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Despite being from a neighbouring country, the group KAJ (“kye”) came fourth whilst representing this country (10[1]-5[1])at the (10[1])2025 Eurovision (10[1])Song Contest (10[3])with the song (10[1])“Bara Bada (10[1])Bastu.” (10[2]-5[2])The DJ (10[1])Axwell (10[1]-5[1])is part of a group (10[1])named for (10[1])this country, (10[3]-5[1])who collaborated (10[1])with The Weeknd (10[1])on the 2022 (-5[1])hit (10[2]-5[1])“Moth to a Flame.” (10[3]-5[1])A band (10[1])from this country (10[2])suggests (10[1])moving (10[1])to (10[2])“Las Vegas (10[1]-5[1])or Monaco” (10[1])because (10[1])we (-5[1])live (10[1])“in a rich man’s (10[1])world.” (10[15])A (10[2])group (10[2])from this country (10[2])sang (10[1])about (10[2])“The history (10[1])book (10[1])on the shelf… always repeating (10[2])itself” (10[6])in its (10[1])1974 (10[3])Eurovision-winning song “Waterloo.” (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name this home country (10[1])of a namesake (10[1]-5[1])“House Mafia” (10[1])and the band (10[1])ABBA. (10[2])■END■ (10[11])

ANSWER: Sweden [or Kingdom of Sweden; or Konungariket Sverige]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Blake Kim-WansbroughToronto AToronto D1410
Mikkie SmylieBrock AToronto F14-5
Mai HöglundClaremont BUCSD A1610
Grace EarlyIowa AIllinois Champaign1810
Indiana GeeToronto IQueen's A2010
David ZaslavskyBrandeis BachVermont A2010
Isabella DePrimoWashington ChinookAlberta B2010
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech A2310
Barkot BelayEmory AGeorgia Tech B2510
Anya SrinivasanWashington AtlanticWashington Masu26-5
Benny ShtutmanSouth Carolina AChipola College26-5
Hannah BickomESFBinghamton C2610
Hayley MorrisRIT BCornell A2610
Jack PirosIllinois OrangeRose-Hulman A2810
Sicheng JiangToronto HMcMaster C29-5
John ShellyRowanRutgers C2910
Logan Van PeltWashington CohoBoise State3410
Annika LarsonClaremont AUC Santa Barbara3610
Isabella JohanssonNYU CGeorge Mason C3810
Ethan MaIllinois BlueWashU Grizzlers38-5
Joyann HuaBritish Columbia BWashington State3810
Britt BernsteinGeorgia AAuburn B3810
Bailey LacefieldToronto GMcMaster B4010
Marcus HoshinoWashington PinkAlberta A4310
Gavin MorrowWashington SteelheadWashington Chum46-5
Aleksa MisicWaterloo BGuelph A47-5
Gabe Rosen-TuritsNYU BLehigh A4710
Matthew KohnWilliams AAmherst A4710
Thomas JenkinsMichigan BCWRU A5110
Emerson PatmoreGeorgia Tech CAlabama A51-5
Owen LinderBinghamton ARIT A5110
Alex FormanCornell DBinghamton B5110
Akhil UpadrastaOhio State DMichigan State D5310
Braydon MorefieldGeorge Mason BVassar A5610
Simarya AhujaWashington SockeyeBritish Columbia A5610
Pranet SirikondaOhio State BLouisville B5710
Veer VanmaliMississippi State AAuburn C5810
Max KurzmanUNC DVCU A5910
Ruby XiaArizona State BBritish Columbia C5910
Shreyansh SatapurthyUCLA DUCLA C6110
Cheyenne HewittTusculum AJMU B61-5
Gabrielle SmithAuburn AGeorgia Tech F6310
Alex DzurickWilliam Woods University AChicago B6410
Jacob CohenUCLA AUCLA F65-5
Alex WongRutgers DStony Brook6610
Ezra ZarebaUNC BVirginia Tech C7010
Carter YottMcMaster AToronto C7110
Stephen OttewellToronto BWaterloo A7110
Justine HopkinsLiberty CLiberty B7110
Sophia JagelsWilliam & Mary BLiberty A7110
Daniel AbramsRutgers BColumbia A7110
Nicholas DeckerGeorge Mason AMaryland A7110
Vedh RameshPennJohns Hopkins7110
Caedmon HollandLehigh BPrinceton7110
Zaid AsifNYU ARutgers A7110
Diana RisleyWashU GrolarsPurdue C7110
Kenner BaileyBoston University ATufts B7110
Jack MeyersBrown BBrandeis Mozart7110
Lucas GuanBrown AVermont B7110
Justin FountainClemson CGeorgia Tech D7110
Niyanthi YamunanGeorgia Tech ETennessee Tech7110
Zac StaplerPittsburghOhio State C7210
Emily JustakIndiana BIowa B7210
Thomas NewillTufts CBoston College B7310
Ben LanahanClemson ATennessee A7310
Salil JainWilliams BBoston College A7610
Kaitlyn FarrinBrandeis BeethovenWilliams C7610
Jonah ChancioJMU ADuke A7710
Diego MongeClaremont CUCLA E7810
Elena ThaiWaterloo CToronto E7810
Taiki TakahashiDartmouth CMIT B8010
Lauryn HendrixLouisville CWVU A8110
Haylee WeisnerWashington MasuWashington Atlantic8610
Edward ZhangVanderbilt CVanderbilt B8610
Serena SalfitiUSC AUC Irvine8710
Anton AkroushMichigan State ACWRU B8710
Adam MonuskoMichigan ALouisville A8710
Joshua GarnerOhio State AMichigan C8710
Maya HuntMichigan State CWVU B8710
Sidarth EratMIT ADartmouth B8710
Ethan RirieUCSD BUCLA B8910
Mica OestreichIllinois CanadaIllinois Urbana9010
Madeline StraussTufts ADartmouth A9010
Rafael GómezAmherst BSouthern Connecticut State University A9010
Emmet EwingMichigan State BCWRU D9310
Asher LyonsMaryland BMaryland C9310
Beckett PurseyPurdue BPurdue A93-5
Ezra SiegartelVassar BColumbia B10010
Nishad JoshiKentuckyMichigan D103-5
Colette GiezentannerWashU GrizzlersIllinois Blue10310
Nate BrownCWRU CLouisville D10510
Judah GarlicCornell CCornell B10810
Cranmer McGinnMcMaster CToronto H10910
Asheton WilbanksClemson BSewanne10910
Rohan SoniUCLA FUCLA A11010
Lee HuynhGuelph AWaterloo B11010
Samuel ZhengToronto FBrock A11010
Varun RamanathanMichigan DKentucky11010
Levan TsiskarisviliJMU BTusculum A11010
Saswat Sasha TripathiChicago AIndiana A11010
David NickelPurdue APurdue B11010
Rae MeyersArizona State ATexas11010
George MatsumuraWashington ChumWashington Steelhead11010
Tomas OspinaAlabama AGeorgia Tech C11010
Ian HatcherChipola CollegeSouth Carolina A11010

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%14%68.14
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%33%69.22
Great LakesUS12100%8%80.83
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS6100%17%76.33
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%0%65.33
MidwestUS9100%22%74.00
NortheastUS12100%0%71.00
PacificUS9100%22%61.78
SoutheastUS12100%17%69.75
Upstate NYUS5100%0%52.40