U/tehhammerz

User tehhammerz has participated in Redditvision Song Contest 18 times, debuting in edition 43 with a last place finish in the Semi, scoring only 3 points - a record low. He has since broken the record for lowest score in a Semi-final, scoring 2 points in edition 59, and he also currently holds the record for most NQs in consecutive editions, taking it from u/Goatqdon in the same edition.

He has participated in every edition since his debut in #43, again finishing last in the Semi in the following edition, but scoring a few more points, to reach a total of 7. However, shockingly, in his third edition, he managed to avoid coming last - finishing 19th with 36 points, after hosting a national final where "Tech Noir" by GUNSHIP won. (Note: something that should be mentioned, but was skipped originally, was that this edition's Semi was the first time tehhammerz made someone's top 3 - he received 10 points from u/theGarden530!)

In the following edition he returned to his old ways, coming 20th in the Semi again with a total of 12 points, but historically receiving 10 points from external voter Palmas. The good streak of receiving high points from a few people continued in the final edition of 2021, as he received his first, historical, 12 from u/FlamePods/Jordan, as well as 8 points from Mozambique, by u/manleyy44. However, a total of 27 points, his second-highest points tally ever (at this point) was only enough to keep him away from last place because a song was disqualified and it was impossible to finish below 19th in the Semi.

After narrowly missing out on signups for edition 48, he was first on the waitlist and managed to make it into the edition after two users failed to submit songs. In the end, this actually turned out to be his best result ever, finishing a whopping 17th in the Semi and receiving a total of 59 points - outscoring his previous highest result by 23 points! This happened thanks to receiving points from 19 different people (11 internals + 8 externals), including three 8s, from Bhutan and Faroe Islands internally and England externally! (the users in question were u/FKA-Pieck, u/BebeLuigi and u/BiPolarBear17!)

In edition 49, he hosted a national final again, which was won by Boyanka Kostova (their second participation!) and Dios Ke Te Crew - and somewhat surprisingly, "Ázido Úriko" managed to find its way into 13th, marking the first time this user missed the bottom 5 of a Semi. It collected 59 points, which was only enough to tie his previous highest score, but due to the other songs' different results, it beat his previous best result by 4 positions! 16 different people (12 internals + 4 externals) gave points to him this edition, including 2 8s from Cuba and Philippines! (u/SandHannahtiser and u/zorkle22, respectively!)

Edition 50 was yet another record-breaking, or even record-shattering edition for tehhammerz, as "CRT Days" by Waveshaper, which had previously lost his national final back in #45, ended up scoring 82 points and finishing 12th in the Semi - a new points record and yet another highest position, for the third edition in a row! This time he received points from a total of 22 people (13 internals from a possible 21 + 9 externals from a possible 14), which meant yet another record was broken, and while he received no 12s, he received two 10s for the first time ever - from Croatia and Mexico (u/rrealKatie and u/Foobibby), both of whom were internal voters!

Following that, he made his special edition debut, anonymously sending "Bhambatha" by Zola (the original South African one, not the one listed on Chuu) and scoring 62 points in the Semi, which was enough for 15th place. However, this ended up being another record-breaking edition, because even though he only received points from 13 people this time (7 internal + 6 external), two of those were 12s (u/slfkjia as the internal 12 and u/SandHannahtiser as the external 12) for the first time ever! He also received two 10s (u/ge_nnna internally and u/ZwissDa2nd externally) and one 8 (from internal voter u/Chimlin) - which meant this wasn't just the record number of 12s, but also the record number of top 3s!

However, edition 51 was a return to the classic tehhammerz results, finishing in 20th again (for the fourth time) and receiving a total of 20 points. This may not be a strong result and it certainly put an end to the unusually solid results he had been getting prior to this, but he still received a 10 - from long-time Apple Monoxide music appreciator and external voter u/slfkjia! The following edition was a slightly better result, as the third national final winner, "Nus Fort" by Ebri Knight, achieved an 18th place in the Semi, the first time this user ever finished in that position - helping the 'Semi placement bingo'. This was helped by a 12 from internal voter u/cosmicnick45, which may also be the first time tehhammerz traded 12s with someone, as Scotland, claimed by cosmicnick45, got a 12 back! 6 other people gave points to tehhammerz this edition, including an 8 from one of the two external voters, u/Watermelon_Milk_Tea.

But, as is tradition, tehhammerz couldn't stay away from the temptation for too long and finished 20th for the incredible FIFTH TIME (out of 12 participations) in edition 53. "Swag Martin Fenin" received 17 points from a total of 5 people, 3 internal + 2 external, but more importantly, this marked the first occasion since edition 44 that tehhammerz was in nobody's top 3! Disappointingly, in edition 54, a user got disqualified and there was no way for tehhammerz to finish below 19th, even with only 18 points - but more significantly, even though only 4 people gave him points this time (the lowest number for a while), one of them was the winner of the previous edition, host Palmas, who gave "Ashley Barnes" a massive 12 points!

A severe lack of luck due to yet another disqualification in tehhammerz' Semi in edition 55 resulted in a second consecutive 19th place, this time with "The Umbilical Cord" by Orbit Culture. However, this was also notable - as it was the first time this user received 12s in two consecutive editions. This time the 12 came from the legendary Dugly, an external voter in tehhammerz' Semi! Two other external voters put "The Umbilical Cord" in their top 3 (3/4 external voters who gave it any points at all had it top 3, interestingly), a 2nd place and 10 points from Kiribati (famous tehhammerz appreciator u/cosmicnick45) and a 3rd place/8 points from Jordan (claimed by u/Watermelon_Milk_Tea)! Interestingly, even though only two internal voters had him in the top 10, tehhammerz also received an 8 from Macao (another long-time tehhammerz appreciator, u/slfkjia!), meaning that a whopping 4/6, or 66.67%, people who gave tehhammerz ANY points this edition put him in their top 3!

Edition 56, the final one of 2022 and tehhammerz' 15th overall, began with his first joint national final. The "Joint NF by NQers for NQers", hosted alongside Cosmic, which coincidentally resulted in Cosmic's first qualification ever, was won by one of Cosmic's songs (of course) - but the winner on this user's side was "Amor Gallinero" by Lendakaris Muertos. Unfortunately, when it came to the actual edition, tehhammerz ended up 19th for the third consecutive time - yet again, someone was disqualified in his Semi. However, with 30 points, this was also his highest points tally since his 18th place (and previous NF) in #52 - but he only received points from 5 people this time! Incredibly, this is because two of those people gave him 12s, making it 3 consecutive editions with at least one 12 for this user, and the first repeated twelver in Cosmic, the internal voter and NF co-host! The other 12 came from the amazing host (and external voter in this Semi), last edition's first-time winner and tehhammerz' 12 in this edition's final, u/colexerus! 2022 ended with two streaks for tehhammerz, a very positive one as he's been getting 12s but also a low number of overall voters consistently, but also a very negative one... as he hasn't been able to place 20th for three editions in a row.

2023 began with edition 57, tehhammerz' 16th edition, where he sent "Edit Funk Jam" - the song from the PES 5 and PES 6 edit section. This was a great decision, as it finally returned him to his favourite 20th place in the semi-final, even though he ended up scoring 43 points total, the most since SE5! A total of 10 people gave points to tehhammerz, cracking double digits after a long time, and this included a 12 from one of the Apple Monoxide appreciators of the server, the incredible wiki editor Crown who possibly only gave a 12 to this song to officially get on this page, rather than just as part of the old honourable mention. There was also a 10 from another long-time appreciator in Palmas... whose points here may be a sign of things to come...

And in fact, it was a sign - in edition 58, Palmas and tehhammerz hosted "Apple NF Palmoxide", which wasn't just won by one of this user's songs, but also resulted in a record-tying 17th NQ in a row, courtesy of "Albacete Rural Crew"! (more info on the edition later)

On Discord, tehhammerz is known as Apple Monoxide, or just Apple.

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KiribatiFlag.png FalklandIslandsFlag.png "Apple NF Cosmoxide - A joint NF by NQers for NQers"
(co-hosted with Cosmic)

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(co-hosted with Palmas)