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Right this way, your table is ready.
For your main entry, the theme this round is Food & Drink.
Check your potentials list for a song that meets one of the following options:
-something related in the title of your entry (e.g. Dee Dee Sharp’s “Mashed Potato Time”)
-something related in the name of your artist (e.g. The Cranberries’ “Dreams”)
-something related to a place where you eat (e.g. Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” or The Waitresses’ “I Know What Boys Like”)
-something related to the act of eating or drinking (e.g. Mario Lanza’s “Drink, Drink, Drink” or Spoon’s “Not Turning Off”)
-something in the title that is a food-related homonym (e.g. Debbie Gibson’s “Shake Your Love” has nothing to do with milkshakes)
-something in another language (e.g. papas is Spanish for potatoes, so The Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreaming”)
-or something else tangentially food-adjacent that I have not mentioned! (I may ask for some context if I am too dumb to figure it out myself)
-note: food/drink references within the lyrics are not enough (e.g. “clouds in my coffee” wouldn’t make Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” an option)
-something related in the name of your artist (e.g. The Cranberries’ “Dreams”)
-something related to a place where you eat (e.g. Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner” or The Waitresses’ “I Know What Boys Like”)
-something related to the act of eating or drinking (e.g. Mario Lanza’s “Drink, Drink, Drink” or Spoon’s “Not Turning Off”)
-something in the title that is a food-related homonym (e.g. Debbie Gibson’s “Shake Your Love” has nothing to do with milkshakes)
-something in another language (e.g. papas is Spanish for potatoes, so The Mamas & The Papas’ “California Dreaming”)
-or something else tangentially food-adjacent that I have not mentioned! (I may ask for some context if I am too dumb to figure it out myself)
-note: food/drink references within the lyrics are not enough (e.g. “clouds in my coffee” wouldn’t make Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain” an option)
Rules
General inclusion/exclusion criteria for entries:
Criteria that will also be taken in consideration for veto purposes:
Repeat artists guideline:
- must have been first released before January 1, 2000
- no UK top 10 hits
- no US top 10 hits
- no covers or prominent samples 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
- no songs (or covers of songs) that have competed in the Eurovision Song Contest
- relatively unknown/underrated on Popjustice - so as a general benchmark, nothing from an artist with more than 25 pages of discussion on PJ (across all their artist threads)
- no song by an act that 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 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 (see repeat artists guideline below)
Repeat artists guideline:
- The same act (in any form - solo, group, featured, etc.) can be entered multiple times, but there is a maximum, based on 10% of the number of round there have been. For example: the Dolly Dots have participated five times thus far. If we were currently in round 55, they would not be eligible again until round 60. An act that has participated 8 times, would not become eligible until round 90, etc.
- For the winner of each round, that artist cannot be entered again (in any form - solo, group, featured) for the subsequent NINE rounds
- You can award points to 10 entries per round. Award points ranging from 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 (with 12 points going to your favorite entry).
- Only people who submitted a participating song can vote.
- Entrants cannot vote for their own submission.
- All entrants who fail to vote by the host's deadline will have their final scores be cut in half.
- Do NOT disclose your participating song until the voting deadline is closed, and disclosing which songs you did not enter is not encouraged. Please, do not (overly) hype or criticize participating acts or songs until the voting deadline has passed
- Be nice and play fair
Side Theme
The number 86 is used in restaurants as a way to signal that something should be excluded. A waiter might tell the cook “The customer wants a cheeseburger, 86 the tomato.” Since we are in Round 86, it’s only appropriate that we think about something we’d want to 86.
At some point during the voting period, I would like you to send me the name of a song that you wish you could 86 from one of your favorite artists’ discographies. Also, if you are a regular RETRO participant, feel free to send me one of your previous entries that you wish you could 86 from your RETRO-legacy. I will share these at the reveal.
The Dates
Submissions: Open until Wednesday, March 8 23:59 in the final timezone
Voting: Votes due by
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