Sunday 23rd of September saw the very first gig of the Montreal Emergenza festival. Five bands gave their best to prove that they could represent Canada in ermany next August at the taubertal festival. The five bands were a concoction of styles and played with such energy and skills that we wonder how hard it will be for the judgesin the final to pick a single winner. O Patro Vys was the settings for the first «rockings» and the bands did just what the fans asked for.

 EMPTY CITIZEN came on at 8pm and displayed absolute confidence. A good performance but it wasn't enough to get through. They had 10 votes. Next up were ORIGINE at 8:30 and they had the crowd screaming for more. A good performance and went through as second best on the night with 35 votes. MISTIFY was right in the middle at 9pm. They put on a blinding show but only just missed going through by a handful of votes. Still, they are a band to watch out for in our opinion. They got 22 votes. THE ENVOYS came on at 9:30 and got straight to the point. These guys don't mess around. They wanted to get through and manged that but only just. They came third on 28 votes. Last but not least was the band that actually came first....confused ? Well let's say that SAFE IN SOUND 's (Indeed) great performance at 10pm gave their fans something to talk about. They got through with almost 50 votes (47 exactly) and manged to bring the house down. So the first round is done. The 3 bands go to the semi-finals and then the final event will have prizes and a chance to go to germany. Good luck to all and let's all go to see more bands on the next round on the 24th of November!! Here's a re-cap of the scores:

EMPTY CITIZEN 10
ORIGINE 35
MISTIFY 22
THE ENVOYS 28
SAFE IN SOUND 47