Open Region Puns

Right now there are only Aelio & Retem, and in June we will get the new region.

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That means maybe next year all region will be opened, but what comes after that?

Do you think its possible that we will go to other planet?

Hello everyone and welcome to the r/CompetitiveHalo HCS Open Series (All Regions) - Megathread January 2nd

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Double-Elimination

• Played until Top 8 (NA & EU)/Top 4 (MX & ANZ)
• Top 8/Top 4 qualify for Pro Series (played during the week)

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• Slayer: Aquarius, Bazaar, Live Fire, Recharge, Streets
• Capture the Flag: Aquarius, Bazaar
• Strongholds: Live Fire, Recharge, Streets
• Oddball: Live Fire, Recharge, Streets

https://one.halton.ca/vab/s/

EDIT: For those of you having difficulty finding appointments, you can get a vaccine anywhere in the province so try Pharmacies or Hamilton or Peel Walk-In Clinics at their Vaccine Clinics or their Pop-Up Clinics or the GO-VAXX bus even.

As of 9:37am, Hamilton (Centre On Barton) has appointments available for January 3rd.

https://hamilton.vertoengage.com/engage/smart-digital-front-door/service-map?key=hamilton-dfd

I’m recovering from post concussion syndrome and part of the recovery is increasing your heart rate in a controlled way. Previously I was using the gym in my condo but it’s closed. My doctor provided me with a note saying that I am able to use a gym because of my medical condition (it’s one of the exceptions of these restrictions). I just moved here and my doctor is out of region so was unaware of which gym(s) I would be able to access. Anyone know of any open for this?

Hello everyone. Apologies for being late again, and time for an explanation why: my laptop's charger is malfunctioning, which means my laptop doesn't have much battery anymore. I'll be getting a new one this week, but until then, I pretty much have to do this contest through pen & paper, instead of filing every vote on an Excel file. Also, I'll be making the posts through my cellphone, instead of my laptop. So I'll be a little slower on the process, and for that I apologize.

Anyway, here are the results for Groups 1-3 of this Final Group Round:

GROUP 1

Advancing to Final Round: Iveta Mukuchyan - "LoveWave" (Armenia 2016) - 73 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices" (Russia 2015) - 63 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Nelly Ciobanu - "Hora din Moldova" (Moldova 2009) - 56 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Donny Montell - "I've Been Waiting for this Night" (Lithuania 2016) - 39 points

GROUP 2

Advancing to Final Round: Go_A - "Shum" (Ukraine 2021) - 93 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: Sergey Lazarev - "You Are the Only One" (Russia 2016) - 58 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Sabina Babayeva - "When the Music Dies" (Azerbaijan 2012) - 51 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Tolmachevy Sisters - "Shine" (Russia 2014) - 29 points

GROUP 3

Advancing to Final Round: Aminata - "Love Injected" (Latvia 2015) - 70 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: Safura - "Drip Drop" (Azerbaijan 2010) - 63 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Svetlana Loboda - "Be My Valentine" (Ukraine 2009) - 53 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Laura Rizzotto - "Funny Girl" (Latvia 2018) - 45 points

Congrats to the winners and let's move on to Groups 4-6. Here are the contestants in these groups:

GROUP 4

Eva Rivas - "Apricot Stone" (Armenia 2010)

Elina Nechayeva - "La forza" (Estonia 2018)

Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You" (Armenia 2020)

Go_A - "Solovey" (Ukraine 2020)

GROUP 5

Urban Symphony - "Rändajad" (Estonia 2009)

Alyosha - "Sweet People" (Ukraine 2010)

Ott Lepland - "Kuula" (Estonia 2012)

Chingiz - "Truth" (Azerbaijan 2019)

GROUP 6

Aliona Moon - "O mie" (Moldova 2013)

Alekseev - "Forever" (Belarus 2018)

DoReDos - "My Lucky Day" (Moldova 2018)

Sergey Lazarev - "Scream" (Russia 2019)

You know the rules, you vote for your top-3 songs in each group. Voting system is 4-2-1. Group winners advance to the final round, runners-up advance to the Second Chance round. Voting ends at 11 PM CET tomorrow, results will likely b

I mean why not? Lets try and see what happen with one server per region perma pvp flagged. I would totally love start a new character on one of those server.

Hello people. It's been one of those days, honestly, and I'm probably going to be sick today & tomorrow, but I'll give you the results of Group J of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region. And yes, unsurprisingly, we have a new high-score:

ADVANCING

1. Go_A - "Shum" (Ukraine 2021) - 148 points
2. Aram MP3 - "Not Alone" (Armenia 2014) - 77 points
3. Anastasiya Prikhodko - "Mamo" (Russia 2009) - 66 points
4. Tamara Gachechiladze - "Keep the Faith" (Georgia 2017) - 60 points (voted 24 times)

ELIMINATED

1. Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing" (Latvia 2020) - 60 points (voted 19 times)
2. Triana Park - "Line" (Latvia 2017) - 35 points
3. Evelina Sašenko - "C'est ma vie" (Lithuania 2011) - 30 points
4. Uku Suviste - "The Lucky One" (Estonia 2021) - 29 points
5. The Shin and Mariko - "Three Minutes to Earth" (Georgia 2014) - 6 points
6. Dorians - "Lonely Planet" (Armenia 2013) - 1 point

Let's now move on to Group K, which contains the following 10 songs:

Petr Elfimov - "Eyes That Never Lie" (Belarus 2009)

Alyosha - "Sweet People" (Ukraine 2010)

Getter Jaani - "Rockefeller Street" (Estonia 2011)

Mariya Yaremchuk - "Tick-Tock" (Ukraine 2014)

Genealogy - "Face the Shadow" (Armenia 2015)

Uzari & Maimuna - "Time" (Belarus 2015)

Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao - "For You" (Georgia 2018)

Sergey Lazarev - "Scream" (Russia 2019)

Efendi - "Mata Hari" (Azerbaijan 2021)

Samanta Tīna - "The Moon is Rising" (Latvia 2021)

You know the drill, you vote for your 5 favorite songs on this list. Top song gets 6 points, the rest get 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. The top-4 songs at the end of the voting session (at 10 AM CET tomorrow) will advance to the next round.

https://one.halton.ca/vab/s/

EDIT: For those of you having difficulty finding appointments, you can get a vaccine anywhere in the province so try Pharmacies or Hamilton or Peel Walk-In Clinics at their Vaccine Clinics or their Pop-Up Clinics or the GO-VAXX bus even.

As of 9:37am, Hamilton (Centre On Barton) has appointments available for January 3rd.

https://hamilton.vertoengage.com/engage/smart-digital-front-door/service-map?key=hamilton-dfd

Hello people. Thanks for being patient with me these days, it took me a while to make the final calculations for Groups 4-6 of the Final Phase of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region. It's easier for me to make them now that I have to use pen & paper, because I can only sparingly use my laptop until my new charger arrives (which because of a fuck-up on my behalf, will take a few days). So here are the results of these groups:

GROUP 4

Advancing to Final Round: Elina Nechayeva - "La forza" (Estonia 2018) - 68 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: Eva Rivas - "Apricot Stone" (Armenia 2010) - 48 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Go_A - "Solovey" (Ukraine 2020) - 45 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You" (Armenia 2020) - 35 points

GROUP 5

Advancing to Final Round: Urban Symphony - "Rändajad" (Estonia 2009) - 87 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: Chingiz - "Truth" (Azerbaijan 2019) - 42 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Alyosha - "Sweet People" (Ukraine 2010) - 41 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Ott Lepland - "Kuula" (Estonia 2012) - 26 points

GROUP 6

Advancing to Final Round: Aliona Moon - "O mie" (Moldova 2013) - 72 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: DoReDos - "My Lucky Day" (Moldova 2018) - 46 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Alekseev - "Forever" (Belarus 2018) - 40 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Sergey Lazarev - "Scream" (Russia 2019) - 38 points

And with that, we move on to Groups 7-9 of the Final Phase of this region. Here are the songs involved in these groups:

GROUP 7

Inga & Anush - "Jan Jan" (Armenia 2009)

SunStroke Project & Olia Tira - "Run Away" (Moldova 2010)

Little Big - "Uno" (Russia 2020)

Manizha - "Russian Woman" (Russia 2021)

GROUP 8

AySel & Arash - "Always" (Azerbaijan 2009)

Jamala - "1944" (Ukraine 2016)

Tamara Gachechiladze - "Keep the Faith" (Georgia 2017)

The Roop - "On Fire" (Lithuania 2020)

GROUP 9

Pasha Parfeny - "Lautar" (Moldova 2012)

Aram MP3 - "Not Alone" (Armenia 2014)

Nina Sublatti - "Warrior" (Georgia 2015)

Ieva Zasimauskaite - "When We're Old" (Lithuania 2018)

You vote as previously, top-3 songs in each group, 4-2-1 is the point system. Top song in each group advances to the Final Round, the runner-up goes to the Second Chance Round. Because of how things currently are with my situation, a soft voting deadline of midnight CET tomorrow, with official results coming on early Thursday. Have fun, every

Hi there. I'm late again with this, but, well, I was pretty much switched off yesterday from being sick af. I'm slightly better today, so I'll give you the results of Group M of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region:

ADVANCING

1. Jamala - "1944" (Ukraine 2016) - 139 points
2. Eva Rivas - "Apricot Stone" (Armenia 2010) - 94 points
3. Mélovin - "Under the Ladder" (Ukraine 2018) - 90 points
4. Pasha Parfeny - "Lautar" (Moldova 2012) - 51 points

ELIMINATED

1. Donny Montell - "Love Is Blind" (Lithuania 2012) - 39 points
2. VAL - "Da vidna" (Belarus 2020) - 35 points
3. Aisel - "X My Heart" (Azerbaijan 2018) - 26 points
4. Teo - "Cheesecake" (Belarus 2014) - 22 points
5. Natalia Gordienko - "Prison" (Moldova 2020) - 19 points
6. Anmary - "Beautiful Song" (Latvia 2012) - 13 points

And with that, let's move on to the next round, the Final Group Round of this region. There are 13 groups in this round again, each including 4 songs. Here are the songs contained in the first 3 groups of this phase:

GROUP 1

Nelly Ciobanu - "Hora din Moldova" (Moldova 2009)

Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices" (Russia 2015)

Iveta Mukuchyan - "LoveWave" (Armenia 2016)

Donny Montell - "I've Been Waiting for this Night" (Lithuania 2016)

GROUP 2

Sabina Babayeva - "When the Music Dies" (Azerbaijan 2012)

Tolmachevy Sisters - "Shine" (Russia 2014)

Sergey Lazarev - "You Are the Only One" (Russia 2016)

Go_A - "Shum" (Ukraine 2021)

GROUP 3

Svetlana Loboda - "Be My Valentine" (Ukraine 2009)

Safura - "Drip Drop" (Azerbaijan 2010)

Aminata - "Love Injected" (Latvia 2015)

Laura Rizzotto - "Funny Girl" (Latvia 2018)

As you know from the Balkan League, you vote for your top-3 songs in each group. 1st song gets 4 points, 2nd gets 2 & 3rd gets 1. Voting will end at 2 PM CET tomorrow. Top song in each group at the end of the session advances to the final round, while the runner-up advances to the Second Chance round.

Have fun, people!!

Hi people. Sorry for being late with this, but I woke up unwell, left work early because of that, and now I'm bedridden with triple digits on the thermometer. Don't think it's COVID, but it might be aftereffects of my 3rd COVID shot yesterday, I didn't get as much rest as I should have. With that, I also preoccupied myself enough that I forgot to make a "voting is over" comment on my previous post, so to the 2 people that voted after the deadline, I will count their votes, since they didn't change the song order in any fashion.

Anyway, here are the results:

ADVANCING

1. Aminata - "Love Injected" (Latvia 2015) - 73 points
2. Justs - "Heartbeat" (Latvia 2016) - 57 points (voted 19 times)
3. Little Big - "Uno" (Russia 2020) - 57 points (voted 15 times)
4. Donny Montell - "I've Been Waiting for this Night" (Lithuania 2016) - 52 points

ELIMINATED

1. Malcolm Lincoln - "Siren" (Estonia 2010) - 46 points
2. Mika Newton - "Angel" (Ukraine 2011) - 35 points
3. Oto Nemsadze - "Keep on Going" (Georgia 2019) - 32 points
4. Victor Crone - "Storm" (Estonia 2019) - 25 points
5. Cristina Scarlat - "Wild Soul" (Moldova 2014) - 15 points
6. 3+2 feat. Robert Wells - "Butterflies" (Belarus 2010) - 8 points

Once again, my sincere apologies for the delay & inconvenience. Let's move on to the final group in this section, Group M. Here are the 10 songs involved with this group:

Eva Rivas - "Apricot Stone" (Armenia 2010)

Anmary - "Beautiful Song" (Latvia 2012)

Donny Montell - "Love Is Blind" (Lithuania 2012)

Pasha Parfeny - "Lautar" (Moldova 2012)

Teo - "Cheesecake" (Belarus 2014)

Jamala - "1944" (Ukraine 2016)

Aisel - "X My Heart" (Azerbaijan 2018)

Mélovin - "Under the Ladder" (Ukraine 2018)

VAL - "Da vidna" (Belarus 2020)

Natalia Gordienko - "Prison" (Moldova 2020)

You know what to do, vote for your top-5 songs, 6 points for your favorite, then 4-3-2-1 for the rest. Top-4 songs advance to the next round, voting ends at 7 PM CET tomorrow.

Hello everybody. You guys turned out in droves to vote in Group D of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region, and here are the final results:

ADVANCING

1. Efendi - "Cleopatra" (Azerbaijan 2020) - 114 points
2. Sergey Lazarev - "You Are the Only One" (Russia 2016) - 106 points
3. AySel and Arash - "Always" (Azerbaijan 2009) - 98 points
4. Ott Lepland - "Kuula" (Estonia 2012) - 68 points

ELIMINATED

1. Natalia Gordienko - "SUGAR!" (Moldova 2021) - 65 points
2. Elnur Huseynov - "Hour of the Wolf" (Azerbaijan 2015) - 51 points
3. Lidia Isac - "Falling Stars" (Moldova 2016) - 36 points
4. Sasha Son - "Love" (Lithuania 2009) - 30 points
5. Litesound - "We Are the Heroes" (Belarus 2012) - 24 points

And with that, let's move on to the next group of this region, Group E. Here are the 9 songs involved with this group:

Nelly Ciobanu - "Hora din Moldova" (Moldova 2009)

Sofia Nizharadze - "Shine" (Georgia 2010)

Musiqq - "Angel in Disguise" (Latvia 2011)

Farid Mammadov - "Hold Me" (Azerbaijan 2013)

Alyona Lanskaya - "Solayoh" (Belarus 2013)

Jüri Pootsmann - "Play" (Estonia 2016)

O.Torvald - "Time" (Ukraine 2017)

Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me As I Am" (Georgia 2020)

Manizha - "Russian Woman" (Russia 2021)

As always, vote for your 5 favorite songs in this group. Your favorite song gets 6 points, the rest get 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. The top-4 songs at the end of the voting session (at 11 AM CET tomorrow) will advance to the next round.

Hello people. Hope you're having a good day. Here are the results of Group F of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region, and I'll just say, a couple of these surprised me:

ADVANCING

1. Dihaj - "Skeletons" (Azerbaijan 2017) - 92 points
2. Svetlana Loboda - "Be My Valentine" (Ukraine 2009) - 73 points
3. DoReDos - "My Lucky Day" (Moldova 2018) - 70 points
4. Tolmachevy Sisters - "Shine" (Russia 2014) - 53 points

ELIMINATED

1. Buranovskiye Babushki - "Party for Everybody" (Russia 2012) - 52 points
2. Srbuk - "Walking Out" (Armenia 2019) - 49 points
3. Fusedmarc - "Rain of Revolution" (Lithuania 2017) - 23 points
4. Aisha - "What For?" (Latvia 2010) - 20 points
5. Andrius Povaris - "Something" (Lithuania 2013) - 16 points

Let's move on to Group G now, the last one with 9 songs in it (the other 6 have 10 songs). Here they are:

Inga & Anush - "Jan Jan" (Armenia 2009)

InCulto - "Eastern European Funk" (Lithuania 2010)

Dina Garipova - "What If" (Russia 2013)

Aarzemnieki - "Cake to Bake" (Latvia 2014)

Nina Sublatti - "Warrior" (Georgia 2015)

Eduard Romanyuta - "I Want Your Love" (Moldova 2015)

Samra - "Miracle" (Azerbaijan 2016)

Naviband - "Story of My Life" (Belarus 2017)

Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You" (Armenia 2020)

As always, you vote for your 5 favorite songs. Top song gets 6 points, the rest get 4, 3, 2 and 1 point. The top-4 songs at the end of the voting session (at noon CET tomorrow) will advance to the next round.

Hello people!! Hope you're having a good one today, sorry for the slight delay. This was an extremely competitive group, all 9 songs could have qualified in other groups, possibly. There was a pretty clear-cut top-4 for this group though. Here are the final results for Group C:

ADVANCING

1. Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices" (Russia 2015) - 99 points
2. Chingiz - "Truth" (Azerbaijan 2019) - 96 points
3. Ieva Zasimauskaite - "When We're Old" (Lithuania 2018) - 78 points
4. Koit Toome & Laura - "Verona" (Estonia 2017) - 77 points

ELIMINATED

1. Birgit - "Et uus saaks alguse" (Estonia 2013) - 50 points
2. Gaitana - "Be My Guest" (Ukraine 2012) - 48 points
3. Peter Nalitch and Friends - "Lost and Forgotten" (Russia 2010) - 42 points
4. Ana Odobescu - "Stay" (Moldova 2019) - 35 points (voted 13 times)
5. Anastasia Vinnikova - "I Love Belarus" (Belarus 2011) - 35 points (voted 12 times)

And with that, congrats to the top-4 & we move on to Group D now. Here are the 9 songs involved in this group:

AySel and Arash - "Always" (Azerbaijan 2009)

Sasha Son - "Love" (Lithuania 2009)

Litesound - "We Are the Heroes" (Belarus 2012)

Ott Lepland - "Kuula" (Estonia 2012)

Elnur Huseynov - "Hour of the Wolf" (Azerbaijan 2015)

Lidia Isac - "Falling Stars" (Moldova 2016)

Sergey Lazarev - "You Are the Only One" (Russia 2016)

Efendi - "Cleopatra" (Azerbaijan 2020)

Natalia Gordienko - "SUGAR" (Moldova 2021)

Once again, you vote for your top-5 songs. 6 points for 1st, then 4-3-2-1 for the rest. Top-4 songs advance, and the session ends at 11 AM CET tomorrow. Have fun!!

Hello people. Sorry for being a bit late with this, I was busy all day yesterday, and then I had to wait for a corrected vote, before I could publish the results. A bit down in participation for this group, but a pretty close battle for the top spot & (maybe?) a surprise qualifier as well. Here are the results for Group I of the ex-Soviet region of my Eurovision Gold Cup:

ADVANCING

1. Elina Born & Stig Rästa - "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Estonia 2015) - 83 points
2. The Roop - "Discoteque" (Lithuania 2021) - 74 points
3. Go_A - "Solovey" (Ukraine 2020) - 72 points
4. Laura Rizzotto - "Funny Girl" (Latvia 2018) - 45 points

ELIMINATED

1. Sevak Khanagyan - "Qami" (Armenia 2018) - 35 points
2. Ell & Nikki - "Running Scared" (Azerbaijan 2011) - 27 points
3. Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani - "Waterfall" (Georgia 2013) - 24 points
4. Tanja - "Amazing" (Estonia 2014) - 19 points
5. Jurij Veklenko - "Run with the Lions" (Lithuania 2019) - 13 points
6. Alexey Vorobyov - "Get You" (Russia 2011) - 8 points

I think this might be the 1st time a Eurovision winner has been eliminated in the group stage of this competition. But with that, let's move on to Group J, and the 10 songs contained in it. Here they are:

Anastasiya Prikhodko - "Mamo" (Russia 2009)

Evelina Sašenko - "C'est ma vie" (Lithuania 2011)

Dorians - "Lonely Planet" (Armenia 2013)

Aram MP3 - "Not Alone" (Armenia 2014)

The Shin and Mariko - "Three Minutes to Earth" (Georgia 2014)

Tamara Gachechiladze - "Keep the Faith" (Georgia 2017)

Triana Park - "Line" (Latvia 2017)

Samanta Tīna - "Still Breathing" (Latvia 2020)

Uku Suviste - "The Lucky One" (Estonia 2021)

Go_A - "Shum" (Ukraine 2021)

Once again, you guys are voting for your top-5 songs, giving 6 points to your favorite, then 4-3-2-1 to the rest. Top-4 songs advance at the end of the session, which will come at 9 AM CET tomorrow.

Hello everyone. How's your day going?? Here are the results for Group G of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region:

ADVANCING

1. Nina Sublatti - "Warrior" (Georgia 2015) - 111 points
2. Inga & Anush - "Jan Jan" (Armenia 2009) - 99 points
3. Naviband - "Story of My Life" (Belarus 2017) - 89 points
4. Athena Manoukian - "Chains on You" (Armenia 2020) - 67 points

ELIMINATED

1. InCulto - "Eastern European Funk" (Lithuania 2010) - 57 points
2. Dina Garipova - "What If" (Russia 2013) - 55 points
3. Samra - "Miracle" (Azerbaijan 2016) - 46 points
4. Eduard Romanyuta - "I Want Your Love" (Moldova 2015) - 26 points (voted 12 times)
5. Aarzemnieki - "Cake to Bake" (Latvia 2014) - 26 points (voted 8 times)

So this is the end of the 9-song groups in this region. The next 6 groups all contain 10 songs, starting with Group H, and these 10 songs:

Urban Symphony - "Rändajad" (Estonia 2009)

Zdob și Zdub - "So Lucky" (Moldova 2011)

Sabina Babayeva - "When the Music Dies" (Azerbaijan 2012)

PeR - "Here We Go" (Latvia 2013)

Dilara Kazimova - "Start a Fire" (Azerbaijan 2014)

Iveta Mukuchyan - "LoveWave" (Armenia 2016)

Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - "Midnight Gold" (Georgia 2016)

Alekseev - "Forever" (Belarus 2018)

Uku Suviste - "What Love Is" (Estonia 2020)

Tornike Kipiani - "You" (Georgia 2021)

You guys vote for your 5 favorite songs again, top song getting 6 points, the rest getting 4, 3, 2 & 1 point respectively. Voting will end at noon CET tomorrow. Top-4 songs advance to the next round.

Hi everyone. How are you doing?? Results are in for a very top-heavy Group H of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region, and here they are:

ADVANCING

1. Urban Symphony - "Rändajad" (Estonia 2009) - 128 points
2. Iveta Mukuchyan - "LoveWave" (Armenia 2016) - 89 points
3. Sabina Babayeva - "When the Music Dies" (Azerbaijan 2012) - 77 points
4. Alekseev - "Forever" (Belarus 2018) - 53 points

ELIMINATED

1. Nika Kocharov and Young Georgian Lolitaz - "Midnight Gold" (Georgia 2016) - 44 points
2. Dilara Kazimova - "Start a Fire" (Azerbaijan 2014) - 43 points
3. Zdob și Zdub - "So Lucky" (Moldova 2011) - 30 points
4. Tornike Kipiani - "You" (Georgia 2021) - 20 points
5. Uku Suviste - "What Love Is" (Estonia 2020) - 9 points
6. PeR - "Here We Go" (Latvia 2013) - 3 points

And with that, we move on to Group I, and I'll just say this, this group feels like it's going to be a bloodbath. Here are the 10 songs involved with this group:

Ell & Nikki - "Running Scared" (Azerbaijan 2011)

Alexey Vorobyov - "Get You" (Russia 2011)

Nodi Tatishvili and Sophie Gelovani - "Waterfall" (Georgia 2013)

Tanja - "Amazing" (Estonia 2014)

Elina Born & Stig Rästa - "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Estonia 2015)

Sevak Khanagyan - "Qami" (Armenia 2018)

Laura Rizzotto - "Funny Girl" (Latvia 2018)

Jurij Veklenko - "Run with the Lions" (Lithuania 2019)

Go_A - "Solovey" (Ukraine 2020)

The Roop - "Discoteque" (Lithuania 2021)

One note: voting will remain open until 2 PM CET tomorrow, BUT the post will be made in the evening, because I'll be out of town all day tomorrow (I will make a "voting is over" comment when that time comes).

As always, you can vote for your 5 favorite songs in this group. The top song gets 6 points, the next 4 get 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. The top-4 songs at the end of the session will advance to the next round.

Have fun!!

Hello people!! How are you doing?? Here are the results of Group E of the Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region, and I think we have a new points record holder:

ADVANCING

1. Manizha - "Russian Woman" (Russia 2021) - 136 points
2. Sofia Nizharadze - "Shine" (Georgia 2010) - 89 points
3. Nelly Ciobanu - "Hora din Moldova" (Moldova 2009) - 78 points
4. Farid Mammadov - "Hold Me" (Azerbaijan 2013) - 58 points

ELIMINATED

1. Tornike Kipiani - "Take Me As I Am" (Georgia 2020) - 54 points
2. O.Torvald - "Time" (Ukraine 2017) - 48 points (voted 20 times)
3. Alyona Lanskaya - "Solayoh" (Belarus 2013) - 48 points (voted 18 times)
4. Jüri Pootsmann - "Play" (Estonia 2016) - 46 points
5. Musiqq - "Angel in Disguise" (Latvia 2011) - 19 points

And with that, let's move on to Group F of this region. This group contains the following 9 songs:

Svetlana Loboda - "Be My Valentine" (Ukraine 2009)

Aisha - "What For?" (Latvia 2010)

Buranovskiye Babushki - "Party for Everybody" (Russia 2012)

Andrius Pojavis - "Something" (Lithuania 2013)

Tolmachevy Sisters - "Shine" (Russia 2014)

Dihaj - "Skeletons" (Azerbaijan 2017)

Fusedmarc - "Rain of Revolution" (Lithuania 2017)

DoReDos - "My Lucky Day" (Moldova 2018)

Srbuk - "Walking Out" (Armenia 2019)

As always, you vote for your top-5 songs in this group. Top song will get 6 points, the rest will get 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. Top-4 songs advance to the next round. Voting will end at 11 AM CET tomorrow.

Hello everyone, happy Sunday to y'all!! Voting for Group B of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region, and here are the results:

ADVANCING

1. Elina Nechayeva - "La forza" (Estonia 2018) - 114 points
2. The Roop - "On Fire" (Lithuania 2020) - 112 points
3. Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity" (Ukraine 2013) - 90 points
4. SunStroke Project & Olia Tira - "Run Away" (Moldova 2010) - 60 points

ELIMINATED

1. Eldrine - "One More Day" (Georgia 2011) - 51 points (voted 19 times)
2. Artsvik - "Fly with Me" (Armenia 2017) - 51 points (voted 18 times)
3. Julia Samoylova - "I Won't Break" (Russia 2018) - 7 points (highest score: one 3)
4. Vilija - "Attention" (Lithuania 2014) - 7 points (highest score: three 2s)
5. Anri Jokhadze - "I'm a Joker" (Georgia 2012) - 4 points

And with that, we move on to Group C of this region. Here are the 9 songs involved is this group:

Peter Nalitch and Friends - "Lost and Forgotten" (Russia 2010)

Anastasia Vinnikova - "I Love Belarus" (Belarus 2011)

Gaitana - "Be My Guest" (Ukraine 2012)

Birgit - "Et uus saaks alguse" (Estonia 2013)

Polina Gagarina - "A Million Voices" (Russia 2015)

Koit Toome & Laura - "Verona" (Estonia 2017)

Ieva Zasimauskaite - "When We're Old" (Lithuania 2018)

Chingiz - "Truth" (Azerbaijan 2019)

Anna Odobescu - "Stay" (Moldova 2019)

As always, you vote for your 5 favorite songs. Top song gets 6 points, rest get 4, 3, 2 and 1 point respectively. Top-4 songs at the end of the session will advance to the next round. Voting will end at 9 AM CET tomorrow.

Hi there!! How's it going?? Found a way to get enough battery to my laptop to make this results post. So let's keep it short & sweet for once & proceed with the results of Groups 7-9 of the Final Phase of my Eurovision Gold Cup's ex-Soviet region:

GROUP 7

Advancing to Final Round: Manizha - "Russian Woman" (Russia 2021) - 66 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: SunStroke Project & Olia Tira - "Run Away" (Moldova 2010) - 52 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Little Big - "Uno" (Russia 2020) - 51 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Inga & Anush - "Jan Jan" (Armenia 2009) - 48 points

GROUP 8

Advancing to Final Round: Jamala - "1944" (Ukraine 2016) - 80 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: The Roop - "On Fire" (Lithuania 2020) - 61 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: AySel & Arash - "Always" (Azerbaijan 2009) - 52 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Tamara Gachechiladze - "Keep the Faith" (Georgia 2017) - 24 points

GROUP 9

Advancing to Final Round: Nina Sublatti - "Warrior" (Georgia 2015) - 72 points

Advancing to Second Chance Round: Aram MP3 - "Not Alone" (Armenia 2014) - 67 points

Eliminated in 3rd place: Ieva Zasimauskaite - "When We're Old" (Lithuania 2018) - 40 points

Eliminated in 4th place: Pasha Parfeny - "Lautar" (Moldova 2012) - 38 points

And with that, we move on now. We'll close this out with the final 4 groups of this region, Groups 10-13. Here are the songs involved:

GROUP 10

Anastasia Prikhodko - "Mamo" (Russia 2009)

Getter Jaani - "Rockefeller Street" (Estonia 2011)

SunStroke Project - "Hey Mamma!" (Moldova 2017)

Efendi - "Cleopatra" (Azerbaijan 2020)

GROUP 11

Dihaj - "Skeletons" (Azerbaijan 2017)

Koit Toome & Laura - "Verona" (Estonia 2017)

Mélovin - "Under the Ladder" (Ukraine 2018)

The Roop - "Discoteque" (Lithuania 2021)

GROUP 12

Sofia Nizharadze - "Shine" (Georgia 2010)

Mariya Yaremchuk - "Tick-Tock" (Ukraine 2014)

Ivan - "Help You Fly" (Belarus 2016)

Naviband - "Story of My Life" (Belarus 2017)

GROUP 13

Farid Mammadov - "Hold Me" (Azerbaijan 2013)

Zlata Ognevich - "Gravity" (Ukraine 2013)

Elina Born & Stig Rästa - "Goodbye to Yesterday" (Estonia 2015)

Justs - "Heartbeat" (Latvia 2016)

As always, you vote for your 3 favorite songs in each group. Top song gets 4 points, 2nd gets 2 & 3rd gets 1 point. The group winners advance to the Final Round, runners-up to the Second Chance Round. Voting will end at 11 AM CET tomorrow. Also, later

Hello people. Apologies for not posting this last night, I was just exhausted & went to sleep. I'm making this post quickly, before leaving for work, so here's the 9 songs involved with Group 1 of the ex-Soviet region of my Eurovision Gold Cup:

Intars Busulis - "Probka" (Latvia 2009)

Safura - "Drip Drop" (Azerbaijan 2010)

Emmy - "Boom Boom" (Armenia 2011)

Aliona Moon - "O Mie" (Moldova 2013)

Monika Linkytė & Vaidas Baumila - "This Time" (Lithuania 2015)

Ivan - "Help You Fly" (Belarus 2016)

SunStroke Project - "Hey, Mamma!" (Moldova 2017)

ZENA - "Like It" (Belarus 2019)

Carousel - "That Night" (Latvia 2019)

You vote for your 5 favorite songs, top song getting 6 points, then 4-3-2-1 for the rest. Top 4 songs advance to the next round. Voting ends at 7 AM CET tomorrow.

Have fun, everyone!!