Winner of Week 2!

@thequeendizzle - with her fantastic a cappella performance of Guns-N-Roses "Sweet Child o' Mine". You have a great voice! It took some serious brevity to attempt the song with no music. Kudos! The final score was a 4.2 out of 5. Great job! We hope to see you again this week!

Second place

@the21plus with her 311 "Amber" rendition. We loved this one because mamasita joined in on the chorus! Loving the family unity! Your voice is very unique too and matched well with the song you chose. Your final score is an even 4.0. Happy you came back and look forward to seeing you again this week!

Third place

@zararina with her stupendous vocalization of No Doubt's "Don't Speak". The judges have you with a final score of 3.8 and were loving you carrying those notes! Hope to have you back this week!

All of your awards will be sent in the next couple of days, thank you all for competing!

Week 3 Begins

Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright!!! This week we have some requests again from the suggestion box that will be in play and have chosen some ourselves. Select the one you like best and record yourself singing along with it. Then, drop your video and/or link to your post with the video of you down there in the comments section. Easy, right? There are a few rules to help keep it sane.

RULES

1. The 1st tag for your submission post must be #karaokecontest.
2. This submission thread must be upvoted and curated (resteemed).
3. Your video of yourself singing must be in comments of this post (so you can get the popularity vote), or at least a link to your Steemit post entry.
4. You must choose one of our selected songs to sing along to.

JUDGING CATEGORIES

1. Popular vote: This will carry 40% of the overall score. Whoever has the most upvotes (not reward amount for the post) in the comments below, will win the popular vote. You may only vote for yourself ONCE, purchased bot votes for yourself will not count.
2. Timing: 20% weight - how close you are to the timing of the original lyrics.
3. Pitch: 20% weight - how close you are to staying on key to the original lyrics.
4. Likeness: 20% weight - how much you actually sound like and embody the singer of the original lyrics.

PRIZES

We will award prizes for 1st, second and third places by the following Tuesday of this post. @michaeldavid has donated 10 STEEM for the first place winner and @enginewitty has given 10 SBD (7 for 2nd place and 3 for 3rd). Winners will be announced Mondays with the posting of each new submission thread.

And the judges are…

The founder of #thealliance, @enginewitty who is an avid music fan of all genres and competes in the Rap Challenge here on Steemit. @chiefmappster who is the creator of the Beat Battle League and also a strong supporter of many movements here on Steemit. Also, @jaynie has agreed to step her passionate self up to the plate and be a judge for us. Thankful for all of you. And finally, we have @michaeldavid doing the magical math involved with tallying all the scores so...he's the one you'll have to bribe if you really want to win LOL j/k! This is going to be fun though everyone, we're excited!

This is all made possible by the fantastic community and involvement we have here on Steemit. Huge kudos to @enginewitty for the vision and fellow member of #thealliance @michaeldavid for helping orchestrate this contest. Music is an art and a passion of ours and we would now like to bring up our strongest supporters and think you should give them a Shout too!

Look into the Open Mic contest, put on by @luzcypher! Support your favorite artists by stopping in to see their entries and show them some love! They are entering week 47 and have been a maniacal beast in the progress of the musical community here! Big hugs to @jessamynorchard for connecting the dots and ushering us in!

You have to stop in and hear some of these guys at the Rap Challenge contest, they are phenomenal! Big Shout to @rondonson and all he’s doing to propel the Hip-Hop community here on Steemit! They are going into week 10 over there, Check out last week's entries here!

Do you like to dance? Stop in here to check out @donatello and his competition! I would love to see people get in on this. C'mon...you know you want to!

Ah yes, what songs are we able to choose from this first week? This week, we have taken the suggestion box submissions and added them to the list along with a few we chose ourselves. We plan to do themes each week so be on the lookout for the suggestion box post every Saturday for people that have a desire for a certain genre or era of music.

1) Eryka Badu - Apple Tree

2) Bruno Mars - That's What I Like

3) Dylan Scott - My Girl

4) Auli'i Cravalho - How Far I'll Go

5) Snoop Dogg - Who Am I? (Whats My Name?)

Can't wait to see all the entries this week! Put your fantabulous submissions in the comments below and be sure to look out next saturday for the Suggestion Box to put your requests and favorite jams in! STEEM ON