The distress call from Lady BuzzJack is getting louder and louder. There's no time to waste, because it's now or never to rescue her and bring her back to the homepage where she belongs. But before you can get there to face the final fight, there's one more challenge standing in your way.

Live Show Four saw us go down to the last solo male artist standing in the Semi Final as David Bowie was eliminated from the competition alongside Florence + the Machine. Now, Pop Fleet 26 must face the brutal Semi Final, unleashing powerful music to break through the barriers and make it to the scorching equator of the World of Live Shows. For one last time before the Grand Final, who is going to make it all the way to find Lady BuzzJack and win The Pop Factor?

How it works:

Once again, voting will be strictly private. When you've listened to all of the artists perform in the Semi Final, you should cast your votes by completing THIS form, ranking the performances from favourite to least favourite.

For those voting that are competing in the Semi Final, you must vote. Failure to vote by a competing artist will result in an 28 point deduction from your final score.

And as always, if you are not competing in The Pop Factor you are more than welcome to vote too by completing the form.

And for the final time this season...

When voting closes, we'll cross over to the results show where TWO artists will be eliminated from the competition. The first - the artist with the least points - will be eliminated from the competition automatically. The remaining bottom two artists with the least points will then come face to face with our four judges for the final time: Commander Eye Sack, Le Jé d’Eleven, The Rogue Trader and Jimmy-Jam Watts. They will decide the artist that remains in the competition and progresses to the Grand Final. Or will they, after four deadlocked votes in a row?

Voting closes on Friday 17 April 2026, 17:59 BST

Reminder: voting is private. To vote, click the link to the form above.

So, with all that said...

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Standard list of entries:

Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

ABBA - The Day Before You Came

Delta Goodrem - Last Night on Earth

Atomic Kitten - Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt

Conan Gray - People Watching

Scissor Sisters - Laura

Lily Allen - Not Fair

OMFG!!

Kelly really said I'M NOT LEAVING. There's a handful of songs I would think would be super safe but there's only 4 safe spots omg.

Crazy how so few acts are left!

Think I know all the picks barring 2

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by ElectroBoy

Love the bold choice from Delta. It’s a risk but I absolutely love this deep cut from her fantastic second album.

Just to clarify too for the OP skimmers, the voting window has once again reduced and voting closes on Friday 17 April 2026, 17:59 BST!!

There will also be no scoreboards from now on until after the Grand Final results

I don’t know how I’m supposed to vote in this. Six all-time favourites and a Conan song I don’t know but is bound to be great.

Atomic Kitten is not what I expected - always had a soft spot for it though.

Kelly is surely unbeatable with that, ABBA’s is one of their best and a brave move to send at this point instead of a No.1 classic.

So glad Delta is exiting with a bang if she goes here - Mistaken Identity really missed out by not having that (and Electric Storm) as singles.

Not Fair, Laura - both untouchable pop.

Forgot about that AK song!

Did a pass at the ones I didn't know, one I like, the other

5 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

I don’t know how I’m supposed to vote in this. Six all-time favourites and a Conan song I don’t know but is bound to be great.

Atomic Kitten is not what I expected - always had a soft spot for it though.

Kelly is surely unbeatable with that, ABBA’s is one of their best and a brave move to send at this point instead of a No.1 classic.

So glad Delta is exiting with a bang if she goes here - Mistaken Identity really missed out by not having that (and Electric Storm) as singles.

Not Fair, Laura - both untouchable pop.

Delta/Sony really could’ve extended the Mistaken Identity era singles wise. That album had so many potential hits. A Little Too Late missing the top 10 in Australia may have played a part though.

Because Of You & Not Fair. ❤️

Looking forward to discover the Scissor Sisters and Conan song and redeeming the ABBA and Atomic Kitten songs.

I’ve already mentioned y love for Last Night On Earth.

'Laura' is another fabulous Scissor Sisters pick

Great that 'The Day Before You Came' is still getting an outing after not being enough of a flop for the flop round

if y'all do Superache era Conan dirty here I'll be coming for blood btw People Watching's such a gorgeous song

Kelly and Lily are not playing though, they said the final is OURS

The Conan song is not from Found Heaven so I'm not sure I know it, though I've got a feeling it's one that I'm not overly keen on :/

Not sure I remember how that Delta song goes, I haven't listened to Mistaken Identity for years.

Some BIG songs sent in this round though, I've always adored that Abba song with its storytelling, Lily, Kelly and the Scissors have also sent bangers, it's gonna be hard to pick a top 3!

I must be listening to a different ABBA song - its a starting to feel like the Emperors New Cloak, but in music form 🤣

My karaoke song makes an appearance!

That Abba song threw me

First listen through done and it’s a pretty straightforward rank for me.

Will listen again tomorrow before settling on my final placings.

I think I’m definitely in the minority here and this isn’t my favourite round! Oops!

Only care for 1 of the songs and I have a soft spot another. Delta and Conan are nice discoveries though, even if they’re not my favourite discoveries by them!

Gonna be interesting to see these results though!

22 minutes ago, Tafty said:

I think I’m definitely in the minority here and this isn’t my favourite round! Oops!

I'm guessing a lot of big hitters/ potential big songs are being held back for the finals.

ABBA on paper is a good option for some of the remaining alt voters who have nothing obvious left to put at the top of their ranks (Scissor Sisters will take some of that vote though). There are plenty of bigger hits left that could have been played but I really respect that they weren't because the final two songs from them will be huge if they get that far. So although it's a swerve, I'd assume ABBA have done enough for top four.

I think Kelly, Lily and Scissor Sisters are a given to go through to the final though, even ahead of ABBA, unless I've overestimated the site popularity of these songs. I really appreciate though that not everyone went for a well known song even at this late stage. The discoveries have been a key part of this for me, so maybe there's space for one last upset. It remains to be seen who will get the final spot in the top five.

I think its going to be close, its good that a different act has topped each 'live show' though. Its not like 1 act has dominated (currently anyway)

I didn’t anticipate Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt over It’s OK! It’s a lovely midtempo, they had found a winning formula. I hope others like it as much as I do. Thank you baby x

Last Night on Earth is a bold swing from Delta, and one that I could see paying off (I don’t want to jinx it though). It’s such a powerful song!

People Watching is one of Conan’s biggest songs in terms of stream count & fanbase love! (Also 2nd place in the BuzzJack rate, great taste from those who took part). The sentiment of feeling like you’re on the outside looking in - it’s really touching.

Kelly truly bringing out the big guns there with that choice, surely a direct ticket to the final. I’d say the same for Lily!

Another solid choice from Scissor Sisters. I have to admit I don’t think I recall the ABBA song but look forward to reminding myself.