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Songtest #125: Song Of The Summer

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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Songtest #125: Song Of The Summer

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Good morning / afternoon / evening SOTFers! I am going to give a thumbs up to hosting this time around so hoping to see lots of you join in and submit some summery songs!


Song of the Summer

The theme for this week is Song of the Summer. It's a theme fairly open to interpretation however whether you submit a sunny feel-good anthem, a dance pop banger, or rain noises (shoutout to the Brits) the idea is that the songs will be your personal song of the summer. That could be a hot new release that you've had on repeat non-stop, a song you heard out and about that reminds you of a nice summer day, a song from the archives that has had a more recent resurgence to you, or even just your personal favourite song at the moment - it is entirely up to you.

[+] RULES
- submit your song via PM or discord, whichever's easier for you

- 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 - thank you to Dancake for the list here
- 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 the song. so choose a long song at your own risk!

each semifinal and the final will last for three days. some rules about activity:
- 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.

Submissions shall be due SUNDAY AUGUST 27th, 11:00pm BST (6:00pm EST)

Happy song searching!
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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hell yeah I'm in
she/her/he/him
[+] V8 - CURRENT

Meena Lalita Kumar
the dreaded SI
>Pregame Start: Cast Call
--> Pregame Status: Crying in the (music) club
>Homecoming Start: Dying Clean And Pretty
-->Homecoming Status: It's worse fresh (ish) off a breakup
>Game Start: It's Lights Out, And Away They Go!
-->Game Status (FINAL): The future sucks.

Tenshi Marie Anastasie Fukushima-Yves
#1 princess and voca-tuber in the whole wide world
>Pregame Start: Cast Call
--> Pregame Status: Trying and failing to share manga
>Homecoming Start: N/A
-->Homecoming Status: N/A
>Game Start: spawn more overlords!
-->Game Status (FINAL): A star has fallen.

Iliya "Liya" Polaris - DEAD
rebelling against a traditional Wiccan upbringing
>Pregame Start: Cast Call
--> Pregame Status: Some things are more important than a party
>Homecoming Start: Guys and Dolls
-->Homecoming Status: don't tell anyone this but she was actually one of the raccoons
>Game Start: A Question of Faith
-->Game Status (FINAL): The spirit was weak.

Daniel Ozanne
poker twink
>Pregame Start: Cast Call
--> Pregame Status: Uncomfortable questions
>Homecoming Start: N/A
-->Homecoming Status: N/A
>Game Start: nooooo don't get kidnapped by the AT your too sexy aha
-->Game Status: breaking down but trying to help
[+] V7
[+] Meilin
Meilin Zhou (Wiki) - DEAD

>Pregame Start: life observes itself
-->Pregame Status: Waltzed out a party with her crush
>Prom Start: Fancy Meeting You Here
-->Prom Status: Taking a dance, taking on the world
>Trip Start: The Best of You
-->Trip Status: Running away from an eyeful of NSFW
>Game Start: Rise Great Undead Lord Dread
-->Game Status (FINAL): Stop hitting yourself

Aesthetics
"No sun to rise would be okay with me... Everyday, every day is okay"
[+] Camilla
Camilla Bell (Wiki) - DEAD

>Pregame Start: Who's Turn Was It, Anyway?
-->Pregame Status: Had more than her fair share of revelry
>Prom Start: Early in the Morning
-->Prom Status: Ditching the drama for blues
>Trip Start: When I'm Gone
-->Trip Status: Preemptively homesick
>Game Start: Bloom Nobly, in a Transient Life
-->Game Status (FINAL): Loved to death.

Aesthetics
"A voice in her head, a voice in her head, screaming all the words that were left unsaid"
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In.
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Thanks to everybody who has sent their songs in - we're up to 11 entries.

I'm going to extend the deadline to Tuesday 29th August at 12pm UK time (7pm EST) to get some more entries in.
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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in!!
[+] the youfs
V8:
S050: June Madison is just trying to get it together. She is rolling a pearl.
Previous Threads: Help I'm Alive - Come Out, Juanita, Don't Let Me Wait - Dum Spiro Spero - Everyone's Asleep In The House But Me - Daylight - keep looking forwards on paths sideways - Vultures - Ego Te Absolvo - Shawn's Marvelous Medicine - Medically Ineffective Intervention - no one knows where the ladder goes - I just can't help myself - Color In Your Cheeks - The Long Way Down - Trespasser - I'm going where the cold wind blows - One Last Roll in the Dark - Arrow - V8 Rescue
Pregame: When The Moon Hits Your Eye

Dead:
S069: Valentin Shulgin (adopted from yugi punished kun and salic) needs you to try your best. He's ran out of time in Далеко бежит дорога. [31/134]
Previous Threads: Murphy's Law - The Human Element - Mediation - Valentin Takes A Bath - the results of Valentin's experiment - Faire et Refaire - Well, I'm tired of losing - et Refaire et Refaire et Refaire - 28 Ghosts IV

S072: Przemyslaw Ziemiak (adopted from rc) is bettering himself. He finally got to see the stars in Blind Faith. [70/134]
Previous Threads: Romans 6:23 - Wendy House - Possession - Evening / Morning - She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred." - I daydream until all the snow is gone
[+] V7
V7:
Dead:
B083 - Diego Larrosa - Palayain mo na ako. - He didn't want this. say goodnight to the bad guy [10/159]
Current Theme Music: Devil Town (v1) - cavetown
Weapon: Tactical Combat Shovel
Previous Threads: Love & Money - before the day is done, my prince is gonna come - How Far I'll Go - Gimme, Gimme Shelter or I'm Gonna Fade Away - no one round here's good at keeping their eyes closed - Still Waiting - Hell is Other People - RICH_BOY_LIKES_IT_ROUGH.MP4 - I Don't Wanna Be Myself - The Bell Tolls For Our Funeral - The Gang Goes Out For Breakfast - Untrust Us - Crimewaves - Love itself is just as innocent as roses in May - Will All Be Forgiven? - black eyes looking up from below - Silent Key - it's ok we're just scared - life's alright in devil town - Beyond Human (Barely Human) - And Now Those Days Are Over and We Are All Ghosts - The Ultimate Test of Cerebral Fitness - Ang Pagbibinata ni Diego Larrosa - perverse verdict - Madness in the Method - park the car, drop that phone, sleep on the floor, dream about me
Memories: Hiya sa Timog

G013 - Yuka Hayashibara (adopted from Ryuki!) - Does it spark joy? - She fixed up her look in one of a kind [46/159]
Current Theme Music: Play With Me - DDLC OST
Weapon: Bug-A-Salt Camofly 2.0 Insect Eradication Gun
Previous Threads: Quintessential Thinking - I Pray to the Lord You Reveal what His Truth is - all of our heroes fading - now i can't stand to be alone - Incredible Adventures - there's a pale imitation burnt in my eyes - Red Of Tooth And Claw - The Fifth Announcement - Low Times - Party Like It's 1999 - Hell and You - We're All Excited, We Don't Know Why, Maybe It's 'Cause, We're Gonna Die - Ron Gets a Bath As Well, Whether He Wants To or Not - No Exit
Pregame: In Vino Veritas - Shake It Out
Memories: Hayashibara Heart to Heart
Prom: Fear and Delight
Trip: Room 832: Welcome to the Witching Hour

G052 - Joanne Coleman (adopted from Cicada!) - I've got a thick skin and an elastic heart. - She tried to do something in Sleep Is The Cousin Of Death [116/159]
Current Theme Music: When You Die - MGMT
Weapon: George Hunter High School mascot costume
Previous Threads: hold on to this lullaby - Don't Stray Off The Path - D.R.E.A.M. - I'm Not That Nice, I'm Mean and I'm Evil - we keep these promises, write it in a letter
Pregame: You did not break me. I'm still fighting for peace. - Desperate Times - Heavy is the Head That Wears the Crown - Do You Have The Time - i'm so 3008
Memories: I'm alright. I'm just fine. And you're a tool, so. - Make A New Cult Every Day

G075 - Aditi Sharma (adopted from Brackie! and somer!) - She failed in Yellow Light [88/159]
Weapon: Browning Hi Power 9mm
Previous Threads: Pandorama - Antisocial Darwinism - My Lucifer Is Lonely - They Couldn't Buy A Fucking Toaster. They're Broke, John.
[+] V6
V6 Characters:
G062 - Olivia Fischer prayed a thousand prayers in Ye Not [37/107]
Previous Threads: Sæglópur - Until all our yesterdays are lighted fools... - the way to dusty death - a concrete cave - I'd Say That I've Had Worse Days, but Then I'd Be Lying - Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying - Until Then, You Are Free - Cast in the Name of God
Memories: Sometimes when we reach for the stars...
Weapon: Lobotomy pick.
[+] V5
Dead:
B045 - Juhan Levandi - An Estonian wanna-be journalist with a fear of the dark who wanted to bring them all down in Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien [18/152]
Weapon: Party Bag (contains a noisemaker, party hat, two single-serving bags of candy, and a Hotwheels car)
Pre-Game Threads: Wiping All Out - Quixotic
Previous V5 Threads: Despair - The Real Folk Blues - The two people in the distance were Paulo and Becca - Mischief Managed - Sleeper Cell - Tell No Tales - So, How Was Your Day? - And I'm Not Sleeping Now - Intermission - Glass - A Manic Depressive Named Laughing Boy
G067 - Carmina Maliksi - A Filipina car junkie with a /slight/ obsession with Korea and Japan who has finished things up (somewhat) in Red as Blood [139/152]
Weapon: Non-Functional Flamethrower (left in the Clubhouse)
Previous V5 Threads: Finding Center - Wish I Could Breathe - The Visionary
Memories: Offended?
B054 - Oscar Trig (adopted from Greg the Anti-Viking) - An artist who desperately needs a pencil, paper and a cigar and thought with his heart in Fumble [76/152]
Weapon: Binoculars
Pregame Threads: Taking it to the Streets
Previous V5 Threads: Waking Up at the Beginning of Time - Steadier Footing - Handoff
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Thanks to everybody who submitted songs! We have 14 entries for this song test.


Participants:
Ahab9
BlizzardeyeWonder
burnitup
Carlisle
DerArknight
Dr. Adjective
Fiori
Grand Moff Hissa
KamiKaze
Laurels
Maraoone
Ohm
Pancapples
Zetsu


Playlist
Alice Cooper - School's Out
EYEAMKI - Great! Big! Party!
Galactikraken & Jonathan Young - Starship Velociraptor
Interpol - Take You On A Cruise
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Postgirobygget - En Solskinnsdag
Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam
yama - a.m.3:21
Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
Jukebox The Ghost - Fred Astaire
Anri - Last Summer Whisper
Charli XCX - Speed Drive
Beach Boys - All Summer Long

YouTube Playlist


To vote please send me a private message either on the forum or via Discord (my name is Carlisle) and vote for your Top 10 favourites Eurovision style (12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1). You can't vote for your own song, and failure to vote will result in your song being disqualified.

The deadline for voting is 10pm BST (5pm EST / 2pm PST) on Monday 4th September.

Then join me shortly after the deadline for a results reveal in the thread, starting with last place and counting down to where we'll crown our winner!
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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Thanks to all who have already voted!

I'm going to extend the deadline by a day (and do results tomorrow) because there's some football draft stuff going on tonight.
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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Everybody has voted and we have a result! The votes have been counted and verified, and in the words of the almighty Jon Ola Sand I shall now take it away!

I'll reveal the results in reverse order starting with 14th and last place and then working our way down to the Top 2 where the winner will be crowned.

Good luck to all participants!
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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[+] 14th
14th. Beach Boys - All Summer Long
25 points

Submitted by Dr. Adjective
[+] 13th
13th. Interpol - Take You On A Cruise
32 points

Submitted by Ahab9
[+] 12th
12th. Animal Collective - Summertime Clothes
37 points

Submitted by Grand Hoff Missa
[+] 11th
11th. yama - a.m.3:21
41 points

Submitted by Zetsu
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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[+] 10th
10th. Postgirobygget - En Solskinnsdag
44 points

Submitted by Ohm
[+] 9th
9th. Alice Cooper - School's Out
46 points

Submitted by Fiori
[+] 8th
8th. Charli XCX - Speed Drive
53 points

Submitted by Maraoone
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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[+] 7th
7th. Anri - Last Summer Whisper
55 points

Submitted by Pancapples
[+] 6th
6th. Jukebox The Ghost - Fred Astaire
66 points

Submitted by burnitup
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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[+] 5th
5th. Galactikraken & Jonathan Young - Starship Velociraptor
75 points

Submitted by DerArknight
[+] 4th
4th. Dua Lipa - Dance The Night
80 points

Submitted by Laurels
[+] 3rd
3rd. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam
83 points

Submitted by Carlisle
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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So we have our top two!

EYEAMKI vs Bananarama

But only one can win...


The winner is...
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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[+] Winner Reveal
1st. Bananarama - Cruel Summer
88 points

Submitted by KamiKaze
[+] Runner Up
2nd. EYEAMKI - Great! Big! Party!
87 points

Submitted by BlizzardeyeWonder
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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Congratulations to KamiKaze for the win with Bananarama - Cruel Summer and thank you to all who participated.



Annoyingly, when I upload it to OneDrive to share the excel link it ruins the formatting a bit so I'm going to take a screenshot and post the link - screenshot under the spoiler tag.
[+] Full Results
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Link to full results: Here
V8 Character:
Julia Guercio - Survivor
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