+25 Lorde - Royals

+24 Chase And Status (feat. Louis M^ttrs) - Lost & Not Found

+23 Clean Bandit (feat. Love Ssega) - Mozart's House

+22 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share

+21 HAIM - Falling

+20 London Grammar - Strong

+19 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me

+18 Disclosure (feat. AlunaGeorge) - White Noise

+17 Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?

+16 Olly Murs - Dear Darlin'

+15 Little Mix - Move

+14 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

+13 Disclosure (feat. Eliza Doolittle) - You & Me

+12 Bastille - Pompeii

+11 OneRepublic - Counting Stars

+10 Lady Gaga - Do What U Want (feat. R. Kelly)

+9 Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell) - Get Lucky

+8 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies

+7 John Newman - Love Me Again

+6 Tom Odell - Another Love

+5 Naughty Boy (feat. Sam Smith) - La La La

+4 Martin Garrix - Animals

+3 Lana Del Rey vs. Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

+2 The Saturdays (feat. Sean Paul) - What About Us

+1 HAIM - The Wire

25 Mariah Carey (feat. Miguel) - #Beautiful [Fave]

24 Britney Spears - Work Bitch

23 Little Mix - Move

22 Zedd (feat. Foxes) - Clarity

21 Saturdays (feat. Sean Paul) - What About Us

20 Lady Gaga - Do What U Want (feat. R Kelly)

19 Katy Perry - Roar

18 Rihanna (feat. Mikky Ekko) - Stay

17 Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness

16 Justin Timberlake - Mirrors

15 Lily Allen - Hard Out Here

14 Icona Pop (feat. Charli XCX) - I Love It

13 Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble

12 Saturdays - Disco Love

11 Lady Gaga - Applause

10 Ellie Goulding - Burn

09 Olly Murs - Dear Darlin'

08 Pink (feat. Nate Ruess) - Just Give Me A Reason

07 Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball

06 Katy Perry - Unconditionally

05 Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

04 Paramore - Still Into You

03 Calvin Harris (feat. Ellie Goulding) - I Need Your Love

02 Disclosure (feat. AlunaGeorge) - White Noise

01 Emmelie De Forest - Only Teardrops

60 NE 23 Bastille - Of The Night 90

59 41 15 Katy Perry - Unconditionally 98

58 NE 25 Ellie Goulding - How Long Will I Love You 102

57 NE 18 Chase & Status (feat. Louis M^tters) - Lost & Not Found 109

56 NE 24 Wilkinson - Afterglow 125

55 RE 21 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Mary Lambert) - Same Love 128

54 32 - Pink (feat. Nate Ruess) - Just Give Me A Reason 128

53 25 - Saturdays - Disco Love 130

52 5 - Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop 131

51 40 14 Disclosure (feat. Eliza Doolittle) - You & Me 132

50 26 - Katy B - 5am 133

49 35 - Rudimental (feat. Ella Eyre) - Waiting All Night 134

48 56 19 Chris Malinchak - So Good To Me 139

47 24 - Selena Gomez - Come & Get It 143

46 22 - Saturdays (feat. Sean Paul) - What About Us 150

45 NE 22 HAIM - Don't Save Me 151

44 33 - Avicii vs Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One 153

43 54 13 Martin Garrix - Animals 153

42 36 20 Emmelie De Forest - Only Teardrops 156

41 14 - Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball 156

40 39 6 Lady Gaga - Applause 157

39 13 - Katy Perry - Roar 158

38 51 5 Calvin Harris (feat. Ellie Goulding) - I Need Your Love 169

37 38 4 Avicii (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Wake Me Up 171

36 46 3 Ellie Goulding - Burn 175

 

Alas even Ellie Goulding's good year can't save one of her biggest hits continuing to get a bit sadly overlooked as Burn fails to secure an AQ along with I Need Your Love and Wake Me Up, which I'm actually quite surprised about as all 3 of those did very well in the playoff. But at least they're not Miley Cyrus. I'm no fan of We Can't Stop but even I have to wince at that fall from grace, from 5th down to 52nd in the space of a year, and Wrecking Ball doesn't do much better. Roar is also a big one out. And The Saturdays continue their terrible year with losing both of their AQs. I foresee a tidal wave of pop in 2013's first round next year.

 

35 NE 10 Clean Bandit - Mozart's House 177

34 60 16 Olly Murs - Dear Darlin' 180

33 15 - Foxes - Youth 182

32 48 11 John Newman - Love Me Again 182

31 16 - Demi Lovato - Heart Attack 182

30 17 - Naughty Boy (feat. Sam Smith) - La La La 184

29 37 2 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive 195

28 47 1 Duke Dumont (feat. A*M*E) - Need U (100%) 197

27 53 17 AlunaGeorge - Attracting Flies 204

26 NE 9 Tom Odell - Another Love 205

25 30 - Lily Allen - Hard Out Here 206

24 27 - Iggy Azalea - Work 208

23 23 - OneRepublic - Counting Stars 210

22 45 12 Britney Spears - Work Bitch 211

21 34 - London Grammar - Strong 214

20 18 - Zedd (feat. Foxes) - Clarity 214

19 29 - Drake (feat. Majid Jordan) - Hold On, We're Going Home 226

18 10 - Lady Gaga - Do What U Want (feat. R Kelly) 227

17 58 7 Lorde - Royals 234

16 31 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (feat. Ray Dalton) - Can't Hold Us 238

 

By a whisker, Mozart's House secures an AQ, and I'm very pleased for it, such a unique and special track. Dear Darlin' moves up from last last year to also get a new AQ. In fact the qualifiers are very well spread out here, winner Need U in the middle of the pack while Work Bitch for a time was challenging for top 15. And Lorde secures her rightful place as an AQ I'm sure. Few big shocks from above as most of them fell even further but Do What U Want and Youth do make way for some new faces.

 

15 9 - Icona Pop (feat. Charli XCX) - I Love It 241

14 52 8 Rihanna (feat. Mikky Ekko) - Stay 251

13 19 - HAIM - The Wire 254

12 3 - Taylor Swift - I Knew You Were Trouble 255

11 12 - Paramore - Still Into You 256

10 28 - HAIM - Falling 264

9 4 - CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share 269

8 6 - Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness 271

7 20 - Disclosure (feat. AlunaGeorge) - White Noise 274

6 8 - Bastille - Pompeii 285

 

Another first round qualifier moving further in the bag as Rihanna's Stay comes out of nowhere to blitz its previous performances and see it off to the semis. This comes along with the two favoured HAIM songs doing even better than they miraculously did last year and the likes of CHVRCHES and Paramore repeating their wonderful performances from last year, seeing this all makes me so happy. And then I see I Love It sneak in again. I'll allow it. This time. As long as it doesn't come back to beat a fave in the semis.

 

5 21 - Mariah Carey (feat. Miguel) - #Beautiful 287

4 11 - Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know? 298

3 2 - Justin Timberlake - Mirrors 318

2 7 - Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell) - Get Lucky 340

1 1 - Little Mix - Move 355

 

Jay will be pleased. #Beautiful was actually somehow leading this thing for a while in the middle of the week, started to falter and then Jay's 25 puts it back in ahead of Pompeii. The power of Mariah hasn't faded yet. The wonderful Do I Wanna Know puts in a great performance to give the final yet another automatic indie song... while Mirrors, Get Lucky and Move feel more natural at the top, although Move's pedestal was nowhere near as stable as Euphoria's and I thought Get Lucky might take it at certain points during the voting.

Oh my goodness, those disastrous results for Chris Malinchak and Chase & Status :(

 

On the other hand, 'Do I Wanna Know?' and '#Beautiful' going top 5 is brilliant :wub:

Oh dear.. I much prefer the bottom 5 than the top 5, if I'm being completely honest.

 

Why are Burn, Youth and Hard Out Here so low? :(

 

Nice to see Little Mix do well though

Oh dear.. I much prefer the bottom 5 than the top 5, if I'm being completely honest.

 

Why are Burn, Youth and Hard Out Here so low? :(

 

Nice to see Little Mix do well though

#Beautiful is very underrated. On another note, its interesting how we're overall between us swinging more towards indie at the top most years, instead of pure pop. Wonder how much of that is due to it not having a huge presence in today's charts.

#Beautiful is very underrated. On another note, its interesting how we're overall between us swinging more towards indie at the top most years, instead of pure pop. Wonder how much of that is due to it not having a huge presence in today's charts.

 

2011-2013 had a few alternative hits that tend to get a good reception here and as their votes are rather concentrated they tend to win out over all of the split pure pop. Which is how I rationalise it. It may even continue. I'm not sure though, if enough of them get through it'll swing completely the other way in the final. So pop has hope.

Wake Me Up not AQing??? :angry: Boo.

Ouch at the performance of Lost & Not Found, I Could Be The One & Animals :no:

 

On the plus side #Beautiful going straight to the final is very pleasing to see!