THEME Your song's title must be one word. One. EXAMPLES ENTRY PM both @iheartpoptarts and @Maki Send: - Your entry (in Artist - Song format) - Link to entry on YouTube or similar - Preferred Spotify link (or a note that it's not on Spotify, or shouldn't be included in the Spotify playlist for whatever reason) RULES Spoiler: Rules You submit a song, the veto panel reviews your submission, and you’ll hear back if you’ve successfully passed. Once the song list is revealed, you listen to all of the other entries and put together a Eurovision-style ballot ranking the 10 songs you think most deserve recognition with point values as follows: 12 points (your favourite song goes here) 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point (your least favourite song of your top 10 goes here) You cannot vote for your own entry, you don’t know who submitted the other songs, and only those who have entered a song may submit a ballot. Contestants who enter a song but don’t vote will have their points total halved as a consequence. I’ll reveal the ballots one by one at the end, and whoever accrues the most points wins the round, the envy of their peers, and an appearance at Bingo Bongo. Simple as that. Criteria that will absolutely result in a veto • Song was originally released after December 31, 1999 • Song was already entered in a previous round of any of the PJ song contests • Click here for the list of previous PJOPS/PJ Retro entries • Click here for the list of previous PJSC entries • Song peaked within the top 10 on the UK or US singles chart • Song is a cover of or contains a prominent sample of a UK or US top 10 hit OR was covered/prominently sampled in a song that was a UK or US top 10 hit • Act has 25 pages or more of discussion on the forum • Act was entered in the previous round • This includes any related solo or group acts to an act that was entered in the previous round (ex. Gwen Stefani and No Doubt, in an alternate universe where either of them could actually pass the veto criteria) Criteria that will also be taken in consideration for veto purposes • Song is from an album that peaked in the top 10 on the UK or US albums chart • Song is from a Platinum- or Gold-certified album in the UK or US • Song peaked between #11 and #20 on the UK or US singles chart • Song was a major hit in other big music markets (France, Germany, Japan, etc) and/or in multiple countries • Act has 15 - 24 pages of discussion on the forum • Song is by an act who had major success in the UK or US • Act has been entered multiple times in this contest DATES Submission: June 4 - June 11 Voting: June 12 - June 26 Results: June 27 (All deadlines close 11:59 PM UK time)
GAME We're playing PJRetro Hangman, or Wheel of Fortune, or something, except vowels are free and nobody dies. Here's how it goes... 1. We'll post a one-word song title from PJOPS/Retro history with its letters replaced by blanks. e.g. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2. Somebody posts and chooses a letter they think might be in it. e.g. A 3. If the letter's in the song title, we'll fill in the blanks. If not, we'll let you know! e.g. _ _ _ A _ A _ 4. Somebody posts and chooses another letter, and so on, until somebody guesses the correct song. 5. We celebrate how awesome said song is by posting it here and then play all over again! (The above example was The Salsoul Orchestra feat. Loleatta Holloway's 'Runaway' from last round, by the way!)
PARTICIPANTS @Attis @berserkboi @chanex @Disco Blister @DJHazey @DominoDancing @Doodvid @Ezz @Filler @Hudweiser @If You Go @iheartpoptarts @invertedbutterfly @Isobel @klow @livefrommelbs @Maki @ohnoitisnathan @Phonetics Girl @pop3blow2 @soratami @Tiger Suit @TéléDex @unnameable @Untouchable Ace @WoW73
SONGS The Lemonheads - Rudderless Ana Stanić - Sama SSQ - Synthicide The Star Sisters - Danger Living in a Box - Gatecrashing Kiki Dee - Star Justyna Steczkowska - Znikając Kakko - L.O.V.E. Emly Starr - Dynamite Sparks - Moustache (Alternate Link) Joée - Arriba Single Gun Theory - Fall Radiorama - Aliens Popsie - Single Aztec Camera - Oblivious Mioko Yamaguchi - 夏 (Natsu) Information Society - Think The Party - Free Justian - Shake Mephisto - Voices Monifah - You Hooverphonic - Inhaler (Alternate Link) Schiller - Ruhe Lisa Loeb - Alone Sophie - Same Olga Voskonyan - Cars SPOTIFY PLAYLIST Not on Spotify: Ana Stanić - Sama Kakko - L.O.V.E Emly Starr - Dynamite Mephisto - Voices Schiller - Ruhe YOUTUBE PLAYLIST
LEADERBOARD 1. SSQ - Synthicide // ohnoitisnathan = 120 2. Information Society - Think // Untouchable Ace = 97 3. Kiki Dee - Star // invertedbutterfly = 94 4. Radiorama - Aliens // berserkboi = 85 5. Hooverphonic - Inhaler // chanex = 80 6. Single Gun Theory - Fall // If You Go = 78 7. Lisa Loeb - Alone // unnameable = 73 8. Emly Starr - Dynamite // Disco Blister = 70 9. Justian - Shake // Attis = 59 10. Sophie - Same // Maki = 58 11. The Star Sisters - Danger // WoW73 = 57 12. Mioko Yamaguchi - 夏 (Natsu) // Isobel = 56 13. Olga Voskonyan - Cars // TéléDex = 55 14. Living in a Box - Gatecrashing // Hudweiser = 53 15. Popsie - Single // klow = 49 16. Ana Stanić - Sama // Phonetics Girl = 46 17. Justyna Steczkowska - Znikając // Tiger Suit = 44 18. The Lemonheads - Rudderless // pop3blow2 = 43 19. Schiller - Ruhe // Ezz = 41 19. Monifah - You // soratami = 41 21. Kakko - L.O.V.E. // Doodvid = 40 22. The Party - Free // livefrommelbs = 38 23. Aztec Camera - Oblivious // Filler = 37 24. Sparks - Moustache // DominoDancing = 34 24. Mephisto - Voices // DJHazey = 34 26. Joée - Arriba // iheartpoptarts = 26
I instantly thought of this one but wanted to stay true to the Retro theme and chose pre-2000 songs instead.
One R! _ R _ _ _ _ _ E _ I'll be back in like an hour but @Maki knows the answer and can take over if he wants!
