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Made recap videos using a recap generating tool that a friend from another song contest made. (He said it was free to use for anyone) It works by trying to find a chorus in each song and then choosing a snippet based on that. So hopefully every song got a good snippet. (it seems like it made good choices overall to me) Seven songs I had to enter timestamps manually as it couldn't detect a chorus: Mothertopia, Baleghde, Cumulonimbia, Aeroche, Jadakissnia, Neliönoir and Trifoski. (I'm not really sure why it couldn't pick up the Jennifer Aniston one but oh well) I'll put them in the OP as well. Semi Final One Semi Final Two

Ace of Base getting eliminated in round 3? There's something not addying up for me there!

I'm hoping to post the semi final thread around 8pm tonight. (still have some things to put together but I'm making good time) I'll post the odds and predictions thread tomorrow.

There was me thinking it was all luck... or something.

On the listenthrough people demanded to see the two cats 'Agon' has here (I used to live here with them too) xo They look very similar but Licorice is the bigger one, Oreo is the smaller one. (They're not related) From this morning: Some older pics from when I lived here:

Screaming at this drag us

Pleased to see some Night Work representation for Scissor Sisters 'Hanging On The Telephone' coming to top the baby name list next year tbh x

Watch it come top 10!

Daddy issues stalling the contest!

Meanwhile in the Louvre

It's one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world. It's foolish to think tourism would suddenly dip without a current monarchy — history doesn't disappear. Buckingham Palace could print money year-round. There is no logical or rational argument for them in 2026.

I've put the votes into the scoreboard and we do, I can reveal, have a winner. Get your afternoon tea party ready for a late afternoon/early evening results show. To try and avoid the common problem in many Buzzjack contests of pop songs running away with it for the first half and leaving everyone else to catch up all evening, the results will be presented in a RANDOM order, and not order of receipt.

Hilary Duff today x

my 5-minute instrumental entry has a chorus, apparently. yay

"Can't detect a chorus"?? WHAT KIND OF HEATHENS WOULD ENTER CHORUSLESS SONGS??!??! Ban them tbh.

Nope, and it wasn't playlisted in 2023 either

Apple Music – Webplayer„BJSC 182: Semi-Final One“ von Pavel Iarygin bei Apple MusicPlaylist · 31 Titel Apple Music – Webplayer„BJSC 182: Semi-Final Two“ von Pavel Iarygin bei Apple MusicPlaylist · 30 Titel missing: The Spodic Empire

The confirmation period for BJSC 182 has now closed and we have had 60 countries sign up. That means there will be two auto qualifiers (Cheiron and Hushkanukia) and two semis of 29 songs each. (20 qualifiers, 9 non-qualifiers) I'm hoping to open the semi final (and predictions) thread tomorrow evening. (assuming there aren't any delays)

Pinkpantheress wins producer! So deserved. She has to take best dance act home too now surely?

A good experience all round for me, even if I’d have liked to finish higher than I did. I’ll certainly be back for the next edition..

Final scoreboard (with ties broken and deductions) 1. Crystal Castles – Baptism - 135 points (dhwe) 2. French Affair – My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da) - 103 points (Addy!) 3. Lucky Twice - Lucky - 102 points (16 votes) (RobBot) 4. A*Teens – Floorfiller - 102 points (15 votes) (Juan Carlos) 5. Kelis – Scream - 94 points (Scene) 6. Jeans Team & MJ Lan – Keine Melodien…1,2,3,4, - 90 points (16 votes, three 12s) (gooddelta) 7. The Presets – My People - 90 points (16 votes, one 12) (Chez Wombat) 8. Kaskade - 4am (Adam K & Soha mix) - 73 points (12 votes) (Julian_) 9. Little Big – Skibidi - 73 points (11 votes) (AllStarBySmashMouth) 10. The White Stripes – Black Math - 71 points (Jimwatts) 11. Faithless feat. Dido – Feelin' Good - 66 points (King Rollo) 12. GusGus – David - 62 points (diva thin muffin/brave lil toaster) 13. The Cheeky Girls – Get The Party On - 60 points (Awardinary) 14. Submarine – Why - 57 points (Matto) 15. NOMA - Brain Power - 55 points (10 votes, three 12s) (Brer/Bror) 16. Kim-Lian – Teenage Superstar - 55 points (10 votes, no 12s) (Tafty) 17. Remi Nicole – Rock N Roll - 53 points (Juranamo) 18. The Veronicas – Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were) - 47 points (Herbs) 19. Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin' - 43 points (Mangø) 20. Project 46 feat. Matthew Steeper – No One - 42 points (uhsting) 21. Yuki Kimura – LOVE & JOY - 39 points (Cody Rozanov) 22. Eir Aoi – Lapis Lazuli - 38 points (CowTzy) 23. Hayley Kiyoko & Kehlani – What I Need - 37.52 points (56 before 33% deduction for not voting) (Jack) 24. The Twang – Your Beats - 33 points (Jester) 25. Julien Doré – Coco Câline - 32 points (5 votes, one 12, one 10) (Nine and ¾) 26. Bardot – I Need Somebody - 32 points (5 votes, one 12, no 10s) (Paddington James) 27. Stenchman – Puking Over - 28 points (DaTilt) 28. Eden xo – The Question - 20 points (WoW73) 29. La Oreja de Van Gogh – Pop - 19 points (Jade) 30. Skylar Stecker – Rooftop - 15 points (Roba) 31. Solo Suspex – They Don't Know - 13 points (Dobbo) So there you have it, huge congratulations to dhwe for a first Bop Idol win! It might be a certain kind of party you would hear Baptism at, and probably not the same one playing Skylar Stecker and Solo Suspex down the other end, but this theme was open to interpretation and it’s a deserving and very convincing win, 32 points ahead of second place. And in the end it’s Addy who finishes runner up with the European hit from French Affair, a point ahead of RobBot’s own continential smash from Lucky Twice and Juan Carlos' A*Teens, with the top five rounded off by Kelis from Scene! I’m very happy to have managed sixth place with our host entry from Jeans Team and MJ Lan, with three golds, I didn’t expect that at all, so thanks very much to all of the voters. Chez Wombat’s The Presets, a late rally for Julian_’s Kaskade, AllStarBySmashMouth’s Little Big and The White Stripes from JimWatts round off a very alt/electronic/dance top ten, with the obvious exceptions of Lucky Twice and A*Teens! Thank you all so much for your entries, it’s been such a lot of fun to host this party. Please collect your party bag on the way out, they have some great cake and advance entry passes to Bop Idol 7, which dhwe will hopefully host in a few months time! I will let you get to the BJSC listenthrough, enjoy! Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SzxTJUW46ouGzRT9IGTvVlrNo6h0btq7/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102535703685059132953&rtpof=true&sd=true

Watched The Moment last night so my hype for this is completely invigorated Reading thru the first post trying to work out how @jimwatts got voted as the 25th best song on Brat before I realised what was going on These results are mostly eating so far but WHAT is the clásico automático Club classics remix doing so low

Bebe Rexha invented country music with Meant To Be

I knew someone who worked for a compilation album company, and apparently it was super tedious and lot more complicated than you think, because the record labels would have tons of rules and requirements for each song. Like they'd only allow you to use a song if it was in a certain position on a track list, or only if you DIDN'T use another song, or only if it came before or after a certain song or a type of song, or only if you include a certain number of seconds of a song in your TV adverts, or only if you highlight the song on the album cover. And then it becomes more of a puzzle where you have dozens of requirements and you just have to try and list the songs in an order that doesn't break anyone's rules. Which is usually impossible so you have to call everybody up again and re-negotiate. And every time you move a song to a different position on the track list then now half the other songs are now breaking their requirements so you have to move them too. It sounds more like doing an extremely hard Sudoku, rather than a job where you can simply use your music knowledge and creativity to make a nice tracklist.

Throw away the key

This thread has descended into utter chaos 🙃

What joke 8 month old song hang round 35 goes number 1 sorry should been put acr week go official chart got no clue anymore

Another veto: MEEK - Fabulous 25 - appeared in 9 personal charts, 4 of which are current BJSC participants (DaTilt, Juranamo, RobBot, uhsting) - currently on the Capital FM playlist 25 - was in the Pop Track of the Week poll, coming 1st with 7 votes - has a thread in the Pop forum with 15 replies (including explicit discussion of it being a likely BJSC veto!) - low to mid level blog coverage

Cheeky cheeky!

I really don't see the problem with "nobodies", it's always the song, not the act, and you hearing of people does not mean they don't have talent. That you never heard of him doesn't mean he's a nobody either, this is probably the first time most of the general public have heard of him but he's got fairly decent numbers on Spotify/Youtube, does have a reasonably long career as a musician/audio artist and many of us here are already aware of him. Also like, well-known names never pan out well, they often end up with a weak song that's nowhere near as good as it could be. Can quite easily see why he would do it now, he's been doing his thing for a few years in his niche, and it's an opportunity to get that niche exposed to the whole continent if briefly, and he can easily go back to doing what he did before afterwards.

There's now just a little over 24 hours before the deadline of 23:59PM GMT on Wednesday 25th February passes! If you miss this deadline, you can still vote until 2:00PM GMT the next day (Thursday 26th February) however you will receive a 15% point deduction! If you fail to vote by the late deadline, your entry will receive a 33% point deduction! Sending out reminders to: Semi-Final One: Macromia @Miri Freidland @LiamSime Taahino @Lindsey. Yehesi @*Tim Bøtanikkä @Addy! Juranabaijan @Juranamo République d'Áskorza @Silas Baleghde @brave lil toaster New Lexico @LexC Hendinia @RobBot Harmonica @Riser Aelandor @Jacob- Pagasa @dhwe Ojnoj @Tafty Pestolia @Ansel Cumulonimbia @Doctor Blind East Rukahavian @Mack Wholune @WhoOdyssey N DNTN @152chris Skall @Harve Seyetana @Iz様 🌟 Aeroche Semi-Final Two: Scotland 2 @!!! The Spodic Empire @Colm Persephonia @Bror Jupiterdonia @J00prstar Summericia @Roba. FARC @jakee A-Konohagakure @CowTzy Sovarasma @uhsting Danaeviia @danuary Trifoski @seven. Ennea @Nine And ¾ Kluminican Republic @Klumzee Elëdan @pavi Deandria @matto Flynnonda @HarryGarfield Cor Lupus @Cody Rozanov Ben's Sanctuary @*Ben*

26/2: 1 1 Man I need (1) 2 6 Rein me in (2) 3 3 Raindance (2) 4 4 Where is my husband! (3) 5 10 So easy (5) 6 7 Ordinary (1) 7 11 Lush life (3) 8 12 Golden (1) 9 8 The fate of Ophelia (1) 10 5 DtMF (5) 11 9 End of beginning (2) 12 14 I just might (7) 13 13 Nice to each other (5) 14 20 Homewrecker (14) 15 2 Opalite (2) 16 15 Stateside (15) 17 16 Die on this hill (26) 18 18 12 to 12 (8) 19 17 Aperture (1) 20 19 The great divide (13) 21 23 Back to friends (7) 22 42 Just the way you are (8) 23 24 No broke boys (3) 24 21 NUEVAYoL (21) 25 22 Manchild (1) 26 - Chains of love (26) 27 - Tití me preguntó (27) 28 26 A couple minutes (20) 28 28 Pink pony club (2) 29 32 Mr Brightside (10) 30 26 A couple minutes (20) 31 25 I run (14) 32 29 The hardest part (23) 33 34 Midnight sun (33) 34 36 Beautiful things (1) 35 35 Iris (3) 36 31 Dive (28) 37 - Babydoll (37) 38 30 Love me not (2) 39 33 OK love you bye (31) 40 46 Soda pop (4) 41 37 Baby steps (34) 42 43 Think about us (26) 43 38 Undressed (4) 44 39 Dreams (22) 45 - Iloveitiloveitiloveit (45) 46 50 Everywhere (4) 47 47 Lose control (2) 48 48 Every breath you take (1) 49 - Dying for you (49) 50 - Purple rain (6)

'Dying for You' is just 28 spots away from being number one for 15 weeks I know that's right

Spotify has updated and it's a good day for Charli xcx: 15 Chains of Love (+6) - new peak, I hope this can sneak into the top 10 officially 29 Dying for You (+11) - new peak 79 Always Everywhere (+13)

Oh ok because I almost started doing my investigation and lay out possibilities lol

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED Thanks to the 39 people who voted. The results will start this evening.

Just realised dhwe has won on their first Bop Idol attempt!

I've now gone 3 for 3 on giving my top points to the winner in the anonymous contests this year (following MARINA in PFSC Special and Space Art in The Best Song Contest In The World... Ever!) - of course BJSC remaining stubborn with the first winner of the year there continuing the streak of getting no points from me but at least I am more in tune with the tastes of the other contests apparently though I didn't vote for any of 2-4 here. Cool to see Kelis also in the top 5 and then the lower half of the top 10 is pretty great, including both of my other medals plus JEANS TEAM which I also ranked in my top 5, Kaskade who just missed out for me and the iconic Little Big. Particularly pleased The White Stripes did sneak in. I also voted for 2 of the bottom 5 though - I suppose it's not surprising to see Stenchman quite low here but still a very good discovery, I definitely would have thought La Oreja De Van Gogh would have done better though so boo. Chromeo and Yuki Kimura deserved better too. I was definitely expecting to be down there in the bottom 5 mix as well so very happy with a top half finish (albeit clinched due to the deduction for Hayley & Kehlani) - quite the top heavy points distribution as the three golds accounted for nearly 2/3 of my points and the rest of my points were 1-4 points each but it did the job, a bit of a shame I wasn't there to see any reaction to it on SyncTube but glad a few of you did enjoy it so much! (I see 3 12s is actually the joint most of any song oh my). It was a bit of an unserious entry really but it's good to finally cross off another song I wanted to send to one of the contests years ago. Thanks for the hosting Rich and interested to see what theme dhwe will go with should he take up the hosting next time ~

I'll mention this again in the semi-final qualifiers thread (and the final thread) but if anyone who qualified wants the recap I make for the final to have a specific snippet of their song they can send me a message about it. (maybe even include it when you send in your semi votes and I'll keep a note of it for when I'm making the final recap, as long as your song qualifies) The snippet should be 14 seconds long.

Oh my yay another podium position in this I think that’s three in a row in last three contests 1-3-2 Congrats to dhwe, amazing song and glad I was able to give you 10 points. Also congrats to everyone in Top 10. Y’all did great sending those party bops <3 And lastly, Rich you’re a star when it comes to hosting with all those stats and details…more of the same in near future please

Thanks Rich for such a fun and exciting Bop Idol edition! 🙏 I’m really happy with 5th (I think that’s my joint highest finish alongside the first contest’s Hi Fashion so yay!) Congrats dhwe on the win - and your first! Can’t wait to see what you do for Bop Idol 7. Really shocked the Cheeky Girls and Kim-Lian both missed the top 10 in the end. BOPS! My Bop Idol chart run: 5 - 7 - 14 - 7 - 20 - 5

She didn’t actually say that though. She said her, Jade & Perrie are close.

New retro certifications: Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart (Platinum) 273,190 pre February 1994 units + 600,000 post February 1994 units = 873,190 total chart units Daryl Hall And John Oates - I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) [Gold] 296,585 pre February 1994 units + 400,000 post February 1994 units = 696,585 total chart units (700K very soon) Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia (Gold) 199,625 pre February 1994 units + 400,000 post February 1994 units = 599,625 or basically 600K total chart units Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are (Gold) 157,430 1970s units + 7,786 1980s units + 400,000 post February 1994 units = 565,216 total chart units Roxette - Joyride (Silver) 177,216 pre February 1994 units + 200,000 post February 1994 units = 377,216 total chart units Carpenters - Rainy Days & Mondays (Silver) 8,400 1993 units + 200,000 post February 1994 units = 208,400 total chart units!

You say this every week though 😭

The recap tool sounds quite handy though tbf, maybe a resource that can be shared with future hosts.

ALBUMS 01 Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights 02 Olivia Dean - The Art of Loving 03 Fleetwood Mac - 50 Years: Don't Stop 04 The Weeknd - The Highlights 05 Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS

I dread that listenthrough!

That programme has completely missed the chorus of "Death of Me" so I am therefore declaring it AI slopflop. Also, chorusless songs? Jobless behaviour.

He's just made history as 'DtMF' has become the first ever, solo, all-Spanish speaking song to hit the US Billboard Hot 100 Number 1! He's also got 3 more entries in the top 10, simultaneously. BAILE INoLVIDABLE #2 NUEVAYoL #5 Tití Me Preguntó #7 KING!

'Rein Me In' racking up new peaks like it's just been released, on the 243rd day of its streak!