June 25, 200916 yr who picks the number of songs in a final (is it the mods again or is the host allowed to) because I'm really keen to drop it back to 27 this month, it just seems to be creeping bigger and bigger, before you know it we'll have a 35 song final of course, if we had two semis of 27 (assuming hypothetically that 55 countries confirmed this month), then only 13/27 going through from each would see more people going out at the semis than staying in...at least the final wouldn't be so diluted though... It's a mix of both - we've kind of set an unspoken limit of no more than 30, but it's never been met. I don't think people would be very keen at all to have 27 where 29 has been done before. Under my hypothetical over 55 countries maximum, we have three autoqualifiers with 13/26 going through...or under yours, we could have 14/27 with one autoqualifier. Feel free to do as you wish, but given we've previously had 29 I don't know how it will go down if you revert to 27...and I wouldn't say the finals are ever particularly diluted, they always seem pretty full of quality to me nowadays! :o Had the same happened last month, we would've lost Frahliso and Britmasu, who both sent great songs :wub:
June 25, 200916 yr It's a mix of both - we've kind of set an unspoken limit of no more than 30, but it's never been met. I don't think people would be very keen at all to have 27 where 29 has been done before. Under my hypothetical over 55 countries maximum, we have three autoqualifiers with 13/26 going through...or under yours, we could have 14/27 with one autoqualifier. Feel free to do as you wish, but given we've previously had 29 I don't know how it will go down if you revert to 27...and I wouldn't say the finals are ever particularly diluted, they always seem pretty full of quality to me nowadays! :o Had the same happened last month, we would've lost Frahliso and Britmasu, who both sent great songs :wub: can u not keep the final limit at 30 but have unlimited semi finals..?
June 25, 200916 yr I personally think the final should be halted at 25. 29 songs seems so many. In the Eurovision when there was something like 28 songs in the semi final 2007, it seemed to go on forever, and it does in this too! I think 12 going through from each semi-final is good enough tbh. And let's be honest, the countries that come 13th/14th in the semis are only going to end up in the bottom five or six in the final anyway...
June 25, 200916 yr Boyan withdrew permanently from the contest before XV citing a lack of time and objections to the proposed rule changes. I think myself, Phil and Rich are the only three left to have participated in every contest - but Mdice have participated in all of the finals of the contests they've been in, so all except VIII, whereas the three of us have all fallen at the semi-final stage at least once :drama: A few like Quotosibb and Nonsuch have qualified from every semi-final to date... You forgot Gary - he participated in every BJSC to-date. sorry? you're dropping Industry and reserving Noah does this mean? Yes, please. :heehee: Sorry, I'll say in words next time :D
June 25, 200916 yr Author I've decided what I'm sending to my first BJSC: http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/theog101/Calvin2.jpg so you're dropping your other reservations?
June 25, 200916 yr Author It's a mix of both - we've kind of set an unspoken limit of no more than 30, but it's never been met. I don't think people would be very keen at all to have 27 where 29 has been done before. Under my hypothetical over 55 countries maximum, we have three autoqualifiers with 13/26 going through...or under yours, we could have 14/27 with one autoqualifier. Feel free to do as you wish, but given we've previously had 29 I don't know how it will go down if you revert to 27...and I wouldn't say the finals are ever particularly diluted, they always seem pretty full of quality to me nowadays! :o Had the same happened last month, we would've lost Frahliso and Britmasu, who both sent great songs :wub: they both came bottom of the Rontvian vote :heehee: fair enough, I'll keep it at 29 I suppose, I just hope it never goes any higher than that
June 25, 200916 yr Author I personally think the final should be halted at 25. 29 songs seems so many. In the Eurovision when there was something like 28 songs in the semi final 2007, it seemed to go on forever, and it does in this too! I think 12 going through from each semi-final is good enough tbh. And let's be honest, the countries that come 13th/14th in the semis are only going to end up in the bottom five or six in the final anyway... I 100% agree, although I think that 27 is just about acceptable...29 is loads, and getting rid of 19 out of 29 tracks is horrible sometimes in the really high quality finals
June 25, 200916 yr I doubt anyone will be scrapping over One Eskimo, The Saturdays or Jack Peñate anyway :rofl:
June 25, 200916 yr I ALMOST want One Eskimo. Almost :kink: Anyway, dropping The Sounds (sorry but it won't work) and reserving Laura Izibor :)
June 25, 200916 yr You forgot Gary - he participated in every BJSC to-date. We have indeed.. But I don't think my recent success is anything to talk about. :lol:.
June 25, 200916 yr I just realised my Calvin poster thingmajig had the wrong numerals on it. So here it is again (a bit edited): http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa149/theog101/Calvin.png Edited June 25, 200916 yr by Theo_
June 25, 200916 yr I'm sooo stuck this contest, I literally have NOTHING I'm that passionate about sending.
June 25, 200916 yr Well we have ONE potential... but meh Clicky Please take a quick listen to that and let me know your thoughts
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