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Represent a Country is a series of Audio contests on Newgrounds hosted by NeonProject. The aim of the contest is for each participant to represent a country of their choice whilst also creating an original and entertaining piece of music.

The first contest was entirely judged by a panel of judges, scoring each act in the following categories; Representation, Originality, Sound Quality and Entertainment. In the Second Contest the entries were played over internet radio station Radiogrounds. Viewers, at the end of the show, we're given instruction on how to help their favourite act by voting for them. The Public votes were then combined with the Judges scores.


Represent A Country (February 2009)

South Korea

Flag Of South Korea, the winning country of the first RAC Contest

This was the first contest. The songs submitted for this contest had to be between One minute and Fifty second and Three Minutes. In the first contest only one person was allowed to represent each country. This contests results we're put in scores out of Sixty. The winner of the First contest was Lashmush representing South Korea, the results of the full contest are as follows:

Rank Artist Song Country Score
#1 Lashmush The Swarm South Korea 56/60
#2 Kazm0 Deutsche Musik Germany 55/60
#3 Deflector Pyramids Of Sand Egypt 54/60
#4 zomgkerrie My Minds Eye India 53/60
#5 HaniiPuppy The Thistle Oer The Grave Scotland 52/60
#6 MJTTOMB Latin Insomnia Argentina 45/60
#7 Spikrodd Overdoze Belgium 44/60
#8 NeverHundred Thieves World Russia 37/60

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Represent A Country 2 (April 2009)

Switzerland

Flag of Switzerland, the winning country of RAC 2

The second contest expanded on the forumula create din the first contest. The second contest also gained more interest, this was evident through the number of participants. In the first contest there were 8 Entries, in the second contest there were 17 entrants. The Second contest brought a lot of change, for a start, it was the first contest to be aired on Radiogrounds. Rule Changes also occured. The Time limit was raised to 2:30 - 3:50. People were also allowed to apply for the same country, however, they would have to take place in A Semi-final and battle the other people aiming to represent that country. Tracks weren't allowed to be submitted to the portal until a week before the contest. This rule confused people and was dropped halfway through the contest. The scoring system was changed to a Eurovision style scoreboard, with points being allocated to the acts. DJ Trancite was the Winner of the Second Contest.

Rank Artist Song Country Representation Originality Sound Quality Entertainment Votes Total
#1 DJ Trancite Switz Anthem Switzerland 12 07 08 12 12 51
#2 Phyrnna Journey To The East China 06 08 12 01 10 37
#3 PenguinSam Yism'Chu Isreal 10 12 07 07 -- 36
#4 Gasmasq Represent Portugal 05 06 06 10 02 29
#5 Sownshadow Fox Song Wales 03 05 05 08 05 26
#6 Zomgkerrie Passione Italiana Italy 08 -- 03 05 07 23
#7 Johnny Frizz The Masters Gate Saudi Arabia 07 03 04 06 -- 20
#8- Kazm0 Kse Germany 02 -- 10 03 03 18
#8- Popraz Dark World Adiago Romania 04 04 02 -- 08 18
#9 Eirun Mortamin Hungary -- 10 -- -- 01 11
#10 wtflolnoob Ghandi On The Tabla India 01 02 -- -- 06 09
#11 Pure-Metal-UTA White X In The Sky Scotland -- 01 -- -- 04 05
#12 statueofdiveo America Of States United U.S.A -- -- -- 04 -- 04
#13 Darkmaster603 Russian Waltz No.1 In A Minor Russia -- -- 01 02 -- 03

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Semi Finalists Who Did not qualify for the Final:

Artist Song Country
Airprogressive Suono Dell'Italia Italy
LK412 Kismat India
AriA Requiem Of Bass India

Represent A Country 3 (December 2009)

The third contest is set to take place in December, with signups starting in November. This year will introduce "The Big 3". 3 top scoring Recurring artists will be given the chance to tax a country before the contest takes place. The countries they pick will also be off limits to other people, meaning that the big 3 will go straight into the final. This time there will also be a build up to the main event, an introduction of a new feature "Artist Spotlight" will encourage fans of the contest to check out the artists and get to know the contestants a bit more. The feature will also include interviews with the contestants.

RAC "Big 3"

Artist Country
zomgkerrie Ireland
Kazmo Germany
HalcyonicFalconX Japan

The third spot was supposed to go the previous winner of the contest, however, DJ Trancites Account had been deleted. Meaning that the spot was offered to the second place holder HalcyonicFalconX (previously known as Phyrnna).

Overall Contest Statistics

Top Scoring Recurring Artists:

Zomgkerrie

zomgkerrie, the current top scoring recurring artist of the RAC Contest suite

Rank Artist Contests Countries Total Score
#1 zomgkerrie 1+2 India+Italy 76
#2 Kazmo 1+2 Germany 73

Top Scoring Recurring Countries:

Germany

Germany, the current top scoring recurring Country of the RAC contest suite

Rank Country Contests Artists Total Score
#1 Germany 1+2 Kazm0 73
#2 India 1+2 zomgkerrie, wtflolnoob 62
#3 Scotland 1+2 HaniiPuppy, Pure-Metal-UTA 57
#4 Russia 1+2 NeverHundred, Darkmaster603 40
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