SpinTunes 25 Final Round Results and Champion

SpinTunes 25 is in the books. In a Final Round with five excellent competing entries, 14 participants cast their votes, and we can bestow the title of Champion on the winning competitor.

After making it to the Final Round in all three of their previous tournaments, The Alleviators have at last claimed the title of Champions with their song "Shadow Teeth". Congratulations!

Read on for the full anonymized voting breakdown, and for links to our judges' reviews!

Here are the results of the contestant voting:

Voter	The Alleviators	David Taro	This Big Old Endless Sky	Huge Shark	Hot Pink Halo
Bear	2	5	1	3	4
Bird	2	1	4	3	5
Butterfly	2	5	4	1	3
Cat	2	3	1	5	4
Catepillar	2	3	4	1	5
Dog	3	2	4	1	5
Elephant	2	3	1	4	5
Giraffe	1	2	3	4	5
Hedgehog	4	1	2	5	3
Ostrich	1	2	3	4	5
Peacock	1	2	3	5	4
Pelican	3	1	2	4	5
Penguin	4	3	1	5	2
Porcupine	2	1	3	4	5
Total	31	34	36	49	60
Rank	1	2	3	4	5

The judges cast votes in case they were needed as tie-breakers. That didn't happen this time, but you can still see their full rankings here, including a three-way tie for third place:

Judge	TBOES	Hot Pink Halo	David Taro	Huge Shark	The Alleviators
Ben	1	3	5	4	2
Mike	2	3	5	1	4
Nancy	2	1	3	4	5
Phil	2	4	1	5	3
Total	7	11	14	14	14
Rank	1	2	3	3	3

And of course, the judges still offered thoughtful reviews on your songs. Find them all here:

• Ben's reviews
• Mike of The Dutch Widows' reviews
• Nancy Rost's reviews
• Vehicles of Beware's reviews

Thank you to all the judges for the incredible work you put into this contest. Thank you to Tommy G for continuing to faithfully run our Listening Parties and to Matt Schubbe for providing cover art. Thanks to Leonie Connellan for creating cover art for the Bonus Round, and especially thank you to all the participants who used this contest as an opportunity to create new music!

See you in SpinTunes 26!