Gossip WINS International Contest!  

As always, preselections, as seen on this blog, select songs to compete in The Countdown International, where individual songs, one from each nation, entered by nations from all over the world compete.  

Big thanks to everyone in the international competition who voted for the song, and of course, thanks to everyone who participated in the US preselections to select the song in the first place.

Complete results of the Countdown international competition can be viewed in three ways.

1.  Results on the Scorewiz, presented dynamically showing each nation's votes as they came in.


2.  A simple list of score results.


3.  A full voting grid showing which nations voted for which songs. 

And the Winner, and the  August 2012 US entry to the Countdown is...

MOTOR feat. Martin L. Gore - "Man Made Machine"

 

 

A big thank you to everyone who voted in the US preselection!

Vote Scoreboard


116 points - MOTOR feat. Martin L. Gore - "Man Made Machine"

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90 points - Madonna - "Love Spent (Acoustic)"
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82 points - The Shins - "The Rifle's Spiral"
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74 points - Ghost Beach - "Miracle"
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73 points - Macy Gray - "Nothing Else Matters"
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72 points - Kat Graham - "Put Your Graffiti On Me"
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69 points - Alex Winston -"Host"
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65 points - Bassnectar - "Nothing Has Been Broken" (feat. Tina Malia)
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58 points - Lost In The Trees - "This Dead Bird Is Beautiful"
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55 points - Christina Perri - Distance (feat. Jason Mraz)

Update -  Ingrid Michaelson Wins International Competition (on technicality)

The good news is that the song was clearly well liked by many people around the globe.  A big thank you to all the international managers who enjoyed Ingrid Michaelson!

The bad news is that the "win" happened because the manager from Romania, whose song by received the most points, failed to vote.  This results in an automatic 12 point penalty, and this put the US and Ingrid Michaelson over the top.  The original score to Geta Burlacu was 117 points, but this fell to 105 points after the penalty, leaving Ingrid Michaelson at 110 points, the victor.



 
And the Winner, and the  June 2012 US entry to the Countdown is...

Ingrid Michaelson - "In The Sea"

A big thank you to everyone who voted in the US preselection!

Vote Scoreboard




91 points - Ingrid Michaelson - In The Sea

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83 points - Julien-K - "Palm Springs Reset"
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77 points - Lana Del Rey - "Born to Die"
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70 points - Nostalgia & Aami - "Say"
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62 points - James Levy and the Blood Red Rose - "Sneak Into My Room"
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61 points - Nada Surf - "When I Was Young"
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50 points - Pantera - "Piss"
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49 points - Imperial Teen - "Runaway"
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48 points - Koffin Kats - "Riding High"
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47 points -  Jennifer Hudson - "Think Like a Man" (feat. Rick Ross)

Red Hot Chili Peppers WIN International Contest!  

As always, preselections, as seen on this blog, select songs to compete in The Countdown International, where individual songs, one from each nation, entered by nations from all over the world compete.  

Big thanks to everyone in the international competition who voted for the song, and of course, thanks to everyone who participated in the US preselections to select the song in the first place.

Complete results of the Countdown international competition can be viewed in three ways.

1.  Results on the Scorewiz, presented dynamically showing each nation's votes as they came in.


2.  A simple list of score results.


3.  A full voting grid showing which nations voted for which songs. 

Lana Del Rey WINS International Contest!  

As always, preselections, as seen on this blog, select songs to compete in The Countdown International, where individual songs, one from each nation, entered by nations from all over the world compete.  

This December's competition had 54 songs, competing, and the Lana Del Rey song "Blue Jeans", as entered by the US, captured the top score, by the narrow margin of one point!  Big thanks to everyone in the international competition who voted for the song, and of course, thanks to everyone who participated in the US preselections to select the song in the first place.

Complete results of the Countdown international competition can be viewed in three ways.

1.  Results on the Scorewiz, presented dynamically showing each nation's votes as they came in.


2.  A simple list of score results.


3.  A full voting grid showing which nations voted for which songs. 

Manchester Orchestra WINS International Contest!  

As always, preselections, as seen on this blog, select songs to compete in The Countdown International, where individual songs, one from each nation, entered by nations from all over the world compete.  

This October's competition had 54 songs, competing, and the Manchester Orchestra song "Virgin" , as entered by the US, captured the top score decisively with a score of 206 against the next highest score at 141.  If anyone thought that The Countdown was only about pop songs, this victory, if nothing else, should prove that wrong, showing how The Countdown is open to excellent music of all styles, including, but not limited to pop, and isn't just a narrow 'scene.'

Big thanks to everyone in the international competition who voted for the song, and of course, thanks to everyone who participated in the US preselections to select the song in the first place.

Complete results of the Countdown international competition can be viewed in three ways.

1.  Results on the Scorewiz, presented dynamically showing each nation's votes as they came in.


2.  A simple list of score results.


3.  A full voting grid showing which nations voted for which songs. 

Regina Spektor WINS International Contest!  

As always, preselections, as seen on this blog, select songs to compete in The Countdown International, where individual songs, one from each nation, entered by nations from all over the world compete.  

This August's competition had 54 songs, competing, and the Regina Spektor song "The Sword & The Pen" , as entered by the US, captured the top score, by the narrow margin of one point!  Big thanks to everyone in the international competition who voted for the song, and of course, thanks to everyone who participated in the US preselections to select the song in the first place.

Complete results of the Countdown international competition can be viewed in three ways.

1.  Results on the Scorewiz, presented dynamically showing each nation's votes as they came in.


2.  A simple list of score results.


3.  A full voting grid showing which nations voted for which songs. 

AZURE RAY WINS!  

As always, preselections, as seen on this blog, select songs to compete in The Countdown International, where individual songs, one from each nation, entered by nations from all over the world compete.  

The February competition had no fewer than SIXTY different nations competing, and the Azure Ray song "Larraine, as entered by the US, captured the top score!  Big thanks to everyone in the international competition who voted for the song, and of course, thanks to everyone who participated in the US preselections to select the song in the first place.

Complete results of the Countdown international competition can be viewed in three ways.

1.  Results on the Scorewiz, presented dynamically showing each nation's votes as they came in.


2.  A simple list of score results.


3.  A full voting grid showing which nations voted for which songs.