Songtest #143: Party Like It’s 1812

[Dr Adjective]

Welcome back, sorry for the wait! This is a simple Songtest theme, simply submit songs by Canadian artists. If there’s any doubt whether your choice counts as Canadian, ask me but I’ll probably accept all but the flimsiest reasoning that someone counts.

That’s kinda all I have to say here!

[+] Also the default rules

- 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 - 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.

I’ll be going away on holiday this Saturday and be in EST for the duration, so… please submit your songs by 18:00 Ottawa time / 13:00 London time on Wednesday the 25th of September!

Participants:

• Me!
• Fiori
• Ohm
• Laurels
• finch
• Carlisle
• Burnitup
• Ahab
• Ruggahissy
• Kermit
• Polybius
• DerArknight
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Professor Fether
• Zimikyu
• Pancapples

[Kermit]

Eh

[Dr Adjective]

That’s a heck of a turnout eh, thank you all so much for participating! Sorry about the delayed start but we’re good to go with much music to enjoy!

Votes to me by 23:59 EST on Wednesday the 2nd of October / 05:00 BST on Thursday the 3rd!

Here’s your songs!
Youtube Playlist

From Ottawa, ON - Annihilator: Alison Hell
From Coquitlam, BC - Matthew Good Band: Apparitions
From Toronto, ON - Alannah Myles: Black Velvet
From Vancouver, BC - Rare Americans: Brittle Bones Nicky
From Montréal, QC - Rêve: CTRL + ALT + DEL
From Toronto, ON - The Rural Alberta Advantage: Frank AB
From Calgary, AB - Little V Mills: FTL Theme “Epic Rock” Cover
From Vancouver, BC - The Be Good Tanyas: Littlest Birds
From Montréal, QC - Arcade Fire: No Cars Go
From Hanna, AB - Nickelback: Rockstar Sea Shanty
From Kelowna, BC - Yukon Blonde: Saturday Night
From Swift Current, SK - Colter Wall: Sleeping on the Blacktop
From Toronto, ON - Metric: Soft Rock Star
From Toronto, ON - Our Lady Peace: Superman’s Dead
From Montréal, QC - Harmonium: Vert
From Winnipeg, MB - RIELL: World On Fire

[Dr Adjective]

For private reasons I’m extending the deadline for this to the same times Sunday EST / Monday BST

[Dr Adjective]

Alright buddies, the results are in! I'm having one heck of a busy day, so they'll come in as and when I get time to take breaks!

Let's start low-stakes with 16th to 11th place!

In 16th with 26 points, Zimikyu and the Sea Shanty version of Nickelback's Rockstar! It got a 12, so not as unloved as last place might imply!

In 15th with 38 points, Polybius with Our Lady Peace's Superman's Dead!

In 14th with 39 points, also with a 12, Professor Fether with Harmonium's Vert!

In 13th with 41 points, with a 10 among them, Eugene H. Krabs with The Be Good Tanyas' The Littlest Birds!

In 12th with 43 points, me, Emmy with Matthew Good Band's Apparitions!

and finally for now in 11th place with 44 points and a 10 among them, Burnitup with Rare Americans' Brittle Bones Nicky 3! The saga continues!

And speaking of continuing, I'll be back at lunch time eh!

[Dr Adjective]

We're back with some hot, fresh poutine. Time for lunch and more results!

The last of the double-digits, 10th place:
With 51 points, including two 10s, it's Pancapples and Colter Wall's Sleeping on the Blacktop!

Next up in 9th place:
With 53 points including two 12s and a 10, Fiori gives us "Little V" Mills' FTL Theme "Epic Rock" Cover!

And in 8th, the halfway point:
Just a hair above on 54, including a 10, DerArknight and RIELL's World on Fire!

7th place begins the top half:
At 57 points with the support of two 12s, Ohm and Annihilator's Alison Hell!

In 6th place:
With 59 points, including a 10 and a 12, Carlisle brings us Rêve's CTRL + ALT + DEL!

Finally for this segment, 5th place goes to:
A 70-point winning performance, also including a 10 and a 12, Kermit and The Rural Alberta Advantage's Frank AB!

[Dr Adjective]

That's right friends it's podium time! The top four share the medals and boy is the top of this contest a close-run thing!

Firstly, we have a joint third place, so two bronzes go to our 82-point scoring:

[+] Joint Third

Laurels with Alannah Myles' Black Velvet
finch with Metric's Soft Rock Star
Each enjoyed two 12s and two 10s apiece.
Could I delve into the other scores and determine a narrow winner here? Probably. Will I? No! It's nice to share! Medals for both!

Which means the last spots on the podium must belong to...

[+] Second and First Places

At 85 points, including a 12 and two 10s...
Ahab takes silver with Arcade Fire's No Cars Go!

so that means our champion, our gold-medal winning maestro, invited to Rideau Hall to meet the Governor General...
with a truly towering 94 points, including not one, not two, but three 12s and three 10s...

Our new Prime Minister of Canada, Ruggahissy with the excellent Saturday Night by Yukon Blonde!

Congratulations all, I hope you had a good time, and at the end of the day it's all about taking part and having fun together eh?