Apologies that I'm late to the party... was a 365 party girl at the cinema first

Note to self - your Spanish childhood faves are not becoming a thing on this forum except 'Yo Quiero Bailar'

but thanks AllStarBySmashMouth, Brer, Juan Carlos, CowTzy, Rich, Mattias and Jim for some love so far 💞

"Baptism" is a great and well-deserved winner. Just liked "Lucky" a bit more - but these two were my favourite songs - so I am happy they ended up in the Top 3.

Ooh yay for a 12 swap with Chez! Thanks for the other big points too - looks like I’m back in the Top 10 after a disastrous start!

We have got all the votes posted just before the BJSC listenthrough starts properly, hooray!

And finishing off with the reveal of my favourite discovery of the contest, nice one Chez <3 (I know a few other songs from The Presets but this one had passed me by)

Congratulations for both host and winner! ❤️

Final scoreboard (with ties broken and deductions)

1. Crystal Castles – Baptism - 135 points (dhwe)

2. French Affair – My Heart Goes Boom (La Di Da Da) - 103 points (Addy!)

3. Lucky Twice - Lucky - 102 points (16 votes) (RobBot)

4. A*Teens – Floorfiller - 102 points (15 votes) (Juan Carlos)

5. Kelis – Scream - 94 points (Scene)

6. Jeans Team & MJ Lan – Keine Melodien…1,2,3,4, - 90 points (16 votes, three 12s) (gooddelta)

7. The Presets – My People - 90 points (16 votes, one 12) (Chez Wombat)

8. Kaskade - 4am (Adam K & Soha mix) - 73 points (12 votes) (Julian_)

9. Little Big – Skibidi - 73 points (11 votes) (AllStarBySmashMouth)

10. The White Stripes – Black Math - 71 points (Jimwatts)

11. Faithless feat. Dido – Feelin' Good - 66 points (King Rollo)

12. GusGus – David - 62 points (diva thin muffin/brave lil toaster)

13. The Cheeky Girls – Get The Party On - 60 points (Awardinary)

14. Submarine – Why - 57 points (Matto)

15. NOMA - Brain Power - 55 points (10 votes, three 12s) (Brer/Bror)

16. Kim-Lian – Teenage Superstar - 55 points (10 votes, no 12s) (Tafty)

17. Remi Nicole – Rock N Roll - 53 points (Juranamo)

18. The Veronicas – Revenge Is Sweeter (Than You Ever Were) - 47 points (Herbs)

19. Chromeo – Bonafied Lovin' - 43 points (Mangø)

20. Project 46 feat. Matthew Steeper – No One - 42 points (uhsting)

21. Yuki Kimura – LOVE & JOY - 39 points (Cody Rozanov)

22. Eir Aoi – Lapis Lazuli - 38 points (CowTzy)

23. Hayley Kiyoko & Kehlani – What I Need - 37.52 points (56 before 33% deduction for not voting) (Jack)

24. The Twang – Your Beats - 33 points (Jester)

25. Julien Doré – Coco Câline - 32 points (5 votes, one 12, one 10) (Nine and ¾)

26. Bardot – I Need Somebody - 32 points (5 votes, one 12, no 10s) (Paddington James)

27. Stenchman – Puking Over - 28 points (DaTilt)

28. Eden xo – The Question - 20 points (WoW73)

29. La Oreja de Van Gogh – Pop - 19 points (Jade)

30. Skylar Stecker – Rooftop - 15 points (Roba)

31. Solo Suspex – They Don't Know - 13 points (Dobbo)

So there you have it, huge congratulations to dhwe for a first Bop Idol win! It might be a certain kind of party you would hear Baptism at, and probably not the same one playing Skylar Stecker and Solo Suspex down the other end, but this theme was open to interpretation and it’s a deserving and very convincing win, 32 points ahead of second place.

And in the end it’s Addy who finishes runner up with the European hit from French Affair, a point ahead of RobBot’s own continential smash from Lucky Twice and Juan Carlos' A*Teens, with the top five rounded off by Kelis from Scene!

I’m very happy to have managed sixth place with our host entry from Jeans Team and MJ Lan, with three golds, I didn’t expect that at all, so thanks very much to all of the voters.

Chez Wombat’s The Presets, a late rally for Julian_’s Kaskade, AllStarBySmashMouth’s Little Big and The White Stripes from JimWatts round off a very alt/electronic/dance top ten, with the obvious exceptions of Lucky Twice and A*Teens!

Thank you all so much for your entries, it’s been such a lot of fun to host this party. Please collect your party bag on the way out, they have some great cake and advance entry passes to Bop Idol 7, which dhwe will hopefully host in a few months time!

I will let you get to the BJSC listenthrough, enjoy!

Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SzxTJUW46ouGzRT9IGTvVlrNo6h0btq7/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=102535703685059132953&rtpof=true&sd=true

Edited Sunday at 20:382 days by gooddelta

Congrats dhwe for winning and thanks Richard for hosting.

As a side note, glad to see A*Teens made the top 5. That was unexpected.

Congratulations dhwe what a banger to get your first contest win in a long time!

Thank you Chez for ending my drought, great entry of yours too. Hurrah I've clung on to the top 10 after missing out last contest - that's 5/6 of my Bop Idol entries now!

Thanks Rich for hosting, especially earlier in the day than you originally planned - enjoyed the theme (and scoreboard) a lot!

You've not broken the 15th/16th tie - I will claim my top 15 smash please!!

Bottom three is pretty disastrous but at least my favourite won to make up for it, congrats dhwe 😍

Thanks Rich for an enthusiastic hosting job as always!

yay I'm so thrilled, thanks everyone! those first two crystal castles albums are true classics, gave them both a listen last year after a while and they still hold up. also we only acknowledge Alice glass (the only member of crystal castles) around these parts, idk who the other one is

12 minutes ago, Bror said:

You've not broken the 15th/16th tie - I will claim my top 15 smash please!!

Done, I knew there was one I had missed!

Crystal Castles an absolute banger and my 8 pointer - congratulations dhwe. And well done Addy and Rob for the medal positions with some of the catchiest bops ever.

Thanks very much Rich for hosting - and your entry was really good too; I cut it from my points at the last minute.

Good to see The Presets and some of my other votes doing well, and delighted to finish 8th and get my 4th Bop Idol Top 10 after a bit of a flop last time! .

ty rich for hosting btw, great presentation and easy to follow as always! tried to be somewhat on time with my votes this time lol~

Congratulations dhwe on winning Bop Idol. Crystal Castles were third in my vote so I'm pleased to see them win this.

Thanks to all who gave points to Faithless, I'm happy with 11th place after a bad start.

And thanks to gooddelta for an excellent hosting job.

Thank you for hosting, Rich!

Wasn't my favourite song but congratulations to dhwe! Thank you to everyone who voted for 'Teenage Superstar'. Such a bop!

The Veronicas did a lot worse than I imagined they would, which is a shame!

Thanks Rich for such a fun and exciting Bop Idol edition! 🙏 I’m really happy with 5th (I think that’s my joint highest finish alongside the first contest’s Hi Fashion so yay!)

Congrats dhwe on the win - and your first! Can’t wait to see what you do for Bop Idol 7.

Really shocked the Cheeky Girls and Kim-Lian both missed the top 10 in the end. BOPS!

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My Bop Idol chart run:

5 - 7 - 14 - 7 - 20 - 5

omggggg clutching the top 20 spot well done dhwe!! great entry diva cowtzy and i exchanging 12 points the TASTE (we're both saur robbed tho )

ykw im fine with this winner, congrats dhwe on convincing us to stan your catacomb rave song 🥰

if im gonna be honest i kinda felt like ragebaiting this edition bc i had been flopping in most of the retro contests (if not all song contests in general lately) so i went with a stupid batshit makina j-pop track I heard in high school that lives in my brain rent free bc when in doubt send something from a rhythm game 🤩 and then braydino went in and sent another stupid batshit EDM track from a rhythm game so I guess great minds do think alike 💀💀💀

it came with this iconic dance

Oh my yay another podium position in this

I think that’s three in a row in last three contests 1-3-2

Congrats to dhwe, amazing song and glad I was able to give you 10 points. Also congrats to everyone in Top 10. Y’all did great sending those party bops <3

And lastly, Rich you’re a star when it comes to hosting with all those stats and details…more of the same in near future please