Freeze

I voted 2 too :)

I very much agree with this! I love music videos, and if it's a really good one, it might tip the scale if I like two songs equally and I need more factors to decide. A bad one or lack of one generally doesn't tip the scale in the other direction, though. Maybe if I REALLY hate it, hah, but that's quite rare :)

Sent something for now. I feel like sending a (K) pop banger again. I feel like I'm due a pop hit, and this one's been stuck in my head since I first heard it! It's been quite a while since I've sent something along the lines of "I'm Ready" by Chung Ha or "Na" by Hwasa, and it's something I generally love. But I might change it if any of my other potentials grow on me. We shall see. I have a main potentials list of 65 at the moment, so you never know! Some of the ones on top are various levels of glorious Japanese nicheness. Three of them are instrumentals, and one of them is something I've never sent before, which is just noise. J-noise. Made by some strange and retro instruments. It's a style of music I've never sent before, but I've been having some noise-curious moments as of late. It's weird, as that usually either makes me frustrated, sick to my stomach or rather sleepy (or give me suppressed nightmares about crying in a dumpster - where that kind of music usually festers), but I think it would be fun to try sometime. It feels like the right tune for me. Although it might be too structured and accessible (and short!) for noise bloc proper, though. If I do send it someday, I'm obviously hoping for an 18 by Elëdan in the final😊😄

First!

Yay! Same! Niche Japanese music nations unite! ❤️🤩🥳

Greenfroze has voted as well. It was really hard to arrange my votes this time. And I mean all of them, not just the ones the top! Great final :)

Ah, I remember having to crosscheck too a bit back when I hosted some 437 years ago. I also thought you meant include your own country name😆But I always include country names, artist names and song titles in my votes, as I just copy the opening list and rearrange them in Word as I do my listening sessions. Just assumed it was something everyone did, but I remembered otherwise now. Easy to forget if you do it otherwise, maybe. In any case, from now on, let’s just send in our votes in the following format in contests hosted by République d'Áskorza: (example votes, first 15 countries on the list) Baleghde – 18 points TEMMIS 15 03 \\ Lentyll \\ 13 points Slumber Party – 12 pts. Freidland’s Pegasus – eleven Opera show in the evening with drinks – 10 pints Ignatius or iggy? – 9 pointages number 8 in the running order, never DNQ’ed in their life ever – 8 points fruity title – 7 drowning leprechauns – SIX 11 \\ electro bigh tech 5 ordinary average big city - number 4 French fun – douze points minus neuf 14 \\ u r my Skall-portmanteau (three points) Mom does the project in 2515 – single Thanks!

Same! I guess I can accept a year full of ups and downs for myself if we get finals like these. I want to vote for 24 songs at the moment!😮

Greenfroze has voted! I wanted to vote for 15 songs, which is really great! Awesome semi 😊 Forgot to mention that I think I only knew two other songs beforehand: Heavenly and Night At The Opera, which were both on my potensials list. I actually thought they would both be vetoed, hah, but I guess they're only great songs😁 Hype to J-bloc! Go, go, go!

Red tape realness! Let's go!

I changed my entry as well :)

And Lucky Stars, Starry Eyed and Stardust😋 (+Cise Starr)

I certainly hope not!😤 #booooo Although I'm just happy to be in the final again!🥳

Greenfroze has voted!🥳

Really digging the AQ too😁

I'm so glad that's not how I feel. I have 17 songs on my shortlist after the first listen :) République d'Áskorza is where it's at! Party, bop, hype, yay! Also, Fljótavík is a genius. Loving Flynnonda as well. Ending the semi with such pizazz :D

Wow, Stay The Night was the song I initially confirmed last month. Love it, but I'm sort of nervous. Can't wait to see that one end up in the top 5😆 I also had 19 Underground on my list of potentials. Interesting. Other than that I've got lots to discover!

Thanks so much for six points, lovely République d'Áskorza😊 That's nice, didn't expect that either :) Edit: Also, thank you to Pestolia for another 6 points!

Oooh, points from Elëdan! That's a big surprise given the song, but also given that it's me, haha! Can't remember the last time that happened. Thank you! Thanks also to Lentyll for five points :)

Wow, I'm really happy that Piennizer is getting so much love! Much more than I anticipated! Thank you to to Kluminican Republic, Trifoski, Séyetana and Land of DW!❤️ Edit: And The Spodic Empire!

Amazing! So glad you liked my song too, Cheiron!😁

Yay, our fans exist! Thank you, A-Konohagakure and Sovarasma!🤩

Ooooh, exciting! Well, I guess it's obvious that my Babybeard's song has wide appeal, so looking forward to getting the win tonight.

Greenfroze has voted!🥳 What a wild ride that was!🫨🤯

I refuse to be discouraged by my recent DNQ and have confirmed a beautiful and vigurous Japanese Olympic piano piece!