Xoculd Yumngokzit 4 (Siuzaatan: 第四屆索古特音樂節) was the 4th edition of the Sovarasman national final Xoculd Yumngokzit, which was organised by Longorama of Sovarasma (LRS) and is taking place in January 2023.
10 songs compete in a final where international juries rate each song from 1 to 10. The song that receives the highest average score from each category ( Topio and Hamus) qualify to the gold final, together with a song that is either the third highest average score or the second highest average score of the entire final should one of the category winners not receive the second highest average score.
Competing entries
LRS opened a public submission window from 1 to 31 December 2022. 10 final songs were shortlisted with 5 songs in each category.
Topio
Artist
Song
Language
Songwriter(s)
Metric
"Doomscroller"
Everish
Emily Haines, James Shaw, Liam O'Neil, Gus van Go
Ragnar Olafsson, Sólveig Ásgeirsdóttir
"Urðarþráður"
Dyrian
Helgi Sigurbjörnsson, Ragnar Olafsson
Sea Island & Ferry (海島小輪)
"Way Home" (回家)
Sovarasmo
Arnold Fang
Worakls
"Pipeline"
Sovarasmo
Kevin Rodrigues
Florian Christl, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Ben Palmer
"Choral"
Sovarasmo
Florian Christl
Hamus
Artist
Song
Language
Songwriter(s)
AGA (江海迦)
"CityPop"
Siuzaatan
AGA, Riley Pong, Schumann Lee
JessB
"Can't Fake It"
Everish
Max Oude Weernink, Bart Possemis, Jessica Bourke, MOW Music, Burdell
Oona Kapari
"Elämä täysin levällään (..ttu aina)"
Evämaan
Oona Kapari
LEONE
"You Should Know"
Everish
Richard Ballester Leone
Saucy Santana ft. Latto
"Booty"
Everish
Alyssa Stephens, Eugene Record, Jeffrey Thompkins, Jim Lavigne, John Mitchell, Johnny Goldstein, Rashad Spain
Final
The final and the gold final took place on 14 January and 29 January.
Final – 14 January 2023
Draw
Artist
Song
Avg score
Rank
1
Metric
"Doomscroller"
5.38
9
2
AGA (江海迦)
"CityPop"
6.88
3
3
Ragnar Olafsson, Sólveig Ásgeirsdóttir
"Urðarþráður"
6.50
4
4
JessB
"Can't Fake It"
7.63
2
5
Sea Island & Ferry (海島小輪)
"Way Home" (回家)
6.38
6
6
Oona Kapari
"Elämä täysin levällään (..ttu aina)"
4.00
10
7
Worakls
"Pipeline"
6.38
6
8
LEONE
"You Should Know"
6.50
4
9
Saucy Santana ft. Latto
"Booty"
7.75
1
10
Florian Christl, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Ben Palmer