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SURLAW REVEAL - The Homervision Fongcontest
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11-07-2020 7:05pm#1From 8.15 pm tonight.
20 songs representing 20 countries.
14 merciless juries.
1 winner.
The reveal order has been decided. Our juries have all been assigned country names based on silly (and rather dubious) wordplay on boards usernames and Eurovision countries.
You've just over an hour to stock up on snacks and booze. See you then.
A reminder of the songs competing6
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Ok, two secs. Bear with me a moment.....
Let Petra and Måns entertain you before the main show begins:
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RIGHT. HERE WE GO.
14 juries to get through, so make sure you've enough beer/wine/schnapps/whatever you're having yourself to keep the glass topped up.
After the third, sixth, ninth and twelfth jury votes I'll post a table with the current scores, and another right before the final jury vote.
Our 14 jurors are:
Also Starring LeVar Burton
Electric Nitwit
Homer J. Fong
Irish Aris
Kolido
Necro
phatkev
Rothko
s1ippy
Sawduck
ShaneU
sKeith
the purple tin
y0ssar1an22
First up we go to visit the Home(r) jury – dialing in from the streets of Bucharest, the votes from Rhomerania are as follows:
1 point to Pain Killer
2 points to Mulatu’s Mood
3 points to I Hope You Die
4 points to Sakura No Sono
5 points to Que No Salga la Luna
6 points to Wo ist die Euphorie
7 points to To You
8 points to Viltu vitrast
10 points to Jeune et Con
And the 12 points from Rhomerania go to……
……OWL
Fun fact: I saw She Keeps Bees way back in 2009, at a tiny gig in the Old Oak in Cork. There was a handful of people there and 19-year old me was attempting to be a cool hipster but was more like a giddy fanboy. :cool: Can confirm that lead singer Jessica Larrabee is very beautiful as well as talented.0 -
For tonight's second set of points we hop to the beaches of the Adriatic coast, as we hear the results from MonteNecro
1 point to Pain Killer <snap>
2 points to Come Alive
3 points to How We Be
4 points to To You
5 points to Wo ist die Euphorie
6 points to Que No Salga la Luna
7 points to Reincarnation
8 points to Jeune et Con
10 points to Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
And the 12 points from Montenecro go to……
……HEARTBREAKER
Loïc Nottet represented Belgium at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in a respectable 4th-place with the Lorde-esque Rhythm Inside.0 -
We’re heading north next, to visit not just one but two Norwegian cities as we gather the votes from (and I am very proud of myself for coming up with this name :cool: ) Oslo Starring LeVar Bergen:
1 point to Owl
2 points to Jeune et Con
3 points to Viltu vitrast
4 points to Eleven Wives
5 points to I Hope You Die
6 points to To You
7 points to Back Home
8 points to Reincarnation
10 points to How We Be
And the 12 points from Oslo Starring LeVar Bergen go to……
.....HAVE YOU SEEN THE RAIN. Which sadly wasn't in contention. So instead they go to.....
……COME ALIVE
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[Deleted User] wrote: »...and I am very proud of myself for coming up with this name :cool: ) Oslo Starring LeVar Bergen
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Deleted User wrote: »(and I am very proud of myself for coming up with this name :cool: ) Oslo Starring LeVar Bergen
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Back to the Balkans now to gather the points from Y0ssnia and Herzegossar1ana:
1 point to Que No Salga La Luna
2 points to How We Be
3 points to Come Alive
4 points to Back Home
5 points to Jeune et Con
6 points to Heartbreaker
7 points to Wo ist die Euphorie
8 points to Pain Killer
10 points to Gone Gone Gone
He’d rather award 22, but the 12 points from Y0ssnia and Herzegossar1ana go to……
……DRESSED FOR SPACE
The top two scores go to two new entries on the scoreboard! This makes things very interesting...0 -
Time for some paella and sangria? Shpane(U) <...have to say it like a culchie> is going to serve some up with his points:
1 point to Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
2 points to Owl
3 points to To You
4 points to Viltu vitrast
5 points to Come Alive
6 points to Dressed For Space
7 points to Reincarnation
8 points to Sakura No Sono
10 points to How We Be
Y los doce points de la ShpaneU jury go…..not to Rosalía but instead to…..
……WO IST DIE EUPHORIE
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A short hop now from the Rock of Gibraltar to the port of Tangier, to see where the points from Morothko* are heading:
1 point to Eleven Wives
2 points to Mulatu’s Mood
3 points to Gone Gone Gone
4 points to Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
5 points to Dressed For Space
6 points to Pain Killer
7 points to Sakura No Sono
8 points to Wo Ist die Euphorie
10 points to Jeune et Con
And the 12 points from Morothko go to……
……COME ALIVE
A second 12-point score of the night for the Australian four-piece – is this a good sign of things to come?
*Morocco did actually enter the Eurovision once, way back in 1980. They finished 2nd-last and haven't been seen again since. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯0 -
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Electric Nitwit wrote: »Thought I'd try a prediction. Tricky, as I think a few songs will score highly with some people but low with others. I think the winner needs to consistently score with everyone, and I'm going to guess it'll be... Ladyhawke
Don't think I'm going to be right here
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Yeah, I would expect her to do well too, maybe she will pick up a bit in the second half.0 -
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Onto Jury #7 now; a trip to the Sudetinland in the Czech Repurpleic.....
....yeah, this was one of the harder names to do something with.
1 point to Come Alive
2 points to Eleven Wives
3 points to Owl
4 points to I Hope You Die
5 points to Pain Killer
6 points to Que No Salga La Luna
7 points to Sakura No Sono
8 points to Wo Ist die Euphorie
10 points to Back Home
And the 12 points from Czech Repurpleic go to……
……MULATU’S MOOD
A first perfect score for the Ethiopian jazz man!
So my story with this one is that I was visiting a friend in Munich last year around the time of Oktoberfest and we ended up at a jazz bar, already quite tipsy, and decided more beer was a good idea. We both liked this track that was playing in the background, so I Shazammed it....it was this song.
A couple of months later, around Christmas time, I was in the Secret Book and Record shop on Wicklow Street in Dublin (perfectly sober this time). There was cool jazz music playing in the background, once again Shazammed it.....once again, it was Mr Astatke (a different track).
So yeah. Not an earth-shatteringly amazing story, probably won't get a book out of it....but it's good enough to tide ye over while you wait for the next lot of points.0 -
It willAlso Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »Seis was the last song I cut before settling on my Top 10, just missing out. Hope it manages to pick up a couple of points from someone at the very least.
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From Prague to Poland, to see what WarSawduck has in store for us:
1 point to Back Home
2 points to Come Alive
3 points to Heartbreaker
4 points to Wo Ist Die Euphorie
5 points to I Hope You Die
6 points to To You
7 points to How We Be
8 points to Owl
10 points to Reincarnation
And the 12 points from WarSawduck (this can be their nickname when they get really angry!) go to……
……GONE GONE GONE
Another first 12-pointer here, keeping the contest wide-open.
Electric Nitwit be like:
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Our next destination is Vilnius, to get points from sKeithuania:
1 point to Reincarnation
2 points to Owl
3 points to I Hope You Die
4 points to Gone Gone Gone
5 points to Jeune et Con
6 points to Back Home
7 points to Sakura No Sono
8 points to Viltu vitrast
10 points to Come Alive
And the 12 points from sKeithuania go to……
……ELEVEN WIVES
Yet another song picks up its first 12 points! This was one of the last songs I discovered and instantly loved it, so it made its way onto the list after just one listen.
That’s eight different songs that have gotten full marks from just nine juries – rather than a clear winner, we have a lot of deviation of opinion here.
Table after 9 rounds coming up shortly:0 -
POSITION SONG POINTS
1 Wo ist die Euphorie 50
2 Come Alive 47
3 Jeune et Con 40
4 Sakura No Sono 33
5 Reincarnation 33
6 How We Be 32
7 Gone Gone Gone 29
8 Back Home 28
9 Owl 28
10 To You 26
11 Dressed For Space 23
12 Viltu vitrast 23
13 Heartbreaker 21
14 Painkiller 21
15 I Hope You Die 20
16 Eleven Wives 19
17 Que No Salga La Luna 18
18 Mulatu's Mood 16
19 Music Is My Hot Hot Sex 15
20 Seis 0
The Germans stay ahead but having not scored a point from the last jury it means only three points now separate them from The Jezabels in second place. Saez keeps up his strong scoring throughout the game to hold onto third place.
At the foot of the table, it’s looking very bleak for poor Mr Pedaja with nul points from nine juries.
A perfect score from purple tine can’t quite pull Mr Astatke out of the bottom three. 0 -
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Deleted User wrote: »From Prague to Poland, to see what WarSawduck has in store for us:
1 point to Back Home
2 points to Come Alive
3 points to Heartbreaker
4 points to Wo Ist Die Euphorie
5 points to I Hope You Die
6 points to To You
7 points to How We Be
8 points to Owl
10 points to Reincarnation
And the 12 points from WarSawduck (this can be their nickname when they get really angry!) go to……
……GONE GONE GONE
Another first 12-pointer here, keeping the contest wide-open.
Electric Nitwit be like:
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We won’t be heading to Greece tonight, as our resident Greek correspondent is currently "holidaying" in Minsk. And with the approval of both Michael D. Higgins and the benevolent Commander Lukashenko, Irish BelAris has designated points as follows:
1 point to To You
2 points to Come Alive
3 points to Eleven Wives
4 points to Que No Salga La Luna
5 points to Dressed For Space
6 points to I Hope You Die
7 points to How We Be
8 points to Viltu vitrast
10 points to Gone Gone Gone
And the 12 points from Irish BelAris go to……
……HEARTBREAKER
A second perfect score of the night from the young Belgian, but will he pick up enough points from elsewhere to be in contention? The gap at the top closes to just a single point now; despite The Jezabels only picking up two points, it’s still two more than Trümmer got! (Also two more than poor Mick Pedaja got, but he must be used to that now)0 -
Deleted User wrote: »We won’t be heading to Greece tonight, as our resident Greek correspondent is currently "holidaying" in Minsk. And with the approval of both Michael D. Higgins and the benevolent Commander Lukashenko, Irish BelAris has designated points as follows:
1 point to To You
2 points to Come Alive
3 points to Eleven Wives
4 points to Que No Salga La Luna
5 points to Dressed For Space
6 points to I Hope You Die
7 points to How We Be
8 points to Viltu vitrast
10 points to Gone Gone Gone
And the 12 points from Irish BelAris go to……
……HEARTBREAKER
A second perfect score of the night from the young Belgian, but will he pick up enough points from elsewhere to be in contention? The gap at the top closes to just a single point now; despite The Jezabels only picking up two points, it’s still two more than Trümmer got! (Also two more than poor Mick Pedaja got, but he must be used to that now)
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Irish Aris wrote: »Yeah, I would expect her to do well too, maybe she will pick up a bit in the second half.[Deleted User] wrote: »10 points to Gone Gone Gone 0
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DANGER! DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE!
On the shores of Lake Zurich, as a current of fully charged points flows to us from Electric Nitswitzerland;
1 point to Mulatu’s Mood
2 points to Owl
3 points to Sakura No Sono
4 points to SEIS!!! :eek:
5 points to Wo Ist Die Euphorie
6 points to Jeune et Con
7 points to Gone Gone Gone
8 points to Pain Killer
10 points to Back Home
And die zwölf Electricnitswitzerlandsfongcontestischepointen go to……
……COME ALIVE
The Aussies leap into the lead with a third perfect score of the night; can they hold on for victory?
Or perhaps a late surge from the hitherto ignored Estonian entry will shock us all with an against the odds victory?
CAN SEIS PULL OF THE GREATEST WIN IN SURLAW HISTORY?!!! :eek:No0 -
Electric Nitwit wrote: »
Hahahaha.
I really like Ladyhawke's music - although I was disappointed when I saw her live a few years back.
Loic Nottet was the discovery of the tournament for me. When I saw his name, I vaguely remembered him from the Eurovision song contest but never really registered him. But this was a really nice pop song. 0 -
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From Lake Zurich to Lake Bled, we’re off to enjoy some potent homemade schnapps* with S1ippvenia:
1 point to Dressed For Space
2 points to Seis <two sets of points in a row!>
3 points to Mulatu’s Mood
4 points to Come Alive
5 points to Pain Killer
6 points to Jeune Et Con
7 points to Eleven Wives
8 points to Reincarnation
10 points to Back Home
And the 12 points go to……
……GONE GONE GONE
A second 12-points of the night for the Kiwi, coupled with low-ish scores for the leaders…..is there to be a late twist in this race? The table after 12 rounds is coming up now…..
*my sister has a Slovenian penpal that visited us once years ago and brought us two supposedly differently flavoured bottles of "fruit" schnapps to try....they both had the exact same taste, namely that of pure ethanol.0 -
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Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »Come Alive was one that actually took a few listens before getting my number 1 spot - it was always in my Top 10, but definitely lower down the totem poll to begin with. Delighted to see it up at the top of the table, even if it doesn't pull out the overall win.
Gone Gone Gone was actually my No. 1 for the first two listens before falling out of my Top 10 altogether as others won me over that bit more on subsequent listens.
Wow, pretty dramatic fall for Ladyhawke!
Come Alive starts like Thom Yorke solo before moving into a sound like Hail To The Thief era Radiohead, I was sold very quickly
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…..and what will Slophatkeva be giving the top three?
NOTHING AT ALL!
1 point to How We Be
2 points to Que No Salga La Luna
3 points to To You
4 points to Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
5 points to Jeune Et Con
6 points to Seis
7 points to Back Home
8 points to Eleven Wives
10 points to Reincarnation
And the 12 points go to……
……MULATU’S MOOD
A second perfect score of the night for Mr Astatke, that won't be enough to help him win but will certainly help to stop others from winning! For the night that's in it, allow me to shoehorn in a fitting parallel with the late Mr Jack Charlton, who once said: "I wasn't very good at playing football. But I was very good at stopping other people playing football"0 -
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[Deleted User] wrote: »The hour of reckoning is upon us.
It is time for the results from the Kol(i)dovan jury.
And straight away we have drama:
1 point to Come Alive
Meaning the Jezabels fail to secure victory just yet, but remain in a very strong position with a final tally of 66 points.
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Deleted User wrote: »With that in mind, I can reveal that the Kolidovan 12 points go to………..
......……WO IST DIE EUPHORIE
DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLES! TRÜMMER HAT GEWONNEN UND IST DIE SURLAWCHAMPION!!
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