The Results are in!
Music League Round One
1st Place was a tie at 17 points with “My Favorite Things” and “Old Man River,” from 10 and 5 voters respectively. Joe gave SuperMacGuyver a whopping 10 points!
“Not fair, Dan. All the points.”
- Joe on giving “Old Man River” all 10 of his votes.
Flynn with Midnight Radio and Kevin with the Bitch of Living came in close behind with 15 and 14 votes respectively. Von did not hesitate to throw shade at songwriter Duncan Sheik, “Spring awakening is much better than Duncan Sheiks other work ‘Barley Breathing’.”
Sniglet just edged out Deena and Gray for 5th place with “Somethings Got A Hold On Me,” at 13 votes. Voter Adrianne said, “Christina has one of the most amazing voices in our generation. I wish I had more points to give, but this round was so hard for me to pick.”
The rankings through Round 1, ranking order from ties is pulled from the Music League page. Total votes are in parentheses and the choosers comments accompany their picks:
Ricky - My Favorite Things (17)
“This is the best musical and the best musical singer of all time.”
SuperMacGuyver - Old Man River (17)
“Easiest submission ever for me. Paul Robeson was an international hero who fought against fascism, racism and McCarthyism. Joe has first hand seen how much I love this version of this song, particularly the last half of the 2nd verse. Disclaimer: I've never seen Showboat.”
Flynn - Midnight Radio (15)
“I don't love a lot of musicals, but I love this one, and this song in particular. This song holds a special place in my hearts because one of the last conversations I had with a good friend who is no longer with us was about how much we both loved this song.”
Kevin - The Bitch of Living (14)
“I could put this whole album in here.”
Sniglet - Somethings Got A Hold On Me (13)
Deena - Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In (12)
“Okay, so it's tecnically two songs. From ‘Hair’”
Gray - Cell Block Tango (12)
ThaneofThomas - Non-Stop (10)
Funnymanj - All That Jazz (9)
Adrianne - Superstar (9)
“This is the first musical I ever saw, and it remains my absolute favorite to this day.”
Cledys - The Internet is for Porn (9)
“Rarely will you find a song that captures the truth in such a clear way”
Kat - Maybe This Time (7)
“There were too many shower jams to choose from.”
Ignatus - Walk Through Fire (7)
“Maybe not musical theater in the most traditional sense, but anyone who says that the Buffy musical episode wasn't one of the best episodes in the series (and it has some steep competition) is lying to themselves.”
Julia - Breathe (7)
“As a first Gen college student who had a lot of pressure to succeed in school, I could relate heavily to this one.”
Yvonne - Maybe (7)
“Annie is my favorite movie. I've seen the stage production a lot of times, I even saw it once where it was a little boy and it was Andy- It was really fun. This is the first song in both the stage production and the movie and it's such a sad number it really makes you feel for the orphans. and sets the tone.”
Oven - One Last Time (7)
“Hamilton is beloved by me. There are too many good musicals to choose from and I love all of them.”
Bottle - Tokyo Electric Town (6)
“I've actually never seen this musical but man do I wanna. It's called Robot in the Garden:”
Joe - I Fought Every Step of the Way (2)
“Musical theatre? This sort of thing ain't my bag, baby!”
The Public Results are in - we had a three way tie for most popular:
Maybe, Superstar and Aquarius tied for the people’s choice. So, our leaderboard for the people’s champ is currently - Von, Adrianne and Deena!