THE ARTIST — S1E2

Before we reveal the first artist eliminated from the competition, let's take a look back at the songs selected by each contestant and how many credits they spent in this opening round. Remember: you can be eliminated from the competition based on the judges' scores, but you can also be eliminated if you run out of credits. Every submission must therefore be chosen strategically. The theme for Round 1 was: MEET MY ARTIST Maris - Ellise — Spent 1 credit https://l1nq.com/zmptsuw AlakazamKing - Linkin Park — Spent 10 credits https://l1nq.com/3z5kmte Foox - Lime Cordiale — Spent 1 credit https://sl1nk.com/bw8uhbh Royaltyy - Summer Walker — Spent 1 credit https://sl1nk.com/7az0d7b dailyicon - Magdalena Bay — Spent 3 credits https://l1nq.com/f5485iy Loco - Post Malone — Spent 5 credits https://l1nq.com/7ri3izq Fancy - Ava Max — Spent 10 credits https://sl1nk.com/28chzti yemaja - Florence Welch — Spent 10 credits https://sl1nk.com/f6uaonl Seong - NMIXX — Spent 10 credits https://l1nq.com/qwj5kr5 kitty - Madonna — Spent 20 credits https://l1nq.com/pt7z0ss guib - BLACKPINK — Spent 40 credits https://l1nq.com/hobe0rb MusicLover - JoJo — Spent 1 credit https://l1nq.com/nlr8rxv To read the judges' full critiques, visit: https://kovaze.com/group_thread/249 Now, for the first time, here are the scores awarded by each judge. The maximum score possible was 30 points. yawnha Florence Welch — 28 points JoJo — 27 points Ellise — 26 points Post Malone — 25 points Linkin Park — 24 points Ava Max — 24 points Lime Cordiale — 23 points Magdalena Bay — 22 points BLACKPINK — 22 points NMIXX — 21 points Madonna — 21 points Summer Walker — 19 points aleksa Florence Welch — 26.9 points Post Malone — 26.4 points JoJo — 26.3 points BLACKPINK — 25.2 points Linkin Park — 25.2 points Ava Max — 24.6 points Ellise — 23.2 points Lime Cordiale — 22.2 points NMIXX — 21.8 points Madonna — 20.6 points Magdalena Bay — 19.8 points Summer Walker — 13.1 points BRAT Linkin Park — 29.8 points Florence Welch — 29.8 points Summer Walker — 28.2 points JoJo — 28.1 points Magdalena Bay — 27.4 points Ellise — 27.0 points Lime Cordiale — 27.0 points Ava Max — 26.2 points NMIXX — 25.9 points BLACKPINK — 25.7 points Madonna — 25.6 points Post Malone — 21.0 points With all scores combined, the overall standings are as follows: Royaltyy - Summer Walker, unfortunately, I must inform you that YOU ARE THE FIRST ARTIST ELIMINATED FROM THE COMPETITION. Now let's take a look at how many credits each contestant has remaining after the first round: Did they make the right choices? Will everyone have enough credits left to make it all the way to the finale? Because once your credits are gone, so are you. Scores will continue to accumulate from round to round, and a new challenge is just around the corner. Stay tuned—the next theme will be posted in the group very soon.