Two weeks have gone by since voting for the AFI Begin Transmission contest started. Five band chosen winners were picked and 13,000+ fans have participated in voting for the 6th and final winner, the Community Winner. The 850 fan auditions have earned over 100,000 votes and 10,000 comments. At 6pm pst AFI will announce the winner of the community vote, the last fan who has earned the right to sing on the new album.
However, this experience is far from over. The band has many more plans for Begin Transmission that will become a reality in the coming weeks. Including the opportunity for a handful of “Honorable Mentions”…i.e. I wouldn’t go deleting those submissions just yet…
DIGG! http://digg.com/music/AFI_TO_ANNOUNCE_FINAL_WINNER_OF_BEGIN_TRANSMISSION_TODAY
Meet the Five Band Chosen Winners!
Fans have been on edge at the prospect of Davey calling them (or the entire band showing up at their fake staff meeting) to declare them the winner. Here’s a rundown of the fortunate few whom the band chose:
Natacia http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/natacia
18 – Seattle
submission video http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/watch?v=YkpbuERFe6k
winner video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN6avP_JJvA
Raine http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/raine
16 – Honolulu
submission video http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/watch?v=8-4pgookewg
winner video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySVVNo4bQog
Mark http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/mark
26 – Los Angeles
submission video http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/watch?v=cBpuEJ0Grpw
winner video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTA9IgHyxXg
Courtney http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/courtney
16 – Houston
submission video http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/watch?v=8P6ZIp3nVsg
winner video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8RaV9-pH2g
Brock http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/brock
31 – Santa Monica
submission video http://begintransmission.afireinside.net/watch?v=Sf0QSag3MKI
winner video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-msDrTqGHoA
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