T.S. In Stockton 1

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 * name      = T.S. In Stockton
 * year      = 1
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 * presenters = Janelle Pierzina
 * winner    = "State of Grace" by Taylor Swift
 * vote      = Each panelist ranks each song in the bracket, playing wildcards to boost their favorite song.
 * host      = Stockton
 * venue     = Grayson Arena, Stockton
 * entries   = 76
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T.S. In Stockton 1 is a song contest that is used to determine the entry to Plastics Song Contest 1. It will be hosted in the Floating Grayson Arena off the coast of Stockton.

Taylor Swift will headline the contest, and will perform her entire discography.

On January 13th, the finale took place and State of Grace won, beating out I Knew You Were Trouble. State of Grace amassed 87 points over the competition. I Knew You Were Trouble will automatically advance to the knockouts in T.S. In Stockton 2, allowing new songs from Red to advance.

The Panel
The panel will be made up of 5 people, accredited Swifties. Kandace Sydney was rumoured to be among these, with Sydney herself appearing giddy in a candid photo taken the day the event was announced.

The Panel was announced November 23rd, in big advance of the contests's inaugural edition.
 * Kandace Sydney, famed socialite medical student from the Mischen canton.
 * Mrozikowska, cardiologist from Honeycutt Springs.. Mrozikowska released a statement confirming her involvement, saying "Swift writes beautiful songs about broken hearts, and well I'm a cardiologist so I'm a bit of an expert. You can say it's a subject I know All Too Well"
 * Morgan Willett, the head diplomat. She was sent to the panel as a representative of the government of Stockton's Executive Council.
 * Ashley Neleh, popular Stockton TV personality and host.
 * Lia Martavic, sister of Zac Martavic. She reportedly sent a .mp3 file of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" to Andre.

Format
Taylor Swift will perform her discography. They will rank their favorite songs on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest. The top 2 songs from each album, as well as the next 6 highest ranking songs will be added. Then there will be a bracket round, with the top song being the one submitted to season 4.

Preliminaries
In the preliminaries, Taylor will perform one album a night. The five panelists will rank the songs of the night 13-1, with 13 being the highest and most desired point value. The top 2 songs from each album would move onto the Round of 16, with the next 6 highest scores also advancing. In the future, songs will be distributed into groups based on prior performances.

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!

Preliminaries
Each night, Taylor Swift performed one of her studio albums.

Taylor Swift
"Our Song" and "Should've Said No" were chosen, with a 6 point lead over 3rd (Picture to Burn) and 17 points over 4th(Mary's Song and Teardrops on my Guitar).

Picture to Burn would qualify in the Lucky Losers, being the highest ranking song to do so.

Fearless
"Love Story" and "Fearless" were the clear winners, with "You Belong With Me" losing by just 3 points, and "White Horse" in 4th.

"You Belong With Me" and "White Horse" qualified in the Lucky Losers.

Speak Now
"Enchanted" was the first to qualify in the closest round yet. There was a tie for 2nd place, between "Mine" and "Sparks Fly". "Mine" was selected to advance, as Ashley Neleh gave it a 13. Haunted was in 4th place by just 1 point. This was the first round where every song scored at least a 19.

It is the only album to have only 2 songs in the Round of 16.

Red
"All Too Well" won with 54, while "I Knew You Were Trouble" took the other qualifying slot with 49. "State of Grace" with 47 and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" with 46 missed the auto-qualify by 2 and 3 points.

"State of Grace" and "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" would qualify in the Lucky Losers.

1989
"New Romantics" was the clear winner, taking a 57, with "Blank Space" edging out "Style" for the 2nd slot by 1 point with 50.

"Style" would later qualify in the Lucky Losers.

Lucky Losers
In addition to the top 2 songs from each album advancing, the 6 songs with the highest score that didn't originally qualify would also advance.

Knock-out stage
The knock-outs occurred after the preliminaries. Depending on the total score received for each song, were placed into the bracket accordingly. In the event of a tie, then Swift herself broke it on her personal preference.

She then continued the event, with each round taking it's own night.

Round of 16
The five panelists will give each song in the matchup a 1 or 2. The twist is that for all 16 songs, each panelist has one 5, 4, 3 point play to use once. Each choice is secret until the results are revealed. Mrozikowska used her 4 point play to propel Love Story into the top eight, beating "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" 10 to 7. Morgan Willett used her 5 point play on State of Grace, which along with Ashley Neleh's 3 point play, gave "State of Grace" a victory over "New Romantics" 12-7. Ashley Neleh could do nothing but watch as she was the only panelist to favor Fearless, as everyone else including Lia Martavic's 4 point card favored "You Belong With Me" 11-6. Kandace Sydney and Ashley Neleh went guns blazing, playing their 5s on opposing songs "Blank Space" and "Mine". Ultimately, Sydney had the support of Mrozikowska and Martavic, while Neleh only had Willett, meaning "Blank Space" was victorious 11-10. Morgan Willett used her 3 play card on "White Horse" which gave it a victory over "Our Song" 9-7. Lia Martavic strategically used her 5 point play on "Should've Said No", overcoming the majority and Sydney's 3 point play on "Style" which made it lose 10-9. Ashley Neleh and Mrozikowska played a 4 and 5 on "All Too Well" which sent it to the next round, leaving "Picture To Burn" and Lia behind 14-6. In another close matchup, Sydney and Mrozikowska played a 4 and 3 on Enchanted, while Willett and Martavic played a 4 and 3 on "I Knew You Were Trouble". Ashley Neleh ultimately broke the tie by favoring "I Knew You Were Trouble", qualifying it 11-10.

Quarter-finals
Taylor Swift again performed the final 8 songs. This time the panelists only had a 4 and 3 bonus cards to play for two songs, which would be revealed at the end. Morgan Willett tried to boost her favorite song "Love Story" with a 4 card, but Kandace Sydney and Mrozikowska thought otherwise, playing their 3 cards to make "State of Grace" win by 1 point. Ashley Neleh used her 4 point card to send You Belong With Me to the final 4 over "Blank Space" 10-7. "White Horse" originally held the majority, until Lia Martavic played a 3 and tied it 8-8. Taylor Swift thought it best to break the tie by the previous round score, which meant that "Should've Said No" would qualify for having 10 points last round to "White Horse"'s 9. In another hot matchup, everyone used a bonus card. Sydney and Neleh used their 4 and 3 point play, but Mrozikowska and Martavic played a 4, and Willett played a 3, meaning "I Knew You Were Trouble" went onward 13-10.

Semi-finals
Taylor Swift performed the final four songs again. This time, the panelists only could choose one song to give a 3 to. For the two songs that move on, one would move onto the final 16 in T.S. In Stockton 2 and the other would be entered into the Plastics Song Contest 1. Kandace Sydney and Mrozikowska used a 3 on "State of Grace" and Ashley Neleh's 3 point play for "You Belong With Me" wasn't enough to keep it in the running and lost 10-8. Morgan Willett and Lia Martavic gave 3s to "I Knew You Were Trouble" which beat out "Should've Said No" 10-7.

Finals
Taylor Swift performed "State of Grace" and "I Knew You Were Trouble". The panelists had no more bonus plays to use, and the winner would be simply decided by a simple majority -- whoever got to 8 points first.

Kandace Sydney, Ashley Neleh and Mrozikowska voted "State of Grace" the winner of T.S. In Stockton 1 over "I Knew You Were Trouble" who received votes from Morgan Willett and Lia Martavic.