3 hours ago, dandy* said:

I wouldn’t usually reveal this but the person behind Dolly is Kobbar; who is of course fuming that it wasn’t the day the contest opened for perfect impact

#oldreference

When any singer dies I always think of Kobbar. 😄

can someone explain the Kobbar reference please?!

1 hour ago, Herbs said:

can someone explain the Kobbar reference please?!

I’ll try to find some of his quotes for you when I’m done with work, they were very amusing.

But in short he used to congratulate people’s death timing if they died on a Sunday for maximum impact in the chart that week. He viewed anyone who died midweek as a wasted opportunity for death based sales and chart peaks 😂

Voted. A nice spread of decades in my votes, just coincidentally. I actually think my song might get a bit lost among these songs but I stand by my entry.

In particular Whitney Houston, I think. She died on the wrong day to maximize her chart position the following weekend.

Voted. I did a short commentary about my own song, as requested. There was a high quality of entries and my whole top 10 were very good.

I will give this a listen today and get my votes in, apologies for the delay!

Even without her passing I’d have thought Dolly is a strong contender here

I’m still at 18 songs but to be fair I think it’s 9 songs in the running for 9th and 10th place

Edited Friday at 09:483 days by Herbs

It's impossible to vote here

Everyone hopefully has this already in hand, but just in case here’s a reminder that today is voting deadline day for @Colm @nine¾ @Bror @awardinary @NocheLuna @Herbs @dhwe @Spiceboy @Severin @Julian_ @AH Gold @CowTzy

On 26/08/2026 at 07:17, dandy* said:

I wouldn’t usually reveal this but the person behind Dolly is Kobbar; who is of course fuming that it wasn’t the day the contest opened for perfect impact

#oldreference

Poor jobber (can some explain this to my btw? 😂)

Just now, Spiceboy said:

Poor jobber (can some explain this to my btw? 😂)

Omg auto-correct Kobbar!!

Voted! ❤️

I have now sent my votes and comments. Enjoyed listening to some very strong contenders this time.

Totally missed the fact that Kate Bush was not present in the playlists and therefore completely overlooked her inclusion - thank you @Spiceboy for bringing this to my attention 😂

@dandy* i may have to readjust my scores once I give it a whirl - I assume this is ok?!

Edited Saturday at 16:492 days by Lee_J11

2 minutes ago, Lee_J11 said:

Totally missed the fact that Kate Bush was not present in the playlists and therefore completely overlooked her inclusion - thank you @Spiceboy for bringing this to my attention 😂

@dandy* i may have to readjust my scores once I give it a whirl - I assume this is ok?!

Can I clarify I am not Kate Bush btw 😂 That song had an advantage for me in that I already love it though.

2 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Can I clarify I am not Kate Bush btw 😂 That song had an advantage for me in that I already love it though.

Edited Saturday at 16:562 days by Lee_J11

4 minutes ago, Lee_J11 said:

Will vote soon

I’ve voted. It was nice to have so much fabulous stuff from the earlier decades in particular this time.