The IQ Cup - Groups A & B - Round 9

[RoeDent]

Three rounds remain, with a maximum of 9 points left to play for. Here are the standings going into this round:

Songs in GREEN have clinched a place in the knockout stage
Songs in RED can no longer qualify for the knockout stage

GROUP A TABLE AFTER ROUND 8
1. THE DARKEST HOUR (24pts / +35 / 38-3 / 8-0-0)
2. THE WRONG SIDE OF WEIRD (22pts / +31 / 36-5 / 7-1-0)
3. WITHOUT WALLS (19pts / +18 / 30-12 / 6-1-1)
4. LEAP OF FAITH (17pts / +16 / 29-13 / 5-2-1)
5. CAPRICORN (13pts / +5 / 23-18 / 4-1-3)
6. SACRED SOUND (12pts / +4 / 23-19 / 3-3-2)
7. UNSOLID GROUND (10pts / -5 / 18-23 / 3-1-4)
8. YOU NEVER WILL (8pts / -6 / 18-24 / 2-2-4)
9. THE OUTER LIMITS (6pts / -16 / 13-29 / 2-0-6)
10. IT ALL STOPS HERE (4pts / -15 / 13-28 / 1-1-6)
11. PROVIDER (3pts / -27 / 7-34 / 1-0-7)
12. SOLD ON YOU (0pts / -40 / 1-41 / 0-0-8)

GROUP B TABLE AFTER ROUND 8
1. THE LAST HUMAN GATEWAY (24pts / +32 / 37-5 / 8-0-0)
2. FREQUENCY (24pts / +28 / 35-7 / 8-0-0)
3. THE NARROW MARGIN (18pts / +22 / 32-10 / 6-0-2)
4. THE GREAT SPIRIT WAY (18pts / +14 / 28-14 / 6-0-2)
5= ONE FATAL MISTAKE (15pts / +10 / 26-16 / 5-0-3)
5= RISE (15pts / +10 / 26-16 / 5-0-3)
7. FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS (7pts / -10 / 16-26 / 2-1-5)
8. WINTERTELL (7pts / -14 / 14-28 / 2-1-5)
9. BORN BRILLIANT (6pts / -19 / 12-31 / 2-0-6)
10. RED DUST SHADOW (4pts / -24 / 9-33 / 1-1-6)
11. FALL AND RISE (3pts / -14 / 14-28 / 0-3-5)
12. OVERTURE (0pts / -36 / 3-39 / 0-0-8)

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And here are the matchups for Round 9:

GROUP A
It All Stops Here vs Unsolid Ground
Capricorn vs Sold On You
The Darkest Hour vs Leap of Faith
Provider vs The Outer Limits
Without Walls vs The Wrong Side of Weird
You Never Will vs Sacred Sound

GROUP B
One Fatal Mistake vs The Narrow Margin
Red Dust Shadow vs Born Brilliant
Frequency vs The Last Human Gateway
Rise vs Wintertell
Overture vs Fall and Rise
The Great Spirit Way vs Falling Apart at the Seams

Voting is open for 24 hours. Please check your ballot carefully before submitting your votes.

[romdrums]

Some pretty easy match ups this time around.

[romdrums]

Wow.  I’m kinda surprised that The Last Human Gateway hasn’t gotten a vote against Frequency.

[Evermind]

Wow.  I’m kinda surprised that The Last Human Gateway hasn’t gotten a vote against Frequency.

Yeah, I expected it to be way closer than it turned out to be.

[RoeDent]

GROUP A, ROUND 9 RESULTS
It All Stops Here 2-4 Unsolid Ground
Capricorn 6-0 Sold On You
The Darkest Hour 5-1 Leap of Faith
Provider 1-5 The Outer Limits
Without Walls 5-1 The Wrong Side of Weird
You Never Will 0-6 Sacred Sound

GROUP A TABLE AFTER ROUND 9
1. THE DARKEST HOUR (27pts / +39 / 43-4 / 9-0-0)
2. THE WRONG SIDE OF WEIRD (22pts / +27 / 37-10 / 7-1-1)
3. WITHOUT WALLS (22pts / +22 / 35-13 / 7-1-1)
4. LEAP OF FAITH (17pts / +12 / 30-18 / 5-2-2)
5. CAPRICORN (16pts / +11 / 29-18 / 5-1-3)
6. SACRED SOUND (15pts / +10 / 29-19 / 4-3-2)
7. UNSOLID GROUND (13pts / -3 / 22-25 / 4-1-4)
8. THE OUTER LIMITS (9pts / -12 / 18-30 / 3-0-6)
9. YOU NEVER WILL (8pts / -12 / 18-30 / 2-2-5)
10. IT ALL STOPS HERE (4pts / -17 / 15-32 / 1-1-7)
11. PROVIDER (3pts / -31 / 8-39 / 1-0-8)
12. SOLD ON YOU (0pts / -46 / 1-47 / 0-0-9)

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GROUP B, ROUND 9 RESULTS
One Fatal Mistake 1-5 The Narrow Margin
Red Dust Shadow 4-2 Born Brilliant
Frequency 5-1 The Last Human Gateway
Rise 5-1 Wintertell
Overture 1-5 Fall and Rise
The Great Spirit Way 6-0 Falling Apart at the Seams

GROUP B TABLE AFTER ROUND 9
1. FREQUENCY (27pts / +32 / 40-8 / 9-0-0)
2. THE LAST HUMAN GATEWAY (24pts / +28 / 38-10 / 8-0-1)
3. THE NARROW MARGIN (21pts / +26 / 37-11 / 7-0-2)
4. THE GREAT SPIRIT WAY (21pts / +20 / 34-14 / 7-0-2)
5. RISE (18pts / +14 / 31-17 / 6-0-3)
6. ONE FATAL MISTAKE (15pts / +6 / 27-21 / 5-0-4)
7. FALLING APART AT THE SEAMS (7pts / -16 / 16-32 / 2-1-6)
8. WINTERTELL (7pts / -18 / 15-33 / 2-1-6)
9. RED DUST SHADOW (7pts / -22 / 13-35 / 2-1-6)
10. FALL AND RISE (6pts / -10 / 19-29 / 1-3-5)
11. BORN BRILLIANT (6pts / -21 / 14-35 / 2-0-7)
12. OVERTURE (0pts / -40 / 4-44 / 0-0-9)

Frequency has clinched its place in the last 32.