Let's get it started.

I've divided the nominees to 8 groups randomly, and the real competition can finally begin. :junior:

-Only members with over 100 are allowed to vote.
-Vote for 2 nominees in each group

I'm no good talker so I'll just get on with it.

Group A
Bloc Party
Rammstein
Silverchair
Tool

Group B
Gorillaz
Lifehouse
Nine Inch Nails
Portishead

Group C
Deftones
Iron Maiden
Pain of Salvation
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Group D
Beatsteaks
Pink Floyd
Placebo
Steve Vai

Group E
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Linkin Park
Queens of the Stone Age

Group F
Dire Straits
Muse
Radiohead
The Killers

Group G
Gogol Bordello
Eagles
Jimi Hendrix
Oasis

Group H
Manu Chao
Sonic Youth
The Prodigy
U2

The groups are in my oppinion pretty tight compared to each other, except for Groups E and F... They're gonna be hard motherf*ckers. :p

Nominees written in bold have gone trough from group stage.

Group F is a bit gash. DS are going to get powned. :(

Oh really **** off. Once again my nomination gets the group of death. Look at group F guys...

Screw this competitions, I'm going to start to nomitate Christina Aguilera.

:(

We can post youtubes of their performances right?

Sure. Just post them directly to their group thread or this thread.

I've only heard of 14 of the contestants :( Lots of bad taste here.

Yea, no Metallica, SoaD or many other greats, but whatever, people were too lazy to nominate, I would have loved to have atleast 64 nominees, but people were lazy, and it didn't seem right for me to add 32 wild cards. (H)

I myself have heard of most of those bands (thanks to Last.fm radios), but haven't listened to their music.

Err...didn't I nominate Metallica a long time ago? :|

The coup commences?

Well, I wasn't sure about if it was a nomination as you said something like "what, no Metallica or Tool?", iirc, so I didn't count them in, but I told for you to nominate him then, but there was no answer. And I can't add them anymore as it's already started and it would produce an odd number.

OK, the group stage is done, on to the knockout rounds!

Knockout Pairs:
1. Group A no1 - Group H no2 (Tool - U2)
2. Group B no1 - Group G no2 (Gorillaz - Eagles)
3. Group C no1 - Group F no2 (Red Hot Chili Peppers - Radiohead)
4. Group D no1 - Group E no2 (Pink Floyd - Queens of the Stone Age)
5. Group E no1 - Group D no2 (Led Zeppelin - Placebo)
6. Group F no1 - Group C no2 (Muse - Deftones)
7. Group G no1 - Group B no2 (Jimi Hendrix - Portishead)
8. Group H no1 - Group A no2 (The Prodigy - Bloc Party)

The Quarterfinals:
QF 1 Winner of Pair 1 - Winner of Pair 8 (Tool - The Prodigy)
QF 2 Winner of Pair 2 - Winner of Pair 7 (Eagles - Jimi Hendrix)
QF 3 Winner of Pair 3 - Winner of Pair 6 (Radiohead - Muse)
QF 4 Winner of Pair 4 - Winner of Pair 5 (Pink Floyd - Led Zeppelin)

The Semifinals:
SF 1 The Winner of QF 1 - The Winner of QF 4 (Tool - Pink Floyd)
SF 2 The Winner of QF 2 - The Winner of QF 3 (Jimi Hendrix - Radiohead)

THE FINAL:
The Winner of SF 1 - The Winner of SF 2 (Pink Floyd - Jimi Hendrix)

How come there is no Queen? :|

Because no one nominated them?

Pretty much. :p

There should've been atleast 64 nominees IMO, but there was no people nominating bands, and I just managed to get 32 nominees, by giving every1 a chance to nominate two...! I guess people just weren't aware enough that we really have a music forum.

Maybe next time we should pick a different system. Let's say everyone gets 1 nominee and then some bands that are in there automatically.
I can't think of any conditions which the automatic nominations would have to cover but you get the idea, don't you?

Yea, that could work. I've always thought of a different type of contest, if people are interested. There could be many categories: Rock, Pop, Heavy, Alternative, Hiphop, Female, Male, Album, Song, and so on. Let's just get this done first and then we can see if it would be a smart move.

And the winner for SGF Best Musical Performance is.........






























PINK FLOYD! :lui:
http://www.fotobaron.com/blow_out/images/Pink-Floyd-67442-3.jpg
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/299623.jpg
http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/500/87132.jpg
Congratulations!

Sadly, the band couldn't be here to claim the prize, so Vanilla Ice will take it on their behalf.