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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.

Welcome to the afterparty! Today I will reveal the results of the sixth Bop Idol competition, BOP PARTY! Please predict who sent what, who will win, how you think you will do. I am just doing some prep but hope to start within the hour. And in the meantime enjoy our winner from Bop Idol 5 from Black Box Recorder. Here are the songs taking part: A*Teens – Floorfiller (Juan Carlos) Little Big – Skibidi (AllStarBySmashMouth) The White Stripes – Black Math (Jimwatts) Bardot – I Need Somebody (Paddington James) The Twang – Your Beats (Jester) Lucky Twice - Lucky (RobBot) Project 46 feat. Matthew Steeper – No One (uhsting) Solo Suspex – They Don't Know (Dobbo) Kim-Lian – Teenage Superstar (Tafty) Jeans Team & MJ Lan – Keine Melodien…1,2,3,4, (gooddelta) Submarine – Why (Matto) Kelis – Scream (Scene) NOMA - Brain Power (Brer) Stenchman – Puking Over (DaTilt) Skylar Stecker – Rooftop (Roba) Faithless feat. Dido – Feelin' Good (King Rollo) Eir Aoi – Lapis Lazuli (CowTzy) Remi Nicole – Rock N Roll (Juranamo) Crystal Castles – Baptism (dhwe) The Cheeky Girls – Get The Party On (Awardinary) The Presets – My People (Chez Wombat) French Affair – My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da) (Addy!) Kaskade - 4am (Adam K & Soha mix) (Julian_) Eden xo – The Question (WoW73) Yuki Kimura – LOVE & JOY (Cody Rozanov) La Oreja de Van Gogh – Pop (Jade) The Veronicas – Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were) (Herbs) Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin' (Mangø) Hayley Kiyoko & Kehlani – What I Need (Jack) Julien Doré – Coco Câline (Nine and 3/4) GusGus – David (diva thin muffin) We will reveal 31 votes, from the below people, we didn't receive any votes from Jack so that entry will receive a 33% deduction at the end: Addy! AllStarBySmashMouth Awardinary Brer / Bror Chez Wombat Cody Rozanov CowTzy DaTilt dhwe diva thin muffin / brave lil toaster Dobbo gooddelta Herbs Jade Jester Jimwatts Juan Carlos Julian_ Juranamo King Rollo Mangø matto Nine and 3/4 Paddington James Roba RobBot Scene Tafty uhsting Viper (guest voter) WoW73

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*

It's the best thing that happened to BJ for a while <3

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)

Results coming very soon (as fast as my fingers can create these graphics )!!

Reminder that Boot Camp: Part Two will see the return of Chappell Roan, Nelly Furtado and Kelly Clarkson to the competition. And - although understandably disappointing - please refrain from confirming your identity when results are announced tonight, until further notice

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

Well done dhwe! I kinda had that one down as a clear favourite when listening through the songs, one of the easiest 12s I've given in one of these although the Lucky song was a brilliant discovery as well and would have been equally happy with that prevailing. And of course French Affair was the only song I knew pre-contest and gave me big entry envy as had it come to my mind I probably would have tried submitting that myself. On the same lines I knew that my entry was absolutely doomed in this field as it was totally against the "sound" of the contest but I was simply unfortunate in that not a single song on either of my potentials playlists was eligible for this theme so had no choice but to dig through old Personal Charts and send something that I once considered for BJSC (good job it was never wasted there!) So no sour grapes whatsoever at propping up the table this time as it did sound so generic in a field of much more inspired entries. Big hand to gooddelta for hosting, was nice to be involved in this style of points reveal which you know I was a big fan of from being an observer in BJSC 180!

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

yay I'm so thrilled, thanks everyone! those first two crystal castles albums are true classics, gave them both a listen last year after a while and they still hold up. also we only acknowledge Alice glass (the only member of crystal castles) around these parts, idk who the other one is

Inventing new ways to imply everyone is sexist, yay (If you're really using that logic 'Ordinary' is entirely singing about a woman so xx of course George Michael being gay means that's a song by a man that might be about another man so that's just the worst of all, gays ruining everything -_-)

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

Apparently it’s leaked that Gemma Bissix will be returning as Clare.

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!

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

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

I think getting a 0 is its own kind of achievement.

You can still hype it because who will know

Can we move the now chat to the NTWICM thread please 🙏 its derailing and irrelevant to the chart 😅

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!