[TMT20] 2026 Talossan Music Top 20

[Glüc]

1,5 hour left!

(When the deadline passes no votes will be accepted anymore, even if I probably won't be awake to officially call it.)

Unfortunately it does look like well be stuck on 6 votes again, unless we get some last minute votes. (þerxh perhaps?)


Tomorrow voting will open for this years Semifinal!

[Glüc]

GROUP 4
1. Wuthering Heights - 14 _{(2 voters giving 6 points)}
2. Black Hole Sun - 14 _{(1 voter giving 6 points)}
3. Stairway to Haven - 11 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 1 voter giving 2 points)}
4. Roam - 11 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 0 voters giving 2 points)}
5. Starman - 11 _{(0 voters giving 6 points)}
6. You Give Love a Bad Name - 10
7. Crazy Train - 8
8. How Soon Is Now? - 6 _{(Round 2 ppv: 1.500)}
9. Layla - 6 _{(Round 2 ppv: 1.000)}
10. Paranoid - 5

GROUP 2
1. Telegraph Road - 15
2. Take Five - 13
3. The Mercy Seat - 10 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 1 voter giving 4 points)}
4. Ring of Fire - 10 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 0 voters giving 4 points, 1 voter giving 3 points)}
5. Jump Around - 10 _{(1 voter giving 6 points, 0 voters giving 4 points, 1 voter giving 3 points)}
6. Take Me Out - 10 _{(0 voters giving 6 points)}
7. Africa - 9
8. Blue Monday - 8
9. Psycho Killer - 6
10. Hurt - 5

A lot of last years top 20 songs ended up in group 4. How Soon is Now and Paranoid did not make it, along with Africa from group 5. As a result 12 out of last years top 20 are still in the running.

Take Five is back in the top 20 after 6 years. The last time was in 2020.

Jump Around would be debuting if it survives the semifinal.

[Glüc]

SEMIFINAL
2026 Talossan Music Top 20

The Semifinal consists of one group of 15 songs (the third, fourth, and fifth place songs from each group in Round 3). The top five songs advance to the Final, the next five (in order) are #16 - #20 of the 2026 TMT20, and the last five are the final five songs to be eliminated.

The voting period will last until Tuesday, August 25rd at 12:00 PM, Talossan Daylight Time. (19:00 CEST)

Give your top eight songs 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 points, respectively. You must give points to exactly eight songs.

DO NOT POST YOUR VOTE HERE, SEND IT TO ME IN A PRIVATE MESSAGE!*

B-52's - Roam
David Bowie - Starman
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
House of Pain - Jump Around
Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Men At Work - Down Under
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Mercy Seat
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence
The Beatles - Taxman
The Cure - A Forest
The Who - Baba O'Riley


Tiebreakers:
- Number of voters giving 10 points
- Number of voters giving 8 points
...
- Number of voters giving 2 points
- PPV in Round 3
- Rank in Round 3
- PPV in Round 2
- Rank in Round 2
- Last year's result (1 > 2 > ... > 20 > Round 4 > Round 3 > Round 2 > other)
- PPV in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Rank in Round 1 (if applicable)
- Year first nominated (special edition > earlier > later)
- Random chance

Tactical voting refers to either giving more points than you normally would to a song because it would make the difference between it going through or getting eliminated, or giving fewer points than you normally would to a song because it might kick a song you like even more out of the competition. This is hard to prevent, but my very strong request would be to not do it. Give points to the songs you believe deserve to go through, regardless of how others are voting. Doing otherwise reduces the value of votes that came before you, which is unfair to them. Remember that it's not a competition between voters, but a collective effort to make a nice list of songs we like. Thanks.

I did my best with all the links but there is always a chance some are broken or have a wrong version or bad audio quality. If a link is broken or you have a suggestion for a better link, please contact me or post the link in the thread. Officially, we are not voting on the YouTube link, but on the listed Artist + Title.

COMMENTARY ON THE PROGRESS OF THE GAME, THE RULES, WHAT SONGS YOU LIKE, ETC., IS VERY WELCOME.

* I will accept private messages on discord as well (also whatsapp or emails to my hotmail, for those who have access to those)

[Glüc]

Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3QAHYdPpVnElXYd8h1yEpA

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YouTube Music playlist: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKpBdkPLE-zs