18 minutes ago, *Tim said:

Looking forward to seeing which 7 entrants got their 15% deduction

(If the posts in the semi thread are to be believed)

FWIW Lotunia will have not voted but they are exempted from any deductions/bans due to extenuating circumstances (but hopefully will be voting in the final anyway). New Lexico got the 33% deduction, Pagasa should have got a 15% really but they DNQed anyway so makes no difference.

Of the other 4 countries who hadn't voted as of 20 minutes before the deadline according to Till's post, one of them was me and I definitely did vote on time (although only barely ddd, snuck in at 23:59 - but again I DNQed anyway so would make no difference), Summericia posted that they did too, Zanmatony were in the process of voting as of 23:17 so I assume they did get in on time too, and Trifoski we technically don't know anything about but they tend to reliably show up within the last ~5 minutes of deadlines. So TL;DR pretty sure no harm done #detectivebror x

my receipt xox

12 POINTS | Q

10 POINTS | Q

08 POINTS | Mothertopia: KARLEE GIRL - Right Back!

07 POINTS | Q

06 POINTS | Q

05 POINTS | Q

04 POINTS | Q

03 POINTS | Q

02 POINTS | Q

01 POINTS | Q

12 Q

10 Q

8 Q

7 Q

6 Q

5 FSR Rontvia: Benefits - Land Of The Tyrants (feat. Zera Tønin)

4 Q

3 Q

2 Cumulonimbia: Jacob Alon - Don't Fall Asleep

1 Q

+ New Lexico narrowly missed points from me.

1 hour ago, Tafty said:

Is this Kane Parsons the same Kane Parsons that is about to unleash his big horror movie ‘Backrooms’ on Friday? (Maybe even from that movie?)

YES! He’s a multitalented diva sensation boots the house DOWN!

The song is from the ‘I cannot wait to use the internet’ album he released last year and it’s amazing.

45 minutes ago, DaTilt said:

Unfortunately, it seems like not a sufficient number of alien species had enough ear for the real life of humans

12 of those were mine. Ugh.

12 Pagasa: ear - Real Life

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04 FSR Rontvia: Benefits - Land Of The Tyrants (feat. Zera Tønin)

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Just now, pavi said:

12 Pagasa: ear - Real Life

You can’t buy this taste x

Couldn't post earlier but really happy with Klum Republic, Danaevia, Summericia and many few others qualifying .

But it stings that I've lost both Rontvia and Persephonia from my votes...they were both stand outs </3. Also outside of my votes, everyone Q'ed with the exception of New Lex :(.

12 Q

10 Q

08 Q

07 Q

06 Q

05 FSR Rontvia: Benefits - Land Of The Tyrants (feat. Zera Tønin)
04 Q

03 Q

02 Persephonia: PAON - Métamorphose

01 Q

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New Lexico: Tony Grox & LUCYCALYS - T AMARÉ
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Do we actually have to have a tie-breaker announced? I know it's dramatic but I feel it's a bit punishing if you DNQed the month before.

+12 QUALIFIED

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+1 Jacob Alon – Don't Fall Asleep [Cumulonimbia]

Persephonia would have been next in line for me, followed shortly by FSR Rontvia. Hopefully the end to the Rontvian exile from a BJSC final will come next time.

Zanmatony thanks everyone who voted for us to get Sequoia into the BJSC 185 final, and start a new qualification streak (hopefully).

Would be Semi 1 Votes

12 // Q
10 // Q
08 // Ojnoj // Mike Taveira - Sweet Delusion
07 // Q
06 // Q
05 // Q
04 // Q
03 // Q
02 // Q
01 // Q

Semi 2

12 // Q
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08 // FSR Rontvia: Benefits - Land Of The Tyrants (feat. Zera Tønin)
07 // Q
06 // Q
05 // Q
04 // Q
03 // Q
02 // Q
01 // Q

So gutted to lose both Land Of The Tyrants and Sweet Prince Mike Taveira, granted latter not a discovery as heard it for months now but gosh what a loss, what a banger, a bop even! 😭

31 minutes ago, jimwatts said:

DNQing with 12 votes is rough. Also no idea where the logic that semi tiebreaks are split by highest vote came from

This has just been the convention for coming up to 15 years now (it was less consistent in the first few years of the contest, as were some other things that you'd think would be set in stone e.g. the number of qualifiers per semi which at one point was seemingly entirely at the host's discretion) - I think the original logic was just that we (well, the mods at the time, long before I was one) wanted as few people as possible to be losing their absolute favourite songs before the final, but then wider appeal is rewarded more in the final itself. I'm not sure it's the standard I'd have set if I was a mod in the early years but at this point it's too entrenched to suddenly arbitrarily change, whenever there are 20th/21st ties with a discrepancy between most votes and most 12s someone is getting aggrieved either way, best to stick to a consistent rule and why not the one we've had already for a decade and a half x

Thank you to the voters <3 Looks like it got a few higher scores at least.

Are we able to see the bottom part of the scoreboard? Just intrigued as to who the other voters were.

12- Q

10- Q

8- Q

7- Taahino: Alexa Cappelli - Crimes

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5- Q

4- Q

3- Q

2- FSR Rontvia: Benefits - Land Of The Tyrants (feat. Zera Tønin)

1- Q

Gutted tbh. 'Sweet Delusion' has fast become one of my favourite songs of the year so to DNQ with it is disappointing </3 A bop and banger to me anyway. He has a couple of other bangers too that I will keep on a backburner for a month I can't find something I want to send. Thank you to those who did vote for Mike though

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06 POINTS | Mothertopia: KARLEE GIRL - Right Back!

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03 POINTS | Juranabaijan: Girl Group - Tell Me I'm Pretty

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What a turnaround from last months disastrous votes though! Lol.

I like the current semi tiebreak rules. In the semi you should stand out as much as possible in order to qualify, in the final it’s more about crossover appeal.

I wonder what song came 20th in semi 2.

4 FSR Rontvia

2 New Lexico

Good to be back in the final after a month out.

Forgot to mention that I lost Cumulonimbia too (2), it was such a lovely change of pace in that semi.

And Persephonia was actually 8 from us, not 7!

The logic behind the semi tie-Break is, simplified, one 12 vs twelve 1s. What’s more likely to get support in a final. The song that was someone’s absolute fave or the one that barely scraped into the votes.

3 minutes ago, Silas said:

The logic behind the semi tie-Break is, simplified, one 12 vs twelve 1s. What’s more likely to get support in a final. The song that was someone’s absolute fave or the one that barely scraped into the votes.

I very often end up pointing my semi 1s and 2s a lot higher in the final due to songs growing and other favourites going out in the semis creating a vaccum and pulling them up.

I do understand the logic of not wanting people to lose a top fave, but don't think it's as black and white personally when transferring it through to what might happen in the final.

That one 12 might convert to one 18 in the final, but I don't think the 12 1s would necessarily just convert to less, it could well be 12 x 1-4 points come the final.

I don't think it should be changed though, as it does make sense and has been this way for years. But I do understand arguments for going the other way too. In a strong semi like Semi 2 was, songs that you rank low could easily be high in another semi. For example, my Semi 2 12th ranked song would have been 4th in my rank and therefore would be a 7 pointer had it been in semi 1.

Edited Saturday at 23:031 day by gooddelta

2 hours ago, DaTilt said:

Karlee tried everything, but, unfortunately, she had to go right back to Aelangirh

Ahhhh gutted for Karlee Girl!

I do think it’s one of those where the music vid helps bring this to life with that fun choreo so chances are a lot of people didn’t get to see that!

as well as the fast it was a super strong semi and I lost a good few of my votes /contenders!

2 DNQ streak for Mothertopia now though - rip