The Week contest: Coldplay cam
This week's question: The married CEO of tech firm Astronomer was forced to resign after he was caught canoodling with his firm's also-married head of HR on a kiss cam at a Coldplay concert. If Coldplay were to write a song about this very public love cheat saga, what should it be titled?
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THE WINNER: "A Rush of Blood to the Cheeks"
Jon Harper, Cary, North Carolina
SECOND PLACE: "Conscious Uncuddling"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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THIRD PLACE: "Can You Conceal the Love Tonight?"
Vincent Vigorita, Paterson, New Jersey
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"FeelslikeIamgettingfired"
David B. Reifsnyder, Saint Leonard, Maryland
"Us in Front of the World"
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
"Do Panic"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
"Execs, Lies, and Videotape"
Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
"Don't Not Panic"
Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Massachusetts
"Wish I Wasn't Here"
Mark Thermansen, Portland, Oregon
"Paradise Found (Out)"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas, Texas
"A Sky Full of Cameras"
Greg Stein, Prescott, Arizona
"Misadventure of a Lifetime"
Joel Nelson, Goleta, California
"The Scientist & The HR Manager"
Kate Conoly, Austin, Texas
"Viva la Vida… But Get a Room!"
Andrea Carla Michaels, San Francisco, California
"The Schadenfreudist"
Shirley Egan, Aurora, New York
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