jimwatts

WOW That's my second song contest win on Buzzjack, 52 contests after my first one, and my first anywhere in the BJSC forum! I'd just arrived on holiday when I found which nation I'd been drawn, and I made a lot of this being a tough assignment - I haven't taken part in one of these before so even though I was randomly assigned I thought it might be a hard sell for some to vote for Qatar regardless of the song - but as the options from my search criteria were very limited it didn't take too long to find my entry, although I didn't get to listen to it with my full attention until I'd got home - it wasn't until the listenthrough that I felt happy I'd sent something fairly competitive, but still didn't think it would contend for the win at all! Thank you too all of those who did vote: Frank, Leww, Rich, Nine, Bré, Chez, John and AllStar for the points, Herbs, Wouter, Dandy, Jack and Mattias for double figures, Colm, Pavi, Rollo and Dan for silver medals, and Iz and Addy for golds! ❤️ Commiserations AllStar on losing out by less than your 9 points, and Scene missing out in the final draw, but well done on podium spots - I also voted for 6 of those in 4th-10th so a decent finish. Thanks Dan for hosting and the World Cup theming, this was a lot of fun with a fantastic turnout for a spin-off!

This will be my best result in a spin-off either way

oh my at that Brazil score!! Belgium were that bronze medallist of mine, well done Till

and Ecuador had 5 and Czechia 1 from me - just my bronze medallist in it from my points!

Another 160 point hurdle cleared - could still be less than Tunisia's 163 though! The other match in that reveal was a bloodbath - Uruguay had 11 from me

A bittersweet victory, I might be yet to receive a point from Lotunia in a regular final but I gave them my 18 - loved the Uzbekistan entry!

That was a tough draw for Turkey, they had 12 points from me!

8 points for Japan and 4 for Jordan - my votes are dropping out fast! Edit: and 6 for Scotland!

France were my 7 pointer, nice entry from Mack there.

Tunisia were my 10 pointer - looks like Julian had an unlucky tie there!

Sorry to hear that Gezza. Hope your laptop and files can be recovered! 🙏

Another big scorer out - I gave 9 points to Panama! Hard luck seven and Cow

Nooo, not DR Congo - that was my silver medallist and I could have enjoyed many more 8 minutes of it!

Spain just missed my votes - no second contest win for Alizzz after PFSC a few years ago

Switching to Sugababes, a very safe ballad which will have a second appearance in these