I cannot stress enough how important it is to vote on time. I know a lot of things are going on in everyone's lives (myself included), but it is a responsibility to make sure that we commit fully to our participations. Of course, life happens, so there's valid excuses, but in general, awareness is key. Eight days should be a reasonable time for this contest, considering there are other contests that do five-day voting periods and require two sets of votes.
Also, I want to come out and admit that I feel like I haven't been as strict as I should be. I'll continue to try and do my best as the owner and organizer of NNMC to enforce what needs to be enforced (especially on rules about acts).
Okay, now my thoughts on the results. First of all, it's been forever since an AQ did
not place last in the Grand Final.
Honestly, not that great of a loss. It originally placed 13th, which would've been a fair result for such a unique entry, but it's not a disastrous loss. So I guess that also spoiled that Ireland placed higher, but how high? You had to watch the video.
21 points for what I thought would place in the middle rankings. Boy, how wrong I was. A bit underrated.
Underwhelming, but still deserved to qualify at the very least.
Meh...
It's basic, but it's a finals-worthy song, too.
Another meh...
UNDERRATED. UNDERRATED. My
.
I expected this to be in last place honestly. Glad to see it has fans though.
Ehhh... I would personally place this lower.
I'm loving Albania's qualification streak right now. This is another Albanian entry that is worthy of being in the final. Fair result.
One of the better-performing host entries this year. I think it's alright.
Based on the results of Faouzia's other songs in past contests, this is a relatively a justified result. Still an atrocious song.
Another strong Taiwanese ballad. Not upset at its placement though.
In addition to the hype for this song quickly dying, I think the fact that it didn't represent South Korea, the only country it should represent, brought this down hard. This is my fault for not being such a hard-ass on rejecting it immediately when I noticed it being considered for China. Still gave it
just for the song.
Definitely the best AQ entry. I gave it my
.
Finally! A middle placement. It's nice not being in the top/bottom 10 for once.
Thank you to all the people who gave points to Philippines, especially the 12 points from Andorra.
If you didn't give me points, no hearts for you. Huh... I thought this was for sure going to be in the top 10. Still a nice result though.
I'm not really vibing with this. I find it overrated IMO.
A good placement for this banger. Not the strongest entry, but it's up there.
Ooh... so close to the top 10. I really thought this could've been there. My
.
JESC reject gets 10th place, and I'm not mad at all. My
.
It's a nice dance song, but quite overrated IMO. Deserved to place in the middle ten instead.
Latvia's best result in a while, and it's not with Toby.
Definitely one of the best Latvian songs in recent months though, so 8th place is deserved.
One of the biggest growers for me despite me not giving this points. The drop is just amazing. Congrats on 7th place!
Modern Ukrainian music is just so interesting to listen to, and that's why Ukraine always succeeds in online contests. This one is no exception. Well done placing 6th.
A huge contender for the win. Between this and Denmark, this one was certainly the more superior song. I gave this
.
Another huge grower. The song was stuck in my head for much of this month. I gave you a well-deserved
. Wouldn't have minded this AQ-ing.
Slay! She went from singing a pop song like "I'm Gonna Break" to this awesome and unique entry that deserved to place in the top 3. It grew on me so much that I gave it my
. My personal winner, but I'm happy with its placing overall.
And here comes the importance of voting on time. I was aware a lot of you all were huge fans of this entry, so to see this lose by one point is shocking, but I'm not really heartbroken about it. It's Grimes' best song to date IMO (my
), and a win definitely would've been good for it, but she'll have to settle for 2nd place. Canada almost won a third time this year.
It's been 34 editions since its last win, and France finally wins a third time! I did not expect this to win personally, but I'm pleased nonetheless since I gave this
. Congrats on winning, Tufkai.