Welcome to the state of Arizona, USA, hosting the April competition!
Road US 163, Arizona - Photo by Vlastula on flickr
The South Rim of the Grand Canyon - Photo by andorpro on flickr
The Glen Canyon Dam Bridge - Photo by Al_HikesAZ on flickr
The Arizona Snowbowl ski resort- Photo by bigdadventures on flickr
The Saguaro National Park - Photo by james_gordon_losangeles on flickr
The Phoenix Skyline from South Mountain at Night - Photo by squeaks2569 on flickr
But now, enough about the location. Its time for some music!
Pre-selection - TC April 2014
As usual, the preselection contains a mix of songs intended to be interesting, competitive, or representative, listed in alphabetical order.
THE CONTESTANTS
(1) - ▼ ▲ GEMS ▼ ▲ - "Medusa"
(2) - Five Finger Death Punch - "House of The Rising Sun"
(3) - Gap Dream - Shine Your Light"
(4) - Jhene Aiko - "Wth" (feat. Ab-Soul)"
(5) - Kronos Quartet with Bryce Dessner - "Little Blue Something"
(6) - Scott Stapp - "Only One" By Request
(7) - Skin Town - "Ice Crystal Palace"
(8) - The Killers - "Miss Atomic Bomb"
(2) - Five Finger Death Punch - "House of The Rising Sun"
(3) - Gap Dream - Shine Your Light"
(4) - Jhene Aiko - "Wth" (feat. Ab-Soul)"
(5) - Kronos Quartet with Bryce Dessner - "Little Blue Something"
(6) - Scott Stapp - "Only One" By Request
(7) - Skin Town - "Ice Crystal Palace"
(8) - The Killers - "Miss Atomic Bomb"
(9) - The Score - "Dont Wanna Wake Up" By Request
(10) - Throwing Muses - "Slippershell"
(11) - Warbringer - "Black Sun, Black Moon" By Request
(12) - Weekender - "Spanish Peaks"
The pre-selection songs on YouTube
(1) - ▼ ▲ GEMS ▼ ▲ - "Medusa"
(2) - Five Finger Death Punch - "House of The Rising Sun"
Five Finger Death Punch - The House of the Rising … - MyVideo
(3) - Gap Dream - Shine Your Light"
(4) - Jhene Aiko - "Wth" (feat. Ab-Soul)"
(5) - Kronos Quartet with Bryce Dessner - "Little Blue Something"
(6) - Scott Stapp - "Only One" By Request
(7) - Skin Town - "Ice Crystal Palace" )
(8) - The Killers - "Miss Atomic Bomb"
(9) - The Score - "Don't Wanna Wake Up" By Request
(10) - Throwing Muses - "Slippershell"
(11) - Warbringer - "Black Sun, Black Moon" By Request
(12) - Weekender - "Spanish Peaks"
The voting format is the same as in the Countdown International, 12, 10, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0
points: the highest number of points for the song you like best, the
lowest number of points to the song you like least. Just send a message
or post a comment with your votes.
If you have enough free time, go ahead and write the reasons that you like and dislike particular songs, or parts of songs (but only if you want to).
Suggestions for future pre-selections are also very welcome.
