Chez Wombat

10; Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal 09; Mumford and Sons - Winter Winds 08; Coldplay- Christmas Lights 07; Sufjan Stevens - Christmas Unicorn 06; Water Babies - Under The Tree 05; Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) 04; Glasvegas - A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like A Kiss) 03; Leona Lewis - One More Sleep 02; Taylor Swift - Christmas Tree Farm 01; Sugababes - New Year

FONY supremacy *.* My top 10 from this list (though Greg Lake would absolutely be here too, criminal that it's ignored in favour of some of this fluff): Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? Coldplay - Christmas Lights East 17 - Stay Another Day John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York The Pretenders - 2000 Mile The Ronettes - Sleigh Ride The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday (11th Jona Lewie)

I actually rather like Taken By Trees, it's not better the original but still charming. Still going with Tom & Lily x

Labour must be pretty relieved with their growing unpopularity if this is the opposition they're facing, genuinely reads like a Private Eye article. I'd laugh, but it's annoying that shit like this is getting column space. Her performance in PMQs is pathetic every week, they're such a softball for him.

Murder is wrong in all circumstances, but at the same time, history has shown the only way for things to change is for drastic, memorable actions like this and that utterly immoral, archaic healthcare system needs to change more than anything. Funny that whenever it's a CEO or privileged person on the receiving end, it's so black and white according to the media, imagine lower income rape and murder victims getting a fraction of this sympathy and resources.

I didn't recognise enough songs in this to vote, but if Kendrick wins this... Katy Perry should be top 10, basic song on its own but the added context makes it pretty irredeemable.

Gold Medalists BJSC 169: [303] Father John Misty – Screamland {Terra Avium} BJSC 168: [289] Active Child – Johnny Belinda {Aeroche} BJSC 161: [354] Fat Dog – King Of The Slugs {Sovarasma} BJSC 170: [301] Mona Yim – Baby Dragon {Kathaldazia} BJSC 166: [287] ascendant vierge & TDJ – Illusion {Neliönoir} BJSC 167: [237] Nicolina – Situations {Taahino} BJSC 165: [322] METTE – BET {Hendinia} BJSC 162: [260] Grossstadtgeflüster – Ich Kündige {Sovarasma} BJSC 163: [312] RONDÉ – Undecided {République d'Áskorza} BJSC 164: [260] Margaret Berger – Karma Is A {Bøtanikkä} Myself + two of my 18s won which is a big plus, didn't vote for any of the bottom 5 though and I can't honestly say I remember them all that much. Silver Medalists BJSC 164: [258] Sadness – I want to be with you {Jadakissnia} BJSC 170: [269] Leftfield feat. Grian Chatten – Full Way Round [Ewan McVicar Remix] {Aeroche} BJSC 168: [247] TEMMIS – ICE 579 {Jadakissnia} BJSC 161: [260] The Postal Service – The District Sleeps Alone Tonight {Utopia} BJSC 165: [288] Bambie Thug – Tsunami (11:11) {New Lexico} BJSC 162: [242] Pixey – The Thrill Of It {Hendinia} BJSC 163: [306] CATTY – I Dated A Monster {POPHub} BJSC 169: [299] Rebecca Black – TRUST! {Hendinia} BJSC 166: [259] Bingo Players & Pure Shores – Summer Dreaming {Kluminican Republic} BJSC 167: [234] COY – Promises {Mothertopia} Much better, liked all of the top 5 to varying extents. Bronze Medalists BJSC 167: [227] Vitesse X – Eternal {Zanmatony} BJSC 161: [255] Evian Christ feat. Bladee – Yxguden {Fljótavik} BJSC 168: [247] Chrissy Costanza – If Looks Could Kill {Taahino} BJSC 166: [257] 6euroneunzig – Zur Party {République d'Áskorza} BJSC 163: [301] Anna Lunoe – Deep Blue Sea {Dobago} BJSC 170: [257] Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis – B Somebody {Kluminican Republic} BJSC 162: [241] Vegyn feat. Lauren Auder – Halo Flip {Aeroche} BJSC 165: [283] Baauer – All My Ladies {Aeroche} BJSC 169: [257] REIN – How's It Gonna Be? {Aeroche} BJSC 164: [252] Ben Hemsley feat. Chenai – Closer {Freedonia} Probably the selection I recall the least though Vitesse X was a highlight. 168 easily the best top 3 x

2024 BJSC CLXI / Deena Abdelwahed / Insaniyti / 33rd/41 BJSC CLXII / Chapterhouse / Pearl / 20th/42 BJSC CLXIII / Arab Strap / Bliss / DNQ (23rd in Semi Final) BJSC CLXIV / Spirits Unbridled / See You Again / 21st/41 BJSC CLXV / Night Tapes / drifting / 8th/41 BJSC CLXVI / Crazy P / Any Signs of Love / DNQ (27th in Semi Final) BJSC CLXVII / Kite feat. Anna Von Hausswolff & Henric de la Cour / Losing / 27th/41 BJSC CLXVIII / James K / Blinkmoth (July Mix) / 5th/41 BJSC CLXIX / Father John Misty / Screamland / 1st/41 BJSC CLXX / Mr Scruff / Sweetsmoke / 39th/42 Qualifiers: 8/10 Wins: 1 Top 5s: 2 Top 10s: 3 Top 20s: 5 Favourite entry of my own: Obvious, but gotta be Father John Misty - Screamland, only a song of the year contender I'd risk being cheap for! Least favourite entry of my own: Crazy P - Any Signs of Love, in retrospect, I don't think this was the strongest entry I could've sent. Favourite discovery: Active Child - Johnny Belinda (Aeroche, 167) <3 Similar to last year overall right down to me having three top 10s + a single winner! I didn't expect to win so soon after that last one. This year's final positions were overall not quite as strong, but I also had less DNQs, in fact, that's my joint best year.

Yes, the semis really didn't predict the result at all although they were quite genre-split and Kathaldazia was one of those I thought could cross over well (Ajanaeda as well). Thank you for partaking and for the kind words everyone <3 I'm annoyed with myself I made errors in the votes reveal, but pleased you liked my wacky idea at the end as I at least found a way to make a 31 point lead fairly unpredictable until the end x (Kathaldazia were leading all the way through albeit narrowly until the last day, when they stormed ahead). I'm very pleased with the winner, it's a real earworm and makes a great last few months for winners. I did grow to like most of the songs here and particularly pleasing to see Danaeviia and Macromia in the top 10, if only the former wasn't at the expense of Trifoski </3 Utopia and Rolloland are way too low as well As for my own position...I mean if I was gonna flop, I wanted to epically flop (as it was looking for most of the voting) and instead I get a fairly respectable score and not even a unique position in the bottom 5? -_- Come now guys x It's cool though, it's not exactly going to be a Terra classic and I'd resigned myself to not being that competitive, pleased some of you were charmed by it anyway and I'll be back to being competitive next month x Until next time B-)

Final Spreadsheet + Semis now available

(Sorry to Lookylion in particular who I somehow misallocated 2 18s too including their own lmao x) (Happy Birthday to me x)

Final Scoreboard (sorry, a few of our stray rats have got into some of the mechanisms which resulted in a few mis-reveals, but our Capybara verifiers have confirmed it now x) 01 🐨 Kathaldazia 🐨 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon – 301 02 🐼 Aeroche 🐼 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) – 269 03 🐳 Kluminican Republic 🐳 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody – 257 04 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) – 255 05 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 ADÉLA – SUPERSCAR – 249 06 🐑 Altyr Muunilinst 🐑 Metteson – Waves – 245 07 🐅 Ajanaeda 🐅 Grace Davies - Another Night – 241 08 🐒 Bøtanikkä 🐒 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy – RATATATA – 234 09 🦇 Macromia 🦇 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother – 215 10 🦔 Danæviia 🦔 CLANN – Arise – 206 11 🐘 Trifoski 🐘 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky – 201 12 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations – 194 13 🦨 Jupiterdonia 🦨 School Of Seven Bells – Ablaze – 184 14 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️ Leah Kate - But I Lied – 181 15 🦌 Ultraviolenceland 🦌 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin – 180 16 🐃 Cor Lupus 🐃 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends – 165 (26 voters) 17 🐬 Skall 🐬 DJ BORING – Winona – 165 (17 Voters) 18 🦡 Land of DW 🦡 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst – 163 19 🐻 Scotland 2 🐻 Laurel Halo – Carcass – 160 20 🐄 POPHub 🐄 Becca Hatch - Think Of You – 155 21 🦍 Greenfroze 🦍 HWASA – NA – 154 22 🐆 Cumulonimbia 🐆 Social Order - Miss You – 150 23 🐕 Singerpurear 🐕 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles – 149 24 🐂 Fljótavík 🐂 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 – 148 25 🦓 East Rukahavian 🦓 Geowulf – Nightmare – 140 26 🦥 Sovarasma 🦥 HINA – Tararua – 139 27 🐹 République d'Áskorza 🐹 Cloudy June - CREEPY! – 138 28 🦁 Summericia 🦁 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? – 137 29 🐁 Rolloland 🐁 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 – 135 30 🦝 Neliönoir 🦝 Faux Real - Rent Free – 134 (22 votes) 31 🦒 Thelonia 🦒 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful – 134 (21 votes) 32 🦘 Hendinia 🦘 HAYLA - Only I – 123 (18 votes) 33 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 Cimberly - bye bye bye – 123 (14 votes) 34 🐀 Zanmatony 🐀 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) – 120 35 🦛 Utopia 🦛 Blankenberge - New Rules – 118 36 🐖 Taahino 🐖 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – 117 37 🐐 Eastovka 🐐 Diskoria & Danilla – Flamboyanku – 109 38 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 NAHABA – VESNIANKA – 98 39 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 Mr. Scruff – Sweetsmoke – 93 40 🐈 Lookylion 🐈 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling – 85 41 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me – 83.3 (15% Deduction) 42 🐪 Harmonica 🐪 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need – 82 Full spreadsheets coming tomorrow, thank you all for your patience x

Kathaldazia - Mona Yim - Baby Dragon - 301 Aeroche - Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) - 269 Kluminican Republic - Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody - 257 Cheiron - CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) - 255 Ajanaeda - Grace Davies - Another Night - 251 Hushkanukia - ADÉLA - SUPERSCAR - 249 Altyr Muunilinst - Metteson - Waves - 245 Bøtanikkä - BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy - RATATATA - 224 Macromia - SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother - 211 Danæviia - CLANN - Arise - 206 Trifoski - Ugly - Icy Windy Sky - 201 Jadakissnia - Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations - 194 Jupiterdonia - School Of Seven Bells - Ablaze - 184 Mothertopia - Leah Kate - But I Lied - 181 Ultraviolenceland - Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin - 180 Cor Lupus - No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends - 165 Skall - DJ BORING - Winona - 165 Land of DW - Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst - 163 Scotland 2 - Laurel Halo - Carcass - 160 POPHub - Becca Hatch - Think Of You - 155 Greenfroze - HWASA - NA - 154 Cumulonimbia - Social Order - Miss You - 150 Singerpurear - Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles - 149 Fljótavík - CHINCHILLA - 1:5 - 148 East Rukahavian - Geowulf - Nightmare - 140 Sovarasma - HINA - Tararua - 139 République d'Áskorza - Cloudy June - CREEPY! - 138 Summericia - Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? - 137 Rolloland - Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 - 135 Thelonia - Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful - 134 Neliönoir - Faux Real - Rent Free - 134 Hendinia - HAYLA - Only I - 123 Zanmatony - RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) - 120 Utopia - Blankenberge - New Rules - 118 Taahino - Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved - 117 Eastovka - Diskoria & Danilla - Flamboyanku - 109 New Lexico - Cimberly - bye bye bye - 105 Lookylion - JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling - 103 Lotunia - NAHABA - VESNIANKA - 102 Cadelicia - Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me - 98 Terra Avium - Mr. Scruff - Sweetsmoke - 93 Harmonica - Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need - 82 Congrats Kathaldazia :cheeseblock: Now bear with us, as there may be some minor technical difficulties (doesn't affect the winner though) x

A wild finalist x 42 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 .... .... .... ..... ....

Hinterlandia Persephonia (Bre snubbing a cat confirmed, how could you x)

FARC Wholune

Pestolia The Spodic Empire

Final peek 🐅 Ajanaeda 🐅 Grace Davies - Another Night – 246 🐨 Kathaldazia 🐨 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon – 237 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 ADÉLA – SUPERSCAR – 236 🐳 Kluminican Republic 🐳 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody – 235 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) – 230 🐑 Altyr Muunilinst 🐑 Metteson – Waves – 215 🐒 Bøtanikkä 🐒 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy – RATATATA – 211 🐼 Aeroche 🐼 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) – 204 🦌 Ultraviolenceland 🦌 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin – 180 🦇 Macromia 🦇 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother – 168 🦔 Danæviia 🦔 CLANN – Arise – 166 🐘 Trifoski 🐘 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky – 162 🐃 Cor Lupus 🐃 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends – 160 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations – 158 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️ Leah Kate - But I Lied – 156 🦨 Jupiterdonia 🦨 School Of Seven Bells – Ablaze – 153 🦍 Greenfroze 🦍 HWASA – NA – 149 🐄 POPHub 🐄 Becca Hatch - Think Of You – 144 🐕 Singerpurear 🐕 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles – 142 🐬 Skall 🐬 DJ BORING – Winona – 133 🐂 Fljótavík 🐂 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 – 131 🦒 Thelonia 🦒 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful – 130 🐆 Cumulonimbia 🐆 Social Order - Miss You – 130 🐹 République d'Áskorza 🐹 Cloudy June - CREEPY! – 130 🦁 Summericia 🦁 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? – 126 🦡 Land of DW 🦡 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst – 126 🐻 Scotland 2 🐻 Laurel Halo – Carcass – 122 🐈 Lookylion 🐈 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling – 121 🦓 East Rukahavian 🦓 Geowulf – Nightmare – 121 🐀 Zanmatony 🐀 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) – 120 🐖 Taahino 🐖 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – 116 🦥 Sovarasma 🦥 HINA – Tararua – 115 🐐 Eastovka 🐐 Diskoria & Danilla – Flamboyanku – 109 🦘 Hendinia 🦘 HAYLA - Only I – 105 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 Cimberly - bye bye bye – 105 🦝 Neliönoir 🦝 Faux Real - Rent Free – 100 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me – 95 🦛 Utopia 🦛 Blankenberge - New Rules – 85 🐁 Rolloland 🐁 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 – 85 🐪 Harmonica 🐪 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need – 80 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 Mr. Scruff – Sweetsmoke – 75 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 NAHABA – VESNIANKA – 64 Seven votes to go (my own are also last, cos we love the drama x)

Aesthetica Herbilore

Ben’s Sanctuary Conoria

Seyetana FSR Rontvia

Bronzil Dobago (*.*.* gold star x)

Fcuk sorry, bear with and I'll sort it out by the end x

🐨 Kathaldazia 🐨 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon – 206 🐑 Altyr Muunilinst 🐑 Metteson – Waves – 202 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 ADÉLA – SUPERSCAR – 199 🐳 Kluminican Republic 🐳 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody – 198 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) – 193 🐼 Aeroche 🐼 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) – 186 🐒 Bøtanikkä 🐒 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy – RATATATA – 182 🐅 Ajanaeda 🐅 Grace Davies - Another Night – 181 🦌 Ultraviolenceland 🦌 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin – 155 🦔 Danæviia 🦔 CLANN – Arise – 148 🐘 Trifoski 🐘 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky – 139 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations – 137 🦇 Macromia 🦇 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother – 135 🐃 Cor Lupus 🐃 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends – 132 🦨 Jupiterdonia 🦨 School Of Seven Bells – Ablaze – 130 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️ Leah Kate - But I Lied – 129 🦍 Greenfroze 🦍 HWASA – NA – 127 🐕 Singerpurear 🐕 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles – 127 🦒 Thelonia 🦒 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful – 119 🐬 Skall 🐬 DJ BORING – Winona – 110 🐆 Cumulonimbia 🐆 Social Order - Miss You – 109 🦓 East Rukahavian 🦓 Geowulf – Nightmare – 107 🐂 Fljótavík 🐂 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 – 107 🐹 République d'Áskorza 🐹 Cloudy June - CREEPY! – 103 🐀 Zanmatony 🐀 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) – 102 🐻 Scotland 2 🐻 Laurel Halo – Carcass – 101 🦁 Summericia 🦁 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? – 101 🐄 POPHub 🐄 Becca Hatch - Think Of You – 96 🦥 Sovarasma 🦥 HINA – Tararua – 93 🦘 Hendinia 🦘 HAYLA - Only I – 93 🐐 Eastovka 🐐 Diskoria & Danilla – Flamboyanku – 90 🐈 Lookylion 🐈 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling – 90 🦡 Land of DW 🦡 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst – 89 🐖 Taahino 🐖 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – 88 🦛 Utopia 🦛 Blankenberge - New Rules – 83 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 Cimberly - bye bye bye – 79 🦝 Neliönoir 🦝 Faux Real - Rent Free – 77 🐁 Rolloland 🐁 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 – 75 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 Mr. Scruff – Sweetsmoke – 75 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me – 69 🐪 Harmonica 🐪 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need – 62 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 NAHABA – VESNIANKA – 60 That concludes the finalists voting, we will now move onto the nations that did not qualify. However, there will only be one further scoreboard update from now on, I have also obscured the countries from the voters and just presented the animal, so you might need to memorise this going forward (shoutout to one certain nation that inspired me with their vote presentation x) Let's begin anonymous animal mode

40 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 41 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙