Fantasia Contest #09 • Semi-final Results

actual footage of all forumers trying to count all the favourites that got lost in the endless nq-hole

Honestly I'm speechless at what I've just witnessed, favourites got butchered like the swine you're about to eat tomorrow at lunch!
I've been travelling by train while watching the results and honestly by the reactions I delivered I'm surprised no one looked at me LMAO

Frootania
Didn't expect to qualify at all, especially with all the back-lashing and most of her fans being separated via the semi-final draws, but... here we stand. Couldn't be more shocked than I already am - it actually took me a few hours to realize it this time. Thank you so much, though I do not feel I deserved it over some other entries in my semi-final; quite every player gave their best with national selections and really amazing song genres.

Seems like you may masturbate in the final as well, Stefani.


Other entries
Lots of great songs!

I'm heart-broken, these were among my top favourites this time
Probably one of the most underrated ones in this contest so far - also, there go two streak-qualifiers and one doubly-screwed artist
Footnote for Aliya: Guess I'll fight alone now, it feels like I am letting Tino down by this :c
Sad to see them fail


Statement
i swear this is not an advertisement for nvsc tho pls vote moldova xoxo

Seeing as I've managed to qualify with my most controversial song/artist to date, I felt like there was a need to clarify this situation. I'm aware that this is probably not going to reach most of you, but it's crucial anyway.

I am so incredibly happy and warmed by the results I've received so far - not because they pump up my ego or because I've sent the most popular artists on the forums. No, it's all about me being allowed to send my favourite artists and songs in this contest, the possibility I've never or barely ever had in one (y'know, I can't always send Nicoleta Nuca for Moldova although some of you would love to see that).

Throughout my participation, I've used Fantasia Contest as a practical "vent" for my issues and problems with myself and the world we inhabit, it's clearly reflected in each of the songs I have sent. Some of them were fitting it all randomly ("Badlands", it's an easy-going anthem to the shit that we go through while staying real and making the best out of dystopia or "Wildfire", when everything comes crushing down and you gotta pick yourself up, get a drink or two and have energetic peaks) ... and some were sent with a clear message in mind ("Savages", used so interchangeably about the lustful wildness of love, emotions and vivid dreams while also being able to show the dark and born nature of human beings, of rape, of war, of abused children, of everything that the human species does in its wrong-doings that will last for many generations to come, about traumatic experiences that never fade, ... and many other examples), messages that actually seem to provoke shocking reactions ("Dancin' in Circles", coming with a package of sexual liberal desires spoken out freely, with moans in the background of the song and lustful beats that'll make your hips shake in excitement). Each and every track has in some way been the voice I've never had about my very intimate and personal problems - from imaginative worlds that I try to hide myself in, the problems with my sexuality that I try to find a "word" for, and an answer to all that drives us humans and the reasoning behind the things we do in agony and lust.

It also granted me the possibility to send some of my favourite artist to this contest - Marina and the Diamonds, Alyssa Reid, Lady Gaga and some that I caught along the way, delivering my messages in the best way possible! I'm aware of how "picky" I may appear in choosing my artists, instead of relying on new and more original choices - but the truth is, that I prefer to send some of the most recognized singer-songwriters on the forums instead of hoping for a "hit" while scrolling through my recommended playlist on Spotify; It's all subjective to the ear of the listener.

Some have been trying to argue with me about the way that I pick my entries, scheming behind me and throwing shadyish words without me hearing them (and I honestly do not need to, either). However, all those who feel targeted now, I can assure you that there's nothing from holding me back to send my most desired tracks to this contest, which - in the end - is supposed to be the reasoning behind this contest, to share your favourite songs with the rest of us. And I have done nothing else ever since.