Chez Wombat

Democracy being ahead of Economy is rare (even 2008 had that as first priority), really hope that's a good sign. Don't envy you people staying up, but may not be able to sleep much myself, here's hoping to not waking up to doomsday xx

saved yourself from a ban there xx (full comments later when I recover but thank you all omg <333)

Buzzjack going slow in direct contrast to my heartbeat xx

oh my gosh :drama:

Yeah, definitely think I'm losing that lead with the remaining nations voting, but a great haul indeed <3

Ooh this is looking better :cheeseblock:

Underperforming, kill me now, delete the forum etc. (:kink:)

Well I can't think of any other hugely important event to await other then whether I'm able to win, bring it on :o (I don't think I will for the record, think this is a very alt-heavy final so got to be a pop winner, my money's still on Aeroche)

I reserve the right to ban odds and predictions if that's wrong xx

Best America - A Horse With No Name Carly Simon - You're So Vain Don McLean - American Pie Stevie Wonder - Superstition The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone Frankenstein and The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia were also good discoveries x Worst Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl Michael Jackson - Ben Melanie - Brand New Key Feels a bit harsh to Brand New Key compared to the other two, but those vocals were really painful at points.

Eminem a very easy first bin, pretty good list otherwise!

Even if the Iowa poll is within margin of error, that was a State he won comfortably in 2020 and the fact there's doubts in what should be an easy win for him doesn't look good for the trends in the swing states at all. That's the first bit of optimism I've felt in a while, although still cautiously so. I'm worried about the aftermath either way, while I'm sure there'll be preparation he won't accept a loss, he wasn't exactly punished for it last time so who knows what he or his supporters could do :/

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads Marvin Gaye - What's Going On The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin Tom Jones - She's A Lady

Kemi Badenoch wins the vote and is leader of the Conservative Party. Lots of culture war nonsense to look forward to, yayyy :nocheer:

The overdramatics from this budget from the media is quite something, I'd be interested to compare it to the last Tory budget (bar the disastrous Truss one)

Meet Me Halfway took me ages for some reason, I think it was the whole uncanny valley vibe of it, took me a while to click they were peas! Lulu was genius though, quite surprised that got so many given it's not a universally used term, but I suppose it couldn't have been anything else! Hooray at getting the bonus points, just about keeping me top half, you're all too good at this x Congrats to Dandy & jim on a full house and thanks Mango for another fun round of these B-)

In general, a pretty decent budget (though I'm certain the Telegraph/Tabloid rags will declare it's the worst ever), was very pleased to hear about the amount going into SEN and education in particular. The lack of investment in public transport is more of a shame.

I had Style in mind for Taylor Swift, thankfully remembered there was another item of clothing she had a song about x Chemical Brothers took me forever, especially as it looked like they were talking to each other and the boy and the girl were in the background!

Well thank you for being generous! That's where my lack of current chart knowledge comes in x (and didn't think of Steps either, although I did wonder why All Rise didn't have court representation). There goes one of my bonus answers as I was misled into Buzzjack logic for a wrong answer :drama:

So that's what #6 was, blast x Was confused by the birds and I kept focusing on songs with 'Well' in it. Oh Well was my best guess cos the person was wearing a Mac.

I was slightly unsure with Q2 because of the forest animals (Fox on the Run by The Sweet was a consideration), pleased they didn't seem relevant in the end x

I tried myself to send a song that sounded like a qualifier just two years ago on the brink of a DNQ streak and it failed, it's not a recipe for success. You can really never predict BJSC, there's so many genres that get sent and the semis are distributed randomly. There's no magic bullet, it really is best to just send what you love and see what happens. I can't really add anything to what's already been said in this thread, ultimately this is all a bit of a fun, I know very well how frustrating it is to DNQ and have a long streak, but the new music has kept me invested. If that's not a pull and if it is causing genuine upset or stress to anyone, then it is absolutely acceptable to take a step back.

Well very happy for Cumulonimbia, but aww for Jade </3 didn't think that sounded like a DNQ, admittedly I would've liked it to be a bit longer. DNQ votes: 04 ☢ Jadakissnia ☢ moonvampire - cigarette burns 03 ☢ Tartford ☢ Gemma Ray - Fire House 02 ☢ Suedeonia ☢ Lightheaded - Mercury Girl Hopefully Semi Sue has some goods to replace that (I know it has one that has got through <3) (Hosting great as ever, leww x)

Was getting a little worried there, darn you random.org x Thanks all <3 Oh dear though, I'm definitely going to lose one of my votes with the last two :(