The bongos have stopped bonging as Safri Duo exit in 3rd. They are a classically trained Danish percussion duo, and “Played A Live” was huge across the continent and reached #6 here in February 2001. Their only other chart appearance, 18 months later, was “Sweet Freedom”, which reached #54.

3rd: Safri Duo - Played A Live (The Bongo Song) 16/32 votes (50%)

4th: Daniel Bedingfield - James Dean (I Wanna Know) 16/30 votes (53%)

5th: Christina Aguilera featuring Lil’ Kim - Can’t Hold Us Down 15/29 votes (52%)

6th: Fergie - London Bridge 17/30 votes (57%)

7th: Craig David - Hot Stuff 12/28 votes (43%)

8th: Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West featuring Sir Tom Jones and Robin Gibb - Barry Islands In The Stream 21/35 votes (60%)

9th: Ronan Keating featuring Yusuf - Father And Son 13/30 votes (43%)

10th: Leon Jackson - When You Believe 12/35 votes (34%)

backing the magnificent Aaliyah to win ❤️

Aaliyah for me! What a talent and a brilliant RnB track.

Very easy - Aaliyah, what a gem and what a talent.

Also voting for Aaliyah to win!

Went Kaiser Chiefs

Voted for Aaliyah

Try Again! One of the best songs from this era

Finally it went!

Aaliyah ftw

Kaiser Chiefs but wouldn’t begrudge an Aaliyah win.

Kaiser Chiefs - enjoy all the singles from that album, and that chorus is iconic. 'Try Again' is great too!

The Kaisers to win of course

I do really like Try Again, but Oh My God is a classic from the landfill indie era which I have fond memories of.

Kaiser Chiefs

Kaisers for me. Not my fave from then but I find that Aaliyah track pretty vanilla.

Ooooh a tie. Thought Aaliyah would walk this based on previous rounds!

Aaliyah!

Aaliyah for the win.

The closest final we’ve had in ages! 15-15, 16-16, 17-17 and now 18-18. Who’s going to break it this time?