Brisbane
20th Century Boy
vote
Melbourne
4 Days
vote
Melbourne
50fifty
vote
Melbourne
74 Kings
vote
Brisbane
Acended
vote
Melbourne
Achey Peace
vote
Brisbane
Ad Noiseium
vote
Sydney
Alibii
vote
Melbourne
All Monsters Are Human
vote
Sydney
Alpha Cult
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Sydney
ALTERTH
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Brisbane
Amnesia
vote
Melbourne
ANGLERR
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Sydney
Anticz
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Sydney
Arietta
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Melbourne
Arrhythmia
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Sydney
At Deaths Door
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Sydney
ATHANASIA
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Melbourne
Atriox
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Sydney
Bad Absalom
vote
Brisbane
Balog
vote
Sydney
Before the Lobotomy
vote
Melbourne
BELT
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Brisbane
BLACK_ATOM
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Sydney
Blacker
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Melbourne
Black Wattle Witches
vote
Sydney
Blake Williams
vote
Melbourne
Blame It On Bad Luck
vote
Melbourne
Blank Face
vote
Brisbane
Blatant Saint
vote
Brisbane
Bleeding wounds (scream out)
vote
Sydney
Blkmoth
vote
Brisbane
Blood Cauldron
vote
Melbourne
Blunt Trauma Index
vote
Melbourne
Body Prison
vote
Brisbane
BOOF HEADS
vote
Brisbane
brax
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Brisbane
Buried in the sun
vote
Brisbane
Call the Mourning
vote
Brisbane
CAMRA
vote
Melbourne
Caressa
vote
Sydney
CATPISS
vote
Sydney
chaos vinyl
vote
Melbourne
CHEAP-SKATE
vote
Sydney
Chillaum
vote
Sydney
chum
vote
Sydney
Cian
vote
Melbourne
Common Evil
vote
Brisbane
Commonside
vote
Melbourne
Copperhead
vote
Sydney
Cross Pollinate
vote
Melbourne
Cruelty In The Constellations
vote
Brisbane
CRY WOLF
vote
Melbourne
Cyanide Christ
vote
Brisbane
Dalia Gardenia
vote
Brisbane
Da Manager
vote
Brisbane
Damien J. Johnson (trio)
vote
Melbourne
Dance Monkeye
vote
Melbourne
Danger Den
vote
Sydney
Dark Order
vote
Melbourne
Darlington
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Brisbane
Daylight Vandal
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Brisbane
Dead Head Redemption
vote
Melbourne
DEADSKIN
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Brisbane
Deathrow
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Brisbane
Dedway
vote
Melbourne
Deep Majestic Thunder
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Melbourne
Dehumanizer
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Melbourne
Desmond Mase
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Melbourne
Destroy Fear
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Sydney
Digby Robinson
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Sydney
DIST
vote
Melbourne
Dolls
vote
Melbourne
Donni Heat
vote
Melbourne
DOUBLE-BARREL MEGADOOB
vote
Sydney
DVNTS
vote
Melbourne
Dysmetria
vote
Melbourne
Earth Cadet
vote
Sydney
Electric lemons
vote
Sydney
Electric State
vote
Sydney
Empress + Aces
vote
Brisbane
ENGRAVED
vote
Sydney
Face The Martyr
vote
Melbourne
Falter
vote
Brisbane
Fellsun
vote
Brisbane
Fidel A Go Go
vote
Brisbane
Findaway
vote
Sydney
Finding Better Health
vote
Brisbane
Flamboyant Nightmare
vote
Sydney
Flavuh
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Sydney
Freak
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Melbourne
Fur Blossom
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Brisbane
Garden Eyes
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Sydney
Gary
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Sydney
Gilroy
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Sydney
GlassCastles
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Sydney
GoonBag
vote
Sydney
Great Job!
vote
Melbourne
Grevillea
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Melbourne
GRINDHOUSE7000
vote
Melbourne
Groove Vultures
vote
Melbourne
grumble
vote
Melbourne
Hail Freya
vote
Brisbane
Happy Valley
vote
Melbourne
Hard Mercury
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Brisbane
HARLEY
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Brisbane
HEARTLOCKER
vote
Sydney
Hello Enemy
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Sydney
Hence Confetti
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Melbourne
Hidden Intent
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Brisbane
HIPPO
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Hoof
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Sydney
Hope Held Hostage
vote
Brisbane
Human Dinosaur Machine
vote
Melbourne
Humane
vote
Melbourne
Hungus
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I am Duckeye
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Melbourne
Identity Error
vote
Brisbane
IMPUNITY
vote
Melbourne
Inherit Nothing
vote
Melbourne
In Lucid Dreams
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Melbourne
Inscryptions
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Melbourne
Iris & The 99 Bends
vote
Sydney
Irken Armada
vote
Melbourne
I See Red
vote
Sydney
IV
vote
Sydney
Izaak Clifford & His Hired Hands
vote
Sydney
Jack Bratt
vote
Melbourne
Jaded State
vote
Brisbane
Jane Street
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Brisbane
JARR
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Melbourne
Jessica Kill
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Melbourne
Joanna Mathers
vote
Brisbane
Jollee
vote
Brisbane
KALATONE
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Sydney
Kathryn Hartnett
vote
Brisbane
Kill Pill
vote
Brisbane
Killtoys
vote
Sydney
KIRKLANDD
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Sydney
Kitty of the Valley
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Sydney
KōDEM
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Sydney
Krankwalk
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Brisbane
KÜDOS
vote
Melbourne
Lapidatus
vote
Melbourne
Laura and the Hell Cutz
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Melbourne
Lean In
vote
Melbourne
Leech King
vote
Melbourne
Lennon Wells
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Brisbane
Lesser
vote
Melbourne
L!FE
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Sydney
Lightyears
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Sydney
Liquid Culture
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LOLA
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Loons
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Lost Atlas
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Lost Plaza
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Magnertron
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Melbourne
MAGPIE
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Major Arcana
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Malicy
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Maple Ape
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Marionette
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Militia4L
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MissRiot
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Sydney
Mockers & Hypocrites
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Melbourne
Mollie’s Hug
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Morningbirds
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Sydney
Mothburn
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Melbourne
motionblur.
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Sydney
Naugrim
vote
Sydney
Necrosis Deathcore
vote
Melbourne
New Million
vote
Brisbane
Nicky Anacin Experience
vote
Sydney
nightdive
vote
Brisbane
No Allegiance
vote
Brisbane
Nocturnal Syndrome
vote
Brisbane
Northern Lights
vote
Melbourne
Nylon Phoenix
vote
Brisbane
Oceans for Sirius
vote
Brisbane
Off Judy
vote
Brisbane
Ollie Twohill
vote
Melbourne
Once Were Lost
vote
Sydney
Only at the Movies
vote
Melbourne
Oppression
vote
Melbourne
ORPHIX
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Melbourne
OUTTA SPITE
vote
Brisbane
Paint
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Brisbane
PAINT
vote
Sydney
PARASOCIAL
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Brisbane
Parhelion
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Melbourne
Pepper La Floyd
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Phoenix Street
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Sydney
Ponzi Scheme
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Brisbane
PORCELAIN
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Melbourne
PowderKeg
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PRAY4ME
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Product of Neglect
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Profanity Fair
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Sydney
Profannity
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Melbourne
Project Mayhem
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Protactinium
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Proxy Diver
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Punktilious
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Pyre & Ice
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Quite Like Pete
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RAGEBAIT
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Raise The Fallen
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Rare Phenomenon
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Razor Burn
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REDSIX
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Regikay
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Retail Therapy
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RETEP
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Retrograde
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Retro Valley
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Ribbon Stone
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Riot Revolver
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Melbourne
Rise From Ashes
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Riviera
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Sydney
Room 72
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Roronoah
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Roxferry
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RUFFIANS
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Sydney
Russian Novel
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Brisbane
RVN//NT
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Melbourne
Sacrificial Larynx
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Brisbane
SAGNAR
vote
Brisbane
Scandal Tree
vote
Sydney
Seahorse
vote
Brisbane
Seeing Violet
vote
Sydney
Sereia
vote
Brisbane
Seven Day Storm
vote
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Seven Enemies
vote
Melbourne
SEXY FAMILY FRIENDS
vote
Brisbane
Shokan
vote
Brisbane
SIX40
vote
Sydney
Skarmekal
vote
Sydney
Skyes Law
vote
Melbourne
Slime Dimension
vote
Brisbane
Slippery Gypsy
vote
Sydney
smear
vote
Melbourne
Smoke Witch
vote
Brisbane
SNAKE MOUNTAIN
vote
Sydney
Social Strangers
vote
Sydney
So I Says to Mabel
vote
Sydney
Sort It Out
vote
Melbourne
SOULSLEEP
vote
Brisbane
Sound Affliction
vote
Sydney
Soundstroke
vote
Melbourne
Space Coyote
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Melbourne
Speed Bumps
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Brisbane
SPEIRA
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Brisbane
Static
vote
Sydney
Statik
vote
Sydney
STOMP
vote
Sydney
SunlessAU
vote
Melbourne
SURVIVING SHARKS
vote
Sydney
SWITCH UP
vote
Sydney
Swollen finger
vote
Brisbane
Tailor Made Rejects
vote
Melbourne
Take Me Time Machine
vote
Sydney
Tangled In Wires
vote
Sydney
Tap Hammer
vote
Melbourne
Tenitus
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The Bartons
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Melbourne
The Chans
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The Clones
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Sydney
The Defenestrators
vote
Brisbane
The Distained
vote
Melbourne
The Dropkicks
vote
Melbourne
The Heights
vote
Sydney
The Hush
vote
Melbourne
The Koi Fish
vote
Brisbane
The Lonesomes
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Brisbane
The Matador
vote
Sydney
The Nameless
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Melbourne
The Opals
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Sydney
The Origins
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Brisbane
The Phosphenes
vote
Sydney
The Points
vote
Melbourne
The Rest is History
vote
Melbourne
THE SHADOW MINISTERS
vote
Sydney
The Smashed Avocados
vote
Sydney
The Stiffbacks
vote
Sydney
The Vandastruts
vote
Brisbane
The Vultures
vote
Melbourne
The Watchers
vote
Sydney
The Wholly Smoked
vote
Brisbane
The worm turns
vote
Melbourne
This Space Is Outs
vote
Melbourne
Tiger Driver
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Melbourne
TITRATION
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Sydney
Torment
vote
Brisbane
TRACE
vote
Melbourne
Trading Fours
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Melbourne
Tranquility Unknown
vote
Sydney
Trepan
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Sydney
T-Rex Autopsy
vote
Melbourne
Trigger finger
vote
Melbourne
Uproar
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Melbourne
Valenta
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Brisbane
Valvetrain
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Brisbane
Verd!ct
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Melbourne
Violet Tendencies
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Melbourne
Ward Candy
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Sydney
Watching Wolves
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Sydney
What You’re Made Of
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Brisbane
Wild Rocket
vote
Sydney
will kolak
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Sydney
Zamboni Jones
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competition dates

Melbourne
Shotkickers & HOWLER

Heat 1: Wednesday 4th November

Heat 2: Wednesday 11th November

Heat 3: Wednesday 18th November

Finals (@ HOWLER): Wednesday 25th November

SYDNEY
Burdekin HOTEL

Heat 1: Sunday 1st November

Heat 2: Sunday 8th November

Heat 3: Sunday 15th November

Finals: Sunday 22nd November

Brisbane
The Brightside

Heat 1: Wednesday 4th November

Heat 2: Wednesday 11th November

Heat 3: Wednesday 18th November

Finals: Wednesday 25th November

the rules

Competing band details:

  • 5 bands per heat
  • 3 heats (15 finalists total)
  • 20 min set each

QUALIFYING & FAN VOTING:

  • Bands will submit themselves into the running.
  • Fan voting will be available via the Good Things website
  • Each fan who signs up is able to vote for up to 3 bands.
  • Fan voting will be open from Wed 7th Oct until Sun 18th Oct
  • The top 15 bands in each state will be randomly selected to compete in 1 of 3 of the heats.

Judges:

  • Each heat will have 3 Guest Judges.

Event Scoring / Voting

Judges will score based on 5 categories, marking a score 1-5 in each for a total possible score of 25.

  • Crowd Pull
  • Crowd Engagement
  • Singing/songwriting skill
  • Instrumental skill
  • Overall performance

Crowd votes will be in the form of tokens, each attendee will receive 1x token on entry
Tokens will also be granted for every $5 spent at the venue.
Including; Alcoholic beverages, non alcoholic beverages, food.
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Final scores for each band will be based on both the judges score and crowd tokens.
Maximum score from judges of 75 (3 judges, 25 points per judge) + crowd tokens.

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Eg. band receives following voting breakdown:
Judge 1 - 19
Judge 2 - 21
Judge 3 - 16
56
Tokens - 33
Total Score - 89(56 + 33)

The Prizes

One of each prize is available per city.

• A spot on Open Stage 5 at Good Things Festival 2026

• Free venue hire for a single or album launch in 2027:
Melbourne winner – Shotkickers, Melbourne
Sydney winner – Burdekin Hotel, Sydney
Brisbane winner – The Brightside, BrisbanE

• Social media consultation with Get Social

• PR consultation with Dallas Does PR

• Consultation with Destroy All Lines

• Animated Good Things poster & recap video from One-Eighty Creative

• Shout Out Loud poster & flyer package

• Good Things Festival merch pack

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