SpinTunes 26 Round 3 Results

The judges had an incredibly tough job ranking the eighteen entries in Round 3, but they rose to the challenge. With their rankings tabulated, we have our finalists!

Taking the top spot in Round 3 was SpinTunes newcomer Stefan Szabo, whose "Mother", an ode to a self-sacrificing parent, earned top marks from two different judges. We have a tie for second place, with traumadolls and Sober earning equal points for "Cycle of Sirens" and "Make You a Headstone", respectively. Taking fourth place in Round 3 is miscellaneous owl, who wove together memory, time, and nature in her meditative entry "Writ in Water".

One more contestant gets to move on to the Final Round - our Wild Card is determined by combining rankings from all three previous rounds. Earning that spot with consistently good rankings across the entire tournament is Ironbark. Congratulations to all five of our finalists!

Read on for the full Round 3 rankings, Wild Card tabulation, and links to judges' reviews!

Here are the full Round 3 rankings:

Rank	Artist	Beka	Ian	Mo	Paul	Travis	Total
1	Stefan Szabo	1	11	6	5	1	24
2	traumadolls	5	6	4	9	3	27
2	Sober	4	7	12	2	2	27
4	miscellaneous owl	2	1	8	12	6	29
5	Nathan Joe Long	14	9	2	3	11	39
6	Ironbark	3	8	10	7	12	40
6	Stacking Theory	7	5	16	8	4	40
8	Carrie Spillane	12	12	3	1	14	42
8	Sunflower Bastard	6	4	1	18	13	42
10	Flintsteel	8	3	11	17	9	48
11	David Taro	10	13	13	11	5	52
12	Cheslain	9	16	5	15	8	53
13	Brother Baker	11	10	15	13	7	56
14	Best Dad In Yorkshire	15	2	9	16	15	57
15	Hot Pink Halo	17	14	7	6	16	60
16	The Moon Bureau	13	15	17	10	10	65
17	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion	18	18	14	4	17	71
18	Ominous Ride	16	17	18	14	18	83

Wild Card rankings are determined by adding together the rankings (not raw scores) from all three rounds so far:

Rank	Artist	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Ironbark	3	3	6	12
2	Carrie Spillane	2	8	8	18
3	Sunflower Bastard	6	5	8	19
4	Nathan Joe Long	11	10	5	26
5	Cheslain	15	2	12	29
6	Flintsteel	8	13	10	31
7	Stacking Theory	15	12	6	33
8	David Taro	7	22	11	40
8	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion	12	11	17	40
10	Hot Pink Halo	12	16	15	43
11	Best Dad In Yorkshire	25	7	14	46
12	Brother Baker	19	15	13	47
13	The Moon Bureau	22	16	16	54
14	Ominous Ride	23	23	18	64

The following artists have scored below the elimination cutoff, but are still eligible for shadow reinstatement if anyone above the cutoff fails to meet the deadline:

• Best Dad In Yorkshire
• Brother Baker
• Carrie Spillane
• Cheslain
• David Taro
• Flintsteel
• Hot Pink Halo
• Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
• Nathan Joe Long
• Ominous Ride
• Stacking Theory
• Sunflower Bastard
• The Moon Bureau

And of course, we have reviews!

• Beka Gurney's reviews and rankings
• Ian Blaylock's reviews and rankings
• Mo's rankings (reviews coming soon!)
• Paul R. Potts's reviews and rankings
• Travis Norris's rankings (reviews coming soon!)
• Micah Sommersmith's reviews