SpinTunes 23 Final Results

The contestants have cast their votes, and the results of the SpinTunes 23 Final Round have been determined. Congratulations to our SpinTunes 23 Champions, Cavedwellers!

Listen to Cavedwellers' winning entry, "The Only Way Out", the three other finalists' songs, and 13 shadow entries on Bandcamp or embedded below.

Read on for the full results and links to judges' reviews!

It was a tight race, with Celestial Drift just two points behind Cavedwellers in second place. The Pannacotta Army took third place, with The Alleviators in fourth.

Eleven SpinTunes 23 participants cast ballots; their zoonymized votes are below.

	Cavedwellers	Celestial Drift	The Pannacotta Army	The Alleviators
Bear	3	1	2	4
Fox	3	2	4	1
Human	1	3	2	4
Kangaroo	2	1	3	4
King Cobra	2	3	1	4
Koala	4	3	1	2
Pangolin	2	3	1	4
Penguin	1	3	4	2
Python	1	2	4	3
Snake	1	4	3	2
Wildebeest	4	1	3	2
Total	24	26	28	32
Rank	1	2	3	4

This round, the judges cast votes in case they were needed as a tiebreaker. Their votes are also included below. The race for the judges' favor was even tighter, with Celestial Drift besting Cavedwellers by just a single point.

	Celestial Drift	Cavedwellers	The Pannacotta Army	The Alleviators
Edric Haleen	1	4	3	2
ChasRock	3	2	1	4
Ryan Finholm	4	1	3	2
Chumpy	2	1	4	3
Leonie Connellan	1	4	2	3
Total	11	12	13	14
Rank	1	2	3	4

And of course, the judges have graced us with one last set of reviews:

• ChasRock
• Edric Haleen
• Leonie Connellan
• Chumpy, Ryan Finholm, and Micah Sommersmith
• Participant reviews and discussion on the Song Fight bulletin board

Many, many thanks to our judges, ChasRock, Edric Haleen, Leonie Connellan, Chumpy, and Ryan Finholm for giving their time and attention to SpinTunes 23. 

Thanks as well to Tommy G for faithfully running our Listening Parties and to our talented graphic designer Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe for providing brand-new custom cover art each round.

And of course, thank you to all the participants in SpinTunes 23 who helped make it another successful tournament. I hope you will join us next time for SpinTunes 24!