Represent A Country

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 and submit an original and entertaining piece of music. Participants who take part in the contest go on to become well known across the Audio part of Newgrounds, artists such as LK412 and Chungstarr have gone on to develop further sucess after taking part in the contest. The contest has not only become a celebration of world culture, but has also become a huge celebration of the audio portal artists. The contest is open to anyone in the audio forum, whether it's newcomers, well known Newground artists or the contests own veteran artists.
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, were 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)==
The songs submitted for this contest had to be between One minute and Fifty seconds and Three Minutes. In the first contest only one person was allowed to represent each country. This contest's results were 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
==Represent A Country 2 (April 2009)==
The second contest expanded on the formula created in 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 occurred. 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
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
Countries making their RAC Debut: Switzerland, China, Israel, Portugal, Wales, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Romania, Hungary and U.S.A.
==Represent A Country 3 (December 2009)==
The third contest took place in December, with signups starting in November. It followed the formula of the second contest very closely, only there was a slight shuffle in the points categories. Due to people not submitting pieces, there was no semi-final and the contest preceded with the final. This was also the first contest to actually have NeonProject himself host the show. There was a total of 19 entrants for this contest, with Chozz taking the top place
Rank
Artist
Song
Country
Representation
Originality
Instrumentation
Musicality
Entertainment
Contestant
Listener
Total
4th
Box-Killa
Violin Liberation
Australia
00
04
12
07
08
10
00
41
2nd
ProudAardvark
Llama Rampage
Peru
08
12
06
05
10
12
00
53
14th
Airprogressive
Le Bouclier Bleu
France
03
00
00
00
04
01
02
10
18th
Simon Cameron
Clock
Canada
00
00
00
00
00
00
04
04
13th
YouriX
My Roots
Haíti
07
03
00
00
00
02
00
12
3rd
Popraz
Stand United
Romania
05
10
08
06
05
08
03
45
5th
EasilyEmbarrassed
I'm Sorry
The Netherlands
00
07
04
03
00
05
12
31
6th
DJInthedark
Forgotten Kingdom
Lebanon
00
00
05
12
06
07
00
30
12th
PenguinSam
USA National Anthem
USA
10
00
03
00
00
00
00
13
8th
Chungstarr
Bailar
Spain
02
00
00
01
07
00
08
18
19th
Pich
Ancient Ruins
San Marino
01
02
00
00
00
00
00
03
11th
Assios
Euphoria
Norway
00
00
00
04
03
00
07
14
9th
DJ Sumara
Breeze
Poland
00
00
02
10
01
03
00
16
7th
Gragh
Bob Locks
Jamaica
06
05
00
00
00
06
05
22
10th
Kazmo
Far Side Of The Moon
Germany
00
00
10
02
02
00
01
15
15th
Kirbyfemur
Brittle Nature
Antarctica
00
08
01
00
00
00
00
09
16th
Dathduba
Do You Like Smileys?
Belgium
00
00
00
00
00
00
06
06
1st
Chozz
From Russia, With Thanks
Country
12
06
07
08
12
04
10
59
17th
Snak
Hall Of The Frost King
Denmark
04
01
00
00
00
00
00
05
==Represent A Country 4 (Summer 2010)==
The contest is due to start signups, however the specific dates have not yet been announced. In this contest the score system will once again go through a change, with the Contestant votes category being split into voting blocks. Artists, once they have submitted their track, will be assigned into voting blocks. These blocks will consist of 5 artists each, they will then select their top artists from the contest, but they will not be allowed to vote for anyone inside their own block. This system has been put in place to spread the points around and to make it impossible for an artist to gain top scores from every single category.
==Overall Contest Statistics==
Top Scoring Recurring Artists:
Rank
Artist
Contests
Countries
Total Score
#1
zomgkerrie
1+2
India+Italy
76
#2
Kazmo
1+2
Germany
73
Top Scoring Recurring Countries:
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
==Represent A Country 5 (Late 2010)==
Ghana was the winner, followed by China, Ireland, Italy, and Lebanon.
== The BBS Link ==
*BBS thread
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