[Josiah.]

We have 1 more song to have submitted, and then when that is in, I’m off to the races to begin the compiling of the Spotify and YouTube playlists.

[Josiah.]

All 30 songs are now in!

[Ammi]

…exciting..!!..time now to put the magic all together, Josiah……

[Kate!]

Woop!

[Benjamin]

Mali opening the show. Fabulous.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Mali opening the show. Fabulous.

…FIX…!!!!!!….actually that’s a great song, I’m dancing along with it this morning……

..l think that I might be away for the final, I’ll have to check my dates…there’s a semi final first, though…?….

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…FIX…!!!!!!….actually that’s a great song, I’m dancing along with it this morning……

..l think that I might be away for the final, I’ll have to check my dates…there’s a semi final first, though…?….

Yeah, think that starts 7th June.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Yeah, think that starts 7th June.

….ahhhh, sadly I won’t be here for that, then…I’ll have to catch up when I get back…

[Barry.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

….ahhhh, sadly I won’t be here for that, then…I’ll have to catch up when I get back…

AskJoaish if you can send your scores now? He might let you

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Ammi

….ahhhh, sadly I won’t be here for that, then…I’ll have to catch up when I get back…

We have a week to vote, so there’s no rush to do it on the 7th.

[Josiah.]

Now that I have a bit of downtime until Wednesday morning when I work next, I am quickly (and finally) doing the remaining Song & Artist pictures for the website and here.

[Josiah.]

It's taken quite a bit of time, but here are the remaining songs and artists (listed in the spoiler because there's like 13 photos):

Spoiler:

[Josiah.]

Now Ben can finally begin BenjiBet for this edition.

[Josiah.]

So you all can get a feel for all the songs, and to start thinking ahead with your votes, here are the Spotify playlists for the whole contest and the semi-final.

Contest Playlist:


Semi-Final Playlist:

[Ammi]

…I’m just about to start listening now but I’m going to be really dumb, Josiah…what’s the difference with those two playlists, is one with qualifiers that automatically go through to the final or…?…one has 6 songs less…?…

[Josiah.]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…I’m just about to start listening now but I’m going to be really dumb, Josiah…what’s the difference with those two playlists, is one with qualifiers that automatically go through to the final or…?…one has 6 songs less…?…

One has all 30 songs, the other has just the 24 semi-finalists.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

One has all 30 songs, the other has just the 24 semi-finalists.

…so I’ve had a first listen to the first 24 semi final ones in this link…

https://sites.google.com/view/tibb-m...al/auckland-17

…and the 6 below are automatic qualifiers to the final so we don’t have to score them in the semi final first round, yes…?…


…these are all excellent btw, this isn’t going to be in any way easy…I have a few favourites but beyond those they’re all equally qualifying worthy…

[Josiah.]

Correct.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Josiah.

Correct.

…perfect, thank you……I haven’t listened to all of the 6 qualifiers yet, I’ll do that more leisurely after we know all of the finalists…

[Benjamin]

Going to listen to the semi finalists this week and do so a few times as I find I can get a good feel for them then.

[Benjamin]

Question to those playing. With odds would you rather I wait until the final and people have already voted before I do some?

I ask as I don’t want my odds affecting peoples votes for semi final and final.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

Question to those playing. With odds would you rather I wait until the final and people have already voted before I do some?

I ask as I don’t want my odds affecting peoples votes for semi final and final.

Good question. Your odds wouldn't change my voting. Over to the others though for their thoughts.

[Benjamin]

I’ve also listened to the semi finalists songs all the way through this morning whilst doing post holiday chores (helped get me through haha).

Quite a few great songs I’ve never heard before. Not going to spoil much but the singer for Mexico (not sure who picked this) is nice and I’m going to check more of her stuff out.

[Benjamin]

Ok, so these odds are not a prediction of who will win, that usually changes drastically once we know the finalists. These are also not an indication of my voting. These are purely how likely I reckon each song is to make the finals.

They may change over the next week or so as it’s quite hard to call this one.

To make the final:

Austria - 2/5
Finland - 4/5
Australia - 1/1
South Korea - 2/1
Poland - 2/1
Sweden - 3/1
Norway - 3/1
San Marino - 4/1
England - 4/1
Nigeria - 4/1
Canada - 4/1
Scotland - 5/1
Mexico - 5/1
Montenegro - 6/1
Czechia - 6/1
Denmark - 7/1
Germany - 7/1
Netherlands - 8/1
Mali - 9/1
Barbados - 10/1
Japan - 12/1
Egypt - 15/1
Taiwan - 20/1
Turkey - 25/1


Highest placing auto-qualifier in the final results:

Italy - 1/1
Liechtenstein - 2/1
New Zealand - 3/1
Ireland - 5/1
Greece - 8/1
USA - 12/1


Winner to be a song in English:

Yes - 4/5
No - 4/1


Winning country to have won the contest before:

Yes - 2/1
No - 5/1

[Ammi]

…interesting…my listening ears and those odds might not be in harmony at all…