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yes tbh I will stan everyone

So aside from the obvious, no Japan, this is at least a decent lineup, no obvious countries who are only doing this for trophy hunting and dictatorship pleasing, no India or China to immediately dominate the first edition, hosted in one of the better Asian countries. I saw some reports that the winner wouldn't host, which, if that's the case, sort of dooms this to be yet another edition of the various 'Asian music festivals' that have been tried a while back, though at least happening annually?

yes, all the Asian entries, none of the European entries wbk (i know why you've done it but my thread autism hurts)

I'd have probably seriously considered pointing all of these :/ huge loss of great songs in semi 1, especially that middle 3 of Wholune, Ennea and Aelandor which I think would have been all in my top 5 if I were in that semi. I think the only one of my votes I lost in my semi was Abeltesfayon which is much better going. Mostly good results but a lot of faves I couldn't vote for lost :(

I'm not sure what's not getting through now and there's absolutely going to be a few that no one saw coming 😱

Yay! Thank you! Sometimes the line between what might be a hit and flop seems so narrow these days I wasn't sure, very glad to get this one through though.

Frostline <3 this is going very very well thus far. suspicious.

HAHA YES GET IN STEEL BALL RUN

oh let me pray to all the rock gods that I got the cross over I need 'the heron' was definitely one that needed to be through

Very shocking, you must imagine that whatever it is, it is severe enough that there's no 'suspending pending investigation' or anything of the sort, the BBC is sure and they are making a clean break. Someone who it seemed was a pair of safe hands for the BBC for nearly 3 decades as well.

Big Hoops was one of the better Nelly choices for me and I still ranked it low, I think her time was coming to an end IMO still very much enjoying Scissor Sisters here, glad they survive for a little bit longer

even worse, the streaming service funding this (HBO) will be pulling it out of money on their balance sheet, some of which comes from money from their subscribers, so anyone subscribed to HBO is indirectly causing this. Not that that means one should necessarily boycott them because in super capitalism boycotts are worse than useless but even if you're not literally giving money to the next person in the chain, by choosing not to watch it and ignoring it, not giving it engagement is a good signifier for your morality and rejection of JK's. Anyway this will be absolutely derided in all respectable comment sections and websites and will make a bajillion dollars because everyone who doesn't spend their time doing that will tune into what is still possibly the biggest IP on the planet getting a major (if completely pointless) remake.

Kelly Clarkson - Never Again (the best Kelly song, I'm glad this showed up at some point, I love this era so much) Delta Goodrem - Believe Again (very powerful Delta song and one of those that definitely has something more to it, always been a great cornerstone of this site for me) Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (I also dislike children one of her best songs she has released, got a real kick to it) ABBA - Super Trouper (classic if a little bit below the essential tier but that still gets them #4 so) ROSALÍA - PIENSO EN TU MIRÁ - Cap.3: Celos HAIM - If I Could Change Your Mind The Corrs - Irresistible Scissor Sisters - She’s My Man Florence + the Machine - Hurricane Drunk David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes Nelly Furtado - Big Hoops (Bigger the Better) Conan Gray - Maniac Lily Allen - Madeline Atomic Kitten - Be With You Troye Sivan - Bloom Good round, definitely great hands played from Kelly, Delta and Chappell.

I haven't started listening so this could be entirely out of sync with how it actually ends up (bad idea, bring on the listenthrough), but most of the songs I was most interested to listen to from artist - song title combination have been marked as non-qualifiers by Juranamo lmao also I need rock bloc hype fast

I must admit I knew (to a high degree of certainty) LiSA was Cow as soon as the artist threads went up, so I saw both a good opportunity to do a little deflection, confusion and chaos, and I estimated that I appreciated LiSA a lot in comparison to how I expected Buzzjack to receive her, hence a bit of relentless stanning. Very glad she got this far, she did amazingly and managed to show off some great songs of her, some of which I knew but some I didn't, hence had I been piloting her you'd have seen a few different choices, I'd have probably tried to bring back Ichiban No Takaramono for one x Did motivate me to finally go and listen to some of her albums, her most played songs for me are by far her pre-Gurenge anime themes. amazing as always