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Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 06:08 PM

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th September 2021, 06:18 PM

Hype!!

Posted by: Sour Candy 24th September 2021, 06:20 PM

yayyy

Posted by: Quarantilas 24th September 2021, 06:30 PM

go Sugababes

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 06:31 PM

RuPaul's Drag Race

24th - 0.069380054

RuPaul starts us off! Two of Ru's own songs were used, and three entries came courtesy of Drag Race contestants. UK Hun? did the best, a bona fide bop fronted by a group of four UK Season 2 queens: Bimini Bon-Boulash, Lawrence Chaney, Tayce and A'Whora.

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 24th [4/60] New Friends Silver, Old Friends Gold (feat. Matt Pop) [RuPaul]
Round 2: 24th [4/53] Believe [Trixie Mattel]
Round 3: 24th [0/53] Irresistable [Blair St. Clair]
Round 4: 24th [4/56] (Here It Comes) Around Again (The Matt Moss Mix) [RuPaul]
Round 5: 23rd [8/60] UK Hun? [United Kingdolls]

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 06:32 PM

Robbie Williams & Take That

23rd - 0.209779874

I hope there will be no regrets that Robbie & Take That have finished in 23rd place! A few of these choices came via shuffle, which can be an artist forum's downfall in this contest.

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 18th [22/60] No Regrets [Robbie Williams]
Round 2: 23rd [10/53] Don't Give Up on Me [Take That]
Round 3: 23rd [16/53] Strong [Robbie Williams]
Round 4: 22nd [7/56] Sure [Take That]
Round 5: 24th [4/60] Me and My Monkey [Robbie Williams]

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th September 2021, 06:34 PM

Unsurprising for both of those really. Robbie and TT were ruined by random shuffle (and even more so by the final song... )

Posted by: Sour Candy 24th September 2021, 06:34 PM

Those song choices for Robbie/TT

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 24th September 2021, 06:36 PM

one day we will finally get angels, patience and grannies day

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 06:38 PM

Would love to know how well Robbie/TT could have done with choices like Angels and Rule the World! No Regrets is definitely one of Robbie's best in my opinion.

Grannies Day

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th September 2021, 06:39 PM

Posted by: Sour Candy 24th September 2021, 06:42 PM

Christmas #1 right there

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th September 2021, 07:07 PM

Shawn Mendes

22nd - 0.253504043

Canadian superstar Shawn Mendes rose to fame in late 2015 / early 2016 with his gigantic breakthrough hit Stitches, but he's never made it very far in AF Idol. Thankfully, the new format gave him a chance to shine, and despite some disappointing results, a range of Shawn's biggest hits and some recent fan favourite album tracks got their moment!

(commentary by Joseph)

Round 1: 21st [20/60] There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
Round 2: 21st [15/53] Teach Me How To Love
Round 3: 21st [20/53] (tied) Stitches
Round 4: 23rd [6/56] Look Up at the Stars
Round 5: 22nd [10/60] In My Blood

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th September 2021, 07:08 PM

One Direction

21st - 0.381325247

Much like Shawn, 1D have never made it very far in AF Idol before, so I was really excited at the prospect of being able to plan out five entries that we'd be guaranteed to send. The main focus came from solo music, with Niall, Zayn (finally, to Calum's delight x) and Harry making up four out of five entries, and though they finished just outside the top 20, they really weren't too far off in the end. A pleasing outcome!

(commentary by Joseph)

Round 1: 23rd [14/60] Slow Hands [Niall Horan]
Round 2: 22nd [14/53] Where Do Broken Hearts Go [One Direction]
Round 3: 17th [22/53] (tied) PILLOWTALK [ZAYN]
Round 4: 10th [37/56] Sign of the Times [Harry Styles]
Round 5: 19th [20/60] (tied) Watermelon Sugar [Harry Styles]

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 07:15 PM

Poor Shawn Some great songs there, but he doesn't have enough stans! Though not even I found room for In My Blood (which I adore, it's probably my favourite song he's done) against some of the classics in Round 5.

Going solo with One Direction seemed like a wise choice, I guess group singles would have been generally less well received. A great outcome for Sign of the Times in particular (which actually grew on me after hearing it in its round!)

Posted by: Quarantilas 24th September 2021, 07:28 PM

No major surprises really thus far

Posted by: JosephStyles 24th September 2021, 07:42 PM

Sign of the Times finally growing on Jay was my fave moment of this and it made the whole thing worthwhile xx

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 24th September 2021, 07:47 PM

Y'all actually did 'Teach Me How To Bop' so, SO dirrrrrrty. HEATHENS!!!!

'Sign Of The Times' smashing though...

Posted by: Mazon Mount 24th September 2021, 07:48 PM

1D and Shawn flopping Buzzjack doesn’t like male artists we been knew

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 08:01 PM

Wanting a new page x

Posted by: addylita 24th September 2021, 08:02 PM

giving you a new page

oops sorry!!!

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 08:03 PM

Steps

20th - 0.390669362

Steps became a new addition to the artist forums line up back in April of this year. While the forum has been a great success, it seems their presence in this contest was less well received! Four of their biggest hits and a major fan favourite album track just wasn't enough to translate into more than 20th place overall, but... it's the taking part that counts, right? x A memorable moment during the decision making was a debate regarding whether It's the Way You Make Me Feel is a ballad or midtempo. I am team midtempo!

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 14th [25/60] (tied) Scared of the Dark
Round 2: 20th [17/53] Love U More
Round 3: 15th [24/53] One for Sorrow
Round 4: 13th [25/56] (tied) It's the Way You Make Me Feel
Round 5: 21st [19/60] Tragedy

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 08:03 PM

Ava Max

19th - 0.394833783

Ava Max was one of the artists involved in AF Idol Spin-Off 2.0 (which happened earlier in 2021) and due to now having her own artist forum she was eligible for the main contest. In the Spin-Off she came 6th out of 12 artists - rather notably outdoing The Beatles! 19th on this occasion, but clearly many of us appreciated the bops that were sent. Her most recent smash My Head & My Heart performed the best!

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 19th [21/60] (tied) Torn
Round 2: 15th [25/53] Born to the Night
Round 3: 14th [26/53] My Head & My Heart
Round 4: 21st [10/56] Freaking Me Out
Round 5: 15th [29/60] Sweet But Psycho

Posted by: -Jay- 24th September 2021, 08:04 PM

Thank you

Posted by: Sour Candy 24th September 2021, 08:05 PM

No way The Way Make You Feel is a ballad

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 24th September 2021, 09:01 PM

i expected steps to perform a bit better tbh

Posted by: Lunar 24th September 2021, 09:09 PM

happy with 19th for ava tbh, the midtempo round was less than ideal for her

and agreed that y'all were sleeping on teach me how to love x

Posted by: London 24th September 2021, 09:30 PM

I love steps - there’s soooo many steps songs I would have voted for but didn’t vote for many of these. I think the songs chosen were okay but I’d be interested to see how some other songs would have performed.

Ava Max was a great discovery for me, especially Born To The Night

Posted by: Dill Doe 24th September 2021, 10:18 PM

Hype!!

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 12:18 PM

sooo...the results?

Posted by: Sour Candy 25th September 2021, 01:17 PM

Number 1 unveiled on Christmas Eve?

Posted by: London 25th September 2021, 02:28 PM

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 02:36 PM

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 03:24 PM

25% of the results have been revealed so far!

Thanks for the comments from those of you who posted yesterday. We decided to leave it where we left it yesterday because it was getting late, so we're aiming to continue it this evening when hopefully more people will be around to view the results and comment. The more of you who are around, the faster we'll get through this! Aim to be here at 7-8 and we'll do the best we can. A reminder, it does take quite a lot of time to work out the results and create the posts for each artist.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 25th September 2021, 03:54 PM

sooo...the replies?

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 04:17 PM

sooo...um...people were commenting?

Posted by: Sour Candy 25th September 2021, 04:29 PM

I don't have any comment on Shawn Mendes, sorry!

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 04:32 PM

Not Strictly time

Thanks for doing this Jay! I wasn't being shady when I asked what happened to the results, I was genuinely interested/wondered if they'd been postponed



I do but any comment would be too filthy for this thread x

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 04:33 PM

I still can't believe a song of THIS calibre finished 15th. I can't even recall what round that was sent but I remain shook.

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:02 PM

Keep this energy for Hottest Celebs results because he's imminently going to have his position announced there

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:05 PM

Zara Larsson

18th - 0.399537287

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BuzzJack icons Lotita and JosephStyles pose with the poster girl herself, Zara Larsson!

Lee is unavailable for comment, but I imagine he would have this to say about 18th place: The way Zara is being slept on, she honestly stood no chance during this contest when an artist can send an appalling song but smash it.

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 19th [21/60] (tied) All the Time
Round 2: 16th [24/53] (tied) Poster Girl
Round 3: 17th [22/53] (tied) Love Me Land
Round 4: 13th [25/56] Symphony (Acoustic) (with Clean Bandit)
Round 5: 19th [20/60] (tied) Lush Life

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 06:05 PM

! Lotti and I confirmed to be taking over the Zara forum from Lee x

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:06 PM

Olivia Rodrigo

17th - 0.409739443

Olivia deserved better than this but for someone with only 1 album and literally all her songs being from 2021 (bar all I want & a couple less relevant HSM: TM: TS songs), she slayed this to not even finish in the bottom quarter of the results *.* These rounds gave us a chance to show y'all most of Olivia's big hits, from breaking hearts everywhere with drivers license to the epic cruel summer sampling on deja vu to banger of life and unquestionably the song of 2021 good 4 u! <3 They all did ok but got eaten up by the older classics in their round, I'm sure this time in like 5 years they'll be slaying these tho x We also sent two songs which verge the line of being album tracks/singles at this point with videos/some pushes but also not really being pushed I was impressed how traitor performed as you guys showed more taste than the chart forum! And I'm glad we sent brutal which I think definitely showed another side of Olivia to most of y'all and it was great to see some new and surprising fans voting for here and enjoying the music that we sent and discovering how talented Olivia already is <3 But anyway 17th is too low so well... good 4 you, you look happy and healthy... not me cos I'm now like a damn sociopath.

(commentary by UltraSour4u)

Round 1: 17th [23/60] drivers license
Round 2: 13th [26/53] (tied) brutal
Round 3: 20th [21/53] deja vu
Round 4: 15th [24/56] traitor
Round 5: 18th [21/60] good 4 u

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:10 PM

Taking over, or deleting it? !!

17th seems very respectable for Olivia, considering that she's such a new artist with just one album! *.*

Posted by: Lunar 25th September 2021, 06:13 PM

Zara and Olivia both deserved better. good 4 u 18th?!

I suppose 17th overall isn't bad for Olivia given how new of an artist she is though.

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 06:16 PM

Olivia's done well considering the field she's competing in, she's beaten artists with far more expansive discographies!

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 06:16 PM

Zara deserved better

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 06:17 PM

What was the story behind the acoustic version being sent?

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:23 PM

That was used in the midtempo/ballad round!

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:24 PM

Rita Ora

16th - 0.41828841

I feel like Rita is an odd one in this contest... she has the bangers to back her up and get her far enough, but unfortunately she can never *quite* get enough love to move further. I had planned to try and be a bit more strategic/aim for the longer game, but Joseph & Jay knew she wouldn't go far anyway so wanted to see where the biggest hitters would land her. Definitely could've been worse for her, but one day, we will get her further The absolute anthem 'I Will Never Let You Down' ended up being her biggest hit in this edition... WE STAN!

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

Round 1: 8th [36/60] I Will Never Let You Down
Round 2: 18th [21/53] The One (feat. Imanbek)
Round 3: 21st [20/53] (tied) R.I.P. (feat. Tinie Tempah)
Round 4: 20th [15/56] Body On Me (feat. Chris Brown)
Round 5: 16th [27/60] Anywhere

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 06:24 PM

Oh of course! I voted for it. The original is one of my fave all time records.

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 06:25 PM

Rita was done dirty by y'all x

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 06:25 PM

16th? This is homophobia at its finest.

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:27 PM

Calvin Harris

15th - 0.47787062

A triumphant win in Round 5 with 'We Found Love' (SNATCHED before Rihanna's forum could use it themselves) really improved Calvin Harris' average score across the 5 rounds. Unfortunately for him it was not quite enough to claw his way into the Top 12. A respectable result though, which makes Calvin the highest placed male artist forum!

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 14th [25/60] (tied) I'm Not Alone
Round 2: 19th [19/53] Faith
Round 3: 13th [27/53] This Is What You Came For (feat. Rihanna)
Round 4: 18th [18/56] Feels (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean)
Round 5: 1st [47/60] (tied) We Found Love (with Rihanna)

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 06:30 PM

Agreed with you both Round 5 was certainly a bloodbath, but I was a little surprised that Rita didn't pick up more votes - at the time it was a hit it seemed like a huuuuge BuzzJack fave! Nice that Never Let You Down managed Top 10 for her at least!

As I said in the commentary, a respectable result for Calvin! I actually love This Is What You Came For but I know it had a very mixed response on BuzzJack... so it coming 13th was probably no surprise. Deserved more x

Posted by: Lunar 25th September 2021, 06:33 PM

Good result for Calvin. Rita is another one who deserved better!

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 06:34 PM

Yeah, that's a decent placing for Calvin! Placing higher than some of the pop girls. Good stuff.

Posted by: Sour Candy 25th September 2021, 06:49 PM

Best songs released in 2021 in this countdown hands down

Rita's problem is that she doesn't really have a personality compared to the big stars.

Posted by: dandy* 25th September 2021, 07:02 PM

Sugababes 5.0?

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 07:09 PM

^ ! Definitely superior to Sugababes 4.0 x

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 07:11 PM

Dua Lipa

14th - 0.526307278

Kath's reaction:

Future Nostalgia album track Cool came 4th out of 24 songs in Round 2, which is surely further proof that Dua is wrong to continually overlook its single potential!! Conversely That Kind of Woman fared less well in the album track round it was a part of - 16th. That outcome, combined with Don't Start Now suffering a bit in a round that was absolutely full of classics, led to Dua narrowly missing out on the Top 12.

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 11th [30/60] (tied) One Kiss (with Calvin Harris)
Round 2: 4th [35/53] Cool
Round 3: 11th [28/53] (tied) Love Again
Round 4: 16th [22/56] (tied) That Kind of Woman
Round 5: 13th [33/60] Don't Start Now

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 07:11 PM

Ariana Grande

13th - 0.545759209

THIS. ONE. HURTS. Literally one or two more voters for 'pov' and Ariana would have been our finalist over Kylie! That round really hurt Ari (bizarrely). I was sure 'pov' would translate better with the crowds :\ Other than that round though, Ariana had a stellar performance as they hit the top 10 every other time. Look at that list! I don't know why or how Ariana seems to stall so much in this contest but... meh. One day they will get further than the bottom half of AF Idol... ONE. DAY. I'm manifesting it right now.

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

Round 1: 9th [35/60] (tied) Break Free (feat. Zedd)
Round 2: 10th [32/53] Greedy
Round 3: 6th [33/53] Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd)
Round 4: 19th [16/56] pov
Round 5: 6th [38/60] (tied) One Last Time

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 07:11 PM

Ariana I was rooting for her to make the top 12, pov really did sour things but I find that so surprising, it's a gorgeous song!

Posted by: Sour Candy 25th September 2021, 07:14 PM

Pov is pretty boring imo.

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 07:14 PM

I'm not sure if we'd already revealed that it was Kylie that blocked Ariana, but this is how close it was between them after 5 rounds:

12th - 0.547583109 - Kylie Minogue
13th - 0.545759209 - Ariana Grande

Unfortunate for Ariana because she had unlucky moments in the first two years as well

Stick around to find out if Kylie ultimately managed to improve on her 12th position at the half way point!

Posted by: dandy* 25th September 2021, 07:25 PM

Ariana being very unlucky this year, she’s never quite done as well as she could in this contest

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 07:33 PM

P!nk

12th - 0.459665885

First 5 Rounds: 8th - 0.61614106

P!nk is up next in a very respectable 12th place. The 1st half went incredibly well and she low-key out performed my expectations, but 2nd half not as great, but it's great that we finally got a bit more from P!nk aside from the 'I'm Not Dead' era. Some of my absolute favourite P!nk tracks got sent this time so it was a near flawless set of song choices for me, so I'm really appreciative of the moderators for going for some of them! Some absolute classics got their shot here *.*

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

Round 1: 6th [40/60] (tied) Who Knew
Round 2: 16th [24/53] (tied) Long Way To Happy
Round 3: 3rd [37/53] U + Ur Hand
Round 4: 7th [39/56] (tied) Please Don't Leave Me
Round 5: 10th [34/60] (tied) Just Like A Pill
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Round 6: 9th [23/57] Raise Your Glass
Round 7: 12th [10/46] Barbies
Round 8: 12th [10/48] Don't Let Me Get Me
Round 9: 9th [19/44] (tied) It's All Your Fault
Round 10: 12th [13/51] So What

Posted by: JosephStyles 25th September 2021, 07:34 PM

Little Mix

11th - 0.485425533

First 5 Rounds: 10th - 0.596244385

Little legends managed to get into the top half and for that, I'm so grateful and appreciative 'Happiness' was definitely the biggest surprise success for us and I'm really happy we got to send their best ever album track (soz 'Wasabi'!) and it actually pulling off to be a big success for them. In the 2nd half we definitely knew we were going to be bottom 3 somewhere and that's fine for us! It'd be really good if people from the Little Mix forum actually participated in this The mods + PAJ were the only constant forum goers to consistently vote. LMAOOOO. AH WELL. NVM We'll get there eventually, but yeah, happy with our performance overall and just extremely happy to have finished top 3 in the final half at least once *.*

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

Round 1: 11th [30/60] (tied) Break Up Song
Round 2: 2nd [39/53] Happiness
Round 3: 2nd [39/53] Heartbreak Anthem (with David Guetta & Galantis)
Round 4: 16th [22/56] (tied) Love Me or Leave Me
Round 5: 9th [37/60] Touch
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Round 6: 11th [19/57] Wings
Round 7: 10th [18/46] Forget You Not
Round 8: 11th [12/48] Power (feat. Stormzy)
Round 9: 3rd [24/44] Wasabi
Round 10: 10th [18/51] Sweet Melody

Posted by: T Boy 25th September 2021, 07:41 PM

It’s a shame that Pink couldn’t do better. She was up against a lot of artists with really strong fan bases on here in the second half and I don’t regret any of the choices.

Perhaps I’d have wanted to switch Just Like A Pill and So What but I’m not sure how close she was to missing the final 12 by round 5 so didn’t know if we could risk it.

Posted by: k👠th 25th September 2021, 07:41 PM

Poor Dua and Ariana 2 main pop gals got done dirty!

Nobody listened when I said That Kind of Woman would do poorly

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 07:55 PM

^ Which song should have been sent for Dua instead?

I actually love Little Mix and pretty much every song that represented them in this contest*, though that may not have been apparent with my votes... I only voted for them in two rounds! The unfortunate thing is, particularly in the final half, I simply loved a lot of the other artists/songs more than Little Mix. Sweet Melody was one of my most loved songs of 2020 and yet I had it 12th out of 12 in that final round. Brutal!

* (bar Love Me or Leave Me, I don't really understand that one being such a fan fave)

Posted by: -Jay- 25th September 2021, 07:56 PM

I think we're leaving it there for tonight, sorry, but we hope to see you all around tomorrow when we'll begin the Top 10!

Posted by: k👠th 25th September 2021, 07:59 PM

I suggested current Buzzjack fave Cold Heart :naomi:

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 25th September 2021, 08:01 PM

PRRWZCHH IT

Posted by: Dill Doe 25th September 2021, 08:16 PM

Crap I was hopin that the Cowell band would be last!! There were some alsoran acts last, like Ava Max and Shawn somerhing or other, so I guess those results weren't too bad. To think people believed they actually beat Bad Romance a few years ago

Speakin of, GaGa to win!! Katy Perry really tailed off in the end. Taylor does country far better than trite pop , so she could have got top 5 if they had sent songs pre pop mess.

Posted by: Jαsє 25th September 2021, 08:34 PM

Was rooting for P!nk to make the top 10. Ah well

Posted by: Lunar 25th September 2021, 08:45 PM

Poor Dua and Ari just missing out, wow at how close it was between Ari and Kylie

P!nk & Little Mix both sent some great songs <3

Posted by: Quarantilas 26th September 2021, 12:10 AM

And so is a brick wall

Posted by: London 26th September 2021, 09:10 AM

I think 17th place is great for Olivia - pleased to see she managed to get higher than some more established artists and it’s fitting that Traitor was one of the more successful rounds- that song really came alive for me during this AF Idol.

Shame about P!nk but it was great to be introduced to some new songs I’d not heard before. Same for Ariana actually.

Taylor top 10 ! Woohoo. I’m gonna predict number 9

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 01:23 PM

TOP 3 PREDICTION

1. Britney
2. Gaga
3. Girls Aloud

Probably way off but whatever

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 03:56 PM

When does this continue? (So that I know when to be online)

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 04:59 PM

From 7pm! We’re aiming to finish the results tonight, so hope to see lots of you here!

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 05:08 PM

Yay!

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 06:02 PM

Katy Perry

10th - 0.491452695

First 5 Rounds: 11th - 0.579415993

Here in 10th place is former finalist, Katy Perry. Looking at some of these results right now and honestly... I'm really baffled by what went wrong with 'Dark Horse' & 'Hot N Cold' in particular. I would've assumed both were solid top 5 placings (6/7 at the worst) but neither of them got top half of their rounds? Bizarre. At least Katy's best song got them a victory though! A good game was played, even if some of the results were slightly odd and really not how I would have imagined Katy to have done.

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

Round 1: 9th [35/60] (tied) Never Really Over
Round 2: 5th [34/53] Walking On Air
Round 3: 17th [22/53] Bon Appétit (feat. Migos)
Round 4: 1st [48/56] The One That Got Away
Round 5: 17th [24/60] Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
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Round 6: 10th [20/57] Part of Me
Round 7: 6th [24/46] Hummingbird Heartbeat
Round 8: 10th [16/48] Hot N Cold
Round 9: 11th [15/44] (tied) Cry About It Later
Round 10: 6th [24/51] Teenage Dream

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 06:05 PM

Katy's provided us with some of the finest pop records of the past 10 years so she deserved better than that.

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 06:05 PM

Dark Horse has aged pretty badly. HNC is one of my personal faves, don't remember if I voted it or not though

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 06:08 PM

I actually think Dark Horse still sounds amazing! Listened to it recently for the first time in a while and WHAT an anthem.

Hot N Cold is my fave all time Katy song so that deserved top 3 at least imo

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 06:09 PM

Btw, I find it hilarious how DH and Black Widow are basically the same song.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 06:11 PM

Taylor Swift

9th - 0.525675055

First 5 Rounds: 9th - 0.602866128

And quite fittingly after Katy we complete the bad blood connection with Taylor finishing in 9th place in this competition! First of all I wanna say a big thanks to my fellow Taylor mods ...Ready for it and London for taking on this competition and making the selections etc & making sure that we acc submitted songs for each round! My life has been hectic af recently haha so I feel like I pretty much stopped having time to get involved after like the 2nd round Anyway back to Taylor cos not everything is about me! (ft. Brendon Urie of Panic at the disco), Taylor did pretty well on the whole! The best performing round happened in round 7 when reputation's deep-cut Getaway Car won the round! It's great seeing Getaway Car get the appreciation it deserves, what a timeless masterpiece <3 Taylor's album tracks did very well on the whole, with Cruel Summer (time for some more why tf weren't GC or CS singles) and Enchanted finishing top 5 and legendary ballad All Too Well scoring a top half placement in a round full of singles! We also sent some of her biggest hits, with some like Blank Space performing very well whilst others slightly underperformed. Especially #Justice4Willow which basically stopped y'all getting anymore folkmore songs in this competition gah Anyway I'm v. happy with 9th for Taylor and as we continue with results, go purchase Red (Taylor's Version) and Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version) <3

(commentary by UltraSour4u)

Round 1: 6th [40/60] (tied) Blank Space
Round 2: 3rd [36/53] Cruel Summer
Round 3: 8th [30/53] cardigan
Round 4: 12th [30/56] All Too Well
Round 5: 10th [34/60] Style
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Round 6: 12th [18/57] willow
Round 7: 1st [34/46] Getaway Car
Round 8: 9th [17/48] Out of The Woods
Round 9: 5th [22/44] (tied) Enchanted
Round 10: 11th [17/51] Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 06:14 PM

But it came 6th?

Round 10: 6th [24/51] Teenage Dream

xx

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 06:15 PM

What a game for Taylor

It's sad to see 'willow' performance prevented more from the 'FolkMore' eras but it's genuinely one of the worst of the 2 eras for me (I really don't get why it's so adored when compared to like over half of the tracks from either of the albums!!) 'exile' deserved it's moment </3

Very happy to see how well 'Enchanted' did. More 'Speak Now' in the future hopefully!

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 06:16 PM

All Too Well should've been #2 on that round. Her best song!

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 06:20 PM

PREACH IT! (Well, I placed it 3rd but I should've put it above STEPS tbh)

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 06:22 PM

My main comment for Taylor is... justice for folkmore!! However, so many great Taylor songs sent across the rounds though! Jonjo shading willow... he cannot be trusted x

I was definitely surprised by some of Katy's results, particularly Dark Horse in 17th - but still, making the Top 10 out of 24 forums is a great outcome!

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 06:27 PM

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 06:30 PM

I'm in the minority of not really enjoying folklore / evermore as much as most Taylor albums so I wasn't disappointed to see little representation there Speak Now getting a moment with her best song

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 06:33 PM

Kylie Minogue

8th - 0.528809614

First 5 Rounds: 12th - 0.547583109

A very shaky start for the Kylie AF as it fell victim to the random song generator in Round 1 - if only it was the studio version of 'All the Lovers'! Thankfully things turned around nicely in Round 4 when 'Slow', perhaps surprisingly, gave the AF its best performer! 'Love At First Sight' gave the forum another #2 position after we ever so narrowly made it into the second half of the competition. I'd have liked to have given 'Impossible Princess' some representation, perhaps in Round 2 album track round, however my main concern was to make up for our poor start and I'm unsure how this experimental era of Kylie music would have fared.

(commentary by Liam.k.)

Round 1: 22nd [18/60] All The Lovers (Live)
Round 2: 13th [26/53] Like A Drug
Round 3: 11th [28/53] Say Something
Round 4: 2nd [44/56] Slow
Round 5: 6th [38/60] (tied) Can't Get You Out of My Head
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Round 6: 2nd [41/57] Love At First Sight
Round 7: 7th [23/46] Light Years
Round 8: 7th [22/48] In Your Eyes
Round 9: 5th [22/44] Supernova
Round 10: 9th [19/51] On A Night Like This

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 06:35 PM

Kylie really managed to turn it around after a wobbly start, some amazing picks along the way

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 06:38 PM

Rounds 7-10 had pretty weird song choices from Kylie, if you ask me. Needed more Put Yourself in My Place and Confide in Me and less Light Years era

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 06:41 PM

That was a great turnaround for Kylie! I wonder what might have been sent first had it not been the randomly selected live version of All the Lovers?

I think the focus on Light Years and Fever eras was sensible in terms of making Kylie climb the leader board. I do love Put Yourself in My Place in particular but my gut instinct is that it wouldn't do amazingly well in this contest...

I was also pleasantly surprised by how well Slow did - ultimately I think that success is what really benefited Kylie making the Top 12 - getting almost 80% of voters in that round really helped out her overall average, compared to Ariana.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 06:43 PM

Rihanna

7th - 0.552280826

First 5 Rounds: 2nd - 0.674438455

Rihanna manages to finish 7th this time around (she finished 2nd last time). A very successful 1st half with a more mixed 2nd half. 'Fire Bomb' being the major surprise underperformer for her I think. The song did great the first time it was sent... I don't understand why it wasn't as well received this time around?! Baffling. 'Never Ending' was a rather random, but inspired, choice. It's interesting that Rihanna herself won round 5, but unfortunately it was sent by the Calvin forum, so it doesn't count towards her total! Looking like Rihanna hits or misses with BJ! I'm sure she'll be fine and come firing back, all guns blazing next time!

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

Round 1: 2nd [47/60] (tied) Don't Stop The Music
Round 2: 8th [33/53] (tied) Love The Way You Lie (Part II) [feat. Eminem]
Round 3: 9th [29/53] (tied) Kiss It Better
Round 4: 2nd [44/56] (tied) Unfaithful
Round 5: 6th [38/60] (tied) Only Girl (In The World)
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Round 6: 7th [25/57] Rude Boy
Round 7: 11th [16/46] Never Ending
Round 8: 8th [19/48] Diamonds
Round 9: 11th [15/44] (tied) Fire Bomb
Round 10: 4th [32/51] Umbrella (feat. Jay-Z)

Posted by: Dill Doe 26th September 2021, 06:44 PM

Omg Katy Floppy

Taylor would have got higher had she sent Safe and Sound and State of Grace and Red songs.

Posted by: JSG 26th September 2021, 06:45 PM

Quite pleased with both sets of results for Rihanna and Katy to be honest but yes! Some of those results for Katy are very strange imo. It was fun taking part in my first AF IDOL! and I look forward to the next one. Congrats to everyone and all the work they've out into their forums this far this year.

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 06:46 PM

Rihanna is one of my all time fave artists... huge discography to choose from though, definitely not sure about Never Ending and Fire Bomb.

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 07:04 PM

Spice Girls

6th - 0.558311834

First 5 Rounds: 7th - 0.619937107

Spiceboy and I initially planned to only send solo songs... but that plan quickly went out the window!

This year is the first time we've sent some Emma songs. Her #1 hit What Took You So Long? started things off, ending up a few points adrift of the top half of the scoreboard. However, the fan favourite single Maybe was well received, and really outperformed my expectations by placing 5th! That's the result I was most happy with. We also turned to Melanie C, using her very first song When You're Gone and her most recent release Touch Me! As for the group songs - Viva Forever performed the best overall, finishing 4th and attracting 75% of voters. Their other singles all finished in the top half. A consistent performance overall, so I'm delighted with this 6th place finish!

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 14th [25/60] (tied) What Took You So Long? [Emma Bunton]
Round 2: 5th [34/53] (tied) Never Give Up on the Good Times [Spice Girls]
Round 3: 4th [34/53] (tied) When You're Gone [Melanie C, with Bryan Adams]
Round 4: 4th [42/56] (tied) Viva Forever [Spice Girls]
Round 5: 5th [39/60] Spice Up Your Life [Spice Girls]
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Round 6: 5th [31/57] Maybe [Emma Bunton]
Round 7: 9th [20/46] Touch Me (Billen Ted Edit) [Melanie C]
Round 8: 6th [25/48] Say You'll Be There [Spice Girls]
Round 9: 8th [20/44] Saturday Night Divas [Spice Girls]
Round 10: 5th [27/51] Wannabe [Spice Girls]

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 07:05 PM

Spice Girls were very consistent!

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 26th September 2021, 07:16 PM

oop at rihanna !!

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 26th September 2021, 07:16 PM

i wonder where spice girls would have finished if we got a different song round 1?

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 07:18 PM

Very consistent from the Spice Girls, I loved the variety this time round!

Posted by: Mazon Mount 26th September 2021, 07:20 PM

Spice Girls not top 5 is a bloody shame, Buzzjackers work in your taste for the next time (this really should be the last edition of AF idol tbh after 3 years in a row with the same AFs it had its run and it’s becoming stale )

Posted by: Quarantilas 26th September 2021, 07:20 PM

I thought Spice Girls would have been a little higher than that.

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 07:21 PM

Or maybe Spice Girls should release more new music as a group

Posted by: Dill Doe 26th September 2021, 07:22 PM

What Took You So Long shoulda come top 10

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 07:22 PM

Glad to see Viva Forever and When You're Gone placing so high in their respective rounds. Both wonderful songs.

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 07:23 PM

If only


I guess we'd have ended up below Rihanna if we'd sent something that performed worse than What Took You So Long, and I think if we'd sent something that did better, we'd have likely still come 6th because there's quite a leap up to 5th place's average score - which I will reveal in a moment *.*

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 07:26 PM

Sugababes

5th - 0.606179748

First 5 Rounds: 6th - 0.636630728

Sugababes have made a triumphant comeback to BuzzJack's artist forums this year - and their first time taking part in AF Idol has resulted in an excellent outcome of 5th place! A selection of well loved Sugababes hit singles and fan favourite album tracks provided them with consistently strong results - just look at that run of Top 5 finishes in the final four rounds! In my opinion, one of the most memorable moments of the contest is Medevac by Siobhan Donaghy being sent - this is an album track, but it was sent in a round that mostly included singles. A slight risk, but nevertheless achieved a commendable 16th in a highly competitive round. Solo representation also came in the form of Mutya's big hit single Song 4 Mutya. Well done, Sugababes forum!

(commentary by Jay)

Round 1: 4th [42/60] (tied) Freak Like Me [Sugababes]
Round 2: 11th [31/53] Ace Reject [Sugababes]
Round 3: 16th [23/53] Medevac [Siobhan Donaghy]
Round 4: 6th [40/56] Stronger [Sugababes]
Round 5: 2nd [45/60] (tied) About You Now [Sugababes]
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Round 6: 6th [26/57] Song 4 Mutya [Mutya with Groove Armada]
Round 7: 3rd [26/46] (tied) Never Gonna Dance Again [Sugababes]
Round 8: 4th [33/48] Hole in the Head [Sugababes]
Round 9: 4th [23/44] Conversation's Over [Sugababes]
Round 10: 3rd [33/51] Push the Button [Sugababes]

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 07:28 PM

Was delighted with the Sugababes performance, it was strong from start to finish! Medevac would've flourished in another round too I think.

Posted by: Quarantilas 26th September 2021, 07:29 PM

Way better than I was expecting! Very pleased with how we did. Thanks everyone who helped us pick with their suggestions and comments and poll votes and then also thanks to everyone who voted for us in some very tough rounds!!

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 07:29 PM

They didn't even send the best songs (Overload and Too Lost in You)

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 07:34 PM

new page x

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 07:35 PM

Girls Aloud

4th - 0.617970235

First 5 Rounds: 3rd - 0.668292902

After a disappointing AF Idol 2.0, Jay and I knew we wanted to come back fighting this time round, and we sure did, finishing as the top girl group! We barely deviated from a planned list of entries at the start of the competition and secured two wins along the way, from No Good Advice and Call the Shots, in what was a mostly consistent performance. Sadly, the competition coincided with losing Sarah, and we opted to send Miss You Bow Wow as a tribute in round 9 as it's one of her most iconic moments. We love you Sarah, and we're delighted that Girls Aloud have redeemed themselves this time around!

(commentary by Joseph)

Round 1: 4th [42/60] (tied) Sound Of The Underground
Round 2: 5th [24/53] (tied) On The Metro
Round 3: 1st [40/53] No Good Advice
Round 4: 9th [38/56] The Loving Kind
Round 5: 10th [34/60] (tied) Untouchable
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Round 6: 3rd [33/57] (tied) Can't Speak French
Round 7: 3rd [26/46] (tied) Close To Love
Round 8: 1st [38/48] Call The Shots
Round 9: 9th [19/44] Miss You Bow Wow
Round 10: 6th [24/51] (tied) Something Kinda Ooooh

Posted by: Dill Doe 26th September 2021, 07:37 PM

Medevac should have also SMASHED.

Posted by: Dill Doe 26th September 2021, 07:40 PM

Uff I wanted GA in top 3

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 07:41 PM

omg THIS!

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 07:49 PM

Madge vs. Gaga vs. Brit

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 07:50 PM

My three faves

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 07:52 PM

Britney Spears

3rd - 0.632556103

First 5 Rounds: 4th - 0.638176101

The first ever winner of AF idol failed to replicate that in the sequel last year when the collaborations round cruelly threw out Brit at some point in the mid-way range! That didn't happen this time and with a few riskier choices than what people would typically expect from us, we managed to place an incredible 3rd place. Extremely happy with our placing and the way that we played the game. Very proud and so happy we were quite "brave" and got to send 'Break The Ice', 'Lonely', 'Overprotected', 'Lucky', 'And Then We Kiss' and 'Touch Of My Hand'... who knows, maybe we'll dare to send some 'Glory' tracks in the future... *eyes* Overall, a great game played. That ascent up the rankings to end the contest with a win... amazing.

(commentary by Jonjo)

Round 1: 13th [39/60] Break The Ice
Round 2: 12th [30/53] Lonely
Round 3: 4th [34/53] (tied) Overprotected
Round 4: 4th [42/56] (tied) Born To Make You Happy
Round 5: 2nd [45/60] (tied) Oops!... I Did It Again
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Round 6: 3rd [33/57] (tied) Lucky
Round 7: 5th [25/46] And Then We Kiss (Junkie XL Remix)
Round 8: 3rd [34/48] Toxic
Round 9: 5th [22/44] Touch Of My Hand
Round 10: 1st [41/51] ...Baby One More Time

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 07:53 PM

WHAT.

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 07:53 PM

I would have put money on Britney winning

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 07:54 PM

The age old battle.

Gaga vs. Madonna

Good vs. Evil

Who is gonna triumph?

Posted by: T Boy 26th September 2021, 07:55 PM

I’d like to see a Madonna win out of what’s left. They really sent some excellent tracks for her.

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 07:56 PM

OMG THIS IS SO EXCITING

The first two rounds weren't very good for Brit

Posted by: London 26th September 2021, 08:09 PM

Argh so late to the party. What to say, what to say??

Yay for Taylor top 10, at 9 as I’d predicted! 9 after the first 5 rounds and held on until the end. Willow is personally a favourite so pretty sad that wasn’t appreciated more but very happy Enchanted had its moment - another top song

Love to see Girls Aloud so high! Voted for them in every round bar one round and it was amazing to see them do so well, especially given the tragedy part way through the completion.

I hope Madonna snatches this …

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 08:10 PM

Incredibly pleased with how well Girls Aloud performed throughout this contest! The win with No Good Advice took me completely by surprise, and Call the Shots managing more votes than Bad Romance and Toxic was fantastic!! Lovely words in that commentary, Joseph

I think Britney did really well to come third! As the commentary says, us mods decided to try and send as many "not obvious" songs by her as possible - and that resulted in a couple of midtier results to start with, but then she rallied - 8 top 5s in a row

Posted by: London 26th September 2021, 08:14 PM

Just want to say how much I’ve enjoyed this and thanks to all who helped make it happen

Posted by: Bré 26th September 2021, 08:30 PM

Madonna is a woman with very good songs and she has done well in this contest! - Bra

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 08:32 PM

Omg... this!

Top 2 coming soon! Hold onto your knickers x

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 08:38 PM

Hurry up I need to go to bed here in the eastern part of Europe

Posted by: Slayer 26th September 2021, 08:38 PM

Britney, forever my number one

Little Mix also did great getting 11th

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 08:46 PM

We're working around wifi difficulties in getting commentary sent right now, apologies but we're trying our best!

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 08:49 PM

No worries, it was (mostly) a joke x
It's not *that* late yet

It's not like ESC that keeps exploding and will soon end like 4am our time.

Posted by: HausofWillow 26th September 2021, 08:52 PM

MY FAULT I WAS TYPING RESULTS AND MY WIFI FAILED BUT IT'S BACK NOW SORRY EVERYONE

the top 2 thoough my two stan artists!

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 08:56 PM

Madonna

2nd - 0.642116555

First 5 Rounds: 5th - 0.636949686

The pioneer of many of the artists showcased in this edition of AF idol and the benchmark for their careers (their words not mine), Madonna proves that she is not a has-been and that her back catalogue of music, her eclectic mix of styles from nearly 4 decades is still as relevant today as it was all those years ago when she burst onto the scene. Talking of her mix of styles, in this edition of the competition, we had the dancefloor anthems from Confessions on a Dancefloor, the zany country-tinged sounds of Music, the earthly, spiritual sounds of Ray of Light, the anthems from Like a Prayer and many more eras being represented. Her singles smashed their rounds and her album tracks proved to be great discoveries for many, as she never really languished too far below the mid way point of each round. Madonna also proved that she is still a heavyweight against the more current popstars, winning two rounds and coming 2nd in two also (the final two rounds as it happens). So whether she was melting your frozen hearts, leaving you hung up on the dancefloor, bringing you to your knees, or making you strike a pose, Madonna has earned a silver medal and has come in a very respectable second place!

(commentary by HausofWillow)

Round 1: 1st [49/60] Hung Up
Round 2: 8th [33/53] (tied) Sky Fits Heaven
Round 3: 7th [32/53] Music
Round 4: 11th [35/56] The Power of Good-bye
Round 5: 14th [31/60] Vogue
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Round 6: 1st [49/57] Like A Prayer
Round 7: 8th [22/46] Devil Wouldn't Recognise You
Round 8: 5th [27/48] Ray of Light
Round 9: 2nd [26/44] Forbidden Love
Round 10: 2nd [38/51] Frozen

Posted by: -Jay- 26th September 2021, 08:56 PM

Lady Gaga

1st - 0.661058612

First 5 Rounds: 1st - 0.706329739

With her second win in a row, it is Mother Monster herself that is crowned your AF idol winner. Off the back of her hugely celebrated return to the dancefloor, Gaga took us all to Chromatica and beyond this edition of the competition. With 4 out of 6 tracks taken from her latest album, Gaga showed that she is still able to churn out the hits and keep us enthralled with her music - the majority of the Chromatica tracks smashed into the top 2 of their respective rounds! Elsewhere, we went back in time to her roots, with Poker Face (which today celebrates its 13th birthday - lucky for some!), took a softer touch with her soundtrack ballads and even showcased some of her deep cuts even in rounds that didn't require album tracks! Throughout the competition, Gaga shifted the pace, sang her heart out and made us all put our paws up to the sky. She spent more than half of the rounds in the top 2 positions and only "suffered" slightly in the other 4 rounds, with 9th (out of 24) being her worst performance. So, proving once more, that pop music will never be low brow, lets put our paws together for your winner - Lady Gaga!

(commentary by HausofWillow)

Round 1: 2nd [47/60] (tied) Poker Face
Round 2: 1st [40/53] Alice
Round 3: 9th [29/53] (tied) Sine From Above (with Elton John)
Round 4: 7th [39/56] (tied) I'll Never Love Again
Round 5: 2nd [45/60] (tied) Rain on Me (feat. Ariana Grande)
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Round 6: 8th [24/57] Monster
Round 7: 2nd [32/46] Babylon
Round 8: 2nd [35/48] Bad Romance
Round 9: 1st [37/44] Dance In The Dark
Round 10: 8th [20/51] Shallow (with Bradley Cooper)

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 08:57 PM

Omg yassssssss Gagaaaaa

Well done Madge too!

Posted by: HausofWillow 26th September 2021, 08:59 PM

Out of the two, just for a new winner / the SHOCK i'd have loved a Madonna crowning but can't deny the love Gaga got this series - especially the new Chromatica tracks *.*

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 09:02 PM

WE DID IT AGAIN

I'm absolutely over the moon and I'm glad this iconic lady's discography is quite clearly loved here. She remains one of the biggest stars on the planet and long may she continue to bless us with her music.

Thanks to everybody for running and organizing this. AF Idol's are *super* fun and I'm always slightly bereft when they come to an end.

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 09:02 PM

Very glad that Shallow didn't ruin her chances. I'm proud that people voted for it for the final round. A classic!

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 09:06 PM

I thought Shallow's underperformance killed her chances of winning so I'm genuinely surprised we did it again

Posted by: JosephStyles 26th September 2021, 09:07 PM

Extremely impressive for Madonna, she outperformed my expectations!

Gaga really smashed it, that was never in doubt really. Well played mods, congrats!

Posted by: Jαsє 26th September 2021, 09:08 PM

Now we're coming for that AF Idol 4.0 win

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 09:10 PM

Vogue only #14, just saw it now

Posted by: Chez Wombat 26th September 2021, 09:15 PM

I would've liked Madonna to win as a new winner and I made some great discoveries from her extensive back catalogue this time, though Lady Gaga ofc. delivered very well as well, grats x

Thanks for the running of this as always!

Posted by: dandy* 26th September 2021, 09:16 PM

That performance for Like a Prayer I think it was the oldest song entered in the whole contest so amazing for it to smash so hard.

That lack of love for Vogue though


Well done Gaga mods, she really is THE Buzzjack fave

Posted by: Sour Candy 26th September 2021, 09:18 PM

Thank you for running this, it was so fun again!

Posted by: Ho-Lee Smokes 26th September 2021, 09:25 PM

my favourite thing about gaga winning was the song choices, very inspired!

thank y’all for voting in your flocks and thank you to jay for carrying the results! it’s been once again thee most successful contest on buzzjack this year

zara deserved beans and you know that!!!!

Posted by: Bjork 26th September 2021, 09:32 PM

would have preferred Madonna but alas

poor Vogue!!!

Posted by: Frenchie 26th September 2021, 09:39 PM

Gaga is a very deserving winner! Another great year for the contest!

Thanks for running it all so well.

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 11:34 PM

We are continuing with AF Idol and Round 11 will be up shortly....

The theme will be "Tracks named after Buzzjack Members"

Shall I crown Madonna & her track 'Isaac' the win now orrr...????

Posted by: Tafty³³³ 26th September 2021, 11:38 PM

Thank you to everyone who took part and contributed in any way they could. I do love this contest and it's only ever meant to be a bit of fun and to get more activity in the artist forums as well as to just generally take our minds off of things for a little while etc..

Congratulations to the Gaga moderators for another win. Maybe we should force you to send 'Come To Mama' and have an "Under appreciated bop" round next time.

Posted by: Sour Candy 27th September 2021, 05:13 AM

I'm gonna find a way to send Bloody Mary

Posted by: Dill Doe 27th September 2021, 06:13 AM

Omg ma GaGa did it, ooh lah laah, even after self-sabotaging by sending Shallow in the end, the only round wherw Kerth and I didn't vote foe ha Madonna and Britney sent bops. They did well to keep away from Micrpsoft Britney and to stick to her real sound, and to do it whilst sending more unusual choices.

Posted by: Dill Doe 27th September 2021, 06:14 AM

:Kath'swomanlookingatcameragif:

Posted by: vibe 27th September 2021, 06:29 AM

Vogue at #14

😳🤔👀

Posted by: -Jay- 27th September 2021, 06:35 AM

Is :Kath'swomanlookingatcameragif: :naomi: or something else?

:naomi:

(why isn't :naomi: a buzzjack smiley yet x)

P.S. Congratulations to Lady Gaga / her mods! Very deserved, a very strong set of songs sent... constant slayage. Madonna ran her close - I'm so pleased that she did so well! Two queens!

Posted by: Dill Doe 27th September 2021, 07:56 AM

Ah yes Naomi! Is that Naomi Campbell??

Posted by: Iz 💀 27th September 2021, 10:41 AM

requesting this immediately

Congratulations Gaga, and Madonna, both forums had a fantastic contest and I enjoyed discovering a few from them and all the other artists. And thanks to the AF mods for running it, I enjoyed making the effort to participate a lot.

Posted by: Jαsє 27th September 2021, 11:36 AM

Self-sabotaging by literally sending her biggest selling song?

To be fair, it didn't do as well as I'd have liked, but the final had some incredible songs.

Posted by: Sour Candy 27th September 2021, 01:21 PM

Elsewhere I said that even Million Reasons would've probably done the same as Shallow on round 10 lol. people really slept on Shallow compared to its status as a classic of our generation.

That said, the complete flopping of Vogue is still more bizarre.

Posted by: Jαsє 27th September 2021, 01:43 PM

Vogue has always been one of my least fave Madonna songs

Posted by: k👠th 27th September 2021, 02:01 PM

Shallow is really MOR, daytime office music. More popular with casuals and soccer moms than her fans

Posted by: Sour Candy 27th September 2021, 02:04 PM

But most of the big ballads are MOR Especially considering Gaga's versatility, it'd feel wrong to always send a certain type of pop song no matter how good they are.

Posted by: k👠th 27th September 2021, 02:08 PM

Frozen by Madonna is a ballad and definitely not MOR and boring like Shallow.

Perfect Illusion >>>

Posted by: spiceboy 27th September 2021, 05:26 PM

Ah that's a shame I was rooting for Madge based on the songs sent.

While I obviously would prefer Spice Girls as the top group being my favourite group, Sugababes and Girls Aloud played an absolutely blinder in this competition so I can't fault them being above Spice Girls.

Gaga sent some of the best songs in the competition but I was genuinely perplexed at Alice coming first in that round, the beauty of difference in taste and opinion I guess.

Posted by: Dill Doe 28th September 2021, 12:21 PM

Alice is amazing! Essily a no.1 smssh if she ever relessed it, and a sewuel to Tik Tok (What You Waiting For) (Explicit Version) by Gwen Stephanie.

Posted by: Jαsє 28th September 2021, 12:37 PM

Posted by: Sour Candy 29th September 2021, 10:41 AM

Gwen Stephanie Germanotta is our #1 fave