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👊 BUZZJACK 15TH ANNIVERSARY KO 🥊

We may have just collectively got Mollie King BACK in the iTunes Top 40 but the fun doesn't stop there. We'll be celebrating the last 15 years of Buzzjack with a favourite pastime of the forum which is of course voting in polls. Taking inspiration from the successful format the Artist Forums have been using we'll be putting the biggest songs of the past 15 years head to head. Here's how it will work.

In theory, the year-end top 64 for each year will partake. However to avoid repeats the song will only be put in the first year it made the top 64, and the few positions below 64 are added to make up the difference. Any songs that made the top 64 of 2005 will likewise not be put in the 2006 round and not be a part of the game. The titles will be seeded by pitting the year-end #1 with the #64, and so on as would often happen in actual sport. Of course, year-end positions often don't correlate to BuzzJack tastes so we could very well see some tough match-ups even in the opening stage of the competition. In each round half of the competing songs will be kicked out until there is one standing. The top 4 of each year will go to the Grand Finale to determine the ultimate champion of the BuzzJack Boxing Ring.

To vote simply highlight your favourite of each pairing.

A new round will open every few days so make sure to get your votes in quickly.

2008: Round 1 Results
17 v 28 | Alexandra Burke - Hallelujah vs. Lupe Fiasco - Superstar
07 v 37 | X Factor Finalists - Hero vs. Sugababes - Girls [1 non-voter]
26 v 18 | Duffy - Mercy vs. Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight [1 non-voter]
22 v 23 | Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl vs. Kylie Minogue - Wow
15 v 30 | Nickelback - Rockstar vs. Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go
33 v 12 | Estelle featuring Kanye West - American Boy vs. David Jordan - Sun Goes Down
23 v 22 | Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire vs. Utah Saints - Something Good '08
38 v 07 | Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo - Now You're Gone vs. Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na)
29 v 16 | Madonna - 4 Minutes vs. Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
36 v 09 | Sam Sparro - Black And Gold vs. Ne-Yo - Miss Independent
35 v 07 | Flo Rida featuring T Pain - Low vs. Soulja Boy - Crank That (Soulja Boy) [3 non-voters]
26 v 19 | Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me vs. Sara Bareilles - Love Song
24 v 20 | Leona Lewis - Run vs. Madcon - Beggin' [1 non-voter]
22 v 23 | Pink - So What vs. Kelly Rowland - Work
20 v 25 | Ne-Yo - Closer vs. Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody
21 v 23 | Beyonce - If I Were A Boy vs. Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted [1 non-voter]
35 v 10 | Girls Aloud - The Promise vs. Take That - Greatest Day
32 v 13 | Rihanna - Disturbia vs. Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
07 v 37 | Kid Rock - All Summer Long vs. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me [1 non-voter]
30 v 14 | Rihanna - Take A Bow vs. Chris Brown - Forever [1 non-voter]
26 v 18 | Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown - No Air vs. Pussycat Dolls - When I Grow Up [1 non-voter]
25 v 20 | Ting Tings - That's Not My Name vs. Kanye West - Love Lockdown
24 v 21 | Katy Perry - Hot N Cold vs. Alphabeat - Fascination
30 v 15 | Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Music vs. Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008
28 v 17 | Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. One Republic - Stop And Stare
35 v 10 | Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me vs. Chris Brown - With You
24 v 19 | Adele - Chasing Pavements vs. T.I. featuring Rihanna - Live Your Life [2 non-voters]
26 v 19 | The Script - The Man Who Cant Be Moved vs. Leona Lewis - Better In Time/Footprints In The Sand
17 v 28 | H Two O featuring Platnum - What's It Gonna Be? vs. Killers - Human
16 v 29 | Duffy - Warwick Avenue vs. September - Cry For You
20 v 25 | will.I.am - Heartbreaker vs. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
08 v 37 | Usher featuring Young Jeezy - Love In This Club vs. Britney Spears - Womaniser

The top 2 sellers of the year prove unpopular being convincingly beaten by the bottom 2 eligible, with Sugababes having one of the biggest victories with 'Girls'. In fact only Duffy from the year's top five is through, beating Jennifer Hudson, although her other song loses out. Katy Perry nearly made it, but had a tough match-up with Kylie Minogue whose 'Wow' won by one vote. Katy is however through with 'Hot N Cold' narrowly beating Alphabeat. Nickelback got way too many votes for 'Rockstar', but still only 1 in 3 so thankfully they aren't through. The other close calls; Pink just loses out to Kelly Rowland, and Beyoncé loses to... Basshunter(!) - I suspect a fair few of his votes were moreso anti-Beyonce votes like mine but that is unexpected. Also, Kings of Leon won as I thought but only by one vote against Utah Saints, I'm impressed how much of a fight they put up. It is a great round for Britney Spears, winning both of her battles very convincingly. Rihanna also wins 3 out of 4 battles, only losing with her guest appearance on 'Live Your Life'. Poor 'Infinity 2008' never stood a chance but did at least get 1 in 3 of the vote against 'Don't Stop the Music'.

2008: Round 2
Lupe Fiasco - Superstar vs. Britney Spears - Womaniser
Sugababes - Girls vs. Wiley - Wearing My Rolex
Duffy - Mercy vs. September - Cry For You
Kylie Minogue - Wow vs. Killers - Human
Ting Tings - Shut Up And Let Me Go vs. The Script - The Man Who Cant Be Moved
Estelle featuring Kanye West - American Boy vs. Adele - Chasing Pavements
Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire vs. Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me
Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo - Now You're Gone vs. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Madonna - 4 Minutes vs. Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Music
Sam Sparro - Black And Gold vs. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold
Flo Rida featuring T Pain - Low vs. Ting Tings - That's Not My Name
Dizzee Rascal featuring Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me vs. Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown - No Air
Leona Lewis - Run vs. Rihanna - Take A Bow
Kelly Rowland - Work vs. Britney Spears - Piece Of Me
Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody vs. Rihanna - Disturbia
Basshunter - All I Ever Wanted vs. Girls Aloud - The Promise

Previous threads / results:
2006: R1, R2, R3, R4, SF, Final
2007: R1, R2, R3, R4, SF, Final
2008: R1