yay, I guessed right both last places...
Semi 1 (REJU)
Akatsuki: Fero47 - Schau Mich An
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Papendink: Mommy Son feat. Eugene Park - Song of Stars
Yaponesia: YOASOBI feat. midories - Tsubame
Balearica Island: Donald Duck - Mr. Duck (That's Donald!) (Oh Boy Oh Mix)
Pen Island: Unprocessed - Glass
Rumia: Hiraes - Through the Storm
Tanoiro: Cappella - U Turn Me On
Semi 2
Waiting Iist: Lexie Liu - delulu
Doire: Michael Fry - Making Me A Gemini
Cydoni-Gibberia: Nelma U - Aaltojen Kuohu
Trollheimr: In Externo - Weihnachtskater
Tybalteva: Olivia Ruiz - La Replique
Tir an Abhainn: The Bonk - May Feign
I found my song about two months ago and I initially wanted to send it to NSC 223, but then PQ occured and I thought of keeping it for later... I liked it from the first listen and for some reason I thought I should definitely send it. Idk why, but I thought it might have some chances here... But while listening to Semi 2 it became really obvious to me, that I have no single chance, it like didn't go along with the general vibe of other entries at all... So, no surprise I ended up dead last, but it wasn't really that obvious to me before, that's what I wanted to tell.
I feel like I need some change regarding my NSC participation. I considered different things I can do, and I think, from now on I'll continue participating with songs I like, not caring about results at all. I feel like it became harder for me to resonate with NSC musical tendencies. And when I think too much about whether my entry "fits" in NSC or not and set expectations, it really drains me and kills the joy of participating... I have relatively good qualification rate now, but I don't want to worry about it anymore. It may be irrational, but I felt like I could be judged for choosing such approach. And that what also continued to put pressure on me and made me try harder to choose my entries more diligently. But I don't want it anymore, no sir!
Thanks for your attention! ♥
P.S. I typed much bigger text initially, that also included some words about not wanting to leave the community and Svobodnia to be vanished from NSC map, despite currently having conflicting thoughts and feelings about participating in NSC, but I decided to be shorter once I came to conclusion about what exactly I would try to do x
And thanks
@ferret for the results show, you did great! Those were cool olympiad questions and problems, I enjoyed trying to solve them!