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Round Zero
Title: Friday the 13th
Challenge: Write a feel good song with upbeat music & happy lyrics

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The votes are in and the winner of Round Zero is Lunkhead.
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Round One
Title: Deified
Challenge: Use a palindromic musical phrase (at least 6 notes)

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The votes are in!
The winner of Round One is MOSS PALACE
Moss Palace is immune in Round Two.

Drain Poets, Lichen Throat, and Brown Word have been eliminated. Tschüss!

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Round Two
Title: Floating In The Water
Challenge: Incorporate at least two different narratives from at least 500 years apart

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The votes are in!
The winner of Round Two is STACKING THEORY
Stacking Theory is immune in Round Three.

Night Sky, Virgo Power, and Mandibles have been eliminated. Tschüss!
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Round Three
Title: Can't Let It Go
Challenge: Must include a guest from outside the band singing a vocal harmony

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The votes are in!
The winner of Round Three is VOM VORTON
Vom Vorton is immune in Round Three.

Adam Adamant, Jon Porobil, and Boffo Yux Dudes have been eliminated. Tschüss!
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Round Four
Title: June Moon
Challenge: Lyrics must contain no rhyming couplets and no perfect end rhymes.

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The winner of Round Four is Moss Palace!

Glennny, Nick Soma, and Berkeley Social Scene have been eliminated. Tschüss!
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Round Five
Title: Novel
Challenge: Create samples from a non-musical recording and make them integral to the song

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The votes are in!
The winner of Round Five is Elks of the Economy!

Cavedwellers, The Lowest Bitter, and Lunkhead have been eliminated. Tschüss!
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Round Six
Title: Summer Robot
Challenge: Sonic palette comprised of instruments/sounds/timbres not used in previous round

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The votes are in!

Stacking Theory and Vom Vorton will be facing off in the final round!

Moss Palace, Elks of the Economy, and The Alleviators have been eliminated. Tschüss!
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Final Round!
Title: Ascent
Challenge: Bring Your A Game!

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The votes have been tallied.

And the result was a tie!

But there can't be a tie. This is Nur Ein. Only One. So, I made a call. Not just a judgment call but a call...

I reached out to an impartial third party, someone who had never heard Stacking Theory or Vom Vorton before and gave them the songs and asked which they liked more.

Who was this impartial 3rd party? I was very fortunate to get the amazing St. Lenox to take a little time out of his busy schedule (see, this Rolling Stone article: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... w-1193339/) to listen to the final two songs and give his vote.

Andrew commends both artists, finding it "impressive" that you made those songs in 7 days.

In the end, there can only be one. And the winner of this year's Nur Ein, the closest contest yet is...

VOM VORTON

Congratulations on being the winner of the 17th Nur Ein!!!!!!
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