I have (hopefully) wrangled John into posting the PM votes at some point anyway (part of the reason I'm saying it might take a few days to get a final verified scoreboard is that I'd really rather see the PM votes before adding them into my own spreadsheet just in case there were any errors creeping in when converting the votes into the graphics, as lovely as they are x) but here's my PM if anyone wants to read my rambles now x

22 hours ago, Bror said:

Hello from Persephonia, thanks to Altyr Muunilinst for the hosting this month and here's hoping Searows has been doing well for us so far x Here are our votes for the final of BJSC 183

18 Jadakissnia // edeprss and Brinettte - BENGRAMO (feat. Tedzkril)

15 Dalisska // NoGood Boyo - Just A G.O.A.T

13 Cheiron // TOMORA - RING THE ALARM

12 Fljótavík // Joshua Idehen - Mum Does The Washing

11 Hendinia // Baby Jane - Starry Eyed

10 Pestolia // Antony Szmierek - The Heron

9 Trifoski // Crippling Alcoholism - LADIES' NIGHT (feat. Luxury Skin)

8 Deandria // Neuroticfish - We Are Not Safe

7 Skall // Two Shell - The Nightmare

6 Greenfroze // Hayato Sumino - frostline

5 Scotland 2 // NEW YORK - think of you

4 Terra Avium // The Walkmen - The Rat

3 Baleghde // Emilia - La_Playlist.mpeg

2 The Spodic Empire // HALLOWS - Catalyst

1 Cumulonimbia // Grace Ives - Stupid Bitches

Commiserations:

16th N DNTN // Art School Girlfriend - L.Y.A.T.T.

17th Mothertopia // horsegiirL - only the best

18th New Lexico // Channel Tres - Medicine

19th Aeroche // KREZUS and Surreal_dvd - Skins

20th République d'Áskorza // Ditonellapiaga - Che Fastidio!

21st Danæviia // Anna Von Hausswolff - Stardust

Highlights:

- Their unfortunate DNQ last month denied them a likely 18 but they haven't had to wait long to get another one anyway: Jadakissnia are back at the top of our votes, bringing their medal tally from us up to 12 golds, 13 silvers and 10 bronzes. They last got our 18 with Them Are Us Too in BJSC 166, with previous golds going to Last Lynx in BJSC 74, MONOMOTION in BJSC 97, goreshit in BJSC 102, Somnium in BJSC 108, Ross From Friends in BJSC 119, Aphex Twin in BJSC 123, Tempers in BJSC 127, Nürnberg in BJSC 130, Acid Fader in BJSC 142 and Odd Nosdam in BJSC 155 (so this wait of 17 contests is their second longest ever after the 23 contest gap between their first two golds).

- Dalisska continue to do ever better for us with each entry since their comeback as they get their highest points to date from us for a fourth contest in a row, surpassing the 9 to R. Missing last month, and get their first ever medal from us, a silver.

- Cheiron also place on our podium for the first time ever with a bronze, also getting their highest points to date from us for a second contest in a row, surpassing the 12 to Pixel Grip last month.

- Hendinia get their highest points from us since 12 to Lola Indigo in BJSC 148.

- Baleghde get their first points from us since 6 to BYRTA in BJSC 140 (notably going back to their Mosquetania days there - it's their first points from us under the current name after also never voting for them in a final when they were known as Kyriatine (or IKR Dakoteh, not that we'd have been able to vote for IKR Dakoteh in a final x)).

- The Spodic Empire get their first points from us since 3 to Elsiane in BJSC 173.

(lol at this being Jadakissnia's 35th medal from us while my other two medalled nations have a combined total of... 2 x)

@Cameron I wish you well! ❤️

I know it's early to ask but where is 184 taking place if not in FLJ?

@Cameron

🧡🧡🧡

1 minute ago, AllStarBySmashMouth said:

I know it's early to ask but where is 184 taking place if not in FLJ?

Well there are no new hosting faces in the top 10 so……. Ojnoj?

Congratulations Dandy. Thanks for the 18 and the 12 in the semi 😁

8 minutes ago, Bror said:

Baleghde get their first points from us since 6 to BYRTA in BJSC 140 (notably going back to their Mosquetania days there - it's their first points from us under the current name after also never voting for them in a final when they were known as Kyriatine (or IKR Dakoteh, not that we'd have been able to vote for IKR Dakoteh in a final x)).

I love that we both rarely wind up on each others scorecards and somehow this month the stars aligned at exactly the right time and we actually pointed each other <3 (I'm choosing to look past the fact that I'm clearrrrrly the more generous of us two having given you 3x more points okay x)

9 minutes ago, Cody Rozanov said:

Well there are no new hosting faces in the top 10 so……. Ojnoj?

I haven’t hosted! I passed that duty on when I won with Kim Petras! I would have to do the same again unfortunately! I cannot commit to hosting something as big as BJSC and plus I have approximately 0% creativity and design skills so it’d be a very plain/bland contest.

Well, if the two ahead of me aren't interested it has been a while since I've hosted and it would be fun to bring some of my newfound OTT energy to 184 (just ta throw it out there eggs oh eggs oh)

Congratulations dandy* another Fljótavík landslide! I totally get the appeal, even if it ends the run of BJSC winners I voted for, stretching back to... Ninajirachi as it goes.

Pending finalisation of the scoreboard, it looks like most of my favourites finished just below mine, but Hendinia in 10th were an exception - I came very close to sending 'Starry Eyed' in the previous contest (that, 'cul-de-sac', 'Sinner' and 'Implosion' were my final four), and then tried to reconfirm to it this month after I found out I'd been beaten to 'Sinner' this time, but was too late on that too, so I missed out on two top 10s in one go last contest!

Regardless of where exactly I actually finish this time, thanks again to the 24 (I think) who voted, and after the long wait for a score above 10, it looks like I've ended up with a marginally higher average points per voter than my top 20 finishers Metric and Echoberyl. Second place in the semi now the early hype makes more sense, just couldn't sustain some of those high scores in the final... and also yikes at three of my votes squeaking through, though I still feel for Taahino and Zanmatony just missing out as a result.

Thanks John for hosting! 👏

22 minutes ago, Cody Rozanov said:

Well there are no new hosting faces in the top 10 so……. Ojnoj?

Ojnoj would be a first time host! (They did win once before but passed on hosting then).

Indeed the rest of the top 10 have all hosted before though so if Ojnoj also pass again it'll probably be République d'Áskorza (although need to get a verified scoreboard first xx).

edit: did not see Jonjo had already posted

1 hour ago, FrankLuck said:

After listening to Semi 2 for the second time, I also thought that 'Traum' might get lost in the semi, a DNQ with 11 votes is quite special though (I think?).

My BJSC 181 entry from KÄSSY was a DNQ with 12 votes, albeit there were more participants in that contest

Congrats Fljótavík on your annual win.

1 hour ago, Cameron said:

  On 05/04/2026 at 21:13, Cameron said:

Ooh we love you QUEEN. Wishing you all the best, I"ll just follow your adventures on the gram. 🫀 Not us losing an icon like this...

Lemme DM this post to Rochelle so she finally has a reason for that reunion we are craving

EDIT: Congrats on the win Dandy! It most certainly wasn't my taste at all, but I guess there is a reason I DNQ and you won

6 hours ago, Chez Wombat said:

I want it to be known I had a visiting rat present Terra Avium's votes x

that's a terrible thing to say about the nelionoir ambassador

10 hours ago, Qween said:

Semi One

Semi Two

Thank you for Hosting Kween - such lovely pretty graphics!!

Is there any chance there’s a spreadsheet like this for the finale that we can see so I can easily count up how many voters I got for my personal stats lol xx

Amazing results, and congrats Dandy! Looks like I was one of just a few who liked the winner but didn't contribute to the sea of 18s. I liked 2nd and 3rd place even more - not necessarily how I'd expect to rank the podium just based on the nations involved!

Very happy with 9th, only sad for East Ruk who sent what sounded to me like a female singer songwriter covering The War On Drugs. Also thought that with me pointing Pophub (albeit not much), that would mean that they'd have a lot wider appeal.

Congratulations Dandy! It’d have felt slightly off for anything else to have won in a contest where the hype has been dominated so heavily by one song and the discussion around it has felt like that of an instant classic. It’s not my cup of tea, in the sense that I’d have no desire to ever listen to it as music, but it’s a clever and thought-provoking piece of poetry. A shame you can’t host as I really enjoyed the last Dandy hosting 💔

The first winner since BJSC 172 I haven’t voted for so it’s been a good run of Rob faves tbf - almost the exact inverse of Brer 😂!

Loooooved all of the graphic design for this contest John, that’s how you do a “simple” style of hosting but make it look effortlessly chic and easy. I know it’s not easy making loads of graphics though and it takes a lot of organisation to keep doing it alongside the results you’re adding up too, so kudos to you.

Very happy with 10th! Had an inkling Baby Jane was getting a liiitle overhyped and I didn’t think that was just pessimism, as I did predict my own entry to finish top 3 last contest as I was genuinely confident in it. There was a good chunk of the contest that I wasn’t top 10 at all so it was a pleasant surprise to see the final scoreboard. Hopefully no sneaky mistakes will throw me out after this post 😂 thank you to everyone who enjoyed it and has been vocal about enjoying it - it’s been nice to see some different voters for Hendinia this time!

Happy to see Ojnoj made top 2, I did tell you not to be disappointed that you didn’t get Yseult as I knew this would do well for sure. My 18 going top 3 is great too, well done Phil. It’s been a better year than usual for Eurovision rejects, two top 5s this year.

What to do next contest ~ I’ve been SO busy the last few weeks that my excitement for new music that isn't Slayyyter has dipped a tad but hopefully I’ve got something up my sleeve to keep a strong start to 2026 up!

10 hours ago, Bror said:

Ojnoj would be a first time host! (They did win once before but passed on hosting then).

Indeed the rest of the top 10 have all hosted before though so if Ojnoj also pass again it'll probably be République d'Áskorza (although need to get a verified scoreboard first xx).

edit: did not see Jonjo had already posted

Pending the scoreboard I would have time over the next few weeks to host

Be prepared to be whelmed!

Just catching up! Congrats Dandy on your win, looking forward to our upcoming trip to Fljótavík 😌

I have my entry for the next contest picked out, I swear if any of you try it I'll send something horrendous as revenge, same goes if I'm vetoed (hopefully shouldn't be) !!! I do really love this song though so I'm excited to share it although it's a ballad and you haven't been kind to my ballads in the past 😤

Also, should we go back to our pop-rock roots? Classic girl with guitars-esque? We don't have many more entries left before we join Hushky in retirement so I do want to make these contests count x