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Firstly, here are the answers.

Points are allocated like this:

• for a correct prediction, 10 points are awarded. One place out gives you 9, etc.
• if the top 10 (Q2) is predicted PERFECTLY, 20 bonus points are awarded

In a new feature, the collective points scored for each song will be shown in brackets.

Question 1.1 -> Predict where this week's notable new releases will chart this week. Use 101+ for a position outside the top 100. Do not use 76+.

01 Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? [168]
02 Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne – Real Love [165]
03 Olly Murs feat. Travie McCoy – Wrapped Up [164]
05 David Guetta feat. Sam Martin – Dangerous [156]
08 Wretch 32 – 6 Words [98]
12 Rixton – Wait On Me [103]
25 5 Seconds Of Summer – Good Girls [76]
49 Pitbull feat. John Ryan – Fireball [13]
50 Andy C & Fiora – Heartbeat Loud [0]

Question 1.2 -> Predict where the following climbers will chart this week. Use 101+ for a position outside the top 100. Do not use 76+.

09 Taylor Swift - Blank Space [146]
46 Nicole Scherzinger - Run [15]
66 Ella Henderson - Yours [10]

Question 2 -> Predict the Official Top 10 Singles of the week

01. Band Aid 30 - Do They Know It's Christmas? [168]
02. Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne - Real Love [165]
03. Olly Murs feat. Travie McCoy - Wrapped Up [164]
04. Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud [159]
05. David Guetta feat. Sam Martin - Dangerous [156]
06. One Direction - Steal My Girl [101]
07. Gareth Malone's All Star Choir - Wake Me Up [131]
08. Wretch 32 - 6 Words [53]
09. Taylor Swift - Blank Space [146]
10. Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding - Outside [16]

11. Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass [94]
12. Rixton - Wait on Me [28]
13. Cheryl - I Don't Care [51]
14. Tom Odell - Real Love [17]
16. Jessie J feat. Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang [3]

Question 3 -> Predict the sales (including streaming) of the #1 single to the nearest thousand

313k [0]

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Now, here are the results.

In third place is;

Jason

Second place goes to;

Scrooge

And congratulations to the winner who is;

Eth▲n

Here are the full results:

162 Eth▲n
161 Scrooge
160 Jason
155 jsilv
155 daz clark
154 April
153 ► ▲ N
153 Dobbo
153 James1987
151 Honky Bonkington
150 M¤th
147 Ultraviolence1989
146 RobinJuanPersie
146 soundseekerz
144 SavenSeize's Cat
143 MC Delroy
133 JosephStyles

Predicta Winnas:

13/07/14: JosephStyles [135]
20/07/14: Rodriguez [163]
27/07/14: James1987 [144]
03/08/14: Jason [160] [PERFECT TOP 10 PREDICTION]
10/08/14: Thermo [134]
17/08/14: loudjamesbond [124]
24/08/14: April [124] and SevenSeize [124]
31/08/14: Mart!n [152]
07/09/14: Jason [131] [2nd win]
14/09/14: Mart!n [170] [2nd win]
21/09/14: Jason [119] [3rd win] and SevenSeize [119] [2nd win]
28/09/14 - 05/10/14: Jason [140], [135] [4th - 5th wins]
12/10/14: April [113] [2nd win]
19/10/14: James1987 [132] [2nd win]
26/10/14: soundseekerz [112]
02/11/14: James1987 [114] [3rd win]
09/11/14: ▬Mart!n▬ [120] [3rd win]
16/11/14: Eth▲n [162]

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And now it's time for the 6-week rolling chart.

01 [01]. 702 Jason [6]
02 [13]. 691 April [6]
02 [09]. 691 James1987 [6]
04 [06]. 682 RobinJuanPersie [6]
05 [04]. 681 jsliv [6]
06 [03]. 679 daz clark [6]
07 [02]. 678 SavenSeize's Cat [6]
08 [08]. 673 ► ▲ N [6]
09 [06]. 662 Ultraviolence1989 [6]
10 [10]. 645 JosephStyles [6]
11 [11]. 599 Scrooge [5]
12 [12]. 571 Dobbo [5]
13 [05]. 526 Rush [5]
14 [17]. 488 Eth▲n [4]
15 [15]. 479 M¤th [4]
16 [14]. 400 Sheikh Abdul [4]
17 [18]. 268 Honky Bonkington [2]
18 [19]. 258 soundseekerz [2]
19 [24]. 249 MC Delroy [2]
20 [16]. 226 Defaze [2]
21 [23]. 116 scratchy23 [1]
22 [25]. 90 SPINNING ADAM [1]

Congratulations to Jason for being #1

Rolling Chart Winnas:

13/07/14: JosephStyles [135]
20/07/14: jafetsigfinns [292]
27/07/14: JosephStyles [413]
03/08/14: Jason [542]
10/08/14: Thermo [666]
18/08/14: Jason [780]
24/08/14: Dobbo [782]
31/08/14: Thermo [773]
07/09/14 - 28/09/14: SevenSeize [765], [785], [788], [808]
05/10/14 - 16/11/14: Jason [833], [798], [790], [728], [708], [677], [702]