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additionally, Kath is the reason Cumulonimbia managed to qualify (with a +12)

Mothertopia got a combined +18 off them in SF1 so could potentially have nabbed a top five

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final musings for the day before I get to sleep: Cheiron land sliding came as a bit of a surprise as a host given they hadn't even won the semi. As such I didn't want to make hosting any harder for myself by trying to make up a manipulated order to give the impression of a closer race but I trust the results as they were were entertaining enough. I didn't vote any of the top 3, but as far as an all-pop top 3 goes, it's certainly a strong one and I can only be grateful none of them were sent to BJSC 180 as any one of those would surely have had Austra beat. Sovarasma nabbing top 5 was excellent to see, even if I did cling on to some hope it could go all the way after a rather convincing semi-final win. Dalisska and Spodic Empire were great surprise additions to the top 10 too. I'm also very glad Zephyra Continuum managed top 20 in the end after they looked like underperforming for much of the contest. Likewise for my own entry, which I did really hope for a top 10 with but clearly the competition was just too strong so I will happily take a continuation of the top 20 streak. I've no idea what the hell happened to KlumRep I thought they was a nailed on top 10. Shame for Jupiterdonia to also have underperformed, but I suppose outside the bottom 10 is a win for a trance instrumental these days. Without my vote in the semi-final Aeroche would've lost their Q streak... :'(

Yes. For full clarity: 04 270 Bøtanikkä :: LA NIÑA – FIGLIA D' 'A TEMPESTA (32 votes) 05 270 Sovarasma :: DAVID BORING – Jenny Rotten (25 votes) 13 199 Hendinia :: Klavdia & ARCADE – Anemos (27 votes) 14 199 Ajanaeda :: Florence Road – Storm Warnings (23 votes) 15 199 Zephyra Continuum :: Electrotête – I Love You (Cubic 22 Remix) (21 votes) 17 195 Yehesi :: Suzane – Champagne (24 votes) 18 195 Danæviia :: Maruja – Look Down On Us (23 votes)

SF2 Scoreboard 01 133 Sovarasma :: DAVID BORING – Jenny Rotten 02 105 Cheiron :: First Aid Kit – Out Of My Head 03 82 Zephyra Continuum :: Electrotête – I Love You (Cubic 22 Remix) 04 81 POPHub :: Le Manou – Fille À Papa 05 80 Jadakissnia :: TRAITRS – The Lovely Wounded 06 79 Scotland 2 :: underscores – Do It 07 79 Fljótavík :: Faouzia – DON'T EVER LEAVE ME 08 76 Greenfroze :: ZETAK – ARALARKO DAMA 09 75 Elëdan :: Ö – Garden Extra wet 10 74 Dobago :: Jamie Duffy – Solas 11 73 The Spodic Empire :: Wubble-U – Petal (English Rose Pruned) 12 72 Skall :: Octo Octa – Spin Girl, Let's Activate! 13 72 Séyetana :: Myuk – yukiuta 14 66 Zanmatony :: Hot Chip – Devotion 15 64 Taahino :: mi.a – Ophelia 16 56 Yehesi :: Suzane – Champagne 17 55 Summericia :: Denis Dekay – Don't Leave 18 54 Baleghde :: BANKS – Contaminated 19 54 Trifoski :: LustSickPuppy – RIDE IT 20 54 Thelonia :: LÖNA – I Never Wanna Be In Love 21 48 Niceland :: Cephas Azariah & Elle Limebear – you're gonna be okay 22 47 Altyr Muunilinst :: RABO – Stuck In November 23 44 Persephonia :: Sr. Falla De Origen – SQFML 24 44 FSR Rontvia :: DJ Suzy – White Rabbit 25 40 République d'Áskorza :: Satine – C'Est Toi 26 39 New Lexico :: girlish figure – Please Her For Pleasure 27 35 Aelandor :: Pom Pom Squad – Villain 28 34 D'yermak'er :: TĀLĀ – Ghosts 29 28 Ojnoj :: Déyyess – Lips Like Sugar 30 28 Macromia :: Franc Moody – Bloodlines 31 27 Harmonica :: Dan Black – Wonder 32 16 Lentyll :: Hiro Shinosawa – SUNFADED

SF1 Scoreboard 01 128 Mothertopia :: Kelly Lee Owens – Higher 02 116 Kluminican Republic :: KAS:ST – Sound Of The Soul 03 104 Hushkanukia :: Valencia Grace – Lucky You're A Star 04 87 Jupiterdonia :: Ancient Umbra – Iron Will 05 79 Bøtanikkä :: LA NIÑA – FIGLIA D' 'A TEMPESTA 06 78 Ben's Sanctuary :: Kai Tracid – 4 Just 1 Day 07 78 Hendinia :: Klavdia & ARCADE – Anemos 08 74 Deandria :: Merina Gris – Mejor* 09 74 Dalisska :: Storefront Church – The High Room 10 72 Pestolia :: frutiger dillon – Windows98 11 71 Lotunia :: Army Of Lovers – Love Is Blue (feat. Olya Polyakova) 12 68 Cor Lupus :: Kyra Machida – Blonde 13 67 Ajanaeda :: Florence Road – Storm Warnings 14 66 Terra Avium :: yeule – Veil Of Darkness 15 66 Neliönoir :: FAUST – Dies Irae 16 56 Juranabaijan :: Angie – Poco Poco 17 56 Aeroche :: KING BOOO! – Tunes Since '89 18 54 Land of DW :: Csaknekedkislány – Minden Mozog 19 53 Herbilore :: Mia Wray – Only Love 20 52 Cumulonimbia :: umiña – spiral 21 52 FARC :: Banoffee – Muscles 22 47 N DNTN :: KNEECAP – THE RECAP (feat. Mozey) 23 46 Lookylion :: Momo Boyd – American Love Song 24 43 Bronzil :: KÄSSY – i-i-i 25 38 Ennea :: Paris Paloma – the warmth 26 35 Kathaldazia :: Chesuqi – The Blue 27 34 A-Konohagakure :: CHANMINA – TEST ME 28 33 Flynnonda :: crushed – silene 29 30 Freidland :: Connie Talbot – Original 30 28 Sandénia :: Shawn Mendes – Heavy 31 18 East Rukahavian :: The Hidden Cameras – Undertow 32 11 Pagasa :: Cameron Winter – Nausicaä (Love Will Be Revealed)

Final Scoreboard 01 359 Cheiron :: First Aid Kit – Out Of My Head 02 306 Hushkanukia :: Valencia Grace – Lucky You're A Star 03 300 Fljótavík :: Faouzia – DON'T EVER LEAVE ME 04 270 Bøtanikkä :: LA NIÑA – FIGLIA D' 'A TEMPESTA 05 270 Sovarasma :: DAVID BORING – Jenny Rotten 06 242 Mothertopia :: Kelly Lee Owens – Higher 07 230 Scotland 2 :: underscores – Do It 08 218 Dalisska :: Storefront Church – The High Room 09 217 Elëdan :: Ö – Garden Extra wet 10 209 The Spodic Empire :: Wubble-U – Petal (English Rose Pruned) 11 207 Pestolia :: frutiger dillon – Windows98 12 200 Séyetana :: Myuk – yukiuta 13 199 Hendinia :: Klavdia & ARCADE – Anemos 14 199 Ajanaeda :: Florence Road – Storm Warnings 15 199 Zephyra Continuum :: Electrotête – I Love You (Cubic 22 Remix) 16 196 POPHub :: Le Manou – Fille À Papa 17 195 Yehesi :: Suzane – Champagne 18 195 Danæviia :: Maruja – Look Down On Us 19 193 Dobago :: Jamie Duffy – Solas 20 182 Jadakissnia :: TRAITRS – The Lovely Wounded 21 179 Trifoski :: LustSickPuppy – RIDE IT 22 178 Baleghde :: BANKS – Contaminated 23 176 Lotunia :: Army Of Lovers – Love Is Blue (feat. Olya Polyakova) 24 171 Juranabaijan :: Angie – Poco Poco 25 170 Kluminican Republic :: KAS:ST – Sound Of The Soul 26 169 Taahino :: mi.a – Ophelia 27 165 Jupiterdonia :: Ancient Umbra – Iron Will 28 162 Deandria :: Merina Gris – Mejor* 29 161 Aeroche :: KING BOOO! – Tunes Since '89 30 160 Cor Lupus :: Kyra Machida – Blonde 31 159 Land of DW :: Csaknekedkislány – Minden Mozog 32 153 Greenfroze :: ZETAK – ARALARKO DAMA 33 149 Neliönoir :: FAUST – Dies Irae 34 147 Skall :: Octo Octa – Spin Girl, Let's Activate! 35 146 Herbilore :: Mia Wray – Only Love 36 142 Zanmatony :: Hot Chip – Devotion 37 138 Terra Avium :: yeule – Veil Of Darkness 38 135 Ben's Sanctuary :: Kai Tracid – 4 Just 1 Day 39 131 Thelonia :: LÖNA – I Never Wanna Be In Love 40 118 Cumulonimbia :: umiña – spiral 41 116 Summericia :: Denis Dekay – Don't Leave

WINNER: Cheiron :: First Aid Kit – Out Of My Head A massive congratulations to Cheiron who are first-time winners tonight, securing a whopping 359 points - a 53 point lead! Your nation has therefore been SPARED from the robot uprising and may act as a sanctuary country for the next Buzzjack Song Contest.

A-KONOHAGAKURE 61/63 PAGASA 62/63 FARC 63/63 in the last hours of the voting we have some much deserved big points from Pagasa, who also award Dalisska with a fifth +18. A-Konohagakure rep for trance as ever with Ben's Sanctuary (who've sadly not been performing too well tonight) getting an +18 to finish with and Jupiterdonia also receiving double-digit points. A +15 to Séyetana also see them just hit the 200 point mark. Meanwhile the late votes from FARC which we have accepted given the reasonable excuse provide deserved medalist points to some of the dance entries that hadn't performed quite so well tonight.

NEW LEXICO 59/63 SUMMERICIA 60/63 Grand taste shown from Summericia as Sovarasma gain another +18 and Kluminican Republic awarded some much needed assistance to escape the bottom ten...

ZANMATONY 57/63 HENDINIA 58/63 Zanmatony goes big with the dance bloc, meanwhile current flopees Herbilore and Juranabaijan are given some points assistance.

Scoreboard 14 - after 56 votes The next scoreboard you see will be the final update...

no the anniversary entry is Baleghde (BANKS) also Sandénia (Shawn Mendes) who DNQed

PERSEPHONIA 55/63 RÉPUBLIQUE D'ÁSKORZA 56/63 A perhaps surprising +18 from Persephonia put Fljótavík firmly back in contention whilst Cheiron are notably absent from both voters here... the crowd cheer once again as Maruja who we nabbed from Persephonia are rewarded with +13 from the nation. meanwhile Taahino have an especially good update with a second +18 in the space of four votes.