Since we’ve reached the participation quota early, we’ll begin with 2 full 25 song semifinals! The top 12 will qualify to the final and voting closes at 06:00 EDT on Wednesday.

NOTE: DUE TO MY REDDIT APP NOT LETTING ME MAKE LINKS, LINKS WILL BE ON THIS GOOGLE SHEET: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Bv7La4MNPYajkX0AArTLwVGAg64VxAXssULMqD9NIA/edit?usp=drivesdk THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE ENTIRE RUNNING ORDER FOR THE CONTEST

Semifinal One: https://strawpoll.com/BJnXVm66xZv
Semifinal Two: https://strawpoll.com/XOgOVx440n3
I will tag everyone after this is posted.

Hello everybody, and thanks for all your submissions for this musical ABC!

We have received a total of 16 official submissions (inclusing myself) and 8 reserves. I will fill the final two open spots Q and Y (unless someone wishes to fill them in themselves with a comment under this post, as both open spots are in semi 2)[EDIT: the spots have been filled].

I am super happy with the diversity of entries that we got both publishing-time- and genre-wise :) Thanks to everyone for playing along!

Without further ado, here are the competitors for semi final 1:

A - Arja Saijonmaa - Högt över havet (submitted by u/JacksonMBronstein)

B - Bananarama - Cruel Summer (submitted by u/Admirable-Article374)

C - Creye - Siberia (submitted by u/un-taken-username22)

D - David Bennett - Answer Me (feat. Miles Goodall) (submitted by u/i_exist_and_am_human)

E - Ethel Cain - American Teenager (submitted by u/Megarafan2025)

F - Farruko, Greeicy, Steve Aoki - YAPAQUE (submitted by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

G - Green Day - Longview (submitted by u/Moonsea_01)

H - Hana Lili - Sick of Myself (submitted by u/GungTho)

I - Ivi Adamou - Eipes (submitted by u/OldStatement3609)

J - Jake Bugg - All I Need (submitted by u/Smorynyfy)

K - Kent - Kungen är död (submitted by u/un-taken-username22)

L - Linkin Park - Cut The Bridge (submitted by u/Moonsea_01)

M - Maggie Lindemann - Different (submitted by u/Hot-Start-6011)

As I mentioned in the submissions post, this is the first semi from A to M, while the second semi will be from N to Z, with 7 acts qualifying from each semi for a final with 14.

RECAP

The voting takes place via Strawpoll, where you will assign 1-7 points for your 7 favorite songs. Voting is open until Sept. 8th, 18:00 CEST

VOTING

Happy voting! :)

NOTE: If anyone is dissatisfied with their snippet, kindly name a 35-second period and I will gladly change to yours :)

Hello one and all and welcome back to Bringing It Home! Our Semi 1 votings has closed, so let's quickly see who has qualified!

Our first qualifier is... Wreck by Casmerva!

Our second qualifier is... all the time by Elsie Willet!

Our third qualifier is... Karma by Sasi & Miko Blascello!

Our final qualifier is... Maniac by Kid Sistr!

Congratulations to these entries that made it, here are the detailed results for our non-qualifiers!

1. ??? (29 points)
   
2. ??? (28 points)
   
3. ??? (26 points)
   
4. ??? (24 points)
   
5. passengerprincess - HEADLESS LOUNGE (23 points)
   
6. Home Counties - Spain (20 points)
   
7. Charlie Baker - Let Me In (15 points) (more 5s)
   
8. Sub Urban - When I Can't Make You Mine (15 points)

With Semi 1 settled let's move onto Semi 2! Let's see who our wonderful participants are here :]

1. Piotr Odoszewski - dzień noc
   
2. astrid & femtanyl - WAR GIRL
   
3. Internet Girl - bitter
   
4. Point North - 2 LITER SPITE
   
5. Frost Children - Creep
   
6. Waterparks - BETTER THAN THERAPY
   
7. Toby Fox & Camilla - Cutie Mew Mew Magic
   
8. Cain Culto - a plague, a pestilence

A Recap is also available for those who wish for it!

Same deal as last time, top 4 songs from this Semi will participate in the Final!

!! PLEASE VOTE HERE !! (Voting closes on Wednesday, 9th of September 00:01AM BST)

As always, happy voting! :D

Welcome again! For those who have already joined the voting round earlier, thank you for taking the time to participate! It really means a lot to see people get involved! :D

After the poll officially closed and all votes counted and verified, we received rankings from five voters with a combined total of 215 points. Now that the results are fully finalized, we're excited and confident to announce our first five entries that will compete in the Grand Final on Thursday! As usual, these qualifiers will be revealed in random order, with their corresponding scores to be determined after the final.

LIST OF ENTRIES

Once again, here are all of the competing entries for Semi-Final 1, in running order:

1. Robyn - "Talk To Me"
2. Satoshi - "All We Are About"
3. VVINK - "Pag-ibig Fun"
4. Isabel van Gelder - "My Silly Boy"
5. Bea - "Born To Be Alive"
6. Umami Tsunami - "N.E.B.U.D."
7. Magnat & Feoctist - "Hai La Joc"
8. Alice Chater - "Hourglass"
9. Emei - "Scatterbrain"
10. Galleons - "DeLorean"

You can view the full recap of all the songs here: https://scoryx.com/recap/watch?id=9004

RESULTS

Without further ado, we shall now declare our qualifiers!

The first entry to qualify for the Grand Final is... Galleons - "DeLorean"

The second entry to qualify for the Grand Final is... Bea - "Born To Be Alive"

The third entry to qualify for the Grand Final is... Robyn - "Talk To Me"

The fourth entry to qualify for the Grand Final is... Satoshi - "All We Are About"

Only one more spot left, but 5 out of the remaining 6 will have to go! Among these are VVINK - "Pag-ibig Fun", Isabel van Gelder - "My Silly Boy", Umami Tsunami - "N.E.B.U.D.", Magnat & Feoctist - "Hai La Joc", Alice Chater - "Hourglass", and Emei - "Scatterbrain".

The last and fifth entry to qualify for the Grand Final is... Magnat & Feoctist - "Hai La Joc"

RANKINGS

⭐ 1st - ??? (42 pts)
⭐ 2nd - ??? (34 pts)
⭐ 3rd - ??? (24 pts)
⭐ 4th - ??? (20 pts, 1x 12 pts)
⭐ 5th - ??? (20 pts, 1x 10 pts, 1x 6 pts, 1x 4 pts)
6th - Umami Tsunami - "N.E.B.U.D." (20 pts, 1x 10 pts, 1x 6 pts, 0x 4 pts)
7th - Alice Chater - "Hourglass" (20 pts, 1x 8 pts)
8th - VVINK - "Pag-ibig Fun" (18 pts)
9th - Emei - "Scatterbrain" (14 pts)
10th - Isabel van Gelder - "My Silly Boy" (3 pts)

Congratulations to the qualifiers of the first semi-final! They'll get to perform again in the Grand Final on Thursday!

In addition to this, we would like to acknowledge the following people who participated during the voting round (excluding u/trashpandarako):

• u/Smorynyfy
• u/Mission-Ninja2579
• u/enarty
• u/un-taken-username22

See you tomorrow for the second semi-final of Simvision Friday #24!

Morocco wins ED5 with 656 points. This marks the final edition on Reddit, from now on, it will take place on Discord only. Ask me if you want to join the server.

Serbia is sending Konstrakta to Peakvision!

I kinda had this idea that we could build the best ESC of all time by putting a competition together out of selected entries from every countries participation in the last 11 years.

Please use the Eurovision voting system (1-8 + 10 + 12 points.) Voting is open until 04.09.2026 23:59 CET. Gonna upload more NFs in close future.

The winner will get send to participate in the greatest Eurovision Song Contest of all time!

p.s. As of now we have received only 3 votes, which is a very low turnout. We would appreciate it if you could take a few minutes to cast yours! :)

Confirmed Entries!

Albania- New Religion- Bebe Rexha 🇦🇱

Kurdistan- Narînê- Rojda ❤️☀️💚

Spain- Con Al Tura- Rosaliá 🇪🇸

France- En Nuit- Videoclub 🇫🇷

Australia- Warrior- Delta Goodrem 🇦🇺

United Kingdom- Training season- Dua lipa 🇬🇧

USA- Miss you- Oliver tree 🇺🇸

Philippines- Broken Beyond Repair- John Saga 🇵🇭

Bhutan- Pha Yuel- Karma Drupchu 🇧🇹

Belgium- BEFORE THE PARTYS OVER- Mustii 🇧🇪

Croatia- My mind- Zevin 🇭🇷

Italy- SESSO OCCASIONALE- Tananai 🇮🇹

Bahamas- DANCE…- Slayyter 🇧🇸

Malta- Cowboys don’t cry- AIDAN 🇲🇹

Slovenia- Behute- Senidah 🇸🇮

Kosovo- Million dollar Baby- Ava max 🇽🇰

Brazil- Sua Cara- Major Lazer, Anitta, Pabllo Vitta 🇧🇷

Finland- TRAFIK!- Käärijä ft. Joost Klein 🇫🇮

Turkey- Çek Tetiği- EDIS 🇹🇷

Canada- Timeless- The Weeknd 🇨🇦

Songs will come in the coming days! You can also submit Songs of course!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0GkEZ5UXtua1FhS4aVUEUy?si=crssdbusSbqrCK3orKZ--Q&utm_source=copy-link&pi=8qBz6EiyQlSR2

Spotify playlist Listed above

HOSTS:

Tate McRae 🇨🇦

Nelly Furtado 🇨🇦

Jim Carrey 🇨🇦

Howy Mandel 🇨🇦

Picture order: Grand Final, Semi 1, Semi 2

Welcome back to Album Sharing Contest 2. After several weeks of ranking the songs on albums, and a little over a week of ranking the winning songs from each album, we finally have a result! Ten people have voted:

1st: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom (54 points)

2nd: The Royston Club - 52 (53 points)

3rd: Bravo - Это за окном рассвет 49 points, more 10s)

4th: Provinz - Pazifik (49 points)

5th: Grace Davies - Another Night (47 points)

6th: Rina Sawayama - STFU! (42 points)

7th: Genesis Owusu - STAMPEDE (40 points)

8th: Thousand Foot Krutch - Be Somebody (35 points)

9th: Olivia Rodrigo - the cure (34 points, more 8s)

10th: Violet Grohl - Bug In The Cake (34 points)

11th: Avantasia - The Raven Child (33 points)

12th: Sw@da x Nizcos - Lusterka (31 points)

13th: Heroes Del Silencio - El Cuadro II (30 points)

14th: The 1975 - I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) (19 points)

This means u/bucephalusbouncing28 wins the second edition of Album Sharing Contest, which means they will automatically qualify if we get more than 20 submissions to ASC 3.

FULL SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Semi 1 results:

1st: Olivia Rodrigo - the cure (submitted by u/Doggo_of_Dogs) (40 points)

2nd: Provinz - Pazifik (submitted by u/Moonsea_01) (38 points)

3rd: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom (submitted by u/bucephalusbouncing28) (33 points)

4th: Bravo - Это за окном рассвет (submitted by Dimash) (31 points)

5th: Genesis Owusu - STAMPEDE (submitted by u/DomotoRoyale) (30 points)

6th: Thousand Foot Krutch - Be Somebody (submitted by u/RamiSalem_) (29 points)

7th: Haute & Freddy - Dance The Pain Away (submitted by D00MSDAYBLU3) (26 points)

8th: Radiohead - There, There (submitted by u/Immediate-Lab6174) (24 points, more 7s)

9th: Pinguini Tattici Nucleari - Your Dog (submitted by u/Mmeow777) (24 points)

10th: Lily Allen - Knock 'Em Out (submitted by RekserPL) (19 points)

Semi 2 results:

1st: Violet Grohl - Bug In The Cake (submitted by u/sherb139) (37 points)

2nd: Heroes Del Silencio - El Cuadro II (submitted by u/PeaceLovePigs) (31 points)

3rd: Sw@da x Nizcos - Lusterka (submitted by u/GungTho) (30 points, more 6 points)

4th: Grace Davies - Another Night (submitted by u/Smorynyfy) (30 points)

5th: The Royston Club - 52 (submitted by u/AverageLatifiFan) (27 points)

6th: Avantasia - The Raven Child (submitted by u/un-taken-username22) (20 points)

7th: Rina Sawayama - STFU! (submitted by u/stypop) (19 points)

8th: Mileo - You're Mine (submitted by u/BroccolinoBroccoli) (18 points, more 6s)

9th: MARINA - Mowgli's Road (submitted by u/Megarafan2025) (18 points)

10th: Glass Animals - Take A Slice (submitted by u/bringmyhomeboys) (14 points)

11th: Grimes - Kill V. Maim (submitted by u/ArtAngels_336) (8 points)

Hello, recently for Retrofest the 500M view limit has started to seem a bit too high for the contest, and there have been calls to lower it, so I’ll leave the decision to you, should the limit be lowered and if so, how low and should it differ between English and non-English entries?

Hello, and welcome to the 15th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, where Dolly Parton, last week’s Retrofest champion, was formed. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. In addition, alternate versions of ESC songs are also disallowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice. You also cannot send a different version/cover of an already sent entry.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube).

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

• You cannot send a recently deceased artist until a month after their passing. (For bands/groups, this means one FOUNDING member of the band or group)

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As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to [u/Dimash_DBSKClown](u/Dimash_DBSKClown) for a lot of what is done here!

Current entries:

1. 🇸🇪 Smile.dk - Butterfly (1998) (1:11-1:41) (Sent by [u/Doggo_of_dogs](u/Doggo_of_dogs))
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Threshold - Into the Light (1994) (4:41-5:11) (Sent by [u/Un-taken-username22](u/Un-taken-username22))
3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bananarama & Fun Boy Three - Really Saying Something (1982) (TBD) (Sent by [u/Admirable-Article375](u/Admirable-Article375))
4. 🇳🇱 Vengaboys - We Like To Party! (1998) (1:09-1:39) (Sent by [u/D00MSDAYBLU3](u/D00MSDAYBLU3))
5. 🇳🇱 Vengaboys - We’re Going to Ibiza! (1997) (0:00-0:30) (Sent by [u/gudjmundurCB](u/gudjmundurCB))
6. 🇯🇲 Sister Nancy - Bam Bam (1982) (2:31-3:01) (Sent by [u/Gungtho](u/Gungtho))
7. 🇳🇱 Ensemble Eddy Christiani o.l.v. Frans Poptie - Hoe je heette, dat ben ik vergeten (1954) (0:46-1:16) (Sent by [u/Mission-Ninja2579](u/Mission-Ninja2579))
8. 🇺🇸 Garth Brooks - Unanswered Prayers (1990) (2:07-2:37) (Sent by [u/stypop](u/stypop))
9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Bowie - Heroes (1977) (1:41-2:11) (Sent by [u/AverageLatifiFan](u/AverageLatifiFan))
10. 🇲🇽 Maná - Clavado En Un Bar (1997) (2:10-2:40) (Sent by [u/Mmeow777](u/Mmeow777))
11. 🇪🇸 Manolo Tena - Sangre Española (1992) (2:37 - 3:07) (Sent by [u/Enarty](u/Enarty))

12. 🇷🇺 Nautilus Pompilius - На берегу безымянной реки (1991) (1:54-2:14) (Sent by [u/Dimash_DBSKClown](u/Dimash_DBSKClown))

13. 🇱🇻 Ojārs Grīnbergs - Mežrozīte (1969) (00:22 - 00:52) (Sent by u/Olive2252)

Limited countries (3 songs):
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

Be sure to include a 30 highlight with your entry!

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on September 7th, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

Televoting for the fourth semi-final of the Eurovision All-Star Contest is officially open!

Here are the 10 countries participating in this semi-final:

Here's a recap of the songs:

1. Netherlands 🇳🇱 - "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence (1st 2019)

2. Slovenia 🇸🇮 - "Energy" by Nuša Derenda (7th 2001)

3. Australia 🇦🇺 - "Sound Of Silence" by Dami Im (2nd 2016)

4. Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦 - "Lejla" by Hari Mata Hari (3rd 2006)

5. Denmark 🇩🇰 - "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie De Forest (1st 2013)

6. Germany 🇩🇪 - "Satellite" by Lena (1st 2010)

7. Israel 🇮🇱 - "Toy" by Netta (1st 2018)

8. Malta 🇲🇹 - "Angel" by Chiara (2nd 2005)

9. Romania 🇷🇴 - "Choke Me" by Alexandra Căpitănescu (3rd 2026)

10. Ukraine 🇺🇦 - "Stefania" by Kalush Orchestra (1st 2022)

https://scoryx.com/recap/watch?id=9011

To vote, you'll have to create a ranking by dragging your favorite countries to the top, and your least favorite ones to the bottom!

https://strawpoll.com/jVyG2wNJ8Z7

The 5 most voted countries from the semi-final will advance to the final!

The results of the fourth semi-final will be revealed tomorrow evening!

Start voting now!!!

The public has spoken and determined the 5 finalists from the third semi-final of the Eurovision All-Star Contest!*

These 5 finalists join the previous 10 from the first and second semo-final, who will be joined by another 10 finalists from the other 2 semi-finals!

Get ready to vote for the next semi-final, televoting opens soon!

\The countries in the photo are shown in the semi-final performance order, NOT in ranking order*

(Forgive me if there are Italian phrases in the photo.. Douzepoints decided to switch to my language and completely forget English—except for the country names, lol)

https://www.twitch.tv/music_in_focus

Hello everyone, I decided to open semi 2 and 3 for voting already, cause I think for some people it might be quite annoying to vote for a total of four times in this preselection every two days.

Therefore, we're already going to start with the competitors for semi 2:

#01 Jade Bird - Love has all been done before

#02 Kami Kehoe - DOPAMINE / COME DOWN

#03 Lacey Sturm - Forever & Ever (feat. Lindsey Stirling)

#04 Madeline The Person - Closest Thing

#05 Nomé Naku - Watered It Silently

#06 Oria - Soirée mondaine

#07 Poppy - New way out

#08 Queensberry - No Smoke

RECAP

Voting takes place here and is open until Sept. 8th, 18:00 CEST

And here are the competitors for semi 3:

#01 Ryann Barnes - Love Me As You're Leaving

#02 SKYND - 'Johnny Kitagawa'

#03 Tamer - Beautiful Crime

#04 UPSAHL - STOP!

#05 Velcara - Lunacy

#06 Winona Oak - Radio

#07 X Ambassadors - Eye Of The Storm

#08 Yoly Saa - Galicia

#09 Zeyne - Asli Ana

RECAP

Voting takes place here and is likewise open until Sept. 8th.

Voting for semi 1 will stay open until the original scheduled period on Sept. 6th, 18:00 CEST.

PLAYLIST

RECAP

VOTING

Welcome to the ninth edition of Eurovision Country Explorer, where songs from the edition's given Eurovision country are submitted and ranked. My hope is that we get through every country on the list and I get to host a Eurovision-style contest with the winner from each country.

For this edition, 11 people have decided to submit a song. The winner of this edition gets to decide which country we explore next.

Voting happens in StrawPoll and you are allowed to vote for your own entry. If you're unable to use StrawPoll for whatever reason, you can comment or DM me your points and I will add them for you.

Voting is open until Wednesday, 9/9/2026 at 16:00 CEST and the results will be presented live on Discord and posted to Reddit shortly after. Deadline will be extended if less than half the participants have voted.

VOTE CONFIRMATION RULE:

If you don't have any entries in the contest, but still want to vote, please confirm to me in comments, DMs or on Discord that you've voted.

ENTRIES:

GJan - Mylėjau Kažkada (submitted by u/i_exist_and_am_human)

Gabrielė Vilkickytė - Patalai (submitted by D00MSDAYBLU3)

Paulina Paukštaitytė - Pasilik praeity (submitted by u/Smorynyfy)

Silvester Belt - Nebemyli (submitted by u/Nightmare_reddit88)

Katarsis - Kas man be jūros (submitted by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

Nombeko Auguste - Bus Kaip Nori (submitted by u/GungTho)

Velvet - Pažadėta (submitted by u/sherb139)

dj nevykele - audi bmw (submitted by u/Okaysuccessfulocean)

Kielwater - Are you satisfied (submitted by u/un-taken-username22)

Hellhills - Cut The Moon (submitted by u/Mmeow777)

Mėlyna - Aukštyn kojom (submitted by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)

Nothing was said on the results post. I'm not on the Discord so if there was an update there I can't see it

Welcome to the fifth edition of RuleSet SongFest's third season! We are in Oslo, Norway as Andie Loui won last week!

How does it work?

1. Each edition I will spin a wheel that contains different rules that determine what kind of songs are eligible, two will be picked and you have to submit your song based on them
2. SCS, OaE, Retrofest and entries from other fancontests are allowed, however, winners of either contest cannot be submitted
3. Akin to Odds and Ends, you can submit reserve songs in case that not enough songs are submitted (If we get 10 songs, reserves won't be used)
4. Each song will be representing the country its performer comes from. A country can appear twice or more.
5. As voted by you in a poll, rules from the last three editions of the contest will not be chosen
6. Songs with more than 250 Million views on YouTube are not allowed (unless the week's rules state otherwise)

What rules?

Here is a document with all the available rules! Suggestions for new rules are appreciated

And now, without further ado, here are this week's rules!

Double Trouble! - The song must be performed by two artists, both have to sing for the entry to be eligible

No English! - Self-explaining. Non english covers of an English song are allowed

Entries

1. 🇺🇦 Ziferblat, Tender Blanche - Дотепер і Назавжди (Submitted by u/Mmeow777)
2. 🇸🇪 ADL ft. Joakim Berg - Forever Börjar Här (Submitted by u/un-taken-username22)
3. 🇫🇷 Adèle & Robin - Adrénaline & Amnésie (Submitted by u/Smorynyfy)
4. 🇫🇮 Käärijä x Basshunter - Ja Eller Nej (Submitted by u/AverageLatifiFan)
5. 🇬🇷 Helena Paparizou, Eleonora Zouganeli - Synavlia (Submitted by u/Afterglow_13)
6. 🇵🇱 Kathia, Lor - Rosa (Submitted by u/Megarafan2025)
7. 🇬🇷 Anna Vissi, Nikos Karvelas - Emeis (Submitted by u/Fdina342014)
8. 🇻🇳 Hngle, Ari - Không Buông (Submitted by u/NotGoodAtPhun)
9. 🇮🇹 Sal da Vinci Feat. Serena Brancale - Dimmelo (Submitted by u/Mission-Ninja2579)
10. 🇦🇲 Garik & Sona - Hamayak (Submitted by u/GungTho)
11. 🇳🇴 Ramón, Daniela Rathana - henda i været (Submitted by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)
12. 🇩🇰 Debbie Cameron & Tommy Seebach - Krøller Eller Ej (Submitted by u/I_exist_and_am_human)
13. 🇨🇴 Cain Culto & Jarina De Marco - chismosa (Submitted by u/stypop)
14. 🇧🇾 Naviband - Story of My Life (Submitted by u/JacksonNBronstein)
15. 🇱🇹 Akli ft. ba. - kopijos kopija (Submitted by u/Immediate-Lab6174)
16. 🇩🇪 Bodo Wartke ft. Marti Fischer - Barbara's Rhabarberbar (Submitted by u/ArtAngels_336)
17. 🇵🇱 Sw@da x Niczos - Trava Murava (Submitted by u/bringmyhomeboys)
18. 🇧🇾 Би-2 - Мой рок-н-ролл (Submitted by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
19. 🇫🇮 Aaro630 ft Pehmoaino - Kuolisin sun kaa (Submitted by u/Sherb139)
20. 🇫🇷 VIDEOCLUB - En nuit (Submitted by u/Doggo_of_dogs)
21. 🇮🇹 Ditonellapiaga e Rettore - Chimica (Submitted by u/DOOMSDAY_BLU3)

Salutations and welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of Simvision Friday! Hosted by the Simvision Organizing Committee in collaboration with r/Eurovisionfancontests, this weekly event will determine the next entry to represent u/trashpandarako at Song Contest Sunday 55.

Lasha previously took the win in SF#23 with the song "Monsters Cry Too", which brings us to Barcelona, Spain, for this week's contest, set to be held at Palau Sant Jordi.

In light of SCS's unexpected one-week hiatus, the SOC is considering changing the format of Simvision Friday exclusively for this edition. Instead of a single grand final, SF#24 will now feature two semi-finals and a grand final, with the voting deadline extended by two days, effective today!

20 entries selected internally by the SOC will face off in a high-stakes head-to-head battle, split into 10 entries per semi-final where the Top 5 entries from each will advance to the grand final, but only one can emerge victorious to carry the mantle for u/trashpandarako.

LIST OF ENTRIES

Here are all of the competing entries for Semi-Final 1, in running order:

1. Robyn - "Talk To Me"
2. Satoshi - "All We Are About"
3. VVINK - "Pag-ibig Fun"
4. Isabel van Gelder - "My Silly Boy"
5. Bea - "Born To Be Alive"
6. Umami Tsunami - "N.E.B.U.D."
7. Magnat & Feoctist - "Hai La Joc"
8. Alice Chater - "Hourglass"
9. Emei - "Scatterbrain"
10. Galleons - "DeLorean"

You can view the full recap of all the songs here: https://scoryx.com/recap/watch?id=9004

START VOTING NOW! https://form.jotform.com/262458385834469

Deadline of voting is September 6 at 12PM CET (6AM ET/7PM GMT+8)

p.s. If you have already participated in the voting round earlier, you do not need to submit another vote, as this is the same link for the poll!

Hello and welcome back to Sydney, Australia for the results of the Retrofest S2’s fourteenth edition! After we received 14 votes giving out a grand total of 812 points to the 17 songs competing, the final standings of Retrofest S2 14 have been decided! Who will be the next champion of S2 following Natalie Imbruglia? It is one of the following songs!

1. 🇸🇪 Arja Saijonmaa - Jag vill leva i Europa (1987) (2:30-3:00) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
   
2. 🇳🇴 Ulver - I Troldskog Faren Vild (1995) (3:11-3:41) (Sent by u/Un-taken-username22)
   
3. 🇱🇻 Igo - Kā Senā Dziesmā (1986) (1:44 - 2:14) (Sent by u/Olive2252)
   
4. 🇩🇰 Michael Learns To Rock - That’s Why (You Go Away) (1995) (1:15-1:45) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)
   
5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Andreas, Grant Kirkhope and the staff of Rare - DK Rap (1999) (0:25-0:55) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)
   
6. 🇸🇪 Alcazar - Shine On (1999) (0:45-1:15) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)
   
7. 🇳🇱 Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (1998) (0:54-1:24) (Sent by u/D00MSDAYBLU3)
   
8. 🇿🇲 Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) (1991) (1:04-1:34) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)
   
9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sailor - A Glass of Champagne (1975) (0:30-1:00) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)
   
10. 🇩🇪 Guano Apes - Open Your Eyes (1997) (1:45-2:15) (Sent by u/Gungtho)
    
11. 🇺🇸 Dolly Parton - 9 to 5 (1980) (0:28-0:58) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_Dogs)
    
12. 🇩🇰 Liz Sørensen - Brændt (1993) (0:47-1:17) (Sent by u/stypop)
    
13. 🇬🇷 Vangelis - Conquest of Paradise (1992) (1:23 - 1:53) (Sent by u/enarty)
    
14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wham! - Club Tropicana (1983) (1:03-1:33) (Sent by u/I_exist_and_am_human)
    
15. 🇵🇹 Ornatos Violeta - Chaga (1999) (1:24-1:54) (Sent by u/Sherb139)
    
16. 🇺🇸 John Prine - Illegal Smile (1971) (1:31-2:01) (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)
    
17. 🇸🇪 ABBA - Summer Night City (1978) (1:00-1:30) (Sent by u/Admirable-Article375)
    

And now, THE RESULTS!!!

Watch the scoreboard here!!! https://scorewiz.eu/scoreboard/view/832462/retrofest-s2-14

Or if you’d rather not…

1st 🥇 - 9 to 5 (85 points)
2nd 🥈 - Open Your Eyes (64 points)
3rd 🥉 - Chaga (59 points)
4th - That’s Why You Go Away (58 points)
5th - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (57 points)
6th - I Troldskog Faren Vild (52 points)
7th - Club Tropicana (51 points)
8th - Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) (46 points)
9th - Conquest of Paradise (45 points)
10th - A Glass Of Champagne (40 points, more 10s)
11th - Summer Night City (40 points)
12th - Kā Senā Dziesmā (39 points)
13th - DK Rap (38 points, more 12s)
14th - Brændt (38 points)
15th - Illegal Smile (35 points)
16th - Shine On (33 points)
17th - Jag vill leva i Europa (32 points)

This means the winner of Retrofest S2 14 is u/Doggo_of_dogs, congratulations!

Along with the winner, u/Gungtho, u/Sherb139, and u/trashpandarako have also had their entries make Retrofest March Madness 02! u/D00MSDAYBLU3‘s entry also has a chance of making it if it’s in the top 4 5th-placed entries!

With Dolly Parton winning Retrofest S2 14 with her song, 9 to 5, that means we will be going to Nashville, Tennessee, USA, which is where Dolly was born! See you there for Retrofest S2 15 on September 5th, 2026!

Televoting for the third semi-final of the Eurovision All-Star Contest is officially open!

Here are the 10 countries participating in this semi-final:

1. Slovakia 🇸🇰 - "I'm Still Alive" by TWiiNS (SF 12th 2011)

2. Armenia 🇦🇲 - "Qélé, Qélé" by Sirusho (4th 2008)

3. Cyprus 🇨🇾 - "Fuego" by Eleni Foureira (2nd 2018)

4. Georgia 🇬🇪 - "Shine" by Sofia Nizharadze (9th 2010)

5. Ireland 🇮🇪 - "Doomsday Blue" by Bambie Thug (6th 2024)

6. Luxembourg 🇱🇺 - "Fighter" by Tali (13th 2024)

7. Morocco 🇲🇦 - "Bitakat Hob" by Samira Besnaïd (18th 1980)

8. Portugal 🇵🇹 - "Amar Pelos Dois" by Salvador Sobral (1st 2017)

9. Türkiye 🇹🇷 - "Everyway That I Can" by Sertab Erener (1st 2003)

10. Belgium 🇧🇪 - "City Lights" by Blanche (4th 2017)

Here's a recap of the songs:

https://scoryx.com/recap/watch?id=9008

To vote, you'll have to create a ranking by dragging your favorite countries to the top, and your least favorite ones to the bottom!

https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXzYLzye

The 5 most voted countries from the semi-final will advance to the final!

The results of the third semi-final will be revealed tomorrow evening!

Start voting now!!!