Welcome to the voting stage of BOP IDOL 3!

The theme for this edition is B-Sides & Deep Cuts, with the main criteria being that the song was not released as a single anywhere.

19 entries were received from the following participants (in alphabetical order):

Addy!

awardinary

Brer

Chez Wombat

Cody

CowTzy

dandy*

Dobbo

gooddelta

Herbs

Jade

jimwatts

Julian_

lewistgreen

Mango

Roba

Scene

Tafty

uhsting

As always, this is an anonymous contest so please do not reveal or hint at your entry until the results are announced - but feel free to speculate what people may have sent!

4 people went for B-sides, while 15 went for an unreleased album track. Here are the 19 songs confirmed in random order:

• Goldfrapp - Beautiful (B-Side to Number 1 single (2005) and also appeared as a bonus track on the NA and Japanese editions of Supernature)

• Madonna - Amazing (From Music (2000))

• Ashley Tisdale - Overrated (From Guilty Pleasure (2009))

• f(x) - Rude Love (From 4 Walls (2015))

• Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (From Fairytales (2009))

• Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (B-Side to Ambitions single (2010))

• Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (From The Rest Is History (2011))

• Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend* (Seems to have been a promo single but can't find any other info)

• Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (From Scissor Sisters (2004))

• Orianthi - Addicted To Love (From Believe II (2010))

• PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (B-Side to Good Fortune single (2000))

• The Radio Dept. - Every Time (From Pet Grief (2006))

• Farrah Abraham - On My Own (From My Teenage Dream Ended (2012))

• Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back (B-Side to So You Say single (2007))

• Mis-Teeq - Just For You (From Eye Candy (2003))

• Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (From Tales From Turnpike House (2005))

• Annie - Me Plus One (From Anniemal (2004))

• Dido - Take My Hand (From No Angel (2001))

• M83 - Outro (From Hurry Up We're Dreaming (2011))

(Most of) the songs can be heard on the below playlist on Spotify:

The one song marked with an asterisk is not available on Spotify (or at least I couldn't find it) but it is available to listen to on Youtube. Here's the Youtube playlist (not sure how to embed it, someone feel free to let me know):

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ZTZUjUlzDxuXttgIHmEjCe8JDSWRev1&si=6ikdP9x8B4A8MO9m

Please vote for your favourite 10 songs in the usual Eurovision style scoring system:

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It goes without saying that you are not allowed to vote for your own song 😆

Please vote by sending me a PM.

You have until 23:59 on Sunday 30th March to submit your votes. I am intending to host the results on the evening of Tuesday 1st April.

Non-participants are also allowed (encouraged in fact) to vote.

I'm looking forward to my first listenthrough this afternoon, hopefully we will all discover some hidden gems together 😃

Edited March 19Mar 19 by Mangø

Scissor Sisters 🤩

Lots of familiar names but I don’t know most of the songs, so looking forward to listening through this.

I'd assume the closing track's position is intentional.

Edited March 19Mar 19 by CowTzy

Intriguing selection. I have several of these albums but don't in every case remember the songs chosen.

I always thought that Dido track was a single, but I'm misremembering (must have just been a strong album highlight). I bought a Jurgen Vries cover of it in 2004 that went top 30.

51 minutes ago, CowTzy said:

I'd assume the closing track's position is intentional.

Yes, all the other tracks are in a randomised sequence but I thought it'd be a nice touch for that to be closing track 😃

Thank you @Mangø for accepting much late entry confirmation of mine

Happy to not miss the contest!!!

Well it's gonna take something truly remarkable to outclass Outro, one of my favourite songs of all time ❤️❤️❤️ Didn't even come to my mind, but does fit as despite it's wide usage in Media, it was never actually a single. (inb4 Bre 'you've missed a song')

The Siobhan Donaghy track is on Spotify after all, so I have added that to the playlist now!

YouTube playlists should just embed automatically when you paste a link so not sure why it hasn't done so in the OP!

I just copy and pasted the link and it's embedded for me.

Anyway, glad to see Addy was able to sneak in with a late entry. Some ~interesting~ artist choices here!

(why is the last song just left blank though? )

33 minutes ago, Brer said:

(why is the last song just left blank though? )

Not sure what you mean? What's blank? 😕

It's just a meme relating to M83 not existing somehow (don't ask me how it originated!)

Oh right, I see. Or don't see, as the case may be 😅

What an interesting mix of songs. More cheese than I was expecting

Also pretty sure I know who sent Same Difference

I was wondering where the "cheese" was then Joe McElderry and Same Difference came on and I understood 😂

Yeah but tbh you can't beat a good bit of cheese

I can host a listenthrough for any interested on Monday evening. 🥳

Voted! I discovered some good stuff in this, from albums I've never got round to listening to and b-sides I didn't even know existed. Nice picks everyone, I could happily have voted for several more.

Yes, echoing Rich there about how good the contest is. My top 3 are stunning

On 22/03/2025 at 21:44, awardinary said:

I can host a listenthrough for any interested on Monday evening. 🥳

Sounds good to me

Sadly won’t be able to make the listen through, although I have a perfect 00s excuse in that I’m off to see David Gray