the official 'survival of the fittest' rp song contest #60

[Shiola]

In for real this time.

[Brackie]

welcome fellow kids, to the first round of the "new music" song contest on this, the official 'survival of the fittest' roleplay board! I shall now naturally give you all a brisk thumbs up, to show that I am down with the music and the scene and the yeets and the pogs

here are this round's contestants!

ROUND 1

Blizzard
Brackie (who is me)
Buko
dmboogie
Fenris
Jace
KamiKaze
Laurels
Pippi
Randomness
Shiola
Skraal

and the songs! here is an example of someone on tv from the past year who could possibly be singing one of them right now!

Trouble - Welshly Arms
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Propoganda! - Crusher-P feat. Hatsune Miku
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Dough - Key Glock
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Phanto(me) - Reol
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Daughter - Kanga
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Ohio Tpke - Jeff Rosenstock
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Easier (Live from the Vault) - 5 Seconds of Summer
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Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
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Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
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Disaster Party - Magic Giant
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Hit the Back - King Princess
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Shameika - Fiona Apple

the top 8 songs from this round will move onto the finals - You have until 12am EST on Sunday, May 31st to send in your votes. Failure to turn in votes by the deadline will result in disqualification. Participants in the contest who are not competing are free to vote publicly.

now let us all dab in celebration!!! that is a thing people still do right

[Brackie]

[+] the following songs have been dropped down the trapdoor slippy slide

DQ: Easier (Live from the Vault) - 5 Seconds of Summer
submitted by Fenris.
it receieved 54.5 points, including one 12 and one 8.
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12th: Dough - Key Glock
submitted by Buko.
it received 37 points, including one 10 and one 8.
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11th: Ohio Tpke - Jeff Rosenstock
submitted by Randomness.
it received 46 points, including one 10, one 8, and one public 8.
--
10th: Propoganda! - Crusher-P feat. Hatsune Miku
submitted by Blizzard.
it received 46.5 points, including two 12s.

[+] while the following songs get to dance on stage

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
Daughter - Kanga
Disaster Party - Magic Giant
Hit the Back - King Princess
Phanto(me) - Reol
Shameika - Fiona Apple
Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
Trouble - Welshly Arms

[Brackie]

welcome to round 2 of this "song contest"! would one of you fellow kids be able to teach me how to 'floss'? do the kids still do that?

here's this round's contestants!

ROUND 2

Deamon
Emprexx Plush
Jilly
Mara
MethodicalSlacker
MK
MurderWeasel
Ohm
Pancapples
Ruggahissy
Spindarene
TheLordOfAwesome
Yugi

and the songs! here is a way you could probably dance to any number of them!



Extreme Love - Holly Herndon
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Only Loving You - Esther Rose
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Don't Turn Your Back - Angel Witch
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Drugs You Do - Vernon Jane
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Kerosene! - Yves Tumor
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Never Tell - Black Marble
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Blue Sky Dandelions - Yeasayer
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detonate - Charli XCX
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Kick - Spanish Love Songs
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When the Fires Come - Kero Kero Bonito
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Caution - The Killers
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Real to Me - The Gentle Men
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Off Tap - DVSR

the top 9 songs from this round will move onto the finals - You have until 12am EST on Thursday, 4th of June, to send in your votes. Failure to turn in votes by the deadline will result in disqualification. Participants in the contest who are not competing are free to vote publicly.

good luck! or, yeet! or whatever!

[Brackie]

[+] the following songs were unable to perform

13: Extreme Love - Holly Herndon
submitted by Spindarene.
it received 43.5 points, including one public 10.
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12th: Real to Me - The Gentle Men
submitted by Emprexx Plush
it received 49 points, including one 10.
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11th: Only Loving You - Esther Rose
submitted by Jilly
it received 51 points, including one 10 and one public 10.
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10th: Don't Turn Your Back - Angel Witch
submitted by MK
it received 51.5 points, including two 10s.

[+] while the following songs blew the roof off

Blue Sky Dandelions - Yeasayer
Caution - The Killers
detonate - Charli XCX
Drugs You Do - Vernon Jane
Kerosene! - Yves Tumor
Kick - Spanish Love Songs
Never Tell - Black Marble
Off Tap - DVSR
When the Fires Come - Kero Kero Bonito

[Brackie]

welcome to the grand final of song contest number 60, dedicated to new songs! as extremely relevant band The Black Eyed Peas would say, Let's Get It Started!

...wait, they've been irrelevant for /how/ many years?

uhhhh, look, it's our contestants!

Grand Final

Brackie
Deamon
dmboogie
Jace
KamiKaze
Laurels
Mara
MethodicalSlacker
MurderWeasel
Ohm
Pancapples
Pippi
Ruggahissy
Shiola
Skraal
TheLordOfAwesome
Yugi

all contestants who have submitted songs that have made all of us stare at the sky in contemplation



Caution - The Killers
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Kick - Spanish Love Songs
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Never Tell - Black Marble
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Off Tap - DVSR
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Shameika - Fiona Apple
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When the Fires Come - Kero Kero Bonito
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Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
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Hit the Back - King Princess
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Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
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Disaster Party - Magic Giant
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Phanto(me) - Reol
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Daughter - Kanga
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detonate - Charli XCX
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Kerosene! - Yves Tumor
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Trouble - Welshly Arms
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Blue Sky Dandelions - Yeasayer
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Drugs You Do - Vernon Jane

the song with the most points will win Song Contest Number 60! You have until 10pm EST on Sunday 7th of June, so a little under 4 days. Failure to turn in votes by the deadline will result in grand final disqualification and nobody wants that! If you didn't make it to the finale (or was not in this contest), you're free to send in public votes.

[insert old person not getting young person joke here]

[Brackie]

welcome to the grand final! I had no access to internet today hence why this is late but now I do, hooray!



let's get this show on the road! I'd make a big show of it but it is dead o'clock in the country and timezone where most of you are so instead I'll just post them all at once. we live in a Netflix era, there's no need for episodic releases!

[+] DQ

When the Fires Come - Kero Kero Bonito
submitted by Pancapples.
it received 35.5 points, including one 8.

[+] 16th

Blue Sky Dandelions - Yeasayer
submitted by Ruggahissy
it received 28 points, including one 8.

[+] 15th

Hit the Back - King Princess
submitted by Brackie aka me
it received 38 points, tied with 14th place, but no 12s, 10s, or 8s.

[+] 14th

Kerosene! - Yves Tumor
submitted by MethodicalSlacker
it received 38 points, tied with 15th place, but one 8.

[+] 13th

Stupid Love - Lady Gaga
submitted by KamiKaze
it received 39 points, including one 12.

[+] 12th

Phanto(me) - Reol
submitted by Skraal
it received 47 points, tied with 11th place, but no 12s, 10s or 8s.

[+] 11th

Off Tap - DVSR
submitted by Ohm
it received 47 points, tied with 12th place, but two 10s and one 8.

[+] 10th

Disaster Party - Magic Giant
submitted by Pippi
it received 48 points, including one 12 and one 8.

[+] 9th

Never Tell - Black Marble
submitted by MurderWeasel
it received 53 points, including two 10s.

[+] 8th

Trouble - Welshly Arms
submitted by Jace
it received 54.5 points, including one 10 and three 8s.

[+] 7th

detonate - Charli XCX
submitted by Maraoone
it received 57 points, including two 12s and one 10.

[+] 6th

Daughter - Kanga
submitted by dmboogie
it received 61 points, including three 12s and one 10.

[+] 5th

Caution - The Killers
submitted by TheLordeOfAwesome
it received 67.5 points, including one 12, one 10 and one 8.

[+] 4th

Shameika - Fiona Apple
submitted by Laurels
it received 73 points, including one 12 and two 10s.

[+] 3rd

Kick - Spanish Love Songs
submitted by Yugi
it received 85 points, including three 12s and three 10s.

[+] 2nd

Drugs You Do - Vernon Jane
submitted by Deamon
it received 87 points, including two 12s, one 10 and two 8s.

[+] 1st

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
submitted by Shiola
it received 98.5 points, including two 12s, two 10s, and four 8s.

Thank you all so much for participating, congratulations to the winner, and I hope to see you all as contest host again some time soon!

until then:

[Brackie]

here are stats and here are all the gifs I never got to use