Posted 23 hours ago23 hr Three fell at the Auditions, two at Boot Camp, three at Judges' Houses, and eight became an endangered species on the Battleground. But now, the final eight artists walk out of their Ubers in style and join us at the Live Shows to fight on to win The Pop Factor crown, and the grand prize of the Ten Poond Record Token! But that's not all, because there's another car waiting in the wings to drop off the recipient of the Tesco Mary Live Shows Pass; the artist with the power of The Golden Wagner re-entering the competition!How it works:Did I say artist? I meant artists, plural...The winners of The Tesco Mary Live Shows Pass - with the joint number of Golden Wagner coins required (meaning we had to print another one, tsk!) - are...CHVRCHES and Louisemeaning that they will now re-enter the competition and there will be ten artists fighting it out in the Live Shows to make it through to the Grand Final. Both CHVRCHES and Louise have been rehearsing their performances for the first Live Show and will be performing for you.A full breakdown of the results of The Power of The Golden Wagner will be posted in due course.Once you've listened to all of the artists perform you should post your votes in this thread, ranking the performances from favourite to least favourite. Please post a list stating clearly which is your favourite down to least favourite, or use the following format:01 (favourite)020304050607080910 (least favourite)For those voting that are competing in the Live Show, you must vote. You can include your own song in your votes if you still at this point haven't revealed your identity, but it will be removed when votes are counted. Failure to vote by a competing artist will result in a 20 point deduction from your final score.As always, if you aren't participating as a contestant in The Pop Factor you are more than welcome to cast your vote too!However... When voting closes, we'll cross over to the results show where ONE artist will be eliminated from the competition. The bottom two - the two artists with the least points - will come face to face with four special guest judges - Dandelion Star, Joshua Exclamation, Julie Ann Underscore and Susan - and they will decide the act that remains in the competition. Voting will close on Saturday 28 June 2025, 18:59 BSTWithout further ado...IT'S TIMETO FACETHE MUSIC!01020304050607080910Standard list of entries:Little Mix feat. Charlie Puth - OopsPet Shop Boys - SuburbiaAvril Lavigne - Losing GripChristina Aguilera - InfatuationLouise - 2 FacedCHVRCHES feat. Hayley Williams - Bury ItEllie Goulding - Figure 8The Saturdays - NotoriousA-ha - I’ve Been Losing YouMary J. Blige - Just Fine
23 hours ago23 hr So that's why you informed of having given the Mary Pass.😆 Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by AllStarBySmashMouth
23 hours ago23 hr I know 4 of these, 1 of which is definitely getting a high number of points from me! ❤️Also loving the added judge element!
23 hours ago23 hr Congrats to the joint winners! CHVRCHES had my favourite song of the Golden Wagner round so great to see them getting the support.Thanks to anyone who supported Addison across the competition! Getting into her music, especially 'Headphones On', has brought me a lot of joy :) 💗
23 hours ago23 hr I voted for Louise in Golden Wagner stage. Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Last Dreamer
23 hours ago23 hr I was shocked but happy for Louise to make a comeback, thanks everyone and well done Chvrches too!Will Louise be straight back out again, we’ll see xTook this as a sign to go with another “heyday hit” from Louise
23 hours ago23 hr I think Rocket Man would have been a better choice for Elton to keep him in or maybe Your Song or Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Sad to see him out but glad that Chvrches are back in.
22 hours ago22 hr Not In Love (feat. Kelis) would’ve been my choice for first live shows if Enrique was to somehow have made it through.
22 hours ago22 hr Loving that Christina is finally representing an album track. What an amazing song!Welcome back Louise!!@awardinary please update the playlist to the correct version of Just Fine , the one you have used is a remix :) Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by vibe
22 hours ago22 hr Just on first glance there’s so pretty meh choices for songs there 😂 however I will re listen and rank at some point soon, buzzing for Louise, did not expect to see CHURVES heredid you reveal the votes for the golden Wagner
21 hours ago21 hr Need to give all the songs a listen but great to see my favourite Ellie Goulding song turning up in this round
21 hours ago21 hr Some great songs in this round but also a couple of WTF entries! Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by Mangø
21 hours ago21 hr I'm surprised Pepsi didn't get through too, but Addison Rae probably had less to offer in the lived.I told y'all as soon as I heard Louise thst it wss herd to lose!!! Churches is a nice bonus. I'll admit, I didn't vote for Churched rhough. I voted Louise, Pepsi and Walk rhr Moon, as they had a really good song
21 hours ago21 hr Louise actually got through? Rigged, I demand to see the results xxx I did wonder what would happen if there was a tie for the win, yay for CHVRCHES getting to make it through as well, 'How Not To Drown' was easily my fave from the Golden Wagner round and it's another good pick for them in this round, hopefully more to come <3 gave my other two coins to Elton John and Damiano David ('Mars' was way better than all his previous songs from this for me, good to know his solo album produced at least one song that's somewhat on par with Måneskin's discog), SASAMI just missing out, also want to acknowledge that the WALK THE MOON and ENHYPEN songs were pretty good discoveries as well. I was thinking 'Beg For You' was another pretty curious choice for Rina oops, I do quite like it but like... it's not even her song and I don't think it's that highly regarded on BuzzJack as far as Charli songs go! I think 'XS' would have walked a spot in the final but alas x
21 hours ago21 hr Omfg one of my favourite Ellie sangs and Louise dangs featuring!!!I!!!! Need ... YOUR LOVE!!!!!! LIKE!!!!! A FIGURE 8 (MORE THAN I CAN TAKE) shoulda been a no.1
20 hours ago20 hr Well done Louise and CHVRCHES - particularly pleased the latter made it through! Commiserations to SASAMI's fellow exitees.7 minutes ago, Julian_ said:I voted for Bob Dylan, Chvrches and Lemon Demon!So did I! Many other 70s Elton songs would have made my top 3, 'Tiny Dancer' is my favourite of his.
20 hours ago20 hr I think my votes went to CHRVCHES, Elton and Lemon Demon. Suddenly having a mind blank but I'm pretty sure that was the trio
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