Yesterday we chose some important events in Orangery’s history and chose the flag!

Today we’ll chose our relationships with other countries/subreddits…

You can start wars with other countries, subreddits…

You can makes alliances with other countries, subreddits…

You can start a civil war, rebellions…

You can annex/discover new territory

Or anything you can think of!

Here’s our flag:

https://preview.redd.it/bbl3j0ryf0bh1.jpg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=429cc46a26b04bffb1417c8ed3d04f9c3c9c5733

And our secondary flag:

https://preview.redd.it/r5pgyy15g0bh1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=c7a4140db0f3e413960e1991f0bc7b301831b21b

Also here’s the timeline we chose yesterday:

1648:

Switzerland got independence from the holy roman empire

1650:

Shortly after a misterious man from the city of Lucerne claimed to see a 15-eyed angel, with 14 hands and 14 mouthes. This man died shortly after but some people from the region claimed to have seen this angel too, beginning the spark of a new religion.

1700:

A famous local legend/custom concerns a mysterious figure who first appeared shortly after the founding of the nation.

This anonymous, masked individual would make mysterious collages on the walls of provincial towns weekly, often featuring clippings from local newsletters and flyers along with images celebrating famous figures in the town.

The individual became known simply as the recap cutter. While the identity of the original recap cutter remains unknown - and indeed it is speculated that there was more than one person involved in such recap cutting in the olden days, the town now celebrates this story by continuing the legacy - although with modern technology it’s become an open secret who the current recap cutter(s) are.

This cut and paste heritage is so important to the cultural identity of the people that it is celebrated in the national anthem.

1750:

A hundred years later, almost everyone on Lucerne followed the religion and so they called this new god “Orangery”, and the religion Garasaesim, followed by the garasaese. They asked for independence to Switzerland but due to their small number of followers compared to Switzerland’s, this was not allowed.

1800:

After the religion started growing exponentially in size and population, the Garasaese asked the Swiss government for independence but this was again denied, as the swiss were scared the orangerian would outgrow them and destroy them.

Thus, started the garasaese persecution where 50% of them died. This did not stop them, but they had to hide until they were strong enough to fight back. They also had to search an ally, a country near them but without major relationships to Switzerland.

1850:

After contacting with Spain and expanding through all Switzerlandr, the garasaese began the first rebellion against the swiss. They managed to expand but as the spanish hadn’t arrived yet with their army so they didn’t manage to do much.

1852:

The spanish troops arrived, and Switzerland began to worry. They contacted with many countries for help but finally the US joined the war. Although, do to their distance they could only help with bombs (Act like there was intercontinental bombs back then). As they couldn’t attack Orangery without attacking Switzerland, they sent a Bomba de Amor to Spain, making them get out of the war.

1855:

After 4 years of war, Orangery ended up winning to Switzerland, not through war but through the power of war but through the power of love :D (They sent 5 bombas de amor to Switzerland). They made Lucerne the capital and got independence.

1956:

Following World War II, a mass wave of immigration occurs in Orangery as Europe seeks to reunite itself. These immigrants mainly came from 7 countries — France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. This helped establish Orangery as a nation that is open and proud to welcome people of all backgrounds. Today, immigrants from over 150 countries reside in Orangery.

13 May - 20 May 2007:

Protests occurred everywhere demanding Verka Serduchka be rightfully given the ESC win she deserved. Except Khaos told everyone to re-listen to Molitva and everyone remembered that it's actually quite a good song and stopped protesting.

18 March 2020:

After Coronavirus spread all over the world it finally struck Orangery, entering dark times for our nation. This day too Eurovision 2020 was cancelled, commencing the Covpocalips.

8 October 2020:

Recognition and speaking power for the people inside of what is nowdays Athenia had always been one of their biggest desires. Their efforts were sadly, largely unorganized and it were no match for the people in power of Rasaland who refused to recognize them.

That all changed once To Athena released her debut Album Aquatic Ballet which featured the song St. Alker. A strategically placed protest in that city on release day in addition to a lack of security measures inside the local parliament building due to Covid allowed some enranged protestors to try and "invade" it.

Their goal was to mess with the votes for their annual proposal of regional independence from Rasaland. At first there were only a few, but it gradually grew to be more and more until almost every protestor was inside of the building at some point.

Unfortunately their efforts were in vain, but there were no casualties. The punishment was minimal however. This sparked an online trend of some hopeful people trying to do what the protestors couldn't. Their efforts were, like the protestors, also unsuccessful, but it caused significant pressure.

8 April 2022:

The bigger region used to host a variety of song competitions and on April 8th, To Athena went to enter one with her new single Fäschtmol that she released on competition day. She won the televote with a landslide over one of the biggest artists of Rasaland that strongly supported the unity of the larger region and was strongly against Athenian independence.

In celebration of the victory an unorganized siege formed around St. Alkers parliament building. The people sang Fäschtmol for hours on end and even threw boomboxes that were playing the song inside of open windows at max volume.

They would not stop and refused to let anyone enter the building and thus sieged it. Their demands were the same as with the protestors invasions, but peaceful, which prevented any police interferance.

After a few hours, the people inside relented to the demands Athenian people, they wanted to go home to their families and there wasn't any food inside the buidling, and thus Athenia was born.

5 December-13 December 2023:

The 5th december, not much after Athenia gained independence, Solann releases her song Rome. The new leader gained a lot of followers, sparking a first rebellion in Athenia.

After a week of war, the Solanndian troops defeat the Athenians and ask for a portion of the Athenian land in exchange for a ceasefire. Thus, the new region of Solannd is created.

As a reminder, so far we have:

Official Languages: O language, Pittsburghese, Tyorszech

Denonym: Garasaese

Capital: Lucerne

Name: Orangery

National Anthem: 1 second of every SCS song (with extended versions for O, Gary and Rasa)

Territory: Switzerland and a strip of land to Spain

Government: Theocracy in our 3 gods: Rasa, Gary and O

National Animal: Gary

Currency: Orangery Rasas (1 dollar=1000 Rasas)

Slogan: Vazhdo më shndrit, shndrit, shndrit, SHNDRIT!!!!

Government:

King: Clarence

Queen: u/i_exist_and_am_human’s dog

Princes and princess: u/RamiSalem_’s cats and u/Ancient_Basket_375’s puppy

President: Khaos

Vicepresident: u/Doggo_of_doggs’s seal plush

Regions:

Megaraland

-The governor is queen Kenzy Loevett, the vocalist from Megara

-The capital is Arcadia

-The language is spanish

-The flag is this 

Rasaland

-Capital: Oktobern

-Governor: Gabriel Jansson Svedberg (lead singer)

-Language: German

-Flag: this

Cheesetonia

-The governor is Will Wood

-The capital is Suburbia

-The languages are Spanish and English

-The flag is this

United Celtic Nations

-Capital - Dublin

-Governor - Boudicca

-Languages - Cornish, Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Manx, Galician and Breton

-Flag - this

un-taken-region_name

-Governor: Seagull

-Language: Sparrow Language

-Capital city: Hell

-Flag: this

Dolcehera & Tamaria

-Governor is the potato sack

-Capital is Casanova Zora

-Language is SLAY

-Flag is this

Athenia

-It's capital is St. Alker

-The governor is, of course, To Athena

-It's languages are Swiss German and English

And it's flag is This is To Athena playlist cover

New New York

Governor is me

Capital is New New York City

Language is French

Flag is Serbia and Montenegro flag

Solannd

Governor: Solann (lieutenant governor: Yoa)

Capital city: Rome

Languages: French, Latin, Romansh, English

Flag: This

Welcome to BSOPEIPP, today we’ll choose u/Megarafan2025’s song for SCS48.

You can see the recap here: https://scoryx.com/recap/watch?id=7971

To vote, reply with your votes: Give 12 points in total to the 6 songs, with a maximum of 6 points per song and no minimum (You don’t have to vote to every song)

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We have 6 participants this edition:

Birthday-Faouzia

Breakup season-Yorke

Perfect places-Lorde

EGO-Agnes (WARNING: FLASHING LIGHTS)

Ignorace is bliss-Alice Merton

A minha gente-Mimicat

On Sunday, the weekly song contest "Song Contest Sunday" will begin and you will have the chance to participate in it! Simply leave a song you like in the comments and we will add it to the lineup of Song Contest Sunday! You will be mentioned in said post so you can vote in it. This is a great opportunity to discover new songs, share songs you like, or see how much your music taste is liked!

If you can, you can also provide the following things alongside your song:

• Link to the song
• Share the best part of the song as a recap (ideally with timestamps, 25-35 seconds long)

And, if this edition of Song Contest Sunday has semifinals, the new entries of SCS 47's winner u/GungTho and additional AQ u/Hairy_Trick_5786 will automatically qualify for the Grand Final!

Have fun sharing songs!

Rules

Rule 1: No ESC Winners
Songs that won Eurovision since 1956 cannot be submitted.

Rule 2: No past SCS-entries

Songs that have already participated in SCS in the past are not allowed in the contest. Check out the SCS Wiki Page, which includes all the songs that have participated in SCS.

Rule 3: English Songs (Non-Bubble Artists Only)

For English songs by artists outside the Eurovision Bubble (See FAQ):

• Over 10M YouTube subscribers? Song must have <10M views (top version).
• Over 7M subscribers? Song must have <50M views.
• Over 5M subscribers? Song must have <100M views.

Rule 4: Recent ESC and National Final songs

Songs that

• Participated in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2021 onwards
• Participated in a National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025 and 2026

are not allowed on the contest, as the majority of present users might know them already, defeating the contest's purpose of sending and discovering new music

FAQ

Can I submit songs by Eurovision artists?

Yes! We love new releases and hidden gems from Bubble artists. We discourage submitting their Eurovision song, but if the song didn’t win Eurovision then technically it’s allowed.

What is a ‘Bubble artist’?

Any Artist/Band who has competed in Eurovision or any National Selection. Aside from Rule 1, no other restrictions apply to their songs, even if the song is in English.

Why do the restrictions only apply to songs in English?

English hits are well-known in the countries most Eurovision Fans come from. Non-English songs rarely go global, so no limits.

What if the song I want to submit is only partly in English, do the restrictions still apply?

Bi-lingual/Multi-Lingual songs with English parts are not restricted as long as most of the song is not in English.

Some additional important information:

If you share multiple songs, please select only one of them to compete in Song Contest Sunday.

Covers of previously sent songs are allowed, if they are able to be looked up separately on YouTube/Spotify etc., alongside the original song. If this is the case, the cover is allowed. Covers of Eurovision winners are forbidden.

If you share an alternative version (such as an English or live version) alongside your song, said performance will also be linked in the Song Contest Sunday post tomorrow.

Songs that are shared after the 5th of July 00:01 CET will not be considered for SCS. Please share your songs before that point!

If you decide to participate, please note the following schedule if you'd like to follow the contest! You will also be mentioned in the post if you submit an entry, but we are not quite sure how mentioning works yet, so don't rely on it!

• On Sunday, approx. 10:00 - 14:00 CET: Semifinals open for voting.
• On late Monday (time specified in Semifinal-Post): Semifinal voting closure and qualifier announcement shortly after.
• On late Tuesday (about 24h after qualifier announcement): Grand Final opens for voting
• On late Wednesday (at about the same time on Monday and Tuesday): Voting reminder launches on r/eurovisionfancontests, noting the current amount of votes and other information.
• On late Thursday (about 24h after voting reminder): Voting closure and results reveal.

You may host a preselection to decide your entry for SCS! But please consider the following things when doing so:

• User preselections will not be added to community highlights.
• User preselections for the next SCS may only be created after the result from the previous SCS have been released. If that isn't the case, your post will be removed.
• Please comment the winner of your preselection under the SCS-Submissions post before Submission closure, or else we will not consider your entry as a part of that SCS edition!
• It is not allowed to make a separate post for simply just advice on your entry and then select it yourself! You must declare the result of the preselection with the points you've gathered.
• Don't know how to set voting up for your preselection? Check the second step of our guide Fancontest 101!

Yesterday we chose our regions, below you can see each of the 9 regions.

Today we are going to:

1. Form the history of Orangery.

-To do this, each person can comment the historic events they want (Wars, alliances, rebellions, discoveries, invasions…)

-Also write the date/years this happened

-Do not directly affect others comments, and try to use the comments to form your event

-Also remember the things we have chosen until now, if it’s inconsistent with it, it won’t be valid

2. Choose the flag!

-We have recieved 2 submissions, one will be the official flag and the other will be the secondary flag for special situations.

Here are the regions we chose yesterday:

Megaraland

-The governor is queen Kenzy Loevett, the vocalist from Megara

-The capital is Arcadia

-The language is spanish

-The flag is this

Rasaland

-Capital: Oktobern

-Governor: Gabriel Jansson Svedberg (lead singer)

-Language: German

-Flag: this

Cheesetonia

-The governor is Will Wood

-The capital is Suburbia

-The languages are Spanish and English

-The flag is this

United Celtic Nations

-Capital - Dublin

-Governor - Boudicca

-Languages - Cornish, Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Manx, Galician and Breton

-Flag - this

un-taken-region_name

-Governor: Seagull

-Language: Sparrow Language

-Capital city: Hell

-Flag: this

Dolcehera & Tamaria

-Governor is the potato sack

-Capital is Casanova Zora

-Language is SLAY

-Flag is this

Athenia

-It's capital is St. Alker

-The governor is, of course, To Athena

-It's languages are Swiss German and English

And it's flag is This is To Athena playlist cover

New New York

Governor is me

Capital is New New York City

Language is French

Flag is Serbia and Montenegro flag

Solannd

Governor: Solann (lieutenant governor: Yoa)

Capital city: Rome

Languages: French, Latin, Romansh, English

Flag: This

As a reminder, so far we have:

Official Languages: O language, Pittsburghese, Tyorszech

Denonym: Garasaese

Capital: Lucerne

Name: Orangery

National Anthem: 1 second of every SCS song (with extended versions for O, Gary and Rasa)

Territory: Switzerland and a strip of land to Spain

Government: Theocracy in our 3 gods: Rasa, Gary and O

National Animal: Gary

Currency: Orangery Rasas (1 dollar=1000 Rasas)

Slogan: Vazhdo më shndrit, shndrit, shndrit, SHNDRIT!!!!

King: Clarence

Queen: u/i_exist_and_am_human’s dog

Princes and princess: u/RamiSalem_’s cats and u/Ancient_Basket_375’s puppy

President: Khaos

Vicepresident: u/Doggo_of_doggs’s seal plush

Today we’ll choose:

1. National motto/slogan

2. Government type

3. Currency

4. National Animal

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Put your ideas in the comments and try to be original or funny!

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So far we‘ve chosen:

Official Languages: O language, Pittsburghese, Tyorszech

Denonym: Garasaese

Capital: Lucerne

Name: Orangery

National Anthem: 1 second of every SCS song (with extended versions for O, Gary and Rasa)

Territory:

https://preview.redd.it/f9sr2pum92ah1.jpg?width=1630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f93411f429b18efd1f46cfd9a84fe1fe46618cf

Let’s continue crafting our country! Yesterday we chose 3 things and now we officially know:

Country name: Orangery

Location: Post-Invasion Switzerland + Tiny strip of land going all the way to Spain

National Anthem: 1 second of every SCS song (with extended versions for O, Gary and Rasa)

Today we’ll choose another 4 things:

1. What should be our denonym? (French, Canadian, Dutch…)
2. Choose the capital (And it’s location): Can be a real city, fake city…
3. Official language(s): Can be real languages, conlangs…

4. SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL DAY 5 (Tuesday 30):

Choose a flag: Can be an existant one but any original design would be appreciated! You have a few days if anyone wants to design a flag and the submitted flags will be posted in the comments in DAY 5 to vote the best

Hi guysss so I had this idea where we create our subreddit nation (The idea is inspired from Floptropica), each day adding a few things. You can answer your ideas in the comments (either in the same or separate comments) and the most voted will be chosen.

The questions for today are:

1. What should be the country name?

2. Where should the country be located?

3. What should be the national anthem?

Be as creative and original as you can, thank youuu

Welcome to MKIBUEEP, I have zero idea of what to send so here’s the first 4 songs that came to my mind.

This edition of My kink is beating up every embarassing parasite Preselection will be hosted.

So now here you have the recap with the 4 songs of this edition:

https://scoryx.com/recap/watch?id=7803

These are the 4 separate links:

My kink is karma-Chapell Roan

BEAT UP CHANEL$-$layyyter

Everything is embarassing-Sky Ferreira

Parasiit-Alika, Sam

Vote in the comments with this rules:

You can share 10 points between the 4 contesants, maximum of 5 points per contestant and no minimum needed.

See you all in SCS37!

On Sunday, the weekly Song Contest "Song Contest Sunday" will begin and you will have the chance to participate in it! Simply leave a song you like, it doesn't have to be from Eurovision, in the comments and we will add it to the lineup of Song Contest Sunday! You will be mentioned in said post so you can vote in it. This is a great opportunity to discover new songs, share songs you like, or see how much your music taste is liked!

If you can, you can also provide the following things alongside your song:

• Link to the song
• Share the best part of the song as a recap (ideally with timestamps, 30 seconds long)

And if this edition of Song Contest Sunday has semifinals, the new entry of SCS 44’s winner u/smornyfy will qualify automatically to the final

Have fun sharing songs! :D

Rules

Rule 1: No ESC Winners
Songs that won Eurovision since 1956 cannot be submitted.

Rule 2: No past SCS-entries

Songs that have already participated in SCS in the past are not allowed in the contest. Check out the SCS Wiki Page and a YouTube Playlist, which includes all the songs that have participated in SCS.

Rule 3: English Songs (Non-Bubble Artists Only)

For English songs by artists outside the Eurovision Bubble (See FAQ):

• Over 10M YouTube subscribers? Song must have <10M views (top version).
• Over 7M subscribers? Song must have <50M views.
• Over 5M subscribers? Song must have <100M views.

Rule 4: Recent ESC and National Final songs

Songs that

• Participated in the Eurovision Song Contest from 2021 onwards
• Participated in a National Final for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2025 and 2026

are not allowed on the contest, as the majority of present users might know them already, defeating the contest's purpose of sending and discovering new music

FAQ

Can I submit songs by Eurovision artists?

Yes! We love new releases and hidden gems from Bubble artists. We discourage submitting their Eurovision song, but if the song didn’t win Eurovision then technically it’s allowed.

What is a ‘Bubble artist’?

Any Artist/Band who has competed in Eurovision or any National Selection. Aside from Rule 1, no other restrictions apply to their songs, even if the song is in English.

Why do the restrictions only apply to songs in English?

English hits are well-known in the countries most Eurovision Fans come from. Non-English songs rarely go global, so no limits.

What if the song I want to submit is only partly in English, do the restrictions still apply?

Bi-lingual/Multi-Lingual songs with English parts are not restricted as long as most of the song is not in English.

Some additional important information:

If you share multiple songs, please select only one of them to compete in Song Contest Sunday.

Covers of previously sent songs are allowed, if they are able to be looked up seperately on YouTube/Spotify etc., alongside the original song. If this is the case, the cover is allowed. Covers of Eurovision winners are forbidden.

If you share an alternative version (such as an english or live version) alongside your song, said performance will also be linked in the Song Contest Sunday post tomorrow.

Songs that are shared after the 7th of March 00:00 CET will not be considered for SCS! Please share your songs before that point!

If you decide to participate, please note the following schedule if you'd like to follow the contest! You will also be mentioned in the post if you submit an entry, but we are not quite sure how mentioning works yet, so don't rely on it!

• On Sunday, approx. 10:00 - 14:00 CET: Semifinals open for voting.
• On late Monday (time specified in Semifinal-Post): Semifinal voting closure and qualifier announcement shortly after.
• On late Tuesday (about 24h after qualifier announcement): Grand Final opens for voting
• On late Wednesday (at about the same time on Monday and Tuesday): Voting reminder launches on r/eurovisionfancontests, noting the current amount of votes and other information.
• On late Thursday (about 24h after voting reminder): Voting closure and results reveal.

You may host a preselection to decide your entry for SCS! But please consider the following things when doing so:

• User preselections will not be added to community highlights.
• User preselections for the next SCS may only be created after the result from the previous SCS have been released. If that isn't the case, your post will be removed.
• Please comment the winner of your preselection under the SCS-Submissions post before Submission closure, or else we will not consider your entry as a part of that SCS edition!
• It is not allowed to make a separate post for simply just advice on your entry and then select it yourself! You must declare the result of the preselection with the points you've gathered.
• Don't know how to set voting up for your preselection? Check the second step of our guide Fancontest 101!

You should check this album out, it’s amazing!!!

To Athena is a small swiss artist, but her music is incredible. She makes slow, beautiful and nostalgic songs and this album has many great songs of this type.

My favorite songs from the album are Hebe and Weird kid and from her other music, Faschtmol, St Alker or No history :D

So yeah this is amazing, if any of you know her pls comment so we can talk about the album!

So, this whole season I’ve been such a fan of Atvara and her song, Ēna. That song is just incredibly beautiful and I’ve cried quite a few times to it, which very few songs do.

I was a bit sad it NQd, but one thing that helped me deal with it is the amount of supporters I’ve seen, with the creative flairs you have made, the support messages for Atvara, the SCS submissions (:D) and seeing more people in the same situation as me where the song touches you really deeply.

Watching the song life in Vienna was truly an unforgettable moment for me, the atmosphere was amazing, just people with their phone lights on moving their arms to Atvara singing from her heart :D

So I would like to use this post to thank you all for the happiness you’ve given me in contrast to the sadness of the song, and of course to Atvara, an amazing person with one of my favorite eurovision songs from all time, and probably my favorite performance.

Also, although Ēna is my winner by a mile and I love her so much, Nova Zora was another amazing song which made me really sad it NQd, and definitely deserved more. Tamara is an absolute queen, and the song is a banger in every way.

If any Ēna supporter reads this, feel free to comment!

We recieved 14 predictions, and sadly none were fully correct D:

This were the points of everybody:

11-I_ exist_and_im_human

17-AYOOITSABOI, Dimash_DBSK_Clown

19-Mmeow777, Megarafan2025, Sherb139

21-BearPsychological888, ArtAngels336

27-PeaceLovePigs, Nachoroldan

29-Doggo_of_doggs, RamiSalem_, bucephalusbouncing28, PhosphorCrystaled

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Also, here was our subreddit prediction, which would get a total of 21pts

SQ: 1. Romania 90 2 Australia/Denmark/Ukraine 89

PQ: 5. Albania 58 6. Czechia 52 7. Malta 49 8. Bulgaria 38

BQ: 9. Switzerland 40 10. Armenia 38

BNQ: 11. Cyprus 33 12. Latvia 31

SNQ: 13. Norway 27 14. Luxembourg 19 15. Azerbaijan 14

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Some stats:

Surprise Q: Norway (3 people)

Surprise NQ: Switzerland (6 people)

Predictable Q: Romania (Everybody)

Predictable NQ: Azerbaijan (Everybody)

Most divided: Armenia and Latvia (7 NQ vs 7 Q)

(First of all, semi 2 results will come tomorrow sorry :D)

Welcome to the grand final, where 25 countries will compete for the crown.

Now, the question is who will be the one to win? Let’s see your wild predictions!

First, tell us your prediction for the top 5:

1st place: +6 -2 per numbers of positions wrong

2nd place: +5 right -2 per number of positions wrong

3rd place: +4 right -2 per number of positions wrong

4th place: +3 right -1 per number of positions wrong

5th place: +2 right -1 per number of positions wrong

Then, the rest like this:

6th-10th +2 per song right

11th-15th +2 per song right

16th-20th +2 per song right

21st-25th +2 per song right

And finally, some fun categories for the last few points:

JURY WINNER 2 pts

TELE WINNER 2pts

LAST PLACE 2pts

MOST JURY 12 POINTS 2pts

FINAL 2-WAY SPLIT 1pt per song correct

That’s all, and see you tomorrow!

16 predictions were recieved, but only 1 got all qualifiers right! Let’s see who won, but first this was our combined subreddit prediction!

Sure Qualifiers: Israel, Finland, Sweden, Greece

Probable Qualifiers: Croatia, Serbia, Moldova, Lithuania

Borderline Qualifiers: Montenegro, Poland

Borderline Non-Qualifiers: Estonia, Portugal

Sure Non-Qualifiers: Belgium, Georgia, San Marino

Which means we got 29 total points!

Now let’s see the results:

19 points: u/Megarafan2025, u/RamiSalem_, u/I_exist_and_am_human

21 points: u/AYOOITSYABOI, u/BearPsychological888, u/PhosphorCrystaled

27 points: u/Smornyfy, u/Mmeow777, u/ArtAngels_336, u/Nachoroldan, u/Okaysuccesfulocean

29 points: u/bucephalusbouncing28, u/D00MSDAYBLU3, u/Sherb139, u/PeaceLovePigs, (Subreddit prediction)

35 points (Perfect score): u/Frosty_Confusion5122!!!

Congrats to all who participated and see you for the semi 2 part, with the same rules:

SURE QUALIFIERS: (+3 q/-3 nq) CHOOSE 4

PROBABLE QUALIFIERS: (+2 q/-2 nq) CHOOSE 4

BORDERLINE QUALIFIERS: (+1 q/-1 q) CHOOSE 2

BORDERLINE NONQUALIFIERS: (-2 q/+2 nq) CHOOSE 2

SURE NONQUALIFIERS (-3 q/+3 nq) CHOOSE 3

Here are some cool stats too:

Most surprise Qualifier: Belgium (Only 2 people predicted it)

Most surprise Non-Qualifier: Montenegro (Only 4 people predicted it)

Most predictable Qualifier: Finland/Israel/Sweden/Croatia/Serbia/Moldova (Everybody predicted it)

Most predictable Non-Qualifier: San Marino/Georgia (15 people predicted it)

Most divided opinions: Estonia (11 nq/5 q)

And the total ranking of predictions:

1. Finland 80

2. Israel 80

3. Sweden 78

4. Greece 77

5. Croatia 65

6. Serbia 64

7. Moldova 64

8. Lithuania 60

9. Montengro 49

10. Poland 46

11. Estonia 29

12. Portugal 28

13. Belgium 26

14. Georgia 23

15. San Marino 18