RESULTS:

 

50 (46) Christina Milian 'AM To PM' 61

49 (24) White Stripes 'Fell In Love With A Girl' 65

48 (26) The Coral 'Dreaming Of You' 71

47 (25) Doves 'Pounding' 75

46 (35) Enrique Iglesias 'Hero' 86

45 (21) Aqualung 'Strange And Beautiful' 87

44 (43) P!nk 'Get The Party Started' 91

43 (40) Justin Timberlake 'Like I Love You' 91

42 (NE) Nickelback 'How You Remind Me' 92

41 (22) Robbie Williams 'Feel' 94

40 (41) Eminem 'Without Me' 96

39 (38) Jennifer Lopez 'Jenny From The Block' 97

38 (29) Beverley Knight 'Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda' 100

37 (30) db Boulevard 'Point Of View' 102

36 (45) Red Hot Chilli Peppers 'By The Way' 103

 

So 7 of the qualifiers fall out straight away, 6 of them having been in the same predicament last year. Nothing from last year's top 20 yet though. This is, afaia, the last time we play with 2002 though, so not that it matters much.

 

35 (NE) Las Ketchup 'The Ketchup Song' 104

34 (23) Stereophonics 'Handbags And Gladrags' 106

33 (33) Liberty X 'Just A Little' 107

32 (NE) Atomic Kitten 'The Last Goodbye' 108

31 (28) Queens Of The Stone Ages 'No One Knows' 114

30 (NE) Scooter 'The Logical Song' 119

29 (15) Coldplay 'In My Place' 119

28 (31) Calling 'Wherever You Will Go 125

27 (37) Missy Elliott 'Work It' 126

26 (NE) No Doubt 'Hella Good' 127

25 (36) Lasgo 'Something' 127

24 (09) Pink 'Don't Let Me Get Me 133

23 (42) Brandy 'What About Us' 133

22 (27) Oasis 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' 135

21 (19) Coldplay 'The Scientist' 154

20 (32) Holly Vallance 'Kiss Kiss' 155

19 (13) Aaliyah 'More Than A Woman' 157

18 (NE) No Doubt 'Hey Baby' 158

17 (34) Britney Spears 'Overprotected' 159

16 (08) Shakira 'Underneath Your Clothes' 172

15 (07) Kylie Minogue 'Love At First Sight' 172

14 (17) Nelly & Kelly Rowland 'Dilemma' 176

13 (10) Sophie Ellis-Bextor 'Murder On The Dancefloor' 179

12 (06) Eminem 'Lose Yourself' 181

11 (12) Sugababes 'Stronger' 183

 

The best performing qualifiers are No Doubt's Hey Baby (and Hella Good didn't do too badly either) after both being new entries this year, and Brandy and Lasgo. We lose the bottom half of last year's top 10 as Sophie, Pink, Shakira, Kylie and Eminem make room for some climbers. Stronger is only 3 points from getting into the top 10.

 

10 (11) Kylie Minogue 'In Your Eyes' 186

09 (14) Christina Aguilera ft. Redman 'Dirrty' 194

08 (16) Vanessa Carlton 'A Thousand Miles' 195

07 (18) Sugababes 'Round Round' 199

06 (20) Avril Lavigne 'Complicated' 214

05 (04) DJ Sammy 'Heaven' 239

04 (02) Pink 'Just Like A Pill' 254

 

Kylie, Christina, Vanessa and another Sugababes song climb into the top ten qualifying for the playoff, but it's Avril Lavigne who registers the biggest climb going up 14 places. DJ Sammy and Pink make up the final playoff qualifiers.

 

03 (03) Sugababes 'Freak Like Me' 272

02 (05) Shakira 'Whenever Wherever' 322

01 (01) Girls Aloud 'Sound Of The Underground' 324

 

So the top 5 this year is exactly the same as last year, only this time it's Shakira joining Sugababes and Girls Aloud in going straight to the final.

Really disappointed to see these get less voters than any of the play-off rounds, it's been the other way around the other years. Judging by how the songs in the bottom 5 I'm guessing it's the indie voters that have been lacking? Haven't had time to check/send reminders this week.

 

 

Not happy about Just Like A Pill losing its top 3 status to Shakira. (I did give points to Shakira as well but ehh). Ugh at A Thousand Miles and Dirrty as well + Lose Yourself missing the top 10 this year. Pretty crap results across the board really.

Good Lord what terrible results. db Boulevard, Doves and Aqualung out, and an utterly nondescript Atomic Kitten track in?

Brilliant top 3, can't argue with that! Shame Stronger missed out by so little to an overrated Kylie song, but aside from that I actually at least really like every song in that top 10. Nothing I'm particularly mad on in the bottom few, except I did give a point to our Bev and it's a real shame AM To PM came last :(