NUR EIN XX

[Niveous]

It's time for Nur Ein XX!

The Nur Ein is an eight-round song competition. In each round, the participants are given a song title and a mandatory challenge. The participants then have one week in which to create a song from those prompts. Then this year's judging panel will listen to the songs and rate them from best to worst. Each round whittles down the field until we are left with only 1 competitor. Creativity x Skill x Time Management = Nur Ein!

The Nur Ein begins with Round Zero. Round Zero is the way you enter the competition. The participants will have until May 18th at 11:59PM (Eastern Daylight Time) to create a song from the given prompts. When a competitor completes a song, it is to be e-mailed to nurein.sidefight @ gmail. The songs will then be posted at the Nur Ein website (http://nure.in) and the next title and challenge will be announced at the same time.

The Judges will have the next few days to listen to the songs. They will rank the songs from best to worst. If there are more than 25 entries into Round zero, the judges will eliminate the lowest ranked competitors until we reach 25.

This year, for Nur Ein XX, we will be doing Shadow Resurrection. If you are eliminated, you can enter a shadow song in the next round. The Judges will have the ability to bring one competitor back from that round's shadows. The Judges must unanimously agree. This will only occur in rounds 1-4.

Here's the schedule:

Round 0:
May 12 - May 18
Judging May 19 - May 21
<X> bands, <X-25> eliminations

Round 1:
May 19 - May 25
Judging May 26 - May 28
25 bands, 5 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity
1 shadow can be resurrected

Round 2:
May 26 - June 1
Judging June 2 - June 4
20 bands, 4 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity
1 shadow can be resurrected

Round 3:
June 2 - June 8 (the guest round!)
Judging June 9 - June 11
16 bands, 4 eliminations
Judges favorite gets immunity
1 shadow can be resurrected

Round 4:
June 9 - June 15
Judging June 16 - June 18
12 bands, 4 eliminations
1 shadow can be resurrected

Round 5:
June 16 - June 22
Judging June 23 - June 25
8 bands, 3 eliminations

Round 6:
June 23 - June 29
Judging July 1 - July 3
5 bands, 3 eliminations

Final Round:
June 30 - July 6
Voting July 7 - July 9
2 bands, 1 elimination

The final round is a battle between the two remaining competitors with the votes of the eliminated competitors and the Nur Ein Judges choosing the winner (one vote per "act," whether you're a band or a solo competitor; if you're a duo, trio, quartet, quintet, or more, you'll need to discuss internally how to allocate that one vote).

This year's judging team will consist of long time Nur Ein veteran judge Mysteria; Songfight stalwarts Roymond and Pigfarmer Jr.; and last year's Nur Ein 19 champions- Erin and Lunkhead!!

The game is on… for the 20th time!!!!!