Hmmz, where to start... Oh, I know:
Congrats to Jochen!

Probably the most deserved win in NSC history. Even tho I only gave it 1 point, I had a strong feeling it would win, because it really is a good song, and it needed to be in my top 10. Especially because of the lyrics. It's obviously the wrong genre for me tho, which is why it didn't end higher in my ranking, but I'm still really happy to see it win. So once again, congrats!
I'm very happy INK avoided the last place, not just because I love the song, but also because I picked their entry this edition, after a secret NF. I knew it wouldn't be a favorite among everyone here, but I did hope that it would get a few more points than that. Still, if Sven is happy, then I'm happy.
My own result. First, I want to thank everyone who voted for Within Temptation and Tarja:

Belvist, ::crp

Biflovatia, Lukeland,

Dalisska,

::uhh

Yäääyland, ::asp ::lla

Meilutya, Trollheimr, ::dlr

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::zum xthank

Cake Island, Luzinia, SmileyLand, The White Lands, Vylkuzeme,

l ::rgn ::vps x12s xthank
And thank you to everyone who gave us points in the semi as well.
All the talking about the song being such a favorite got a bit to my head, and I was eventually hoping to at least prequalify, and maybe compete for the win. Even tho the last WT entry, 2 of the 3 Tarja entries, and 3 of the last 4 Nightwish entries all failed to qualify. So as I said early in the edition, I'd be happy just to qualify. Which I did.

I still had hopes early in the results show, but when I went thru the results, and saw that we where around 16th at one point, I didn't think there was hope anymore. So ending 4th is amazing.

I'm prequalified again!

Which means I'll be in the 5th final in a row!

This is a personal record I'll never come close to again, so to everyone who's voted for Balearica Island since NSC 100: Thank you, you're all awesome!

Now to figure out what to send to Ugaly...