Posted Tuesday at 19:001 day THE GROUPS ORBIT AUDITIONSThe impostors have been caught and removed from Pop Fleet 26; phew, a close call! But now we can finally take to the stars and truly begin the search for Lady BuzzJack! We're within the spacecraft's weight restrictions now, but when we touch down at our first pit-stop to refuel in just under one week's time, three artists must stay behind at the pit-stop to survey the environment. And at this point we're unsure if the spacecraft will have the opportunity to return to collect them. It's time to welcome back all of the groups to the stage to audition for you, the voting BuzzJack public, to keep their place in Pop Fleet 26.How it works:Once you have listened to all of the artists perform you should post a ranking of each of the performances. You can rank them from best to worst (making clear which is your favourite down to least favourite), or use the template below:01 (favourite)0203040506070809101112 (least favourite)For those voting who have entered one of the artists into the competition, you should rank all twelve performances in your own category (however it's encouraged that you vote in both other categories), and when totalling up scores your entry will be removed from the list to retain anonymity in the competition.As always, even if you are not competing in The Pop Factor you can vote too!When voting closes, the eleven groups with the highest scores will proceed to the next round while ONE of the groups will - for real this time - be eliminated from the competition and will not be going through.Voting will close on Monday 16 February 2026, 17:59 GMTSo let's say hello to the artists again and hear what they've decided to perform for their ORBIT AUDITION...010203040506070809101112Standard list of entries:Erasure - So the Story GoesThe Corrs - I Never Loved You AnywayFlorence + the Machine - Queen of PeaceABBA - Hole in Your SoulAce of Base - Beautiful LifeThe 1975 - Love MeGirlicious - Over YouScissor Sisters - Take Your MamaHAIM - I Know AloneThe Chicks - Not Ready to Make NiceBlondie - Hanging On the TelephoneAtomic Kitten - If You Come to Me
Tuesday at 19:061 day Another rogue ABBA choice! Sure why not.Love the Blondie, Erasure and Scissors songs upon first glance Edit: oh, before the Erasure one got... erased don't know this new song yet
Tuesday at 19:111 day Author Everybody please note that the Erasure song has changed if you've already peeped the thread; was changed prior to the deadline but I forgot to update my list
Tuesday at 19:221 day Awww old school CorrsAnd damn this round features one of my all time favourites
Tuesday at 19:231 day I had that Erasure album on cassette - this was probably the best of the non-singles on it!
Tuesday at 19:241 day Queen of Peace!!! That's one of mine and Mr D*'s favourite songs, lots of memories attached to it for us <3
Tuesday at 19:251 day Which speaking of, are we going to have a non-single round?Did that happened last time or not? Can't recall!!!
Tuesday at 19:341 day Agreed - great choice from whoever is behind Haim.I also feel the need to shout out whoever is behind ABBA for sending songs that aren't completely obvious - they're still not my favourite band in the world, but ABBA singles are so omnipresent in society that I very much appreciate them not sending songs that I already know incredibly well.
Tuesday at 19:361 day Abba have such a strong and consistent discography in my opinion So most of their album tracks would be a good choice for me!
Tuesday at 19:381 day The HAIM and Scissor Sisters choices are fantastic! Also solid entries from Blondie and the Kittens.Loving the inspired choices for ABBA too so far!
Tuesday at 20:001 day Author Note for this category: unfortunately Girlicious did not submit their song choice in time, so their song was selected at random from their This Is... playlist on Spotify! #BeKind x
Tuesday at 20:031 day Flashbacks to the Robbie AF getting ‘Me and My Monkey’ as their randomised AF Idol pick
Tuesday at 20:101 day Again I think this category is the most stacked! Already love the HAIM, Chicks and Florence entry, and know of an additional 3! The groups are not playing!
Tuesday at 20:111 day Could be another one where Blondie win I reckon! Or maybe Florence. Yet again the strongest category though from the songs I already know. The groups are bringing it!!!
Tuesday at 21:401 day Yeah, Blondie ftw again I reckon! I'm intrigued as to what the original Erasure song was before being switched 1 hour ago, Jade said:Flashbacks to the Robbie AF getting ‘Me and My Monkey’ as their randomised AF Idol pick There could have been worse Robbie songs as a randomised pick tbh!
Tuesday at 23:091 day Love The Chicks song and the Kittens and Corrs songs are great too. Another very strong round.
Tuesday at 23:161 day 1 hour ago, Mangø said:Yeah, Blondie ftw again I reckon! I'm intrigued as to what the original Erasure song was before being switched I didn't see it, but I'd guess one of their big hits that would have sailed through easily!
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