I'm feeling a shock elimination coming this round for the Groups.

Really struggled with the ordering for this but here's what I've settled on:

01 Blondie - Denis (possibly my favourite song of the 70s!)

02 Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous (definitely my favourite SS song!)

03 Erasure - Sometimes (an undeniable 80s classic)

04 ABBA - SOS (an undeniable 70s classic)

05 Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix) (love the original and this version is almost just as good)

06 Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love

07 The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix)

08 Calvin Harris feat. HAIM - Pray to God

09 Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]

10 The 1975 - The Sound

11 The Chicks - Gaslighter

All of those top 5 deserved to be number 1, that's how tight it is for me! I actually quite liked The Chicks song but it just doesn't hold up to the songs I'm more familiar with, so apologies to whoever sent them.

01. Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]

02. The 1975 - The Sound

03. Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love

04. Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray to God

05. The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix)

06. Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)

07. Erasure - Sometimes

08. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

09. Blondie - Denis

10. ABBA - SOS

11. The Chicks - Gaslighter

1. Scissor Sisters

2. Blondie

3. The 1975

4. Haim

5. The Corrs

6. Erasure

7. Florence & The Machine

8. ABBA

9. The Chicks

10. Atomic Kitten

11. Ace Of Base

What a round !!! WOW - Great selections 👏

01 Erasure - Sometimes

02 Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

03 Calvin Harris - Pray to God (feat. HAIM)

04 Blondie - Denis

05 ABBA - SOS

06 Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]

07 The 1975 - The Sound

08 The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix)

09 The Chicks - Gaslighter

10 Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)

11 Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love

Pleased 'Sometimes' gets to shine now after being swapped out of the last round. Pop perfection ❤️

1 HAIM (fave)

2 FLORENCE

3 ATOMIC KITTEN

4 BLONDIE

5 ABBA

6 THE CORRS

7 1975

8 ERASURE

9 ACE OF BASE

10 SCISSOR SISTERS

11 THE CHICKS

Soooooooo competitive compared to the other two heats. ‘The Sound’ probably would’ve been 3rd/4th in those.

1. Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love

2. The Chicks - Gaslighter

3. The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix)

4. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

5. ABBA - SOS

6. Blondie - Denis

7. Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]

8. Erasure - Sometimes

9. Calvin Harris feat. HAIM - Pray to God

10. Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)

11. The 1975 - The Sound

Another tough one, my fave ever AK song, fave Chicks song. Corrs and SS both in my top 3 of theirs too. ABBA, Blondie and Florence all excellent but I prefer a fair few others. Don’t know much Erasure but a solid song, same with Haim. AOB and 1975 both good but just don’t stand up to the rest for me

01 Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous an explosion of energy!! So camp, so bold, so filthy!! ❤️ An 11/10.

02 ABBA - SOS one of my all-time ABBA faves! That chorus is just divine!

03 Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix] this is the definition of BANGER. That chorus! The banshee wailing! YES!

04 Calvin Harris feat. HAIM - Pray to God never properly listened to this before - another fantastic choice from them! Smart choice calling up Calvin.

05 The Chicks - Gaslighter yet another great pick for them. Really appreciating their Country presence in this competition actually!

06 Erasure - Sometimes another great discovery from Erasure here. Fantastic 80s production.

07 Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix) loving the production on this one, had no idea they covered this song.

08 The 1975 - The Sound good selection, not one of my faves from them but it has some appeal.

09 Blondie - Denis can't say I'm a fan of this compared to a lot of their other songs but not bad by any means.

10 Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love never really loved Katona-era AK but this sounds better than I remembered.

11 The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix) just a bit average for me.

This was an insanely competitive round! Not a single dud.

This is a tough choice - liked nearly everything except The 1975 song.

1. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

2. ABBA - SOS

3. Blondie - Denis

4. Erasure - Sometimes

5. Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]

6. Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)

7. Calvin Harris feat. HAIM - Pray to God

8. Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love

9. The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix)

10. The Chicks - Gaslighter

11. The 1975 - The Sound

And it is crazy - Scissor Sisters moving from #12 in round 2 to #1 in round 3. Filthy Gorgeous is such a banger, while I can't stand "Take Your Mama".

I’m out most of the next two days, so I’m aiming to get my votes done on the weekend.

Really can't call who's gonna go out this round - so many songs that are near the top of some votes and bottom of others and vice versa! If I had to put money on it I'd say maybe The 1975 are in danger?

I think it could be between The 1975 and The Chicks this time. I think these two groups are definitely the underdogs in this category atm.

16 minutes ago, Scene said:

I think it could be between The 1975 and The Chicks this time. I think these two groups are definitely the underdogs in this category atm.

If Gaslighter gets The Chicks out there is some seriously questionable taste 😛

1. Scissor Sisters - Filthy/Gorgeous

2. Florence + the Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) [Calvin Harris Remix]

3. Calvin Harris feat. HAIM - Pray to God

4. Atomic Kitten - I Want Your Love

5. ABBA - SOS

6. The 1975 - The Sound

7. Erasure - Sometimes

8. The Corrs - So Young (K-Klass Remix)

9. The Chicks - Gaslighter

10. Blondie - Denis

11. Ace of Base - Cruel Summer (Big Bonus Mix)

32 minutes ago, Scene said:

I think it could be between The 1975 and The Chicks this time. I think these two groups are definitely the underdogs in this category atm.

I actually think Ace of Base could be in trouble.

But voting is all over the place and it’s early days!

Should have sent Life Is A Flower

For some reason my brain didn’t compute and realise Cruel Summer is a Bananarama song! Which then makes me think it’s an odd choice

To be fair if they went out I could see them getting back in via the second chance thing

Otherwise it’s The Chicks vs The 1975 to go - based on the initial votes at least. I’d say that’s to be expected as they are the less poppy artists

Pretty sure Ace of Base will be safe while The 1975 and The Chicks exist in this group!

Cruel Summer is one of those covers done well, at least for me.

And I know you all think I’m the one managing Ace Of Base but whoever is I am sure they’re saving the remaining of their big hits for down the road!!! And that’s if they survive this round!!!

Edited 9 hours ago9 hr by Addy!

Always Have, Always Will is THE definitive all-out pop banger of the Flowers album. Life Is A Flower is even better but not sure I would describe it as a banger.