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No Harmonica? Who am I going to give my 18 to? 😦

Live footage of me after finishing the hosting of BJSC 182: It was a lot of fun, and it's always really interesting to see the other side of how online song contests are run! Congrats again to Altyr Muunilinst on your victory, great song!

The Semi Final results in text form with some notes on my experience watching the semi votes come in. (all ties are broken) Semi Final One 01. (147) Hendinia 02. (128) New Lexico 03. (102) Bøtanikkä 04. (101) Taahino 05. (100) Harmonica 06. (91) Yehesi 07. (89) Pagasa 08. (77) N DNTN 09. (75) Aeroche 10. (75) Lentyll 11. (72) Baleghde 12. (67) Freidland 13. (65) Ojnoj 14. (55) Juranabaijan 15. (51) Zanmatony 16. (50) Land of DW 17. (48) Wholune 18. (48) Mothertopia 19. (47) Dobago 20. (43) East Rukahavian 21. (42) Séyetana 22. (41) Macromia 23. (34) Cumulonimbia 24. (34) Terra Avium 25. (29) Aelandor 26. (29) Bronzil 27. (26) République d'Áskorza 28. (21) Pestolia 29. (11) Skall Some notes: * East Rukahavian surprised me, it was at the bottom for most of the voting period and then had a surge at the last second and nabbed a qualifying spot. * Zanmatony was another that kind of struggled early on but performed better in the latter half of votes. Semi Final Two 01. (116) Altyr Muunilinst 02. (107) Lookylion 03. (93) FSR Rontvia 04. (91) Summericia 05. (90) POPHub 06. (89) Kluminican Republic 07. (82) Trifoski 08. (79) FARC 09. (78) Jupiterdonia 10. (77) The Spodic Empire 11. (77) Cor Lupus 12. (72) Fljótavík 13. (70) Deandria 14. (63) Danæviia 15. (62) Sovarasma 16. (60) Dalisska 17. (54) Elëdan 18. (53) Persephonia 19. (53) Neliönoir 20. (51) Scotland 2 21. (46) A-Konohagakure 22. (45) Jadakissnia 23. (39) Zephyra Continuum 24. (38) Greenfroze 25. (32) Ajanaeda 26. (27) Lotunia 27. (20) Flynnonda 28. (17) Ennea 29. (17) Ben's Sanctuary Some notes: * Qualifying wasn't quite as comfortable for Dalisska as I had hoped, I started to get a bit anxious near the end because I wasn't sure where more votes would come from... * It was interesting to see some people pumping up Neliönoir and Scotland 2 in the comments. There were moments I was unsure if they'd even make it or that maybe one would make it but not the other. * Scotland 2 was the qualifier across both semis with the least amount of voters (with 6) but 3 of them were top marks. They really dragged the song to the final.

BJSC 182 Spreadsheets Hopefully everything is working with the above link.

Updated scoreboard with point deductions and tiebreakers: (Pagasa, FARC and Yehesi all received a 15% point deduction for late voting) Tiebreak reasoning: 17th Persephonia (180) 18th Aeroche (180) Persephonia had 22 voters, Aeroche had 20 voters. 25th Taahino (162) 26th Scotland 2 (162) Taahino had 18 voters, Scotland 2 had 14 voters. 36th Neliönoir (107) 37th Jupiterdonia (107) Neliönoir had 20 voters, Jupiterdonia had 15 voters. Going to share the spreadsheets next.

We now go to FARC for our final set of votes tonight. They will have the deciding vote on who our winner will be tonight.... FARC (60/60) and with that we can now look at the current standings and announce that we have.....a winner: Congratulations to Altyr Muunilinst, the winner of BJSC 182!!! (a scoreboard with deductions and tiebreaks will be coming next)

No votes this time. It's still early we might as well stretch things a little bit further. In the meantime, here's a look at the current standings with only one set of votes left: Our last voter is coming up next and it's FARC. We'll finally have a winner. At this stage it could be any of Altyr Muunilinst, Hendinia or Pagasa who end up in the first placed position. Who do you think it will be?

and now we have our penultimate set of votes and they're coming in from Yehesi and Cumulonimbia... Yehesi (58/60) Cumulonimbia (59/60) Bøtanikkä get an 18 this time while Scotland 2 is also awarded an 18. Hushkanukia, FSR Rontvia, Sovarasma and Persephonia also get some high points at this crucial stage.

As we move into the last 5 voters, the first pair is Skall and Pagasa.... Skall (56/60) Pagasa (57/60) N DNTN and Harmonica receive the gold medals from Skall and Pagasa. Summericia, FARC, Altyr Muunilinst, Lentyll, Persephonia and Hendinia all also receive high points at this late stage. I'll be posting the next pairing and then when there's just one vote left I'll be posting a bonus 59 voter scoreboard before we get into the final set of votes.

We'll now have a look at the votes from Juranabaijan.... Juranabaijan (55/60) New Lexico gets another 18 points while Cor Lupus and Ojnoj also score big. and now we have another look at the current standings with 5 votes left.... We have a new leader and it's Altyr Muunilinst. However both Hendinia and Pagasa are not far behind.

We now head to the nations of Macromia and Persephonia for our next two set of votes... Macromia (53/60) Persephonia (54/60) Here it's Lentyll and Trifoski who are awarded the top points. Along with high scores for Baleghde, Sovarasma, Harmonica and Pagasa! We'll next be heading to Juranabaijan for the 55th set of votes and another look at the current rankings as we move into the last 5 votes.

Only 10 voters to go now, it's getting real! We now go to Scotland 2 and Greenfroze to hear how they voted.... Scotland 2 (51/60) Greenfroze (52/60) Yehesi pick up a second 18 in a row while The Spodic Empire is awarded 18 points by Greenfroze. Both Pagasa and Altyr Muunilinst also perform well, both receiving 15 points to add to their score.

As we move into our last group of voters we look to A-Konohagakure for tonight's 50th set of votes.... A-Konohagakure (50/60) It's not hard to tell that this time it's Yehesi taking the gold medal. Deandria and Lookylion also round out the top three with their own medals. and now we look again to the current scoreboard to see how things are looking as we head into the end game... Hedinia remains in 1st place yet again while Altyr Muunilinst knocks Pagasa down into 3rd to take 2nd place for themselves. Kluminican Republic and New Lexico round out the top five.

We're now truly heading into the home stretch as we inch closer and closer to a winner, but before that let's head to Baleghde and New Lexico to receive their votes... Baleghde (48/60) New Lexico (49/60) This time it's Bøtanikkä and Zanmatony's turn to score big as they both scoop up an 18 pointer. N DNTN, Lookylion, Taahino and East Rukahavian also take some high points from this set of votes. Our 50th voter coming up is A-Konohagakure and along with them we'll also be taking another look at the current standings as we get closer and closer to the end.

Now we move on to another set of votes, this time they're coming from République d‘Áskorza and Trifoski... République d‘Áskorza (46/60) Trifoski (47/60) Yehesi receive a gold medal from République d‘Áskorza while Trifoski awards theirs to Scotland 2. New Lexico, Bøtanikkä, Danaeviia and Cheiron also bag some podium finishes.