(10.04.2013)
Well, it’s come down to this: We’ve made it to the championship game of MTV’s Musical March Madness … after surviving a Final Four that spanned six days, several technical failures and one official re-start.
And while we’re not sure who’s going to win MMM, there’s one thing we do know: it won’t be prohibitive favorites Tokio Hotel. They were knocked off by Sheeran in one of the most hotly-contested (and downright nasty) Final Four battles in tournament history, as fans of both bands crashed a pair of polling sites, forced us to implement a “one vote per hour” contingency plan, and basically called each other — and us — every mean name in the books. From the moment we re-launched the polls on Monday, this one went back-and-forth, first with Sheeran surging to a lead, then TH fighting back and holding an edge for most of Tuesday. Of course, that all changed in the early hours of Wednesday, as Sheeran’s Sheerios staged a furious rally, and finally managed to do what no fanbase has done since 2011: eliminate Tokio Hotel.
~ it is at THis point I feel I MUST interject. FYI & for Historical references…. ~
MTV FROZE TH OUT. THe battle did go back & forth, true.
But TH ALWAYS pulled up to THe Lead
When our comeback climb up started, MTV FROZE our VOTE
We were not able to vote TH to THeir WIN
as MTV KNEW THat we WOULD DO
For over 3 hours, we had to just sit here & watch as time ticked to vote close
THus, MTV being able to hand our win to Ed
And, no, Tokio Hotel’s Aliens are none too happy about that. In fact, they’re pretty sure the Sheerios cheated … only, one look at the IP addresses (since an IP address could only vote once an hour) tells a different story: each of the top five voting addresses went to Tokio Hotel — casting 25, 25, 22, 22 and 22 votes, respectively — showing that Sheeran’s fans were simply too great. There were also accusations that our Captcha software wasn’t working, or that somehow, the Sheerios were allowed to vote more than once an hour, but, uh, neither of those things were even remotely true. Seems Sheeran won this one fair and square … and, after 372 days, Tokio Hotel’s reign as MMM champs has come to an end. Sorry Aliens, guess you’ll never get that new album now.