - Euroshima - Sonrisas Fabricadas

6 - Projekt Jon - Dimeroj

5 - Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði

4 - Mina - Citta Vuota

3 - Mecano - Hijo De La Luna

2 - Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány

1 - Nike Ardilla - Fakta

dandy* 🇮🇸 Sigur Rós - Starálfur

Hi Dan. Thank you for hosting this edition and coming up with an interesting theme. Here are my votes:
07 🇩🇪 Wolfsheim - Künstliche Welten
06 🇮🇩 Nike Ardilla - Fakta
05 🇮🇪 Clannad - Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair
04 🇩🇪 Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
03 🇪🇸 Mecano - Hijo De La Luna
02 🇮🇸 Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði
01 🇫🇷 Liaisons Dangereuses - Mystère Dans Le Brouillard
Good luck to the above!
D*

Behind two of the most recognisable names here we had Matto send one of Bjork's few Icelandic-language songs and dandy* send one of Sigur Ros's many.

Thanks Dandy!

All three of the Icelandic picks were on fire tbh

Thanks Mattias!

The cover art for that Björk song (well, its A-Side) is truly cursed but the song was a tune. Also predictably into the Sigur Rós song, as per usual with me I've not dug into their older material but I know this is their most acclaimed album!

Thanks a bunch to all who voted for Mecano so far <3

I see bunch of 5’s and 3’s etc etc…fingers crossed that there are some medal points as well in the end!!!

awardinary 🇮🇸 Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði

+7 Björk – Karvel

+6 Nike Ardilla – Fakta

+5 Righeira – Vamas A La Playa

+4 Wolfsheim – Künstliche Welten

+3 Matia Bazar – Elettrochoc

+2 Clannad – Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair

+1 Magma – Nono

Our third and far more obscure Icelandic entry came from Wardy, it isn't performing quite so well as the other two at the moment but there's still time for it to pick up momentum..

1 42 🇮🇹 Matia Bazar - Elettrochoc
2 39 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány
3 38 🇩🇪 Wolfsheim - Künstliche Welten
4 38 🇮🇸 Björk - Karvel
5 34 🇪🇸 Mecano - Hijo De La Luna
6 34 🇮🇪 Clannad - Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair
7 30 🇮🇸 Sigur Rós - Starálfur
8 28 🇦🇱 Projekt Jon - Dimeroj
9 28 🇪🇸 Righeira - Vamas A La Playa
10 28 🇫🇷 Liaisons Dangereuses - Mystère Dans Le Brouillard
11 26 🇮🇸 Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði
12 25 🇪🇸 Euroshima - Sonrisas Fabricadas
13 24 🇯🇵 Yasuha - Fly-day Chinatown
14 20 🇮🇩 Nike Ardilla - Fakta
15 16 🇪🇸 Beni Life - Amor en el Cielo
16 14 🇩🇪 Dschinghis Khan - Moskau
17 14 🏳️ Magma - Nono
18 13 🇷🇸 Zdravko Colic - Pusti pusti modu
19 12 🇩🇪 Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
20 12 🇳🇱 Herman van Veen - Zo Vrolijk
21 10 🇪🇸 Selena - Techno Cumbia
22 10 🇵🇹 Doce - Ok, Ko
23 8 🇫🇷 Maxime Le Forestier - Ambalaba
24 7 🇮🇹 Mina - Citta Vuota
25 7 🇸🇪 Lena Philipsson - Dansa i Neon
26 3 🇩🇪 Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk

Julian takes the outright lead now but it's still a very close call. Let's see what our friends in JAPAN and NETHERLANDS have to say about it.

Ooh I would not have guessed Wardy being behind Kolrassa Krókríðandi - excellent entry there <3

4 minutes ago, Brer said:

The cover art for that Björk song (well, its A-Side) is truly cursed

You should see the video for 'I Miss You' (the A-side). 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

Cody 🇯🇵 Yasuha - Fly-day Chinatown

07 POINTS | Matia Bazar - Elettrochoc

06 POINTS | Righeira - Vamas A La Playa

05 POINTS | Wolfsheim - Künstliche Welten

04 POINTS | Björk - Karvel

03 POINTS | Magma - Nono

02 POINTS | Doce - Ok, Ko

01 POINTS | Nike Ardilla - Fakta

gooddelta 🇳🇱 Herman van Veen - Zo Vrolijk

7 🇮🇪 Clannad - Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair
6 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány
5 🇪🇸 Beni Life - Amor en el Cielo
4 🇮🇸 Björk - Karvel
3 🇩🇪 Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk
2 🇪🇸 Righeira - Vamas A La Playa
1 🇩🇪 Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind

Our sole East Asia rep came from the city pop sent from Cody's Yasuha. Meanwhile, gooddelta went with traditional Dutch pop from Herman van Even.

Next up we are calling PORTUGAL and SERBIA...

Was not expecting to be anywhere near the top - thanks to those who voted for clannad - doubt I will get many podium finishes but this means a lot ❤️

Cody's grew on me a lot on second listen to sneak a point from me - I came across a lot of city pop stuff when I was initially searching for an entry for this (before I decided to cheat code and just search for darkwave on RateYourMusic x) and the genre seems to tend to be a bit samey but this is a good one x

I don't think I'll get many podium places either but good to see my song is picking up plenty of points.

Scene 🇵🇹 Doce - Ok, Ko

No votes received.

Nine And 3/4 🇷🇸 Zdravko Colic - Pusti pusti modu

7 Beni Life - Amor en el Cielo

6 Yasuha - Fly-day Chinatown

5 Matia Bazar - Elettrochoc

4 Euroshima - Sonrisas Fabricadas

3 Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk

2 Herman van Veen - Zo Vrolijk

1 Projekt Jon - Dimeroj

Scene went for Portuguese girl group Doce, unfortunately he was our sole non-voter tonight. Meanwhile it's a good first song contest effort for Nine And 3/4 who sent a bit of disco from Bosnian-Serbian singer Zdravko Colic.

1 47 🇮🇹 Matia Bazar - Elettrochoc
2 45 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány
3 42 🇮🇸 Björk - Karvel
4 41 🇮🇪 Clannad - Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair
5 38 🇩🇪 Wolfsheim - Künstliche Welten
6 34 🇪🇸 Mecano - Hijo De La Luna
7 30 🇪🇸 Righeira - Vamas A La Playa
8 30 🇮🇸 Sigur Rós - Starálfur
9 30 🇯🇵 Yasuha - Fly-day Chinatown
10 29 🇦🇱 Projekt Jon - Dimeroj
11 29 🇪🇸 Euroshima - Sonrisas Fabricadas
12 28 🇪🇸 Beni Life - Amor en el Cielo
13 28 🇫🇷 Liaisons Dangereuses - Mystère Dans Le Brouillard
14 26 🇮🇸 Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði
15 20 🇮🇩 Nike Ardilla - Fakta
16 14 🇩🇪 Dschinghis Khan - Moskau
17 14 🇳🇱 Herman van Veen - Zo Vrolijk
18 14 🏳️ Magma - Nono
19 13 🇩🇪 Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind
20 13 🇷🇸 Zdravko Colic - Pusti pusti modu
21 10 🇪🇸 Selena - Techno Cumbia
22 10 🇵🇹 Doce - Ok, Ko
23 9 🇩🇪 Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk
24 8 🇫🇷 Maxime Le Forestier - Ambalaba
25 7 🇮🇹 Mina - Citta Vuota
26 7 🇸🇪 Lena Philipsson - Dansa i Neon

Finally we are heading to Eurovision queens SWEDEN and a... fictional planet that you've probably never heard of in KOBAÏA!

The most foreign of foreign is coming up...

Scene for that choice makes sense

A good pick for a first song contest entry from Nine And 3/4 (figured that was probably yours based on your flag on here being Serbia x). Thanks for a few more points also!

On the listenthrough we thought Doce was Wow73.

WoW73 🇸🇪 Lena Philipsson - Dansa i Neon

So many great discoveries and old favourites all together in one contest - can we do this every month??

7 Mina

6 Euroshima

5 Zvravko Colic

4 Righeira

3 Yasuha

2 Wolfsheim

1 Nike Ardilla

AllStarBySmashMouth 🏳️ Magma - Nono

7 🇦🇱 Projekt Jon - Dimeroj
6 🇮🇸 Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði
5 🇷🇸 Zdravko Colic - Pusti, pusti modu
4 🇮🇸 Sigur Rós - Starálfur
3 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány
2 🇩🇪 Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk
1 🇪🇸 Mecano - Hijo De La Luna

As it turned out Lena Phillipsson had won a minor forum contest before, but for now she sits at the bottom of the scoreboard for WoW73. Meanwhile fictional languages wasn't what I was expecting from this theme but we got that from French 70s rock group Magma.

Now let's take a look at the final results of the jury voting!

1 54 🇮🇹 Matia Bazar - Elettrochoc | Julian
2 48 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány | Dobbo
3 46 🇮🇸 Björk - Karvel | matto
4 45 🇩🇪 Wolfsheim - Künstliche Welten | King Rollo
5 41 🇮🇪 Clannad - Coinleach Glas An Fhomhair | Herbs
6 40 🇪🇸 Righeira - Vamas A La Playa | AH Gold
7 36 🇦🇱 Projekt Jon - Dimeroj | danG
8 35 🇪🇸 Mecano - Hijo De La Luna | Addy!
9 35 🇪🇸 Euroshima - Sonrisas Fabricadas | Brer
10 34 🇮🇸 Sigur Rós - Starálfur | dandy*
11 33 🇯🇵 Yasuha - Fly-day Chinatown | Cody
12 32 🇮🇸 Kolrassa Krókríðandi - Hellismanna Kvæði | awardinary
13 28 🇪🇸 Beni Life - Amor en el Cielo | Ansel
14 28 🇫🇷 Liaisons Dangereuses - Mystère Dans Le Brouillard | Jade
15 23 🇷🇸 Zdravko Colic - Pusti pusti modu | Nine And 3/4
16 22 🇮🇩 Nike Ardilla - Fakta | CowTzy
17 17 🏳️ Magma - Nono | AllStarBySmashMouth
18 14 🇩🇪 Dschinghis Khan - Moskau | jimwatts
19 14 🇮🇹 Mina - Citta Vuota | popchartfreak
20 14 🇳🇱 Herman van Veen - Zo Vrolijk | gooddelta
21 13 🇩🇪 Marlene Dietrich - Sag Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind | Severin
22 12 🇵🇹 Doce - Ok, Ko | Scene
23 11 🇩🇪 Spider Murphy Gang - Skandal Im Sperrbezirk | Jester
24 10 🇪🇸 Selena - Techno Cumbia | Chez Wombat
25 8 🇫🇷 Maxime Le Forestier - Ambalaba | Mangø
26 7 🇸🇪 Lena Philipsson - Dansa i Neon | WoW73

It is congrats to Julian who is in top contention to win. However, as we all know in Eurovision that is only half of the story and we now have totted up the results of the televote and have a valid result. Can I get a 'good to go'?

good to go

Everything appears to be in order, you are good to go.

I’ll take being top 5 after jury vote