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Vote for your LEAST favourite
LEAST fave
Lady [Hear Me Tonight] (Modjo) [ 2 ] ** [5.56%]
Gotta Get Thru This (Daniel Bedingfield) [ 1 ] ** [2.78%]
Light My Fire (Will Young) [ 14 ] ** [38.89%]
Move Your Feet (Junior Senior) [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]
I Like The Way (Bodyrockers) [ 12 ] ** [33.33%]
No Promises (Shayne Ward) [ 7 ] ** [19.44%]
Apologize (Timbaland feat. OneRepublic) [ 0 ] ** [0.00%]
Total votes: 36
  
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post Oct 28 2020, 08:39 AM
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Third out is the debut single from JLS. 'Beat Again' was released in July 2009 - 7 months after the group lost out to Alexandra Burke in that iconic X Factor final - and stormed to #1 by selling 106,000 copies in its first week. I personally dislike the song... it's very cheesy and dated, but I can appreciate how it became a bit of a trailblazer for future X Factor acts. The likes of Olly, One Direction and Cher Lloyd followed this blueprint of releasing a debut single in the summer/early autumn before leading the album with a second single. JLS proved winning The X Factor isn't everything and they set a precedent for non-winners enjoying relatively long pop careers. Plus they reignited the public's appetite for a boyband which was a dying breed in the charts (Take That were more of a man band and McFly's success dwindled a couple years before). I wonder if Simon Cowell would have been so motivated to create One Direction if it wasn't for JLS finding success on another label. kink.gif





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08. JLS - Beat Again [42.11%] 16 out of 38 votes
09. D12 - My Band [36.11%] 13 out of 36 votes
10. Beyoncé - If I Were A Boy [25.58%] 11 out of 43 votes
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post Oct 28 2020, 08:40 AM
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It has to be Will Young now. I'm surprised it's been getting such few votes so far.
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post Oct 28 2020, 09:08 AM
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Still going with Bodyrockers.

Light My Fire I actually really like. Will sings it so well. It felt tiresome at the time with Pop Idol overkill but I’ve found a new found love for it.
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post Oct 28 2020, 09:32 AM
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'Beat Again' deserved better!

Going with Shayne Ward again.
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post Oct 28 2020, 10:09 AM
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Beat Again is a brilliant pop track. Liked most of JLS' singles actually and that set the groundwork for great success!
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post Oct 28 2020, 02:35 PM
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Definitely Bodyrockers to go now!
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post Oct 28 2020, 02:47 PM
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Just the two other reality stars to go and we'll be good! Shayne Ward first~
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post Oct 28 2020, 02:58 PM
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Will Young to go this time. Light My Fire is meh.
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post Oct 28 2020, 03:27 PM
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Shayne Ward is def weaker than all the rest....
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post Oct 28 2020, 04:43 PM
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Going for the Bodyrockers again

I'm a bit surprised that JLS went before both Will and Shayne. I thought 'Beat Again' was pretty well respected for a X Factor/boyband single, and especially compared to most of the JLS singles that came after. Must just not have aged well for people I suppose.
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post Oct 28 2020, 09:27 PM
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Imagine BodyRockers STILL being in this
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post Oct 29 2020, 01:02 AM
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Light My Fire
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