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Know the Score
For unsigned bands, Sound and the Jury is one of the most exciting parts of each year's ACL Festival. Of course, making it to the ACL stage means running the gauntlet. Here's what our finalists had to do to make it in.
JULY 11 — AUGUST 22
Artists in the submission pool used MySpace, gigs, email lists and websites to encourage voting from friends and fans. Public voting was allowed once a day per email address. By the end of the round, the Top 100 bands with the most votes moved into Round 2.
AUGUST 23 — AUGUST 28
The competition kicked into high gear. Celebrity judges narrowed the Top 100 down to the Top 20.
AUGUST 29 — SEPTEMBER 12
In Round 3, the votes were reset and the Top 20 bands battled it out. Once again, it was up to the bands to tell friends, fans and supporters to send in their votes in order to make the Top 5.
SEPTEMBER 24
The six finalists will traveled to Austin to compete in the finale event on September 24 at Antone’s. Through audience vote and a celebrity judging panel, one band was selected as the grand prize winner. The winner went on to take the stage at the Austin City Limits Festival.
See the Rewards
This year, there was a lot more at stake than an ACL slot. See what else the winner took home.

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