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 79 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.  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) July 26th at 11:59:59.9999999
Central (St. Louis): July 26th at 11pm
Mountain (Denver): July 26th at 10pm
Pacific (Los Angeles): July 26th at 9pm
Sydney, AUS: July 27th at 4pm
The UK: July 27th at 5am

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1. New Glasses by Matthias
    Chop Suey!

2. Indecision by the_conqueror_of_parodies
    Innervision

3. (Fourth of) J.U.L.Y. by Abbott Skelding
    B.Y.O.B.

4. Ariel by Blaydeman
    Aerials

5 points: Abbott's 4th of July spectacular!
4 points: Conqueror of Making Decesions
3 points: Blayde's Unfortunate Souls

3 points to Blind Matthias
4 points to Blaydemermaid
5 points to United States of Abbott

5 pts - Abbott plays with firecrackers an-

4 pts - TCOP can't make up his mind

3 pts - Blay watches the mermaid's end in the novel, leading him to write a parody that has a darker take on the Disney version

2 pts - Matty can't see

Sorry guys, I will have my votes up later today. Working until 10:30pm (and then only getting 2 hours of sleep) doesn't leave a lot of inspiration to do some grading.

1. Abbott's Independence Day (NOT RESURGENCE!) (5pts)
2. Get Lasik, MATTY! (4pts)
3. Conqueror of... (I can't decide what to put here) (3pts)

Ouch, nearly a week late. I'm truly sorry for the delay, no excuse.
But hey, great work everyone!

5 pts- Blaydeman Under The Sea
4 pts- TCOPs Socks
3 pts- Matty's Bifocals

1st Abbott Skelding with 25 points

2nd Blaydeman with 20 points (1 1st place vote)

3rd the_conqueror_of_parodies with 20 points (0 1st place votes)

4th Matthias with 17 points

And 3 points to Max Power for voting

Thanks everyone! You guys all did great work!