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Yes, that is rare indeed, so wohooo, my 18 won! Congratulations! Wonderful entry! :cheer:

Voted! My 12 :wub:

This final is all too amazing, so I could use one more day to listen to the 22 songs I really wanna give points to!

I got FSR Rontvia ^_^

Voted!

Oh no, I forgot about this!

You're welcome! :heehee: Hey, you were on my commiserations list for the final votes as well, don't forget that! Wohooo! :cheer:

Well holy clown balls, can we just crown Sovarasma as the winner? My goodness! Anyways, I'm almost done with my final listening session.

Wohoooo, I qualified! Thanks for the support! Wohoooo! :cheer: Sakura Burst was a huge loss, though :cry: Other than that, most of my favorites qualified as well ^_^

Exciting! I'm back to sending solid J-bangers! Wohooo, hope you like it! :cheer:

2022 was the first and only year ever that I exclusively sent Japanese songs. It's also one of my most successful and most enjoyable years of entries as well. I absolutely love my 2022 songs! :wub: That being said, I have generally done very poorly in TBO contests over the years, and I didn't have high hopes this time either. If any of my entries would qualify, I reckoned it would be either 'Outsider' or 'Iceblink'. I was really hoping that they would qualify! 'Shall We Dance?', though, was one of my songs that I would NOT predict to be my only qualification here. My jaw literally dropped! I am happy, but I am really, really surprised!

Wow, I am very pleased with 12th place! :D Wohooo! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for Greenfroze's very first instrumental entry :heart: Oh, and that top 3 (make it top 4!) is beautiful :wub: I'm so happy for them!

We shall see!

Voted! :cheer: Did not expect something like that from Ojnoj and Séyetana :o

I qualified! Wohoooooo! :yahoo: I was hoping you'd like it! Yes! I am really happy and relieved to qualify with it! :w00t: Not so sure if you would call it a risk, but it did feel that way for me. Even though I'm not usually that scared of taking a risk now and then, I would be much less inclined to take risks if it almost never paid off, so it's highly encouraging to experience success when I do. Also, I think everyone I voted for qualified, which is super duper nice! :cheer:

Yes, it's my first instrumental entry. It kinda caught me by surprise, as I was actually looking for something else entirely when I found it. I decided to check it out, though, just in case I was missing something, and I'm glad I listened. It's quite beautiful.

Oh no, I missed it again :( Was really hoping to see the reactions to my song because I've never sent something like this before.

I have confirmed too! I did have five or so strong contenders lined up until this one popped up at the last second, and I just loved it instantly!

I have voted! Wohooo! :cheer:

Wohooo! I qualified! That's so awesome! :cheer: But I'm really sad about Jupiterdonia, that was my favorite :( Oh, and I really liked Land of Jack as well. What a shame, but thank you for that discovery!

Yes please, thank you very much! :cheer: I actually think I'm choosing a non-Japanese song this time, though :o It's currently on the top of my list of almost 200 potentials at the moment :D :lol: Most of them are Japanese, so this will be a rare ocurrence indeed.

I am happy with my results. I mean, I was really happy to just qualify for the final, and I think 155 points is pretty decent! I'm so glad a lot of people enjoyed my entry. Not particularly enthusiastic about the top three, but that's okay, as I discovered a lot of great songs from this contest overall :)

And I knew I could count on you too! Thank you so much for the 9 points! You're welcome! I am so glad you enjoyed it! I hope you can find the courage to send some beautiful Japanese craziness of your own some day! :D oh, and thank you, Pupok, for the 15 points! That's amazing! Thank YOU for the lovely discovery! I feel like I've given you a lot of big points in general, so keep sending what you're sending! :D

Oh my goodness, now I feel even more devastated about not being able to join in tonight as well! :cry: :lol: We celebrated my partner's birthday earlier in the day, which was fun, and I participated in a tournament online during the evening. I made some big mistakes and lost in the fourth round against the reigning world champion, but that was still fun as well regardless and... oh, sorry, I digress. What's all this talk of burgers? And did anyone say anything at all when my song came on? :lol:

I would like to echo the sentiment that this semi final has a loot of good songs. I enjoyed most of them. Wohoo! I just kinda wish I could read people’s comments on all of the songs from the listenthrough, as this is the second month in a row I couldn’t be there for it. Previously, I could just read back on Discord. I found it fun and interesting to read how people felt either about my own song and other songs I particularly liked or disliked. Oh well, that’s just my preference anyway. I have voted now! Pardon my tardiness.