Survival Of The Fittest

Posted: **Wed Jul 03, 2019 7:53 pm**

bumping for entrants and also adding that the deadline for entries will be 8pm Saturday AEST ie 62 hours from this post

Posted: **Sat Jul 06, 2019 1:24 pm**

Time for Round 1 of the Commonwealth Takeover!

Competing in this round of the 35th SOTF Song Contest are:
Buko
dmboogie
Emprexx Plush
Fenris
Jilly
Maraoone
MurderWeasel
Pancapples
Slam
Somersault
TLOA
Yugi

Your glorious commonwealth songs are:

Representing the glorious sovereign island nation of New Zealand:
1. Lucky - Fly My Pretties

Representing the marvellous dominion of Canada:
2. Give It To Me Right - Melanie Fiona

As a special twofer, representing the stupendous nation of England /and/ the famed country Wales:
3. Baby - Clean Bandit feat. Marina, Luis Fonsi

Representing the exotic Republic of South Africa:
4. I Fink You Freeky - Die Antwoord

Once again representing the proud nation of England:
5. King Charles - YUNGBLUD

something something something nation of England again:
6. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz

Representing the Carribean island of Jamaica:
7. Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley & The Wailers

For the fourth and final time representing England this round:
8. Wolves of Worcestershire - The Dancing Did

Representing the fabulous dominion of Canada once again:
9. Let's Go To The Mall - Robin Sparkles

Returning back to the sovereign island of Aotearoa:
10. The Cigarette Duet - Princess Chelsea

Representing the expansive sovereignty of Australia:
11. Shoebox - Kate Miller-Heidke
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And finally, the windward island nation of Barbados:
12. Same Ol' Mistakes - Rihanna

Please send in your votes in the following format:

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

The top 8 songs from this round will continue into the finals. Public votes count for half.

Send me your votes via Board PM, Discord PM, or (in the case of public votes) tagging in public Discord chat.

This round will end on the 11th July at 12am, AEST, so four days. If you're in this round and you do not vote:

[+] Mr. Blobby will get you.

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:56 am**

[+] Congratulations, everyone, on escaping the wrath of Mr Blobby.

Now here are the results.

[+] 12th place: The Cigarette Duet - Princess Chelsea, from New Zealand, submitted by dmboogie. This song received 34 points.

[+] 11th place: Let's Go To The Mall - Robin Sparkles, from Canada, submitted by Slam. This song received 40 points, including one 10 and one 8.

[+] 10th place: Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley & The Wailers, from Jamaica, submitted by Pancapples. This song received 52.5 points, including two 10s and one public 8.

[+] 9th place: Give It To Me Right - Melanie Fiona, from Canada, submitted by Somersault. This song received 56.5 points, including one 12, one public 12 and one public 8.

[+] The following songs will move on.: Lucky
Baby
I Fink You Freeky
King Charles
Clint Eastwood
Wolves of Worcestershire
Shoebox
Same Ol' Mistakes

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:00 am**

hold up, there were public votes I didn't count

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:04 am**

[+] Congratulations, everyone, on escaping the wrath of Mr Blobby.

Now here are the results.

[+] 12th place: The Cigarette Duet - Princess Chelsea, from New Zealand, submitted by dmboogie. This song received 37 points.

[+] 11th place: Let's Go To The Mall - Robin Sparkles, from Canada, submitted by Slam. This song received 40 points, including one 10 and one 8.

[+] 10th place: Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley & The Wailers, from Jamaica, submitted by Pancapples. This song received 54 points, including two 10s and one public 8.

[+] 9th place: Give It To Me Right - Melanie Fiona, from Canada, submitted by Somersault. This song received 59 points, including one 12, one public 12 and one public 8.

[+] The following songs will move on.: Lucky
Baby
I Fink You Freeky
King Charles
Clint Eastwood
Wolves of Worcestershire
Shoebox
Same Ol' Mistakes

Posted: **Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:24 am**

It is Time for Round 2 of the Commonwealth Takeover!

Croikey!

Competing in this round of the 35th SOTF Song Contest are:
Brackie
CBP
Deamon
DN
Dodd
KamiKaze
Laurels
MK
Ruggahissy
Shiola
Spindarene

Your fair dinkum Commonwealth Songs are:

Malaysia!
1. Crush - Yuna feat. Usher

Scotland!
2. Black Sails at Midnight - Alestorm

New Zealand!
3. Come Into My Head - Kimbra

Ireland!
4. Double Dropping Yokes with Eamon Devalera - The Rubberbandits
5. Jiggery Pokery - The Duckworth Lewis Method

Canada!
6. Bet On You - The Man Who
7. Push + Pull - July Talk

Australia!
8. I Was Gonna Cancel - Kylie Minogue
9. You Let My Tyres Down - Tropical Fuck Storm

The Glorious English Motherland!
10.The Drumming Song - Florence + The Machine
11. Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap

Please send in your votes in the following format:

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

The top 7 songs from this round will continue into the finals. Public votes count for half.

Send me your votes via Board PM, Discord PM, or (in the case of public votes) tagging in public Discord chat.

This round will end on the 14th July at 8pm, AEST, so four days. If you're in this round and you do not vote:

[+] You shall be fed to the Australian wildlife.

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:44 am**

[+] Everyone is safe from the Australian wildlife.

But not from not getting enough points to qualify for the grand final.

[+] 11th place: Crush - Yuna feat. Usher, submitted by yours truly. This song received 39 points, including one 8.

[+] 10th place: Jiggery Pokery - The Duckworth Lewis Method, submitted by DN. This song received 41 points, including one 8 and one public 12.

[+] 9th place: Black Sails at Midnight - Alestorm, submitted by MK. This song received 52.5 points, including one 12, one 8, and one public 10.

[+] 8th place: I Was Gonna Cancel - Kylie Minogue, submitted by Ruggahissy. This song received 59 points, including one 12 and two 8s.

[+] The following songs have moved on to the grand final.: Come Into My Head
Double Dropping Yokes with Eamon Devalera
Bet On You
Push + Pull
You Let My Tyres Down
The Drumming Song
Hide and Seek

Posted: **Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:34 am**

Welcome to the Grand Final of the Commonwealth Song Contest.

Today we have a large variety of handlers that have made it through your scrutinous gaze, and they are all represented here tonight.

Buko
CBP
Deamon
Dodd
Emprexx Plush
Fenris
Jilly Shears
KamiKaze
Laurels
Maraoone
MurderWeasel
Shiola
Spindarene
TLOA
Yugikun

And the following countries have been represented thusly:

They are:

Shoebox - Kate Miller-Heidke
You Let My Tyres Down - Tropical Fuck Storm

Same Ol' Mistakes - Rihanna

Bet On You - The Man Who
Push + Pull - July Talk

Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap
King Charles - YUNGBLUD
The Drumming Song - Florence + The Machine
Wolves of Worcestershire - The Dancing Did

Baby - Clean Bandit feat. Marina, Luis Fonsi

Double Dropping Yokes with Eamon Devalera - The Rubberbandits

Come Into My Head - Kimbra
Lucky - Fly My Pretties

I Fink You Freeky - Die Antwoord

Please send in your votes in the following format:

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

Song with the most points wins.

Send me your votes via Board PM, Discord PM, or (in the case of public votes) tagging in public Discord chat.

This round will end on the 18th July at 5pm, AEST, so four days. If you're in this round and you do not vote:

[+] Something ghastly will happen.: I will be very disappointed in you

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:03 pm**

[+] Nothing ghastly happened

Now for the official results reveal, lets try something a little different and click this link and press your spacebar (or the red pause button in the corner).

I'll post the vote summaries in the usual way in approximately one hour, but for now, enjoy a little Eurovision Song Contest chart swapping

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:24 pm**

[+] 15th place: You Let My Tires Down - Tropical Fuckstorm, from Australia, submitted by Methodical Slacker. It received 36 points, tied with 14th place, but this song receieved only one 8 while the other song recieved one 8 and one 12.

[+] 14th place: Wolves of Worcestershire - The Dancing Did, from England, submitted by MurderWeasel. It received 36 points, tied with 15th place, but this song received one 8 and one 12, while the other song recieved only one 8.

[+] 13th place: Shoebox - Kate Miller-Heidke, from Australia, submitted by Yugikun. It received 41 points, including one 10 and one public 8.

[+] 12th place: I Fink U Freeky - Die Antwoord, from South Africa, submitted by Maraoone. It received 43.5 points.

[+] 11th place: Lucky - Fly My Pretties, from New Zealand, submitted by Jilly Shears. It received 46 points, including one 12.

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 10:31 pm**

[+] 10th place: Come Into My Head - Kimbra, from New Zealand, submitted by Laurels. It received 47.5 points, including one 12.

[+] 9th place: Double Dropping Yokes with Eamon Devalera - The Rubberbandits, from Ireland, submitted by Deamon. It received 49 points, including two 10s.

[+] 8th place: [bSame Ol' Mistakes - Rihanna[/b], from Barbados, submitted by Buko. It received 62 points, the same as 7th place, but while this song received one 10 and two 8s, 7th place received two 10s and one 8.

[+] 7th place: King Charles - YUNGBLUD, from England, submitted by Emprexx Plush. It received 62 points, the same as 8th place, but while that song received one 10 and two 8s, this song received two 10s and one 8.

[+] 6th place: Hide and Seek - Imogen Heap, from England, submitted by Spindarene. It received 68 points, including two 12s, one 10, and one 8.

[+] Top 5: Bet On You
Push + Pull
Clint Eastwood
The Drumming Song
Baby

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:01 pm**

[+] 5th place: Push + Pull - July Talk, from Canada, submitted by Shiola. It received 69 points, including three 12s, one 10 and one 8.

[+] 4th place: Bet On You - The Man Who, from Canada, submitted by Cactus. It received 71 points, include two 10s and 3 8s.

[+] 3rd place: The Drumming Song - Florence + The Machine, from England, submitted by KamiKaze. It received 73 points, including one 12 and three 8s.

[+] Top 2: Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz, submitted by The Lord Of Awesome.
Baby - Clean Bandit feat. Marina, Luis Fonsi, submitted by Fenris.

Posted: **Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:12 pm**

The winner

of

the

Commonwealth

Takeover

is

...

[+] Winner: Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz, from the grand old motherland of England, submitted by The Lord of Awesome. It receieved 110 points, including four 12s and three 10s.

[+] the runner up: Baby - Clean Bandit feat. Marina, Luis Fonsi, from both England and Wales, submitted by Fenris. It received two 12s, 10s and 8s.

charts to come soon