Hello and welcome to Retrofest Season 2’s twelfth edition! This week, the contest is being hosted in Nuacalpan, Mexico after Cafe Tacvba won last week’s Retrofest S2 edition! Now, it’s your turn to vote on the 18 entries we received this week, and you’ll have 2 days to do so! And now, for this week’s songs!

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Pineapple Thief - Punish Yourself (1999) (Sent by u/un-taken-username22)
2. 🇵🇭 Eraserheads - Ang Huling El Bimbo (1995) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)
3. 🇺🇸 2Pac - Changes (1998) (Sent by u/AverageLatifiFan)
4. 🇩🇴 Sandy & Papo - Candela (1996) (Sent by u/stypop)
5. 🇸🇪 Lasse Holm - Canneloni Macaroni (1986) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)
6. 🇭🇷 Cacadou Look - Kao pjesma (1987) (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)
7. 🇺🇸 Bobby Caldwell - What You Won’t Do For Love (1978) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)
8. 🇸🇰 MC Erik & Barbara - Sen (1996) (Sent by u/Audicesian)
9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Chameleons - Second Skin (1983) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)
10. 🇱🇧 Fairuz - Al Bostah (1979) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
11. 🇺🇸 Rick Dees - Disco Duck (1976) (Sent by u/Sherb139)
12. 🇨🇱 Los Prisioneros - Tren al sur (1990) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)
13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Radiohead - My Iron Lung (1994) (Sent by u/Immediate-Lab6174)
14. 🇮🇹 Ron - Non Abbiam Bisogno Di Parole (1992) (Sent by u/enarty)
15. 🇹🇹 Haddaway - What Is Love (1993) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)
16. 🇨🇦 Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (1982) (Sent by u/Gungtho)
17. 🇺🇸 Madonna - Ray Of Light (1998) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)
18. 🇳🇱 Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (1998) (Sent by u/D00MSDAYBLU3)

As always, the winner of this contest will have next edition hosted in their hometown (or where their band formed in the case of bands)!

Vote now in the Scorewiz!!! https://scorewiz.eu/rsvp/831932/XXHHE9NCajB

The voting closes on August 20th, at 7:00PM EST (19:00 EST/1:00 CET (the next day))! Happy voting and good luck to our contenders!

Hello, and welcome to the 12th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Naucalpan, Mexico, where Café Tacvba, last week’s Retrofest champion, was formed. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. In addition, alternate versions of ESC songs are also disallowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube).

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

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As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to u/Dimash_DBSKClown for a lot of what is done here!

Anyways, here are the entries so far:

1. 🇺🇸 Bobby Caldwell - What You Won’t Do For Love (1978) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)

2. 🇸🇰 MC Erik & Barbara - Sen (1996) (Sent by u/Audicesian)

3. 🇨🇱 Los Prisioneros - Tren al sur (1990) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)

4. 🇺🇸 2Pac - Changes (1998) (Sent by u/AverageLatifiFan)

5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Pineapple Thief - Punish Yourself (1999) (Sent by u/un-taken-username22)

6. 🇱🇧 Fairuz - Al Bostah (1979) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)

7. 🇩🇴 Sandy & Papo - Candela (1996) (Sent by u/stypop)

8. 🇸🇪 Lasse Holm - Canneloni Macaroni (1986) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

9. 🇨🇦Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance (1982) (Sent by u/Gungtho)

10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Radiohead - My Iron Lung (1994) (Sent by u/Immediate-Lab6174)

11. 🇮🇹 Ron - Non Abbiam Bisogno Di Parole (1992) (Sent by u/enarty)

12. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Chameleons - Second Skin (1983) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

13. 🇭🇷 Cacadou Look - Kao pjesma (1987) (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)

14. 🇵🇭 Eraserheads - Ang Huling El Bimbo (1995) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)

15. 🇹🇹 Haddaway - What Is Love (1993) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)

16. 🇳🇱 Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (1998) (Sent by u/D00MSDAYBLU3)

17. 🇺🇸 Madonna - Ray Of Light (1998) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)

Limited countries (3 songs):
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on August 17th, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

Hello and welcome to Retrofest Season 2’s eleventh edition! This week, the contest is being hosted in Madrid, Spain after Los Rodriguez won last week’s Retrofest S2 edition! Now, it’s your turn to vote on the 23 entries we received this week, and you’ll have 2 days to do so! And now, for this week’s songs!

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Jam - Town Called Malice (1982) (Sent by u/ArtAngels_336)

2. 🇺🇸 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (1980) (Sent by u/Gungtho)

3. 🇫🇷 ??? - Au Clair de la Lune (1860) (Sent by u/Megarafan2025)

4. 🇸🇰 Tublatanka - Pravda víťazi (1989) (Sent by u/Audicesian)

5. 🇮🇪 Enya - Wild Child (2000) (Sent by u/D00MSDAY_BLU3)

6. 🇧🇦 Mahir Bureković - Mudžahedin (1994) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)

7. 🇯🇵 Akina Nakamori - Meu amor é… (1985) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)

8. 🇺🇸 Queensrÿche - Eyes Of A Stranger (1988) (Sent by u/un-taken-username22)

9. 🇷🇴 Laura Stoica - Am nevoie de iubire (1994) (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)

10. 🇩🇪 U96 - Club Bizzare (1995) (Sent by u/enarty)

11. 🇸🇪 Birgitta Andersson - En torftig visa (1963) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

12. 🇷🇺 Kombinaciya - American Boy (1990) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)

13. 🇺🇸 Cast of Sister Act - Hail Holy Queen (1992) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am _human)

14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (1989) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)

15. 🇱🇻 Jumprava - Lielais notikums (1989) (Sent by u/RustyKoala8)

16. 🇮🇹 Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò (1995) (Sent by u/feldtaube)

17. 🇳🇴 Bambee - Bumble Bee (1999) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)

18. 🇮🇱 Ilanit - BALALAIKA (1984) (Sent by u/JacksonNBronstein)

19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Lucy Show - New Message (1986) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)

20. 🇩🇪 Scooter - She’s The Sun (2000) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

21. 🇯🇵 Hikaru Utada - Automatic (1998) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)

22. 🇵🇷 Lisa M - Muevelo (Your Booty) (1996) (Sent by u/stypop)

23. 🇲🇽 Café Tacvba - Como te extraño mi amor (1995) (Sent by u/Sherb139)

As always, the winner of this contest will have next edition hosted in their hometown (or where their band formed in the case of bands)!

Vote now in the Scorewiz!!! https://scorewiz.eu/rsvp/831705/AXbjj77dSSp

The voting closes on August 14th, at 7:00PM EST (19:00 EST/1:00 CET (the next day))! Happy voting and good luck to our contenders!

Hello, and welcome to the 11th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Madrid, Spain, where Los Rodriguez, last week’s Retrofest champion, was formed. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. In addition, alternate versions of ESC songs are also disallowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube)

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

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As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to u/Dimash_DBSKClown for a lot of what is done here!

Anyways, here are the entries so far:

1. 🇯🇵 Akina Nakamori - Meu amor é… (1985) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)

2. 🇷🇺 Kombinaciya - American Boy (1990) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)

3. 🇺🇸 Queensrÿche - Eyes Of A Stranger (1988) (Sent by u/un-taken-username22)

4. 🇫🇷 ??? - Au Clair de la Lune (1860) (Sent by u/Megarafan2025)

5. 🇯🇵 Hikaru Utada - Automatic (1998) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)

6. 🇩🇪 Scooter - She’s The Sun (2000) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored (1989) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)

8. 🇺🇸 Cast of Sister Act - Hail Holy Queen (1992) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am _human)

9. 🇸🇪 Birgitta Andersson - En torftig visa (1963) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Lucy Show - New Message (1986) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)

11. 🇮🇪 Enya - Wild Child (2000) (Sent by u/D00MSDAY_BLU3)

12. 🇵🇷 Lisa M - Muevelo (Your Booty) (1996) (Sent by u/stypop)

13. 🇧🇦 Mahir Bureković - Mudžahedin (1994) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)

14. 🇺🇸Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Bad Reputation (1980) (Sent by u/Gungtho)

15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Jam - Town Called Malice (1982) (Sent by u/ArtAngels_336)

16. 🇩🇪 U96 - Club Bizzare (1995) (Sent by u/enarty)

17. 🇳🇴 Bambee - Bumble Bee (1999) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)

18. 🇸🇰 Tublatanka - Pravda víťazi (1989) (Sent by u/Audicesian)

19. 🇱🇻 Jumprava - Lielais notikums (1989) (Sent by u/RustyKoala8)

20. 🇷🇴 Laura Stoica - Am nevoie de iubire (1994) (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)

21. 🇲🇽 Café Tacvba - Como te extraño mi amor (1995) (Sent by u/Sherb139)

22. 🇮🇹 Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partirò (1995) (Sent by u/feldtaube)

Limited countries (3 songs):
USA 🇺🇸
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on August 11th, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

Hello and welcome to Retrofest Season 2’s tenth edition! This week, the contest is being hosted in Bangor, Wales after Anhrefn won last week’s Retrofest S2 edition! Now, it’s your turn to vote on the 19 entries we received this week, and you’ll have 2 days to do so! And now, for this week’s songs!

1. 🇯🇵 Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki (1961) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rick Astley - Together Forever (1987) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)
3. 🇩🇪 Seeed - Dickies B (2000) (Sent by u/feldtaube)
4. 🇸🇪 Ewa roos - Vilken härlig dag (1976) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)
5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Republica - Ready To Go (1996) (Sent by u/bucephalusbouncing28)
6. 🇮🇸 Botnleðja - Niðurstreymi (1999) (Sent by u/Sherb139)
7. 🇷🇺 Damira Sayetova - Ezledem-tabalmadym (2000) (Sent by u/Fuzzy-Pitch7684)
8. 🇪🇸 Los Rodriguez - Sin Documentos (1993) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)
9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Black Sabbath - Headless Cross (1989) (Sent by u/Un-taken-username22)
10. 🇺🇸 Irene Cara - Fame (1980) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)
11. 🇯🇵 Yumi Arai - Rūju no Dengon (1975) (Sent by u/Gungtho)
12. 🇮🇹 Playahitty - The Summer Is Magic (1994) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)
13. 🇺🇸 Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin’ You (1979) (Sent by u/I_exist_and_am_human)
14. 🇪🇸 Dover - Serenade (1997) (Sent by u/enarty)
15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yazoo - Situation (1982) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)
16. 🇷🇺 MessAge - I’ve Got To Know (1993) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
17. 🇷🇸 Dragana Mirković - Za mene si ti (1994) (Sent by u/BreezeBlazer)
18. 🇩🇪 Propoganda - Duel (1985) (Sent by u/stypop)
19. 🇳🇱 Mouth & Macneal - How Do You Do? (1971) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

As always, the winner of this contest will have next edition hosted in their hometown (or where their band formed in the case of bands)!

Vote now in the Scorewiz!!! https://scorewiz.eu/rsvp/831394/sz6UXnWNXrw

The voting closes on July 30th, at 7:00PM EST (19:00 EST/1:00 CET (the next day))! Happy voting and good luck to our contenders!

Hello, and welcome to the 10th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Bangor, Wales, where Anhrefn, last week’s Retrofest champion, was formed. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. In addition, alternate versions of ESC songs are also disallowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube)

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

——————————————————————————

As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to u/Dimash_DBSKClown for a lot of what is done here!

Anyways, here are the entries so far:

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Yazoo - Situation (1982) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)

2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Rick Astley - Together Forever (1987) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)

3. 🇷🇺 Damira Sayetova - Ezledem-tabalmadym (2000) (Sent by u/Fuzzy-Pitch7684)

4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Black Sabbath - Headless Cross (1989) (Sent by u/Un-taken-username22)

5. 🇪🇸 Los Rodriguez - Sin Documentos (1993) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)

6. 🇺🇸 Irene Cara - Fame (1980) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)

7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Republica - Ready To Go (1996) (Sent by u/bucephalusbouncing28)

8. 🇩🇪 Propoganda - Duel (1985) (Sent by u/stypop)

9. 🇳🇱 Mouth & Macneal - How Do You Do? (1971) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

10. 🇩🇪 Seeed - Dickies B (2000) (Sent by u/feldtaube)

11. 🇯🇵 Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki (1961) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)

12. 🇷🇸 Dragana Mirković - Za mene si ti (1994) (Sent by u/BreezeBlazer)

13. 🇯🇵 Yumi Arai - Rūju no Dengon (1975) (Sent by u/Gungtho)

14. 🇪🇸 Dover - Serenade (1997) (Sent by u/enarty)

15. 🇺🇸 Kiss - I Was Made For Lovin’ You (1979) (Sent by u/I_exist_and_am_human)

16. 🇸🇪 Ewa roos - Vilken härlig dag (1976) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

17. 🇷🇺 MessAge - I’ve Got To Know (1993) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)

18. 🇮🇹 Playahitty - The Summer Is Magic (1994) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)

Limited countries (3 songs):
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on August 3rd, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

Hello and welcome to Retrofest Season 2’s ninth edition! This week, the contest is being hosted in Sassuolo, Italy after Nek won last week’s Retrofest S2 edition! Now, it’s your turn to vote on the 19 entries we received this week, and you’ll have 2 days to do so! And now, for this week’s songs!

1. 🇮🇹 Matia Bazar - Palestina (1983) (Sent by u/stypop)

2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (1975) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am_human)

3. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (1984) (Sent by u/enarty)

4. 🇸🇪 The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Instant Repeater '99 (1996) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

5. 🇺🇸 Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk On The Ocean (1992) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)

6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Anhrefn - Rhedeg i Paris (1990) (Sent by u/Sherb139)

7. 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány (1969) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)

8. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Wilson - Mary’s Prayer (1987) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)

9. 🇷🇺 Евгений Осин - Иволга (1994) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)

10. 🇦🇷 Andrés Calamaro - Flaca (1997) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)

11. 🇮🇪 Enya - The Celts (1992) (Sent by u/D00MSDAY_BLU3)

12. 🇱🇻 Jumprava - Ziemeļmeita (1988) (Sent by u/Olive2252)

13. 🇩🇪 Scooter - The Age of Love (1997) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

14. 🇺🇸 Destiny’s Child - Bills Bills Bills (1999) (Sent by u/BreezeBlazer)

15. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tears for Fears - Shout (1984) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)

16. 🇷🇺 Андрей Губин - Ночь (1995) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)

17. 🇩🇪 Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) (1998) (Sent by u/un-taken-username22)

18. 🇺🇸 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (1966) (Sent by u/Gungtho)

19. 🇩🇪 No Mercy - Where Do You Go (1996) (Sent by u/Odd_Flower_5038)

As always, the winner of this contest will have next edition hosted in their hometown (or where their band formed in the case of bands)!

Vote now in the Scorewiz!!! https://scorewiz.eu/rsvp/831078/MZCzpduDwmH

The voting closes on July 30th, at 7:00PM EST (19:00 EST/1:00 CET (the next day))! Happy voting and good luck to our contenders!

PS: Entries numbers 9 and 16, Иволга and Ночь respectively, are using their romanized titles, Ivolga and Noch’ respectively. And as always, diacritics are missing.

Hello, and welcome to the 9th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Sassuolo, Italy, where Nek, last week’s Retrofest champion, was born. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. In addition, alternate versions of ESC songs are also disallowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube)

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

——————————————————————————

As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to u/Dimash_DBSKClown for a lot of what is done here!

Anyways, here are the entries so far:

1. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tears for Fears - Shout (1984) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)

2. 🇦🇷 Andrés Calamaro - Flaca (1997) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)

3. 🇮🇹 Matia Bazar - Palestina (1983) (Sent by u/stypop)

4. 🇮🇪 Enya - The Celts (1992) (Sent by u/D00MSDAY_BLU3)

5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny Wilson - Mary’s Prayer (1987) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)

6. 🇭🇺 Omega - Gyöngyhajú lány (1969) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)

7. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Vicious Pink - Cccan't You See (1984) (Sent by u/enarty)

8. 🇩🇪 Blind Guardian - Time Stands Still (At the Iron Hill) (1998) (Sent by u/un-taken-username22)

9. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (1975) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am_human)

10. 🇷🇺 Евгений Осин - Иволга (1994) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)

11. 🇩🇪 No Mercy - Where Do You Go (1996) (Sent by u/Odd_Flower_5038)

12. 🇸🇪 The Soundtrack Of Our Lives - Instant Repeater '99 (1996) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)

13. 🇺🇸 Destiny’s Child - Bills Bills Bills (1999) (Sent by u/BreezeBlazer)

14. 🇺🇸 The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations (1966) (Sent by u/Gungtho)

15. 🇱🇻 Jumprava - Ziemeļmeita (1988) (Sent by u/Olive2252)

16. 🇩🇪 Scooter - The Age of Love (1997) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)

17. 🇷🇺 Андрей Губин - Ночь (1995) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)

18. 🇺🇸 Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk On The Ocean (1992) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)

19. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Anhrefn - Rhedeg i Paris (1990) (Sent by u/Sherb139)

Limited countries (3 songs):
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Germany 🇩🇪
America 🇺🇸

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on July 27th, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

Hello and welcome to the preselection for the newest special edition of SCS (the theme of which I suggested), Second Chance! I have 2 artists that participated in my own preselection, Sienna Spiro (MFCT 15) and Katseye (MFCT 13)! I also have a song from Adéla, who hasn’t been in my preselection, but showed up in SCS 42 and finished bottom half of the final unfortunately, and I’ve sent her to other contests!

Here are the songs from each of the artists!

Sienna Spiro - Material Lover
(Highlight: 0:52 - 1:22)

Katseye - Animal
(Highlight: 1:32-2:02)

Adéla - Ain’t In LA
(Highlight: 2:05-2:35)

(I didn’t have time to prepare a recap unfortunately, but I dod have time to pick out highlights if you just want to listen to those!)

Voting closes tomorrow, July 25th, at noon EDT (12:00) and 6PM CEST (18:00)! Happy voting if you choose to do so!

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Hello and welcome to Retrofest Season 2’s eighth edition! This week, the contest is being hosted in Skewen, Wales after Bonnie Tyler won last week’s Retrofest S2 edition! Now, it’s your turn to vote on the 18 entries we received this week, and you’ll have 2 days to do so! And now, for this week’s songs!

1. 🇷🇺 Diskoteka Avariya - Пей пиво! (2000) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
2. 🇺🇸 Madonna - Material Girl (1984) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)
3. 🇺🇸 No Doubt - Spiderwebs (1995) (Sent by u/Sherb139)
4. 🇮🇳 Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun Video (1998) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)
5. 🇸🇪 ABBA - Waterloo (Swedish version) (1974) (Sent by u/JacksonNBronstein)
6. 🇦🇺 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know (1990) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am_human)
7. 🇺🇸 Jimi Jamison - I'm Always Here (1991) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)
8. 🇸🇪The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So (2000) (Sent by u/Gungtho)
9. 🇪🇸 Seguridad Social - Quiero Tener Tu Presencia (1993) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)
10. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ultravox - Cut and Run* *(1982) (Sent by u/Un-taken-username)
11. 🇮🇹 883 - Hanno ucciso l'Uomo Ragno (1992) (Sent by u/enarty)
12. 🇮🇹 Righeira - L'estate sta finendo (1985) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)
13. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Young - Come Back And Stay (1983) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)
14. 🇮🇹 Nek - Laura non c'è (1997) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)
15. 🇦🇺 Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)
16. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Pretenders - Don’t Get Me Wrong (1986) (Sent by u/RustyKoala8)
17. 🇨🇦 Klaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (1976) (Sent by u/stypop)
18. 🇮🇪 U2 - I Still Havent Found What I'm Looking For (1987) (Sent by u/AverageLatifiFan)

As always, the winner of this contest will have next edition hosted in their hometown (or where their band formed in the case of bands)!

Thank yinz for voting! Results out soon!

The voting closes on July 24th, at 7:00PM EST (19:00 EST/1:00 CET (the next day))! Happy voting and good luck to our contenders!

Hello, and welcome to the 8th edition of Retrofest’s second season! This edition is being hosted in Skewen, Wales, where Bonnie Tyler, last week’s Retrofest champion, was born. Now, here are the rules and then we can get to selecting!

Rules:

• ⁠All entries have to have been released before January 1st, 2001, including covers (covers of songs before that date released after that date will not be accepted).

• ⁠No Eurovision entries allowed. Eurovision artists are allowed and non-winning national final entries are allowed, but if it went to Eurovision it isn’t allowed. However, withdrawn entries and the 1993 and 1996 prequalification NQs are allowed!

• ⁠No sending an entry twice.

• ⁠SCS, O&E, and Rulefest entries are allowed, but no winners (no Kiss Me, September, etc.), and I encourage sending songs that haven’t been to these contests.

• No “Megahits” are allowed (songs with 500M+ views on Youtube)

• There is a limit of 3 songs per country, but the country I (the host) choose doesn’t count toward the total of that country!

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As always, I am open to rule adjustments if they are proposed, but I am happy with the current ruleset!

This is and has always been inspired by Odds & Ends, so credit goes to u/Dimash_DBSKClown for a lot of what is done here!

Anyways, here are the entries so far:

1. 🇦🇺 Olivia Newton-John - Physical (1981) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)
2. 🇪🇸 Seguridad Social - Quiero Tener Tu Presencia (1993) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)
3. 🇺🇸 No Doubt - Spiderwebs (1995) (Sent by u/Sherb139)
4. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ultravox - Cut and Run or Dancing With Tears In My Eyes* *(1982 or 1984) (Sent by u/Un-taken-username)
5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Young - Come Back And Stay (1983) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)
6. 🇨🇦 Klaatu - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (1976) (Sent by u/stypop)
7. 🇦🇺 Kylie Minogue - Better The Devil You Know (1990) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am_human)
8. 🇮🇹 Nek - Laura non c'è (1997) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)
9. 🇸🇪 ABBA - Waterloo (Swedish version) (1974) (Sent by u/JacksonNBronstein)
10. 🇮🇹 Righeira - L'estate sta finendo (1985) (Sent by u/Mission-Ninja-2579)
11. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Pretenders - Don’t Get Me Wrong (1986) (Sent by u/RustyKoala8)
12. 🇮🇹 883 - Hanno ucciso l'Uomo Ragno (1992) (Sent by u/enarty)
13. 🇺🇸 Jimi Jamison - I'm Always Here (1991) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)
14. 🇸🇪The Hives - Hate to Say I Told You So (2000) (Sent by u/Gungtho)
15. 🇺🇸 Madonna - Material Girl (1984) (Sent by u/trashpandarako)
16. 🇮🇳 Daler Mehndi - Tunak Tunak Tun Video (1998) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)
17. 🇷🇺 Diskoteka Avariya - Пей пиво! (2000) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
18. 🇮🇪 U2 - I Still Havent Found What I'm Looking For (1987) (Sent by u/AverageLatifiFan)

Limited countries (3 songs):
England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Italy 🇮🇹
USA 🇺🇸

This list will be added to as they are verified as retro. Selection closes on July 21st, 7:00pm (19:00) EST. Happy selecting!

Hello and welcome to Retrofest Season 2’s sixth edition! This week, the contest is being hosted in Long Island, USA after Blue Öyster Cult won last week’s Retrofest S2 edition! Now, it’s your turn to vote on the 20 entries we received this week, and you’ll have 2 days to do so! And now, for this week’s songs!

1. 🇷🇺 Kino - Passerby (1985) (Sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)
2. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Arthur Brown - Fire (1968) (Sent by u/Gungtho)
3. 🇩🇪 Scooter - I’m Raving (1996) (Sent by u/gudjmundurCB)
4. 🇩🇪 Kraftwerk - Das Model (1978) (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)
5. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The Four Pennies - Juliet (1964) (Sent by u/Odd_Flower_5038)
6. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Bonnie Tyler - Holding Out For A Hero (1984) (Sent by u/Megarafan2025)
7. 🇺🇸 Ben Folds Five - Brick (1997) (Sent by u/ArtAngels_336)
8. 🇺🇸 Pixies - Where Is My Mind? (1988) (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)
9. 🇭🇺 Karthago - Requiem (1981) (Sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)
10. 🇺🇸 Garbage - I Think I’m Paranoid (1998) (Sent by u/Sherb139)
11. 🇨🇦 Rush - Open Secrets (1987) (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)
12. 🇺🇸 Versus - Blade of Grass (1994) (Sent by u/Un-taken-username22)
13. 🇪🇸 Rosana - A Fuego Lento (1996) (Sent by u/The_Auto_Me)
14. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 The RAH Band - Messages from the Stars (1983) (Sent by u/NotGoodAtPhun)
15. 🇨🇦 Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You (1971) (Sent by u/RustyKoala8)
16. 🇪🇸 Julio Iglesias - Agua Dulce, Agua Salá (1995) (Sent by u/enarty)
17. 🇦🇺 Jason Donovan - Too Many Broken Hearts (1989) (Sent by u/i_exist_and_am_human)
18. 🇪🇸 Radio Futura - A Cara o Cruz (1987) (Sent by u/Mmeow777)
19. 🇮🇪 Enya - Only If (1997) (Sent by u/D00MSDAY_BLU3)
20. 🇬🇧 Clive Richardson - Gay Activity (1978) (Sent by u/stypop)

As always, the winner of this contest will have next edition hosted in their hometown (or where their band formed in the case of bands)!

Thank yinz for voting! Results put soon!

The voting closes on July 17th, at 7:00PM EST (19:00 EST/1:00 CET (the next day))! Happy voting and good luck to our contenders!

For this edition of Song Contest Sunday, a mini song contest hosted each week, in Zagreb, Croatia, we have received 37 submissions, 36 of which had to fight for 19 qualification spots!

Since yesterday, we've received 29 votes in semifinal 1, 25 votes in semifinal 2, and 25 votes in semifinal 3 which allows us to determine the 19 qualifiers!

View who competed in each Semifinal here!

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Semifinal 1

Here's the Semifinal 1 recap!

12 acts competed in this semifinal, but only 6 of them will qualify for the Grand Final.

The first entry to qualify is: >!Breaking Free by Raquela (Sent by u/BreezeBlazer)!<

The second entry to qualify is: >!Bendik og Årolilja by Gåte (Sent by u/RustyKoala8)!<

The third entry to qualify is: >!nail by yves ft. lolo zouai (Sent by u/ArtAngels_336)!<

The fourth entry to qualify is: >!Nebemyli by Silvester Belt (Sent by u/Gungtho)!<

The fifth entry to qualify is: >!Say My Name by Diljá Pétursdóttir (Sent by u/BroccolinoBroccoli)!<

The final entry to qualify is: >!Inner Peace by Over The Top (Sent by u/Mmeow777)!<

Semifinal 1 results:

Here are the points given out to each place in the semifinal and the results of the non-qualifiers:

1. ??? (79 points)
2. ??? (74 points)
3. ??? (71 points)
4. ??? (68 points)
5. ??? (56 points)
6. ??? (53 points)
7. >!Raquela - Breaking Free (50 points, sent by u/BreezeBlazer)!<
8. >!JVKE, Bryant Barnes, Emilio Piano - Juliet (44 points, sent by u/AYOOITSYABOI)!<
9. >!Jessie J - CALIFORNIA (32 points, sent by u/trashpandarako)!<
10. >!VITAA & Slimane - Avant toi (30 points, sent by u/JacksonNBronstein)!<
11. >!The Very Best - Julia (26 points, 1 6, sent by u/Odd_Flower_5038)!<
12. >!Tom Grennan - How Does It Feel (26 points, 0 6s, sent by u/AverageLatifiFan)!<

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Semifinal 2

Here's the Semifinal 2 recap!

12 acts competed in this semifinal, but only 7 of them will qualify for the Grand Final.

The first entry to qualify is: >!Guillotine by Valencia Grace (Sent by u/BucephalusBouncing28)!<

The second entry to qualify is: >!When The Sun Hits by Slowdive (Sent by u/SnooEagles5355)!<

The third entry to qualify is: >!Metamorphosis by Markella (Sent by u/Smorynyfy)!<

The fourth entry to qualify is: >!Was Ihr Wollt by Subway to Sally (Sent by u/Un-taken-username22)!<

The fifth entry to qualify is: >!Kamahalan by Yaelokre (Sent by u/Alternative-Poem4847)!<

The sixth entry to qualify is: >!This Song Was Stolen By Pirates by Karma & The Killjoys (Sent by u/bringmyhomeboys)!<

The final entry to qualify is: >!Sobremesa by mi mejor amigo scott (Sent by u/Sherb139)!<

Semifinal 2 results:

There was a wildcard qualification awarded in this semifinal. For the time being, the wildcard entry will stay unknown.

Here are the points given out to each place in the semifinal and the results of the non-qualifiers:

1. ??? (65 points)
2. ??? (63 points)
3. ??? (58 points)
4. ??? (49 points)
5. ??? (47 points)
6. ??? (46 points)
7. ??? (WILDCARD, 44 points)
8. >!PHƯƠNG MỸ CHI x DTAP ft. Pháo - VŨ TRỤ CÓ ANH (41 points, sent by u/Ancient_Basket_375)!<
9. >!Phoenix - Lisztomania (37 points, sent by u/DomotoRoyale)!<
10. >!Lali, Duki - PLÁSTICO (32 points, sent by u/Disastrous_Spirit490)!<
11. >! Søster - Petty Tears (27 points, sent by u/enarty)!<
12. >!GOT7 - You Calling My Name (16 points, sent by u/Dimash_DBSKClown)!<

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Semifinal 3

Here's the Semifinal 3 recap!

12 acts competed in this semifinal, but only 6 of them will qualify for the Grand Final.

The first entry to qualify is: >!Stem The Flow by Paris Paloma (Sent by u/Megarafan2025)!<

The second entry to qualify is: >!what do i have to do? by BECKY HILL (Sent by u/D00MSDAY_BLU3)!<

The third entry to qualify is: >!Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler (Sent by u/Doggo_of_dogs)!<

The fourth entry to qualify is: >!¿Tú Piensas? by LUCYCALYS ft. Cris Lora (Sent by u/Hairy_Trick_5786)!<

The fifth entry to qualify is: >!Horosha by Dequine (Sent by u/Fuzzy-Pitch7684)!<

The final entry to qualify is: >!Cowboys Don’t Cry by AIDAN (Sent by u/ArtAngels_336)!<

Semifinal 3 results:

Here are the points given out to each place in the semifinal and the results of the non-qualifiers:

1. ??? (72 points)
2. ??? (67 points)
3. ??? (63 points)
4. ??? (57 points)
5. ??? (55 points)
6. ??? (43 points)
7. >!Slowdive - Dagger (35 points, sent by u/Immediate-Lab6174)!<
8. >!Son Mieux - Tonight (34 points, sent by u/RamiSalem_)!<
9. >!Damien Saez - Jeune Et Con (29 points, sent by u/PeaceLovePigs)!<
10. >!Joey Nicolay - Tinto de Verano (27 points, sent by u/rudij1)!<
11. >!Green Day - I’m Never Gonna R.I.P (24 points, sent by u/Moonsea_01)!<
12. >!Sinikka Monte - Hard For My Heart (19 points, sent by u/i_exist_and_am_human)!<

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We will mention all of the non-qualifiers in the comments of the Grand Final post alongside all the participants so you can find the post with more ease. We hope and would be glad if you could cast your vote there!

See you in about 24 hours for the grand final post!