#Tmblrvision

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Hey everyone!

Eurovision has passed which means it's once again almost time for Tmblrvision, the Tumblr- and Discored-based fan contest!

If you've never heard of Tmblrvision before, basically you pick a country that you'd like to represent, then choose a song from that country and compete against other countries. There's a Eurovision-style vote, and in the end, someone wins!

Tmblrvision is scheduled for sometime in July and August this year, but before that, as always, we do a little survey for prospective Heads of Delegation. (A Head of Delegation is what we'd call whoever is representing a certain country.) Whether you've participated in the past or this would be your first time, if you're interested in joining Tmblrvision this year, I'd like to invite you to take the survey!

The survey is completely anonymous and while there are some questions regarding rules, if you are unaware or otherwise have no strong opinions, you can skip those questions. At the end of the day, I'm more interested to find out roughly how many people are potentially joining Tmblrvision this year.

The survey will be up until the end of the May 2023, so be sure to fill it out ASAP!

[aprilskyforever]

Rasti savo spindesį!

Labas! And welcome to the Lithuanian national final for Tmblrvision 2023. The slogan for this year is Inside Your Glow - and therefore I named this final Rasti savo spindesį, as it should mean (if google translate doesn’t fail me lol) “find your glow” (or brilliance, which I think suits the occasion as well).

Anyway. You want to get to the songs, don’t you? This is our lineup:

kamanių šilelis - MYLI

Gabrielė Vilkickytė - milžinai 

Justinas Jarutis - Tavo Tavo

Vaida - Sutema 

Džiugas Širvys - Raudonuoju 

Monique - Mačiau Ją 

Rokas Yan - Aidai

Saulės Kliošas - Tam Pačiam Laike

gintė - gera draugė 

Nombeko Auguste – Fantazija 

Evgenya Redko - Pakylėtas Gruodis

Gabrielius Vagelis, 69 Danguje - Jei Leisi

Listen to the songs on youtube HERE or on spotify HERE

Vote by sending me your ranking of the songs, either here or on discord (where my name is henny3262) and the top 10 will be rewarded according to the Eurovision scale. Voting closes on July 23rd at 21:00 CEST. In the case of a tie, I’ll host a superfinal.

Sėkmės to all our contestants!

[escmemesandstuff]

Song Review: Czech Republic

Last one of these before Super Saturday, luckily there’s enough popcorn in the stash.

Vesna - My Sister’s Crown

Personal opinion: First of all, I was happy to see Vesna participating in the selection! I got acquainted to their music thanks to tmblrvision, and they’re definitely one of my best artist findings from last year. This song wasn’t a disappointment at all. It’s a strong track with a lot of musical as well as linguistic variety. It’s catchy, but not in a cheap or annoying well, and can withstand multiple listens without getting boring. Plus, the electropop genre is just my jam, and the ethnic features make it even better! My absolute favourite part is the Ukrainian chorus, and I love how it’s repeated a t the end creating a powerful and dramatic effect.

That being said, I do have some criticism, namely concerning the live performance. I know that the ESCZ stage wasn’t the most ideal or big-scale, but multiple other artists were still able to create a more polished performance. This one felt like... a bit of a mess. The three singers seemed to move a bit aimlessly at stage at times, and the colourful and mismatching costumes reminded me of the Danish band last year. I understand there might have been an attempt to visually convey the message of diversity of the lyrics, but it kind of fell flat and didn’t suit the overall atmosphere of the song. Another of my criticisms is that the lyrics seem too in-your-face about the message. Which is a good message, but we know the rules concerning political topics, and that’s what makes me worry.

All of this being said, I enjoy the song a lot, and it’s my second favourite right after Norway.

Prediction: The live performance obviously needs improvement, and if that succeeds, the song can fare really well. It might be a bit risky concerning the jury vote, but luckily for them, there isn’t one in the semis. Then again, a country like Czechia isn’t exactly a magnet for diaspora points, so they can still risk NQ especially with a weaker performance. I do wish them a great result, but there is a flopping fan favourite every year, and I’m kind of afraid it will be the fate of this song. But we’ll see.

Thoughts on selection: ESCZ has provided a nice amount of quality music for the past few years. It’s clear they’re making an effort, and that’s why it’s a pity to see that save from Mikolas Josef, the efforts haven’t really paid off when it comes to the actual results. Lately they’ve been trying to engage more international viewers and also attempting to increase their changes of success by introducing the app voting. And sure, it was nice to get to vote for my own fave, but I must wonder why international eurofans were given more power than the Czech audience. Maybe the contest just isn’t interesting enough for ordinary Czech people? With their less than stellar record in Eurovision, I wouldn’t be surprised.

As for the songs, none other than Vesna’s stood out for me this year. Pam Rabbit had a good show and Rodan’s lyrics were nice and relatable, but that’s about it. Maybe if Vesna achieves success this year, the contest might become more attractive to established artists in the future.

[margarita0318]

Something. But make it weird ❤️‍🔥

[matthews-nfs]

Return Of The Jordan: The Grand Final!

Your votes have been counted, and now it's time for the Grand Final of Jordan's national final for @tmblrvision 2021! Out of 16 acts, five of them have really stood out and shown high potential to earn a place on the left side of the scoreboard in the contest based on the ratings you gave them.

So, without further ado... let's announce the finalists...

Nedaa Shrara, the first woman and first Jordanian to win The Voice Arab World, and Jordan's first pop star to wear a hijab with her arab pop song, Bas Yo'Borni!

Aziz Maraka x Adonis, the former being one of the biggest names in Jordanian indie music, the latter being one of Lebanon's biggest indie bands, with their pop rock song, Nater!

Luay Hijazeen feat. Adlib & Zaid Abu Hijleh, Luay Hijazeen being a prominent indie singer-songwriter in Jordan, with his saxophone-heavy banger, Msh Sa2el!

zeyne, a new face in the Jordanian music scene who has been gathering lots of attention with her atmospheric, Eefje de Visser style indie pop song, Minni Ana!

Akher Zapheer, one of the biggest names in Jordanian rock music, with their rock song, Metfaje'!

This also means that for the first time in tmblrvision history, Jordan will be represented by a song in Arabic and by someone who currently lives in Jordan!

Here are the results from the nonqualifiers. For reference the 5th place song received 104 points.

6. 86 points to Yazan Haifawi - "Aman Aman" 7. 76 points to Hani Mitwasi - "Champions Anthem" 8. 73 points to Hana Malhas - "How We Love" 9. 71 points to Mira Habash - "Waat Taghyeer" 10. 63 points to Saba Shamaa - "Sayer Ghareeb" 11. 60 points to Zazuka - "Khadhaar" 12. 60 points to Ziad Saleh ft. Jamaet Khair - "Safi Ya Laban" 13. 55 points to Issam Alnajjar - "Hadal Ahbek" 14. 26 points to Autostrad - "Mafi Wagt" 15. 18 points to Amr Aloury - "Misery - Gray" 16. 3 points to Zaid Khaled x El Waili - "Lame"

Youtube Playlist here Voting Form here

The final will close on Saturday, July 17 at 11:00 PM PST.

Thanks to everyone who voted! May the best song win.

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Hey Eurovision fans! Want to join a Eurovision-y fan contest?

It has been six weeks since the Grand Final of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest! PED (Post-Eurovision Depression) has been getting to all of us. How can we cope?

Well, since 2016, I've been running the Tmblrvision Song Contest, a fan contest modelled after Eurovision! Basically Tumblr users sign up, pick a country, and send a song to represent that country, then vote for their favorites in true Eurovision fashion, giving Douze Points to their favorite all the way to 1 point to their tenth favorite song. The entry with the most points wins!

There are some rather in-depth rules for the contest but the tl;dr is:

No Eurovision or National Final songs

No Eurovision artists from this year

No artists that were on Tmblrvision last year

No songs that were on previous Tmblrvision contests

Artists must actually have some connection to the country they're representing

Songs must have been released from July 2019 onwards

Sign-ups are this Saturday, 10 July 2021, at 8pm CEST. If you're interested to learn more, check out @tmblrvision, where you can get more information about the contest! We're definitely open to newcomers and we're looking forward to your bops, bangers, and smooth jams. If you'd like an impression of what Tmblrvision is about, here are the last three winning songs, starting from last year's winner:

Hope you'll join us!

[intergalacticwifi]

Recap for Kdamsterdam 2020!

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NEED URGENT HELP (TIME IS RUNNING OUT)

So my boyfriend is suicidal and he lives in Canada, I live in Switzerland so it’s difficult to be there in seconds. He called me told me that. He is on a mountain somewhere near Toronto without fuel and only 52% battery left without having a charger in the cold. He will kill himself, he is mentally instable. Is there a way to track his phone down he wouldn’t tell me his location. I am helpless I don’t know what to do, I don’t know where he is or what he is doing please help me. I know that he is either in black BMW or a white workers / mason car. Next to him was a van. He shut his phone down and won’t answer my calls TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

[thexrays]

[larscontestpit]

Përshëndetje, everyone! As the Albanian HoD for @tmblrvision 2020 held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Albanian HoD has decided to internally select the artist + song that will be representing Albania in this year’s edition.

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Dua Lipa will be representing Albania in this year’s Tmblrvision in Amsterdam with her song, “Hallucinate”! 🇦🇱

I’m sure a lot of you know who Dua Lipa is, so she does not need that much of an introduction. An English singer born from Kosovar Albanian parents, Dua Lipa attended the famously known Sylvia Young Theatre School. After graduating, she did some modeling work before getting into the music scene, and soon gained her notoriety after her song, “Be the One”, became a charted hit in 2016-17. Many hits soon followed, such as “New Rules”, “IDGAF”, and “One Kiss” among many others. In her first album, self-titled Dua Lipa, 9 out of the 12 songs in the album were singles that also did exceptionally well in charts worldwide.

She released her second album, Future Nostalgia, on March 27, 2020, consisting of a fusion of dance-pop, synth pop, disco, electro, and funk-pop genres inspired by Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Blondie and OutKast.

Hallucinate is a song featured in Future Nostalgia. However, it just recently became a single on July 10, 2020 – just three days ago!

We hope that you will enjoy the song, and paç fat to Dua Lipa! 🇦🇱

Click here to listen to the full song! Or you can listen to the Spotify preview of the song below!

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Tmblrvision 2023 Announcement #1: Host City and Tentative Schedule

We're halfway through June, which means it's almost time for this year's Tmblrvision Song Contest! Some exciting announcements are coming your way in the next few weeks, and today, we'll start with two vital pieces of information.

2023 Host City

As you can see from the graphic above, this year's host city has finally been selected! After winning Tmblrvision 2022 last year with "Afterlife" by Holding Absence, Wales will be hosting this year's contest. Its capital city, Cardiff, will play host to the eighth edition of Tmblrvision!

Further details regarding the contest such as the venue, presenters, and visual identity including the insignia and slogan will be announced at a later date. (Note that this shade of green will not necessarily be the color used for the contest!)

Tentative Schedule

With the announcement of the tentative schedule, prospective Heads of Delegation can plan ahead and block off dates as necessary.

Tmblrvision season will kick off with the long-delayed Tmblrvision Retrospective 2022 on 8 July 2023, Saturday, at 8pm CEST. 40 songs across the first seven years of Tmblrvision will be played for you live on the Tmblrvision Discord server.

Tmblrvision 2023 sign-ups will then happen one week later, on 15 July 2023, Saturday, at 9pm CEST, exactly one month from now! This will be the time for prospective Heads of Delegation to claim their desired country.

Song submissions will begin shortly after sign-ups as soon as the first countries are confirmed, and will continue until 24 July 2023, Monday, at 10pm CEST. The next day, 25 July 2023, Tuesday, at 8pm CEST, the traditional live running order allocation draw will be livestreamed.

The Tmblrvision 2023 live song reveal show is tentatively scheduled for 5 August 2023, Saturday, at 8pm CEST. Voting by both the juries and the audience will commence immediately after that show, and the deadline for voting will be 19 August 2023, Saturday, at 10pm CEST, giving everyone two weeks to vote.

The Tmblrvision 2023 live results show will then happen two weeks later on either 1 or 2 September 2023, which is either a Friday or a Saturday, starting at 8pm CEST.

All dates are subject to change depending on the circumstances. Any changes will be communicated as soon as possible.

Here are the dates once again in list form:

8 July (Sa), 8pm CEST: Tmblrvision Retrospective 2022 15 July (Sa), 9pm CEST: Sign-ups 24 July (Mo), 10pm CEST: Sign-ups close, song submission deadline 25 July (Tu), 8pm CEST: Live running order allocation draw 5 August (Sa), 8pm CEST: Live song reveal show 19 August (Sa), 10pm CEST: Voting deadline 1 or 2 September (Fr or Sa), 8pm CEST: Live results show

We hope to see many of you participate in this year's contest! Be on the lookout for more announcements in the coming weeks leading up to the big event!

[aprilskyforever]

Rasti savo spindesį - results!

We got only five voters this time, but that’s as many people as there are in a eurovision jury, so I’ll count it. And their taste was was quite diverse, but I think they’ll all be quite happy with the winner! Alright, results under the cut.

12th place: Saulės Kliošas - Tam Pačiam Laike (11 points)

11th place: Džiugas Širvys - Raudonuoju (14 points)

10th place: gintė - gera draugė (17 points)

9th place: Monique - Mačiau Ją (20 points)

8th place: Justinas Jarutis - Tavo Tavo (22 points)

shared 5th place: kamanių šilelis  - MYLI, Gabrielė Vilkickytė - milžinai and Nombeko Auguste – Fantazija, all with 23 points each. MYLI was most devisive with one 12, one 10, but then one 1 and two blanks.

shared 3rd: Evgenya Redko - Pakylėtas Gruodis and Gabrielius Vagelis, 69 Danguje - Jei Leisi, both with 31 points. Jei Leisi had two 12s though so let’s say that’s our official 3rd place.

That means we have Vaida - Sutema and Rokas Yan - Aidai left. So who’s the winner? The second place got 36 points and the winner 39. Listen HERE to find out which one is going to Tmblrvision!

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Song Review: Slovenia

Let’s welcome Batman’s arch enemy.

Joker Out - Carpe Diem

Personal opinion: First of all, this sounds like a tmblrvision song. No kidding, I can imagine someone sending something exactly like this to a fan contest. At first this felt a bit underwhelming, but now that I’m listening without watching the video, I’m able to focus more on the song, which is actually an overall good track. Nothing that screams “winner” or evokes strong emotions, but rather pleasant listening. Maybe this lacks competitiveness, but it’s great for the radio. I appreciate the band for choosing a song that represents their own style instead of trying too hard to create a Eurovision entry.

Prediction: As I said, the song seems to lack competitiveness. It’s a good track on its own, but it lacks a factor that would encourage people to vote for this above the others. They do have more stage presence than the Irish lads, and with the right amount of effort, the overall performance could be final-worthy. Can’t see it ranking higher than the right side.

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"Ama un solo día y el mundo habrá cambiado"💕✨🌎🌏

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Hello and welcome to hoes mad! This is the national final to select the entry for the United Kingdom at the fifth edition of @tmblrvision.

This time, eight acts will be in running to get their chance:

Reece Lemonius - Something I Can Feel

Dua Lipa - Physical

Lady Gaga & Elton John - Sine From Above

ONR - Human Enough

Coldplay - Orphans

Rina Sawayama - XS

Declan McKenna - The Key to Life on Earth

Oh Wonder - I Wish I Never Met You

To vote, rank all seven songs with your favorite being the first and your least favorite the eighth (last) one!

VOTING FORM || PLAYLIST (YouTube) || PLAYLIST (Spotify)

You have time to vote until Saturday, July 18th 4PM CEST and I might close it sooner if i didn’t get any votes for awhile, so vote if you’d like to take part in helping me selecting the song for the UK!

[matthews-nfs]

Welcome to Return Of The Jordan, Jordan's very first national final in @tmblrvision history!

Jordan has a history of less than successful results, and hasn't been present in the contest since 2017, but now they're back with a mission to bring home a better result than usual, and to showcase the diversity of the Jordanian music scene!

This national final will start with two semifinals with 8 songs each. To vote, rate the songs in one or both semifinals individually. You also have the option to disclose your favorite song in that semifinal. The songs across all semifinals that received the highest ratings will move on to the grand final, in which voters will rank their favorite finalists. The winner will be decided based on a mixture of semifinal and final results.

Without further ado, let's reveal the songs!

SEMIFINAL 1:

1. "Msh Sa2el" - Luay Hijazeen ft. Adlib & Zaid Abu Hijleh 2. "Misery - Gray" - Amr Aloury 3. "Waat Taghyeer" - Mira Habash 4. "Lame" - Zaid Khaled x El Waili 5. "Sayer Ghareeb" - Saba Shamaa 6. "Champions Anthem" - Hani Mitwasi 7. "Minni Ana" - zeyne 8. "Safi Ya Laban" - Ziad Saleh ft. Jamaet Khair SEMIFINAL 2: 1. "Nater" - Aziz Maraka x Adonis 2. "Hadal Ahbek" - Issam Alnajjar 3. "Mafi Wagt" - Autostrad 4. "How We Love" - Hana Malhas 5. "Bas Yo'Borni" - Nedaa Shrara 6. "Metfaje'" - Akher Zapheer 7. "Khadhaar" - Zazuka 8. "Aman Aman" - Yazan Haifawi

If you don't have time to listen to all the songs, there are two recap videos, one for each semifinal. The recap videos contain 30 seconds of each song, so watching them allows you to vote in both semifinals in less than ten minutes. Voting based on the recaps is highly preferred to not voting at all!

LINKS:

Recap videos: Semifinal 1 | Semifinal 2 Youtube playlists: Semifinal 1 | Semifinal 2 Voting forms: Semifinal 1 | Semifinal 2 Voting in the semifinals will close on Wednesday, July 14 at 11:59 PM EST. Voting in the grand final will open soon after. Thanks to everyone who votes!