Survival Of The Fittest

I've been released from my temporary 5150 and signed the associated wavers in order to participate.

hi im kermit ill play also

Hello, I'd like to play.

I will play

ALL IN

Kay I'll do a song.

hey kids and welcome to the first semifinal of the 13th sotf song contest!!! woo

we have 32 contestants this time around, which divides nicely into 2 semifinals of 16 each. no messing around with three semis here. 6 eliminations will be made per round, leading to a nice round 20-song final.

no mucking around w/ rules this time around since nothing has changed really, let us get to our competitors in alphabetical order:

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Cactus
CrossBowPig
Deamon
Dr. Freud
Fenris
Jilly
jimmydalad
KamiKaze
MK Kilmarnock
MurderWeasel
Pancapples
Pippin
RC
Yugikun

and our songs, in random order:

1. Summer Jam - Benny Davis
2. Servants - Zeal & Ardor
3. Now - Mike Smiff
4. This is America - Childish Gambino
5. Tongue - MNEK
6. La Ciudad - ODESZA
7. When You Die - MGMT
8. Blood // Water - grandson (song starts 30 seconds in)
9. Legendary - Welshly Arms
10. Country Figs - Alex Cameron
11. Let It Burn - Goat
12. Cinema - Kero Kero Bonito
13. Level Up - Ciara
14. Flashback - Kenken & MIYAVI
15. Outer Space - John Maus

as usual, everyone involved in this round MUST vote or be eliminated. your vote can be sent by board PM or discord, either is fine by me. you cannot vote for your own song. if you aren't in this round or in the contest at all your vote will be counted at half points.

you have until this countdown ends to get in your votes:



please don't expect any extensions; I'll be pinging everyone who hasn't voted with 24 hours remaining, so no saying you forgot about voting at the 11th hour.

in case you've been living under a rock for the songtests so far, voting is by Eurovision rules. you'll be sending your top 10 songs in as follows:

12- Song Name
10- Song Name
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

with 12 being your favorite song, 10 being your second favorite, and so on. the top 10 songs will continue into the finals.

good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor

less than 24 hours remain!

last minute announcement: there's been a last minute drop-out from the contest. The Dark Of You has been removed; anyone who gave it points can resubmit their votes if they want to. as it stands those votes will just be removed.

less than 12 hours to go! four people have yet to vote, so please get your votes in before 10 PM EST.

ready. set. ELIMINATE

[+] rip in peace

DQ: Summer Jam - Benny Davis, submitted by 1245, which received 34 points, including one 12 and one 8.
14. Now - Mike Smiff, submitted by Jilly, which received 1.5 points.
13. Level Up - Ciara, submitted by jimmydalad, which received 52 points, including one 10, as well as one 10 and one 8 in the public vote.
12. Outer Space - John Maus, submitted by MurderWeasel, which received 52.5 points, including one 12.
11. Cinema - Kero Kero Bonito, submitted by Pancapples, which received 63.5 points, including one 12 and two 8s.

which means these songs have made it!

[+] l i v e

When You Die - MGMT
Blood // Water - grandson
Servants - Zeal & Ardor
Let It Burn - Goat
La Ciudad - ODESZA
This Is America - Childish Gambino
Legendary - Welshly Arms
Tongue - MNEK
Country Figs - Alex Cameron
Flashback - Kenken & MIYAVI

hey y'all and welcome to the second semifinal of the 13th sotf song contest! ! ! ! ! !

one competitor dropping out last round doesn't change the overall shape of the contest; we'll still be going from 16 to 10 this round for a 20-song final. also just a quick reminder that these semis are only three days long which is, legally speaking, Not A Lot Of Time. make sure you get your votes in! don't want any more disqualifications :c

anyway here are our Competitors in the Alphabeticalest Order:

Ares
Aura
Brackie
Cicada Days
dmboogie
Emprexx Plush
Kermit
Kotorikun
Laurels
Maraoone
Ohm
Riki
Ruggahissy
Shiola
Slam
TheLordOfAwesome

and here are our Songs in the Randomest Order:

1. August 6th - mewithoutYou
2. 1950 - King Princess
3. Tonya Harding (In Eb major) - Sufjan Stevens
4. still feel. - half•alive
5. Four Out Of Five - Arctic Monkeys
6. Opps - Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok
7. Amen - Amber Run
8. I Did It! - Kitten
9. A Parallel Universe - JYOCHO
10. Son Of Robot - Dance Gavin Dance
11. Feet Don't Fail Me - Queens of the Stone Age
12. Devil Trigger - Casey Edwards feat. Ali Edwards
13. JOLT - Unlike Pluto
14. Make my story - Lenny code fiction
15. Romcom - Mine & Fatoni

copypasted cause i'm gay and lazy:

as usual, everyone involved in this round MUST vote or be eliminated. your vote can be sent by board PM or discord, either is fine by me. you cannot vote for your own song. if you aren't in this round or in the contest at all your vote will be counted at half points.

you have until this countdown ends to get in your votes:



please don't expect any extensions; I'll be pinging everyone who hasn't voted with 24 hours remaining, so no saying you forgot about voting at the 11th hour.

in case you've been living under a rock for the songtests so far, voting is by Eurovision rules. you'll be sending your top 10 songs in as follows:

12- Song Name
10- Song Name
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

with 12 being your favorite song, 10 being your second favorite, and so on. the top 10 songs will continue into the finals.

good luck and try not to die

the person who submitted 1933 has dropped out of the contest. this doesn't affect any of the votes received so far, but the song has been removed from the round intro post.

say ur peace to the dearly departed:

[+] rip in peace

15. Make my story - Lenny code fiction, submitted by Aura, which received 33.5 points, including one 10.
14. Romcom - Mine & Fatoni, submitted by Riki, which received 41.5 points, including one 12, as well as one 8 from the public vote.
13. A Parallel Universe - JYOCHO, submitted by Slam, which received 44 points, including one 12 and one 8.
12. Tonya Harding (In Eb major) - Sufjan Stevens, submitted by Kermit, which received 46 points, including one 10 and one 8.
11. Devil Trigger - Casey Edwards feat. Ali Edwards, submitted by TheLordOfAwesome, which received 49.5 points, including one 12.

and give ur congrats to the dearly. not-departed:

[+] not rip in not peace

I Did It! - Kitten
JOLT - Unlike Pluto
1950 - King Princess
Feet Don't Fail Me - Queens of the Stone Age
Four Out Of Five - Arctic Monkeys
still feel. - half•alive
Amen - Amber Run
Opps - Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok
Son Of Robot - Dance Gavin Dance
August 6th - mewithoutYou

GUESS WHAT ITS THAT TIME AGAIN. what time? That time. the Final time. time for the
hell yeah. let's get it started with your contestants:

Ares
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Brackie
Cactus
Cicada Days
CrossBowPig
Deamon
dmboogie
Dr. Freud
Emprexx Plush
Fenris
KamiKaze
Kotorikun
Laurels
Maraoone
MK Kilmarnock
Ohm
Pippin
Ruggahissy
Yugikun

and your songs:

1. Flashback - Kenken & MIYAVI
2. Son Of Robot - Dance Gavin Dance
3. Amen - Amber Run
4. Opps - Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok
5. Tongue - MNEK
6. Blood // Water - grandson (song starts 30 seconds in)
7. August 6th - mewithoutYou
8. La Ciudad - ODESZA
9. still feel. - half•alive
10. I Did It! - Kitten
11. Let It Burn - Goat
12. JOLT - Unlike Pluto
13. Servants - Zeal & Ardor
14. When You Die - MGMT
15. This is America - Childish Gambino
16. Feet Don't Fail Me - Queens of the Stone Age
17. Four Out Of Five - Arctic Monkeys
18. Legendary - Welshly Arms
19. 1950 - King Princess
20. Country Figs - Alex Cameron

rules are basically the same as before big shock

as usual, everyone involved in this round MUST vote or be eliminated. your vote can be sent by board PM or discord, either is fine by me. you cannot vote for your own song. if you aren't in this round or in the contest at all your vote will be counted at half points.

you have until this countdown ends to get in your votes:



this round is 4 days long instead of 3; pretty please don't take that as an excuse to submit ur votes in the last five minutes you will make baby jesus cry

in case you've been living under a rock for the songtests so far, voting is by Eurovision rules. you'll be sending in your top 10 songs as follows:

12- Song Name
10- Song Name
8- ...
7- ...
6- ...
5- ...
4- ...
3- ...
2- ...
1- ...

with 12 being your favorite song, 10 being your second favorite, and so on. the top vote-getting song will be our Winner, and the person who submitted that song will have the right to host the next songtest. if they don't want to host, they can pass host rights down to the 2nd-place finisher, who can pass it to 3rd place, etc, until someone wants to host.

good luck you crazy motherfuckers i believe in you <3