As this has been somewhat of a frequent topic of discussion lately (mainly because of my own pet peeves x), I thought it'd be interesting to compile a list of all the BJSC winning artists' previous entry positions (if any).

I definitely felt that the current run of recycled former top 10 artists felt unusual and the stats do support that - we've currently had 5 of them in a row, when it had never previously happened more than 3 times in a row (BJSCs 135-137 and 164-166). Including Amelie Lens as well we're on a run of 6 recycled artists winning in a row which is the second longest such run ever, only beaten by a run of 8 in a row in BJSCs 118-125 (although worth noting that 2 of those 8 also included a non-recycled artist which cannot be said about the current run).

It's not all bad news lately though - before this run of recycled winners, 4 of the last 5 winners had been first time entrants. So perhaps we are not doomed to recycled winners forever. x

In the list below I've bolded recycled artists and highlighted in red those who had a previous top 10 hit. To avoid getting too much into the weeds I've not counted as a recycle when artists were sent as solo acts after previously being sent as part of a group or vice versa (if I had done BJSCs 77-79 would be another three in a row of recycled top 10 artists as Malin had previously come top 10 as a member of Niki & The Dove).

1 Britney Spears/Junkie XL - first entry

2 Katharine McPhee - first entry

3 The Chicks - first entry

4 Sara Bareilles - first entry

5 t.A.T.u. - first entry

6 Beverley Knight - first entry

7 Katy Perry - first entry

8 Lily Allen - 2nd in BJSC 6

9 Margaret Berger - first entry

10 Brandy - first entry

11 Lenka - first entry

12 La Roux - first entry

13 Agnes - 9th in BJSC 11

14 Uh Huh Her - first entry

15 Röyksopp - 21st in BJSC 8, 18th in BJSC 14

16 V V Brown - 7th in BJSC 10, 8th in BJSC 14

17 Beautiful Small Machines - first entry

18 Kesha - DNQ in BJSC 14

19 Eva Simons - first entry

20 Alphabeat - 8th in BJSC 8

21 The Dolly Rockers - 6th in BJSC 19

22 Ellie Goulding - 15th in BJSC 13, DNQ in BJSC 20

23 MARINA - 18th in BJSC 12, 13th in BJSC 14, 6th in BJSC 16

24 Delphic - first entry

25 Roll Deep/Jodie Connor - first entry

26 Sheelah - first entry

27 Eric Saade - 20th in BJSC 23

28 Molly Sandén - first entry

29 Zoë Badwi - first entry

30 Adele - 12th in BJSC 6

31 Sheelah - 1st in BJSC 26

32 Lykke Li - DNQ in BJSC 7, 26th in BJSC 13, DNQ in BJSC 21, 14th in BJSC 30

33 Agnes Obel - DNQ in BJSC 15

34 Charice - 28th in BJSC 25

35 Chart Music - first entry

36 Lana Del Rey - first entry

37 Jessica Mauboy - 22nd in BJSC 11, DNQ in BJSC 22, 4th in BJSC 30

38 Loreen - first entry

39 Ricki-Lee - DNQ in BJSC 11, DNQ in BJSC 23

40 Rachel Platten - first entry

41 Foxes - first entry

42 Emma Hewitt - first entry

43 Dragonette - 14th in BJSC 2, 9th in BJSC 4, DNQ in BJSC 20, DNQ in BJSC 21, 34th in BJSC 26

44 Ronya - first entry

45 Woodkid - first entry

46 Trentemøller/Ane Trolle - first entry

47 TR/ST - first entry

48 Unicorn Kid - 11th in BJSC 40

49 Fibes, Oh Fibes! - 27th in BJSC 21

50 Frida Sundemo - first entry

51 Kate Boy - first entry

52 Zara Larsson - first entry

53 Carli - first entry

54 Postiljonen - first entry

55 Marcel Woods/Vanbot - Vanbot 3rd in BJSC 33, 15th in BJSC 43 (first entry for Marcel Woods)

56 Ghost Loft - first entry

57 Belanger - first entry

58 Vaults - first entry

59 The Kite String Tangle - first entry

60 Cut Copy - first entry

61 Indila - first entry

62 SOHN - 19th in BJSC 50

63 RuPaul - first entry

64 RAM/Susana - first entry

65 Hervé/Zebra Katz - Hervé DNQ in BJSC 62 (first entry for Zebra Katz)

66 A. G. Cook - 16th in BJSC 59

67 Jay Dabhi/Moises Modesto - first entry

68 Michael Woods/Lauren Dyson - Michael Woods 24th in BJSC 49, 4th in BJSC 53, 29th in BJSC 65 (as Out Of Office) (first entry for Lauren Dyson)

69 Blonde/Melissa Steel - Blonde DNQ in BJSC 67 (first entry for Melissa Steel)

70 Josef Salvat - 11th in BJSC 54

71 LINES/Adele Kosman - first entry

72 PVRIS - first entry

73 SNBRN/Kerli - Kerli 16th in BJSC 18, 11th in BJSC 25, 4th in BJSC 57, 19th in BJSC 66 (first entry for SNBRN)

74 A-WA - first entry

75 MEG MYERS - DNQ in BJSC 41, 28th in BJSC 63

76 Sigala - first entry

77 Alex Metric/Jacques Lu Cont/Malin - Alex Metric 23rd in BJSC 18, 21st in BJSC 59 (first entry for Jacques Lu Cont and Malin)

78 Rationale - 2nd in BJSC 24 (as Tinashé)

79 Shaun Frank/KSHMR/Delaney Jane - KSHMR 10th in BJSC 77 (first entry for Shaun Frank and Delaney Jane)

80 Delta Heavy - first entry

81 Allie X - 7th in BJSC 75

82 Hilight Tribe/Vini Vici - first entry

83 K3 - first entry

84 Salt Ashes - 15th in BJSC 68, 38th in BJSC 81

85 Bang La Decks - first entry

86 Aelyn - first entry

87 The Naked And Famous - 39th in BJSC 77

88 RAYE - 35th in BJSC 77

89 Crystal Waters - first entry

90 Fraunhofer Diffraction - first entry

91 Finn Keane/Noonie Bao - Finn Keane DNQ in BJSC 73 / Noonie Bao DNQ in BJSC 50, 35th in BJSC 78

92 Gareth Emery/Standerwick/HALIENE - Gareth Emery 20th in BJSC 45, 4th in BJSC 78 / HALIENE 8th in BJSC 53, 18th in BJSC 64, 8th in BJSC 84, 35th in BJSC 85 (all as Kelly Sweet) (first entry for Standerwick)

93 Jaded - first entry

94 Drones Club - first entry

95 Bleachers - DNQ in BJSC 72

96 Helena Paparizou - 10th in BJSC 5, 8th in BJSC 9, DNQ in BJSC 34

97 Norda/Mike De Ville/Joanna Jones - first entry

98 Clare Maguire - 19th in BJSC 87

99 Francesca Michielin - first entry

100 TR/ST - 1st in BJSC 47

101 Alvaro Soler - DNQ in BJSC 77

102 Kim Petras - 26th in BJSC 100

103 Metroplane/Bree Runway - Bree Runway 7th in BJSC 100 (first entry for Metroplane)

104 Built By Titan/Starxs - Built By Titan DNQ in BJSC 85 (first entry for Starxs)

105 grandson - first entry

106 Jean-Michel Blais/CFCF - first entry

107 Cathedrals - 26th in BJSC 68

108 Daniella Mason - 12th in BJSC 75, DNQ in BJSC 100

109 Colleen D'Agostino - 4th in BJSC 74

110 Gryffin/ZOHARA - Gryffin 11th in BJSC 98 (first entry for ZOHARA)

111 White Lies - DNQ in BJSC 63

112 Skeler/Juche - first entry

113 Two Steps From Hell/Chris Bleth/Merethe Soltvedt - Two Steps From Hell 12th in BJSC 76, 18th in BJSC 95 / Merethe Soltvedt 4th in BJSC 82, 32nd in BJSC 98 (first entry for Chris Bleth)

114 Eden xo/F9 - Eden xo 10th in BJSC 12, 29th in BJSC 16, 16th in BJSC 23 (all as Jessie Malakouti), 16th in BJSC 28, 15th in BJSC 31, 25th in BJSC 40 (all as Jessie And The Toy Boys), 22nd in BJSC 66 (first entry for F9)

115 SOFI TUKKER/Bomba Estéreo - SOFI TUKKER 20th in BJSC 81, 16th in BJSC 94 / Bomba Estéreo 26th in BJSC 82, 31st in BJSC 111

116 Drab Majesty - first entry

117 Rompasso - first entry

118 Charlotte Lawrence - DNQ in BJSC 74

119 Franky Wah/Robinson - Robinson 40th in BJSC 96, 18th in BJSC 103 (first entry for Franky Wah)

120 Sabrina Carpenter - 18th in BJSC 88, 39th in BJSC 94

121 NINA/LAU - NINA DNQ in BJSC 69, 16th in BJSC 92 (first entry for LAU)

122 Smith & Thell - 26th in BJSC 42, 7th in BJSC 58, DNQ in BJSC 70, 12th in BJSC 90

123 Betty Who - DNQ in BJSC 51, 16th in BJSC 62, 34th in BJSC 97

124 Rebecca & Fiona - 21st in BJSC 37, 22nd in BJSC 40, 27th in BJSC 56, 31st in BJSC 94

125 Nova Miller - 17th in BJSC 98, 20th in BJSC 107

126 Klangkarussell/GIVVEN - first entry

127 Sheppard - DNQ in BJSC 67

128 Tei Shi - 19th in BJSC 70

129 EVERGLOW - 11th in BJSC 118, 18th in BJSC 126

130 Nora En Pure - 18th in BJSC 102

131 Worakls/Rusanda Panfili - Worakls 7th in BJSC 111 (first entry for Rusanda Panfili)

132 LOVA - first entry

133 Doss - 29th in BJSC 64

134 Ane Brun - DNQ in BJSC 35

135 Stockholm Noir/Ofelia - Stockholm Noir 2nd in BJSC 95 / Ofelia DNQ in BJSC 77

136 Faouzia - 6th in BJSC 121

137 Violet Chachki/Allie X/Lecomte De Brégeot - Violet Chachki 13th in BJSC 96 / Allie X 7th in BJSC 75, 1st in BJSC 81 (first entry for Lecomte De Brégeot)

138 X-Perience - first entry

139 Anabel Englund - 18th in BJSC 119, 14th in BJSC 131

140 Confidence Man - 28th in BJSC 94, 5th in BJSC 99

141 aamourocean - first entry

142 Leony - 25th in BJSC 108, 8th in BJSC 133

143 Nessa Barrett - first entry

144 M83/Susanne Sundfør - M83 20th in BJSC 14, DNQ in BJSC 37, 6th in BJSC 61 / Susanne Sundfør 9th in BJSC 43, 5th in BJSC 122

145 Stevie Nicks - first entry

146 Third ≡ Party/Kathy Brown - first entry

147 Rose Gray - 13th in BJSC 133, 2nd in BJSC 145

148 Honey. - first entry

149 220 KID/ÁSDÍS - first entry

150 Madison Rose - 24th in BJSC 144, DNQ in BJSC 146

151 Nabihah Iqbal - first entry

152 Nyteout - first entry

153 Blusher - first entry

154 Snow Strippers - first entry

155 hemlocke springs - 32nd in BJSC 151

156 Geo22 - first entry

157 Jai Wolf/BANKS - Jai Wolf 10th in BJSC 76, 4th in BJSC 130 / BANKS 18th in BJSC 53, 35th in BJSC 115

158 Lucia & The Best Boys - DNQ in BJSC 122, 9th in BJSC 129

159 Argy/Omnya - first entry

160 MisterWives - DNQ in BJSC 61, 30th in BJSC 78, 4th in BJSC 95

161 Fat Dog - first entry

162 Grossstadtgeflüster - first entry

163 RONDÉ - 33rd in BJSC 147, 14th in BJSC 153

164 Margaret Berger - 1st in BJSC 9, 24th in BJSC 13, 12th in BJSC 32

165 METTE - 6th in BJSC 153

166 ascendant vierge/TDJ - ascendant vierge 4th in BJSC 142 / TDJ 10th in BJSC 134

167 Nicolina - first entry

168 Active Child - 22nd in BJSC 42, 24th in BJSC 59, 3rd in BJSC 118

169 Father John Misty - first entry

170 Mona Yim - first entry

171 ALT BLK ERA - first entry

172 Amelie Lens - 36th in BJSC 112

173 Rebecca Black - 38th in BJSC 135, 21st in BJSC 151, 2nd in BJSC 169

174 Debbii Dawson - 9th in BJSC 166, 7th in BJSC 172

175 Annalisa - 15th in BJSC 85, 10th in BJSC 151, 2nd in BJSC 155

176 Ninajirachi - 14th in BJSC 140, 3rd in BJSC 173

177 Night Tapes - 8th in BJSC 165

An interesting stats dump there, thanks Brer!

2/2 for the 'first entry' club *.* (but that will be in tatters if I end up winning this month xo albeit not with an artist who's had a top 10 lol)

Danæviia being exposed for cheapness agh

oh to be back in the 2012-2014 era when a new artist winning was pretty much the norm.

To the point where I feel I remember Vanbot and SOHN winning as slightly unusual as they'd already had an entry, damnit!

me sending 2/2 first-entry winners

CheapHoe Lupus having the most inspired winner this year 🤩 🌭

5/5 first entry winner club

Also 2/2

and this is where I'd put my 3/3 if I had one

Try 0/0, but maybe someone's luck will change as we have had first time winners his year right?

Maybe we could see a thread like this for past winning nations and patterns of wins.

0/0 for me too!

And while admittedly my best result of 2nd was with a recycle (GusGus), my next best results of 3rd and 4th were with first entry artists, and were beaten only by recycled artists.

Nicolina may have been one of the lowest scoring winners of all time but at least she was inspired xxx

1/4 first entry winners for me, but that’s only because spin offs weren’t counted 👀

0/2 and would happily go 0/3 🌚

I don't have an issue with recycled acts winning (obviously), but I do think it's less 'cheap' when it's a different era than their last entry. I wouldn't say a year between them is recent either. It's a little different when it's just the next single two months later — but sometimes a banger is a banger, so I get it 👀

7/8 for me and the other one was me being extremely cheeky and sending Sheelah five contests after they had last won for me (the veto conditions back in 2011 were more extreme for songs picked off radio playlists and the 'release schedule', as well as well known artists, so songs that were maybe cheap in other ways e.g. former winners that were not otherwise known, tended to slip through). I would never usally do this (and certainly wouldn't have the gall to do it today) but the song sounded even bigger and better to me than the first song of theirs I had won with, and so it proved points wise.

On the winning artists' past positions thing, I wouldn't be against artists who have come top five (maybe even top ten) being rested for a year, so at least their next eras could get underway before people try to send them again, because as I mentioned before the act already has a built-in fanbase that has been tested very recently, and if the song is from the same era as another hit it probably stands to reason it will do well because it's likely to have the same vibe, songwriters and production team. So people sending these songs have a headstart over everyone else, which is why so many I believe probably win.

After a gap of a year or more then it's fair game to recycle them I think because eras, the music industry, production styles and BJSC tastes (and the makeup of competitors) tend to change a fair bit in the space of 12 months.

Funnily enough, I think my entry this month is the first time I've recycled a previous top ten artist since I sent Delta Goodrem in BJSC 100. And like in that case, it's an act I sent myself first (plus they're not even the lead artist on it).

So, our options for the win this month to continue the streak of former top 10 artists winning are...

Baleghde (Maria Becerra)

FSR Rontvia (DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ)

Herbilore (Alison Sudol fka A Fine Frenzy)

Lotunia (Bianca)

New Lexico (Maude Latour)

République d'Áskorza (6euroneunzig)

(and to continue the streak of recycled artists in general we could also have any of Aelandor (LØLØ), Altyr Muunilinst (MARIS), Cheiron (Sophie And The Giants), Cor Lupus (Zanias), Deandria (POiSON GiRL FRiEND), FARC (Moonchild Sanelly), Flynnonda (Cody Frost), Jadakissnia (Erin LeCount), Jupiterdonia (Sudan Archives), Kluminican Republic (Kai Bosch), Neliönoir (Isabella Lovestory), POPHub (Hunnygloss), Skall (Floating Points), Thelonia (John Summit) or Why So Sirius (JACKIE EXTREME))

((note I am not posting any of this to discourage people from voting for these (and even more not to specifically encourage people to x), obvz as ever vote for whatever songs you all like the most, I just find this recent increasing trend quite interesting))

Also honourable mention to Cumulonimbia (Jenny On Holiday) who had a previous top 10 as a member of Let's Eat Grandma.

40% recycles this month, it's not too bad I guess

On 30/09/2025 at 08:28, Silas said:

1/4 first entry winners for me, but that’s only because spin offs weren’t counted 👀

Coming to make this 1/5 💪🏻