Versus (Best New Artists of 2006) (please lock)

[DM was on fire!]

Hello, and welcome to Versus' Best New Artists of 2006 poll! This poll will include five musicians who's debut full-length CD release in this year. Happy New Year, and happy picking!

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Winner from Last Week
The Red Hot Chili Peppers won against Bob Dylan! The results:

Red Hot Chili Peppers: 59%
Bob Dylan: 40%

Total Votes: 37

This week, five people will battle their hearts out for Best New Artist fame! Gnarls Barkley, Vanessa Hudgens, Jibbs, Family Force 5 and Trent Tomlinson! The winner of this week's Versus will challenge the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Week Eighty!

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Facts

Gnarls Barkley
Label: Downtown Records/Warner Brothers // Videos: 5 // Debut Release: St. Elsewhere (April 24)

• Gnarls Barkley has been known to wear costumes when they perform
• Gnarls Barkley won Best Song (for "Crazy") at MTV's European Music Awards in 2006
• Their singles include "Gone Daddy Gone", "Crazy" and "Go-Go Gadget Gospel"

Vanessa Hudgens
Label: Hollywood Records // Videos: 1 // Debut Release: V (September 26)

• Vanessa made her acting debut in 2003 in the film "Thirteen".
• In the fall of 2006, she opened up for The Cheetah Girls on The Party's Just Begun Tour
• Her singles include "Come Back to Me" and "Say OK"

Jibbs
Label: Geffen Records // Videos: 2 // Debut Release: Jibbs Feat. Jibbs (October 24)

• Jibbs' little sister named his debut CD.
• Jibbs' stage name comes from his mother. She called him Jibbs when he was a child, because he was very talkative.
• His singles include "Chain Hang Low", "King Kong" feat. Chamillionare and "Go Too Far"

Family Force 5
Label: Gotee Records/Maverick Records // Videos: 4 // Debut Release: Business Up Front, Party in the Back (May 2)

• The group's lead singer, drummer and bassist are the sons of Jerome Olds, a Christian artist/produced in the late 80s
• Family Force 5 performed on the season finale of CBS' "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson", and finished the show off by destroying the set with Craig.
• Their singles include "Love Addict", "Replace Me" and "Kountry Gentleman"

Trent Tomlinson
Label: Cal IV Entertainment/Lyric Street Records // Videos: 2 // Debut Release: Country is My Rock (March 7)

• Trent's father was a basketball player for the University of Missouri, and was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers
• In his juniour year of high school, Trent tried out for TNN's show "You Can Be a Star", and made it in second.
• His singles include "Drunk Than Me" and "One Wing in the Fire"

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Feedback

• Suggest bands or artists you would like to see!

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Hall of fame

Bands and artists which were taken out of the competition due to continously winning, are automatically posted in the Hall of Fame:

Matchbox Twenty (Won from Week Sixteen to Week Twenty-One, Won the Golden Round)
Queen (Won from Week Twenty-One to Week Twenty-Seven)
Coldplay (Won from Week Thirty-Nine to Week Forty-Four)
Christina Aguilera (Won from Week Thirty-Four to Week Forty-Seven)
U2 (Won from Week Fifty-Four to Fifty-Nine)
Led Zeppelin (Won from Week Sixty-Eight to Seventy-Three)

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Previous Versus Competitors

AC/DC
andy hunter°
The All-American Rejects (Won from Week Fifty Nine to Sixty-Two)
Avril Lavigne
Ashlee Simpson
Ayumi Hamasaki
Backstreet Boys
Beyoncé
Black Eyed Peas (Won from Week Two to Week Four)
Blink 182
Bo Bice
Bob Dylan
Bon Jovi
Bowling for Soup
Britney Spears
Carrie Underwood
Cascada (Won from Week Sixty-Three to Sixty-Four)
Christina Aguilera (Won from Week Thirty-Four to Week Forty-Six)
Ciara
Clay Aiken
Coldplay (Won from Week Thirty-Nine to Week Forty-Four)
Destiny's Child
Diana DeGarmo
Eminem (Won from Week Eleven to Week Thirteen)
Evanescence (Won from Week Nine to Week Eleven)
Fall Out Boy
Family Force 5
Fantasia
Flyleaf
Gnarls Barkley
Green Day (Won from Week Four to Week Seven, Week Mega-Versus to Week Fifty-Four)
Gretchen Wilson
Good Charlotte
Guns N' Roses
Gwen Stefani (Won from Week Twenty-Nine to Week Thirty-Two)
Hilary Duff
Hoobastank
Jessica Simpson
Jet (Won from Week Thirty-Two to Week Thirty-Four)
Jibbs
Jojo
Justin Guarini
Kanye West
Kelly Clarkson (Won American Idol Versus)
Koda Kumi
Kym Huynh (Won from Week Thirty-Four to Week Thirty-Five)
Led Zeppelin (Won from Week Sixty-Eight to Seventy-Three)

Lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz
Linkin Park (Won from Week One to Week Two) (Second Chance to Week Forty-Nine)
Lindsay Lohan
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Madonna (Won Week Fifty-One to Week Fifty-Three)
Mariah Carey (Won from Week Forty-Seven to Week Second Chance)
Matchbox Twenty (Won from Week Sixteen to Week Twenty-One)
John Mayer (Won from Week Seventy-Four to Seventy-Five)
Metallica (Won from Week Thirty-Five to Week Thirty-Six)
Missy Elliott
Natasha Bedingfield
Nelly
Nickelback (won from Week Sixty-Four to Week Sixty-Five)
No Doubt (Won from Week Thirty-Six to Week Thirty-Nine)
Norah Jones
Oasis
OutKast (Won from Week Thirteen to Week Sixteen)
Our Lady Peace
Panic! At the Disco (Won from Week Sixty-Two to Sixty-Four)
Paramore
Pink Floyd (Won from Week Sixty-Five to Sixty-Eight)
Queen (Won from Week Twenty-One to Week Twenty-Seven)
Rascal Flatts
Rammstein
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Won from Week Seventy-Five to ?)
Relient K
Rihanna
Rob Thomas
Ruben Studdard
R. Kelly
Seether
Shinedown
Spice Girls (Won from week Forty-Nine to Week Fifty-One)
Sugarland
The Bee Gees
The Game
The Killers (Won from week Twenty-Seven to Week Twenty-Nine)
The Pussycat Dolls
Tim McGraw
Trent Tomlinson
U2 (Won from Week Fifty-Four to Week Fifty-Nine)
Usher
Vanessa Hudgen
Yellowcard (Won from Week Seven to Week Nine)

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Coming Soon!

Want to see if your favorite artist/band is coming up next? Well, here is the list of upcoming challengers!

Switchfoot
Cassie
Death Cab for Cutie
Melissa O'Neil

And more...

(Note: This list is subject to change)

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Information

- Any band/artist is able to compete (Ranging from as old as Queen to as new as Taylor Hicks). The only thing is that they most have songs with English lyrics. No foreign music, unless they have broken the language barrier or are widely known by people. (Examples, Utada Hikaru and Ayumi Hamasaki)
- You may suggest artists/bands to compete.
- Every Sunday the votes will be tallied and a new round will be posted.

Last edited by DM was on fire! on Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:00 pm, edited 3 times in total.

[Adoration]

So that's how you stuck them in. Just one question. Where are you getting 4 videos?

Not a big Vanessa Hudgens or HSM fan.
Gnarls Barkley scares me.
Jibbs is crap.
Trent Tomlinson's pretty good.
Family Force 5 so I live tomorrow.

It's a toss up between FF5 and Trent, though.

[DM was on fire!]

So that's how you stuck them in. Just one question. Where are you getting 4 videos?

Kountry Gentleman, Love Addict, Grandma and Numb.

[Bangel]

Don't know who Trent dude is; Family Force 5/Jibbs/Vanessa whatsherface all suck, etc.

Gnarls Barkley.

[Kugetsu]

Ack, Gnarls Barkley is probably the only semi-talented person on that list. (I'm not a huge fan of Gnarls Barkley either, but at least they're decent).

[Gwendolyn]

Family Force 5/Jibbs/Vanessa whatsherface all suck, etc

Been nice knowing you while you're alive.
Trent Tomlinson is like, awesome. So that's who I'm choosing.

[Xil]

I feel rather terrible for not knowing any of these bands... Perhaps there would of been a better way to diversify these, haha.

Gnarls Barkley sings that one song..that went that one way. I'll vote for them.

[Kitten Medli]

You mean people! You do NOT put down the FORCE! >=O

xD

[Uncle Xyzzy]

What a difficult question!

...Yeah right. FF5. Still not as good as John Reuben. Zappin. Smith.
But he's not new.

[Ammer]

Gnarls Barkley! I actually like "Crazy".

[theonlysaneone]

Aw come on! Jibbs man! You know, do ya chain hang low?

[Combusken BG]

Jibbs because of "Chain Hang Low"

Thank goodness for the facts on Gnarls Barkley as otherwise I would have confused them with Charles Barkley who was the NBA's MVP in 1993.

[Anoohilator]

Gnarls Barkley all the way - Go go gadget gospel is one of my most played songs on my phone!

[Matterbug]

Gnarls Barkley is pretty aweomse!

I love High School Musical and all, but Vanessa is just not that great of a solo artist.

"Chang Hang Low" is a hillarious song, but..

Gnarls Barkley it is.

[whhattisthiss]

Gnarls Barkley. They're awesome live.