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None of this trio had any DNQ predictions by the way! QUALIFIED 35 Dobago // SHEE \\ Am I Just Living ks6_jX5_dXw 24 Kathaldazia // L.S.G. \\ Hearts 0RzfWRgue7M OUT 23 // 39 Aesthetica // SOFIA ISELLA \\ Everybody Supports Women iUFEhqn810M Despite blanket expectations of qualifying, Aesthetica are the collateral of the likes of Taahino and Utopia who have been unexpected qualifiers, but Dobago and Kathaldazia sneak in. Blitzing through SF1, we have République d'Áskorza vs FSR Rontvia vs Lotunia

QUALIFIED 39 New Lexico // Chrissy Chlapecka \\ BRAT 4EJumoApvA0 10 Tartford // Pet Shop Boys \\ Radiophonic pJHlfFGqhSI OUT 29 // 16 Ultraviolenceland // Yakult \\ Little Bottle Big Difference 13XnX3eC7IA RIP. The yoghurt advert did actually get 12 points though, so a victory localised almost entirely in Ojnoj if not elsewhere. Staying with SF1 we have Aesthetica vs Kathaldazia vs Dobago.

QUALIFIED 36 Bøtanikkä // U96 \\ Das Boot MlwqOVnXuc4 OUT 26 // 30 Jupiterdonia // SISTRA \\ Lost My Way 2l5jDjVqNoo I do feel quite bad when a track gets vetoed and the replacement flops! Onwards to SF1 where we have New Lexico, Ultraviolenceland and Tartford. Let's find out if trolling has a place here.

Forgetting to put the Aeroche YouTube video ID in between the brackets also made Taahino's text/video completely disappear from the post despite being there in the message text. Forums are an odd piece of technology.

QUALIFIED 37 Aeroche // Patrick Topping \\ Whisper (feat. Raphi) 9J-Ipkamg1s 12 Taahino // Meet Me @ The Altar \\ Take Me Away PINQAEk1N1U OUT 27 // 18 Eastovka // LONGMAN \\ spiral fE9trKOuT3Q Taahino's predictions of a rock-friendly semi come to be true! I think Utopia qualifying was also a good omen. Aeroche also beat out Eastovka in a hotly fought battle. SF2's duo: Jupiterdonia vs Bøtanikkä. Neither of them received a DNQ prediction. Any guesses?

QUALIFIED 23 Cumulonimbia // Memphis LK \\ Closer To You jpVuU2KXyiM OUT 30 // 14 Scotland 2 // TwerkNation28 \\ #TWERKNATION28 1☺☺TH TRACK MEGAMIX #WEDOITFORTHECLOUT PVLKzepHTCU The final listenthrough just got 77% less exhausting (I did actually point Scotland 2 but... valid feedback tbh). Staying on SF1 here, with a favourite and two underdogs: Eastovka vs Aeroche vs Taahino

QUALIFIED 7 Beaverdonia // Anilah \\ The Loom Lq4pBie6ph4 28 Quintessa // Fanera \\ Euforija DBfhbdUEhEE OUT 22 // 41 St. Burbia // Say Now \\ S.I.N.G.L.E syXFqoa1D_I Beaverdonia and Quintessa extend their streak! Burbia must start afresh, sorry pal. Just a duo from SF1 this time: Cumulonimbia vs Scotland 2

QUALIFIED 1 Altyr Muunilinst // WARGASM \\ Modern Love Ksb6B5jGo_s 19 Neliönoir // Brimheim \\ Literally Everything 5s_zwppYj8I ... 20 Cor Lupus // Baby Storme \\ This City Is A Graveyard DHWKGi1S5Fk Hehe ur all thru actually. Next we have the three countries in SF2 with the longest qualification streaks (4-6 months off the top of my head). Unfortunately one of these streaks will be broken tonight. Whose from Quintessa, St. Burbia and Beaverdonia?

QUALIFIED 14 Terra Avium // films \\ into the vervet storm 3XlHcBSpmu8 31 Rolloland // Marillion \\ Gaza uaBVTtt53FA OUT 25 // 33 Trifoski // DOOPEES \\ TIME AND SPACE _496W-rQMNE Yep, our second-longest track of the contest has made it through! Suella Braverman would be disgusted at the anti-semitism that we have on display x The fate of the longest one will be revealed later, but first: Neliönoir vs Cor Lupus vs Altyr Muunilinst All have received some level of hype!

Next up, we're pitting some of the more alt-leaning entries against each other in SF2: Rolloland vs Terra Avium vs Trifoski.

Next up, we're pitting some of the more alt-leaning entries against each other in SF2: Rolloland vs Terra Avium vs Trifoski.

Oops I edited the scoreboard out by mistake.

QUALIFIED 5 Fljótavík // Argy & Omnya \\ Aria aA_cOQWpaFM 11 Séyetana // Blackbriar \\ Fairy Of The Bog AdrVZBIw1r8 OUT 24 // 38 Numayania // Win \\ You've Got The Power (U.S. Dance Mix) 37_KOMVLY94 A shame that Numayania's return will progress no further this month!

QUALIFIED 27 Suedeonia // Sharon Shannon \\ The Galway Girl (Jen Payne Remix) (feat. Mundy) uULuZx7oRtg 13 Lookylion // Stefanie Joosten \\ Tryouts For The Human Race (feat. Giorgio Moroder) L0fMSHq0NOo OUT 31 // 6 Zanmatony // Quinn Erney \\ Sleeping With My Eyes Open (feat. Jonie) 9z17R-gpRzo Yikes, that's our lowest scoring of the contest I'm afraid! But a great result for Suedonia and Lookylion. Onto our next trio back in semi final 1: Fljótavík vs Séyetana vs Numayania. Any ideas for who of this trio didn't make it?

QUALIFIED 15 Utopia // Dead Pony \\ COBRA 3aZYfOhpLIo 3 Hendinia // Yaeger \\ Ciao _OVsRSEcDj0 OUT 25 // 34 Ojnoj // AMAKA \\ Unfamiliar gIVcKFQY82Q As predicted for two of this trio, but Utopia have overcome blanket non-qualifier predictions to make it through! Next up: Zanmatony vs Suedeonia vs Lookylion

QUALIFIED 9 Republic of Adonia // Minnie Riperton \\ Les Fleur g1kDd6yBQZ4 OUT 30 // 7 East Rukahavian // Pyra \\ Let It Go TJB_qefz26k 26 // 30 Land of DW // Karakaz \\ Teatro Dell'Assurdo fXQ38RjHxHQ Republic of Adonia overcome their deduction to qualify anyway! The same can't be said for the other two, although the mathematicians among us would be able to spot that it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Land of DW's pre-deduction score of 46 was 3 points off qualifying. Let's flick back to SF1 where Utopia, Ojnoj and Hendinia are against each other.

Our next trio are our SF2 late or non-voters: Republic of Adonia (-15%) vs East Rukahavian (-33%) vs Land of DW (-33%) I was able to accept Adonia's late votes so the penalty is smaller. How might their deductions have affected the results?

QUALIFIED 4 Danæviia // BLACKSHAPE \\ ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL RXqNwcrVq_Q 16 Cadelicia // Charlotte De Witte \\ Pria MlfSD0yyJj8 OUT 22 // 40 Singerpurear // Two Door Cinema Club \\ Sure Enough GFUUUUxUFxI

Our first trio in SF1 will be Singerpurear vs Danæviia vs Cadelicia!

QUALIFIED 38 FARC // Ofenbach \\ Overdrive (feat. Norma Jean Martine) 1sM89qLmd9Y 30 Sandénia // ASHWARYA \\ Up In My Head fEgnz3IwVDo OUT 24 // 34 Aelandor // Nanashi Mumei \\ mumei oA0CpI0vCK4 So for DNQs, that's your position in the semi followed by how many points you got.

And for our first trio, we will go to semi 2 where FARC, Sandénia and Aelandor will face off against each other. Two qualifications, one DNQ.

So I've put you into groups of (mostly) three, which works well with a qualification rate of roughly a third. Each group will be announced to face off against each other and then the result of revealed in the following post. Feel free to predict their fate before I reveal them! I did each semi separately but I may as well weave both semis together for the actual announcements. I'll try not to go too slowly but I've done 0 prep for the actual posts oops (so unfortunately no word art tonight) so bear with while I make more posts in a few hours than I usually do in a month. Let's announce our autoqualifiers, Skall and Summerica, first: tnQpYijJjf4 7Ihsi19xrS0 QUALIFIED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Skall // John Talabot \\ Destiny (feat. Pional) 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Summericia // Blutengel \\ You Walk Away 41 42

I try to avoid it but I've self-recycled four times before: Animal Collective, Air France, Korallreven and Teengirl Fantasy. I can definitely justify the latter because the two tracks I entered are very different, the others are because I loved them at the time. To be fair I've been doing this for basically 15 years and the lineup of participants has changed a lot in that time so they might feel different to others. I doubt anyone notices or cares too much if there is a long enough gap.

Will your entry have scored the 43 or 49 points necessary to qualify from semi 1 and semi 2 respectively? Find out here from very approximately 7:30pm GMT!

Also he voted 10 hours ago???