As stated prior to this thread, VOTING is worth points.  If you vote and did not enter this contest, you will get 3 points towards the overall 5 year standings in the Artistry contest.  When you vote as an entrant in this round, you receive 5 points for voting. . .that means no one who votes ends with no points. . . .

Anyway, the rules are pretty similar to other contests.  This is round 48 so please know that ALL rounds will count EQUALLY toward the final standings, and NO rounds will be omitted from the final total.

1. All participants must comment on all entrants and vote by the deadline, which for this rounds is May 20th, 2009.  Failure to vote will forfeit all points from this round, and if that is less than 20 points, the difference will be forfeited in the following round (No Disqualifications)

2. Voting will take place by replying to this thread

3. If a person withdraws from an Artistry Round prior to the end of a round, all entrants who voted for that person's entry will be permitted to pick one new song to earn a bonus point, all other songs will be realigned accordingly.  There will be no penalty on those who don't change their vote.

4. Once a vote is posted, it cannot be changed UNLESS rule 3 applies OR there was a double-vote by accident.

5. Late entries will be accepted until the 1st vote has been posted.

6. The deadline is a strict deadline, the moment the date has reached the day after the deadline, no votes will count, this is to reduce last minute voting, or sympathy/favoritism towards different entrants.

7. We ask that any entrant who posts a link to his/her original song (source of parody) not be DKTOS for the contest.

8. All other basic competition rules as applied in other competitions are generally followed.  The rules may not be changed or altered unless two/thirds of those voting in a round where a rule change is requested agrees.  Rules may be added by host (Below Average Dave) if it was a rule in the ABC or SOTM contest that was thought to be common knowledge, but not known by a particular entrant.

Deadline:
EST (New York) May 20th/21st at midnight
Central (St. Louis): May 20th at 11pm
Mountain (Denver): May 20th at 10pm
Pacific (Los Angeles): May 20th 9pm
Sydney, AUS: May 21st at 4pm
The UK: May 21st at 5am

1. Can't Pay My Bills by Matthias
    Run to the Hills

2. There's Nothing on TV by The Conqueror of Parodies
    The Number of the Beast

3. The Power of the Yeast by Agrimorfee
    The Number of the Beast

4. No More Pies by Rex Ungericht
    No More Lies

5. Gave Me Wings by Below Average Dave
    Rainmaker

Assuming no one enters before the first voter to make 6 entrants, voting in this round by entrants reverts to 6 points for voting, and you vote 5, 4, 3, 2 . . .non entrants still get three points for voting when not required to do so, and may rank all 5 like normal. . .REMEMBER: This contest allows late entries up to the time the first person votes. . .when there's only 6 entrants, everyone is guaranteed points, ENTER!!!

Both of the links on T-Cop's parody lead to the Youtube video

Both of the links on T-Cop's parody lead to the Youtube video


Oops

No love for the Iron Maiden? Oh well...

5 Points: Rex's Pies
4 Points: Agrimorfee's Bread
3 Points: Below Average Dave's Red Bull
2 Points: T-Cop's TV

(I really wish there were more people who entered this round. I love Iron Maiden!)

This was a very challenging round. Everyone in this round had pacing quibbles, at least that I could hear, but not enough to garner 4s or lower votes. Anyhoo...

5pts=BAD
4pts=Rex
3pts=Matty
2pts=Conqueror

2 points to The Power Of Agri's Yeast
3 points to Rex Lovett
4 points to Taxed-Out Matthias
5 points to BAD Red Bull

2 points to Conqueror
3 points to Matthias
4 points to Agrimorfee
5 points to Dave

1 Point to The Oxygen Particles that made us come up with these ideas

2 Points to The Conqueror of Parodies

3 Points to Matthias

4 Points to Agrimorfee

5 Points to Rex Ungericht

and the results of the Iron Maiden round are in. . .drum roll please


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1st Below Average Dave "Gave Me Wings" with 24 Points!

2nd Rex Ungericht "No More Pies" with 23 Points!

3rd Agrimorfee "The Power of the Yeast with 20 Points!
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4th Matthias with 19 Points

5th The Conqueror of Parodies with 14 Points

6th The Oxygen Particles that made us come up with these ideas with 1 point  (JK, that obviously doesn't count)

Congrats to Rex and Agri. . .thank you guys for flying my Red Bull to the top!