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Send Zara back to the shadow realm where she was meant to be xx (Good song from Sophie tho!)

Thought this MARINA pick was not her best but fair enough, she's clearly going far! Prayer circle for the Bush

Oh yeah Calvin can stay if he picks that tbf x

Hmm I get this Calvin pick being polarising but y'all got to quit it with voting for Sam S' dullest offerings oops. Cool for Darin being through to the live shows, I've not loved his songs but we like an underdog story x 1 Calvin 2 Sam F 3 Darin 4 Tom 5 Sam S for me. (Old man to deny Calvin the Wagner tho sorry xx)

Oh wow, I thought Depeche Mode's song sounded a lot safer than New Order's out of the new wavers this time so that's quite a shock. (I ranked them 2nd, not an all time fave of theirs but still very good I thought! Hopefully they will be back x) Fontaines 1st, New Order 3rd, Bananarama 4th and Texas 5th for me if not already obvious from my other posts x

I would have been having words if Fontaines D.C. were out against that Texas song so phew x (this is one of my faves from 'Dopamine Chamber') (presumably Bananarama out now, I can't imagine Depeche Mode being in danger)

Finally someone says it (edit: well Rich just before as well)! (I actually thought the Bananarama song was decent but brand new Texas in 2026 is not what the doctor ordered oop. Although Texas have been doing a lot better than I'd have predicted in basically every round so far so what do I know) anyway I'm bordering on giving up all anonymity now so I'll shush until the results xo

What makes you think he would have been? xox I could at least stay awake during his song x

I had very clear least favourites for both the men and the groups and no one is predicting those ones to be out oops (edit: actually one of them has now been predicted out xo) (I think Calvin will be fine?)

2021 Caroline Polachek - Bunny Is A Rider Silk Sonic - Leave The Door Open Tyler, The Creator - CORSO Wolf Alice - Delicious Things Wolf Alice - Lipstick On The Glass

I don't think anything is actually ineligible for auto-reset any more in practice (apart from Christmas songs ofc). But 'Angel Of My Dreams' wouldn't be ineligible even under the supposed rules as it's less than 3 years old.

Unknown Pleasures has always had a contingent of leftfield electronic songs, the remit of the contest is more about ~vibes than genres. (not that I necessarily agree with any of the vetoes that have been mentioned here not least because I don't know what the songs are)

Your lowest EOY finish was 27th in 2015 so you're still pacing ahead of that despite the multitude of DNQs! Likewise even with 4 DNQs I'm now at the same position I finished in last year, and still better than my nadir (excluding pre-BJSC 41 which I barely count) of 37th in 2025. Remains to be seen if I carry on my run of top 20 or bust for better or for worse x

Incidentally - we've still never had an EOY #1 that didn't win at least one contest during the year, and that run now looks more likely to continue as Bøtanikkä and Neliönoir have both had wins while Hendinia haven't (yet their consistency is such that they are still in with a shot of retaking the #1 for the EOY even with only 9/10 qualifiers). inb4 Hendinia win BJSC 190 anyway

Ok let me try and get on board with this for the current decade rounds...! (I feel gross giving so many points to Taylor given the way I feel about her current music / industry shenanigans but the hits from folklore and evermore were hits) +30 Everything Everything - Violent Sun +29 Sufjan Stevens - Make Me An Offer I Cannot Refuse +28 Fontaines D.C. - A Lucid Dream +27 Taylor Swift - cardigan +26 Roddy Ricch - The Box +25 Troye Sivan - Easy +24 London Grammar - Baby It's You +23 Taylor Swift - willow +22 Eminem - Godzilla (feat. Juice WRLD) +21 Taylor Swift - august +20 ROSALÍA - Dolerme +19 Ariana Grande - positions +18 Taylor Swift - exile (feat. Bon Iver) +17 SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) +16 Miley Cyrus - Angels Like You +15 Tame Impala - Lost In Yesterday +14 Christine And The Queens - People, I've been sad +13 Harry Styles - Golden +12 Dua Lipa - Physical +11 aamourocean - Parmi Les Mortels +10 Dua Lipa - Levitating (feat. DaBaby) +9 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +8 Dua Lipa - Break My Heart +7 Kylie Minogue - Say Something +6 BICEP - Atlas +5 The Weeknd - After Hours +4 Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande - Rain On Me +3 The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking +2 Charli xcx - party 4 u +1 Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?

Penultimate YTD update of the year I posted before that there was now nearly exactly a 100 point gap between the top 2 of the YTD - but I was mistaken, as I'd forgotten to consider Neliönoir's threat to the leaders. Hendinia's DNQ thus sees them slip from 1st to 3rd, being 99 points behind Bøtanikkä who retake the lead but also now 12 points behind 2025 champions Neliönoir, who have grown from an unassuming start to the year to now looking like a real threat to go 2 in a row with EOY trophies as their top 5 finishing auto-qualifier puts them a mere 87 points off #1. It's still realistically a potential three-horse race (although you'd have to give Bøtanikkä the edge to hang on), although the countries just beyond the top 3 could still snatch a fairytale victory if there's a sufficient train crash of DNQs and a very big hit for them. Cor Lupus hold in 4th, The Spodic Empire and Sovarasma are up two places each to 5th and 6th, Elëdan rise 3 to 7th, Aeroche and Fljótavík both stay top 10 despite adding no additional points due to their DNQ and non-participation respectively and both fall three places to 8th and 9th, and Skall are down a place to 10th. All climbers in the 11th-15th section (as a few of those previously in that region also DNQed), but the only changing face in the top 20 is Bronzil replacing Lentyll. Greenfroze's win propels them up 14 places to 25th, and they're among 13 countries who pass 1,000 total points for the year (which hey look, also includes little old Persephonia who are also back in the top 30 just about). 1 2 1970 Bøtanikkä 2 3 1883 Neliönoir 3 1 1871 Hendinia 4 4 1774 Cor Lupus 5 7 1660 The Spodic Empire 6 8 1637 Sovarasma 7 10 1595 Elëdan 8 5 1570 Aeroche 9 6 1552 Fljótavík 10 9 1509 Skall 11 13 1499 Danæviia 12 16 1498 Altyr Muunilinst 13 15 1427 Séyetana 14 17 1367 Ojnoj 15 19 1357 Terra Avium 16 11 1327 Trifoski 17 12 1299 Kluminican Republic 18 14 1266 Jadakissnia 19 22 1163 Bronzil 20 20 1156 Freidland 21 30 1126 N DNTN 22 18 1126 Lentyll 23 21 1107 Land of DW 24 23 1064 POPHub 25 39 1054 Greenfroze 26 33 1049 FSR Rontvia 27 34 1047 Pestolia 28 29 1044 Lookylion 29 24 1030 Scotland 2 30 35 1017 Persephonia 31 31 1004 Yehesi 32 32 1001 Deandria 33 38 967 FARC 34 43 944 Herbilore 35 42 924 Ajanaeda 36 40 920 Juranabaijan 37 25 907 Zephyra Continuum 38 26 906 Cheiron 39 27 897 République d'Áskorza 40 28 892 Dalisska 41 41 882 Jupiterdonia 42 45 870 Pagasa 43 46 862 East Rukahavian 44 48 802 Ennea 45 36 799 Kathaldazia 46 37 792 Baleghde 47 49 740 Dobago 48 44 707 New Lexico 49 53 689 Mothertopia 50 50 687 Taahino 51 47 666 Aelandor 52 55 610 New Helvetica 53 51 593 Zanmatony 54 57 576 Flynnonda 55 52 530 Summericia 56 60 529 Lotunia 57 54 488 Harmonica 58 56 444 A-Konohagakure 59 58 431 Hushkanukia 60 62 417 Thelonia 61 59 372 Cumulonimbia 62 61 292 Aesthetica 63 68 268 Daehun 64 63 258 Ben's Sanctuary 65 64 180 Utopia 66 65 177 Ramrynia 67 66 156 Wholune 68 67 155 Vaskla

Fashionably late qualification streak update (underlined nations have matched or beaten their longest streak to date, streaks that are longer when counting non-consecutive participations are in italics where applicable): 01 31 Danæviia 02 26 Neliönoir 03 25 Cor Lupus 04 12 The Spodic Empire 05 9 Bøtanikkä (non-consecutive: 10) * 06 8 Freidland 07 7 Skall 07 7 Terra Avium 09 6 Elëdan 09 6 Land of DW 09 6 Sovarasma 12 5 Herbilore 12 5 N DNTN 14 4 Lookylion 14 4 New Helvetica 14 4 Ojnoj 17 3 Altyr Muunilinst 17 3 FSR Rontvia 17 3 Jupiterdonia 17 3 POPHub 17 3 Séyetana 22 2 Ajanaeda 22 2 Daehun 22 2 Ennea 22 2 Flynnonda 22 2 Lotunia 22 2 Persephonia 22 2 Scotland 2 22 2 Thelonia (non-consecutive: 3) 30 1 Bronzil 30 1 Deandria 30 1 Dobago 30 1 East Rukahavian 30 1 FARC 30 1 Greenfroze 30 1 Juranabaijan 30 1 Mothertopia 30 1 Pagasa 30 1 Pestolia 30 1 Taahino 30 1 Yehesi xx (68) Hendinia (non-consecutive: 73) xx (33) Aeroche xx (13) Fljótavík ** xx (8) Trifoski xx (6) Jadakissnia xx (3) Lentyll xx (2) Harmonica xx (2) New Lexico xx (1) Aelandor xx (1) Dalisska xx (1) Ramrynia ** xx (1) Vaskla xx (1) Zephyra Continuum * Bøtanikkä's mid-contest withdrawal from BJSC 180 is not counted as a DNQ for the purposes of this list ** did not enter this contest so may resume a non-consecutive streak in the future A generational change at the top of the list as Hendinia's unbelievable national and overall records of 68 consecutive finals and 73 consecutive qualifying entries finally came to a halt, and previous runner-up Aeroche also missed out after their current run of 33 meaning it's the previous bronze medallist Danæviia who jump to the top with their national record extending 31st qualifier in a row. All change in the other two medal spots with Neliönoir ascending to 2nd extending their record to 26 and Cor Lupus take the bronze with their current run of 25. We also lost another of the countries with an unbroken year-plus streak as Fljótavík withdrew from this contest - their consecutive national record of 13 will remain for some time to come but they have the opportunity to continue setting new non-consecutive records whenever they return. That leaves the 4th and final country standing with a double-digit streak as The Spodic Empire, extending their current record to 12. Bøtanikkä also have a double-digit non-consecutive run but are a month away from hitting 10 consecutively (due to 'Homay'-gate), nonetheless they're up to the top 5. Freidland's run of consistent qualifiers if somewhat lacking final results is good for them to rise to 6th extending their record to 8 in a row. Trifoski are the fourth country exiting from the top 10, and there are five countries entering the tier due to a three-way tie for 9th - those are Elëdan, Sovarasma and Land of DW, while Skall and Terra Avium enter the top 10 a notch higher in joint 7th. The once embattled Herbilore are now knocking on the door of the top 10, extending their record to 5 in a row, with newbies and consistent qualifiers New Helvetica not far behind as they make it 4 from 4 qualifiers in their initial run from debut. Ennea match their record as their four qualifiers to date have comprised two pairs of 2 in a row - they previously did the same in BJSCs 184-185. Bonus stats regarding Q streak list leaders (to make it worth the wait x): - The last time a country other than Hendinia was #1 on this list was in BJSC 135 when Altyr Muunilinst led on 22 in a row. Hendinia took command in BJSC 136 when their streak was just 16. - Hendinia had never been atop the list before this, as their previous longest qualification run was entirely overlapped by the then-record run by FSR Rontvia. Nonetheless, their total 53 times leading this list is the most of any country, beating FSR Rontvia who have been #1 30 times (and the first 6 of those were almost by default - they were one of the original BJSC countries, having entered every edition to date, and only needed to go through a semi-final in 1 of those first 6 contests; they would DNQ for the first time in BJSC 10). - The previous longest consecutive reign atop this list was Aeroche leading 26 times in a row from BJSCs 97 to 122. All but the last three of these were jointly leading with Cor Lupus, whose 23 in a row is the third longest such run. The next longest period of time that a country has been #1 on this list without being tied with another country was just 18 in a row, for FSR Rontvia in BJSCs 37-54 - so Hendinia broke that record by nearly a factor of 3 (!) - 43 different countries have been #1 on this list at least once (although a large chunk of these were of course by default as all 24 countries who entered the very first edition were technically then the joint leaders). Danæviia is not a new addition to the list, although it is the first time they've been an untied #1. They previously led the list exactly once (under their former name Danaelanda), being tied on 10 in a row with Aquafina in BJSC 77. (The question of whether they should have been considered an untied leader the following month due to Aquafina's disqualification from BJSC 78 is moot as they DNQed that month anyway - but for what it's worth I do still consider Aquafina to be the leader in BJSC 78 as well). Here's a full list of the Q streak leaders (click to expand, this post is long enough x): streaky 1 1 Astoria, Bhangra, Bokia, Camdonia, Charisma, Faztickle, Fotherington Islands, Frahliso, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Kylienips, Londonski, Mdiče, New Alba, Phinechendza, Phlumptopia, PoisonVine Bay, Priceville, Romeria, Scassoorain, Simondly, Spila, Tyleratia, United States of Ibiza 2 2 Astoria, Bhangra, Bokia, Faztickle, Fotherington Islands, Frahliso, FSR Rontvia, Greenland, Kopečka, Kylienips, Mdiče, Phlumptopia, PoisonVine Bay, Priceville, Simondly, Spila, United States of Ibiza 3 3 Ashton, Astoria, Bhangra, Bokia, Frahliso, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Kylienips, Mdiče, Simondly, Spila, United States of Ibiza 4 4 Ashton, Bhangra, Bokia, Frahliso, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Kylienips, Mdiče, Simondly, United States of Ibiza 5 5 Ashton, Bhangra, Bokia, Frahliso, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Kylienips, Mdiče, Simondly, United States of Ibiza 6 6 Ashton, Bhangra, Bokia, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Kylienips, Mdiče, Simondly, United States of Ibiza 7 7 Ashton, Bhangra, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Mdiče, Simondly, United States of Ibiza 8 8 Ashton, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Simondly, United States of Russiatron 9 9 Ashton, FSR Rontvia, Kopečka, Simondly 10 10 Kopečka 11 11 Kopečka 12 12 Kopečka 13 13 Kopečka 14 14 Kopečka 15 15 Kopečka 16 11 Quotosibb 17 12 Quotosibb 18 13 Quotosibb 19 14 Quotosibb 20 15 Quotosibb 21 16 Quotosibb 22 17 Quotosibb 23 18 Quotosibb 24 19 Quotosibb 25 20 Quotosibb 26 21 Quotosibb 27 22 Quotosibb 28 23 Quotosibb 29 24 Quotosibb 30 25 Quotosibb 31 26 Quotosibb 32 27 Quotosibb 33 25 Torchwood 34 26 Torchwood 35 27 Torchwood 36 28 Torchwood 37 25 FSR Rontvia 38 26 FSR Rontvia 39 27 FSR Rontvia 40 28 FSR Rontvia 41 29 FSR Rontvia 42 30 FSR Rontvia 43 31 FSR Rontvia 44 32 FSR Rontvia 45 33 FSR Rontvia 46 34 FSR Rontvia 47 35 FSR Rontvia 48 36 FSR Rontvia 49 37 FSR Rontvia 50 38 FSR Rontvia 51 39 FSR Rontvia 52 40 FSR Rontvia 53 41 FSR Rontvia 54 42 FSR Rontvia 55 11 Fljótavík 56 12 Fljótavík 57 9 Aquafina, Skall 58 10 Skall 59 11 Skall 60 12 Skall 61 12 Espen 62 13 Espen 63 11 Altyr Muunilinst 64 12 Altyr Muunilinst 65 13 Altyr Muunilinst 66 14 Altyr Muunilinst 67 8 Daehun, N DNTN, Persephonia 68 9 Daehun, N DNTN, Persephonia 69 10 Daehun, N DNTN, Persephonia 70 11 Daehun, N DNTN, Persephonia 71 12 Daehun, Persephonia 72 13 Daehun, Persephonia 73 14 Daehun 74 15 Daehun 75 16 Daehun 76 17 Daehun 77 10 Aquafina, Danaelanda 78 11 Aquafina 79 8 Hushkanukia 80 9 Hushkanukia 81 10 Hushkanukia 82 11 Hushkanukia 83 12 Hushkanukia 84 12 Aeroche 85 13 Aeroche 86 9 #00274E, Taahino 87 10 Taahino 88 10 FSR Rontvia 89 11 FSR Rontvia 90 12 FSR Rontvia 91 11 N DNTN 92 10 Unovia 93 11 Unovia 94 12 Unovia 95 13 Unovia 96 14 Unovia 97 11 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 98 12 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 99 13 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 100 14 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 101 15 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 102 16 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 103 17 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 104 18 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 105 19 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 106 20 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 107 21 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 108 22 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 109 23 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 110 24 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 111 25 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 112 26 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 113 27 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 114 28 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 115 29 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 116 30 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 117 31 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 118 32 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 119 33 Aeroche, Cor Lupus 120 34 Aeroche 121 35 Aeroche 122 36 Aeroche 123 13 Fljótavík 124 11 Altyr Muunilinst, Hushkanukia, Jadakissnia 125 12 Altyr Muunilinst, Hushkanukia, Jadakissnia 126 13 Altyr Muunilinst, Hushkanukia, Jadakissnia 127 14 Altyr Muunilinst, Hushkanukia, Jadakissnia 128 15 Altyr Muunilinst 129 16 Altyr Muunilinst 130 17 Altyr Muunilinst 131 18 Altyr Muunilinst 132 19 Altyr Muunilinst 133 20 Altyr Muunilinst 134 21 Altyr Muunilinst 135 22 Altyr Muunilinst 136 16 Hendinia 137 17 Hendinia 138 18 Hendinia 139 19 Hendinia 140 20 Hendinia 141 21 Hendinia 142 22 Hendinia 143 23 Hendinia 144 24 Hendinia 145 25 Hendinia 146 26 Hendinia 147 27 Hendinia 148 28 Hendinia 149 29 Hendinia 150 30 Hendinia 151 31 Hendinia 152 32 Hendinia 153 33 Hendinia 154 34 Hendinia 155 35 Hendinia 156 36 Hendinia 157 37 Hendinia 158 38 Hendinia 159 39 Hendinia 160 40 Hendinia 161 41 Hendinia 162 42 Hendinia 163 43 Hendinia 164 44 Hendinia 165 45 Hendinia 166 46 Hendinia 167 47 Hendinia 168 48 Hendinia 169 49 Hendinia 170 50 Hendinia 171 51 Hendinia 172 52 Hendinia 173 53 Hendinia 174 54 Hendinia 175 55 Hendinia 176 56 Hendinia 177 57 Hendinia 178 58 Hendinia 179 59 Hendinia 180 60 Hendinia 181 61 Hendinia 182 62 Hendinia 183 63 Hendinia 184 64 Hendinia 185 65 Hendinia 186 66 Hendinia 187 67 Hendinia 188 68 Hendinia 189 31 Danæviia

1 stream Dopamine Chamber 2 stream Dopamine Chamber 3 stream Dopamine Chamber 4 stream Dopamine Chamber 5 stream Everywhere I Went, Led Me To Where I Didn't Want To Be

1 better than the entire solo men category 2 better than the entire solo men category 3 better than the entire solo men category 4 better than most of the solo men category 5 maybe Tom Grennan

1 not Tom Grennan 2 not Tom Grennan 3 not Tom Grennan 4 maybe Tom Grennan 5 maybe Tom Grennan

I was thinking it'd be Kiwanuka for #1 this week but hadn't seen those two re-releases - would be more than here for either Amy or MCR going to #1 (preferably the latter as they've never had a #1 album before). x

Did you mean to say belated top 10 peak? x

Spiceboy trying to stuff the ballot boxes gah

Option A means Option A! We don't want a hard A or a soft A, we want a red, white and blue A.