1 hour ago, vibe said:

Listened through once Damiano David and Addison Lea were nice discoveries! I will for sure rank them high.

Damiano reminded me of Tom Grennan and Addison Lea’s tone similar to Billie Piper. The headphone song was very relatable!

The Saturdays love surprises me when Louise left last round - i find their output similar.

The Avril and Christina choices are very safe.

Addison Lea they do cabs, Addison Rae sings!

Edited May 29May 29 by Mangø

01 Christina Aguilera - Hurt

02 Addison Rae - Headphones On

03 Ellie Goulding - Lights

04 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share

05 Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl

06 The Saturdays - Issues

07 Disclosure & Mary J Blige - F For You

08 Enrique Iglesias & Nicole Scherzinger - Heartbeat

09 Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez - We Don't Talk Anymore

10 James Blake & ROSALIA - Barefoot In The Park

11 Damiano David - Voices

12 Elton John - Bennie and The Jets

13 Pet Shop Boys - Heart

14 SASAMI - Slugger

15 ENHYPEN - Drunk Dazes

16 Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi

17 Tom Aspaul - Cabin Fever

18 A-ha - Manhattan Skyline

19 Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'

20 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up And Dance

I know it's early. I was expecting Tom Aspaul & Enhyphen to struggle but a little surprised at Bob Dylan, A-Ha and WTM

With the Elton John choice , Mary J Blige sampled this track for her single Deep Inside. Deep Inside will not be selected in this comp but check it out, Elton also features.

Talking of Elton collaborations, I'd love to see his duet (& bonafide queer anthem) with another Pop Factor contestant entered in future rounds!

3 minutes ago, Herbs said:

Talking of Elton collaborations, I'd love to see his duet (& bonafide queer anthem) with another Pop Factor contestant entered in future rounds!

I didn't know Elton featured on Ellie's version of Your Song. 🤭

1 hour ago, Herbs said:

I know it's early. I was expecting Tom Aspaul & Enhyphen to struggle but a little surprised at Bob Dylan, A-Ha and WTM

My Tom is definitely struggling.

17 minutes ago, Herbs said:

Talking of Elton collaborations, I'd love to see his duet (& bonafide queer anthem) with another Pop Factor contestant entered in future rounds!

If it's the song I think you mean, I really hope it's not entered, as I much prefer the Elton-less version (his vocal just does not suit the song)

3 hours ago, vibe said:

Damiano reminded me of Tom Grennan and Addison Lea’s tone similar to Billie Piper. The headphone song was very relatable!

I don't think I've seen the Billie Piper comparison before but I see what you mean!

Delighted that people are making a good discovery out of 'Headphones On' 💖 I wasn't sure how much mileage Addison would get in the contest, with a small discography and likely up against legends, but I saw the opportunity to showcase this wonderful singles run to more people and took it.

Re. voting early - I was surprisingly only unfamiliar with 1.5 songs in this round, as one I'd heard a clip of before, but not in full until yesterday and thought I'd do it while I had the time.

6 minutes ago, Mangø said:

If it's the song I think you mean, I really hope it's not entered, as I much prefer the Elton-less version (his vocal just does not suit the song)

Actually so do I! Ignore what I said!

Do you want to know and listen my possible entry for Round 2 ?

Edited May 29May 29 by Last Dreamer

8 minutes ago, Last Dreamer said:

Do you want to know and listen my possible entry for Round 2 ?

But you could still be saved and return another round, so careful not to reveal too much!

01 Ellie Goulding - Lights

02 Pet Shop Boys - Heart

03 Christina Aguilera - Hurt

04 Addison Rae - Headphones On

05 Damiano David - Voices

06 Tom Aspaul - Cabin Fever

07 Disclosure feat. Mary J. Blige - F For You

08 Elton John - Bennie and the Jets

09 Enrique Iglesias feat. Nicole Scherzinger - Heartbeat

10 SASAMI - Slugger

11 Rina Sawayama - Hold the Girl

12 A-ha - Manhattan Skyline

13 The Saturdays - Issues

14 Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi

15 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share

16 Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’

17 Charlie Puth feat. Selena Gomez - We Don’t Talk Anymore

18 James Blake feat. ROSALÍA - Barefoot in the Park

19 Fifth Harmony - Sledgehammer

20 ENHYPEN - Drunk-Dazed

21 WALK THE MOON - Shut Up and Dance

How are people putting 'Shut Up And Dance' in bottom place?! 😕

1 hour ago, Herbs said:

Actually so do I! Ignore what I said!

Wait, there are actually two other artists here (aside from MJB) that Elton has collab'd with, that I know of, so we could be talking about two different songs!

4 minutes ago, Mangø said:

How are people putting 'Shut Up And Dance' in bottom place?! 😕

Personally, I am little bit tired of Shut Up And Dance...I still hear it quite too often!!!

3 minutes ago, Addy! said:

Personally, I am little bit tired of Shut Up And Dance...I still hear it quite too often!!!

Yeah I get that, it is a little overplayed, but it's objectively still not a bad song!

19 minutes ago, Mangø said:

Wait, there are actually two other artists here (aside from MJB) that Elton has collab'd with, that I know of, so we could be talking about two different songs!

Lol we could be. Guess you'd have to choose the right one

1 hour ago, Mangø said:

How are people putting 'Shut Up And Dance' in bottom place?! 😕

Its over played and cheesy sorry :(

Do we HAVE to rank every song? I couldn't give two sehsta bout those men songs.