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06 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 🐨 Kathaldazia 🐨 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon – 45 🐑 Altyr Muunilinst 🐑 Metteson – Waves - 39 🦌 Ultraviolenceland 🦌 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin – 35 🦍 Greenfroze 🦍 HWASA – NA – 32 🦓 East Rukahavian 🦓 Geowulf – Nightmare – 31 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 ADÉLA – SUPERSCAR – 31 🦥 Sovarasma 🦥 HINA – Tararua - 31 🐳 Kluminican Republic 🐳 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody – 29 🐅 Ajanaeda 🐅 Grace Davies - Another Night – 26 🦛 Utopia 🦛 Blankenberge - New Rules - 26 🐀 Zanmatony 🐀 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) – 24 🐆 Cumulonimbia 🐆 Social Order - Miss You - 24 🐼 Aeroche 🐼 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) - 21 🐖 Taahino 🐖 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved – 21 🐃 Cor Lupus 🐃 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends – 20 🦔 Danæviia 🦔 CLANN – Arise – 18 🦡 Land of DW 🦡 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst – 18 🐬 Skall 🐬 DJ BORING – Winona – 18 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 Cimberly - bye bye bye – 17 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations - 17 🐪 Harmonica 🐪 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need – 16 🦇 Macromia 🦇 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother - 15 🦨 Jupiterdonia 🦨 School Of Seven Bells – Ablaze – 14 🐈 Lookylion 🐈 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling - 14 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me – 13 🐘 Trifoski 🐘 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky – 13 🐁 Rolloland 🐁 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 - 13 🐂 Fljótavík 🐂 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 - 12 🐄 POPHub 🐄 Becca Hatch - Think Of You – 12 🐒 Bøtanikkä 🐒 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy – RATATATA - 11 🐹 République d'Áskorza 🐹 Cloudy June - CREEPY! – 11 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 NAHABA – VESNIANKA – 11 🐕 Singerpurear 🐕 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles - 11 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) - 11 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️ Leah Kate - But I Lied - 10 🦘 Hendinia 🦘 HAYLA - Only I – 9 🐐 Eastovka 🐐 Diskoria & Danilla – Flamboyanku - 8 🐻 Scotland 2 🐻 Laurel Halo – Carcass – 7 🦒 Thelonia 🦒 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful – 7 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 Mr. Scruff – Sweetsmoke - 2 🦝 Neliönoir 🦝 Faux Real - Rent Free - 1 🦁 Summericia 🦁 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? - 0

04 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 05 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️

03 🐄 POPHub 🐄 🐳 Kluminican Republic 🐳 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody – 23 🐨 Kathaldazia 🐨 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon - 23 🦍 Greenfroze 🦍 HWASA – NA – 22 🐼 Aeroche 🐼 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) - 21 🐖 Taahino 🐖 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved - 18 🦔 Danæviia 🦔 CLANN – Arise – 18 🐪 Harmonica 🐪 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need – 16 🐀 Zanmatony 🐀 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) - 15 🦌 Ultraviolenceland 🦌 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin – 15 🐅 Ajanaeda 🐅 Grace Davies - Another Night - 14 🦨 Jupiterdonia 🦨 School Of Seven Bells – Ablaze - 13 🦡 Land of DW 🦡 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst – 13 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 Cimberly - bye bye bye - 13 🐃 Cor Lupus 🐃 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends – 12 🐂 Fljótavík 🐂 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 - 12 🐒 Bøtanikkä 🐒 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy – RATATATA - 11 🐬 Skall 🐬 DJ BORING – Winona – 11 🦥 Sovarasma 🦥 HINA – Tararua - 11 🐄 POPHub 🐄 Becca Hatch - Think Of You - 10 🦇 Macromia 🦇 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother - 10 🐹 République d'Áskorza 🐹 Cloudy June - CREEPY! – 9 🐆 Cumulonimbia 🐆 Social Order - Miss You - 9 🦘 Hendinia 🦘 HAYLA - Only I – 9 🦛 Utopia 🦛 Blankenberge - New Rules - 8 🐻 Scotland 2 🐻 Laurel Halo – Carcass – 7 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me - 7 🐑 Altyr Muunilinst 🐑 Metteson – Waves - 6 🦓 East Rukahavian 🦓 Geowulf – Nightmare – 4 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 ADÉLA – SUPERSCAR – 5 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 NAHABA – VESNIANKA - 3 🐘 Trifoski 🐘 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky - 2 🐈 Lookylion 🐈 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling - 2 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations - 0 🦒 Thelonia 🦒 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful - 0 🦝 Neliönoir 🦝 Faux Real - Rent Free - 0 🦁 Summericia 🦁 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? - 0 🐁 Rolloland 🐁 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 - 0 🐐 Eastovka 🐐 Diskoria & Danilla – Flamboyanku - 0 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️ Leah Kate - But I Lied - 0 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 Mr. Scruff – Sweetsmoke - 0 🐕 Singerpurear 🐕 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles - 0 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) – 0 (Commentary will be through gifs as my brain's a bit fried x They also speak for themselves. Scoreboards every three votes)

01 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 02 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇

All but two competing nations submitted votes (Ojnoj & Sandenia, who will need to stay in Terra Avium an extra month missing the next contest for community service as penalty) and the results have been calculated and verified, subject to our guest capybara's verification x The finalists votes will be revealed first in order of receipt, before we move on to a jury vote with a difference. Stay tuned and prepare for take off as our Avian kind would say x

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The stampedes are coming in, six remain on the grasslands: Cadelicia Hinterlandia New Lexico Ojnoj Persephonia Sandenia Late votes will be accepted until 12pm the next day, full deduction and ban and a prickly reception apply after that.

Oh I should've voted What If (although not the first thing I think of when I think of Christmas x) and Geraldine (iconic), still not a bad selection there x

Air Supply - All Out Of Love Grover Washington, Jr. - Just The Two Of Us (feat. Bill Withers) The Rolling Stones - Start Me Up

Under 24 hours to go, reminders all sent out, let's start the sprint to the finish line x

Hmmmm....

I've got a soft spot for the first four or so, but after that, they're all a bit crap. Not sure I've heard the last two years x Lily, Tom and Lola, the latter has got to be one of the most unnecessary covers ever.

Armand, though as long as Daft Punk wins, I'm not really fussed on the order x

There's something to enjoy in all of the years, but I've gone for 1995 and 1996. Britpop at it's peak and lots of diversity in the big hits.

Congrats Kath, very fun entry and the music video with 2000s quality footage made it all the more better *__ the whole top 3 was in my votes and great to see my 12 also up there. Very pleased with 4th and a second consecutive top 5 (with the added bonus of remembering to vote this time :lol:), I didn't expect it with this song at all and I'm pleased so many of you seemed to like it. Thanks for hosting, Cody, turned out to be quite a unique edition so glad it was ran.

Oh I thought Bre would be the Turkish Disco folk, but that was a great choice too x

Thanks for the points so far, this was an r/listentothis discovery as I didn't have a lot of other options and I do love a bit of Italo-disco (I did initially consider a deep cut from the Incredible Bongo Band as they have been featured on some disco compilations, but most places seem to list them as Funk so thought I'd stay away). My top 3 were all very good here, Thrust!! has a fun video too.

As first DNQ voter, you get the animal I forgot to use (:hithead:) Congrats 🦏

Martial law has been declared in South Korea by president Yoon Suk Yeol, stating it's necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces. It's been blocked by lawmakers and protests occuring outside parliament, but military have maintained it is in place. I really don't know enough about the political context there to know how expected this was, but seems pretty scary stuff x

This isn't new for presidents for one going back decades with Ford, Clinton and Trump himself, and we know very well that Trump will pardon not only himself but also several questionable figures and has already pardoned Charles Kushner whose crimes make for grim reading and intended him as sodding Ambassador to France, I don't know what to tell you if you think Hunter's done worse... When your opposition has the lowest moral standards you can have and can get away with it, what's the point in taking the high ground? Expose the hypocrisy and play them at their own game.

Final betting now open at the Hive 🦋 Aeroche 🦋 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) 🦋 Ajanaeda 🦋 Grace Davies - Another Night 🦋 Altyr Muunilinst 🦋 Metteson - Waves 🦋 Bøtanikkä 🦋 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy - RATATATA 🦋 Cadelicia 🦋 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me 🦋 Cheiron 🦋 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) 🦋 Cor Lupus 🦋 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends 🦋 Cumulonimbia 🦋 Social Order - Miss You 🦋 Danæviia 🦋 CLANN - Arise 🦋 East Rukahavian 🦋 Geowulf - Nightmare 🦋 Eastovka 🦋 Diskoria & Danilla - Flamboyanku 🦋 Fljótavík 🦋 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 🦋 Greenfroze 🦋 HWASA - NA 🦋 Harmonica 🦋 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need 🦋 Hendinia 🦋 HAYLA - Only I 🦋 Hushkanukia 🦋 ADÉLA - SUPERSCAR 🦋 Jadakissnia 🦋 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations 🦋 Jupiterdonia 🦋 School Of Seven Bells - Ablaze 🦋 Kathaldazia 🦋 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon 🦋 Kluminican Republic 🦋 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody 🦋 Land of DW 🦋 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst 🦋 Lookylion 🦋 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling 🦋 Lotunia 🦋 NAHABA - VESNIANKA 🦋 Macromia 🦋 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother 🦋 Mothertopia 🦋 Leah Kate - But I Lied 🦋 Neliönoir 🦋 Faux Real - Rent Free 🦋 New Lexico 🦋 Cimberly - bye bye bye 🦋 POPHub 🦋 Becca Hatch - Think Of You 🦋 République d'Áskorza 🦋 Cloudy June - CREEPY! 🦋 Rolloland 🦋 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 🦋 Scotland 2 🦋 Laurel Halo - Carcass 🦋 Singerpurear 🦋 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles 🦋 Skall 🦋 DJ BORING - Winona 🦋 Sovarasma 🦋 HINA - Tararua 🦋 Summericia 🦋 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? 🦋 Taahino 🦋 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved 🦋 Terra Avium 🦋 Mr. Scruff - Sweetsmoke 🦋 Thelonia 🦋 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful 🦋 Trifoski 🦋 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky 🦋 Ultraviolenceland 🦋 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin 🦋 Utopia 🦋 Blankenberge - New Rules 🦋 Zanmatony 🦋 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) Our consultant psychic octopus will be willing to offer advice if anyone's struggling x

As long as Rabbit Heart wins, we're good here x O-Town, drippy, cliched talent show fodder.

Fair play then, congrats to Mango! It's probably my least favourite of the singles from Absolution era, but that era Muse is still leaps and bounds ahead of what they are today so it's always nice to be reminded of it. Guillemots still a very respectful position in 2nd and Mykonos in 3rd is fantastic to see too, an old favourite of mine <3 That bottom 2 definitely didn't deserve that though, aww x Very pleased with 6th, an improvement on 10th place with Sally Shapiro last time. Thank you all for the points, hope it was either a new discovery or a re-discovery for some of you :heart: Thanks for the great hosting job, Jim, this was a very diverse and interesting contest. Looking forward to whatever the next one of these will be x

Bee Gees - Tragedy Blondie - Heart Of Glass Chic - Le Freak The Knack - My Sharona M - Pop Muzik Limiting it to one Bee Gees song, but Stayin' Alive would probably rank up here too, Ring My Bell and Hot Stuff just missing out. Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond - You Don't Bring Me Flowers Commodores - Three Times A Lady Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life Snooze central x

I'm just gonna echo a few essentials here to ensure they get through, can't honestly think of many classics from this era. 05; Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal 04; Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds 03; The Water Babies - Under the Tree 02; Pet Shop Boys - It Doesn't Often Snow at Christmas 01; The Wombats - Is This Christmas