Chez Wombat

🦋 East Rukahavian 🦋 Geowulf – Nightmare 🦋 New Lexico 🦋 Cimberly - bye bye bye 🐛 Ben's Sanctuary 🐛 &Tilly & Color Theory - I Cannot Rain (25th, 25 Points)

🦋 Jupiterdonia 🦋 School Of Seven Bells – Ablaze 🦋 Mothertopia 🦋 Leah Kate - But I Lied 🐛 Séyetana 🐛 Phantom Siita - Zoku Zoku (22nd, 36 Points)

🦋 Aeroche 🦋 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) 🦋 Cor Lupus 🦋 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends 🐛 The Spodic Empire 🐛 Andrew W.K. - She Is Beautiful (27th, 17 Points (More 12s))

(2025 will be Herbilore's year I know it x)

🦋 Sovarasma 🦋 HINA – Tararua 🦋 Ultraviolenceland 🦋 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin 🐛 Herbilore 🐛 Benedict Cork - Reasons I Loved You (I Can't Think Of One) (28th, 17 Points)

🦋 Kathaldazia 🦋 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon 🦋 POPHub 🦋 Becca Hatch - Think Of You 🐛 FARC 🐛 Ceechynaa - Last Laugh (26th, 18 Points)

Congrats to the below four countries who slither through the future mixed fortune posts and are all through to the final! 🦋 Altyr Muunilinst 🦋 Metteson – Waves 🦋 Danæviia 🦋 CLANN - Arise 🦋 Greenfroze 🦋 HWASA - NA 🦋 Hushkanukia 🦋 ADÉLA – SUPERSCAR The next posts however have further dangers and while two will make it through, one won't be so lucky...

We will be beginning with Semi Final 1 in Terra Reptilia, where we can reveal five songs got over 100 points in this semi and the gap between 20th and 21st was...close (more to follow on that) x Our reptilian overlords will be presenting our countries in batches revealing their fate and whether their journey in Animalia will continue or if the treebranch has snapped. But first a reminder of our AQs and some required listening Terra Avium 🐍 Mr. Scruff - Sweetsmoke Hendinia 🐢 HAYLA - Only I zbxp3qt9LEc

Welcome to the Animalian ancient heritage site of the Dragons Arena, despite it's name, no dragons have been found here and remain an enticing myth for tourists, but our Komodo team still offer the fiercest fighting of any reptilian kind. Here is one of the two main arenas that Terra Reptilia and Amphibian will be presenting the semi-final results of BJSC 170. All but one of our competitors (Sandenia) crept up to vote and through harsh battle, we have our 20 qualifiers, but it was a hell of a fight. That's all I'll reveal for now, but be prepared for some surprises, starting imminently x

Any more last minute guess before take off x

One straggler still remains per semi - Hinterlandia and Sandenia - we will still accept with a 15% deduction before 12pm tomorrow. Otherwise, we'll see you tomorrow evening x

Watchlist for last couple of hours Hendinia The Spodic Empire Hinterlandia Cadelicia New Lexico Persephonia Scotland 2 Ojnoj Trifoski Summericia République d'Áskorza Conoria Sandenia Lotunia

Reminders sent out! 24 hours remaining and still quite a few votes to come in (especially Semi 2!), hopefully a lot of votes to come to the surface soon x

The proposed legislation has a lot of safeguards in place, it's not just something that can just be done out of the blue. It's an end to suffering, and people absolutely have a right to that.

C'mon guys, nothing to be afraid of here x

Meh, this is why I was against past winners still being included x Green Day is my favourite.

Just over 2 days left to vote, you may want to not wait for a reminder if you have a fear of snakes x (I should also warn of excessive strobe lights in Cadelicia's video if you haven't yet watched it x)

The production is actually quite good, had that been used and some new names, it could've actually worked. The rest of it though, Jesus Christ...it feels like a mishmash that wasn't fully finished, the repeated lines and disjointed structure doesn't work, the power's been taken out of the most iconic lines, the rousing final chorus has been stripped down and has Dizzee's rap shoehorned in as well as the news reader which is a bit of a mask-off moment and a very cynical way to end the record. All of it just emphasises what I already thought - that it's a hollow 'tradition' turned ego trip with less creativity put in it with each passing edition, seriously they might as well have just re-released the original if they must do something. I'm still not convinced it will make number 1, the reaction's been pretty negative from all corners.

Best ABBA - Dancing Queen The Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow Bill Conti - Gonna Fly Now Eagles - Hotel California Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band - A Fifth Of Beethoven Manfred Mann very close too, a great discovery x Worst The Manhattans - Kiss And Say Goodbye Rod Stewart - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) The Sylvers - Boogie Fever Rod's song is painful and the other two probably sounded alright at the time but should definitely be left in the 70s.

It's a non-story just being peddled because Labour are in government, it's an unfortunate side effect to the majority of tabloids siding with the Tories. Like many things from Farage and Musk, they are best ignored and not given the attention they crave.

Excellent winner, I haven't found Dua's new material that inspiring sadly, but that's still her at her peak. Would've been my equal preferred pick to win with Everything I Wanted and Blinding Lights, and I'm pleased following Midnight Sky and Blinding Lights, that all the 80s throwback smashes have had their turn at the top now *.* I do like No Tears Left to Cry as well, but I'd have swapped that and Into You's positions. Everything I Wanted is by far my favourite in the top 10 and I hope it can win one of these soon, slowly getting there x Thanks once again for the great effort that goes into this!

Thanks for the playlists! Apple Music also in the opening post for those who use it x

Welcome all to the miniature yet sprawling world of Terra Insectorum, hosted in conjunction with the Invertebrate Islands, we will be the host for all odds and predictions in BJSC 170. One of the most populous and successful nations in Animalia, we are proud being home of the strongest work rate in the world and our dedicated worker ants and honeybees have built this casino which will be the main betting port for the contest. We are also proud of our multiculturalism and host to the kingdoms of the previously persecuted and isolated Invertebrate Islands. We invite all to look around but just watch your step x Here are your competitors to stake your bets: 🐛 Terra Avium 🐛 Mr. Scruff - Sweetsmoke 🐛 Hendinia 🐛 HAYLA - Only I 🐛 FARC 🐛 Ceechynaa - Last Laugh 🐛 Aeroche 🐛 Leftfield - Full Way Round (Ewan McVicar Remix) (feat. Grian Chatten) 🐛 The Spodic Empire 🐛 Andrew W.K. - She Is Beautiful 🐛 Cor Lupus 🐛 No Mana & SOFI - Digital Friends 🐛 Altyr Muunilinst 🐛 Metteson - Waves 🐛 Kathaldazia 🐛 Mona Yim - Baby Dragon 🐛 Eastovka 🐛 Diskoria & Danilla - Flamboyanku 🐛 Harmonica 🐛 Daniel Allan & Lyrah - I Just Need 🐛 Jupiterdonia 🐛 School Of Seven Bells - Ablaze 🐛 Hushkanukia 🐛 ADÉLA - SUPERSCAR 🐛 Hinterlandia 🐛 Felix Lee - And The Parasite Speaks (feat. Ecco2k) 🐛 East Rukahavian 🐛 Geowulf - Nightmare 🐛 Ultraviolenceland 🐛 Skye Riley - Blood On White Satin 🐛 Herbilore 🐛 Benedict Cork - Reasons I Loved You (I Can't Think Of One) 🐛 POPHub 🐛 Becca Hatch - Think Of You 🐛 Macromia 🐛 SOFIA ISELLA - I Can Be Your Mother 🐛 Singerpurear 🐛 Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles 🐛 Cadelicia 🐛 Sara Landry & Shlømo - Play With Me 🐛 FSR Rontvia 🐛 Kit Sebastian - Bul Bul Bul 🐛 Danæviia 🐛 CLANN - Arise 🐛 Pestolia 🐛 ieuan - Tokyo Convenience 🐛 Greenfroze 🐛 HWASA - NA 🐛 New Lexico 🐛 Cimberly - bye bye bye 🐛 Séyetana 🐛 Phantom Siita - Zoku Zoku 🐛 Ben's Sanctuary 🐛 &Tilly & Color Theory - I Cannot Rain 🐛 Mothertopia 🐛 Leah Kate - But I Lied 🐛 Fljótavík 🐛 CHINCHILLA - 1:5 🐛 Sovarasma 🐛 HINA - Tararua 🐛 Persephonia 🐛 Imane El Halouat - Ally 🐛 Scotland 2 🐛 Laurel Halo - Carcass 🐛 Bøtanikkä 🐛 BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy - RATATATA 🐛 Taahino 🐛 Chrissy Chlapecka - My Only Dream Is To Be Loved 🐛 Land of DW 🐛 Kalte Liebe - Tränen Stillen Keinen Durst 🐛 Cheiron 🐛 CMAT - Where Are Your Kids Tonight? (feat. John Grant) 🐛 Kluminican Republic 🐛 Chloé Caillet & SG Lewis - B Somebody 🐛 Ojnoj 🐛 Martine Farstad - TIME TO GO 🐛 Trifoski 🐛 Ugly - Icy Windy Sky 🐛 Neliönoir 🐛 Faux Real - Rent Free 🐛 Wholune 🐛 Indigo De Souza - All Of This Will End 🐛 Dobago 🐛 Oliver Koletzki - Spiritual But Not Religious 🐛 Zanmatony 🐛 RIKKI - SUTEKI DA NE (Isn't It Wonderful?) **50th Anniversary Entry** 🐛 Summericia 🐛 Beyond The Black - Is There Anybody Out There? 🐛 République d'Áskorza 🐛 Cloudy June - CREEPY! 🐛 Utopia 🐛 Blankenberge - New Rules 🐛 Ajanaeda 🐛 Grace Davies - Another Night 🐛 Cumulonimbia 🐛 Social Order - Miss You 🐛 Bronzil 🐛 Anthony McCaffrey - The Dark 🐛 Conoria 🐛 Nieve Ella - The Things We Say 🐛 Thelonia 🐛 Kai Bosch - Everything Is Beautiful 🐛 Jadakissnia 🐛 Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations 🐛 Rolloland 🐛 Weather Systems - Untouchable Part 3 🐛 Sandénia 🐛 Dani Marchio - Daydreamer 🐛 Aesthetica 🐛 Yves - Viola 🐛 Skall 🐛 DJ BORING - Winona 🐛 Lotunia 🐛 NAHABA - VESNIANKA 🐛 Lookylion 🐛 JACOTÉNE - Stop Calling Take your chances x

I know the CMAT song already and I quite enjoyed it, intrigued to see how it does, at least we had one artist that made it through the veto repping the 6Music crowd x Also very hyped to hear some artists behind two former Terra top pointers, we love pandering <3 (and I see a former artist of mine with Chloe Caillet assuming this the same one!) Sorry it's not quite a full week to vote but we'd only have had a bit of Friday anyway and you'll get longer for the final x Good to see Skye Riley here too, I was worried about what happened to her after that publicity stunt. Now if you'll excuse me I need to go and question who is in that dark corner smiling at me.

Madonna now, a bit of a mess to be generous x