4 hours ago, gooddelta said:

A second veto here unfortunately:

Reneé Rapp - Lucky 12

- artist DNQed in BJSC 151 & came 28th in BJSC 153 5

- artist had 3 UK chart hits in 2024-2025, none of which made the top 40 (highest position #61 for 'Not My Fault' (w/ Megan Thee Stallion)); also had 2 UK top 10 albums in 2023-2025 (most recent album peaked at #1 in August) 7

- appeared in 4 personal charts, none of which are current BJSC participants

- appeared in the Pop Track of the Week poll, coming 2nd with 4 votes

- song from the soundtrack of Now You See Me, Now You Don't (a film out now featuring Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher, Daniel Radcliffe etc)

- featured on Rolling Stone, The Line of Best Fit, Readdork, Melodic Mag, Billboard amongst other lesser known sites.

**Doesn't quite reach the veto threshold but vetoed as we believe that Renee Rapp, especially with a #1 album under her belt just 3 months ago, is too big of a currently popular name to be entered into the main contest.

Naww, this song isn't even from that album and Buzzjack still underappreciates her!!

Let me speak to the manager

There goes Bré's 18 x

Thank you for the invite, but I don’t have an entry and am currently knee deep in school Nativity shenanigans. 🩵

What he means is he won't be part of a contest Renée Rapp isn't in

Idk what to send, I might need to do a last minute national final like the rest of you 😭

I'm just sat here this month hoping that something amazing is going to stumble my way as I don't have anything I particularly want to send

Another veto here:

Madison Beer - yes baby 34

- entered three times previously in LXXXV (17th), XCVIII (failing to qualify) and LIX (9th). 3+7

- artist has had 2 top 40 albums in the UK (February 2021 and September 2023), both charting at #28, and 6 top 100 singles (All Day All Night being her only top 40, #10), her most recent being Bittersweet at #81 in October.

- previously on the Capital Buzz playlist.

- featured on Rolling Stone, PAPER Magazine, Official Charts, Yahoo, Readdork.

- won Pop Track of The Week: Week 38 with 8 votes, has a thread in the Pop Forum with 10 replies (Calum, Jade, 152 Chris) - substantial Buzzjack exposure. 12

- currently #16 on the Buzzjack Multichart (with a #15 peak). 12

- charted by 14 members (LewisGT, AaronTM, Cody Piastri, SSP, Simon, Slick, Rogue, CornishSwiftie, seltinpixmile, RobBot, Jade, CianS, DanG,JosephBoone), 4 of which are BJSC participants.

i think i also charted yes baby but yeah an obvious veto i fear

Up to 54 now (assuming both vetoed nations today reconfirm, and I hope they do!).

Any stragglers have 25 and a half hours left!

I chuckled at the timing of Madison Beer being sent, I'd just said in the mod forum regarding Renee Rapp:

"I just think her profile is TOO big... It's not a precedent I'd like to set because what's stopping someone trying to enter, I don't know, Madison Beer in a few contests?"

And then it happened within hours. Yes Baby is obviously an absolute banger and does, absolutely, have all the makings of a BJSC mega smash.

Oh, and all is not lost, we're about 90 minutes away from heading to another NEW MUSIC FRIDAY so cue 10 people changing

Good luck finding anything of note on a late November New Music Friday oops.

Though as this is a December contest, Christmas songs could well be selected!

17 minutes ago, RobBot said:

Oh, and all is not lost, we're about 90 minutes away from heading to another NEW MUSIC FRIDAY so cue 10 people changing

Can I reconfirm to this;

So that we get to see @AllStarBySmashMouth make his long awaited return after he keeps peeping the thread!

I've been on the fence for some years now.

First up, I need to make major changes...

1 hour ago, gooddelta said:

Good luck finding anything of note on a late November New Music Friday oops.

Though as this is a December contest, Christmas songs could well be selected!

wouldn’t be the first time we get a few Xmas songs in the main contest while it takes place during the holiday season

back to the backups collection for this month

10 hours ago, Cody Piastri said:

wouldn’t be the first time we get a few Xmas songs in the main contest while it takes place during the holiday season

With the Ghost of Christmas Past here to help me find my entry.

Okay I've reconfirmed x

I generally just search through the songs of BJSC and then do a "(song name) site:www.buzzjack.com" google search

After an absence of two contests, we welcome back the wonderful Utopia as the seventh returning nation for 180! 🎉

A few of our regulars are still AWOL but you still have until 11.59pm tonight!

I’ve (for once) stuck with my original entry.

BUT

Ngl i’m a bit fearful about the prospect of around 10 songs from each semi DNQing. 🥲 Just praying I end up in the pop hoe semi. 🙏