u/i_exist_and_am_human

Hiya guys, sorry about missing the last few weeks, I've been busy but my holidays have ended now so I should be able to post more consistently now!

About 2 months ago, I finished a list of my top 250 ESC songs, and I thought that I could share it with you guys to solidify my opinion. Please do tell me if you agree or disagree with my opinions in the comments. I'm also happy to share my reasonings. (Also I want to note that these aren't really my current opinions, they're from the 21st of June. For example, song number 102 has shot up to my top 20, and song number 197 has also shot up my ranking but I'm not going to change that because it could mess up the rest of it).

Also, this series is not meant to be political. There will be no Russian entries in the list (as I just don't like any of their entries much) but there will be a few mentions of Israel and Belarus.  I have my own personal political opinions, but I will not include them in this series because this is about how good the performances are, not how good the people behind them are.

Here are the links to all of the past posts:

250-226

225-201

200-176

175-151

With that out of the way, here are the songs from 150-126:

150 ->!Je Suis L'enfant Soleil (France 1979)!<

149 ->!Soarele și Luna (Moldova 2023)!<

148 ->!Theater (Germany 1980)!<

147 ->!¿Quién Maneja Mi Barca? (Spain 1983)!<

146 ->!De Troubadour (Netherlands 1969)!<

145 ->!Bridges (Estonia 2023)!<

144 ->!(Nendest) Narkootikumidest Ei Tea Me (Küll) Midagi (Estonia 2024)!<

143 ->!Lights Off (Czechia 2022)!<

142 ->!Nel Blu Di Pinto Di Blu (Italy 1958)!<

141 ->!My Galileo (Belarus 2004, yes I know this is an insane take but I promise you this song is amazing)!<

140 ->!Rock Bottom (UK 1977)!<

139 ->!It's My Life (Romania 2013)!<

138 ->!I'm Never Giving Up (UK 1983)!<

137 ->!Sì (Italy 1974)!<

136 ->!Space Man (UK 2022)!<

135 ->!Watch My Dance (Greece 2011)!<

134 ->!Düm Tek Tek (Türkiye 2009)!<

133 ->!Water (Bulgaria 2007)!<

132 ->!Ein Lied Kann Eine Brücke Sein (Germany 1975)!<

131 ->!Liubi, Liubi I Love You (Romania 2007)!<

130 ->!Shum (Ukraine 2021)!<

129 ->!Birds (Netherlands 2013)!<

128 ->!River (Poland 2022)!<

127 ->!Čaroban (Serbia 2011)!<

126 ->!Nocturne (Norway 1995)!<

With that, we're halfway through this series! I'll see you all next week for 125-101!

Welcome back to Sapien Song Contest 20, u/i_exist_and_am_human's preselection for SCS 52! We have a valid result with 6 votes!

I guess we should get on with it, shall we?

5.>!Healing!<>!25!<

4.>!Love Me For Tonight!<>!27!<

3.>!Cosmos (my fav😢)!<>!30!<

2.>!Sugar Rush!<>!31!<

1.>!Roller!<>!37!<

Which means that>!The Saint Cecilia!<will go to SCS 52 with the song>!Roller!!<Congrats!

But there was a trivia question as well! Here's a reminder of the question and the correct answer:

Cat Burns featured in last year's edition of Celebrity Traitors UK. What role did she play?

A: Faithful>!❌!<

B: Traitor>!✔️!<

C: Secret Traitor>!❌!<

Well done to>!u/Smorynyfy, u/Megarafan2025, u/un-taken-username22 and u/enarty!<for answering the trivia question correctly and therefore receiving the trivia bonus! For those who care, here are the results without the trivia bonus:

5.>!Healing!<>!14!<

4.>!Love Me For Tonight!<>!17!<

3.>!Cosmos!<>!19!<

2.>!Sugar Rush!<>!20!<

1.>!Roller!<>!20 (more 5s)!<

Well that brings an end to this weekend of Sapien Song Contest! Don't forget to vote for>!Roller!<at SCS 52, and I'll see you all next week!

We have a valid result for Sapien Song Contest 19! Thank you to everyone who voted!

I do have to announce that unfortunately when I was making the voting post, I didn't realise that Tick Tock was ineligible for SCS. I sincerely apologise.

Basically a few years back when I first got my phone my parents set up my Youtube account in a way so that it would block "over-13" content (I was 12 at the time.) Unfortunately they haven't yet removed the block. So I usually make these voting posts on my PC, but as I was on holiday at the time of writing the voting post, I obviously couldn't check the views of Tick Tock or vote in SCS All-Stars 3. Thankfully I'm back now so this shouldn't happen next week.

With that out of the way, here are the results:

5.>!Lo Quiero Pa Mi!<->!14!<

4.>!Stumblin' In!<->!23!<

3.>!Oh My God!<->!25!<

2.>!Tick Tock!<->!27!<

1.>!Prom Queen!<->!31!<

And that means that>!Beach Bunny!<will represent u/i_exist_and_am_human at SCS 51!

But wait, we need to know the answer to the trivia question! So here's the question again:

One of this edition's participants has competed in Sapien Song Contest before - Lily Allen. But which song of hers competed?

A: Smile

B: Alfie

C: Fuck You

And the answer to the above question is>!C: Fuck You!!<

Well done to>!u/JacksonNBronstein, u/Mission-Ninja-2579 & u/un-taken-username22!<for getting the answer correct and getting the trivia bonus!

So, with all that said, don't forget to vote for>!Prom Queen!<at SCS 51 and I'll see you all next week!

Hi guys, sorry about missing a week, I competely forgot about this.

About 5 weeks ago, I finished a list of my top 250 ESC songs, and I thought that I could share it with you guys to solidify my opinion. Please do tell me if you agree or disagree with my opinions in the comments. I'm also happy to share my reasonings. (Also I want to note that these aren't really my current opinions, they're from the 21st of June. For example, song number 102 has shot up to my top 20, and song number 197 has also shot up my ranking but I'm not going to change that because it could mess up the rest of it).

Also, this series is not meant to be political.>!There will be no Russian entries in the list (as I just don't like any of their entries much) but there will be a few mentions of Israel and Belarus.!< I have my own personal political opinions, but I will not include them in this series because this is about how good the performances are, not how good the people behind them are.

Here are the links to all of the past posts:

250-226

225-201

200-176

With that out of the way, here are the songs from 175-151:

175 ->!Funny Girl (Latvia 2018)!<

174 ->!Lejla (Bosnia & Herzegovina 2006)!<

173 ->!Insieme: 1992 (Italy 1990)!<

172 ->!Sound of Silence (Australia 2016)!<

171 ->!Bird of Pray (Ukraine 2025)!<

170 ->!Kuula (Estonia 2012)!<

169 ->!Je Ne Sais Quoi (Iceland 2010)!<

168 ->!Gaja (Poland 2025)!<

167 ->!Korake Ti Znam (Bosnia & Hezegovina 2012)!<

166 ->!Save Your Kisses For Me (UK 1976)!<

165 ->!Hold Me Now (Ireland 1987)!<

164 ->!Visionary Dream (Georgia 2007)!<

163 ->!Playing With Fire (Romania 2010)!<

162 ->!Cha Cha Cha (Finland 2023)!<

161 ->!Carpe Diem (Slovenia 2023)!<

160 ->!Nagu Merelaine (Estonia 1994)!<

159 ->!Après Toi (Luxembourg 1972)!<

158 ->!Zero Gravity (Australia 2019)!<

157 ->!Never Forget (Iceland 2012)!<

156 ->!Amar Pelos Dois (Portugal 2017)!<

155 ->!Mana Mou (Cyprus 1997)!<

154 ->!We Could Be The Same (Turkiye 2010)!<

153 ->!Eins, Zwei, Drei (UK 2026)!<

152 ->!Everything (Greece 2006)!<

151 ->!Lijepa Tena (Croatia 2009)!<

And that's 175-151, see you all soon for 150-126!

Hi guys, sorry about missing a week, I was on holiday!

About 3 weeks ago, I finished a list of my top 250 ESC songs, and I thought that I could share it with you guys to solidify my opinion. Please do tell me if you agree or disagree with my opinions in the comments. I'm also happy to share my reasonings. (Also I want to note that these aren't really my current opinions, they're from the 21st of June. For example, song number 102 has shot up to my top 20, and song number 197 has also shot up my ranking but I'm not going to change that because it could mess up the rest of it).

Also, this series is not meant to be political. >!There will be no Russian entries in the list (as I just don't like any of their entries much) but there will be a few mentions of Israel and Belarus.!< I have my own personal political opinions, but I will not include them in this series because this is about how good the performances are, not how good the people behind them are.

Here are the links to all of the past posts:

250-226

225-201

With that out of the way, here are the songs from 225-201:

200 ->!My Sister's Crown (Czechia 2023)!<

199 ->!Jako (Armenia 2024)!<

198 ->!Violent Thing (Germany 2020)!<

197 ->!Friend Of A Friend (Czechia 2019)!<

196 ->!My Impossible Dream (Netherlands 2005)!<

195 ->!Show Me Your Love (Ukraine 2006)!<

194 ->!Alcohol Is Free (Greece 2013)!<

193 ->!Puppet On A String (UK 1967)!<

192 ->!Nygammal Vals (Sweden 1966)!<

191 ->!Waterfall (Georgia 2013)!<

190 ->!Samson (Belgium 1981)!<

189 ->!L'amour S'en Va (Monaco 1963)!<

188 ->!I Evighet (Norway 1996)!<

187 ->!Tu Te Reconnaîtras (Luxembourg 1973)!<

186 ->!Ceol On Ghrá (Ireland 1972)!<

185 ->!Eloise (Sweden 1993)!<

184 ->!Never Ever Let You Go (Denmark 2001)!<

183 ->!Pas Pour Moi (Switzerland 1986)!<

182 ->!Hajde Da Ludujemo (Yugoslavia 1990)!<

181 ->!Hengaillaan (Finland 1984)!<

180 ->!Where Are You? (UK 1998)!<

179 ->!Lights And Shadows (Netherlands 2017)!<

178 ->!To Nie Ja! (Poland 1994)!<

177 ->!Wild Dances (Ukraine 2004)!<

176 ->!What's The Pressure (Belgium 2016)!<

And that's 200-176, see you all next Sunday for

Welcome back to the Sapien Song Contest, u/i_exist_and_am_human's preselection for SCS 49! Weve received 4 votes, and have a valid result now! So without further ado, here are the Finland results:

5.>!U R The Best Thing by D:Ream!<>!9!<

4.>!En Dreng Som Mig by Søren Torpegaard Lund!<>!14!<

3.>!Noite Inteira by Iolanda!<>!21!<

2.>!House On Fire by Linda Elys!<>!22!<

1.>!Hard For My Heart by Sinikka Monte!<>!24!<

Which means that>!Sinikka Monte!<will represent u/i_exist_and_am_human at SCS 49! Congrats on your victory! But I asked a trivia question on the voting post, so what's the correct answer?

A: They were my former singing teacher>!Correct ✅!<

B: My cousin's wife is their stylist>!Incorrect ❌ - that's Erling Haaland!!<

C: A relative of mine went to school with them >!Incorrect ❌ - that's Annie Lennox!!<

(Btw all of the other relations are all things I've shared on this sub before)

So congrats to>!u/un-taken-username22!<and>!u/Megarafan2025!<for guessing the correct answer, your points were doubled, and it ended up changing the winner!

So, that's that for this week, I'll see you all next Saturday for edition 17, and don't forget to vote for>!Hard For My Heart!<at SCS 49!

Welcome back to the Sapien Song Contest, u/i_exist_and_am_human's preselection for SCS 49! I NQ'd in SCS 48, so let's hope we can get to the final this time! Without further ado, here are the songs:

En Dreng Som Mig by Søren Torpegaard Lund

Noite Inteira by Iolanda

U R The Best Thing by D:Ream

Hard For My Heart by Sinikka Monte

House On Fire by Linda Elys & Milow

Please do tell me if any of these songs are not eligible, or if any of the links don't work!

To vote, give your points in a 5-1 system.

Also, here's a trivia question:

My SCS 32 representative has what relation to me?

A: They were my former singing teacher

B: My cousin is their stylist

C: A relative of mine went to the same school as them

If you get the above question correct, your points will be doubled!

We only have 3 votes so far, so please vote if you can!

With that, I'll see you all on Saturday for the results!

For the first time since the semi-final allocation draw started, we have a country with no prior voting data involved in the draw. So that begs the question, what pot will they be put in?

I would personally say the Nordic pot. They have the highest average points (in the last few years) of all the pots, and assuming that Iceland doesn't return in 2027, they have a gap to fill.

Here's a list of the 2026 pots to make discussion easier, except with Bulgaria swapped for Austria.

Pot 1 - Balkans - Albania 🇦🇱, Austria 🇦🇹, Croatia 🇭🇷, Montenegro 🇲🇪, Serbia 🇷🇸, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Pot 2 - Nordics - Australia 🇦🇺, Denmark 🇩🇰, Estonia 🇪🇪, Finland 🇫🇮, Norway 🇳🇴, Sweden 🇸🇪

Pot 3 - Eastern/Asian - Armenia 🇦🇲, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, Georgia 🇬🇪, Israel 🇮🇱, Poland 🇵🇱, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Pot 4 - Benelux & The Leftovers - Belgium 🇧🇪, Czechia 🇨🇿, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Moldova 🇲🇩, Portugal 🇵🇹, Romania 🇷🇴

Pot 5 - Mediterranean & Latvia & Lithuania For Some Reason? - Cyprus 🇨🇾, Greece 🇬🇷, Latvia 🇱🇻, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Malta 🇲🇹, San Marino 🇸🇲

While we're here, feel free to discuss how the pots may be rearranged

Welcome back to the Sapien Song Contest, u/i_exist_and_am_human's preselection for SCS 48! We have received 5 sets of points, so we have valid result! Well, let's get on with it, shall we?

5th ->!Isn't It Funny by Mia Wray!<>!12!<

4th ->!Calypso by Guitarricadelafuente!<>!15!<

3rd ->!Yasaman by LADANIVA!<>!16!<

2nd ->!Death On Our Side by The Empty Page!<>!22!<

1st ->!On Wires by Carly Rae Jepsen!<>!25!<

>!But unfortunately, due to not realising beforehand, On Wires competed in u/doggo_of_dogs' preselection MFCT, and has won it as well. Because of this, the runner-up will be my representative!!<

Which means that>!Death On Our Side by The Empty Page!<will represent u/i_exist_and_am_human at SCS 48!

Sapien Song Contest sadly might not be on next week as I am on holiday, but it will definitely be on for SCS 50!

With that, don't forget to vote for>!Death On Our Side!<at SCS 48, and I will see you all soon!

Hi guys, and welcome to a new series that will be doing! I have recently finished a list of my top 250 ESC songs, and I thought that I could share it with you guys to solidify my opinion. Please do tell me if you agree or disagree with my opinions in the comments. I'm also happy to share my reasonings. (Also I want to note that these aren't really my current opinions, they're from the 21st of June. For example, song number 102 has shot up to my top 20, but I'm not going to change that because it could mess up the rest of the ranking)

Also, this series is not meant to be political. >!There will be no Russian entries in the list (as I just don't like any of their entries much) but there will be a few mentions of Israel and Belarus.!< I have my own personal political opinions, but I will not include them in this series because this is about how good the performances are, not how good the people behind them are.

Here are the links to all of the past posts:

250-226

With that out of the way, here are the songs from 225-201:

225 ->!Voyage (Switzerland 2025)!<

224 ->!E Depois De Adeus (Portugal 1974)!<

223 ->!So Lucky (Moldova 2011)!<

222 ->!Jan Jan (Armenia 2009)!<

221 ->!Suus (Albania 2012)!<

220 ->!Elle était Si Jolie (France 1963)!<

219 ->!Tick-Tock (Ukraine 2014)!<

218 ->!Diva (Israel 1998)!<

217 ->!Messieurs Les Noyés De La Seine (Belgium 1956 (1))!<

216 ->!Oro (Serbia 2008)!<

215 ->!Envie De Vivre (Belgium 2000)!<

214 ->!Vivo Cantando (Spain 1969)!<

213 ->!Katson Sineen Taivaan (Finland 1979)!<

212 ->!Sanomi (Belgium 2003)!<

211 ->!Rhythm Inside (Belgium 2015)!<

210 ->!Tomorrow I Go (Albania 2005)!<

209 ->!All Out Of Luck (Iceland 1999)!<

208 ->!Krassi, Thalassa Ke T'agori Mou (Greece 1974)!<

207 ->!Be My Guest (Ukraine 2012)!<

206 ->!Tonight Again (Australia 2015)!<

205 ->!Romanca (Croatia 2008)!<

204 ->!Ein Lied Für Einen Freund (Germany 1988)!<

203 ->!Johnny Blue (Germany 1980)!<

202 ->!Sing Little Birdie (UK 1959)!<

201 ->!Ein Bißchen Frieden (Germany 1982)!<

With that, I'll see you all next week for 200-176!

Hello and welcome back to the Sapien Song Contest, u/i_exist_and_am_human's preselection for SCS! We have a valid result, so without further ado, here are the results:

5.>!0800 Heaven!<>!-4!<

4.>!Rasputin!<>!-1!<

3.>!Remember!<>!0!<

2.>!Lionheart!<>!1!<

1.>!Afraid To Feel!<>!4!<

Congratulations to >!LF System!<for winning The Sapien Song Contest!

With that, I'll see you all next week, and don't forget to vote for >!Afraid To Feel!<at SCS 47!

I would really appreciate if you all would join my championship that was just launched!

Just add me as a friend (username ArranSmith, it's a fake name don't worry), pick a country that you believe is likely to participate in the real contest and submit an entry that has ties with that country!

Hi guys, and welcome to a new series that will be doing! I have recently finished a list of my top 250 ESC songs, and I thought that I could share it with you guys to solidify my opinion. Please do tell me if you agree or disagree with my opinions in the comments. I'm also happy to share my reasonings.

Also, this series is not meant to be political. >!There will be no Russian entries in the list (as I just don't like any of their entries much) but there will be a few mentions of Israel and Belarus.!< I have my own personal political opinions, but I will not include them in this series because this is about how good the performances are, not how good the people behind them are.

Here are some songs that were close but didn't make it:

Fulenn (France 2022)

Skibet Skal Sejle I Nat (Denmark 1957)

I Feed You My Love (Norway 2013)

With that out of the way, here are the songs from 250-226:

250 ->!L'amour Est Bleu (Luxembourg 1967)!<

249 ->!Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son (Luxembourg 1965)!<

248 ->!My Star (Latvia 2000)!<

247 ->!Cheesecake (Belarus 2014)!<

246 ->!Qele, Qele (Armenia 2008)!<

245 ->!Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue (Monaco 1971)!<

244 ->!Waterloo (Sweden 1974)!<

243 ->!C'est Le Dernier Qui A Parlé Qui A Raison (France 1991)!<

242 ->!Sva Bol Svijeta (Bosnia & Herzegovina 1993)!<

241 ->!Divine (France 2008)!<

240 ->!Non Ho L'éta (Italy 1964)!<

239 ->!LoveWave (Armenia 2016)!<

238 ->!Apricot Stone (Armenia 2010)!<

237 ->!Better The Devil You Know (UK 1993)!<

236 ->!Mojot Svet (North Macedonia 2007)!<

235 ->!Bitakat Hob (Morocco 1980)!<

234 ->!The Wrong Place (Belgium 2021)!<

233 ->!Lăutar (Moldova 2012)!<

232 ->!Uh, Jeg Ville Ønske Jeg Var Dig (Denmark 1959)!<

231 ->!The Image Of You (Albania 2004)!<

230 ->!Eitt Lag Enn (Iceland 1990)!<

229 ->!What ABout My Dreams? (Hungary 2011)!<

228 ->!Det Börjar Verka Kärlek, Banne Mej (Sweden 1968)!<

227 ->!It's Just A Game (Norway 1973)!<

226 ->!A Monster Like Me (Norway 2015)!<

Hi guys and welcome to the Sapien Song Contest, u/i_exist_and_am_human's preselection for SCS 45! We've received 7 votes and 10 upvotes, which gives us 100 points for all of the entries. Without further ado, here are the results:

4.>!Sushi!<->!19!<

3.>!I Don't Want You Now!<->!22!<

2.>!Five Colours In Her Hair!<->!22 (more 4s)!<

1.>!Dovoljno!<->!37!<

That means that>!Filip Baloš!<will represent u/i_exist_and_am_human at SCS 45!

Thank you to everyone who voted, here is a table of the points:

(I can't add a spoiler tag for a table sorry)

Song	Human	Bb28	Smory	Mmeow	Untaken	Mad Tsai	Basket	Total
Dovoljno	8	8	8	4	2	3	4	37
FCIHH	4	6	4	2	4	1	1	22
IDWYN	6	4	2	3	3	2	2	22
Sushi	2	2	6	1	1	4	3	19

And here's the results if you don't multiply the upvoted points:

4. Sushi - 14

5. Five Colours In Her Hair - 15

6. I Don't Want You Now - 16

7. Dovoljno - 25

Thank you to all that voted, I'll see you all next week for Edition #14! Dont forget to vote for>!Dovoljno!<at SCS 45, and goodbye!