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https://sync-tube.de/room/ApAM3t-I Final listenthrough in about 20 minutes

Just under 54 hours by my count...! (Yes, final listenthrough coming tonight x)

Lorde kwen of longevity She's been added to Hot Hits UK now, not quite as highly as I'd have hoped (in as track 18) but better than nothing x Benson's newie has also been added lower down as has Shallipopi/Burna Boy 'Laho II' (have noticed the original solo 'Laho' charting on and off on Apple for a while, the Burna Boy version is a newly released remix, both versions are currently top 200 on Apple).

It's an auto-generated video which do tend to sometimes be region locked - unfortunately looks like that is the only upload of it on YouTube and it's not on SoundCloud either oop. You should just be able to listen to it on Spotify though: https://open.spotify.com/track/7bagOww2Hsw3emh4DIWrsf?si=9560cbe2e1484f74

I was thinking to leave BJSC to tomorrow because there's some other stuff I wanted to do this evening now (and feels a bit short notice at this stage x) - a listenthrough for this on Wednesday would be fab, although could join on any day later in the week other than Tuesday x

Having a listen now (is this the first time I've ever posted in this AF? couldn't resist a song contest xo) - here's the YouTube playlist I quickly bashed together if anyone else may get some use out of it x

YouTube playlist for the final: So have so far got 1 vote for a listenthrough for today, 1 for tomorrow and 1 for either. Anyone else? x (am kinda leaning towards doing it tomorrow myself now x)

Also just realised the order it gave me was just the running order lmao good job

Anyway I do encourage some non AI slop predictions x

For what it's worth (that is: absolutely nothing) I just tried feeding ChatGPT a list of the songs with no additional context and it's predicted Terra Avium to win this time (although it just gave up and stopped generating text after #26, I just about made the cut xx) Predicting the outcome of the BuzzJack Song Contest (BJSC) can be quite challenging due to its diverse and ever-evolving voting patterns. However, based on historical trends, song styles, and the reputation of participating nations, here's an estimated ranking for the 41 entries in BJSC 2025: 🏆 Top 10 PredictionsTERRA AVIUM • KASHIWA Daisuke - Ice Japan's TERRA AVIUM has consistently performed well in BJSC, and "Ice" is expected to continue this trend. PALMYRA • ESSIRAY - LOVE TYPE ESSIRAY's "LOVE TYPE" is anticipated to captivate voters with its unique sound, securing a high position. AEROCHE • Minuit Machine - Hold Me AEROCHE's entry is likely to appeal to fans of darkwave and synthpop, ensuring a strong finish. GREENFROZE • Song Sohee - Not A Dream Song Sohee's "Not A Dream" is expected to resonate with voters, placing GREENFROZE in the top tier. SCOTLAND 2 • Model/Actriz - Cinderella SCOTLAND 2's "Cinderella" is anticipated to perform well, reflecting the nation's growing influence in BJSC. AELANDOR • Trikk - Fortuna AELANDOR's "Fortuna" is expected to garner significant support, continuing their strong presence in the contest. ZANMATONY • H3rizon - Soul Ties (Don't Give It Up) ZANMATONY's entry is likely to appeal to a broad audience, securing a respectable position. PESTOLIA • KETTAMA - It Gets Better (Edit) PESTOLIA's "It Gets Better" is anticipated to perform well, reflecting the nation's consistent success. JUPITERDONIA • The Ting Tings - Good People Do Bad Things JUPITERDONIA's entry is expected to resonate with voters, placing them in the top 10. RÉPUBLIQUE D'ÁSKORZA • Elodie - Mi Ami Mi Odi Elodie's "Mi Ami Mi Odi" is anticipated to captivate voters, ensuring a strong finish for RÉPUBLIQUE D'ÁSKORZA. 🥈 Mid-Table ContendersEAST RUKAHAVIAN • Lonely Computer - Blindfold (feat. Montgomery) East Rukahavian's "Blindfold" is expected to perform well, reflecting the nation's growing influence. BALEGHDE • Daya - Don't Call Daya's "Don't Call" is anticipated to resonate with voters, securing a mid-table position. ALTYR MUUNILINST • Lydia Night - Pity Party Lydia Night's "Pity Party" is expected to garner significant support, placing ALTYR MUUNILINST in the mid-table. LOOKYLION • Lov3less - Gaslighter LOOKYLION's "Gaslighter" is anticipated to perform well, reflecting the nation's consistent success. FARC • Bea And Her Business - Rich FARC's "Rich" is expected to appeal to voters, securing a respectable position. BRONZIL • MØ - Keep Møving MØ's "Keep Møving" is anticipated to resonate with voters, placing BRONZIL in the mid-table. MACROMIA • Jadu Heart - U Jadu Heart's "U" is expected to perform well, reflecting MACROMIA's growing influence. JADAKISSNIA • goneMUNE - AMNESIA goneMUNE's "AMNESIA" is anticipated to captivate voters, securing a respectable position for JADAKISSNIA. HENDINIA • Mae Muller - Breakaway Mae Muller's "Breakaway" is expected to perform well, reflecting HENDINIA's consistent success. KLUMINICAN REPUBLIC • Orbital & Tilda Swinton - Deepest Orbital & Tilda Swinton's "Deepest" is anticipated to resonate with voters, placing KLUMINICAN REPUBLIC in the mid-table. LOTUNIA • GFRIEND - MAGO GFRIEND's "MAGO" is expected to appeal to a broad audience, securing a mid-table finish for LOTUNIA. TAAHINO • Chloe Qisha - Sex, Drugs & Existential Dread Chloe Qisha's "Sex, Drugs & Existential Dread" is anticipated to perform well, reflecting TAAHINO's growing influence. CUMULONIMBIA • Litku Klemetti - Tour De France Litku Klemetti's "Tour De France" is expected to resonate with voters, placing CUMULONIMBIA in the mid-table. HINTERLANDIA • Blue Hawaii - I Felt Love Blue Hawaii's "I Felt Love" is anticipated to captivate voters, securing a respectable position for HINTERLANDIA. PERSEPHONIA • Messa - At Races Messa's "At Races" is expected to perform well, reflecting PERSEPHONIA's consistent success. WHY SO SIRIUS • Xina Mora & Metrika - 666 (Demonio) Xina Mora & Metrika's "666 (Demonio)" is anticipated to resonate with voters, placing WHY SO SIRIUS in the mid-table.

Lindsey's only has 30 lines on it and some of them are duplicates tho xx

Did you tell ChatGPT to put yourself last because that's the only way that would make sense xx

Hope 'Ribs' might have a chance for a top 100 debut this week as well at this rate - although I won't hold my breath for the OCC to give it a reset even if it should be eligible for one. Love to see it rising so high on Spotify regardless <3

I did think that but they show different total stream counts now which would indicate they've been uncombined.

It's the solo version that's re-entered though.

Oh Lorde actually climbing on day 2 kwen kwenning -still anticipating we'll find a way to spin it as a flop the second it drops-

Just bumping this thread because no one in here acknowledged the music video which I am stanning the aesthetic of Great song as well, I think it's in my top 3 of her discog with 'Mosquito' and 'Passion', the 'like what?' ad lib is living rent free in my head atm x

Qualification streak update (underlined nations have matched or beaten their longest streak to date, streaks that are longer when counting nonconsecutive participations ('broken streaks') are in italics where applicable): 01 54 Hendinia (broken streak: 59) 02 19 Aeroche 03 16 Danæviia 04 14 Bøtanikkä 04 14 Greenfroze 04 14 Trifoski 07 11 Neliönoir 08 10 Altyr Muunilinst 08 10 Cor Lupus 10 9 Ajanaeda 10 9 Cumulonimbia 10 9 Kluminican Republic 10 9 Lookylion 14 7 Why So Sirius 15 5 Jadakissnia 16 4 Aesthetica 16 4 Bronzil 16 4 FARC 16 4 FSR Rontvia 16 4 Persephonia 16 4 Séyetana 16 4 The Spodic Empire 23 3 Baleghde 23 3 Macromia 25 2 Ben's Sanctuary 25 2 Jupiterdonia 25 2 Land of DW 25 2 Zanmatony 29 1 Aelandor 29 1 Cheiron 29 1 East Rukahavian 29 1 Hinterlandia (broken streak: 3) 29 1 Lotunia 29 1 Palmyra 29 1 Pestolia 29 1 République d'Áskorza 29 1 Scotland 2 29 1 Skall 29 1 Taahino 29 1 Terra Avium 29 1 Thelonia (broken streak: 3) xx (21) Kathaldazia xx (9) New Lexico xx (8) Fljótavík xx (5) Mothertopia xx (3) Elëdan xx (2) Dobago xx (2) Herbilore xx (2) POPHub xx (2) Singerpurear xx (1) Hushkanukia (broken streak: 4) * xx (1) Kylienips xx (1) Oslol (broken streak: 2) xx (1) Summericia * xx (1) Ultraviolenceland * did not enter this contest so may resume a broken streak in the future Hendinia's eternal streak still shows no sign of giving up and their lead over the pack becomes even larger as their previous closest competitor Kathaldazia drop out, Aeroche rise into 2nd place but a full 35 contests behind Hendinia (40 behind in the nonconsecutive tally, with Hendinia as ever expanding their current record in both categories). For perspective, FSR Rontvia and Aeroche are the only other countries who have ever got to a streak of 35 at all let alone with the 19 extra contests Hendinia have on top of that! Danæviia now ascend to the podium in 3rd place while also expanding their own current record. Greenfroze and Neliönoir further expand current national records while shuffling up the top 10. New Lexico's streak ending also sees them vacate the top 10, and 4/5 of countries who had been in a tie for 12th place now move up to a four-way tie for 10th, so welcome Ajanaeda, Cumulonimbia, Kluminican Republic and Lookylion to the top tier (with Ajanaeda also expanding their current record, as was already locked in with their auto-qualifier this month). Fljótavík would have joined them but alas also DNQed this month. Why So Sirius (fka Sovarasma) make it to 7 in a row to match their record previously set in BJSCs 139-145, while Macromia make it to 3 in a row for the first time after matching their previous record of 2 last month (see above post). Additionally, Hinterlandia return after a month of forced absence and qualify again to set a new record including nonconsecutive participations of 3 qualifiers in a row (BJSCs 171-172 & 174), though as per the previous post their consecutive record remains at 2.

Oop I decided I wanted to post a roundup of national records matched/expanded since the last time I posted a full update first, which was a lot longer ago than I realised, and I kept getting myself confused while trying to compile that data so I gave up for the night I actually modified my spreadsheet a bit to make it easier to look up historical streak records so here is my second attempt to dump all of that data, sorry if it's not the easiest thing to follow, trying to condense a lot of data into one relatively succinct post xx Countries who matched or expanded their (consecutive) national record Q streaks at least once from BJSC 162 to BJSC 173 (i.e. since I last posted a full regular update in BJSC 161): Abeltesfayeton: expanded existing record of 3 to 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 in BJSCs 162-166 Ajanaeda: previous record of 3 set in BJSCs 68-70, matched with BJSCs 162-164 & again with BJSCs 166-168, expanded to 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 in BJSCs 169-173 Bronzil: expanded existing record of 4 to 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 in BJSCs 162-169 Cheiron: qualified for the first time in BJSC 165, expanded record to 2 & 3 in BJSCs 166-167, matched record of 3 with BJSCs 169-171 Cumulonimbia: expanded existing record of 27 to 28, 29 & 30 in BJSCs 162-164 Danæviia: previous record of 11 set in BJSCs 99-109, matched with BJSCs 159-169, expanded to 12, 13, 14 & 15 in BJSCs 170-173 Eastovka [A-Konohagakure]: previous record of 2 set in BJSCs 145-146, matched with BJSCs 169-170, expanded to 3 in BJSC 171 Freedonia: only previous qualifier in BJSC 141, matched 'record' of 1 with second qualifier in BJSC 164 Freidland: qualified for the first (and to date only) time in BJSC 163 Greenfroze: previous record of 10 set in BJSCs 24-33 & 122-131, matched again with BJSCs 161-170, expanded to 11, 12 & 13 in BJSCs 171-173 Hendinia: expanded existing record of 41 to 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 & 53 in BJSCs 162-173 Herbilore: qualified for the first time in BJSC 163, matched 'record' of 1 with second qualifier in BJSC 172, expanded to 2 in BJSC 173 Hinterlandia: qualified for the first time in BJSC 167, matched 'record' of 1 with second qualifier in BJSC 169 & again with third qualifier in BJSC 171, expanded to 2 in BJSC 172 Kathaldazia: previous record of 15 set in BJSCs 137-151, matched with BJSCs 153-167, expanded to 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21 in BJSCs 168-173 Macromia: qualified for the first time in BJSC 169, expanded record to 2 in BJSC 170, matched record of 2 with BJSCs 172-173 Mothertopia: qualified for the first time in BJSC 164, expanded record to 2, 3 & 4 in BJSCs 165-167, matched record of 4 with BJSCs 169-172, expanded to 5 in BJSC 173 Neliönoir: expanded existing record of 4 to 5 in BJSC 162, matched record of 5 with BJSCs 164-168, expanded to 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 in BJSCs 169-173 Pestolia: expanded existing record of 5 to 6 in BJSC 162 POPHub: previous record of 8 set in BJSCs 143-150, matched with BJSCs 161-168, expanded to 9 & 10 in BJSCs 169-170 Scotland 2: previous record of 2 set in BJSCs 152-153 & 158-159, matched again with BJSCs 166-167 & 169-170, expanded to 3 in BJSC 171 Taahino: previous record of 10 set in BJSCs 78-87, matched with BJSCs 158-167, expanded to 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 in BJSCs 168-172 Terra Avium: expanded existing record of 5 to 6 in BJSC 162 (record counting nonconsecutive participations remains at 8 with BJSCs 112-116 & 118-120) The following also matched or exceeded their previous national record Q streaks during this period when counting nonconsecutive participations: Ajanaeda: previous record of 3 set (consecutively) in BJSCs 68-70, matched with BJSCs 115 & 162-163, expanded to 4 in BJSC 164 (subsequent consecutive streak caught up to this with BJSCs 166-169 as above so records from BJSC 170 onwards have been in sync) Cadelicia: previous record of 9 set (consecutively) in BJSCs 103-111, matched with BJSCs 147, 154, 156-161 & 163, expanded to 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 in BJSCs 164-170 (consecutive record remains at 9) Conoria: previous record of 2 set (consecutively) in BJSCs 160-161, expanded to 3 with BJSC 163 (consecutive record remains at 2) Hendinia: expanded existing record of 46 to 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 & 58 in BJSCs 162-173 (consecutive record also broken in all of these contests as above) Singerpurear: previous record of 6 set (consecutively) in BJSCs 76-81, matched with BJSCs 164-168 & 170 Taahino: previous record of 10 set (consecutively) in BJSCs 78-87, matched with BJSCs 155 & 158-166, expanded to 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 in BJSCs 167-172 (consecutive record also matched/broken in all but the first of these contests as above) Utopia: previous record of 6 set (consecutively) in BJSCs 127-132, matched with BJSCs 158-161, 165 & 168, expanded to 7 with BJSC 170 (consecutive record remains at 6) Obviously Hendinia have remained at #1 on the Q streak list this entire time. At the time of the last full update Cor Lupus were 2nd and Cumulonimbia 3rd. Cor Lupus lost their streak in BJSC 164 so Cumulonimbia moved up to 2nd and Kathaldazia to 3rd. Then Cumulonimbia also lost their streak in BJSC 165 so Kathaldazia moved up to 2nd and Aeroche to 3rd, which remained the case up to last contest (but of course we have another change in the podium this month with Kathaldazia now losing their streak).

I really had no idea what to expect from this Lorde comeback chart-wise considering her last album was not exactly met with glowing praise, but then the 'Girl, so confusing' remix felt well timed to give her a bit of a boost of good will / hype ahead of starting a new album cycle. A top 10 debut on Spotify from a Thursday release is brilliant anyway, I'm sure it'll drop a fair bit in the next few days as almost all big new releases do of late (although hopefully New Music Friday will cushion the second day drop) but it certainly bodes well for it to be her 2nd highest charting song ever and hopefully contending to be a 2nd top 10 hit if it has any legs at all. I do think it sounds much more like a hit than anything off 'Solar Power', feels like 'Green Light' 2.0 to me really (and I mean that in a positive way, I thought 'Solar Power' was an overhated album but it was definitely a step down from the quality of her first two so I am not at all going to complain about her running back to the 'Melodrama' sound even if it's a tad derivative). Love to see 'Ribs' making an appearance too! <3 (and 'Girl, so confusing' is back at #148 as well, first time it's been in the top 200 since the remix album release day).

Would be happy to do a final listenthrough on either Sunday or Monday, what we thinking ~

Just caught the first play of this on Radio 1 (did not even know it was out today) and sounding great as expected, it is very 'Green Light' *.*

Ooh 'Ice' should make for a suitably epic final opener x

16 points for Dobago and 75% of them coming from Kathaldazia is crazy though. (Sorry I know I didn't help but still!)

Naurrr, finishing on a lowlight there with Utopia just missing out, was 2nd in the semi for me which is by far my biggest loss </3 happy to see Lookylion through though. Oops at Mothertopia not making the final of Ajanaeda's contest! DNQs in my votes/rankings: Semi-Final 1 12 Q 10 Q 8 Q 7 Q 6 Q 5 Q 4 Q 3 Q 2 POPHub 1 Q 11th Dobago 12th Kathaldazia 14th Herbilore 16th New Lexico 22nd Kylienips 23rd Singerpurear 25th Mothertopia Semi-Final 2 2nd Utopia 9th Flynnonda 11th Elëdan 13th Fljótavík 14th Oslol 19th Yehesi 22nd Ultraviolenceland 25th A-Konohagakure 17/20 of my top 10s across both semis qualifying, that's better than last month despite there being 4 extra DNQs this time! Thanks for the hosting Josh (and just realised I forgot to acknowledge the iconic doggo clapping GIF that accompanied me qualifying, I don't watch the Oscars but Jade kept me in the loop with that moment x), hiipe for the final now. (and I finally have my spreadsheet up to date again now btw so will get a full Q streak update posted this evening for the first time in 84 years!)