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1 hour ago, Erigert said:

So when is the next competition happening?

The annual edition (for songs 5 or more years old) will take place after the Olympics/Paralympics in the autumn.

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2 hours ago, mrv86 said:

If anyone is interested MEXFEST '24 in Spotify includes the songs I considered at one point for this edition.

 

Would love to read some thoughts about it.

As a whole, I could see myself listening to this playlist while cruising down the coast. It has a great vibe. However, given the time of the year the vote takes place, and the ability of songs to stand out, I’m really sure what could and couldn’t get points from me.

 

My favorite is probably “Óyeme Bien” by La Garfield. “Fuego” by Zaret also stood out, but it might have gotten lost in the crowd during competition.

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Am I the only one that hears a similar progression in the Greek and entry this song:

 

 

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This is also, by a considerable margin, the shortest TISC thread since the rebirth of Totallympics 

 

It's a shame becuase this was so well organized by @Henry_Leon

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10 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Joking aside, as popular as Billie is, her Barbie song is too low-key for a song contest to win. 

Yeah, that did cross my mind, but then that song kept winning everything, so we decided to send it anyway 

 

Olivia Rodrigo's "Vampire," AJR's "Maybe Man," and Lana Lubany's "ON MY WAY" were the other three finalists after the first round of consideration.

 

 

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My personal votes and thoughts -

 

 - 12 (One of the clearest winner picks for me. Great vocals, visuals, arrangement. Plus, the Maori segments are beautiful. @Wanderer)

 - 11 (This was the only other song considered for my 12 points. It caught my attention quickly as well. It stood out from everything else, and the lyrics were interesting @Vektor)

 - 10 (I think we might have some overlapping taste @Vic Liu. I liked the "throwback" nature of this song, and the lyrics/video were fun.)

 - 9 (Just a fun, catchy, lively song. A nice ode to one's homeland @kungshamra71)

 - 8 (I like the risk you took with this @hckošice. It has a great message and stood out from many of the other entires.)

 - 7 (This is similar to some music I listen to more frequently. There was just something about it that keep me thinking about it @Wumo)

 - 6 (A nice dance/party track. It got points for the integration of Maltese @Glen)

 - 5 (Eley has a really good vocal. The song is a great pop track @Werloc) 

 - 4 (Retro in a way that was fun and stuck out @Henry_Leon @Gianlu33 @Pablita)

 - 3 (Definitely an artist with a lot of promise @Hipooo)

 - 2 (This originally feel outside my points, but creeped it's way back in. The vocal is nice and lyrics are interesting enough @Benolympique @Bohemia)

 - 1 (This got me to move, and it was fun, so finally some points for you @konig)

 - R1 (Catchy, but just under the line for points @mrv86)

 - R2 (This almost snuck into the points. I'll be interested to see how she does at Eurovision @NikolaB)

 - R3 (Great vocal, a nice country vibe. I just couldn't find room for it in my points @Fer GUA)

 - R4 (I couldn't find the translated lyrics, and that hurt your chances for points @justony. The song was interesting, but I couldn't undertsand the message.)

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Billie fell out of the top five at the end, so who's ready for an obscure indie entry next year? 

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Well, congrats to  

 

Which Italian user will volunteer to host next year? 

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 with nice 5th place on their debut as well 

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The scoring of "What Was I Made For?" is very interesting to me. People either liked it a lot, or not at all it seems. I wasn't sure how it would play. Now I don't know how much insight I can glean from this from future contests.

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 repeat winning in  would be so on-brand for TISC 

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Not the "quid pro quo" repayment we were looking for @Glen 

 

Thanks for the points tho.

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1 minute ago, Wanderer said:

Australia doesn't participate

I'm aware. There's a running theme to my predictions 

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1 minute ago, mrv86 said:

Thank you @Werloc, I’m really shocked to be in your top 12.

I woke up huming it one day. It wasn't my favorite, but it was undeniably catchy.

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Just now, Henry_Leon said:

12 points goes to?

 

He have already post a tips some hours ago .........

 

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7 minutes ago, Wanderer said:

This Hungarian song - que no me gusta, me encanta!

 

One of the rare Annual editions I really liked. I had 20 songs I wanted to really award some points.

I only had a few, but New Zealand's and Hungary's were among those.

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Just now, Wanderer said:

Any guesses for my twelve?

 

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Just now, Belle said:

I think US will get the 12 from NZ. 😊

I'm not as optimistic 

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9 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

They were my second reserve  I thought the singing was beautiful, I really liked it in terms of the voice alone, but I had no idea what it was about and it seemed a bit like....I don't know, going on about nothing, like singing it with the voice of a beautiful love song, but without actually telling something  

Interesting. I thought the lyrics were very clever in terms of the message of the movie. 

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1 minute ago, Bohemia said:

Coming, sorry I wasn't ready yet

We expect better from ZPD's finest 

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4 minutes ago, Werloc said:

I honestly never cared about the movie, but Billie Eilish is on my radar, amazing songwriter and performer  

Yeah, she's one of the few mainstream American artists who get space on my playlist.

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Just now, dezbee2008 said:

Guess the 12

 

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Nothing to see here 

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6 minutes ago, Werloc said:

Truthfully, I thought this was going to be an easy W for the United States :DDDDDDD

I don't think the movie is as popular outside the United States, and know Billie's style can be divisive.

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1 minute ago, konig said:

: My wife watch the end of the clip and says "what are they doing?, they are crazy", i answer: you dont see the all blacks, arent you?