It's time for the second edition of the Popfusion Song Contest! I may have said that I was thinking of a way to revise the rules so we don't get the same thing as last time with no one voting in the later rounds, but I haven't come up with anything realistic and fair. So it's pretty much the old rules,
with a few more restrictions on song selection!
Check the
first contest thread if you're completely unfamiliar with the contest.
Rules
The basics
We start with a number of contestants, who have to submit one song (in mp3 form) to me each round. Then they must listen to the songs the other contestants submitted, and rank them. Based on these rankings, one contestant is eliminated, and a new round starts with new songs. Contestants that are eliminated are urged to rank the songs of those who are still in the game.
File names/ID tags of the mp3s are removed by me before I upload them to avoid bias. It forces people to actually listen to the song before they decide if it's good or bad.
Because of the mp3 posting rule, I will PM the links to the songs to the contestants instead of posting them in the thread.
Song selection
- No singles, unless they are really obscure or foreign
- No songs released in 2007
- No songs that have already been submitted (check the list below)
- The following artists were overused and are not allowed to be used at all: AFI, Christina Aguilera, Evanescence, Incubus, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Nelly Furtado, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System Of A Down
- The list of banned artists may be added to during this contest
Requirements
Contestants have to meet specific requirements. You have to have a good enough connection to download an album's worth of songs every week. Also, you're expected to send your song and get your rankings in on time, so don't go away for a long period of time (one round will usually take a week).
Contestants
Blanket Jackson
dontmessw/JERSEY
Dookie
Hey Julie
Ike Bart
ManClub
Reeces1
Sama
Vato
XplicitNG
Eliminated Contestants
~A*D*O*R*A~ (Round 1)
OSKAR (Round 1)
Buddhaful (Round 2)
orange (Round 2)
Suga (Round 3)
Luis (Round 3)
Tigger (Round 4)
Zephyr (Round 4)
Winning Songs
Nine Inch Nails "All The Love In The World" (Round 1) - Blanket Jackson
The Offspring "Race Against Myself" (Round 1) - Dookie
Matchbook Romance "Tiger Lily" (Round 2) - Suga
Lily Allen "Everything's Just Wonderful" (Round 2) - XplicitNG
Blink-182 "Give Me One Good Reason" (Round 3) - Ike Bart
Good Charlotte "Emotionless" (Round 3) - Hey Julie
Jimmy Eat World "The World You Love" (Round 4) - Hey Julie
All Submitted Songs
Click to see the list
10 Years "Prey"
20GOTO10 "Make Sense"
311 "Crack The Code"
311 "Seems Uncertain"
+44 "No It Isn't"
+44 "Weatherman"
A Perfect Circle "Orestes"
A-Ha "Analogue"
Adema "Blame Me"
Aerosmith "Beyond Beautiful"
AFI "Endlessly, She Said"
AFI "Summer Shudder"
AFI "The Interview"
AFI "The Missing Frame"
Alanis Morissette "Narcissus"
Amerie ft. Willie Denzey "Losin' U"
April Sixth "Dear Angel"
Athlete "Twenty Four Hours"
Atmosphere "Watch Out"
Avenged Sevenfold "I Won't See You Tonight Part 1"
Avril Lavigne "Tomorrow"
Billy Talent "Covered In Cowardice"
Bitter:Sweet "The Mating Game"
Black Eyed Peas "Dum Diddly"
Black Eyed Peas ft. James Brown "They Don't Want Music"
Blindside "Thought Like Flames"
Blink-182 "Give Me One Good Reason"
Blink-182 "Story Of A Lonely Guy"
Bloodhound Gang "Ralph Wiggum"
Breaking Benjamin "Breath"
Broken Yoke "Wake Me Up"
Bubba Sparxxx "Comin' Round"
Busta Rhymes "You Can't Hold The Torch"
Butch Walker "Bethamphetamine (Pretty Pretty)"
Capri "Otelo Paradise"
Carl Henry "I Wish"
Christina Aguilera "Mercy On Me"
Christina Aguilera "Save Me From Myself"
Christina Aguilera "Slow Down Baby"
Christina Milian "Gonna Tell Everybody"
Ciara "My Love"
Clarissa and the Straightjackets "Walkin' In The Cemetery"
Coheed & Cambria "Wake Up"
Coldplay "Square One"
Comeback Kid "Wake The Dead"
D'Angelo "Chicken Grease"
Daniel Powter "Song 6"
Danity Kane "Want It"
Daughtry "Used To"
Dead Poetic "In Coma"
Deftones "Xerces"
Destiny's Child "Through With Love"
Dido "See The Sun"
Dover "Devil Came To Me"
Dragonforce "Revolution Deathsquad"
Eighteen Visions "This Time"
Evanescence "All That I'm Living For"
Evanescence "Cloud Nine"
Evanescence "Lacrymosa"
Evanescence "Sweet Sacrifice"
Everclear "Learning How To Smile"
Faktion "Who I Am"
Falling Up "Exit Calypsan"
Far "Nestle"
Fergie "Here I Come"
Five.Bolt.Main "The Gift"
Flyleaf "All Around Me"
Flyleaf "Cassie"
Fort Minor "In Stereo"
Fort Minor "Red To Black"
Glass Intrepid "Good Enough"
Gnarls Barkley "Just A Thought"
Good Charlotte "Emotionless"
Green Day "Give Me Novacaine"
Green Day "Whatsername"
Gwen Stefani "The Real Thing"
Gwen Stefani "The Sweet Escape"
Gym Class Heroes "Shoot Down The Stars"
Hale "Runaway"
Heather Headley "Back When It Was"
Horse The Band "T.M.N.T"
Hot Hot Heat "You Owe Me An IOU"
Incubus "Dig"
Incubus "Love Hurts"
Incubus "The Warmth"
Interpol "Narc"
Jennifer Hudson "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"
Jimmy Eat World "The World You Love"
John Mayer "Only Heart"
JoJo "Exceptional"
Joshua Radin "Winter"
Justin Timberlake "What Goes Around..."
Katharine McPhee "Neglected"
Keane "Leaving So Soon"
Keisha White "I Choose Life"
Kelis "Till The Wheels Fall Off"
Korn "Hollow Life"
Lauren Briant "Serious"
Lily Allen "Alfie"
Lily Allen "Everything's Just Wonderful"
Linkin Park "Hit The Floor"
Linkin Park "My December"
Linkin Park "Pushing Me Away"
Linkin Park "With You"
Lo-Pro "Reach"
Lupe Fiasco "Cool"
M.I.A. "10 Dollar"
Mainstay "These Pages"
Maria Lawson "Woman's Intuition"
Mariah Carey "Mine Again"
Marilyn Manson "New Model No. 15"
Marion Raven "End Of Me"
Maroon 5 "Not Coming Home"
Mastodon "Bladecatcher"
Mat Kearney "Undeniable"
Matchbook Romance "Tiger Lily"
Men Women & Children "Messy"
Mercy Drive "Away"
Milburn "Cheshire Cat Smile"
Mis-Teeq "All I Want"
Moloko "The Time Is Now"
Murs and 9th Wonder "D.S.W.G. (Dark Skinned White Girls)"
Muse "Invincible"
Muse "Map Of The Problematique"
My Chemical Romance "Famous Last Words"
My Chemical Romance "The Sharpest Lives"
My Chemical Romance "You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison"
Natalie "Better Get It Right"
Natasha Bedingfield "I Bruise Easily"
Natasha Bedingfield "Wild Horses"
Neko Case "Hold On, Hold On"
Nelly Furtado "Afraid"
Nelly Furtado "Do It"
Nelly Furtado "The Grass Is Green"
Nelly Furtado "Wait For You"
Nine Inch Nails "All The Love In The World"
Northern State "Away Away"
Orgy "Eva"
Panic! At The Disco "Time To Dance"
Paolo Nutini "New Shoes"
Pink "Dear Mr. President"
Pink "Long Way To Happy"
Poe "Control"
Pop Will Eat Itself "Def. Con. One"
Primus "Golden Boy"
Ra "Tell Me"
Radiohead "Wolf At The Door"
Red "Already Over"
Red "Lost"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Charlie"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "She's Only 18"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium"
Revis "Seven"
Rhett Miller "I Believe She's Lying"
Rhymefest "Devil's Pie"
Rihanna "P.S. (I'm Still Not Over You)"
Rilo Kiley "Accidntel Deth"
Rise Against "Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated"
Rock Kills Kid "Midnight"
S.M.S. ft. Rehb "Just A Bit Of Chaos"
Saint Etienne "Stars Above Us"
Scissor Sisters "Paul McCartney"
Shakira "Animal City"
Shakira "Timor"
Shaquille O'Neal "What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock)"
Shiny Toy Guns "Rainy Monday"
Silverchair "Dearest Helpless"
Simon Webbe "Free"
Skillet "Whispers In The Dark"
Snow Patrol "Ways & Means"
Snow Patrol "You Could Be Happy"
Stefy "Orange Crush"
Strange Fruit Project "Soul Clap"
Sugarcult "I Melt With You"
Sum 41 "Mr. Amsterdam"
System Of A Down "Holy Mountains"
System Of A Down "Lost In Hollywood"
System Of A Down "Violent ****ography"
Taking Back Sunday "My Blue Heaven"
The Corrs "Goodbye (2006 Remix)"
The Decemberists "Summersong"
The Elected "Would You Come With Me?"
The Go! Team "Huddle Formation"
The Grays "Very Best Years"
The Hold Steady "Chips Ahoy!"
The Killers "Read My Mind"
The Music "Into The Night"
The Offspring "Amazed"
The Offspring "Race Against Myself"
The Roots "Here I Come"
The Shins "Phantom Limb"
The Sounds "Ego"
The Strokes "Razor Blade"
The Veronicas "Mouth Shut"
The Vincent Black Shadow "Metro"
The Vines "I'm Only Sleeping"
Thousand Foot Krutch "Move"
Three Days Grace "Wake Up"
Thrice "Atlantic"
Thrice "Music Box"
Triple 8 "Knockout"
Vedera "The Falling Kind"
Vonray "Inside Out"
Wally Pleasant "Two For One Coupon"
Yellowcard "Empty Apartment"
Ying Yang Twins ft. Teedra Moses "Put That Thang Down"