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Songtest #148

SOTF's own Eurovision-style song contest. Submit songs that fit the theme and get mercilessly judged on your taste in music here.
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Or, well, you thought it was, anyway.


Hello all! I am a Nerd, and I will be your host for this songtest! It was a close call between two options, but Silly, Stupid & Unserious was just barely beaten by this theme!

We all have our favorite songs, but as much as we may think they'll always be the best, sometimes that changes. Maybe you just lose interest in it. Maybe something new comes along that you prefer just a bit more. Maybe you're just questioning your taste from when you were a child. Whatever the case, you've got at least one song that isn't your number one anymore, and that's what we're here for today! Give me your former favorites and we'll see how they do against each other!

And now, the rules, passed down from generation to generation.

[+] RULEZ
- submit your song via PM or Discord, whichever's easier for you (I would very much prefer Discord though)
- songs will be randomly divided into 1, 2 or 3 semifinals depending on turnout. if there are less than 20 submissions within 5 days, then there will only be one final round. if you're going to be away at some point in the next couple of weeks, let me know and I can try to put your song in a round when you'll be here.
- listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite. if there are less than 10 songs to vote for in a round, then simply cut off the bottom portion of the ballot (i.e. no 1 point songs, no 2 point songs, and so on)
- if your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.
- the top [x] songs will move on to the final. that number depends on the number of contestants.
- repeat the process for the finals and we get a winner.
- winner gets to hold the next contest, or they can pass the job along to 2nd place if they don't want to. 2nd place can pass down to third, etc, until someone wants to host.

General song rules:
- no eurovision songs
- no reality show/competition covers
- no songs already submitted in a songtest: reference here, please note that is adjourned up until songfest #111!
- there is no penalty for length in this contest. however, if a song goes over 7 minutes, listeners aren't obligated to listen to more than the first 7 minutes of it. Choose a long song at your own risk!

courtesy rules:
- if you know at the start of your semifinal that you wont be available to vote for those three days, let me know ASAP and I can move you to another semi, if we aren't on the final one already.
- I'll be pinging everyone who hasn't voted on discord 48 and 24 hours before the round ends.
- Have fun! (THAT'S AN ORDER!)

Y'all have until February 13th to submit a song - after that, it'll be too late!

Good luck, babes!

Participants (Bold means they have yet to submit a song yet):
1. Moi
2. Mara
3. Lamps
4. finch
5. Leah
6. Poly
7. Fiyori
8. Laurels
9. Zimikyu
10. Toben
11. CardboardAirplane
12. Dr Adjective
13. Jilly
14. DerArknight
15. Eugene
16. Rugga
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Realizing I'm not sure if I was clear about it before - if anyone else has any songs they want to submit, you have until the end of the day, eastern standard time, to submit one.

Tomorrow is when the songtest properly starts.
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It's Valentine's Day! And in honor of the holiday, we've got sixteen songs to listen to - some love may be lost between the song and the submitter, but hey, at least they still remember each other!

THE PARTICIPANTS:

PAN
Rugga
Eugene
DerArknight
Jilly
Dr Adjective
CardboardAirplane
Toben
Zimikyu
Laurels
Fiyori
Leah
Finch
Lamps
Mara
and myself

AND THE SONGS:

Little Lion Man by Mumford & Sons
Photosynthesis by Frank Turner
Lean On (ft. MØ) by Major Lazer and DJ Snake
Live and Learn by Crush 40
Solitude by the Window by Raven's Jig
Doncamatic by Gorillaz
Die Gummibärenbande Intro by Andy LaToggo
Paris Nights/ New York Mornings by Corinne Bailey Rae
Memory Merge by Yonkagor
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
Turning Japanese by The Vapors
Hacking to the Gate by Chiyomaru Shikura and Kanako Ito
Oops!... I Did It Again by Britney Spears
Homecoming by Green Day
One Step At A Time by Jordin Sparks
Mamma Mia by A*Teens

Y'all get a week to vote, with the deadline specifically being February 21st, at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time. After that? It'll be too late!

I wish you all good luck!
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