Chez Wombat

Our deep sea team will take over for the last hour, but we will still accept any straggling entries before tomorrow evening at around 5pm. The Animalian handover should commence shortly after following approval.

Doesn't really matter if they're abiding by rules, it's transparent what they're doing. As good as some of those acts are, that list is pretty depressing. You have TWO Mercury Prize winners, a Grammy award nominee and one of the most successful and talked about pop stars of the last year with a number 1 album and two huge top 10 hits, how inspiring! This list is supposed to promote up and coming music and acts that need the exposure, with how difficult it is for new artists (bands especially) to break through these days, it's really sad that rather than go for new names, they just go for artists that will get them the most coverage and not make the list irrelevant. There are so many under-the-radar artists that could've used those slots and it's quite sad they've been denied that. Pleased for Confidence Man getting a spot nonetheless, they feel like a band that has been gradually breaking through for a while now.

(Love Like I Used To btw :heart: (Van Etten's current new song, Afterlife, is great too) but not surprised at the veto, that received some very strong critical acclaim and was a lot of music publications' best song of the year oops x)

Following vetting from our team of Jellyfish, the following entries have been deemed unsuitable for the competition and our shark security have escorted to dry land Damiano David - Born With A Broken Heart 24 - lead singer of Maneskin. - peaked at #20 on the Belgian Singles Chart, #66 in Italy, in the top 200 of Spotify Belgium, Italy and Saudi Arabia. - featured on Clash Magazine, Dork, DIY Magazine, NME, Karrang, Just Jared, Vogue and has performed the song on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show - filed under substantial internet & TV exposure. 12 - currently at #26 in the Buzzjack Multichart, appearing in 11 members' personal charts. 12 - thread for the song also has 12 responses. Mk.gee - ROCKMAN 37 - featured on NME, Pitchfork, The Line Of Best Fit, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, NBC, MSN, Billboard etc, with a performance on SNL - filed under substantial internet & TV exposure. 12 - currently on the B-List on Radio 1. 25 Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen - Like I Used To 28 - Sharon has been entered once before, in CXIII, finishing 18th. 3+5 - Angel has been entered once before, in CLXVI, finishing 20th. 3+5 - featured on Rolling Stone, NME, The Line Of Best Fit, The Fader, Vulture, Pitchfork, Billboard, The Guardian etc and performed on Jimmy Kimmel's show, Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show - filed under substantial internet & TV exposure. 12 - appeared in 4 personal charts (jcwll, Doctor Blind, toffochews, bluemonday). - finished 117th in its year group in Record Of The Decade 2022 (nominated and/or voted for by Chez Wombat and Dircadirca).

Overdue but good news, feels like a step forward to ending this conflict. I anticipate the usual crowd will *still* try to make a narrative that Israel are completely innocent and just defending themselves somehow...

...and just over 24 hours now before we ascend from the deep! Some of you may be in for an electric shock so keep back ups on hand x

Aww, 31-40 would've made a great top 10, still very good placings for a lot of those in seemingly a more alt-friendly year, I will miss Prayer in C from these, it's that rare very profound dance track.

46 participants so far with just over two days left, our mudskippers are still searching for land dwellers yet to enter the deep

I did quite enjoy the Robin Schulz remake of Greatest Day used in Anora recently, actually gave it the decent payoff it deserved. The original though always feels like it's building and building to nothing and was overplayed to the max.

Romeo to win, though Smiley Faces is underrated and pleased it made it this far.

Think it's gotta be Green Day as much as I love it for the sake of a new winner as these are all great songs.

...because there's definitely no sign of any cognitive decline in the incoming president whatsoever, I'm sure this will all be dealt with very quickly x

Much as I like Umbreon, Vaporeon's the OG and is a hell of a great Eeveelution to have in the first games.

Best: Barry Manilow - Mandy Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting KC And The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It) Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You Van McCoy & The Soul City Symphony - The Hustle Worst: Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again Several boring songs, but these two particularly felt they went absolutely nowhere.

Just finished this and it was a really interesting watch - They couldn't have known, but coming so soon after Liam Payne's death does make this especially thought-provoking and shows that lessons haven't really been learned (which does sort of contrast against the optimistic feeling they went for at the end). While there definitely could've been more scope covered with other boybands of the era, it was really interesting to hear some anecdotes, especially from 5ive and Damage, which I admittedly didn't know a lot about compared to the others and how the managers were so close in age and experience to the actual band members, and while it wasn't really shocking, it is really quite horrible the sort of blatant racism and harrassment the press did and still do, that former tabloid journalist was a particularly nasty piece of work. I think I would've most liked them to expand to the late 2000s and early 2010s when the boyband craze came back for a little bit with JLS, The Wanted and (though I know now it would be a bit of a minefield for obvious reasons) One Direction, I'd be interested given the former were an all black band that actually did manage to break through, but I'm sure there would've been some covert racism going on as well, their fellow talent show graduate Alexandra Burke certainly experienced it. Indeed, a girlband one would be very interesting, particularly as they enter into an industry which is inherently sexist so have bigger hurdles to overcome.

I know two of these already besides my own and they're both great picks <3 Some very interesting artist picks otherwise as well.

10cc - I'm Not In Love Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby Eric Carmen - All By Myself

All three are good, Calvin the weakest as he's had much better.

For my 50th, I didn't technically use my anniversary pass as Marcus Warner's Africa would've never been vetoed anyway, but it was still representative of a sound I was into and the video had animals so it was a perfect choice, and it remains one of my favourite entries so I'm glad it came top 10. It captured the spirit of it's namesake beautifully. I did use the framework skip for my 100th, as Thomas Bergersen at that point had won and been a bit overused, and as the first person that sent Two Steps From Hell to BJSC, it had to be them, and his own celebration of a million subscribers was a world music epic that still remains one of my favourite ever classical compositions (so much I'd decided it when I first heard it in 2019 and waited three years for it to happen!), I wish it were better known as it's the perfect unifying song for world sporting events and the like. Though it still did very well, I was slightly sad it couldn't quite win as it would've been my first at the time and ever so fitting I don't often send epic classical these days as honestly these are very hard to top and it gets samey after a while, but it's clearly worked well for my anniversaries. I have always been wondering what the next one would be as 150 has been and gone for some, 200?

An AQ has I think relaxed my competitive urge this month despite a lot of potentials that I have a good feeling about, enjoy my wholesome video x

So someone with no government experience and who cares more about shitposting memes than running a business properly in a government post and an anti-vaxxer as Health Secretary, God help you all x I mean if their track record translates to government, we have nothing worry to about right?...

Welcome to the start of BJSC CLXX, we begin our journey through Animalia in the underwater paradise of Terra Piscium, there has naturally been conflicts with our Avian friends in the past, but we'll agree to put them in the past for now x We welcome all competitors (providing they've remembered their gills) to explore our underwater paradise and walk through our many colourful tropical reefs and parks that have discounted shoal tours and come and witness the visiting true inhabitants of a clownfish and a blue tang that travelled across the world's ocean. Your safety is our top priority and we have employed additional shark security for this event and we advise caution, especially when venturing to the deep sea and keep valuables safe, as angler crimes remain a risk to inhabitants. The ancient wreck of Poseidon's Voyage is the setting for competitors to submit their entries, before diving right in, please ensure you are keeping with the rules of the contest below: - Please ensure you are familiar with the general BJSC rules - Before you can enter, you must register a country if you are new. Your account must be more than three months old and you will require a Google account. - Please check that your entry has not been sent before, and ideally not to another song contest in the wider Buzzverse either, you can find the list of past BJSC entries here - All entries are subject to approval by the moderators who have a right to veto your entry if they feel it is too well known and not in the spirit of the contest. Please try to be inspired and send something others may not know. You are advised to check the Veto framework to ensure your song is acceptable. Any entries in violation will be sanctioned by our Jellyfish vetting team and risk being banished to the deep. - You cannot confirm a song by last month's top 3 artists (Father John Misty, Rebecca Black or REIN). The artist must not have an artist forum on Buzzjack and cannot be the same artist you sent last month. - Terra Avium will autoqualify for this contest and in the event of an even number of participants, Runners up Hendinia will also qualify. - Elëdan, Kyriatine and Ramrynia sadly must return to dry land and come back next month due to not voting in last month's final. - Please keep things anonymous until the semi thread goes up Please confirm your entry here You have until Thursday 21st November at 23:59 GMT to confirm, take to the seas! Confirmed Shoal: Aeroche Aesthetica Ajanaeda Altyr Muunilinst Ben's Sanctuary Bøtanikkä Bronzil Cadelicia Cheiron Conoria Cor Lupus Cumulonimbia Danæviia Dobago East Rukahavian Eastovka FARC Fljótavík FSR Rontvia Greenfroze Hendinia Herbilore Hushkanukia Jadakissnia Jupiterdonia Kathaldazia Kluminican Republic Land of DW Lookylion Macromia Mothertopia Neliönoir New Lexico Pestolia POPHub République d'Áskorza Séyetana Singerpurear Skall Sovarasma Taahino Terra Avium The Spodic Empire Thelonia Ultraviolenceland Wholune Zanmatony

Best: Blue Swede - Hooked On A Feeling George McCrae - Rock Your Baby Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle John Denver - Annie's Song Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run Not a great week, but Jim Croce a rare good discovery. Worst: Paul Anka and Odia Coates - (You're) Having My Baby Ray Stevens - The Streak Ringo Starr - You're Sixteen All self-explanatory x

Would be no fun if I told you that xx

30 felt half-arsed and this even less so. As overstuffed as 20 was, I did appreciate that they tried new, contemporary genres at the time, they had an opportunity to build on that with 30, but it was a damp squib and this seems...almost entirely unnecessary, not even new artists? Can't see it getting near number 1 unless it gets a real push, it seems to just be a hollow 'event' release now which defeats the original concept.