Own Asiavision Song Contest 32 • Final Results

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FINAL RESULTS

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>>> VOTING GRIDS <<<

Congratulations to the winner!
Please use spoilers while discussing the results.

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ukraineofcourse • MG • Alex Memphis • hayashi 💙💛 • fuerte (inactive) • superjonno • Euu • 𝐴𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑎̀ • Qual • Mark K. • Jmain • shax • Vaios • ClassifiedCat • AussieSwarm • Fat Nepal • EtCetera • ferret • Wys • joshua • Anton • Joe • italix • Sylwia • shanfachai • ig0r • Queen of Mean (Inactive) • TitleTheNon • crabrave • Tommy • Luiri • Jacob • uhsting • Chim • Jan • thomas (inactive) • DoanTD • Kenajabam • RecklessDani • gabrielmattalexx • Chante™ • melaniepark • Amanda • 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐋 • adamantios • iseendale • Dylan • inactivo • holidayyyyyyy • Aleks • Mariano Bedini • basil • Aleks Džehverović • Kinoshita! • Apostolis

[uhsting]

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11th in SF is not bad at all! My goal with Niue is not to qualify to QF so it's a win for me already! Thanks 12 points from Chante, 10 points from Mihai, Mark and Luka, and 8 points from hayashi.

Great winner! Great to see the Philippines in the 1st place after Ylona Garcia undeservingly cursed the nation. Congrats Kena! Happy to see both Laos and Taiwan in the AQ spots, as they are discoveries of the edition for me! Australia and Tajikistan are both robbed.

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Another amazing edition came to an end, and it would not be possible without our dear host, Kinoshita!, who made everything look great and perfect! Thank you once again for your help and contribution. The council agreed to promote miss Poom to become a permanent council member, but a more formal announcement will be released soon.

Anyway, let's get to the results, shall we?

SF1
the maths are mathing, should have taken Tokelau
kinda cute, but someone had to be in the bottom 5
this getting 1 point from row kinda sends, but it was not my cup of tea
yeah expected
the biggest robbery of the semi, I thought it would easily qualify, not get bottom 5 💀 and seeing it barely missed the QF by 1 point hurts even more

girl what is this? I kinda had this on repeat for some time, but it's just a guilty pleasure
meh, overrated sorta kinda. Non Stop's weakest entry
the drop is good but the rest of the song is kinda not giving anything
yeah their previous song was better
this was just 2 points off... should have qualified imo
I'm sure the timeslot hurt its chances to qualify

SF2
the maths are mathing. and we also discovered too late that this song is ineligible so whatever
this grew on me too late, kinda robbed
no. even if you wanted to send her, i'm sure she had way better songs
cute but someone had to be in bottom 5
wtf? this is much better than all Amalia songs and still NQed... 💀

cute, happy it's in the 'safe' zone
typical romanian bop, but it grew off
meh, overrated sorta kinda
gave this 12 for a reason, so robbed. what else should they sent to qualify again if this didn't?
aww another song from my top 3 got unfairly eliminted imo
naurrrr... here comes my most listened song of the edition (methinks). it's so addictive for some reason, and normally with 73 points it would been a safe qualifier in any other edition. that's just bad luck i suppose

Final
totally did not deserve to be last, plus it grew on me, but there were way too many good songs
the gag of the edition, from 2nd in semi to pre-last in the final? 💀 What went wrong?
grew off kinda
grew off kinda [2]
okay I guess, deserved placement
kinda aged but still a bop
cute, but I preferred the other song from the NS
the only song that received my points to end up outside of the top 10.. deserved much better ngl
not a fan, but after being familiar with some of their discography, this is one of their better songs
overrated, should have stayed in the semi
the better central asian entry, i guess a deserved result
not a fan of the song in full, but the recap part kinda works
kinda grew on me but I wasn't a big fan in the beginning
this got Ambak'ed like the gap between the finalists and the NQs was something. Ok song overall, much better than his previous entry
already tired of this so the maths are mathing
finally a good HK entry. fair result

well done on your first qualification and on getting top 10. slay
glad this got top 10, i was afraid it would get robbed like Boytoy...
honestly this is not the kind of songs i usually send in contests, so i had no idea what to expect. a really pleasant surprise to finish in the top 10. thank you to all for your votes and thanks uhsting for helping me picking the songs for my NS!
not her getting 7th again... I would have loved if she AQed, but this song was sent kinda too late, so i can see why people got bored of it. and all the AQs are already amazing.

issa bop, but now that's something i had never expected. from barely qualifying to getting 2 AQs in a row, with an arabic song, now that's what i call slay.
a really beautiful song and i'm glad people appreciated it. welcome to your slayage era thomas
kinda grew off me a bit, but still a bopaso so yas deserved

i thought this had no competition after it landslide won the semi-final. congrats on a well deserved podium spot

their best song, i love the drop and the sax and how they combine spanish with malay lyrics. ngl after overlistening to the winning song, i kinda prefer this as winner now. congrats

ngl while counting the votes i had a thought this would come either 2nd or 7th. but then somehow it opening the final made me more obsessed with it and i kept replaying it over and over that it ultimately became my fav song in the final. congrats on the well deserved victory and finally the 2nd place curse is over for you

See you in Philippines yassss

[Tommy]

Nepal has a lot of opinions...

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Firstly, thank you very much for a grand final position! Although we are a little disappointed with a low placement, it is SIGNIFICANTLY better than my last result (flagcocoskeelingislands says hi). At least I don't have to flop as AQ and can try for Vanuatu instead, assuming it is free as I thought it would be.

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Final points:

Philippines
Malaysia
Singapore
Kiribati
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Kuwait
Laos
Hong Kong
Saudi Arabia

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Reactions to NQs:


Lol BEYOND ROBBED!!! I gave this 8

Guilty pleasure, shame it's so low

Yeahhhh...

One of their worst entries in my opinion, I hope they come back strong.

Cute, sadly expected result

Sad but expected ngl

Iconic country but this wasn't qualifying

This came A LOT lower than I was expecting

Lovely song, shame it NQed but it had to be

At least they did reasonably well in terms of NQ?

Should have been last I'm sorry, I don't understand the decision process behind the song

Wonderful song, although I personally prefer the timeslot used in the NQ results

I expected this to qualify, but I guess it was close

Same as UAE

I was secretly quite happy when this NQed sorry. She has better, please use Baby I Got Fire next time

I should have given them the 10, then at least they'd NQ on tiebreak. Still, a terrific debut result!

I'm gonna assume the ts in the NQ results was better because I distinctly remember not liking this but it's actually
kinda good

Song deserved position, but with that tragic timeslot in the semi it should not have been this high

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE JUST LEAVE ONE SONG FOR TOKELAU

I correctly predicted their position. Great song, shame about the NQ.

Didn't expect it this high but well done!

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Final reactions:


Last was harsh, there was worse

Again, harsh position

I'm just happy I'm above it, my friends in the contest were hyping this up and I personally wasn't as much of a fan of it

I reckon an NQ should've been here instead

Slightly overrated maybe?

Lower than expected but relieved I'm not AQ

Same as India, I didn't like this much

Deserved Q but I'm still not over Nin Mhat Htar flopping like wtf

Now this was robbed. There was a very close battle for my 12 and this was in the running.

Tbh I forgot this song sorry

This was good

Slowly grew on me, well done

Banger, probably deserved a little higher

From barely qualifying, to first in the 1st results, to absolutely tanking in the 2nd results, this was certainly a rollercoaster. I'm falling in love with this, well done

Maybe a little high, but I do see why it's here

Could have been AQ with a slightly better timeslot, as it was at my contest

HELL TO THE YES I'm so glad you finally used this banger!!! Not only is this Kiribati's first Q, but a top 10 on top of that! Congratulations!

We knew this would slay, and it did

My last place of the whole edition, but I just don't like ballads so that's a me thing

I almost took Qatar just to use her with a different song lmao

Deserved AQ streak, this was a banger

Just like Australia, my personal taste doesn't like seeing this up here, but at least here I totally see why

SLAYED

Ooh I forgot it was this high, banger and well deserved

I fully expected this to win. I also learnt the dance from the chorus, and get to listen to it with my new Malaysian teammates at my uni sports team

This has almost been my most streamed song of the last three months (one Mongolian song is always first) so I am beyond delighted that this one. 100% deserved and please let my Filipino second cousins host! (I've never met them, I'm just kidding)

Congratulations to the winner and let's roll onto the next edition! 

[Kinoshita!]

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Semi-final 1
:pretendtobeshocked: Well this placement was reserved since Day 1 I'm afraid. Also, before ranting about other users' timeslot choice, recheck yours first. This is definitely my first time to see someone providing a RV with lesser length than what is required. Maybe I should have kept the Jiafei video for you instead. 
Well it was expected ig.
Well expected ig. [2]
Well expected ig. [3]
NOW THATS A ROBBERY. A WHOLE CRIME. This would receive my 10 or maybe even 12 in the final, had it Q. Now idk what else Maldives has to send to ever qualify again, if this is still not enough...

guilty pleasure bop. but yeah I would go back with Doraemon's time machine to give this less point so that Maldives could escape the QF.
guilty pleasure bop [2]
interesting entry but also weird for me I'm sorryyy.
I like this more than his previous entry but it still ain't my qualifier anyways saurrrr
this was my 11th so i wouldn't mind this qualify tbh. a nice debut!
oh yeah the drop ts is a bit better as it makes the song grow on me. but still happy saudi qualify over this i'm swarryyy.

Semi-final 2
I genuinely thought this would do better, like the song is really decent - production-wised. But oh well it shouldn't be eligible in the first place anyways so ouu.
Yeah I expected this to not qualify but didn't expect to be this low ngl.
It is a nice song but well expected ig [3]
oh well but expected ig [4]
NOW THATS A ROBBERY [2]. Not the best Central Asian entry being NQ but also in the QF zone? WTF

Cute song but he has better ig.
This is soooo Romanian pop and it's kinda eh.
I kinda like it but expected ig [5]
guilty pleasure bop [3]
Robbed! Maybe Cocktail would do better? ngl.
oh well sad to them close to Q...


Grand Final
ROBBED! This doesn't deserve to be last. This song in full is so damn gooddd. But this final is like the strongest since #24 (?) so oh well.
now the mystery of the edition is here. 2nd in semi and then 25th in the final? What happened??? Robbed af tho
eh this should have been last I'm swarryyy.
I genuinely thought this closing would give it some kinds of boost but ouu. The instrumental is so mesmerizing and magical.
Robbed! Issa bop but it placed somewhere it was expected to ig.
a bop! the way it only took josé to leave for nepal to q again ddd /j
oh that's us nyasss. let's say this is better than what I expected - from a strong af final with 5 South Asian-style songs. It was a rare occasion to see a song from Vietnam that includes other languages than Vietnamese and English, so this is just a showcase for that. (Song-wise I also personally preferred the other one in ASF - but a democracy is a democracy!) Anyways, thank you so much for whopping 63 points, especially to for ! You will be receiving gifts and vouchers exclusively provided by Vietnam Airlines at the Hanoi airport!
This actually received from me before I resubmitted. :sad: the song is so positiveee and megan lee being there is a plus.
well this lowkey grew off me but it is still a great song nevertheless. Idk why but it didn't have the same "impact" as when it was in ASF for some reasons. Still glad to see it doing quite good despite barely qualifying tho!
this does grow on me but I'm still not a big fan.
the better central asian song in the final. would love to see it higher tbh
yasss. glad to see this doing well after somehow tanked in valkory's ns.
 this does grow on me but I'm still not a big fan. [2]
from really barely qualify to 1st in NQ votes to flop in the finalists votes. She's so crazyyyyy, love her. Ok, this is actually a great and unique (for saudi arabia) song and I was happily screaming when the last vote pushed this into the Q zone at the last minute.
this grew off me a bit ngl but still - nice debuting with iraq miss josé tho btw!
didnt expect this to be this high but it also makes sense ig.

TOP 10
Congrats on the successful grand final debut! Tbh when I said this has a potential to do well, I meant the other drops and I think I will stand by it ngl. But nevertheless, this is still a great af achievement!
Bopaso! Afghanistan in their slayage era, we love to see it.
YAUR! So damn happy to see this doing really well. When miss Mihai said she was scared that she might flop, I was like "??". Girl, this is screaming a Top 10 song and it did dddd.
This song grew off me since NNMC last year, FC some months ago and now, it was obvious that I didn't feel the magic in this like I used to anymore. Therefore, I'm swarryy but I'm glad the 6th-placing country was AQed instead. Maybe if it was sent like last year or the beginning of this year, maybe it would do better? 

TOP 6
YAURR ok I know I only gave this 1 point, but I would eventually give this 6+ in any other editions tbh. Love how some of us thought this was a sure last placer, just for it to come like "yass bitch im here to slay". Hella deserved tho! Btw, maybe this could be the next Samoa? :pensando:
ART. This was like my 12th but I still love it so much. This being only one of a few ballads (and esp, the only one with emotional vocals) really benefited them. Congrats Thomas for the great start with Palestina!
She came, she served T.O.X.I.C. in #30, she died, she revived, she came for a revenge and she did it. Would love to see this be higher but the other 3 were also... uh. Anyways, congratulations Joe for the AQ! We always love to see Laos AQing yas yas.
BANGER! The way both me and Mihai thought this would easily win as it landslide won the semi ddd. 3rd place is still great tho so happy to see Taiwan return to their slay era again!
Banger! Best Dolla song imo, especially that last part :letmelistenagain: Congrats Sylwia for deserved 2 AQs in a row! But I felt like I was guilty for "robbing" this a win as...
I actually blanked this in my first votes but then gave it 7 when I resubmitted my votes lmao. This was my 11th in the first days and then it keeps growing on me (+ BMF) to the point that I had to give it some justices. And then what? Voilà! Everything somehow paved the way for this to win: being an opener, in a half with weaker competition. Maybe the stars are aligning! Congrats Kena for the win after 2 second places. Seems like it's not the PH that was cursed but rather, Ylona :giggles:.

It was fun and great experience to host. Also, thank you the council for accepting me as a council member! Let's make the OASC aka the best Own contest, great as usual again yassss. Thank you for joining us in Hanoi and we are hoping to be able to welcome you again in the future but for now... See you in FILIPINAS!

[Vaios]

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Not happy with the result but at least I qualified yay

BEST SONG WON
Second best song came second woohoo

Congrats to everyone!