Forum Song Contest-March 2012-Aalborg (RESULTS NOW IN)

[jio]

PREVIOUS WINNER:Lost In The Fire-The Storm (Denmark)

Chris975 welcomes you to Aalborg, Denmark

Aalborg (or Ålborg) (Danish pronunciation: [??lb????] ( listen)) is a Danish industrial and university city in North Jutland. The city of Aalborg has a population of 103,545 [2] (124,921 including Nørresundby) making it the fourth largest city in Denmark in terms of population. The municipality of Aalborg has a population of 199,188 (2011)[3] making it the third most populous municipality in the country after Copenhagen and Århus.[4] The earliest settlements date back to around AD 700. Aalborg's location by the Limfjord made it an important harbour during the Middle Ages, and an industrial centre later. Today, the city is in transition from a working-class industrial city to a knowledge-based one.

RULES

01. This is a monthly contest.
02. You can pick ANY country in the world.
03. The song cannot have been a UK/US Top 40 hit, as it would give it an unfair advantage.
04. PLEASE try and choose a song not everyone would know, the point is to discover new artists.
05. The song cannot have taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest.
06. The song can be a remix.
07. At least HALF of the people from your act must be from the country you are representing.
08. The song cannot be a cover version.
09. The song should be from 2000 to the present.
10. Everyone MUST vote, anyone who doesn't will be disqualified.
11. Discussion about one's favourites during the contest is NOT ALLOWED as it has the potential to influence the voting.



TIMELINE

January:
01 - 09 | Choose your country
10 - 16 | Present your entry
17 - 29 | Vote!

Choose your country!

Last month's top 5 get their choice from last month reserved, so nobody may choose these countries until they let them go:

Code: Select all

01. DENMARK (chris975)
02. UKRAINE ((marat2408)
03. NEW ZEALAND (ThomyX)
04. ALBANIA (Nanda)
05. FRANCE (Vindrag)     

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ENTRIES:
-Argentina (HC55555) | Ya Lo Sabia-Miranda!
-Australia (Virgostar) | It Can Wait-Illy feat. Owl Eyes
-Brazil (KevinScream) | Let's Go The Way You Know-Patricia Coelho
-Croatia (grooveboy) | Vrati Mi Sve-Ella Dvornik
-Czech Rep. (nekoo3372) | Toxique Girls-Toxique feat. Ewa Farna
-Denmark (chris975) | My Crown-The Storm
-Estonia (jafetsigfinns) | Falling Away-Hannah
-France (Vindrag) | En T'Attendant-Melanie Laurent
-Germany (theArmy) | Why Not Us-Monrose
-Greece (Grybop) | Our Own Dream-Keep Shelly In Athens
-Hungary (vercotti) | Rebirth-Manoya
-India (Star) | Aami Shotti Bolchi-Usha Uthup
-Indonesia (abdeeaikawa) | Indah Dewi Pratiwi-Gerakkan Badanmu
-Israel (jio) | Cada Dia-Idan Raichel Project feat. Marta Gomez
-Kosovo (Nanda) | Supernova-Dafina Zeqiri
-Lebanon (NoAngels) | Animal-Kristina Maria
-Netherlands (Dumheten) | Ik Neem Je Mee-Gers Pardoel
-New Zealand (ThomyX) | Just A Little Bit-Kids Of 88
-Norway (Mylostlenore) | World Of Glass-Tristania
-Poland (toni_pest) | XXX-Doda
-Romania (Shortie) | Anicyka Maia-Anna Lesko
-Russia (Blondini) | Heavy Rain-Unquote
-Sweden (naughty) |Enemy-Sara Lumholdt
-Switzerland (mondflug) | Diggin' In The Dirt-Stefanie Heinzmann
-Uganda (Wardo) | Angels Carried Me-Maurice Kirya
-Ukraine (marat2408) | Postavit Bastu (Do Utra)-Dasha Suvorova
-USA (Kirill) | Been Around The World-Tina Novak

[naughty]

Sweden

[Virgostar]

Getting in early - Australia again.

I thought I came 5th last month....*needs eyes checked*

And a "no" to the poll question either. Why should we allow covers, regardless of which country they're from? Ok, there's some great covers out there, but that kind of defeats the purpose of this contest - to discover new songs by new artists (although granted, we have had songs that were hits in other countries or known by other members etc, but I think that's a little different).

[jszmiles]

UK

[Shortie]

Romania

[jio]

Getting in early - Australia again.

I thought I came 5th last month....*needs eyes checked*

And a "no" to the poll question either. Why should we allow covers, regardless of which country they're from? Ok, there's some great covers out there, but that kind of defeats the purpose of this contest - to discover new songs by new artists (although granted, we have had songs that were hits in other countries or known by other members etc, but I think that's a little different).

I pose that question partly because of the game's purpose. Say for example there is a song which covers some unknown hit from Burundi. Since the majority of us wouldn't know it, why should it not be allowed to run?

[Virgostar]

I suppose in that instance it might be ok, but I still say no in general. If we allow there to be covers from some country we haven't heard music from before, then it opens the floodgates for more well-known covers to be included.

[jio]

OK anyway, this month the rules remain the same. We'll see what happens from next month. And anyway, in no case am I refering to straight covers. Just for example in cases like the Czech song of last month were it was partly a cover and partly a new composition

[Virgostar]

Don't just take my opinion as gospel. Wait until everyone else has had their say....just because I've put my point across somewhat strongly doesn't mean people are going to agree.

[jio]

I certainly didn't lol. Did I sound angry or something? lol

[LonelyDreamer]

Brazil.

[jio]

Israel

[Grybop]

Greece

Could we also specify how the artist's origin is determined? Till now, I was under the impression that the act (or half the members comprising it) should be born in the country they represent.

No, I don't agree we should allow covers - or songs featuring a sample from another song for that matter.

[Kirill]

USA

[Kirill]

also, as a big fan of covers i voted 'yes'

[nekoo3372]

Czechia (no reason to write Czech Republic all over)

and I voted for yes to covers

[grooveboy]

Croatia

[Nanda]

Kosovo

[NoAngels]

Lebanon

[Vindrag]

I think I'll keep France this month too!

[Star]

India.

[ThomyX]

Edit: I'll keep New Zealand.

[theArmy]

Germany

I flopped last month with Croatia, but this month...................oh my, I will slay you so DAMN hard

[NoAngels]

United States

Already chosen by Kirill.

[ThomyX]

United States

Already chosen by Kirill.

Oops, really, thanks for notifying me, I didn't see it.