And the Winner of Week 4 Is...

@topkpop - with her spectacular Jewel "You Were Meant For Me" performance. That popular vote is deciding the winner here you guys... Jaw-dropping with those held soprano notes though, wow! 3.8 total out of 5. Great job! We hope to see you again this week!

Second place

@the21plus with Lorde's "Royals" and man this was good. You sure you're not secretly their singer? Your final score is an even 3. Happy you joined us and look forward to seeing you again this week!

Third place

@yusaymon with his good vibe Drake - "Hold On, We're Goin Home". The judges have you with a final score of 3.0 and we loved your ad lib towards the end giving us a shout out! Hope to have you back this week!

All of your awards will be sent in the next couple of days, thank you all for competing!

Week 5 Begins

Getting more new faces showing up and some regulars, LOVE IT! This week we are pulling all we can from the suggestion box that we put out every Saturday. Simply select the one you like best and record yourself singing along with it. Then, drop your video and/or link to your post with the video of you down there in the comments section. Easy, right? Here's 'the catch'.

RULES

1. The 1st tag for your submission post must be #karaokecontest.
2. This submission thread must be upvoted and curated (resteemed).
3. Your video of yourself singing must be in comments of this post (so you can get the popularity vote), or at least a link to your Steemit post entry.
4. You must choose one of our selected songs to sing along to.

JUDGING CATEGORIES

1. Popular vote: This will carry 40% of the overall score. Whoever has the most upvotes (not reward amount for the post) in the comments below, will win the popular vote. You may only vote for yourself ONCE, purchased bot votes for yourself will not count.
2. Timing: 20% weight - how close you are to the timing of the original lyrics.
3. Pitch: 20% weight - how close you are to staying on key to the original lyrics.
4. Likeness: 20% weight - how much you actually sound like and embody the singer of the original lyrics.

PRIZES

We will award prizes for 1st, second and third places by the following Tuesday of this post. @michaeldavid has donated 10 STEEM for the first place winner and @enginewitty has given 10 SBD (7 for 2nd place and 3 for 3rd). Winners will be announced Mondays with the posting of each new submission thread.

And the judges are…

Alif's @hardikv, a fantastic musician and strong competitor in the open mic challenges here on Steemit. @enginewitty will be watching all these entrants with a critical eye. Plus, the lovely @jaynie has agreed to continue her passion for musical talents and remain being a judge for us. #thealliance is thankful for all of your time. And finally, we have @michaeldavid doing the magical math involved with tallying all the final scores. This is be funeveryone, we're having a blast!

This is all made possible by the fantastic community and involvement we have here on Steemit. Huge kudos to @enginewitty for the vision and giant of #thealliance @michaeldavid for helping orchestrate this contest. Music is an art and a passion of ours and we would now like to bring up our strongest supporters and think you should give them a Shout too!

Look into the Open Mic contest, put on by @luzcypher! Support your favorite artists by stopping in to see their entries and show them some love! They are entering week 49 and have been a maniacal beast in the progress of the musical community here! Big hugs to @jessamynorchard for connecting the dots and ushering us in!

Do you like to dance? Stop in here to check out @donatello and his competition! I would love to see people get in on this. C'mon...you know you want to! Don't get cold feet now, you'll trip over them on the dance floor!!

Ah yes, what songs are we able to choose from this first week? This week, we have taken the suggestion box submissions and added them to the list, so be on the lookout for the suggestion box post every Saturday for people that have a desire for a certain artist, band, genre or era of music.

1) Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

2) Alicia Keys - Fallin

3) Sia - Chandelier

4) Journey - Don't Stop Believing

5) D'Angelo - Brown Sugar

Can't wait to see all the entries this week! Put your fantabulous submissions in the comments below and let the games begin!!! STEEM ON