141st FSC (Feb. 2019) Geelong, Australia (VOTE)

[cheapthrills]

Our first FSC on the new forum is our 141st! And it begins Down Under!

Our visit to the land of Oz comes courtesy of Flopho, who submitted this gem:

The Faim - Summer is a Curse

You can check out the bay nearby Geelong, this month's destination. I have never heard of Geelong, but apparently their tourist destinations include the Point Lonsdale Lighthouse, the Ozone shipwreck, and the Furphy Brewery! I hope those things are not all related!

RULES

01. This is a monthly contest, modeled after Eurovision. You need to have at least 10 posts to your credit to take part.
02. You can pick any country in the world.
03. The artist you choose has either to be a citizen of the country they'll represent or to have been born there. At least HALF of the people from your act must be from the country you choose.
04. Your song must be 10 years old at the most. For 2019, eligible entries must have been released after December 31st, 2008.
05. Eurovision entries are not allowed. Songs from concurrent Eurovision heats are not allowed either.
06. The song cannot have been a UK/US Top 40 hit, as it would give it an unfair advantage.
07. The song can be a remix.
08. The song cannot be a cover version.
09. If your song features a sample, please state it early enough, so the other contestants can decide whether it is acceptable or not by poll.
10. You cannot vote for your own country.
11. Discussion about one's favourites during the contest is NOT ALLOWED, as it has the potential to influence the voting.
12. PLEASE try and choose a song not everyone would know, the point is to discover new artists.
13. If a song becomes or is found to be ineligible at any time before the voting is over, it will be disqualified.
14. Make sure you understand all the rules before you take part. You will need to devote about 2 hours of your time to this game to listen to all the entries at least once. Do a little research on your entry before you present it, be sure that it doesn't violate any rules, and check here to see if it has taken part before.

TIMELINE

01 - 09/2 | RESERVE & PRESENT: Present your entry or just reserve your country. Last month's top 5 get their choice from last month reserved, so nobody may choose these countries until they let them go:

01. Australia (flopho)
02. Japan (CandyPerfumeBoy)
03. Argentina (HC5555)
04. United Kingdom (urbanmusik)
05. Ukraine (franklex)

10 - 11/2 | PRESENT: Pick any country that hasn't been presented yet and present your entry (ALL reservations are now expired). A maximum of 30 confirmed entries in total will be accepted.

12 - 25/2| VOTE! Whoever fails to vote during this period cannot participate in the following contest.

26/2 | Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 10 points penalty.

27/2 | Very Late Vote: Whoever votes on this date will receive a 15 points penalty. Whoever fails to vote by this date (Geelong time) will be disqualified.

28/2 | Results


ALL RULES AND PENALTIES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED


ENTRIES:

Albania (westhammer) | Ilira - Get Off My D!ck
Argentina (HC55555) | Lali - Caliente (feat. Pabllo Vittar)
Australia (KindOf) | Nicole Millar - Blindfolded
Canada (Undercover) | Imaad Wasif - God Is Not A Mountain
Croatia (beredy) | Severina feat. Jala Brat - M.A.G.I.J.A.
France (mondflug) - Meaning - Choral Version (Cascadeur)
Germany (flopho) | Lea - Zu Dir
Greece (jio) | Nergie - Highlight the Bright Star
Ireland (CandyPerfumeBoy) | Áine Cahill - Blood Diamonds (Feat. Courage)
Mali (cheapthrills) | Inna Modja - Forgive Yourself
Netherlands (Noahh) | Naaz - Loving Love
New Zealand (Thriller) | Gin Wigmore - Beatnik Trip
Norway (ConstantinosV) | Aurora - Animal
Poland (jszmiles) | Meskie Granie - Poczatek
Russia (Mainshow) | Matrang - Meduza
Singapore (Spiral) | Aisyah Aziz - Bila Entah
Slovenia (navi) | Persons from porlock - Affordable Amphetamines
South Africa (Nanda) | Sho Madjozi - Huku
South Korea (Colbie) | Chung Ha - Gotta Go
Spain (leomedar) | Zahara - Hoy la Bestia Cena en Casa
Sweden (heppolo)| Nicole Sabouné - Unseen Footage From A Forthcoming Funeral
Ukraine (franklex) - Faruk Sabanci & Maruv - For You
United Kingdom (urbanmusik) | Roses Gabor - I Could Be Yours
United States (Affillate) | Alex Aiono - Big Mistake

[cheapthrills]

I apologize again for the delay - I traveled today. I normally could quote the post from the last FSC, but this time there was a lot of clean-up with the forum change.

Anyhow, take note of the deadlines this month as they are moved up a bit as the month is shorter (though I guess it is similar to last month!)

urbanmusik, I assume you are keeping the UK, but if not, I would like it

[Affillate]

Keeping the US

[jio]

Despite my last position last time I am keeping Greece

[flopho]

Germany

[CandyPerfumeBoy]

Ireland

[Colbie]

South Korea

[heppolo]

1. SWEDEN

image courtesy of Nicole Sabouné
Nicole Sabouné - Unseen Footage From A Forthcoming Funeral

Genre: Post-punk revival, Indie Rock
Release Date: 2012

[westhammer]

02. ALBANIA




ILIRA - GET OFF MY D!CK

[KindOf]

Australia

[mondflug]

France

[Thriller]

New Zealand

[Noahh]

The Netherlands

Decided to join once again, as to celebrate the new ukmix.

[Mainshow]

03. RUSSIA
MATRANG - Meduza

[urbanmusik]

urbanmusik, I assume you are keeping the UK, but if not, I would like it

I’ve got a song I want to enter for the UK this month, but you can have it next month whatever the results.

[flopho]

04 GERMANY

LEA - "Zu Dir"

[Undercover]

Canada

[Undercover]

#05

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Imaad Wasif - God Is Not A Mountain

[urbanmusik]

06 United Kingdom
Roses Gabor - I Could Be Yours





According to the Youtube comments this song contains a sample from Mehndi Laga Ke Rakhna, a song featured in the 1995 Indian romance film Diwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. I presume this will be allowed since the song doesn't rely on the sample which is relatively unnoticeable.

[jszmiles]

Poland again

[Affillate]

07 // UNITED STATES

ALEX AIONO - BIG MISTAKE



Released // 2018

[jszmiles]

08. POLAND

MESKIE GRANIE - POCZATEK

[ConstantinosV]

Norway

[Thriller]

Not urbanmusik stealing Roses Gabor from me, not that the UK is ever bloody free

[Thriller]

9 NEW ZEALAND



GIN WIGMORE - BEATNIK TRIP