Dua Lipa

 

14th - 0.526307278

 

Kath's reaction:

 

Future Nostalgia album track Cool came 4th out of 24 songs in Round 2, which is surely further proof that Dua is wrong to continually overlook its single potential!! Conversely That Kind of Woman fared less well in the album track round it was a part of - 16th. That outcome, combined with Don't Start Now suffering a bit in a round that was absolutely full of classics, led to Dua narrowly missing out on the Top 12.

 

(commentary by Jay)

 

Round 1: 11th [30/60] (tied) One Kiss (with Calvin Harris)

Round 2: 4th [35/53] Cool

Round 3: 11th [28/53] (tied) Love Again

Round 4: 16th [22/56] (tied) That Kind of Woman

Round 5: 13th [33/60] Don't Start Now

 

Ariana Grande

 

13th - 0.545759209

 

THIS. ONE. HURTS. Literally one or two more voters for 'pov' and Ariana would have been our finalist over Kylie! That round really hurt Ari (bizarrely). I was sure 'pov' would translate better with the crowds :\ Other than that round though, Ariana had a stellar performance as they hit the top 10 every other time. Look at that list! I don't know why or how Ariana seems to stall so much in this contest but... meh. One day they will get further than the bottom half of AF Idol... ONE. DAY. I'm manifesting it right now.

 

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

 

Round 1: 9th [35/60] (tied) Break Free (feat. Zedd)

Round 2: 10th [32/53] Greedy

Round 3: 6th [33/53] Love Me Harder (with The Weeknd)

Round 4: 19th [16/56] pov

Round 5: 6th [38/60] (tied) One Last Time

Ariana :( I was rooting for her to make the top 12, pov really did sour things but I find that so surprising, it's a gorgeous song!

Pov is pretty boring imo.

I'm not sure if we'd already revealed that it was Kylie that blocked Ariana, but this is how close it was between them after 5 rounds:

 

12th - 0.547583109 - Kylie Minogue

13th - 0.545759209 - Ariana Grande

 

Unfortunate for Ariana because she had unlucky moments in the first two years as well :cry:

 

Stick around to find out if Kylie ultimately managed to improve on her 12th position at the half way point!

Ariana being very unlucky this year, she’s never quite done as well as she could in this contest

 

P!nk

 

12th - 0.459665885

 

First 5 Rounds: 8th - 0.61614106

 

P!nk is up next in a very respectable 12th place. The 1st half went incredibly well and she low-key out performed my expectations, but 2nd half not as great, but it's great that we finally got a bit more from P!nk aside from the 'I'm Not Dead' era. Some of my absolute favourite P!nk tracks got sent this time so it was a near flawless set of song choices for me, so I'm really appreciative of the moderators for going for some of them! Some absolute classics got their shot here *.*

 

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

 

Round 1: 6th [40/60] (tied) Who Knew

Round 2: 16th [24/53] (tied) Long Way To Happy

Round 3: 3rd [37/53] U + Ur Hand

Round 4: 7th [39/56] (tied) Please Don't Leave Me

Round 5: 10th [34/60] (tied) Just Like A Pill

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Round 6: 9th [23/57] Raise Your Glass

Round 7: 12th [10/46] Barbies

Round 8: 12th [10/48] Don't Let Me Get Me

Round 9: 9th [19/44] (tied) It's All Your Fault

Round 10: 12th [13/51] So What

 

Little Mix

 

11th - 0.485425533

 

First 5 Rounds: 10th - 0.596244385

 

Little legends managed to get into the top half and for that, I'm so grateful and appreciative :wub: 'Happiness' was definitely the biggest surprise success for us and I'm really happy we got to send their best ever album track (soz 'Wasabi'!) and it actually pulling off to be a big success for them. In the 2nd half we definitely knew we were going to be bottom 3 somewhere and that's fine for us! It'd be really good if people from the Little Mix forum actually participated in this :cheeseblock: The mods + PAJ were the only constant forum goers to consistently vote. LMAOOOO. AH WELL. NVM :P We'll get there eventually, but yeah, happy with our performance overall and just extremely happy to have finished top 3 in the final half at least once *.*

 

(commentary by Tafty³³³)

 

Round 1: 11th [30/60] (tied) Break Up Song

Round 2: 2nd [39/53] Happiness

Round 3: 2nd [39/53] Heartbreak Anthem (with David Guetta & Galantis)

Round 4: 16th [22/56] (tied) Love Me or Leave Me

Round 5: 9th [37/60] Touch

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Round 6: 11th [19/57] Wings

Round 7: 10th [18/46] Forget You Not

Round 8: 11th [12/48] Power (feat. Stormzy)

Round 9: 3rd [24/44] Wasabi

Round 10: 10th [18/51] Sweet Melody

It’s a shame that Pink couldn’t do better. She was up against a lot of artists with really strong fan bases on here in the second half and I don’t regret any of the choices.

 

Perhaps I’d have wanted to switch Just Like A Pill and So What but I’m not sure how close she was to missing the final 12 by round 5 so didn’t know if we could risk it.

Poor Dua and Ariana :cry: 2 main pop gals got done dirty!

 

Nobody listened when I said That Kind of Woman would do poorly -_-

^ Which song should have been sent for Dua instead? :cheeseblock:

 

I actually love Little Mix and pretty much every song that represented them in this contest*, though that may not have been apparent with my votes... I only voted for them in two rounds! :drama: The unfortunate thing is, particularly in the final half, I simply loved a lot of the other artists/songs more than Little Mix. Sweet Melody was one of my most loved songs of 2020 and yet I had it 12th out of 12 in that final round. Brutal!

 

* (bar Love Me or Leave Me, I don't really understand that one being such a fan fave)

I think we're leaving it there for tonight, sorry, but we hope to see you all around tomorrow when we'll begin the Top 10!

^ Which song should have been sent for Dua instead? :cheeseblock:

I suggested current Buzzjack fave Cold Heart

Zara deserved better

 

PRRWZCHH IT

Crap I was hopin that the Cowell band would be last!! There were some alsoran acts last, like Ava Max and Shawn somerhing or other, so I guess those results weren't too bad. To think people believed they actually beat Bad Romance a few years ago :tearsmile:

 

Speakin of, GaGa to win!! Katy Perry really tailed off in the end. Taylor does country far better than trite pop , so she could have got top 5 if they had sent songs pre pop mess.

Was rooting for P!nk to make the top 10. Ah well :(

Poor Dua and Ari just missing out, wow at how close it was between Ari and Kylie :cheeseblock:

 

P!nk & Little Mix both sent some great songs <3

^ ! Definitely superior to Sugababes 4.0 x

And so is a brick wall

I think 17th place is great for Olivia - pleased to see she managed to get higher than some more established artists and it’s fitting that Traitor was one of the more successful rounds- that song really came alive for me during this AF Idol.

 

Shame about P!nk but it was great to be introduced to some new songs I’d not heard before. Same for Ariana actually.

 

Taylor top 10 ! Woohoo. I’m gonna predict number 9 :lol:

TOP 3 PREDICTION

 

1. Britney

2. Gaga

3. Girls Aloud

 

Probably way off but whatever :lol: