On 27/02/2026 at 17:34, Bror said:

Thanks - ok I don't feel that guilty about A-Konohagakure now, would have needed to give them 10 or 12 to qualify and that was never on the cards x (could maybe have moved them to 6 at a push).

Q streak will be coming when I have my spreadsheet updated again x

Click above to see the very belated Q streak update for BJSC 181 which I've finally got done. Am currently in the process of updating my spreadsheet for this contest as well so will hopefully get the newest update posted today xx

Thank you for doing the Lord’s work Brer! 🫶🏻

Qualification streak update (underlined nations have matched or beaten their longest streak to date, streaks that are longer when counting non-consecutive participations are in italics where applicable):

01 62 Hendinia (non-consecutive: 67)

02 27 Aeroche

03 24 Danæviia

04 19 Neliönoir

05 18 Cor Lupus

06 17 Kluminican Republic

07 10 Land of DW

07 10 Zanmatony

09 8 Mothertopia

09 8 POPHub

11 7 Fljótavík

12 6 Elëdan

12 6 Taahino

14 5 The Spodic Empire

15 4 Sovarasma

16 3 Dalisska

16 3 Yehesi

18 2 Baleghde

18 2 Bøtanikkä (non-consecutive: 3) *

18 2 Cheiron

18 2 Deandria

18 2 Dobago

18 2 Hushkanukia (non-consecutive: 3)

18 2 Jupiterdonia

18 2 Juranabaijan

18 2 Scotland 2

18 2 Summericia

18 2 Trifoski

29 1 Altyr Muunilinst

29 1 East Rukahavian

29 1 FARC

29 1 Freidland

29 1 FSR Rontvia

29 1 Harmonica

29 1 Lentyll

29 1 Lookylion

29 1 N DNTN

29 1 New Lexico

29 1 Ojnoj

29 1 Pagasa

29 1 Persephonia

29 1 Wholune

xx (21) Greenfroze

xx (8) Skall

xx (8) Terra Avium

xx (6) Pestolia

xx (4) Séyetana

xx (3) Cumulonimbia

xx (2) Ajanaeda

xx (2) Herbilore **

xx (1) Ben's Sanctuary

xx (1) Jadakissnia

xx (1) Lotunia

xx (1) Thelonia **

xx (1) Zephyra Continuum

* Bøtanikkä's mid-contest withdrawal from BJSC 180 is not counted as a DNQ for the purposes of this list

** did not enter this contest so may resume a non-consecutive streak in the future

Still no change on the podium with Hendinia continuing to stretch their records to 62 consecutively and 67 non-consecutively, Aeroche carry on in 2nd and Danæviia in 3rd expanding their record to 24. We do lose the 4th member of the 20+ club as Greenfroze's epic run finally comes to an end, though Neliönoir are poised to replace them there next month as they expand their record to 19. Kluminican Republic's record expands to 17 while two more countries - Land of DW and Zanmatony - hit the 10 in a row mark with both also expanding current records. As Mothertopia also expand their record to 8, they rise into the top 10 alongside POPHub (with the top 10 now back to only containing 10 countries, as Skall and Terra Avium both lose their streaks along with Greenfroze).

The Spodic Empire match their previous record of 5 in a row which they managed before with their very first 5 entries in BJSCs 152-156 (for the first two of which they were known as just Spod). Deandria make it 2 in a row to once again match their long standing record (achieved consecutively in BJSCs 17-18, 81-82, 98-99, 119-120 & 178-179 plus non-consecutively in BJSCs 93 & 96 and 105 & 107) - will it be 6th time lucky for them to make it 3 this time? Freidland and Lentyll also match previous 'records' of 1 as they hope to both get back-to-back qualifiers for the first time next month - Freidland's only previous qualifier was in BJSC 163, while Lentyll (fka New Rivermaya) previously made it in BJSCs 15, 22 & 180.

surprising i'm at 15th with 4 consecutive Qs which is quite high for a rather low number! i guess the turnover is a lot in the last few editions?

Fun to see Land Of DW and Zanmatony making it a “calendar year” of 10 qualifications in a row. Much like Greenfroze, two countries who I feel like take quite a lot of risks on languages and different sounds that aren’t necessarily safe sounding qualifiers. Congrats guys 👏

On 07/03/2026 at 22:21, uhsting said:

surprising i'm at 15th with 4 consecutive Qs which is quite high for a rather low number! i guess the turnover is a lot in the last few editions?

A few NQs among prominent nations is enough for us to shoot up the rankings.

I believe that qualifying with your first 5 entries isn't very common.

Finally got around to listening to the SF2 DNQs and for all the chat about the wrong songs in SF1 making the final, there were 7 songs that DNQed from SF2 would have liked in the final x

All of these would have been in contention for votes if I was in that semi:

Cor Lupus: Magdalene - DJesus

Lotunia: Lauren Sanderson - IDC AT ALL

Flynnonda: ALT BLK ERA - Tissues

Abandoned: Montaigne - it's all about the money

A-Konohagakure: El Cuarteto De Nos - En El Cuarto De Nico

Deandria: Project Pitchfork - Timekiller

Altyr Muunilinst: Haute & Freddy - Dance The Pain Away

Lookylion: Willa Ford - Love4Life

Greenfroze: dodree - Just Like A Dream

Summericia: Kontravoid - Losing Game (feat. Chelsey Crowley)

Ennea: Jelusick - Died

Persephonia: Band Of Horses - (Biding Time Is A) Boat To Row

FSR Rontvia: Niteworks - John Riley (feat. Beth Malcolm)

Ben's Sanctuary: Kylie + Garibay - Black And White (feat. Shaggy)

Fljótavík: GERD - Hurts

FARC: A Thousand Mad Things - Wide Awake

Trifoski: Lip Critic - Legs In A Snare

Scotland 2: Smerz - You got time and I got money

Kluminican Republic: Maya J'an - cul-de-sac

I didn't like Jadakissnia's song much, and Zephyr's song was completely not for me 😔 Sorry!

Italics received votes from me in the final, so would Persephonia and Ronvia likely have been squeezed out by 5(?) of these DNQs (good news for you, at least!). There is no way my Top 4 DNQs would have missed out on final votes either - I think I would have given Lotunia another medal! - so Land of DW and Summercia would have also certainly been squeezed out of my Final votes 😮