A big congrats to the winners!! I can't wait to listen to the final picks.
And for CDPR, I can't imagine how stressed out the jury was to listen to all and select from so many tracks in such a short timeframe (I bet you didn't expect that amount of submissions ... and I strongly hope they didn't get selected randomly in the end).
It was clear that publishing prior is not preferred but I don't think they prioritized the selection by that means. I have to disagree with the not-so-good productions already posted though ... I've listened to many, even very well-established artists, that sound absolutely awesome but didn't make it.
To round it up, the chance to win was 0,001794... so don't interpret too much into not being selected. And of course, they want you to listen to the finals in the new DLC and not on YT now
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