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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!)

It is tagged as techno on SoundCloud tbf...! (but I can see it being both, I guess it's not quite in the same category as Dobago and POPHub x either way the dance songs being done dirty a bit)

Oooops semi 1 really said no to techno again. Tbf I kinda thought Dobago and POPHub might actually do better than Kathaldazia but I figured surely at least one had to make it, all 3 of them being out is pretty shocking! :'( (and here's where I hope they didn't miss out by like 1 point because they also narrowly missed out for me oops) The 'flop flop flop flop flop flop' refrain from the Ultraviolenceland entry legit made me chuckle so I applaud it for that alone

I didn't like the previous lozeak entry at all so this one was quite a pleasant surprise for me, think it'll be one of this month's earworms. I'll predict Kathaldazia and Taahino to be the last 2 semi 1 qualifiers, and I think Lotunia will be one of the last 2 from semi 2 but really can't call between the other three hmm! (Very much want to say Utopia but I wouldn't be surprised if they narrowly missed out from this semi draw)

I have used all my strength to avoid engaging in the histrionics of the week but I didn't think Momma would DNQ (albeit was slightly less confident than I'd usually be in Cor Lupus qualifying) so hooray x And most importantly that means all 4 of the Persephonia alumni (plus my own entry) have qualified

Most of my faves have actually been announced already now, so primarily just rooting for Cor Lupus and Utopia from what's left. Kathaldazia/Lookylion and FSR Rontvia/Trifoski (or Ultraviolenceland x) would be my preferred other qualifiers x

Ooh gwan East Rukahavian - I did quite like this entry but it is one of the few songs I would have been fairly confident predicting to DNQ so nice to see them defying some odds x Shame to see FLJ going out, had it in my top 10 of the semi on first listen although it did drop a little bit to 13th after relistening as other songs grew on me more. Also quite liked the New Lexico entry so aw at us not getting both of the Finnpop entries through.

Thelonia bringing the indie sleaze to the final yass

2 more gooduns there, think 'It Gets Better' has now become my fave of the KETTAMA entries to date x

Herbilore was 14th for me but would have been in my top 10 of the other semi, shame that couldn't have kept the Q streak going.

Burial <3 (I'm 2 for 2 on thinking Harve picked the less good song from the respective Burial releases as 'Dark Gethsemane' & 'Dreamfear' > but still if you send Burial I'm gonna approve)

Love to see Palmyra through - their first appearance in a final since BJSC 105! (Mind, they've only entered two other contests in the mean time). Coming back with a banger! Good stuff from email legends Hinterlandia too, I guess they were safe regardless of deduction then x edit: oops my first losses from my top 10 of both semis in that last post (both of my 9th placers in fact), techno bloc is not coming through in semi 1 so far </3 And I was hoping that Flynnonda would be good to return with a qualifier :'(

The Jordan Firstman song was more of a bop than it had any right to be, just about made the top half of my ranking. Why So Sirius serving one of the biggest glowups in entry quality from one contest to the next that I can remember *.*

Yay Macromia <3 + pleased for Frank to get through after reading the national thread post - I don't think I'm quite there with the song itself but obviously means a lot.

Yasss 2 essentials there Manifesting 'Cinderella' being at the very least Scotland 2's second top 10 surely