Chez Wombat

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

I do enjoy Butterflies and Hurricanes as I do most of Muse's material, but Guillemots one was such a discovery and fit the theme so well, I hope it can hang on.

Many thanks for the points so far, went through a bit of a drought for a minute, but in a better place for now. It's a real throwback to when I first got into the charts and I loved that this slowly building, dramatic song made the top 40, the part when the strings come in still :wub: Wonderful to see my top 2 as the top 2 so far, I'd guessed that one was Rollo but it's an epic and that's a fantastic entry from Wardy, the sort of ambient chillscape I love *.

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street Heatwave - Boogie Nights Sister Sledge - We Are Family

Qs per year: 2012: 2/9 (Joined second contest of the year) 2013: 6/10 2014: 6/9 (Missed one contest) 2015: 7/10 2016: 8/10 2017: 6/10 (Should've been 7 but one was incorrectly counted as a DNQ) 2018: 7/10 2019: 8/9 (Missed one contest, frustrating as that's the closest I've come to 100% x) 2020: 7/10 2021: 8/10 2022: 5/10 2023: 7/10 2024: 8/10 I'm consistent if nothing else, apart from years ending in 2 x I've never genuinely tried for 10/10, I've come to expect one every few editions, much as I feel I have the sound of the contest down, I still get tripped up sometimes x

🐵 Streaming 🐩 Spotify Apple Music 🐱 YouTube 🐴 playlist?list=PLXMZc8uCTIjxlMkz1Y28kC9I9D2Hh_RpB 🐏 Voters 🐗 Aeroche Ajanaeda Altyr Muunilinst Bøtanikkä Cheiron Cor Lupus Cumulonimbia Danæviia East Rukahavian Fljotavik Greenfroze Harmonica Hendinia Hushkanukia Jadakissnia Jupiterdonia Kathaldazia Kluminican Republic Land of DW Lookylion Lotunia Macromia Mothertopia Nelionoir République d'Áskorza Rolloland Scotland 2 Singerpurear Skall Summericia Taahino Terra Avium Thelonia Trifoski Ultraviolenceland Utopia Zanmatony Aesthetica Ben's Sanctuary 🦏 Bronzil Conoria Dobago FARC FSR Rontvia Herbilore Pestolia Seyetana The Spodic Empire Wholune

A warm welcome to Terra Mammalia, your final stop in this journey around the Animal Kingdom. The biggest, most bustling and diverse part of the kingdom, skies, seas, grasslands, woodloads, it's all here and we have mastered many an environment over the years to make one of the most ecological and economically thriving parts of the kingdom. We've avoided Widebeest migration season so our Zebra guides can take you round our many attractions - Dolphin and Whale ran seas, Grizzly Caves and even enjoy have seals take you on a marine trip to the Polar lands. You can also get special discounts on many valued goods such as acorns The historic site the Royal Grasslands, home for hundreds of of King Leonides and his pride provides the perfect gold standard backdrop to the final of the Buzzjack Song Contest, we remind all participants of the rules below: - Please listen/relisten to the below 42 songs (now including the AQs) and rank your favourite 15 songs using the One Big Final format of 18,15,13 through to 1 point. Please vote by sending me (Chez Wombat) a PM. As with the semis, you cannot vote for yourself, have less pride x - All participants of the contest must vote, including if you DNQ'd, don't be bitter now, if any nation does not vote, they will face a 33% Deduction to their entry and will not be able to take part in the next contest (BJSC 171) - You have just over a week to vote here, the deadline is 8th December 23:59, with final results hopefully on Monday. Here are your final songs, each presented with a randomly designated member of the Mammalian kingdom for presentation purposes, which you're welcome to be creative with (sadly not enough for the DNQ nations due to Google's restricted number of emojis, but don't worry, you'll get one in the final show x) 01 🐇 Jadakissnia 🐇 02 🦒 Thelonia 🦒 03 🦝 Neliönoir 🦝 04 🦁 Summericia 🦁 05 🐖 Taahino 🐖 06 🐘 Trifoski 🐘 07 🐹 République d'Áskorza 🐹 08 🐪 Harmonica 🐪 09 🦔 Danæviia 🦔 10 🐁 Rolloland 🐁 11 🐻 Scotland 2 🐻 12 🦓 East Rukahavian 🦓 13 🐆 Cumulonimbia 🐆 Social Order - Miss You 14 🦘 Hendinia 🦘 15 🐬 Skall 🐬 16 🐑 Altyr Muunilinst 🐑 17 🐐 Eastovka 🐐 18 🐿️ Mothertopia 🐿️ Leah Kate - But I Lied 19 🐺 Hushkanukia 🐺 ADÉLA - SUPERSCAR 20 🐳 Kluminican Republic 🐳 21 🦍 Greenfroze 🦍 22 🦌 Ultraviolenceland 🦌 23 🐨 Kathaldazia 🐨 24 🦦 Terra Avium 🦦 Mr. Scruff - Sweetsmoke 25 🦧 Lotunia 🦧 26 🐕 Singerpurear 🐕 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles 27 🦇 Macromia 🦇 28 🐃 Cor Lupus 🐃 29 🐒 Bøtanikkä 🐒 30 🦊 Cheiron 🦊 31 🦡 Land of DW 🦡 32 🦙 Cadelicia 🦙 **Strobe Warning** 33 🐼 Aeroche 🐼 34 🐎 New Lexico 🐎 35 🐈 Lookylion 🐈 36 🐂 Fljótavík 🐂 37 🐄 POPHub 🐄 38 🐀 Zanmatony 🐀 39 🦛 Utopia 🦛 40 🐅 Ajanaeda 🐅 41 🦨 Jupiterdonia 🦨 42 🦥 Sovarasma 🦥

My own votes: SF1: 10 🦎 Hinterlandia 🦎 Felix Lee - And The Parasite Speaks (feat. Ecco2k) 06 🦎 Ben's Sanctuary 🦎 &Tilly & Color Theory - I Cannot Rain 01 🦎 FSR Rontvia🦎 Kit Sebastian - Bul Bul Bul Oh Hinterlandia, what did you do :cry: Possibly my favourite Ben's Sanctuary entry too, and Pestolia wasn't far off. Certainly could've gone better x SF2: 04 🐸 Persephonia 🐸 Imane El Halouat – Ally 03 🐸 Dobago 🐸 Oliver Koletzki - Spiritual But Not Religious 01 🐸 Conoria 🐸 Nieve Ella - The Things We Say Feel sacrilege for a video like Conoria's to not make it in my contest x Bronzil and Wholune weren't far behind either, this semi was crazily close!

DNQ Spreadsheets Your BJSC CLXX Finalists 🦋 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?) That concludes the Semi Final Stages in Terra Reptilia and Terra Amphibian, many thanks all for your custom and we now hand you over to the next country in Animalia for the final, stay hopping and cool x

🦋 Neliönoir 🦋 Faux Real - Rent Free 🦋 Lotunia 🦋 NAHABA – VESNIANKA 🐛 Aesthetica 🐛 Yves – Viola (22nd, 47 Points (More 8s)) And that concludes the Frog Court reading. Full list and DNQs coming in the next post before we're hopping out of here x

🦋 République d'Áskorza 🦋 Cloudy June - CREEPY! 🦋 Thelonia 🦋 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful 🐛 Bronzil 🐛 Anthony McCaffrey - The Dark (24th, 46 Points) -x- Aesthetica, Lotunia & Nelionoir make up our final three participants, 2 in 1 out, I think this is a good time for our last required listening x k85mRPqvMbE

🦋 Scotland 2 🦋 Laurel Halo – Carcass 🦋 Rolloland 🦋 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 🐛 Dobago 🐛 Oliver Koletzki - Spiritual But Not Religious (25th, 42 Points)

🦋 Trifoski 🦋 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky 🦋 Skall 🦋 DJ BORING – Winona 🐛 Persephonia 🐛 Imane El Halouat – Ally (23rd, 47 Points)

🦋 Zanmatony 🦋 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) 🦋 Utopia 🦋 Blankenberge - New Rules 🐛 Conoria 🐛 Nieve Ella - The Things We Say (21st, 48 Points)

🦋 Bøtanikkä 🦋 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy – RATATATA 🦋 Ajanaeda 🦋 Grace Davies - Another Night 🐛 Ojnoj 🐛 Martine Farstad - TIME TO GO (26th, 34 Points)

🦋 Cumulonimbia 🦋 Social Order - Miss You 🦋 Cheiron 🦋 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) 🐛 Sandénia 🐛 Dani Marchio – Daydreamer (27th, 20.6 points (31 pre-deduction))

🦋 Kluminican Republic 🦋 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody 🦋 Jadakissnia 🦋 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations 🐛 Wholune 🐛 Indigo De Souza - All Of This Will End (28th, 13 Points)

Congrats to the four countries below who leapfrog ahead of the crowd to all be through 🦋 Taahino 🦋 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved 🦋 Summericia 🦋 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? 🦋 Lookylion 🦋 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling 🦋 Land of DW 🦋 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst Mixed fortunes to follow for the rest of you...

Terra Amphibian's Semi 2results will be presented in the administrative capital of the Frog Court (formerly Toad Hall before they relocated). Only one song passed 100 points here but results were still close, with just a point separating 20th and 21st. We invite competitors to relax on the lillypads before we begin mixed fortune proceedings in the same way as the last semi But first (while I make my dinner), some required listening: rNfrLoQdB_E 6PMiP90ntZ8

🦋 Eastovka 🦋 Diskoria & Danilla – Flamboyanku 🦋 Singerpurear 🦋 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles 🐛 FSR Rontvia 🐛 Kit Sebastian - Bul Bul Bul (23rd, 27 Points) -x- And that concludes Semi 1 in Terra Reptilia, we will be momentarily crossing over to Terra Amphibian for the second semi final, don't cool your blood yet x

🦋 Fljótavík 🦋 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 🦋 Harmonica 🦋 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need 🐛 Hinterlandia 🐛 Felix Lee - And The Parasite Speaks (feat. Ecco2k) (21st, 36.5 Points (43 (and qualified) pre-deduction) -x- Eastovka, FSR Rontvia & Singerpurear are our last three for this semi, 2 in 1 out, let's slow things down...

🦋 Cadelicia 🦋 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me 🦋 Macromia 🦋 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother 🐛 Pestolia 🐛 ieuan - Tokyo Convenience (24th, 26 Points)