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I'm not sure what you're insinuating and Urban Dictionary isn't helping. (maybe for the best x)

Oop I didn't even see this thread until now! I'll try and remember to vote tomorrow x

New update and first with the janky updated colour scheme from BuzzJack 2.0 (r00d that the colours on the old post still display as they used to but copy and pasting just turns everything black) x We make it to 40 out of 42 positions achieved (excluding the only occasionally available 43+ positions) courtesy of an impactful wooden spoon from Ghais Guevara this month! After Smiling did the same to secure us a 41st place finish last year, we will now no longer be cheering on any further last place finishes unless we have another contest with more than 42 finalists (although... it would advance our goal to get every position at least twice I suppose) Speedial's 16th place finish in BJSC 171 makes that our joint second most common position - 7 apiece of 16th and 22nd, only topped by our 8 17th place finishes. Finalists: 01 - 2 (67 Jay Dabhi + 74 A-WA) 02 - 4 (57 Jaymes Young + 61 Kids Of The Apocalypse + 113 Baiuca + 129 Minuit Machine) 03 - 5 (53 Truls + 78 tiny deaths + 79 DANCE WITH THE DEAD + 123 070 Shake + 150 Nur Jaber) 04 - 1 (72 Dawn Richard) 05 - 3 (76 Audrey Napoleon + 99 LUNA + 172 Chikoi The Maid) 06 - 3 (30 Spark + 81 The Shanghai Restoration Project + 148 Hazel English) 07 - 2 (124 Neggy Gemmy + 128 Ela Minus) 08 - 2 (139 Godford + 164 Agent blå) 09 - 1 (142 7CIRCLE) 10 - 2 (100 Life Sim + 105 The Halluci Nation) 11 - 2 (116 Heilung + 155 Fatal Youth) 12 - 2 (86 Aron Can + 145 ill peach) 13 - 3 (31 Beth Ditto + 90 Baby Blood + 98 Dead Husband) 14 - 3 (45 Kidnap + 51 Roses Gabor + 60 Rustie) 15 - 4 (26 Jónsi + 64 TĀLĀ + 75 Audialist + 132 House Of Harm) 16 - 7 (85 Color Guard + 103 Mikael Seifu + 121 BROCKHAMPTON + 135 gupi + 157 Paris Texas + 165 Cowgirl Clue + 171 Speedial) 17 - 8 (23 Vampire Weekend + 42 Azari & III + 48 Machines Don't Care + 69 Elijah Blake + 101 IC3PEAK + 110 raaginder + 125 Vacant + 149 Da Vosk Docta) 18 - 1 (111 In The Loop) 19 - 5 (49 Deaf Club + 50 SOHN + 82 Digitalism + 94 KNARS + 107 µ-Ziq) 20 - 4 (87 TWRR + 89 Fallgrapp + 160 Maruja + 161 Re-TROS) 21 - 1 (97 Saor) 22 - 7 (33 Savage Skulls + 44 Karin Park + 92 End Of The Dream + 118 Kælan Mikla + 130 Jorge Elbrecht + 144 Yumi Zouma + 154 Baseck) 23 - 2 (63 Surkin + 65 Quirke) 24 - 5 (24 Kid Sister + 40 The Rapture + 52 Spor + 62 Paris XY + 66 Jade Blue) 25 - 4 (58 Gent Mason + 83 BOOTS + 134 Quadeca + 137 Hildegard) 26 - 3 (104 Set And Setting + 127 Fatoumata Diawara + 147 Momma) 27 - 2 (146 SadSvit + 153 Model/Actriz) 28 - 3 (71 San Holo + 138 Deafheaven + 141 Lah Malara) 29 - 6 (25 Frankie & The Heartstrings + 70 Fura + 106 J.I.D + 120 Vegyn + 158 Deadlands + 162 Kim Gordon) 30 - 0 31 - 5 (29 Penguin Prison + 32 The Bullitts + 68 Eagles For Hands + 88 Øfdream + 91 xi) 32 - 2 (119 Amon Tobin + 122 Max Cooper) 33 - 3 (133 Mim Suleiman + 140 ATARASHII GAKKO! + 143 Daughters Of Reykjavík) 34 - 2 (114 Molchat Doma + 166 The Frozen Autumn) 35 - 2 (117 Sampa The Great + 152 Tim Hecker) 36 - 2 (77 WEDNESDAY CAMPANELLA + 169 Bohren & Der Club Of Gore) 37 - 2 (108 Skee Mask + 136 Japanese Television) 38 - 2 (27 Dennis Ferrer + 95 David Starfire) 39 - 2 (28 Young Money + 151 Black Belt Eagle Scout) 40 - 0 41 - 1 (167 Smiling) 42 - 1 (173 Ghais Guevara) 43+ - 0 DNQs: (15-) - 0 (16) - 1 (46 Wild Belle) (17) - 1 (47 Angel Haze) (18) - 3 (38 Joe Goddard + 55 MAASAI + 59 The Hics) (19) - 1 (34 Beat Connection) (20) - 4 (43 POLIÇA + 56 Orphic Oxtra + 73 Sogand + 109 Ash Koosha) (21) - 5 (35 SBTRKT + 41 Wonder Villains + 102 ROSALÍA + 163 Crushes Bones + 168 Die Nerven) (22) - 2 (96 BROCKHAMPTON + 156 Paper Lady) (23) - 4 (19 deadmau5 + 21 The Temper Trap + 115 MIRÈLE + 170 Imane El Halouat) (24) - 3 (36 The 2 Bears + 54 Kadie Elder + 126 Ecco2k) (25) - 2 (84 Bachar Mar-Khalifé + 131 Ichiko Aoba) (26) - 1 (20 Envy) (27) - 2 (80 Yung Lean + 112 Rico Nasty) (28) - 1 (93 Achillea) (29) - 1 (159 Slauson Malone 1) (30+) - 0

Well, false alarm - Melfest rejects may live to see another day in BJSC after all. (not encouraging it though x)

Quick YTD update (I can't remember if I posted one of these last month or not) - very close at the top right now! I've dropped 8 places from last month lawlz but would have been a lot worse if I'd DNQed ofc x 1 660 Kluminican Republic 2 657 Jadakissnia 3 642 Cor Lupus 4 577 Fljótavík 5 567 Aeroche 6 558 Danæviia 7 546 Bøtanikkä 8 537 Ajanaeda 9 531 Neliönoir 10 529 Hendinia 11 526 Altyr Muunilinst 12 498 Lookylion 13 493 Greenfroze 14 481 Cumulonimbia 15 481 Elëdan 16 474 Persephonia 17 465 Kathaldazia 18 465 FARC 19 460 Skall 20 456 Bronzil 21 437 Trifoski 22 429 Why So Sirius 23 404 New Lexico 24 393 Séyetana 25 361 FSR Rontvia 26 361 Land of DW 27 346 Aesthetica 28 338 The Spodic Empire 29 334 Mothertopia 30 321 Macromia 31 310 Kyriatine 32 307 Dobago 33 304 POPHub 34 278 Hinterlandia 35 278 Pestolia 36 252 Lotunia 37 241 Herbilore 38 236 Zanmatony 39 232 République d'Áskorza 40 229 Singerpurear 41 217 Taahino 42 203 Ben's Sanctuary 43 188 Cheiron 44 164 Beaverdonia 45 160 Yehesi 46 157 Kylienips 47 151 Terra Avium 48 141 Jupiterdonia 49 141 Oslol 50 125 Aelandor 51 125 Thelonia 52 124 Eastovka 53 121 Hushkanukia 54 120 Scotland 2 55 114 Niceland 56 106 Ultraviolenceland 57 95 Summericia 58 83 Conoria

Two contests in a row with a country getting their first win more than a decade after debuting! (Albeit Ajanaeda having missed more contests than they entered since debuting but still x). I said during the semis that I would be surprised if 'Twist The Knife' won when 'TRUST!' didn't as I thought the latter had more crossover appeal but hey, here's your proof if still needed that pure pop can absolutely still win BJSC pretty easily (what with its only close competition being a song that is only slightly more 'alternative'). Interestingly ended up almost getting the exact same points total as 'TRUST!', just 1 point more. It was just inside my bottom 10 in the final so not a vintage winner for me but could be worse x (and yes no more Rebecca Black entries please lol) I'm much more in tune with the rest of the top 10 (well... top 9, sorry Dandy!), 5 songs I voted for and 3 more that just missed out - I did call Ninajirachi doing well but pleasantly surprised to see Kraftwerk and Ohota also making the top 5 <3 My bold prediction of Danæviiia being a win contender was obviously a little off lol but top 10 is good for that too and Macromia is the biggest surprise of the top 10 for me but love to see that too, grew on me a lot over the course of the contest! A new peak for them as well IIRC (oops my spreadsheet is a few months out of date again, need to find some time to focus on that soon xx). Also yay for top 15 results for Trifoski (doing slightly better than the Boy Harsher entries after all, but boo at a top 10 still eluding them x), Hendinia and Cumulonimbia + top 20 for Séyetana *.* Bronzil definitely sticking out as underrated this month although it did take a few listens to properly click with me in fairness so I can't be too shocked, also an ok result for Mothertopia but would have kind of hoped and expected it'd be contending for top 10 at least, there was another (also good) SASAMI song in the PopJustice contest this month and she came 2nd there! A decade on from me winning twice in fairly quick succession in BJSCs 67 & 74, I've done almost the exact opposite with wooden spoon finishes in BJSCs 167 & 173 but all part of the plan as the last wooden spoon crossed 41st off my unique position bucket list and now I've got 42nd as well so I'm down to only needing 30th and 40th to complete the whole set of regularly attainable positions. This is definitely a month of me just being relieved to be in the final at all so I won't complain, 11 of the 15 people who voted for me in the final were also in my semi so was a very lucky draw I guess, I wasn't even the one who qualified over Cadelicia because of their deduction! (I also got 11 votes in the semi but it wasn't fully one to one, as I got points in the semi but not the final from Kathaldazia and Scotland 2 and vice verse from Dobago and FARC). At least it limits the damage on the YTD chart a little bit (speaking of, stay tuned for my next post xo). Thanks again to Iz for ensuring I at least didn't walk away with zero medal positions, here's hoping I'll find something more competitive again next month Greenfroze going from 19th - just below me - in the semi to top 10 in the final! Thanks for the hosting Klum (+ Leww for the assistance x) <3

............................... 👀 Congrats on the debut win (I'm just happy for the sake of my own mental wellbeing that I clocked my mistake before the final scoreboard rather than after lmao - it was literally in the very first vote that I gave Lookylion's 15 to Aesthetica instead of you!) Can confirm the scoreboard on page 11 is all correct, the other error was Lotunia's 7 to Cor Lupus not being added which was ofc right at the end (and for completeness the tiebreaks are 20 votes to 15 for FSR Rontvia/Séyetana, 17 votes to 15 for Kathaldazia/Kyriatine and 16 votes to 13 for Singerpurear/Bronzil). Will comment on the rest of the results in another post xx

Ok the Ajanaeda thing was my mistake - sorry for the heart attack xox (I also have Cor Lupus 7 points higher with no corresponding country missing 7 points but the rest matches)

Hmm I feel like I ought to say that I have Ajanaeda on only 267 points right now - might very well be my mistake but advising caution if they narrowly win xx

Looking at a photo finish after all then... assuming it has to be between the current top 2 now, I like 'Stranded' a lot more as a song but I don't like to root against a first time winner (thanks Travis! lol Why So Sirius being miles ahead of me now so I need to move the goalpost again for what I want to achieve here... unique position of either 40th or 42nd pls? )

Ty Pavi :3 oop Ohota taking a hit on the leaderboard now but Ninajirachi a good replacement in the silver slot. (currently 8 of the top 10 were either in my votes or my commiserations oh my)

Thanks Cow! (falling further behind my nemesis though -_-)

Thanks Frank! Got my wooden spoon back (at least it's not a 'distant' last place as my commentary warned I suppose xo) and ooh getting closer between the top 2 there...

Their last two entries didn't get any 18s at all so not really! (but I think they have had some similarly polarising entries in the past)

I've got a few weeks behind with the weekly polls again oop (will try and catch up again x) but making sure to vote on time for this x 1 NTO 2 Dusky 3 Race Banyon 4 THIRD WIFE 5 False Persona 6 Ninajirachi 7 Charlotte De Witte 8 Demise Of Love 9 Lawrence Hart 10 Ruthlss 11 1-800 GIRLS 12 jamesjamesjames 13 David Jackson 14 Confidence Man 15 HAAi 16 Avalon Emerson 17 Evan Miles 18 Pangaea 19 Two Shell 20 Mechatok I voted for NTO last month too so he's really on fire with his recent releases! Race Banyon an artist I've not heard of before but loved the vibe on this one while Dusky delivered another bop as they are wont to do. I think the Demise Of Love song will be a grower for me but at the moment it's not hitting quite as much as I hoped from the names involved, still good though. Will be playlisting my top 14 (same as last month) - unfortunately I'm still finding 'Can't Stand To Lose' to be a middle tier release from HAAi even after all the exposure to it in BJSC but fair at it currently leading the poll #spoilers. Voted for Ela in the tiebreak, almost making it tied again

Elëdan so far having only 14 votes but 7 18s and a 15

Thanks Harve & Savan! The dream of avoiding the bottom 10 seems unlikely as expected but I'd settle for beating Why So Sirius x

Thanks Chez! Feel like you don't usually vote for my rap entries so yay for this one managing to cut through x Kraftwerk and Ohota both on the podium now we love to see. (I wouldn't mind a Sumner win, FARC looking like making a comeback to big hits in style after a surprisingly long dry spell of top 10 hits!)

Thanks Ansel and blacksquare <3 + the double 18 for Elëdan yass

Ngl I've had 'Fuck Elon Musk' stuck in my head most of today lol

The lower half of the top 10 right now is looking great. (not so much the top half)

Thanks Dandy

And now my score more than doubles! We love to see it *.* thanks muchly Iz, yay for getting at least one medal position this month.

Clutching my wooden spoon

Thanks Dobbo - still yet to be in anyone's top 10 but small points trickling in x