Chicane with the help of Tom Jones took the Kingdom of Shadow to a brilliant 11th place in the sixth BuzzJack Song Contest on Sunday, the dance duet got a double dose of douze points to give the small Shadowan nation their best result to date. The King of Shadow had this to say "Sir Tom did a brilliant job for us and we are massively greatful that such a great artist would wish to perform for us, we'd also like to thank all the nations who gave us points, it was a brilliant night".

 

Attention is now being drawn towards the seventh BuzzJack Song Contest to be held in Quotosibb; "We're really looking forward to the next competition, our third, to be held in Quotosibb after Beverley Knight won BJSC 6 in brilliant style. We've got a lot of artists in consideration to represent KoS, ideally we would like to choose a less well-known artisit this time out."

 

A document was leaked yesterday in the Shadowan press (which is strange considering the Kingdom has a state controlled press) which appeared to list some of the artists being spoken to about a possible BuzzJack entry:

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/5134/bjsc7leakedlettermm9.jpg

 

For those of you who cannot read Shadowan English (I expect the majority of you :P ) we have translated the letter below:

"BuzzJack Song Contest 7

Keane - The Happy Soldier

Cherry Ghost - People Help the People

Guillemots - Trains to Brazil

Santogold - L.E.S Artistes

Santogold - Lights Up

Private - One in a Million*

Regina Spektor - Fidelity

The Pipettes - Judy*

The Pipettes - Pull Shapes

The Pipettes - Dirty Mind"

Kopecka would like to point out that Fidelity finished 2nd in the 2nd contest and therefore cannot be entered :P But L.E.S. Artistes would be amaze :wub:

The Pipettes also appeared in BJSC 4 and also finished second <_< The King of Shadow shall not be amused lol

The Pipettes also appeared in BJSC 4 and also finished second <_< The King of Shadow shall not be amused lol

Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure you can use an artist that has entered before, just not the same song. Jordin Sparks was used by Kopečka in BJSC1 where she came 3rd and in BJSC3 where she came 19th. You can't use someone who finished top 3 in the previous contest though. (so Beverley Knight, Lily Allen and Jem this time)

 

You wouldn't be able to use 'Pull Shapes', but the others would be alright.

Thanks for the clarification

 

it's massively early to be deciding on songs isn't it! Gees, Im looking forward to the next comp'

Peoooople Help The Peoooople. :o :wub:

The King of Shadow today announced the six songs being considered for the country's entry into the Seventh BuzzJack Song Contest. A letter 'leaked' earlier in the week appeared to show an early draft of songs the King thought may be appropriate for the contest however this latest press release has been edited significantly to suit the rules of the competition;

 

"And so I give to you, THE CONTENDERS!"

 

ooh Santogold is so amazing :wub:

Edited May 13, 200817 yr by Pavel

I think Santogold will be your best bet but the Pipettes and maybe Madonna might do well.

There's a whole lot of support for Santogold which I'm quite shocked about to be honest! I'd like to see how these songs do over the next month in the real world before deciding, if Santogold finally break through into the mainstream then it may not be too wise to send them in a month, Miles Away will also be more well-known by the time of the competition. Private and The Pipettes are both solid songs to send which fewer people will have heard of I think. Guillemots is one of my all time favorite bands but people don't like them here too much.

Santogold was #37 in the official UK chart after the physical release btw

 

the album is top 15 atm (It is physically releasing this week :o ) Let's see how it will go by the time of the chart

Yeh I really haven't got a clue how it's going to do, it's had loads of airplay over the past month but still only magaed 37 on the chart...

The decision making process has been revealed today, with which the represntative for the BJSC 7 shall be chosen for the Kingdom of Shadow. As rumoured earlier in the week, the system shall mirror that used by the UK in 'Eurovision: Your Decision', the songs shall be split into three groups from each of which one song shall be chosen to go into the national semi-final, this shall be voted for by the general public AKA you guys. In addition to the three songs chosen, Shadowan judges shall pick one other song to go into the semi-finals. The public shall then vote once more and the two most popular songs shall go through into the national final. Shadowan judges will then pick from these two songs the winner and Shadowan represdentative for BJSC 7!

 

So we need YOUR votes! Pick ONE song from each of these groups to go through into the semi-final, remember TWO songs will be eliminated at the end of this round. You can either post your votes in the thread or PM them to me ^_^.

 

Group 1: Hits - These are both songs which have been hits in the Kingdom of Shadow in the past few years.

 

Cherry Ghost - People Help the People

OR

Guillemots - Trains to Brazil

 

Guillemots - Train to Brazil

Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes

The Pipettes - Judy

 

^_^

Cherry Ghost, Santogold and Private :P

Thanks for the early votes guys! Appreciate the help

 

My sister's votes:

Guillemots

Madonna

The Pipettes

To be honest none of them jump out at me (maybe they're just growers who knows) :( but the best would probably be......

 

Guillemots

SantoGold

Private

 

Hope I've been some help :)

Cherry Ghost - People Help the People

Santogold - LES Artistes

The Pipettes - Judy

 

I like the two songs in group two better than the rest though. :P

To be honest none of them jump out at me (maybe they're just growers who knows) :( but the best would probably be......

 

Guillemots

SantoGold

Private

 

Hope I've been some help :)

 

Thanks you've been loads of help ^_^ This is one of the reasons I started out so early, most of the songs are quite relaxed and I thin may need a few listens so hopefully overnthe next few days you'll get one of them stuck in your head

 

At the moments it's pretty close in all of the groups, with the exception of Santogold so hopefully we'll get a few more people vote to make it a bit more clearer

Cherry Ghost.

Santogold.

The Pipettes.

 

You wouldn't get very far with Cherry Ghost though. Santogold and Pipettes would be your best bet. :P

So after round one the songs who have been booted out of the race to represent the Kingdom of Shadow in BJSC7 are:

Cherry Ghost - People Help the People

Private - One in a Million

Madonna - Miles Away

 

The Shadowan judges have the chance to save ONE artist however and they have chosen Madonna to come back for the second round of voting

 

In a bizarre twist to the original rules however, the King of Shadow has announced TWO new songs which shall also compete for the prize:

Sophie Ellis-Bextor shall now enter the race with her outstanding song 'Can't Have It All' which featured on her previous album 'Trip the Light Fantastic' as a Bonus Track for the Shadowan public.

Gabriella Cilmi is currently riding the success of her latest single but has chosen to enter the competition with 'Save the Lies', the 16 year-old Australian has wowed the Shadowan people with her powerful voice and has quickly become one of the favorites to represent the nation.

Madonna has chosen to change the song she is using in the competition, instead if 'Miles Away' she shall enter 'Give It 2 Me' a much more lively dance track which she hopes shall go down better with the voting public.

 

Shadow has ditched the previous style of voting and now the six songs shall all compete against each other for the chance to enter BJSC 7. We therefore ask the BuzzJack nations to rank these six songs in their order of preference:

Guillemots - Trains to Brazil

Santogold - LES Artisites

The Pipettes - Judy

Madonna - Give it 2 Me

Gabriella Cilmi - Save the Lies

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Cant Have It All

 

Here's a recap video to remind you of the songs: