👊 BUZZJACK 15TH ANNIVERSARY KO 🥊

Posted April 11, 20214 yr

👊 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: Final Results
30 v 12 | Winner: Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
25 v 17 | Playoff: Killers - Human vs. September - Cry For You

Coldplay are the undisputed winners of 2008 with a 17 point lead over Kings of Leon, who are lucky enough as it is to be as high as 2nd. Killers win the playoff round (and are the moral runners-up having lost to Coldplay by a shorter margin). Let's take a look back at Coldplay's winners journey.

R1: 28 v 17 | Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. One Republic - Stop And Stare
R2: 13 v 26 | Basshunter featuring DJ Mental Theo - Now You're Gone vs. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
R3: 22 v 18 | Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Rihanna - Don’t Stop The Music
R4: 15 v 28 | Britney Spears - Womanizer vs. Coldplay - Viva La Vida
SF: 24 v 14 | Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Killers - Human
Final: 30 v 12 | Coldplay - Viva La Vida vs. Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire

And now, here's a reminder of the Grand Finalists so far:

2006 1 Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
2006 2 Maneater - Nelly Furtado
2006 3 Who Knew - Pink
2006 4 Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
2007 1 Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z
2007 2 With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup
2007 3 Say It Right - Nelly Furtado
2007 4 About You Now - Sugababes
2008 1 Coldplay - Viva La Vida
2008 2 Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
2008 3 Killers - Human
2008 4 September - Cry For You

Now we move on to 2009 aka the good luck to anyone paired against Lady Gaga round.

2009: Round 1
Lady Gaga - Poker Face vs. Veronicas - Untouched
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling vs. Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough
Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance vs. Shakira - She Wolf
Cheryl - Fight For This Love vs. Soulja Boy featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone
Joe McElderry - The Climb vs. Journey - Don’t Stop Believin'
La Roux - In For The Kill vs. Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne - Down
Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow vs. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet
Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name vs. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror
Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida - Bad Boys vs. Jay Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town
Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway vs. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
Tinchy Stryder & N Dubz - Number 1 vs. Dizzee Rascal - Holiday
David Guetta featuring Akon - Sexy Chick vs. Pixie Lott - Mama Do
Lily Allen - The Fear vs. Metro Station - Shake It
Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden - Bonkers vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Taio Cruz - Take Me Back
JLS - Beat Again vs. Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic
Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle - Never Leave You
James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings vs. Eminem - We Made You
David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over vs. Akon featuring Kardinal Offishall - Beautiful
Lady Gaga - Paparazzi vs. Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy
Flo Rida featuring Kesha - Right Round vs. T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone
Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone vs. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You
La Roux - Bulletproof vs. Kesha - Tik Tok
Beyonce - Halo vs. Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow
A. R. Rahman featuring Pussycat Dolls & Nicole Scherzinger - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) vs. Noisettes - Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)
Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - The Official BBC Children In Need Medley vs. JLS - Everybody In Love
X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone vs. Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West And Ne-Yo - Knock You Down
Taylor Swift - Love Story vs. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind vs. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams
Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor vs. Mr Hudson featuring Kanye West - Supernova
Lily Allen - Not Fair vs. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart
Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N Nite vs. Daniel Merriweather - Red
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) vs. Agnes - Release Me

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

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April 11, 20214 yr

wow a Rock/Indie/Guitar top 3 for 2008!! did that really happen? :D

Lady Gaga - Poker Face vs. Veronicas - Untouched

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling vs. Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance vs. Shakira - She Wolf

Cheryl - Fight For This Love vs. Soulja Boy featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone

Joe McElderry - The Climb vs. Journey - Don’t Stop Believin'

La Roux - In For The Kill vs. Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne - Down

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow vs. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name vs. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida - Bad Boys vs. Jay Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway vs. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

Tinchy Stryder & N Dubz - Number 1 vs. Dizzee Rascal - Holiday

David Guetta featuring Akon - Sexy Chick vs. Pixie Lott - Mama Do

Lily Allen - The Fear vs. Metro Station - Shake It

Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden - Bonkers vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Taio Cruz - Take Me Back

JLS - Beat Again vs. Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle - Never Leave You

James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings vs. Eminem - We Made You

David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over vs. Akon featuring Kardinal Offishall - Beautiful

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi vs. Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy

Flo Rida featuring Kesha - Right Round vs. T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone

Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone vs. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

La Roux - Bulletproof vs. Kesha - Tik Tok

Beyonce - Halo vs. Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow

A. R. Rahman featuring Pussycat Dolls & Nicole Scherzinger - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) vs. Noisettes - Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - The Official BBC Children In Need Medley vs. JLS - Everybody In Love

X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone vs. Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West And Ne-Yo - Knock You Down

Taylor Swift - Love Story vs. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind vs. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor vs. Mr Hudson featuring Kanye West - Supernova

Lily Allen - Not Fair vs. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart

Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N Nite vs. Daniel Merriweather - Red

Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) vs. Agnes - Release Me

Edited April 11, 20214 yr by Bjork

April 11, 20214 yr

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Lady Gaga - Poker Face vs. Veronicas - Untouched

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling vs. Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance vs. Shakira - She Wolf

Cheryl - Fight For This Love vs. Soulja Boy featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone

Joe McElderry - The Climb vs. Journey - Don’t Stop Believin'

La Roux - In For The Kill vs. Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne - Down

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow vs. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name vs. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida - Bad Boys vs. Jay Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway vs. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

Tinchy Stryder & N Dubz - Number 1 vs. Dizzee Rascal - Holiday

David Guetta featuring Akon - Sexy Chick vs. Pixie Lott - Mama Do

Lily Allen - The Fear vs. Metro Station - Shake It

Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden - Bonkers vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Taio Cruz - Take Me Back

JLS - Beat Again vs. Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle - Never Leave You

James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings vs. Eminem - We Made You [2 songs I could do with never hearing again but at least Eminem's isn't MOR pap even if it's one of his worst hits]

David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over vs. Akon featuring Kardinal Offishall - Beautiful

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi vs. Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy

Flo Rida featuring Kesha - Right Round vs. T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone

Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone vs. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

La Roux - Bulletproof vs. Kesha - Tik Tok

Beyonce - Halo vs. Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow

A. R. Rahman featuring Pussycat Dolls & Nicole Scherzinger - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) vs. Noisettes - Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - The Official BBC Children In Need Medley vs. JLS - Everybody In Love

X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone vs. Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West And Ne-Yo - Knock You Down

Taylor Swift - Love Story vs. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours [ugh, I think I'll just null vote this pairing, for the first time, still can't stand either of these from the sheer overplay they had at the time for songs I never cared for]

Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind vs. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor vs. Mr Hudson featuring Kanye West - Supernova

Lily Allen - Not Fair vs. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart

Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N Nite vs. Daniel Merriweather - Red

Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) vs. Agnes - Release Me

April 11, 20214 yr

Author

wow a Rock/Indie/Guitar top 3 for 2008!! did that really happen? :D

I'm not surprised really, all three are all great tracks that have aged well and BuzzJack have always liked the big guitar/indie based hits. We probably won't see another indie based top 3 for the rest of the competition though given the lack of those in the year-end lists from here on - although Arctic Monkeys I'd say have a good chance of winning 2013 with Do I Wanna Know.

April 11, 20214 yr

Lady Gaga - Poker Face vs. Veronicas - Untouched

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling vs. Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance vs. Shakira - She Wolf

Cheryl - Fight For This Love vs. Soulja Boy featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone

Joe McElderry - The Climb vs. Journey - Don’t Stop Believin'

La Roux - In For The Kill vs. Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne - Down

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow vs. Michael Buble - Haven't Met You Yet

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name vs. Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror

Alexandra Burke & Flo Rida - Bad Boys vs. Jay Z featuring Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town

Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway vs. Pitbull - I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

Tinchy Stryder & N Dubz - Number 1 vs. Dizzee Rascal - Holiday

David Guetta featuring Akon - Sexy Chick vs. Pixie Lott - Mama Do

Lily Allen - The Fear vs. Metro Station - Shake It

Dizzee Rascal & Armand van Helden - Bonkers vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Taio Cruz - Take Me Back

JLS - Beat Again vs. Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance vs. Tinchy Stryder featuring Amelle - Never Leave You

James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado - Broken Strings vs. Eminem - We Made You

David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland - When Love Takes Over vs. Akon featuring Kardinal Offishall - Beautiful

Lady Gaga - Paparazzi vs. Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy

Flo Rida featuring Kesha - Right Round vs. T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake - Dead And Gone

Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone vs. Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You

La Roux - Bulletproof vs. Kesha - Tik Tok

Beyonce - Halo vs. Alesha Dixon - Breathe Slow

A. R. Rahman featuring Pussycat Dolls & Nicole Scherzinger - Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny) vs. Noisettes - Don’t Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go)

Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band - The Official BBC Children In Need Medley vs. JLS - Everybody In Love

X Factor Finalists - You Are Not Alone vs. Keri Hilson featuring Kanye West And Ne-Yo - Knock You Down

Taylor Swift - Love Story vs. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

Jay Z featuring Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind vs. Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor vs. Mr Hudson featuring Kanye West - Supernova

Lily Allen - Not Fair vs. Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart

Kid Cudi vs Crookers - Day N Nite vs. Daniel Merriweather - Red

Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) vs. Agnes - Release Me

April 11, 20214 yr

Lady Gaga - Poker Face vs. Veronicas - Untouched

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling vs. Saturdays - Just Can't Get Enough

Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance vs. Shakira - She Wolf

Cheryl - Fight For This Love vs. Soulja Boy featuring Sammie - Kiss Me Thru The Phone