La top10 italiana per lo Showdown on the Countdown 2011

Ora che i risultati sono stati resi pubblici, possiamo anche svelare i voti dati dall’Italia nell’edizione con le migliori tracce del 2011 appena conclusasi:

12 ) La Oreja de Van Gogh – La niña que llora en tus fiestas – ES (Yolanda) – SEPTEMBER #1
10 ) Denmark – Agnes Obel – Riverside – DK (Jonathan) – JANUARY #1
8 ) Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith – Not In Love – CA (James) – MARCH #1
7 ) Closet – Mystical Violence – UY (Esteban) – FEBRUARY #3
6 ) Hollywood Nobody – A Bow to My Violin – ID (Rahmat) – AUGUST #2
5 ) Katie Scott & The Miss T’s – That’s The Game – NZ (Debbie) – NOVEMBER #3
4 ) Imany – You Will Never Know – FR (Gabriel) – JULY #3
3 ) Hooverphonic – Anger Never Dies – BE (Frederic) – JUNE #2
2 ) Vicky – Feel Good – IS (Trausti) – OCTOBER #3
1 ) Jelonek – Romantic Revenge – PL (Marco) – DECEMBER #1

Showdown on The Countdown 2011

Dear People from all around the world
Welcome to the Showdown On The Countdown!
The best ranked three songs from each month of the year’s competition are put them head to head to find out which one of them will be titled
THE WINNER OF 2011.

A total of 36 songs, from 21 countries (last year 22) will be competing in this year’s Showdown.
5 from USA
4 from Iceland
3 from Canada and Indonesia
2 from Denmark, Norway, France, Spain
1 from The Netherlands, Israel, Uruguay, Malaysia, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Estonia, Romania, Ireland, New Zealand, Poland and Serbia

Below is the list of competing songs:

207 ( 1 ) Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith – Not In Love – CA (James) – MARCH #1
206 ( 1 ) Manchester Orchestra – Virgin – US (Daniel) – OCTOBER #1
201 ( 1 ) Agnes Obel – Riverside – DK (Jonathan) – JANUARY #1
167 ( 1 ) 77 Bombay Street – Up In The Sky – CH (Giacomo) – JULY #1
161 ( 1 ) Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans – US (Daniel) – DECEMBER #1
160 ( 2 ) Jelonek – Romantic Revenge – PL (Marco) – DECEMBER #1
157 ( 3 ) Irish Stew of Sindidun – Lady of New Tomorrow – RS (Jeff) – DECEMBER #1
153 ( 1 ) Within Temptation – Faster – NL (Martin) – APRIL #1
150 ( 2 ) Alison Krauss & Union Station – Paper Airplane – US (Daniel) – JULY #2
147 ( 2 ) Sajama Cut – Twice (Rung the Ladder) – ID (Rahmat) – APRIL #2
146 ( 1 ) Of Monsters and Men – Dirty Paws – IS (Trausti) – NOVEMBER #1
143 ( 2 ) Ólöf Arnalds feat. Björk – Surrender – IS (Trausti) – JANUARY #2
141 ( 2 ) Alexandra Stan – Mr. Saxobeat – RO (Iolanda) – OCTOBER #2
140 ( 1 ) Azure Ray – Larraine – US (Daniel) – FEBRUARY #1
140 ( 2 ) Lisa Hannigan – Knots – IE (Manus) – NOVEMBER #2
137 ( 3 ) Daniela & Ben Spector feat. M. Jack Bee – Cut It Out – IL (Shay) – APRIL #3
137 ( 1 ) La Oreja de Van Gogh – La niña que llora en tus fiestas – ES (Yolanda) – SEPTEMBER #1
137 ( 2 ) Björk – Crystalline – IS (Trausti) – SEPTEMBER #2
135 ( 3 ) Madcon feat. Ameerah – Freaky Like Me – NO (Stian) – JANUARY #3
133 ( 2 ) Crocodiles Inc – The Dark Passenger – FR (Gabriel) – MARCH #2
132 ( 1 ) Russian Red – I Hate You But I Love You – ES (Yolanda) – JUNE #1
132 ( 3 ) Katie Scott & The Miss T’s – That’s The Game – NZ (Debbie) – NOVEMBER #3
128 ( 3 ) Philter – Revolver – NO (Stian) – SEPTEMBER #3
127 ( 3 ) Medina – Addiction – DK (Jonathan) – MARCH #3
126 ( 2 ) Roman Foot Soldiers – Streets Without Signs – ID (Rahmat) – FEBRUARY #2
126 ( 3 ) Closet – Mystical Violence – UY (Esteban) – FEBRUARY #3
124 ( 3 ) Imany – You Will Never Know – FR (Gabriel) – JULY #3
123 ( 1 ) Regina Spektor – The Sword & The Pen – US (Daniel) – AUGUST #1
122 ( 2 ) Hooverphonic – Anger Never Dies – BE (Frederic) – JUNE #2
122 ( 2 ) Hollywood Nobody – A Bow to My Violin – ID (Rahmat) – AUGUST #2
121 ( 3 ) Vicky – Feel Good – IS (Trausti) – OCTOBER #3
120 ( 3 ) These Kids Wear Crowns – Jumpstart – CA (James) – JUNE #3
119 ( 1 ) Yuna – Deeper Conversation – MY (Freddie) – MAY #1
119 ( 3 ) Ewert And The Two Dragons – Jolene – EE (Harles) – AUGUST #3
114 ( 2 ) Metric – Help, I’m Alive (Acoustic Version) – CA (James) – MAY #2
108 ( 3 ) Modà – Vittima – IT (Antonio) – MAY #3

Deadline to vote is on Saturday the 14th January at 11.59am (CET). The results will be posted that evening.
Email your votes to me: jassami@yahoo.co.uk
The standard Countdown 12pt-1pt voting system applies.

ALL MANAGERS that took part in TC are invited to vote, not just current managers. And I hope that everyone will vote!!! You can vote for your own country but be fair.

Happy Voting!
Vote on what you like. Listen to songs again, even if you know them. Dont vote for or against some song judging by the country of origin, language, manager… Vote and enjoy…

Lets make the 2012 each one of us the best it can… Remember the Domino effect of every smile, every good did, of every positive energy and happy thought. remember the power of love.

And Merry Christmas Everybody and Happy every day!

La top10 Italiana di Novembre 2011

Ora che i risultati sono stati resi pubblici, possiamo anche svelare i voti dati dall’Italia nell’edizione appena conclusasi:

 

12 ) Loreen – Sober – SE

10 ) Katie Scott & The Miss T’s – That’s The Game – NZ

8 ) Maria Mena – My Heart Still Beats – NO

7 ) Natalie Walker – Cool Kids – US

6 ) Polina Christodoulou – Anantikatastatos – CY

5 ) Diego Mena – Yo sentia miedo – DO

4 ) Second Riot – Stalk – LT

3 ) Nazan Öncel – Bebisim – TR

2 ) Mandry – Svit – UA

1 ) Ning Baizura – Mama Papa – MY

Voti ricevuti a Ottobre 2011

L’Italia resta stabilmente in top10 anche ad Ottobre. Dopo il settimo posto de “Il mio giorno migliore” di Giorgia, “Forse” cattura l’attenzione di ben 18 manager su 53 facendo classificare Simona Molinari all’ottavo posto con ben 88 punti ricevuti dalle seguenti giurie:

(12) Japan – (10) Cyprus – (8) Iceland, New Zealand – (7) Belgium, Norway – (5) Ireland, Macedonia – (4) Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania – (3) Malaysia, Poland – (2) Canada, Greece, Slovakia – (1) Finland, Lithuania

Voti ricevuti a Maggio 2011

Sin dall’inizio dell’avventura italiana nel The Countdown Song Contest i mesi di Maggio e Giugno sono sempre stati generosi in quanto a risultati: #2 per La Scelta nel Maggio 2008, #6 per Alessandra Amoroso nel Maggio 2009 e #2 per Silvia Olari nel Giugno 2009, #2 per In-Grid nel Maggio 2010. La tradizione non viene spezzata dai Modà, che continuano la serie positiva delle primavere italiane, classificandosi al terzo posto con il loro ultimo singolo “Vittima” grazie ai seguenti voti:

(12) Greece, Lebanon – (10) Cyprus, Macedonia – (8) Egypt, Serbia, Sweden – (7) Morocco – (6) Turkey – (5) Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Israel – (4) Argentina – (2) New Zealand – (1) Colombia

La top10 Italiana di Marzo 2011

Ora che i risultati sono stati resi pubblici, possiamo anche svelare i voti dati dall’Italia nell’edizione appena conclusasi:

12  ) Crystal Castles feat. Robert Smith – Not In Love – CA

10 ) The Medics – City – NL

8 ) Ning Baizura – Raksasa – MY

7 ) Sahraoui – Cheba – DZ

6 ) Barbarellas – Body Rock (Manhatten Clique Radio Edit) – IE

5 ) The Good Fun – Naughty Little Sin – NZ

4 ) Papercuts – Turn The Tables – GR

3  ) Abril Cantilo – Llega el otoño – AR

2 ) 2Sunny – Piligrim – UA

1 ) BrandNew Sunset – Say Goodbye – TH

January 2011 results

And here are the results:
http://www.tummiweb….tc-january-2011

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The results are:

201 (1.) Denmark – Agnes Obel – Riverside – DK (Jonathan)
143 (2.) Iceland – Ólöf Arnalds feat. Björk – Surrender – IS (Trausti)
135 (3.) Norway – Madcon feat. Ameerah – Freaky Like Me – NO (Stian)
123 (4.) Estonia – Kerli – Army of Love – EE (Harles)
116 (5.) Poland – UnSun – Home – PL (Marco)
114 (6.) Cyprus – Michalis Hatzigiannis – More Than Beautiful – CY (Fotiana)
112 (7.) United States – Reaching Away – Push Away The Moon – US (Daniel)
101 (8.) Italy – Elvenking – The Cabal – IT (Antonio)
94 (9.) South Korea – Girl s Day – Nothing Lasts Forever – KR (Ki Hyun)
94 (10.) Sweden – Tove Styrke – White Light Moment – SE (Liza)
87 (11.) Serbia – Ana Nikolić – Zla barbika – RS (Jeff)
85 (12.) Latvia – Auļi – Dinkis – LV (Zane)
77 (13.) United Kingdom – Patrick Wolf – Time of My Life – UK (Martin)
76 (14.) New Zealand – Opshop – Madness & Other Allergies – NZ (Debbie)
74 (15.) Russia – Vintazh – Roman – RU (Alexander)
73 (16.) France – Yodelice – More Than Meets The Eye – FR (Gabriel)
73 (17.) Australia – Stonefield – Through The Clover – AU (Alan)
73 (18.) Ukraine – Jamala – It s Me, Jamala – UA (Evgen)
71 (19.) South Africa – Liquideep – Alone – ZA (Shon)
68 (20.) Japan – Utada Hikaru – Goodbye Happiness – JP (Megumi)
67 (21.) Dominican Republic – Metropolitan – No eres tu, soy yo – DO (Rosandra)
67 (22.) Costa Rica – Cocofunka – Elevarse – CR (Luis Diego)
65 (23.) Portugal – Aurea – Busy (For Me) – PT (Edgar)
59 (24.) Ireland – Sharon Corr – So Long Ago – IE (Manus)
56 (25.) Netherlands – Krystl – Golden Days – NL (Martin)
55 (26.) Peru – Francois Peglau – Who Wants To Go? – PE (Jorge)
50 (27.) Chile – Dënver – Olas gigantes – CL (Rodrigo)
50 (28.) Slovakia – Billy Barman – Introvert 50 – SK (Margaréta)
49 (29.) Germany – Philipp Poisel – Wie soll ein Mensch das entragen – DE (Christian)
44 (30.) Belarus – Dmitry Koldun – A Day Without War – BY (Artem)
43 (31.) Argentina – Abel Pintos – No me olvides – AR (Maximiliano)
42 (32.) Romania – Zabbo & Cojocaru Florin – Medicine Music – RO (Szabo)
41 (33.) Belgium – Sandra Kim – Anyway The Wind Blows – BE (Frederic)
41 (34.) Malaysia – Prema Yin & MON9 – Blow My Mind – MY (Freddie)
37 (35.) Slovenia – Bilbi – Hvala za vijolice – SI (Urban)
36 (36.) Turkey – Zerrin Özer – Fire – TR (Ugur)
35 (37.) Greece – Andriana Mpampali & Stamos Semsis – Periplanomeno – GR (Babis)
34 (38.) Mexico – Antoine Reverb – Lucy (Los Amparito Remix) – MX (Annabel)
33 (39.) Switzerland – Souline – A New Identity – CH (Giacomo)
31 (40.) Israel – Michal Lotan – Roses & Wine – IL (Shay)
31 (41.) Indonesia – thedyingsirens – Lovely Eyes – ID (Rahmat)
30 (42.) Finland – Cardiant – Kirves rinnassa – FI (Juho)
29 (43.) Uruguay – Assimo – La hoguera – UY (Esteban)
24 (44.) Spain – M-Clan – Me voy a dejar llevar – ES (Yolanda)
22 (45.) Austria – Crazy Bitch in a Cave – On Top – AT (Michael)
15 (46.) Morocco – Asma Lmnawar – Weil – MA (Khalil)
12 (47.) Hungary – Bin-jip – Where Is She – HU (Balázs)
11 (48.) Macedonia FYR – Bei The Fish – When He Was Young – MK (Ana)
10 (49.) Brazil – Ivete Sangalo feat. Nelly Furtado – Where It Begins – BR (Marcos Henrique)
8 (50.) Bulgaria – Bogdana feat. Mike – Vseki ot nas – BG (Nevena)
6 (51.) Azerbaijan – Elşad Xose feat. Elli – Çıx get – AZ (Said)
5 (52.) Colombia – The Clocks – Solo Tú – CO (Juan Pablo)
4 (53.) China – Chopstick Brothers – Lao nan hai – CN (Cole)

The Rest of the World jury is including:

LB – Freddy

1- Home by unsun (12pts)
2-riverside by agnes obel (10 pts)
3-More than meets the eye by yodelice (8pts)
4-kirves rinassa by cardiant (7pts)
5-Push away the moon by reaching away (6pts)
6-A new identity by soulline (5pts)
7-diniks by auli (4pts)
8-Surrender by Olof arnalds feat. Bjork (3pts)
9-The cabal by elvenking (2pts)
10-through the clover by stonefield (1pt)

LT – Tadas

1 – Billy Barman – Introvert – SK
2 – Jamala – It’s Me, Jamala – UA
3 – Auļi – Dinkis – LV
4 – Crazy Bitch in a Cave – On Top – AT
5 – Yodelice – More Than Meets The Eye – FR
6 – Opshop – Madness & Other Allergies – NZ
7 – Elvenking – The Cabal – IT
8 – Cardiant – Kirves rinnassa – FI
10 – UnSun – Home – PL
12 – Krystl – Golden Days – NL

CZ – Pavla

1. Stonefield – Through the clover (12)
2. UnSun – Home (10)
3. Agnes Obel – Riverside (8)
4. Aurea – Busy (For Me) (7)
5. Elvenking – The cabal (6)
6. Krystl – Golden Days (5)
7. Michal Lotan – Roses & Wine (4)
8. Michalis Hatzigiannis – More than Beautiful (3)
9. Patrick Wolf – Time of My life (2)
10.Francois Peglau – Who want to go? (1)

SA – Humberto

12. Ólöf Arnalds – Surrender (feat. Björk)
10. Dënver – Olas Gigantes
8. Patrick Wolf – Time of My Life
7. Antoine Reverb – Lucy
6. Bei The Fish – When He Was Young
5. Abel Pintos – No Me Olvides
4. Agnes Obel – Riverside
3. Sandra Kim – Anyway The Wind Blows
2. Philipp Poisel – Wie soll ein Mensch das ertragen
1. Assimo – La Hoguera

La top10 italiana per lo Showdown on the Countdown 2010

Ora che i risultati sono stati resi pubblici, possiamo anche svelare i voti dati dall’Italia nell’edizione con le migliori tracce del 2010 appena conclusasi:

12] Australia – Amy Meredith – Lying – (Alan)

10] Latvia – Instrumenti – Born To Die (Zane)

8] New Zealand – Brooke Fraser – Something In The Water (Debbie)
7] Netherlands – Caro Emerald – A Night Like This (Martin)

6] United Kingdom – Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Martin)

5] Azerbaijan – AySel – Fallin’ (Said)

4] Portugal – Deolinda – Um contra o outro (Edgar)

3] Iceland – Jónsi – Go do (Helgi)

2] Finland – Apocalyptica feat. Gavin Rossdale – End of Me (Juho)

1] Canada – Crystal Castles – Celestica (Elia)

The Countdown – January 2010

Whangaratta – The Kiwi capital of surfing welcomes you!

Here are 53 songs that made it to the end of the World!
IMPORTANT: Please send your votes and your 2011/02 songs to Balázs at <szabazs@gmail.com>

Abel Pintos – No me olvides – AR
Agnes Obel – Riverside – DK
Ana Nikolić – Zla barbika – RS
Andriana Mpampali & Stamos Semsis – Periplanomeno – GR
Antoine Reverb – Lucy (Los Amparito Remix) – MX
Asma Lmnawar – Weil – MA
Assimo – La hoguera – UY
Auli – Dinkis – LV
Aurea – Busy (For Me) – PT
Bei The Fish – When He Was Young – MK
Bilbi – Hvala za vijolice – SI
Billy Barman – Introvert – SK
Bin-jip – Where Is She – HU
Bogdana feat. Mike – Vseki ot nas – BG
Cardiant – Kirves rinnassa – FI
Chopstick Brothers – Lao nan hai – CN
Cocofunka – Elevarse – CR
Crazy Bitch in a Cave – On Top – AT
Dënver – Olas gigantes – CL
Dmitry Koldun – A Day Without War – BY
Elşad Xose feat. Elli – Çıx get – AZ
Elvenking – The Cabal – IT
Francois Peglau – Who Wants To Go? – PE
Girl’s Day – Nothing Lasts Forever – KR
Ivete Sangalo feat. Nelly Furtado – Where It Begins – BR
Jamala – It’s Me, Jamala – UA
Kerli – Army of Love – EE
Krystl – Golden Days – NL
Liquideep – Alone – ZA
Madcon feat. Ameerah – Freaky Like Me – NO
M-Clan – Me voy a dejar llevar – ES
Metropolitan – No eres tu, soy yo – DO
Michal Lotan – Roses & Wine – IL
Michalis Hatzigiannis – More Than Beautiful – CY
Ólöf Arnalds feat. Björk – Surrender – IS
Opshop – Madness & Other Allergies – NZ
Patrick Wolf – Time of My Life – UK
Philipp Poisel – Wie soll ein Mensch das ertragen – DE
Prema Yin & MON9 – Blow My Mind – MY
Reaching Away – Push Away The Moon – US
Sandra Kim – Anyway The Wind Blows – BE
Sharon Corr – So Long Ago – IE
Souline – A New Identity – CH
Stonefield – Through The Clover – AU
The Clocks – Solo Tú – CO
thedyingsirens – Lovely Eyes – ID
Tove Styrke – White Light Moment – SE
UnSun – Home – PL
Utada Hikaru – Goodbye Happiness – JP
Vintazh – Roman – RU
Yodelice – More Than Meets The Eye – FR
Zabbo & Cojocaru Florin – Medicine Music – RO
Zerrin Özer – Fire – TR

IMPORTANT: Please send your votes and your 2011/02 songs to Balázs at <szabazs@gmail.com>

Deadlines:
The deadline to vote in The Countdown January 2011 edition and to send your songs for The Countdown February 2011 is on the 29th of January (that is a Saturday) at 20.00 UTC+0 (WET)/21.00 (CET).

Showdown on the Countdown 2010

Hi Guys and Gals,

Here it is! The Ultimate competition of the year… Showdown On The Countdown! Where we take the best three songs from each month of the year’s competition and put them head to head to find out the ultimate winners.

A total of 36 songs, from 22 countries will be competing in this year’s Showdown.

The songs are available in .zip format at Sendspace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/zw97ao and may the best song win!

As my in-laws are staying with us over Christmas/New Year, and I would like the chance to vote also, I will close this competition on Sunday the 9th January at 9pm (UTC). Email your votes to debbieerelene@gmail.com – the standard Countdown 12pt-1pt voting system applies.

Below is the list of competing songs:

January
United Kingdom – Marina And The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road (Martin)
Canada – Cœur de pirate – Comme des enfants (Le Matos Remix) (Elia)
Australia – Angus & Julia Stone – And The Boys (Andrew)

February
Denmark – The Rumour Said Fire – The Balcony (Frederik)
Ireland – Róisín Murphy – Momma’s Place (Manus)
Azerbaijan – AySel – Fallin’ (Said)

March
United Kingdom – Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel (Martin)
Canada – LIGHTS – Ice (Elia)
Italy – Laura Pausini – Casomai (Antonio)

April
Netherlands – Caro Emerald – A Night Like This (Martin)
United Kingdom – Amy Macdonald – Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over (Martin)
Iceland – Seabear – I’ll Build You A Fire (Helgi)

May
Iceland – Jónsi – Go do (Helgi)
Italy – In-Grid – Les fous (Antonio)
Canada – Crystal Castles – Celestica (Elia)

June
Serbia – Gramophonedzie – Why don’t you (Jeff)
USA – Ke$ha – Tik Tok (Daniel)
Estonia – Mimicry – Heat (Meeli)

July
Australia – Kylie Minogue – All The Lovers (Alan)
USA – Lifehouse – Halfway Gone (Daniel)
Norway – Madcon – Glow (Stian)

August
Australia – Amy Meredith – Lying – (Alan)
USA – Broken Bells – The High Road Daniel)
France – Ben l’Oncle Soul – Seven Nation Army (Gabriel)

September
Cyprus – Ivi Adamou – Sose me (Fotiana)
Portugal – Deolinda – Um contra o outro (Edgar)
France – Jamaica – Cross The Fader (Gabriel)

October
United Kingdom – Hurts – Wonderful Life (Martin)
USA – Janelle Monáe – Cold War (Daniel)
Finland – Apocalyptica feat. Gavin Rossdale – End of Me (Juho)

November
Germany – Collapse Under The Empire – Violet Skies (Christian)
Latvia – Instrumenti – Born To Die (Zane)
Cyprus – Ivi Adamou – To mystiko mou na vris (Fotiana)

December
New Zealand – Brooke Fraser – Something In The Water (Debbie – that’s me!)
Italy – Alex Gaudino – I’m In Love (I Wanna Do It) (Antonio)
Republic of Korea – PSY – Right Now (Ki Hyun)

Happy Voting!

And Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah (or whatever your chosen holiday… even just Happy Family Time!) Everybody!

Voti ricevuti a Dicembre 2010

Chiusura d’anno col botto: Alex Gaudino con “I’m In Love (I Wanna Do It)” sbaraglia tutte le precedenti tracce che hanno rappresentato l’Italia nel The Countdown Song Contest, raggiungendo il record di punti ricevuti in un’edizione, conquistando la quarta medaglia d’argento dall’inizio di questa avventura nel 2008 e regalando il terzo piazzamento sul podio nel 2010 della nostra nazione.

(12) Azerbaijan,  Belgium, Israel, South Africa – (10) Usa – (8) Ireland, Russia, Switzerland – (7) Australia, Hungary, Uk – (6) Brazil – (5) Chile, South Korea, Turkey – (3) Argentina, Austria – (1) Morocco, New Zealand