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Supplemental Information: HaKokhav HaBa L’Tumblrvizion 2019

Howdy fellas. This is just a (more) casual post regarding the points breakdown and some of my thoughts on the songs and how things went for my @tmblrvision national final.

The Breakdown

Here is the link to the spreadsheet where I kept a running tab of the points. As it’s already been said, 20 votes were cast, and the winner changed by the last 6 votes or so. Carakukly actually was solidly in the lead by 20 points or so until several votes came in giving A-WA top points and Carakukly less.

Stephane Legar was the only act to not receive a single 12 points, but he managed to earn 3rd place by earning 5 10 points and being in the top 4 of 13 votes. Sarit Hadad and Offer Nissim earned 6 10 points, the most of any act, but only avoided the bottom 4 10 times, dropping their average.

The most controversial acts were Static and Ben El, and Nathan Goshen. Both earned 4 12 points, the most behind A-WA’s 5, but Nathan Goshen earned 4 1 points, while Static and Ben El earned 5. However, Nathan Goshen was more consistently middling with the votes, while Static and Ben El often were either in the top 3 or 2 or the bottom 3 or 2, ending up in their tie.

Elai Botner and Aviv Alush were the only act to not make it to the 100 point mark, mainly due to the fact that they were in the bottom 4 of a whopping 15 votes. IMRI, who finished 7th, was in a similar position by coming bottom 4 with 10 votes, albeit he started strong.

My Thoughts

Here is my personal ranking and opinions:

12: Static and Ben El - Gumigam: I have been obsessed with this song since I first heard it driving around Tel Aviv in an Uber. I listen to it all the time, I force Molly to listen to it all the time when we’re driving, I’m out here like גומיגם שוקובו מה קרה. It just slaps, y’all. I’m kinda disappointed it didn’t do very well, but it’s definitely one of those “you either love it or hate it on the first listen” kind of songs. I was like “wtf is this” when I first heard it, but fortunately I decided to shazam it and now here I am, a Static and Ben El clown.

10: Stephane Legar - Comme ci Comme ça: I was so shocked when I first heard this, I thought he was French. I found this on a top Israeli songs of 2018 (that aren’t Netta’s or Omer Adam’s) article and I looked him up. Yep, he’s born and raised Israeli to Togolese parents, which explains why he speaks French fluently. That aside, the song is incredibly catchy and fun, and I’m glad it made it to 3rd.

8: A-WA - Mudbira: A deserved winner. I was worried this wasn’t going to do well for the reasons people give for not liking Pali się or Samo Shampioni, and it was controversial to an extent. However, it goes to show that I know nothing about what folks like or will vote for. Fun fact: I was originally torn between Mudbira and Hana Mash Hu al Yaman, but ended up going for Mudbira because I thought more people would like it.

6: Carakukly - Catching (Oy Oy Oy): I first heard this sitting in an Uber on the way back from one of the semis while we were in Tel Aviv. It was the first song I shazamed while I was there specifically to build this national final, and it’s a good thing I did. It’s very catchy, modern, and enjoyable; it’s no wonder it was winning for a good minute there.

4: Elai Botner and Aviv Alush - The closest to you: I quite like this song; it’s a fun sort of summer beach time-road trip rock. I found it on the same article that I found Comme ci Comme ça. I’m kinda sad it came last, but not surprised, and something has to come last (I’m just glad it wasn’t Gumigam lol).

3: IMRI - Imrico: I’m glad IMRI’s back out there making music, and Imrico is a fun lil tune if I do say so myself. It’s nice, but I don’t feel strongly enough about it to put it any higher, unfortunately.

2: Sarit Hadad x Offer Nissim - SHUFUNI: It’s pretty good and it has a cool kinda sound to it, but my issue with Imrico also applies here: I don’t like it more than the other songs to put it above them. I can see why others like it though.

1: Nathan Goshen - I miss you: Like I said about The closest to you, something has to come last. I miss you isn’t bad or boring by any means, but I personally find it the least interesting of the 8 songs. I was surprised to see how many 12 points it received, but again, what do I know about what people will go for?

Extra Credits

Before signups, I had 11 songs in my Israeli national final playlist, but I thought 11 was too many since I prefer less to more. Rather than cut songs myself, I asked three individuals, who will remain anonymous (unless they would like to make their involvement public), to sift through my playlist and pick 3 songs to delete and then explain why those 3. After considering their inputs, I ended up cutting these 3 songs:

Dennis Lloyd - GFY

Amir ve Ben - Loop

and... Netta - Nana Banana

Why?

GFY: 2 of the 3 recommended cutting it because they believed it would be unpopular with the audience or that it didn’t really work for them. 1 of them straight up hated it.

Loop: 2 of the 3 recommended cutting it simply because it was boring.

Nana Banana: 2 of the 3 recommended cutting it because they were concerned that it would take the national final by storm and blow everything out of the water because it’s Netta and then flop in the contest, because it’s Netta, she won last year, you have 2 former ESC artists why aren’t you more creative in choosing artists, etc. This was different from the first 2 because, rather than it would be unlikable, it would be controversial and would ultimately work against itself.

I ended up agreeing to cut these songs because 1) 2 of 3 people agreed that each song in question should be cut, which I found compelling, 2) I thought their reasons were sound, and 3) I was more willing to cut these songs than any of the 8 I have now.

Songs that were recommended to be cut, but ultimately stayed:

Elai Botner and Aviv Alush - The closest to you

IMRI - Imrico

A-WA - Mudbira (lol)

Do you think it was a good call to cut these songs? Would you have preferred they stayed in? Would you have cut any songs at all, replaced some or all of the cut songs with 1, 2, or 3 of the songs that stayed in, or cut more songs in general?

That’s all I have for now, if you want to DM me on Discord to talk more about this, feel free.

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Conclusion: HaKokhav HaBa L’Tumblrvizion 2019

Shalom, Europe! It is now the time to reveal the results of our national final and the song and artist who have earned the right to represent us in the 4th edition of @tmblrvision​! Let’s get straight to the results!

We are deeply grateful for the 20 votes we received for this final, and we loved all the warm feedback in the comments! We sincerely hope you all had a good time listening to the songs and making your decisions!

Now, we will reveal the results from 8th place to 1st, showing only the final score. A breakdown of how the totals will be released as a separate post for the sake of briefness.

Our 8th place song, with 81 points, is: Elai Botner and Aviv Alush - The closest to you // עילי בוטנר ואביב אלוש - הכי קרוב אלייך

Our 7th place song, with 100 points, is: IMRI - Imrico //  אימרי זיו - אימריקו

Tied for 6th place, with 107 points, are: Nathan Goshen - I miss you //  נתן גושן - מתגעגעת and Static and Ben El - Gumigam // סטטיק ובן אל תבורי - גומיגם

We have reached the halfway point in the results, so why don’t we take a small break? Here is Quarter to Africa, a Tel Aviv-based multicultural group who specialize in fusing traditional Arabic “Makam" scales with African rhythms, jazz and funk, and their single “Tahabil Terbach!”

Toda raba, guys! Now let’s move on to the top 4 artists and our winner! Who will it be?

Our 4th place song, with 119 points, is: Sarit Hadad x Offer Nissim - SHUFUNI // שרית חדד ועופר ניסים

Our 3rd place song, with 127 points, is: Stephane Legar - Comme ci Comme ça

We are down to 2 artists now, both sister pop groups, interestingly enough. But which set of siblings will receive the honor of representing our little country this year: Carakukly or A-WA?

Our 2nd place song, narrowly missing the title with 136 points, is: Carakukly - Catching (Oy Oy Oy) // (כרקוקלי - תופסת (אוי אוי אוי

That means our winner, with 143 points, is A-WA - Mudbira!! Congratulations, ladies!

Again, we are incredibly thankful to everyone who voted and supported our contest! We hope you will continue to support us and A-WA in Algiers! Here is our winning song, Mudbira by A-WA!

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HaKokhav HaBa L’Tumblrvizion 2019

Erev tov, Europe! Welcome to this year’s Israeli national selection process for Tumblrvision! We are very pleased to bring you eight fantastic acts from our little country, all hoping to represent Israel in this year’s edition of @tmblrvision​! Without further ado, here are the songs:

(כרקוקלי - תופסת (אוי אוי אוי // Carakukly - Catching (Oy Oy Oy)

נתן גושן - מתגעגעת // Nathan Goshen - I miss you

עילי בוטנר ואביב אלוש - הכי קרוב אלייך // Elai Botner and Aviv Alush - The closest to you

Stephane Legar - Comme ci Comme ça

סטטיק ובן אל תבורי - גומיגם // Static and Ben El - Gumigam

A-WA - Mudbira

שרית חדד ועופר ניסים // Sarit Hadad x Offer Nissim - SHUFUNI

אימרי זיו - אימריקו // IMRI - Imrico

The Playlist

The Voting Form

Voting will remain open until this delegation feels that the maximum amount of responses have been collected. Todah raba for your time, and good luck to all our contestants!

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Tmblr A Dal 2018 - The Results

Hungarian HoD here! We are excited to finally announce the results of Tmblr A Dal 2018, and we would like to thank everyone who voted! Without further adieu, let’s get to the points break down under the cut!

6th place, with 37 points, goes to... Optiz Barbi ft. Burai Krisztián - Nincs az a pénz!

5th place, with 50 points, goes to... Dér Heni - Meghalok!

4th place, with 57 points, goes to... Leander Kills - Ha elmész!

3rd place, with 78 points, goes to... SirVive - Mennék tovább!

2nd place, with 88 points, goes to... Blahalouisiana -  Egyetlen magányom!

And that means Tmblr A Dal 2018′s winner, with 98 points, goes to... Papái Joci - ÖZÖNVÍZ!

Once again, we here at the Hungarian team would like to thank everyone who voted in our contest and everyone that will be participating and watching Tumblrvision 2018 in Tel Aviv! We can’t wait to see all of you there!

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Tmblr A Dal 2018!

Welcome to the @tmblrvision Hungarian national final held on behalf of Tmblrvision Hungary HoD @gilbertbeilshit !

Six songs will be competing to take part in the competition, and without further delay, we will introduce them now!!

Pápai Joci - Özönvíz

Dér Heni - Meghalok

Leander Kills - Ha elmész

Optiz Barbi ft. Burai Krisztián - Nincs az a pénz

Blahalouisiana - Egyetlen magányom

SirVive - Mennék tovább

To vote you will use the provided Google Form to award 8, 6, and 4-1 points to each song presented. We hope you enjoy the show, good luck to all our competitors!!

YOUTUBE PLAYLIST // VOTING LINK

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cursed object

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by yusuke nico

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When u see a titty

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((I’m a bit busy lately with work and commissions, but here’s some doodles of Iran and Tajikistan! 

Iran is wearing traditional dress from the village of Abyaneh, and Tajikistan is wearing some Kulobi dress!))

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Shāh Chérāgh (شاه چراغ‎‎) "King of the Light" is a mausoleum and mosque in Shiraz, Iran, built around 1130 AD, housing the tomb of the brothers Ahmad and Muhammad, sons of Mūsā al-Kādhim (7th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam). The two took refuge in the city during the Abbasid persecution of Shia Muslims. The tombs became celebrated pilgrimage centres in the 14th century when the pious and art-loving Queen Tashi Khatun erected a mosque and theological school by the tombs. After carrying out essential repairs, the queen ordered the tomb to be covered with millions of pieces of colored glass that glitter in the light and magnify its brilliance a thousand times.

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((Ask-Iran’s next Featured Iranian Artist is one of my personal favorites: Nedlook! 

Nedlook is a handmade jewelry brand by Neda K., an Iranian woman based in Michigan, that is described on @alangoo as:

“…[taking] inspiration from Persian tile designs. It features beautiful pieces to preserve the unique designs of old tiles and ceramics made centuries ago in Persia (modern day Iran) and shares the beauty of this country with people who have a special place in their hearts for this land.”

Neda K. designs bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and even cuff-links! Though, what seals the deal for me personally, is that she always has the cutest little packaging and personal ‘thank you’ notes! To support her and purchase her stuff, visit any one of these sites: 

Alangoo, Etsy, Persian Basket. Nedlook also has an Instagram!))

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how do you say “I’m sleepy” in your native language or the language you are learning?

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