:cheer: R E S U L T S :cheer:

 

The Irrelevants

 

125 ** 00 Adam Lambert - Two Fux

124 ** 15 Bruno Mars - Versace On The Floor (Original / David Guetta Remix)

123 ** 17 Vinai (feat. Anjulie) - Into the Fire

122 ** 21 Maroon 5 (feat. SZA) - What Lovers Do

121 ** 22 Kygo (feat. Ellie Goulding) - First Time

120 ** 24 Morrissey - Spent The Day In Bed

119 ** 25 Hinds - Caribbean Moon

118 ** 25 Foster The People - Sit Next to Me

117 ** 29 Big Thief - Mary

116 ** 29 Hailee Steinfeld - Most Girls

115 ** 30 Peaness - Oh George

114 107 31 DJ Khaled (feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Lil Wayne) - I'm The One

113 ** 33 Jerry Williams - I'm Not In Love With You

112 89 34 Paramore - Rose-Colored Boy

111 66 35 Jason Derulo (feat. Nicki Minaj & Ty Dolla $ign) - Swalla

110 ** 36 Jaded - In the Morning

109 ** 39 Future Islands - North Star

108 ** 40 Paloma Faith - Crybaby

107 ** 43 St. Vincent - Masseduction

106 ** 44 xx - I Dare You

105 ** 45 AJR - Weak

104 ** 45 Arcade Fire - Creature Comfort

103 106 48 alt-J - Adeline

102 104 48 Khalid - 8Teen

101 98 48 St. Vincent - New York

100 92 48 Cardi B - Bodak Yellow

99 ** 50 Major Lazer (feat. PARTYNEXTDOOR & Nicki Minaj) - Run Up

98 ** 51 Liam Payne (feat. Quavo) - Strip That Down

97 ** 55 Susanne Sundfør - Undercover

96 110 57 SZA & Calvin Harris - The Weekend (Original/ Funk Wav Remix)

95 105 61 Louis Tomlinson (feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals) - Back to You

94 ** 65 Weeknd - Die For You

93 ** 66 Declan McKenna - Brazil

92 94 67 Perfume Genius - Slip Away

91 67 67 Niall Horan - Slow Hands

90 75 68 Robin Schulz & David Guetta (feat. Cheat Codes) - Shed A Light

89 93 70 Mabel (feat. Kojo Funds) - Finders Keepers

88 95 72 BROCKHAMPTON - Junky

87 52 72 Killers - The Man

86 ** 73 Imagine Dragons - Whatever It Takes

85 ** 75 Vamps & Martin Jensen - Middle of the Night

84 ** 76 LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby

83 ** 76 Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club

82 76 78 Post Malone - I Fall Apart

81 70 78 Chainsmokers - Paris

80 83 82 Future - Mask Off

79 80 89 Weeknd - Rockin’

78 90 89 Charli XCX (feat. Kim Petras & Jay Park) - Unlock It

77 59 89 Rina Sawayama - Alterlife

76 73 89 London Grammar - Rooting For You

75 ** 92 Martin Garrix & Troye Sivan - There for You

74 36 102 Lorde - Liability

73 41 102 J Balvin & Willy William - Mi Gente

72 49 103 Selena Gomez - Bad Liar

71 77 103 Stormzy – Big For Your Boots

70 45 104 Louisa Johnson - Best Behaviour

69 50 105 Anne-Marie - Ciao Adios

68 71 107 Katy Perry (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Swish Swish

67 88 108 Tove Lo - Disco Tits

66 86 110 Bicep - Glue

65 65 112 Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of Love

64 46 112 Julia Michaels - Issues

63 ** 113 Kygo (feat. Justin Lesso) - Stargazing

62 ** 113 Axwell & Ingrosso (feat. Bonn) - More Than You Know

61 43 114 Logic (feat. Alessia Cara & Khalid) - 1-800-273-8255

 

The Flops

 

60 ** 116 Taylor Swift - Getaway Car

59 53 118 Avicii (feat. Sandro Cavazza) - Without You

58 51 118 Katy Perry (feat. Migos) - Bon Appétit

57 ** 119 Lorde - Supercut

56 69 120 MUNA - I Know a Place

55 72 121 Starley - Call On Me (Original / Ryan Riback Remix)

54 54 123 MGMT - Little Dark Age

53 27 123 Justin Bieber & BloodPop® - Friends

52 ** 126 Demi Lovato - Sorry Not Sorry

51 ** 126 Kendrick Lamar - DNA.

50 40 127 Jax Jones (feat. Demi Lovato & Stefflon Don) - Instruction

49 44 128 Lorde - The Louvre

48 32 130 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do

47 63 131 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever

46 58 131 Taylor Swift - ...Ready For It?

45 62 132 Rag'n'Bone Man - Human

44 ** 135 Gareth Emery & STANDERWICK (feat. HALIENE) - Saving Light

43 17 137 Lorde - Homemade Dynamite

42 23 137 DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller) - Wild Thoughts

41 34 140 Martin Garrix & Dua Lipa - Scared To Be Lonely

40 ** 142 Ed Sheeran - Castle On The Hill

39 24 142 Katy Perry (feat. Skip Marley) - Chained To The Rhythm

38 11 143 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still

37 61 146 Linkin Park (feat. Kiiara) - Heavy

36 ** 146 Imagine Dragons - Believer

 

It's bad news for Lorde and Portugal. The Man who both take huge tumbles from last year's top 20 meaning that their songs will need to be nominated next year to challenge again. After somewhat surprisingly reaching the AQ zone last year, one of Justin Bieber's more forgotten big hits 'Friends' takes a tumble back to a position more typical for it. For four Taylor Swift tracks seemingly just her base was here to help them, with three of these right next to each other from #46-48 and the other at #60. It means she won't have any songs joining the few she already has in the final. Of those, LWYMMD falls from the AQ zone. Also leaving guaranteed qualification to next year are songs from DJ Khaled, Martin Garrix and Katy Perry.

 

Meanwhile Gareth Emery gets a surprisingly high finish with 'Saving Light', mostly thanks to three of us ranking it in the top five (including myself) accounting for over half its total. The song will be familiar to those of you who were in the Buzzjack Song Contest at the time but if you're not then I recommend you check it out and perhaps it could gain the one more fan it needed to AQ for the next year. Muna who coincidentally were in the very same contest (finishing in 2nd to Emery) also appear in the region at #56 with 'I Know a Place', gaining some support from last year.

 

Despite being the biggest streaming song in history no-one cared enough to nominate 'Shape of You', but his other hit 'Castle' got another chance this year and narrowly cracks the top 40. Imagine Dragons also enter in the region with 'Believer', however they lose out to Post Malone with 'Rockstar' on tiebreak (good), as does Linkin Park who have a boost this year with 'Heavy'.

 

Next Year's AQs... ^_^

 

35 47 146 Post Malone (feat. 21 Savage) - Rockstar

34 39 149 Lana Del Rey - Love

33 21 149 French Montana (feat. Swae Lee) - Unforgettable

32 29 152 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) - Despacito

31 42 159 alt-J - 3WW

30 25 159 Little Mix (feat. Stormzy) - Power

29 64 160 Adele - Water Under The Bridge

28 48 164 Martin Solveig (feat. Ina Wroldsen) - Places

27 18 164 CNCO & Little Mix - Reggaetón Lento

26 33 167 Steps - Scared Of The Dark

25 37 169 Drake - Passionfruit

24 16 187 Jax Jones (feat. RAYE) - You Don't Know Me

23 14 188 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola

22 13 189 Calvin Harris (feat. Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry & Big Sean) - Feels

21 28 190 ZAYN (feat. Sia) - Dusk Till Dawn

 

Alongside 'Rockstar' we have another great song AQing for next year in 'Places' from Martin Solveig, up to 28th. Also great to see Drake moving up a tier with 'Passionfruit' (shame his more recent material going for a similar sound fell a bit flat). Enough of the indie crowd voted this year to ensure alt-J's position in the AQ zone with '3WW'. Adele and Lana Del Rey also move up a tier. Little Mix lose a track from the semi-finals with 'Reggaeton Lento', however their better 'Touch' moves up to replace it. It's not all a net positive however as we lose three excellent dance tracks from the semis in 'You Don't Know Me', 'Cola' and 'Feels'. Although, none of those made it all the way to the finals last year.

 

Semi-Finalists :dance:

 

20 38 193 Kendrick Lamar - Humble.

19 06 198 Arcade Fire - Everything Now

18 35 199 Kesha - Praying

17 10 201 Calvin Harris (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Slide

16 08 215 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses

15 22 219 Disciples - On My Mind

14 12 224 Paramore - Hard Times

13 15 228 Avicii (feat. Rita Ora) - Lonely Together

12 26 232 Little Mix - Touch

11 30 232 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me

10 20 239 Miley Cyrus - Malibu

09 09 246 Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug) - Havana

08 19 255 Lorde - Perfect Places

07 31 267 Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling

06 07 289 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times

 

We do however get some great tracks entering the top 20 and thus getting a chance at cracking the final. It takes a lot for a rap track to make it through but Kendrick just about proves himself here with 'Humble.' starting off the list of semifinalists. To also somewhat make up for the previous losses we have Disciples and Kygo moving on up as well. For the pop fans, Kesha and Carly Rae will also have a chance this year. 'Slide' was in danger of sliding out but just about avoids the same fate as 'Feels'. Arcade Fire lose a fair bit of ground this year too but just about hold on to join 'Reflector' in the semis. Lorde gets a big boost with 'Perfect Places' to make up for 'Homemade Dynamite' losing momentum. Miley Cyrus also climbs big to reach the top 10 and we even get a small climb for Avicii too yay.

 

Direkt Till Finalen :yahoo:

 

05 04 350 Dua Lipa - Be The One

04 03 360 Dua Lipa - New Rules

03 05 369 Clean Bandit (feat. Zara Larsson) - Symphony

02 02 373 Rita Ora - Anywhere

01 01 433 Lorde - Green Light

 

It's the same old story for the top five however with these five remaining fairly set in stone as the big takeaways of 2017. Last year they were all non-movers but we now have the somewhat exciting movement of Clean Bandit leapfrogging the two Dua Lipa tracks into 3rd and almost catching Rita Ora. Lorde has a 60 point lead this year, a big improvement from last year's 26 point lead.

'3WW' becoming an AQ? :w00t: that almost makes up for 'Every Other Freckle' never making waves in this (both of them were +30 songs for me *.*)

 

Ouch 'Homemade Dynamite' crashing this year :( although 'Perfect Places' vaulting up to the top 10 is a much better sight where Lorde is concerned. On top of her crown remaining for 'Green Light', of course! and 'The Louvre' is unsurprisingly my my best performing nomination, with the others bombing in the 80s (a 7 place rise for 'JUNKY' though, small victories)

I wonder if the dropoff for 'Everything Now' may have been impacted in any way by the news from this week... (it's a pretty good song but I definitely felt less inclined to include it in my votes this year after giving a few points last time).

 

Much better results here than your last round anyway, 'HUMBLE.' going from not even AQing last year to being a semi-finalist this year we love to see :cheeseblock: and good to see 'Touch' regaining a place in the semis (shocking it missed out last year!) as well as 'On My Mind'. And yes that's a lovely surprise to see '3WW' gaining AQ status this year :heart: although guessing without looking back that it's literally just up there from like 6 people ranking it fairly highly :kink: (which would still be more than I'd have predicted tbf!) Fab to see 'Passionfruit' and 'rockstar' climbing into the AQ zone as well.

 

Curiously mixed results for the Lorde tracks here - 'Green Light' as strong as ever and a big rise for 'Perfect Places' but conversely pretty tragic drops for 'Homemade Dynamite' and 'Liability' :snif:

Great to see Humble and It Ain't Me surging into the semi-finals! :wub: Also happy with Passionfruit and Rockstar sneaking into the AQs this time, very nearly joined by Linkin Park which would have been a great surprise. And also very pleased with how well DNA did too on its first year, almost top 50!