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Tournament: The Sleaze :: The Winner Is...
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How tf am I going to do MIA and No Doubt 
I've never heard a song in either's discography
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You should get into Maya 
Bye Citrus 
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I've submitted.
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Ok bitch I did not put that effort into my entry for this to FLOP
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Ok bitch I did not put that effort into my entry for this to FLOP
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She's traveling. She'll be back tomorrow
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Some didn't submit, so be ready for multiple eliminations. 
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Oop, I wonder who didn't submit then.
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Entries will be posted here in a second, along with a farewell message to our friends who didn't submit. 
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Round Two - The Copycat
Welcome, candidates! I have returned from my trip and was pleased to see my inbox full of entries! Your competitors' entries are below. Please send me a ranking of them as you did in Round One.
 Jessie
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Hello there Editor-in-Chief. Today I am bringing you the inside scoop on copycats within the music industry. We always see articles about Lady Gaga or other pop girls copying some other girl. Today I bring you something different. A pop girl copying a BAND! That's right, a band.
Who do you think this might be? It's Ariana Grande copying Coldplay. Here are some facts that I compiled.
Firstly, take a look at their most recent album covers.
Both albums were/going to be released this year. Coldplay's has already been released, Ariana's still to come. If you look closely, you see that Ariana's looks a lot like Coldplay's. The similar dark background color, the picture with white in the middle. Coincidence? I think not.
Let's take a deeper look into the albums.
Both albums have 2 similar genres, music and rock. Last time I checked Ariana didn't do Rock, but now she does? I see she wanted to copy Coldplay in more ways than one. Also both of the fifth track times end with a 4. Coincidence? I also think here, that it is not.
Let's move on.
This week the IHeartRadio Music Festival performers were announced. And guess what. Coldplay AND Ariana are both performing. Ariana copying them again. Coincidence? Again, I think not.
Let's finish this off
Lastly I have these pictures of Ariana copying Coldplay's outfits and poses. In the first picture, Coldplay is spotted posing with teddy bears. Inside you see a picture of Ariana posing with a teddy bear as well. And to top it off, she is posing with a man with facial hair! Probably to show that she is copying Coldplay. In the second picture, Coldplay is seen posting with all black outfits. Inside you see a picture of Ariana also in an all black outfit. So what do you think. Coincidence? You probably know what I'm going to say. I think NOT.
Well there you have it, proof of Ariana copying Coldplay. I hope you enjoyed this inside scoop from me, and there will be more to come!
-Jessie Mulay |
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ROBOTS: Kesha copies Britney Spears
Ever since the dark days of 2007, Britney Spears has been seen to become increasingly void any emotion. The blank stare in her eyes sparks fear in the heart of any who dare to look at her, as if she is a modern-day Medusa. Comparing this new, post-2007 Britney with the happy and cheerful Britney we knew pre-2007, there was only one conclusion that could be made: the Britney Spears we see now is a robot. So, you're probably wondering what this has to do with Kesha - well, everything. Kesha is infamous for her lack of talent, dirtiness and unnatural sounding voice. If you listen to her music, the auto tune which pours out of your speakers is remarkable, and conveys just how the two are similar, and how Kesha is copying Britney Spears. She too, is a robot. The voice you hear cannot be human - no human voice sounds like that. It also explains her lack of hygiene, as a robot obviously wouldn't be one to care about showers. Thus, I conclude, Kesha is copycat of Britney Spears. They are both robots. In fact, I even questioned if Kesha had came from the same robot producing brand as Britney Spears, but I quickly dismissed this thought because, well, she's nowhere near as cheap as the Britney Spears robot, Kesha is clearly from a higher brand.
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Manny
Random Thot, Random Contestant
#ByeBitch
Rian
You messaged me about your computer problems, and I understand. Thanks for letting me know you wouldn't be able to compete. You were a good competitor.
#ByeBitch
Bloo
Your pet rabbit chewed through your cable. Mess. Your rabbit is cute, though. My sole regret is that the kii's were never brought, hunty.
#ByeBitch Peaches (Superpower)
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KATY PERRY DESPERATELY TRYING TO BECOME AALIYAH
It's early Saturday morning and Im driving to Panera Bread to get some breakfast. I turn on my favorite Urban radio station and guess what I hear? A Katy Perry song. I kid you not. I was horrified. I was so mad that I almost bumped into the car in front of me. A Katy Perry song after a Rick Ross song? Ridiculous and the last thing I need to hear before breakfast.
As I was angrily eating my breakfast, I started thinking about the traumatizing events of the morning and how did we get here? Then it clicked, Katy has been desperately trying to be the new Aaliyah. She's been viciously brain washing us with her urban influenced hit songs and appropriation of urban slangs, like "gangsta", "ho", "fly" and "homie" just to name a few.
Katy Perry started by having big names rappers featured on her songs like Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Juicy J just like Aaliyah did.
The most shameless rap collaboration she's ever done is "If We Ever Meet Again" with Timbaland on his last album. As we all know, there wouldn't be Aaliyah without Timbaland who has produced all her famous hit songs and was a very dear friend of Aaliyah.
But that's not it. She copied Aaliyah's iconic "gold top" picture, which is one of the pictures on her last album. Yes. You read that right. Katy stole from Aaliyah last album photoshoot. Look for yourselves. Gold top, long hair covering one side of the face, gold jewelry, and pretty much the same hand gesture.
Is Katy wishing PRISM to be her last album? Does she want a tragic death too? Or maybe just the death of her career? This could be true given all the bad decisions she's been making lately (Birthday as a single) and releasing This Is How We Do in which she tries to rap and acts like a "pimp", and let's not forget her new tour described by Pitchfork Magazine as a "VHS jazzexercise workout". She really wants her career to end after 3 albums just like Aaliyah.
We all know that Katy is a successful and pretty woman with big boobs and she could have any guy that wants. But why did she choose to marry the ugly Russell Brand? If you guessed love, then you are wrong because the marriage only lasted a year. If you guessed because of Aaliyah, then you're right. Aaliyah has collaborated with R Kelly musically and personally. They dated for years and that's one of the reasons why the FBI started linking R Kelly with pedophilia charges. Just like R Kelly, Katy Perry's ex husband Russell Brand is a known pervert and he has even admitted it in public, many times. Worse, he even takes pride in it. Was Katy's marriage to Russell, just another "Aaliyah thing" Katy wanted to do?
It looks to me that Katy has a list of everything that Aaliyah has done and she's doing them one at a time. Someone stop her before she crashes a plane and kill innocent human beings.
We can even take this further and wonder if Katy just want to be "Black". I'll spill that tea on next week's column.
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Stefan (Slayley)
You "slay" in your name, but not in this game.
#ByeBitch
Fernando (Freezin)
You were barely saved from elimination last time, so what were we expecting?
#ByeBitch
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Madison Beer - Like a Deer in Headlights.
Madison Beer aka Carly Rae Jepsen reject IS the manufactured prototype of Canadian electropop musician Lights. This may sound like such an outrageous statement to make; however, we have the receipts right here for you! They both share many similarities that simply cannot be mistaken as just coincidence, especially when one of them is managed by Justin Bieber's manager Perez Hilton Scooter Braun who is notorious for these types of sordid publicity stunts.
There’s one shared parallel – in particular – that we feel as though is just too good to be true. Lights was signed onto a record label with a UMG Recordings division from the age of 15. Madison Beer was first discovered by the repulsive Justin Bieber, through her makeshift Youtube videos (covering various songs), when she was just 15. They both rose to prominence when they were 15 years old, which is an incredibly scandalous revelation made here at The Sleaze.
A few sources close to Beer's management team have revealed to us that Madison is indeed inspired by Lights, however, it's nothing more than a slight likening to each other. We doubt this. In fact, Madison isn't a natural brunette. She used to have quite fair blonde hair until she discovered Lights and tried to emulate the Canadian musician by dying her hair a deep honey brown. Whether that was for aesthetic reasons or something much deeper, we have yet to find out although we're pretty sure it's on another level than simply 'just flattery'.
Many starlets in the entertainment industry (especially the music industry) are prone to change their monikers in order to suit whatever profession they're delving in. Their already-given names may be too difficult to pronounce, common, or just a much needed transition into a world full of critics.
Lights, born Valerie Anne Poxleitner, moved to Toronto when she was around 18 and legally changed her name to Lights. It derived from her last name Poxleitner, so became a nickname for the talented singer-songwriter. Having said that, the only way she was capable of keeping her stage name - as Lights - was to legally change it since there was already a signed band named Lights.
In stark contrast, Miss Beer was Madison Elle Beer until she dropped her middle name. There is no validated reason as to why this is the case although we're already working on an unreachable, theoretical conspiracy that proves Madison wants to be the basic version of the 'Ice' singer.
As you can see from the above pic, Madison Beer has also tried to replicate Lights' spunky style that she's known for. The beanies they both don are strikingly similar.
Pop star Justin Bieber; the visionary of Madison Beer was born in Ontario, Canada, which is the same province Lights is from. We're pretty much convinced at this point that there may be some kind of link between Canada and the trio in question.
To conclude: Madison Beer is stalking Lights. |
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Could Lorde be copying Rihanna's style? Common sense says no, but our editors say yes. Let's take a look at the evidence.
As we all know, in late 2008 Rihanna's career was going down the drain due to several factors, chief amongst them being her lack of quality, her lack of attractiveness, and her general lack of ability to translate her payola into album sales. Thus, she decided that she needed a new gimmick and decided to provoke her boyfriend Chris Brown into giving her face a makeover by being a s**t. Her new style was well received by the GP, who were just thankful she didn't have to maul our ears with a performance at the GRAMMYS. To keep up the momentum, Rihanna ran straight to Oprah to be keep up the publicity and to test her fans reaction to the incident. Listening to the pleas of her power bottom fanbase, Rihanna realised that she could not only use the free face surgery for publicity but that she could indulge in an obsession amongst white twink boys, commonly referred to as a 'dark era'. She took advantage of this by creating the often overrated Rated R album, and her fanbase would use the receipts as proof of her being an 'innovative' popstar for years to come, even though it was a sing-by-committee patchquilt of noise and 'personal lyrics' which were actually written by 21 song-for-hire work slaves.
Fast forward 4 years, and the music industry is faced with a problem - in the aftermath of Lana Del Rey's defecation upon the lessors, there were no 'dark' artists for the thirsty gheys and wannabe-philosophising common white girls to pretend to stan for in the pursuit of being 'deep'. Enter Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, a spoiled, overrated and superficially indie singer. Abducted at age 12 from a school talent show, the recording industry had kept her in a laboratory where they could mould her to fit whatever was popular. Realising that all the half-decent singers were gone, they were left with no choice but to unleash their creation upon the unsuspecting population.
They decided to 'pull a Madonna', aka listening to whatever was popular, jumping on the bandwagon and passing it of as 'fresh' and 'exciting'. Thus, they manufactured Ella into the anti-manufactured popstar that rejected the capitalist world in which we live, conveniently neglecting the fact that Ella came from a rich family who had thrived on capitalism and lived in a well off area of one of the richest countries in the world. Realising that her name was about as appealing as Britney Spears circa-2007, they changed her name to Lorde, and came up with a story about it being a 'feminist statement'. There were only two things left - what would she sound like and what would she look like?
The template for her album was simple enough - create one song which the gullible public would be brainwashed into thinking was pop, rock, alternative, rhythmic AND urban, run the concept into the ground by changing nothing but the words and call it a 'cohesive album'. For this, the record label looked no further than Rihanna. Her pop drivel had been interpreted as over 14 different genres due to her master trickery, and they copied the entire equation to the letter. Granted, there were some differences, but one cannot deny how both of the albums were generic messes which had been processed until all the emotion, 'talent' and personality had been sucked out of them.
Maybe if Lorde had left it there she could have gone unnoticed, but she unfortunately decided to copy Rihanna her style as well. Let's do a side-by-side comparison:
 
As can clearly be seen, Lorde has applied dark makeup to her eyes to mimic Rihanna's 'he hit me and it felt like a kiss' chic image. Both of them are pretending to grimacing - Rihanna so that she gets dem sympathy sales and Lorde purely from hearing her own voice. They both have drastically lightened their skin colour from the use of bleaching - deny it all you want, but no one has that natural skin tone - bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase 'let the light in'. Both of them look like they are a mess - Rihanna due to feeling guilt over manipulating her fans with domestic violence, Lorde with the fact that her authenticity and integrity are being abused more than Taylor Swift's p***y.
So, do you think that Lorde has been stealing RiRi ha iconic Hit Me Baby One More Time Rated R look? Let us know below! |
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Miley Cyrus has stolen many things in her career: writing credits, cheap gimmicks and about an hour of my life spent listening to Bangerz, but those are nothing in comparison to her most heinous crime. Cyrus made headlines in 2012 for her "shocking" haircut. In truth, she was simply ripping off UK Pop Legends Girls Aloud's most randy member: Sarah Harding. Miley's blonde lesbian cut was nothing more than a rehash of Sarah's iconic 2007 haircut. Sarah's haicut was very traumatic, as she felt she "looked like a boy", but ultimately turned out to be one of the defining moments of 2007 in the UK. Meanwhile, Miley's haircut was another cheap gimmick, the only thing she seems to be able to do...
It doesn't end there though. Upon digging deeper I have found that the former Disney star and current Pitchy Stripper has experimented with blonde in the past. It seems Miley has been taking inspiration from Girls Aloud for years before her tragic, attention-seeking haircut. Here she is seen copying Kimberley Walsh's legendary ombre hair and Nadine Coyle's classic blonde streaks. Clearly Miley has no respect for sacred things.
 
Even Miley's attempts at "normal" haircuts are little more than cheap imitations of looks that the Girls were sporting years ago. Miley's failed attempt at going ginger is very clearly a clone of Nicola Roberts' quintessential ginger locks. We can't hold that against Miley too much though, since technically anyone with ginger hair (natural or otherwise) is copying Nicola. However, there is no excuse for the blatant duplicate of Cheryl Cole's instantly recognisable brown hair. Cheryl trademarked her hair in 2003, so how Miley hasn't been dealt with a lawsuit yet is beyond me. She probably slept with the judge, the same way she got Mike Will Made It to work on her album.
 
Hopefully karma will catch up to Miley's plagiarism after this exposé, but we can't be too mad. It's only natural she would want to copy such a legendary group. I'm sure the girls will be flattered, but only after they press charges. The biggest atrocity here is that she couldn't even contact the Girls' stylist for it and was left with a diminshed copy. Let's hope the few coins she made off of Bangerz will be enough to settle out of court.
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If you haven't noticed, a whopping 5 of your fellow candidates did not submit. A pity, truly. While we got here much more quickly than I had hoped, we must be in a slow news cycle. Congrats Top 6!
In addition to Jax and myself, we have a special guest judge for this round! Zune will be commenting and scoring your entries, as well! Good luck!
Sleazy as ever,
Citrus
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The Coldplay-Ariana turned out better than I thought 
It's still ridiculous though.
Congrats Top6 
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Citrus, bye at you taking the rabbit, his side.
Good luck to everyone, may the kii's still be brought, hunties.
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Citrus, bye at you taking the rabbit, his side.
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The rabbit is so much cuter tho. 
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mine obvi the best the rest of yall wrote boring essays #bye #nosleaze #kesha
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I really liked my entry
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