paragraph_text: United States of America Names The American flag, The Stars and Stripes; Red, White, and Blue; Old Glory; The Star - Spangled Banner; US flag; United States flag Use National flag and ensign Proportion 10: 19 Adopted June 14, 1777 (original 13 - star version) July 4, 1960 (current 50 - star version) Design Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 50 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field

paragraph_text: On April 4, 1818, a plan was passed by Congress at the suggestion of U.S. Naval Captain Samuel C. Reid in which the flag was changed to have 20 stars, with a new star to be added when each new state was admitted, but the number of stripes would be reduced to 13 so as to honor the original colonies. The act specified that new flag designs should become official on the first July 4 (Independence Day) following admission of one or more new states. The most recent change, from 49 stars to 50, occurred in 1960 when the present design was chosen, after Hawaii gained statehood in August 1959. Before that, the admission of Alaska in January 1959 prompted the debut of a short - lived 49 - star flag.

paragraph_text: In a letter written by Maria Manuela (Mima) Besosa, the daughter of the Puerto Rican Revolutionary Committee member Manuel Besosa, she stated that she sewed the flag. This created a belief that her father could have been its designer. In her letter she described the flag as one which consists of five stripes that alternate from red to white. Three of the stripes are red, and the other two are white. To the left of the flag is a light blue triangle that houses one white five - pointed star. Each part of this flag has its own meaning. The three red stripes represent the blood from the brave warriors. The two white stripes represent the victory and peace that they would have after gaining independence. The white star represented the island of Puerto Rico. The blue represents the sky and blue coastal waters. The triangle represents the three branches of government. Finally, it is also believed by some that it was Lola Rodríguez de Tió who suggested that Puerto Ricans use the Cuban flag with its colors reversed as the model for their own standard. The color of the Cuban flag's blue stripes, however, were a darker shade of blue, according to Professor Martí.

paragraph_text: This parade is also led by the Münchner Kindl; followed by notables of the city council and the city administration and the state of Bavaria, usually the minister-president and his wife, traditional costume and rifle clubs, musical bands, marching bands, flag-wavers and about 40 carriages with decorated horses and carts. The clubs and groups come mostly out of Bavaria, but also from other German states, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy and other European countries.

paragraph_text: ``The Star - Spangled Banner ''is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from`` Defence of Fort M'Henry'', a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the 35 - year - old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large American flag, the Star - Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the American victory.

paragraph_text: ``The Star - Spangled Banner ''is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from`` Defence of Fort M'Henry'', a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35 - year - old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large American flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star - Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the American victory.

paragraph_text: "Leavin" is a song by American R&B group Tony! Toni! Toné! It was released on April 12, 1994, as the fourth single from their 1993 album "Sons of Soul". The optimistic, upbeat song features turntable scratches and a sample of A Tribe Called Quest's 1990 song "If the Papes Come". Music critics found the song's style and group member Raphael Wiggins' singing reminiscent of Smokey Robinson.

paragraph_text: The pledge was instituted by the Texas Legislature in 1933, and originally referred to the ``Texas flag of 1836 ''(which was the Burnet Flag, and not the Lone Star Flag then in use). In 1965, the error was corrected by deleting the words`` of 1836.'' In 2007, the phrase ``one state under God ''was added. The addition of`` under God'' has been challenged in court, though an injunction was denied.

paragraph_text: The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American flag, is the national flag of the United States. It consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the canton (referred to specifically as the ``union '') bearing fifty small, white, five - pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S. Nicknames for the flag include the Stars and Stripes, Old Glory, and the Star - Spangled Banner.

paragraph_text: Symbol Name Image References Flag Flag of the United States Seal Great Seal of the United States (obverse) (reverse) National bird Bald eagle National mammal North American bison National anthem ``The Star - Spangled Banner ''`` The Star - Spangled Banner'' National motto (official) ``In God We Trust ''National motto (unofficial, appears on coinage) E pluribus unum National floral emblem Rose National march`` The Stars and Stripes Forever'' ``The Stars and Stripes Forever ''National tree Oak tree (Quercus)

paragraph_text: Samuel Chester Reid (24 August 1783 – 28 January 1861) was an officer in the United States Navy who commanded a privateer during the War of 1812. He is also noted for having helped design the 1818 version of the flag of the United States, which first established the rule of keeping thirteen stripes and adding one star for each U.S. state.

paragraph_text: On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: ``Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. ''Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. While scholars still argue about this, tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment.

paragraph_text: "Sad Lookin' Moon" is a song written by Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry and Greg Fowler, and recorded by American country music group Alabama. It was released in February 1997 as the lead-off single from the album "Dancin' on the Boulevard". It peaked at number 2 in the United States, while it was a number-one hit in Canada.

paragraph_text: Increased interest in modern a cappella (particularly collegiate a cappella) can be seen in the growth of awards such as the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (overseen by the Contemporary A Cappella Society) and competitions such as the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella for college groups and the Harmony Sweepstakes for all groups. In December 2009, a new television competition series called The Sing-Off aired on NBC. The show featured eight a cappella groups from the United States and Puerto Rico vying for the prize of $100,000 and a recording contract with Epic Records/Sony Music. The show was judged by Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman, and Nicole Scherzinger and was won by an all-male group from Puerto Rico called Nota. The show returned for a second and third season, won by Committed and Pentatonix, respectively.

paragraph_text: Blestyashchiye (, lit. " the shining ones") is one of the first and most enduring all-girl singing groups in Russia.

paragraph_text: United States of America Names The American flag, The Stars and Stripes; Red, White and Blue; Old Glory; The Star - Spangled Banner Use National flag and ensign Proportion 10: 19 Adopted June 14, 1777 (original 13 - star version) July 4, 1960 (current 50 - star version) Design Thirteen horizontal stripes alternating red and white; in the canton, 50 white stars of alternating numbers of six and five per horizontal row on a blue field

paragraph_text: Confederate States of America The first national flag of the Confederate States of America with 13 stars Name ``The Stars and Bars ''Use National flag Adopted March 4, 1861 (first 7 - star version) November 28, 1861 (final 13 - star version) Design Three horizontal stripes of equal height, alternating red and white, with a blue square two - thirds the height of the flag as the canton. Inside the canton are white five - pointed stars of equal size, arranged in a circle and pointing outward. Designed by Nicola Marschall The second national flag of the Confederate States of America Name`` The Stainless Banner'' Use National flag Proportion 1: 2 Adopted May 1, 1863 Design A white rectangle two times as wide as it is tall, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five - pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire. The third national flag of the Confederate States of America. Name ``The Blood - Stained Banner ''Use National flag Proportion 2: 3 Adopted March 4, 1865 Design A white rectangle, one - and - a-half times as wide as it is tall a red vertical stipe on the far right of the rectangle, a red quadrilateral in the canton, inside the canton is a blue saltire with white outlining, with thirteen white five - pointed stars of equal size inside the saltire. Designed by Arthur L. Rogers

paragraph_text: A five - pointed star (☆), geometrically a regular concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry, it was notably introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and since has become widely used in flags.

paragraph_text: The flag of American Samoa is a flag consisting of a red-edged white triangle pointing towards the hoist charged with a bald eagle clutching a war club and fly-whisk, with dark blue upper and lower triangles. Adopted in April 1960 to replace the "Stars and Stripes" as the official flag of the territory, it has been the flag of the Territory of American Samoa since that year. The colors used epitomize the traditional colors of the United States and Samoa.

paragraph_text: The flag of the state shall be burgee - shaped. It shall have three red and two white horizontal stripes that represent the roads and waterways of the state. The union of the flag shall be seventeen five - pointed stars, white in a blue triangular field that represents the state's hills and valleys, the base of which shall be the staff end or vertical edge of the flag, and the apex of which shall be the center of the middle red stripe. The stars shall be grouped around a red disc superimposed upon a white circular ``O. ''The thirteen stars grouped around the`` O'' represent the original states of the United States and the four stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the seventeenth state admitted to the union. The ``O ''represents the`` O'' in ``Ohio ''and suggests the state's nickname, the buckeye state. The proportional dimensions of the flag and of its various parts shall be according to the official design on file in the office of the secretary of state.

Question: Why is there one star on the flag of the country where the groups not from the U.S. came from in The Sing-Off?
Answer: represented the island of Puerto Rico