PJSC 96: Live From Melbs (WE HAVE A WINNER!)

Hello friends.
Welcome to PJSC 96: Live From Melbs

I'm your host, livefrommelbs.

You know how when a country wins Eurovision and one of their best and brightest cities plays host the year after? That's kinda what we're doing here. After nabbing my first PJSC win with Erika Vikman's 'Syntisten poyta', I've decided to use my hosting round to invite you all down south for a stay in Australia's capital of culture - marvellous Melbourne.


(Pack a coat, we're famous for having four seasons in one day.)

Often considered one of the world's most liveable cities, Melbourne is a grown-up playground of art, fashion, food, music and sport. Or, it was, until bloody COVID came along and stopped us in our tracks. Since then, poor old Melbourne and its residents have endured some of the strictest lockdowns in the world. We've been pretty much closed entirely since March. Our bars and cafes and restaurants were emptied. Our arts scene? DOA. Our clubs cleared out.

But now that we've seemingly gotten on top of COVID (for the second time) and are all set to emerge from lockdown like a beautiful, hipster butterfly, I thought it would be appropriate to put on my Tourism Victoria hat and force you all to celebrate what's great about Melbourne. And there is plenty. We're the city that's gifted the world the Minogues. Neighbours (and the stable of pop stars that rose to fame from the show). Kath and Kim. The Real Housewives of Melbourne. Other things that I will think of at a later time.

There's nothing extra you need to submit besides your usual song. But before that, a reminder of the rules:

Spoiler

Popjustice Song contest is a music contest focused on discovering new music, each participant picks a song by a lesser known artist or new discovery and pits this song against other unknown or new songs.

Submission/Veto
The song you have chosen should be submitted by the provided google sheet.

Your song will then be judged by the veto panel, if it scores 3 Yes votes it will go through to the main contest.

If you are vetoed you will need to resubmit an entry, you must do this via google sheets and PM the host to let them know that you have sent another song.

Things that will effect your veto score, but not necessary veto

- Previously submitted artist (3 being generally the upper limit unless significant time has passed)
- Doing well in a previous round
- Forum threads or discussions (generally under 10 pages is ok, but not in all cases)
- Double submission of song
- Multiple submission of artist
- Reality TV contestant
- Notable personalities (who aren't necessary singers)
- Mentions by PJ on social media (but not on the website)
- Features in PJSC song of the week or featured in spotify playlist
- Blog precence (non PJ)
- Large view counts on youtube (no exact science here, but upload time and international audience are taken into account)
- Big artist in another country
- Lesser hits / album tracks from well known K-Pop acts
- People with features on hits
- Covers of lesser known songs
- Samples of lesser known songs
- Artists that have had minor UK hits
- Vocalists from featured producer songs (e.g. A*M*E from 100%)

Things that will be vetoed for

- Winners of the PJSC
- An artist that has been entered within 3 contests (Artist entered on contest 1 is banned from 2,3 & 4, becoming eligible during contest 5)
- An artist that has been vetoed previously (Artist vetoed on contest 1 is banned from 2,3 & 4, becoming eligible during contest 5)
- Songs that have already been entered
- Songs from artists with large PJ thread (20+ will usually be vetoed, but not in all cases)
- Songs that have entered the UK top 40
- Songs from artists that have had significant UK hits
- 3 or more submissions of that song
- A song that is featured on the front page (in a solo article) in the last 3 months (another song by the artist or remix of the same song can be chosen and may clear veto)
- Songs involved in the current eurovision cycle up to and including the month of the contest (even if the contest is cancelled, original dates are respected)
- Songs that have significant (non regional) radio play (check this via http://comparemyradio.com/)
- Covers of well known songs
- Samples of well known songs
- Big hits / big singles from well known K-Pop acts
- Major K-Pop acts (2NE1, f(x), SHINee, Girl's Generation)

Voting
After the song list is revealed you have period of time where you are able to submit your votes, you should vote using the traditional Eurovision style points system (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) with the top marks going to your favorite, and 1 going to your 10th favorite, and remember you cannot vote for your own entry.

Here's your itinerary for your southern stay:

Submissions Close 11:59pm (GMT), November 3rd
(or 10:59am November 4th in Melbourne Time)

Voting Closes 11:59pm (GMT) on November 18th
(or 10:59am November 19th in Melbourne Time)

Reveals Begin 9:00am (GMT) on Friday, November 20
(or 8:00pm Friday 20th in Melbourne time)


Submit your votes...

HERE PLEASE.

This is a city where everyone's welcome - making it the perfect place to host a song contest as diverse as PJSC. Let this round be a little virtual holiday for you all as much as it is a celebration of the latest undiscovered pop brilliance.

Enjoy your stay!
(Just don't tell anyone you think Sydney's better. You're wrong, and you'll be thrown into the Yarra river.)​

 

Spoiler

2014 (from Armadale)
Ana Raquel (from Ripponlea)
berserkboi (from Toorak)
BeingNormal (from Box Hill)
CaliDevotion (from Williamstown)
Carel (from Brighton)
citoig (from South Melbourne)
cleosnatchra (from Craigieburn)
Conan (from Nunawading)
Connor Walsh (from Coldstream)
Cotton Park (from Carlton)
daninternational (from Prahran)
DJHazey (from Hawthorn)
Doodvid (from Abbotsford)
EscapismIsAnotherPrison (from Truganina)
eyeline (from Kew)
Filler (from Forest Hill)
HarryEzra (from Elsternwick)
Hudweiser (from Yarraville)
Hurricane Drunk (from Doncaster)
If You Go (from Footscray)
iheartpoptarts (from Sorrento)
imaduck (from Albert Park)
Island (from Elwood)
Jeffo (from Ivanhoe)
klow (from South Yarra)
Lila (from Northcote)
livefrommelbs (from Melbs)
llamadelrey (from Ringwood)
londonrain (from Richmond)
Lost Boy (from Fitzroy)
Maki (from Malvern)
Music Is Death (from Docklands)
OspreyQueen (from Parkville)
Phonetics Girl (from Collingwood)
pop3blow2 (from Princes Hill)
Rogue (from North Melbourne)
saviodxl (from Southbank)
soratami (from St Kilda)
Sprockrooster (from Brunswick)
TeleDex (from Chadstone)
Tiger Suit (from Tullamarine)
Ufint (from East Melbourne)
unnameable (from Oakleigh)
Untouchable Ace (from Mornington)
vague (from Camberwell)
WoW73 (from Windsor)

 

APRIL - Oh! My Mistake
ARO - Gold Thread
Ayesha Erotica - Vacation Bible School
Babet - Chameleon
Baby Queen - Pretty Girl Lie
Boys World - Girlfriends
bülow - Own Me
Chaz Cardigan - Losing Touch
Chloe Agnew - No Good
CMAT - I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby!
Clooney - Raise It Up
Francis On My Mind - Summer
FUTURE ENEMIES with C Z A R I N A - Left Unsaid
Gabi DeMartino - Pretty Little Mind
Hatchie - Stay With Me
Jockstrap - Hayley
John De Sohn, Hanna Ferm - I Met Somebody
Kelsy Karter - Liquor Store On Mars
Kay'Vion, Laith Ashley - Gym Class
Leikeli47 - Wash & Set
Lomboy - Like Me
Lous and the Yakuza - Amigo
LOVA - One Day Left
LP - House on Fire
Lucia & The Best Boys - Perfectly Untrue
Magdalena Bay - Sky2Fall
Malou Prytz - Tik Tok
Marie Davidson - Worst Comes To Worst
Neon Indian - Slumlord
November Növelet - Fire
Omar Apollo - Stayback
Oscar Zia - Vill ha dig nu
Paulini - Air It All Out (7th Heaven Radio Edit)
Qeaux Qeaux Joans - Daydreaming
Remi Wolf - Disco Man
REYNA - Lonely Girl
Salt Ashes - Cut You With A Kiss
SHAED - No Other Way
Silver Sphere - ghosts!
Snowblood - All Around the World
Taliwhoah - Motions
Tenille Arts - Somebody Like That
The Hex Girls - Trap Of Love
The Mamas - Whitney in the 80s
TryHardNinja feat. Nina Zeitlin - Dance to Forget
Weki Meki - Cool
ZOMBIE-CHANG - Lemonade

(Not included: The Hex Girls).
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Vote here!​

 

Spoiler

1. Babet - Chameleon // imaduck 125

2. APRIL - Oh! my mistake // vague 116

3. Paulini | Air It All Out (7th Heaven Radio Edit) // DJHazey 115


4. Leikeli47 - Wash & Set // londonrain 113
5. Weki Meki - Cool // Citoig 112
6. Chaz Cardigan — Losing Touch // Jeffo 111
7. Hatchie - Stay With Me // Hurricane Drunk 106
8. Lucia & The Best Boys - Perfectly Untrue // Carel 102
9. Magdalena Bay - Sky2Fall // CaliDevotion 91
10. FUTURE ENEMIES with C Z A R I N A - Left Unsaid // Ana Raquel 91
11. Baby Queen - Pretty Girl Lie // Phonetics Girl 84
12. Malou Prytz - Tik Tok // Ufint 83
13. The Mamas - Whitney in the 80s // daninternational 80
14. Tenille Arts - Somebody Like That // Saviodxl 76
15. REYNA - Lonely Girl // iheartpoptarts 74
16. Salt Ashes - Cut You With A Kiss // WoW73 72
17. Neon Indian - Slumlord // Untouchable Ace 64
18. Oscar Zia - Vill ha dig nu // HarryEzra 60
19. bülow - Own Me // Connor Walsh 60
20. Kay'Vion, Laith Ashley - Gym Class // llamadelrey 57
21. Francis On My Mind - Summer // 2014 56
22. LOVA - One Day Left // Lost Boy 54
23. Marie Davidson - Worst Comes To Worst // Rogue 52
24. Lomboy - Like Me // If You Go 52
25. Omar Apollo - Stayback // berserkboi 49
26. SHAED - No Other Way // Conan 47
27. CMAT - I Wanna Be A Cowboy, Baby! // Lila 45
28. ZOMBIE-CHANG - Lemonade // TéléDex 45
29. John De Sohn, Hanna Ferm - I Met Somebody // Doodvid 45
30. Ayesha Erotica - Vacation Bible School // BeingNormal 45
31. Boys World - Girlfriends // eyeline 43
32. Jockstrap - Hayley // cleosnatchra 39
33. Remi Wolf - Disco Man // Cotton Park 37
34. November Növelet - Fire // Filler 33
35. Snowblood - All Around the World // OspreyQueen 31
36. LP - House on Fire // Maki 31
37. Clooney - Raise It Up // Hudweiser 30
38. Qeaux Qeaux Joans - Daydreaming // Sprockrooster 29
39. Gabi DeMartino - Pretty Little Mind // livefrommelbs 29
40. Chloe Agnew - No Good // pop3blow2 27
40. Kelsy Karter - Liquor Store On Mars // soratami 27
42. Lous and the Yakuza - Amigo // klow 19
43. The Hex Girls - Trap Of Love // Music Is Death 18
44. Silver Sphere - ghosts! // unnameable 14
45. ARO - Gold Thread // Tiger Suit 14
46. TryHardNinja feat. Nina Zeitlin - Dance to Forget // EscapismIsAnotherPrison 13
47. Taliwhoah - Motions // Island 10

 

ICONIC!!!!

Watching Kath & Kim right now!

 

Amazing!

Save me a chair at Naked For Satan or a bump at Poof Doof

 

If a fellow veto member stole the song I tried to submit last round but had to wait... heads will roll.

 

Done! And done.

 

Just checked the veto sheet and the first two entries are the first two on my potential list dddddddd

 

This round's gonna be messier than the Melbourne Cup Carnival, I can see it now.

 

Reporting for duty from the south side. But I’ll jump back across for a slice of cake at Beatrix or to people-watch while pretending to read a novel on the steps at the Fitzroy pool. #justmelbournethings

Melbourne hasn’t exactly had a banner year, but I wouldn’t live anywhere else. The birthplace / home of camp icons like Cate Blanchett, the Minogues, Vanessa Amorosi, Tina Arena, Holly Valance...Gabriella Cilmi...and of course, a handful of people that spend too much time on this pink hellhole. The range!

 

Hmmmm - the form isn’t opening for me right now, I guess I’ll try submitting in a few hours and hope my submission hasn’t been snatched by then!

 

Oooh?! Is that something that can happen!? I can see other entries popping up...

 

Let me try submitting on my desktop instead of my phone - maybe that will work!

 

SHOW OF HANDS - who amongst us thought my name meant Live From Mel B's and not Live From Melbs?

 

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Not someone entering a winner from this year...