50SS 2019: Jury Applications, State Selections, Semifinal Draw
JURY APPLICATION
Today we're excited to open the Jury application form for 50 States of Song 2019. For those of you who are interested in voting as a jury member in this year's contest, please click the link below!
CLICK: https://goo.gl/forms/at2ZkuYRG3fzd1eJ3
STATE SONG SELECTIONS
Additionally, the song submission window is only open for one more week! After that, the song selection committee will select which songs will represent *most* of the entrants.
...that is, except three! Yes, there will be three state song selections open to the public; they are California, New York, and Tennessee. We received so many songs for these states that they deserve to have a democratic voice. I've personally welcomed Tennessee as a tradition - an annual song selection, so expect them to always have a public decision. The state song selections will open on February 9.
SEMIFINAL DRAW
Because we are beginning to sort out the details of the contest, we must confirm that we once again have two semifinals. Each semifinal comprises of 25 songs. 49 states and one territory will compete for 24 open spots in the Final Round; Alaska's entry pre-qualifies, since they are the hosts of the contest. The top 12 from each semifinal will proceed to the Final Round.
In order to organize the jury members into semifinals, we must have some idea about who will participate in which semifinal! Therefore, we have drawn randomly from a bin, and picked 25 states. The 25 we picked are to be in Semifinal 1; running order will be decided at a later time.
Semifinal 1:
1. Alabama
2. Colorado
3. Connecticut
4. Georgia
5. Hawaii
6. Idaho
7. Illinois
8. Indiana
9. Maine
10. Maryland
11. Massachusetts
12. Minnesota
13. Missouri
14. Nevada
15. New Hampshire
16. New Mexico
17. North Dakota
18. Ohio
19. Oklahoma
20. Pennsylvania
21. South Carolina
22. Tennessee
23. Vermont
24. Washington
25. Wyoming
This means the remaining 25 are to be in Semifinal 2:
Semifinal 2:
1. Arizona
2. Arkansas
3. California
4. Delaware
5. Florida
6. Iowa
7. Kansas
8. Kentucky
9. Louisiana
10. Michigan
11. Mississippi
12. Montana
13. Nebraska
14. New Jersey
15. New York
16. North Carolina
17. Oregon
18. Rhode Island
19. South Dakota
20. Texas
21. Utah
22. Virginia
23. West Virginia
24. Wisconsin
25. U.S. Territory or Washington D.C. (to be determined)
Thank you to everyone, and get those songs in - time is running out!
