2023 BTS ARMY March Madness: The Early Years

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Event Dates: March 14, 2023 until March 21, 2023
Project: March Madness 2023 The Early Years (Songs from 2013 – 2016)

Inspired by NCAA college basketball’s March Madness, US BTS ARMY is asking for ARMYs to vote for their favorite BTS songs released between 2013 – 2016 and crown this year’s song champion!

 
 

Project Details

 

 

About "2023 BTS ARMY March Madness"

It’s MARCH MADNESS – To celebrate BTS’s early catalog of work, we’re letting ARMY decide which BTS songs released from 2013 to 2016 are tops this year!

Inspired by the NCAA’s March Madness, we’re having YOU vote for your favorite BTS early years songs and predict how the brackets will turn out! The top OT7 songs from Spotify have been seeded into four brackets. We’ll start with a round of 32 songs, and similar to the NCAA March Madness Basketball tournament, we’ll work our way down to one champion based on ARMY votes!

Voting will take place on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, so follow us and get your vote in, so your favorite song comes out on top!

❗️ Disclaimer ❗️
This is a fun worldwide fan project by ARMY for ARMY; the results DO NOT reflect any official chart rankings or US BTS ARMY’s opinion or endorsement.

March Madness Event Period

Dates listed are in USA time.

- Bracket Reveal: Friday, March 10, 2023
- Song Voting: Begins March 14, 2023 and will run until March 21, 2023
- Champion Announcement:
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Regular voting will begin @ 6am PT and close at 6pm PT each voting day!
(3am HT / 7am MT / 8am CT / 9am ET / 10pm KST until 3pm HT / 7pm MT / 8pm CT / 9pm ET / 10am KST)

❗️ Final Championship Voting will begin @ 6am PT and close at 9pm PT on March 21, 2023!
(3am HT / 7am MT / 8am CT / 9am ET / 10pm KST until 6pm HT / 10pm MT / 11pm CT / 3.22 @ 12am ET / 1pm KST)

Voting Schedule & Locations

Dates listed are in USA time

1 Voting Form (March 14)

Round 1 Voting: March 14, 2023
📍 Voting Form (will be available on this page, a link to the form will also be provided on our social media accounts)

Sweet 16: Games 1 – 8: March 16, 2023
📍 Twitter and Facebook polls

Elite 8: Games 1 – 4: March 18, 2023
📍 Twitter and Facebook polls

Final 4: Games 1 & 2: March 20, 2023
📍 Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram polls

Championship: March 21, 2023
📍 Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram polls

👑 Song Champion Announcement: March 22, 2023

 

What is March Madness?

NCAA's March Madness is a single-elimination college basketball tournament that gets played each spring in the United States.

 

 

How to Participate

This March Madness event is open worldwide and there are multiple ways to participate!


1) Predict the Song Champion

Step 1. Right click (or tap and hold) the bracket photo and save the image to your device.

Step 2. Fill in your predictions and have your family & friends join in on the fun by sharing this with them!
We recommend printing the bracket out and filling it in 💜.

Step 3. Post your bracket prediction on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
❗️ Make sure to include #BTSARMYMarchMadness23 & tag us (@USBTSARMY) in your post!


2) Help decide which songs are the winners by voting

Follow our voting schedule and vote for your favorite songs (on US BTS ARMY’s social media accounts) to determine the final song champion!
Reminder: Song voting is open worldwide!

See our Voting Information for more details.


3) For US ARMY: Album Giveaway

If you reside in the US, enter your predictions for a chance to win a PROOF album (compact edition)!
For more information regarding our giveaway, check out our giveaway portion.

Giveaway: March 10, 2023 6am (PT) until March 13, 2023 11:59pm (PT)

 

 

Bracket Photo

Right click (or tap and hold) the bracket photo to save the image

 
 
 

 

Voting Information

Round 1 voting will be held via our voting form.
Sweet 16 and Elite 8 voting will be held on our Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Final Four and Championship voting will be held across all of our social accounts (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram).

VOTING BEGINS March 14, 2023 (USA Time)

🔻 Can’t decide? Listen to the Round 1 matchups here! 🔻

Voting Schedule & Locations

Dates listed are in USA time

1 Voting Form (March 14)

Round 1 Voting: March 14, 2023
📍 Voting Form (will be available on this page, a link to the form will also be provided on our social media accounts)

Sweet 16: Games 1 – 8: March 16, 2023
📍 Twitter and Facebook polls

Elite 8: Games 1 – 4: March 18, 2023
📍 Twitter and Facebook polls

Final 4: Games 1 & 2: March 20, 2023
📍 Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram polls

Championship: March 21, 2023
📍 Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram polls

👑 Song Champion Announcement: March 22, 2023

🔻 Voting Locations 🔻

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Giveaway Information

To encourage more participants, we will be giving away one PROOF (compact edition) album to the ARMY with the closest prediction.

The giveaway portion of the event will only be open to US Participants.

Entries will be received on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (please see below for their rules).
Limit to one entry per person per social media platform, with a max total of 3 entries (1 entry for Twitter, 1 entry for Facebook, 1 entry for Instagram).
Winner must be 18 years or older or have parental permission.

 
 

Submission period

March 11, 2023 until March 13, 2023 @ 11:59pm PT
Giveaway Winner will be announced on March 23, 2023 (USA TIME)


Twitter Rules:

- Must be following @USBTSARMY
- Must reply with your bracket prediction photo under one of our March Madness Giveaway Info tweets with the #BTSARMYMarchMadness23 hashtag


Facebook Rules:

- Must like our US BTS ARMY Facebook Page
- You must comment with your bracket prediction photo under one of our March Madness Giveaway Info posts


Instagram Rules:

- Must be following @USBTSARMY
- Post your Bracket prediction photo with the hashtag #BTSARMYMarchMadness23
- Must tag @USBTSARMY in your post

 

How the Giveaway Winner is Determined

The giveaway winner will be determined by a randomizer of eligible giveaway entries with the correctly predicted song champion.

 
 

2023 March Madness Results

❗️ Reminder: Final results from Sweet 16 and forward are based on accumulated voting from our Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram polls.
Stay tuned! This section will update to match with the results from the voting schedule.

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Congratulations to the Champion - Blood Sweat & Tears!