Welcome to the results thread for Club Bizarre 33.

A huge thank you to everyone who took part/shared tracks and especially to those who helped me with the admin (listenthroughs, vetoing etc.)
All of your help has really has been much appreciated by me, especially given the demanding couple of weeks that I've had.

Without any further delay, I now present the result of the 33rd edition of Club Bizarre, which was themed as a celebration of Queer and Black dance culture.

Here's how this works - I will announce the first 15 voters with a scoreboard after every 5 voters (so that's I think 3 scoreboards).

The scoreboard will then freeze and I will announce the final 7 voters but only the songs awarded 1-7 points with the medalists remaining unpublished.

I will then announce who has finished outside the Top 10, with positions 6-10, 5-3 revealed, and then finally 2nd and the WINNER announced.

There will be an intermission after 15 voters for approximately 30-45 minutes. Feel free to get refreshments (mulled wine etc.)

NB - urgent call out for Bré to have his calculator handy to verify the scorecards as it is incredibly tight at the top (insert your own jokes here x)

First let's remind ourselves of the list of contenders ~

SCOREBOARD AFTER 0 of 22 VOTERS:

P	ENTRY	USERNAME	PTS
1	Arca “Prada/Rakata”		0
2	Arun Verone “Empty Soul”		0
3	BAYLI “Lucky Number One”		0
4	Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase”		0
5	dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”		0
6	Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”		0
7	FAUZIA “The Way”		0
8	Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou”		0
9	Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde”		0
10	horsegiirL “YOLO”		0
11	IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?”		0
12	Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL”		0
13	Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond”		0
14	Nazar “Anticipate”		0
15	Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”		0
16	Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend”		0
17	Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2”		0
18	RYL0 “Party Monster”		0
19	The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam”		0
20	Shannon “Give Me Tonight”		0
21	TS7 & Katie May “Only One”		0
22	TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”		0
23	Visage “Moon Over Moscow”		0

So please get comfy, settle in, as I reveal the results for Club Bizarre 33!

Please feel free to speculate who may have sent what and do well, and we'll start in approx 30 mins ~

Expecting to finish bottom 10 but bring it on!!

I missed the top 10 in the last couple of editions, so a return would be nice, but not sure what to expect as I couldn't make the listen through!

Don't think I'm gonna do too well, BUT it's nice to be back in this and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens. Let's make it bizarre.

I'm not sure how my song will do.

I wasn’t here for the listenthrough so I have zero idea how my song went, idk I’m withholding any predictions at this time

Here we go, and we start with ~

VOTE 1/22: lewistgreen

Contests entered: 31

Wins: 1

Top 10s: 14

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 1716 (10th)

Chart Run: 7-18-2-17-11-16-9-1-12-7-9-2-8-5-14-12-6-9-19-24-19-9-xx-15-2-24-xx-10-10-21-21-29-?

Only missing 2 contests since Club Bizarre’s inception, lewistgreen remains firmly in the all-time Top 10 of participants. South African DJ, producer and songwriter Sanele Sithole (aka Sun-El Musician) came 6th in CB22 with “Uhuru”, and is returned here as lewistgreen’s entrant for CB33 with the collaboration “Respond”. This track features the vocals of Zimbabwean songwriter and producer Miči, whose distinctive, warm vocals perfectly match Sun-EL Musician's signature Afro-house production.

On 10/12/2025 at 19:27, lewistgreen said:

12 points: TS7 & Katie May - Only One

10 points: RYL0 - Party Monster

8 points: horsegiirL - YOLO

7 points: Catching Cairo - High Speed Chase

6 points: Visage - Moon Over Moscow

5 points: Shannon - Give Me Tonight

4 points: FAUZIA - The Way

3 points: Nazar - Anticipate

2 points: Francis Mercier & Magic System - Premier Gaou

1 point: TYGAPAW - M32 Riddim

Respond was one I discovered from Sian Eleri on Radio 1 and I'd been looking for the perfect opportunity to send.

As for my 12, I'm a huge fan of the original track and the remix here stays quite true to that vibe so it had to be top.

VOTE 2/22: All★bySmashMouth

Contests entered: 12

Wins: 0

Top 10s: 0

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 332 (34th)

Chart Run: 20-14-11-24-14-18-23-18-22-22-24-?

Kevin Aviance is acclaimed New York–based drag queen and singer, and as a performer blends house music, club culture, and avant-garde performance. “Beautiful” is a confident adn uplifting track which embodies the spirit of New York’s underground club culture, serving as a good example of his influences and impacts on underground music and queer nightlife.

On 13/12/2025 at 15:12, AllStarBySmashMouth said:

12 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”

10 Visage “Moon Over Moscow”

08 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend”

07 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam”

06 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde”

05 RYL0 “Party Monster”

04 TS7 & Katie May “Only One”

03 horsegiirL “YOLO”

02 Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2”

01 FAUZIA “The Way”

Gorgeous pick, Lewis

As I mentioned in the voting thread, that song snuck into my chart at the time, but I had forgotten about it so thanks for the reminder <3

I think it was a Radio 1 discovery for me too.

VOTE 3/22: Doctor Blind

Contests entered: 13

Wins: 1

Top 10s: 9

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 808 (20th)

Chart Run: 18-xx-7-10-xx-6-8-2-xx-10-23-13-xx-8-xx-2-xx-1-?

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I was really stuck on what to send to this edition (despite implementing the theme), I think I had too many options. In the end I went with something new that I heard for the first time that week. DJ, producer & vocalist FAUZIA first broke through with new music in 2020 with a series of self-released EPs, one of which featured the Kelela collaboration “When It's All Over” which made Crack Magazine’s Top 25 Tracks of 2020. Her latest single “The Way” wears the influences that she regularly spins on her monthly NTS shows, blending footwork, and jungle with its energetic and propulsive ending. Despite moving on to making her own music, she still regularly works with and produces for Duval Timothy, Tirzah, Elias Rønnenfelt, Special Request and Kelela (among others). FAUZIA also keeps one foot in the club: last September she supported Patti Smith at St. Paul’s Cathedral then DJed with dBridge at late night Glasgow staple The Flying Duck.

12 04 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”

10 12 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”

08 05 horsegiirL “YOLO”

07 07 Shannon “Give Me Tonight”

06 08 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”

05 06 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend”

04 03 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?”

03 19 Arca “Prada/Rakata”

02 17 TS7 & Katie May “Only One”

01 23 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”

Aside: I also love that my all-time points are 808 state (at the moment)! *.*

VOTE 4/22: Mangø

Contests entered: 7

Wins: 0

Top 10s: 2

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 296 (37th)

Chart Run: 12-xx-25-xx-9-xx-15-xx-14-7-?

The Pet Shop Boys need little introduction, they are one of the most influential and enduring electronic/pop acts of all-time with strong links to club culture and the queer dance scene. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s songs on love, politics, and modern life rose to prominence in the wider culture during the 1980s against a backdrop of minial representation of LGBTQ acts within the mainstream and reached their imperial phase with 3 UK #1 singles and the Christmas Number One of 1987, when Brenda Lee/Elvis Presley cover “Always On My Mind” stormed to #1 - famously holding “Fairytale of New York” at number 2 for Christmas. “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” was the B‑side to the 1991 single Where the Streets Have No Name (I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You).

On 16/12/2025 at 12:17, Mangø said:

This was... mostly not my cup of tea but there are a couple of great discoveries I made!

12 Shannon “Give Me Tonight”

10 Visage “Moon Over Moscow”

08 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam”

07 horsegiirL “YOLO”

06 TS7 & Katie May “Only One”

05 Arca “Prada/Rakata”

04 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde”

03 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL”

02 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”

01 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?”

Host's artist produces for Tirzah? I didn't like Tirzah's last album (although I only gave it one chance) but I love her first two, particularly Devotion I really recommend that album for an intriguing and warm electronic hug! Such a chill listen.

VOTE 5/22: Chez Wombat

Contests entered: 33

Wins: 2

Top 10s: 17

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 2065 (4th)

Chart Run: 10-11-14-2-4-5-12-10-4-19-23-5-13-1-12-1-19-3-13-14-2-8-21-6-13-4-16-3-4-8-16-31-?

Dehaney Nia Lishahn Hunt (aka Nia Archives) was born in September 1999 and is part of the vanguard of new and emerging Gen Z artists embracing the sound and influences of jungle and drum and bass (which originally emerged at the start of that decade) forging its revival into the 2020s. Debut album Silence is Loud fused these influences with modern electronic production and the title track from it serves as Chez Wombat’s 33rd entry to the contest.

On 16/12/2025 at 21:58, Chez Wombat said:

12; TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”

10; Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”

08; Arca “Prada/Rakata”

07; FAUZIA “The Way”

06; dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”

05; Arun Verone “Empty Soul”

04; Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond”

03; Visage “Moon Over Moscow”

02; The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam”

01; Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL”

The first scoreboard therefore looks like this..

SCOREBOARD AFTER 5 of 22 VOTERS:

P	ENTRY	USERNAME	PTS
1	dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”		30
2	Visage “Moon Over Moscow”		29
3	horsegiirL “YOLO”		26
4	Shannon “Give Me Tonight”		24
5	TS7 & Katie May “Only One”		24
6	The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam”		17
7	Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”		16
8	Arca “Prada/Rakata”		16
9	RYL0 “Party Monster”		15
10	TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”		14
11	Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend”	Mangø	13
12	FAUZIA “The Way”	Doctor Blind	12
13	Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”	Chez Wombat	12
14	Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde”		10
15	Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase”		7
16	IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?”		5
17	Arun Verone “Empty Soul”		5
18	Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond”	lewistgreen	4
19	Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL”	All★bySmashMouth	4
20	Nazar “Anticipate”		3
21	Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou”		2
22	Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2”		2
23	BAYLI “Lucky Number One”		0

lowkey the doctor blind entry… yeah that checks out

banger

VOTE 6/22: Dobbo

Contests entered: 33

Wins: 6

Top 10s: 19

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 2318 (1st)

Chart Run: 1-1-11-4-20-1-2-12-17-4-14-18-5-9-3-2-18-1-16-5-1-15-1-17-4-11-5-5-17-12-9-10-?

Dobbo is the most successful participant in Club Bizarre with 6 wins in total - starting as he meant to go on with back-to-back wins in the first two editions! For CB33 he has sent Arun Verone’s “Empty Soul”, by the Birmingham-based DJ and producer. The track exemplifies his vibrant house sound influences. Inspired a decade ago by Jamie Jones' Boiler Room set, Verone gravitated toward house production and steadily rose through the Midlands scene, releasing music on the influential British label Defected. “Empty Soul” is an upbeat, dancefloor-driven track that embodies the ethos of house music as a space for expression, emotional release, and community.

On 18/12/2025 at 10:45, Dobbo said:

12 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”

10 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”

08 Arca “Prada/Rakata”

07 horsegiirL “YOLO”

06 RYL0 “Party Monster”

05 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”

04 FAUZIA “The Way”

03 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”

02 TS7 & Katie May “Only One”

01 Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou”

00 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde”

00 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase”

VOTE 7/22: jimwatts

Contests entered: 11

Wins: 0

Top 10s: 3

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 474 (28th)

Chart Run: 13-xx-7-24-16-7-xx-21-19-3-12-25-?

Thomas Sampson (TS7), acclaimed DJ and producer from Bradford, reinvented Katie May's 2007 underground classic “You’re Not The Only One” as the vibrant dance track “Only One” which serves as Jimwatts entry to CB33. Retaining his signature bassline and UK garage sound, TS7 modernised the hook and preserved the emotional core of Katie May's vocals. The UK bassline scene experienced a resurgence in the mid-to-late 2000s, and this track taps into that nostalgia, celebrating the original anthem that dominated the clubs during TS7’s formative years.

On 18/12/2025 at 23:55, jimwatts said:

Hope some of you enjoyed this trashy bop! I discovered 'Only One' while setting off for holiday and kept it as a BJSC potential - maybe it would have found a few more fans there, but I'd passed on sending it enough times already...

12 Visage “Moon Over Moscow”

10 Arun Verone “Empty Soul”

08 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”

07 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”

06 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”

05 Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond”

04 Shannon “Give Me Tonight”

03 RYL0 “Party Monster”

02 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase”

01 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam”

That first leaderboard is a pleasant surprise!

6 wins? Wow! Dobbo has won nearly 20% of the contests 😅 Like 18%

VOTE 8/22: matto

Contests entered: 9

Wins: 2

Top 10s: 5

Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 595 (25th)

Chart Run: 13-8-1-1-6-14-19-3-xx-?

Mattias returns to the contest, in which he dominated during its first few years, by sending IAMDDB (I Am Diana De Brito), an Angolan-Portuguese rapper now based in Manchester. Her track “Where Did The Love Go?” was originally released as the lead single from her project Love Is War, Volume 6, and she describes as a “love letter from her higher self that emphasizes healing, self‑care, letting go, and inner strength rather than romantic attachment.

On 19/12/2025 at 09:44, matto said:

Hellooo, here are my votes:

12 - Nazar “Anticipate”

10 - dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania”

8 - Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony”

7 - Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou”

6 - Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase”

5 - FAUZIA “The Way”

4 - Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond”

3 - Nia Archives “Silence is Loud”

2 - TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim”

1 - Arca “Prada/Rakata”

Thank you!