8 hours ago, LiamSime said:

Wow I didn’t have a clue what to expect for ‘Red Card’ so thanks to everyone who voted, I didn’t know if it would be loved or hated or both haha. Happy to keep my Q streak going as well

Will there be any Red Cards in the big match tonight do you think? @LiamSime

1 hour ago, awardinary said:

Will there be any Red Cards in the big match tonight do you think? @LiamSime

Plenty to England I hope! 😉🤣

[/late] wasn't around for the results but I caught up with them later in the day and just jumped ahead to the end to see if I qualified or not as I didn't want to build any false hope lol - correct call there. Disappointed but not surprised as it seemed like a really bad semi draw from the jump, I would have needed to run the table with the people in the semi who would even feasibly ever vote for a song like this and getting nothing from the likes of Aelandor and Danæviia shows I did not manage that. I think I might have had a reasonably good chance of qualifying in the other semi but nevermind (although even in this semi I was only 6 or 7 points away, back on form with the missing out by single digits after PAON being a bit further away last month!) At least it doesn't sting quite as bad getting back-to-back DNQs this time considering it's the second time I've done that in the span of less than a year now after avoiding it for over 12 years before that, I'm thinking to send something that's probably also prone to being immediately doomed by a bad semi draw next month so gambling on doing 3 in a row while I have nothing to lose currently. The lyric from my entry that I added as my member title for the month ("why don't you let me in?") proving to be apt </3 mind you probably needed to have cranked the volume up to even realise the song had lyrics hehe

Lovely to get three medals among the small handful of votes I did get at least, thanks muchly to @Dobbo for the gold, @pavi for the silver and @jimwatts for the bronze, and also thank you to @HarryInnanen, @matto and @leww for the other points! Pleased to see it getting a few messages of support from the other semi as well x

Just commenting now as I finally got around to doing a second listen of semi 1 today so I have my full rankings of the DNQs. (I'll try and get a Q streak update posted soon although need to update my spreadsheet first again)

From my semi:

12 Q

10 Q

8 Q

7 Q

6 Q

5 POPHub

4 Q

3 Q

2 Q

1 Deandria

12th Harmonica

22nd Mothertopia

24th FSR Rontvia

25th Altyr Muunilinst

26th Lotunia

28th New Lexico

POPHub being out feels like a bit of a headscratcher although it was one I felt really should have been at least a minute longer! Fine results otherwise, it was a fairly weak semi for me (my top 6 were the real highlights so only one major loss), the Poe song wouldn't have usually made it into my votes but shame to see the Deandria streak ending nonetheless.

As Rich alluded to this is the first time FSR Rontvia have ever been last in a semi-final oops! Obviously didn't love the song but I am quite surprised it did that poorly. Hendinia unsurprisingly take over the record for most entries without ever coming last in a semi-final (161), although they have come last in the final twice as have FSR Rontvia - Danæviia have the record for most entries without ever coming last in either a semi or a final, 147 as of last month and I'm sure Thy Catafalque will comfortably make it 148 (that very much deserves to be nearer the other end of the scoreboard).

And from my ranking of the other semi:

1st Jupiterdonia 😿

7th Zanmatony

16th Numayania

17th Ennea

18th Dalisska

22nd Séyetana

24th Scotland 2

26th Vaskla

29th Baleghde et al

'Pyro Pyro' is a massive banger, y'all goofed on that. Real shame to see Zanmatony out too as I'd have predicted them to be fairly safe as well. Commiserations to Vaskla not quite making it with their debut but very pleased that New Helvetica did make it, I like their entry a lot (reminds me a bit of Regina Spektor) but I did think it might struggle as I thought it might not be the most instant song. Also glad the predictions of A-Konohagakure being out were wrong, we needed that iconic music video again in the final listenthrough *.*

Thanks @Assy! for the hostings and graphics although boo hiss at me not getting one of the swanky boarding passes ofc x

2 hours ago, Bror said:

As Rich alluded to this is the first time FSR Rontvia have ever been last in a semi-final oops! Obviously didn't love the song but I am quite surprised it did that poorly. Hendinia unsurprisingly take over the record for most entries without ever coming last in a semi-final (161), although they have come last in the final twice as have FSR Rontvia - Danæviia have the record for most entries without ever coming last in either a semi or a final, 147 as of last month and I'm sure Thy Catafalque will comfortably make it 148 (that very much deserves to be nearer the other end of the scoreboard).

On the plus side, I have now finally achieved it all

All that matters anyway (still missing a few lower half final positions).