T.S. In Stockton 2

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 * name      = T.S. In Stockton
 * year      = 2
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 * presenters = Jen Johnson
 * winner    = Taylor Swift "New Romantics"
 * vote      = Each panelist ranks each song in the bracket, playing wildcards to boost their favorite song.
 * host      = Stockton
 * venue     = Grayson Arena, Stockton
 * entries   = 80
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T.S. In Stockton 2 is a song contest that is used to determine the entry to Plastics Song Contest 2. It will be hosted in the Floating Grayson Arena off the coast of Stockton.

The newly constructed Grayson Arena, the venue for the event.

Taylor Swift will headline the contest, and will perform her entire discography. This season, she will feature more of her songs featuring other artists, as well as songs contracted for other works.

"New Romantics" was the winner of the competition, and was sent to Plastics Song Contest 2. "Should've Said No" will automatically qualify for the Knockout Stage in T.S. In Stockton 3.

Background
T.S. In Stockton is the competition hosted in Stockton preceding each edition of the Plastics Song Contest. It is used to determine which Taylor Swift song will be sent to the contest.

As soon as season 1 ended, the Taylor Nation branch government of Stockton already started planning season 2 and the mechanics. It is currently rumored the preliminaries will be switched up, but as January 15th, nothing has been confirmed yet. There will still be a 16 song knockout round. As the competition progressed, it was revealed they would remove one Lucky Loser slot for a special 6th performance night, featuring songs from promotional soundtracks.

Kandace Sydney was sighted at the Stockton capital, wearing her TS 1989 pink polarized sunglasses, leading news outlets to claim she would again be on the Panel. A statement released by her publicist, Morgan Willett stated she would be reprising on the Panel and that they are working on letting an international jury hold sway, however to not hold out hope because "I invited them here last time but no one sent any delegation, which forced me to lead State of Grace to victory"

The Panel
In the days leading up to the official announcement, the only rumored panelist was Kandace Sydney. Media speculation and demonizing of Sydney lead to news reports that Sydney stacked the prior panel with people she could easily manipulate, which included the ascension of her publicist and professor to the panel. Sydney refuted these rumors, declaring them untrue at an impromptu press conference. Mrozikowska later announced prior to the event that the cardiologist would not be partaking in the sophomore edition, due to a recent influx of patients at her hospital. When the panel was announced January 20th, notable absences included both Willett and Mrozikowska. Morgan Willett said she later turned down the offer to further her career as a publicist.

The five panelists were later revealed to be
 * Kandace Sydney, a student at Mischen Medical School and owner of TS 1989 Pink Sunglasses.
 * Ashley Neleh, TV host and personality, returning from the first edition.
 * Sierra Dawn Thomas, fan favorite and game changer, will certainly change the game and make moves to save her favorite songs.
 * Adora Villegas, born 2016, will be the youngest panelist. Is said to only settle down once a track from Taylor Swift starts playing.
 * Ming Kandovic, famed Wanhedan linguist who was a known rival of Swift, until Plastics Song Contest 1 when she heard the Swift entry "State of Grace". She is reported to have said "maybe her non mainstream stuff isn't that bad". Sydney would later state she recruited Kandovic to let her "listen to every friggin' song to show her the light"

International Panelists
For the Knockout Stage, Stockton invited a host of international panelists to help determine the winner. The panelists sent held the weight of one vote. Highgarden, San Monetta, and Wanheda sent a delegation for the Round of 16.

Lyrisia sent a panelist to represent the nation in the quarter-finals, while San Monetta and Highgarden decided to not vote in the quarter-finals. Shaniqua told reporters she has suites booked in Stockton the whole week, and isn't leaving until they pick the song of her choice. Shanshui, South Brittania, and Zantaceal showed up on finale night to input their say.


 * Ashley Tisdale (Round of 16, Semi-finals-Finals)
 * Dasha the Slut (Quarter-finals - Finals)
 * Petite Meller (Round of 16)
 * Tan Weiwei (Finals)
 * Lee Lin Chin (Finals)
 * Shaniqua "Shaniqua Diva" Satanic (Round of 16 - Finals)
 * Barney

Preliminaries
The preliminaries would work the same way as they did last time, with each panelist ranking each song from the album. The top two will automatically advance, alongside 4 songs who scored the most points but did not qualify who will advance through the Lucky Losers.

A sixth night would be added to the preliminary, with songs that were released for various promotions Taylor Swift held. Only the winner would qualify, and the others would not be able to qualify via the Lucky Losers.

Knockout Stage
After the final 16 songs have been determined, they will be placed into a bracket, with there being 4 rounds. The five panelists will give each song in the match-up a 1 or 2. For every round up to the final round, each panelist can play a wildcard. The song with the most points in each match-up will move on, until there is a winner!

"I Knew You Were Trouble" automatically qualified to the Knockout Stage, and will be placed into the first position.

It was announced at the Knockout Stage that Stockton was once again inviting nations from around the world to send one panelist to join the panel for the Knockout Stage. Their votes will count as 1, alongside the mainstay 5 panelists. This was met with outcry from Sydney, who demanded nobody to come because they "will all vote against my random favorite songs I'm rigging for"

Preliminaries
Each night, Taylor Swift performed one of her albums, with the sixth night being special songs released through her career.

Taylor Swift
"Cold As You" and "Should've Said No" qualified to the finals, with the former qualifying over two other songs by 2 points.

Fearless
"Untouchable" came out of nowhere to win the night, with 49 points. Fan favorites "Fearless" and "You Belong With Me" tied at 39 points, and "You Belong With Me" won the tiebreaker from Taylor's preference.

Speak Now
"Speak Now" advanced with the most points seen thus far, with 53. "Long Live" also qualified with 50.

The night also produced half of the highly coveted Lucky Loser slots, with "Enchanted" and "Sparks Fly" also advancing.

Red
State of Grace and I Knew You Were Trouble were left off the setlist, as one competed in the PSC, and the other auto-qualified to the final.

"Treacherous" won the hearts of the panel, garnering 51 points. "Holy Ground" nearly beat out "Red" by 1 point and also qualified with 48 points.

"Red" would qualify in the Lucky Losers, along with "22".

1989
In a heel turn from season 1, "I Know Places" gained the full support of every panelist by Sierra Dawn Thomas. It obviously qualified. Second place with a margin of 13 points is the classic "New Romantics"

Promotional Tracks
A new night for this edition, Taylor performed 5 songs. The winner would be advance, and the others would not be able to qualify through Lucky Losers.

One point separated each song, and "Eyes Open" won with 57 points.

Lucky Losers
The top 4 songs that didn't qualify but had the highest score would also advance to the Knockout Stage.

Round of 16
Taylor Swift performed the final 16 songs again. The panelists gave either 2 or 1 to a song in a match-up. Each panelist has 3 wildcards to play. One is a 5 point card, one is a 4 point card, and one is a 3 point card. They are required to use each 3 on 3 songs in 3 different match-ups. Ashley Neleh and San Monetta's Petite Meller used a 5 on "I Knew You Were Trouble" and along with Sierra Dawn Thomas' 3, broke the tie by 7 points, allowing it to qualify, rendering Highgarden's Ashley Tisdale's 5 points useless. Kandace Sydney tried to get "Untouchable" into the top eight with a 4, but Adora Villegas and Wanheda's Shaniqua Diva's 5 points, and the fact everyone else favored "Should've Said No" gave it the biggest margin of victory in T.S. In Stockton history with 10 points. Neleh gave "Cold As You" a 4, but only Sierra Dawn Thomas agreed, while Tisdale gave "Enchanted" a 3, which won by 3 points. In a close battle, Ming Kandovic gave music video-less "Treacherous" a 4, with Meller giving it a 3. This was enough to beat Sydney and Diva's 3 points to allow it to qualify. Kandovic gave "I Know Places" A 3, but a simple majority gave "22" a 1 point victory. Kandovic gave "Holy Ground" a 5, but Villegas and Meller awarded "New Romantics" a 3 and 4 to neutralize it, and it qualified by 2 points. Sierra Dawn Thomas gave "Speak Now" a 5, but Diva gave "Red" a 4, and along with the other international panelists, tipped the balance and "Red" qualified by 1 point. Sydney gave "Long Live" a 5, but like her other bonuses, it would fail to qualify even with Villegas' 3, as Dawn-Thomas, Villegas and Tisdale gave "You Belong With Me" a 4, and it qualified with 19 points.

Quarter-finals
Taylor Swift performed the final eight songs the next night. Each panelist continued to rank each song in the match-up, but now they only had one 4 point card and one 3 point card to play. Lyrisia sent Dasha the Slut to this round as a Panelist, while Tisdale and Meller were absent. The original runner up had the support of Dasha, who gave it a 4, but "Should've Said No" developed a cult following, with Shaniqua Diva, Adora Villegas, and Ming Kandovic giving the song 4, 4, and 3 points respectively. This meant "I Knew You Were Trouble" was eliminated by 4 points. "Enchanted" got 4s from Ashley Neleh, Sierra Dawn Thomas, and Kandovic, while earning a 3 from Diva. "Treacherous" only had the support from Villegas and Dasha, with Villegas giving it a 3. The margin was 9 points. 22 was favored by 2 of the international panelists, with Dasha giving it a 3. Neleh also gave it a 3, but it wasn't enough to beat Kandace Sydney's 4 and Dawn Thomas' 3. The matchup had only one bonus card played, which was Kandace Sydney's 3. "Red" ultimately beat "You Belong With Me" via a simple majority.

Semi-finals
To determine the two songs who will move onto the Finals, Swift performed the final 4 songs the next night. Now each panelist has only one 3 point card to play. Ashley Tisdale returned to the panel. "Should've Said No" received 3 points from Ashley Neleh, and Shaniqua the Diva, and it easily beat "Enchanted" with 6 points to spare. Kandace Sydney, Sierra Dawn Thomas, Ming Kandovic and Ahley Tisdale gave a 3 to "New Romantics" while Adora Villegas and Dasha gave "Red" a 3 in vain, as it lost by 2 points.

Finals
Taylor performed the top 2 songs, "Should've Said No" and "New Romantics" to determine who will represent Stockton in PSC2. There are no bonus cards to play in this round, as it will be determined by a simple majority. The winner will be sent to Plastics Song Contest 2. The runner-up will automatically qualify to the Final 16 in T.S. In Stockton 3 Out of the Stockton panelists, Sydney, Dawn-Thomas and Villegas favored "New Romantics" while Neleh and Kandovic favored "Should've Said No". With the international panelists, they were split, with Tisdale, Barney, and Chin favoring "New Romantics" while Dasha, Shaniqua and Weiwei favored "Should've Said No"

New Romantics won the contest!