Here is a fun contest for Celine Dion fans!
You can WIN her latest CD called TAKING CHANCES if you are brave enough to TAKE a CHANCE!!!
A review from Amazon.com:
Taking Chances has its share of poignant, pretty ballads (both "A Song for You" and "Right Next to the Right One" are goosebump-raisers) and love songs (the hopeful, heartfelt title track, which unfolds into an anthemic power ballad midway through, may be the best one). As far as standard Celine fare goes, in fact, Chances is likely her strongest non-French outing since 2002's A New Day Has Come; nobody unfolds a lyric with more care or nuance. And, as the subtle "My
Love" deftly proves, any early-career instincts to over-sing have gone poof along with her '90s-era, sweet-natured-kook persona. Because it's a generous 16 songs long, it may even be possible to ignore the non-Celine-like moments on Taking Chances and just enjoy the more fan-faithful tracks. But that wouldn't be any fun, would it? There are songs here--"Can't Fight the Feelin'," "Fade Away," "That's Just the Woman In Me"--that will astound diehards and make fans of those
who've dissed her for more than a decade. If you didn't think the diva behind Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" had it in her to screech from the bottom of her soul, a la Janis Joplin, flip to track 15 and guess again. --Tammy La Gorce
Track Listing:
1. "Taking Chances" (Kara DioGuardi, Dave Stewart) – 4:07
2. "Alone" (Billy Steinberg, Tom Kelly) – 3:23
3. "Eyes on Me" (Kristian Lundin, Savan Kotecha, Delta Goodrem) – 3:53
4. "My Love" (Linda Perry) – 4:08
5. "Shadow of Love" (Anders Bagge, Aldo Nova, Peter Sjöström) – 4:10
6. "Surprise Surprise" (DioGuardi, Martin Harrington, Ash Howes) – 5:14
7. "This Time" (David Hodges, Ben Moody, Steven McMorran) – 3:47
8. "New Dawn" (Perry) – 4:45
9. "A Song for You" (Bagge, Nova, Robert Wells) – 3:27
10. "A World to Believe In" (Tino Izzo, Rosanna Ciciola) – 4:08
11. "Can't Fight the Feelin'" (Nova) – 3:51
12. "I Got Nothin' Left" (Ne-Yo, Charles Harmon) – 4:20
13. "Right Next to the Right One" (Tim Christensen) – 4:10
14. "Fade Away" (Peer Astrom, David Stenmarck, Nova) – 3:17
15. "That's Just the Woman in Me" (Kimberly Rew) – 4:33
16. "Skies of L.A." (Christopher Stewart, The-Dream, *** Harrell) – 4:24
Can I also just mention that there are some very impressive names there listed as co-contributors - including Delta Goodrem who is a super awesome Australian singer with an absolutely stunning voice and very talented.
So, ready to claim the CD as your own??
Here's how to WIN!
1. Once a day, a 'card' will be released on this Music.Life blog at around 12:01am EST
2. The game is a variation of the higher/lower card game. Each time a card is released you have the opportunity to earn entries in the draw by guessing if the card will be HIGHER or LOWER than the previous card (OR FREEZE)
3. If you guess CORRECTLY you will receive the following entries:
* 1 correct guess in a row = 1 entry
* 2 correct guesses in a row = 3 entries
* 3 correct guesses in a row = 6 entries
* 4 correct guesses in a row = 8 entries
* 5 correct guesses in a row - 10 entries
* 6 or more correct guesses in a row - 12 entries for each guess
4. If you guess INCORRECTLY, you will lose all but ONE entry, so if you play at all you are at least guaranteed one entry in the draw.
5. If you do NOT want to take a chance and risk the entries you have earned instead of choosing higher or lower, you may opt to FREEZE. A freeze will not earn you extra entries, but will allow you to continue your 'run' of guesses for the next card following the freeze.
6. EXAMPLE: Let's say the first card presented is a JACK. You would probably guess LOWER. If the next card is in fact lower, then you will earn 1 entry. If you are wrong for this first time, you will also earn 1 entry just for playing BUT you will not have 1 correct guess in a row. If you guess correctly for the 2nd card presented as well, then you would earn 1 + 3 entries and you would be on a roll of 2 correct in a row. If you got the first one wrong and the second one right you would earn 1 + 1 entry and would be on a roll of 1 correct in a row.
Don't worry, I will keep track of and update your entries. You just need to decide HIGHER, LOWER or FREEZE - and to maximize entries, check back 3 times a day for new opportunities to guess!
* TIES - there is a chance the next card will be the exact SAME value as the previous card. In this case unfortunately both HIGHER and LOWER guesses will be INCORRECT - only freeze people will be protected from losing entries in this case.
* ACE is worth BOTH 1 and 14 - sort of like a wild card :) Jack is worth 11, Queen is worth 12 and King is worth 13. All other cards worth face value.
TO ENTER:
* You must be a US or Canadian resident (for shipping purposes, sorry) aged 13 or over. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW!
* You must POST your guesses directly in the submission box! EMAIL RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
* Contest will run from Wednesday, October 22nd until Thursday, November 13th at 11:59pm EST. Entries made after this time will not count towards eligible entries.
* Maximum entries possible - 256 per person. You would have to guess correctly 24 times in a row, with no freezes to earn that number of entries.
* ONE winner will be chosen from all eligible entries at random and will receive the Celine Dion CD Taking Chances valued at $18.98
Any questions?
Okay let's get started!!!
Here is your FOURTH card!!!! Get guessing! HIGHER, LOWER or FREEZE?
