Very good winner, but it's also a bit dull to see the two real ESC participants battling for the win. And I'm also sad for my personal favorite, Belgium.
Last night drew a close to the 6th Daily Song Contest, at the Benadir Stadium in Mogadishu. Bulgaria emerged as the winners of this edition, but they didn't win their semi-final. Below are the full results of each semi-final with a a full rundown of the votes from each country.
Semi-Final 1 Scorecard
ACDC won the semi-final with a tie with Cyprus.
Rank
Country
Points
1st
Australia
106pts
1st
Cyprus
106pts
3rd
Bulgaria
100pts
4th
Norway
95pts
5th
Estonia
81pts
6th
Armenia
80pts
7th
Denmark
64pts
7th
Guatemala
64pts
9th
Spain
63pts
10th
France
60pts
11th
Sri Lanka
57pts
12th
Wales
50pts
13th
Russia
49pts
14th
New Zealand
36pts
15th
Germany
35pts
Spoiler
Semi-Final 2 Scorecard
Belgium won this semi-final from performing last, just like Bulgaria in the final. Belgium went on to finish 3rd in the Grand Final.
Following Bulgaria's first ever DSC win in only its second attempt (it's third for me as in the last edition I managed Switzerland) I've made a shortlist of potential candidate venues for the Autumn edition:
Sofia - Arena Armeets (17 000)
Sofia - Vasil Levski National Stadium (43 230; lacks roof)
Plovdiv - Plovdiv Stadium (55 000; lacks roof, needs renovation)
Plovdiv - Kolodruma (7 500)
Varna - Palace of Culture and Sports (5 035)
Ruse - Bulstrad Arena (6 300)
Arena Armeets was where they held Junior Eurovision, wasn't it?
Presenters?
Disclaimer- Most of my posts are me thinking aloud. And most of what I think is rubbish.
Winner of a FIFA Prediction Fair Play Award (a phrase becoming increasingly ironic) "... Because he (me) has a sound tactical mind in general..." jandal7, at 9:30 am GMT on 12th May 2016
Welcome to the 7th Daily Song Contest, coming to you from the world's latest gold mine, Bulgaria. For the first time ever, the DSC has reached the Balkans and Eastern Europe, and we are here to celebrate for the next couple of weeks on the streets of our host city, Ruse. After a fierce bidding competition between Varna, Sofia and Ruse, the city of free spirit won the competition bringing the DSC to the fabulous Bulstrad Arena. This arena is where the world's best musicians will battle it out under the name of their flag. 3 months ago in the African nation of Somalia, Poli Genova won the contest with her song 'If Love Were A Crime', which has ultimately brought us to Bulgaria. This season's theme is 'We Are Golden', meaning that we are all special and precious in every different way. Here are the details about this year's contest...
This is our venue for the next weeks, Bulstrad Arena. Someone will walk out of here a champion...
Selection Process & The Contest
This part is the same as usual, but for any newbies here's the low down: you have to choose a song which is affiliated to a country (it can stem out to grandparents), post it here, and then you are signed up! All you need to do then is watch the shows and vote for your favourites. You have until TBD to sign up for the contest. Read below to find out more rules about the submissions.
Regarding the contest, we will have semi-finals, so the we will be running on the same format as the Summer Edition. These will take place in the week building up to the Grand Final on Saturday -th September. The semi-finals will split the competitors in 2, and then they will compete to make their way through to the final on Saturday (the amount of finalists is to be determined when the sign up is complete). Here is a full break-down of the changes.
Here is a montage of some of the angles of our stage here in Ruse.
Rules
So the rules are the same as usual,so semi-final voting is done anonymously (but will be published after the all the shows and results) and the qualifiers will be revealed in a random order. The finalists countries, and the world jury, will have their points read out by a spokesperson, but the other votes will be combined together to make up the Apart from this, the rules have stayed the same 2nd half of the vote.
Rules for Participation:
1.
The singer/band MUST come your respective nation, but with a band, a single member can be enough, and some affiliation via parents or grandparents.
2.
The songs can be in any language, doesn't have to be in English.
3.
The songs MUST be under 10 minutes long.
4.
Voting will be done privately via PM to me (EwanWilson), using the usual Eurovision system (1-7 + 8,10 & 12) within the voting period.
5.
The following countries can enter on their own as I have declared them autonomous enough England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland etc. (PM me if you have a proposal for a new country)
6.
Winning songs of the actual Eurovision can NOT enter (F.E Jamala - 1944), but all other Eurovision related entries are welcome (F.E Sergey Lazarev - You are the only one or Margaret - Cool Me Down).
The Monument of Liberty is one of Ruse's most beautiful attractions.!
Dates
Event
Date
DSC #7 Launch
Sunday 28th August
Entries Close/Semi Final Draw
Friday 2nd September
Semi-Final 1 Show
Sunday 4th September
Semi Final 2 Show
Tuesday 6th September
Semi-Final 1 Qualifiers
Wednesday 7th September
Semi-Final 2 Qualifiers
Friday 9th September
Grand Final Show
Saturday 10th September
Grand Final Results
Thursday 15th - Saturday 17th September
Emil Conrad, a YouTube star in Bulgaria and the reigning DSC champion, Poli Genova, will be hosting the shows.
24/02/21 - kandesbunzler said “I don't drink famous people."
15/08/22 - SotD said "Your [jandal's] humour is overrated"
11/06/24 - knockout said "Winning is fine I guess. Truth be told this felt completely unimportant." [ICL] Santos-Euskadi | [PT] Xero Racing
I confirm that Bulgaria will indeed return and will probobly feature pre-qualifying to determine which song will represent the host country
EDIT: After the success of the RW Eurovision song that took DSC by storm 3 months ago, I've decided to do it again with another successful Bulgarian ESC song from 9 years ago.
Australia 
Cyprus 
Bulgaria 
Norway 
Estonia 
Armenia 
Denmark 
Guatemala 
Spain 
France 
Sri Lanka 
Wales 
Russia 
New Zealand 
Germany 
Belgium 
Sweden 
England 
United States 
The Netherlands 
Canada 
Scotland 
Finland 
Iceland 
Argentina 
Albania 
Czechia 
Ireland 
Jamaica 
Italy 
Jamala - 1944), but all other Eurovision related entries are welcome (F.E 
Margaret - Cool Me Down).
Colombia 
Turkey 
Slovenia 
England 
Greece 
South Korea 
D.R.Congo
Japan 
Morocco 
F.Y.R Macedonia 
Switzerland 
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