It's time to hit the club! After Gary Numan and Tom Grennan were eliminated from the competition in Budapest, it's time to travel to the Spanish island of Ibiza to let off some steam with some club bangers and remixes! The stage is set in Ushuaïa and the final thirteen artists are ready to continue fighting. Up for grabs? The title of winner of The Pop Factor: Season 3, accompanying Shawn Mendes to his final destination in Europe, and the grand prize of the €30 Amazon Gift Card!

How it works:

Once you've listened to all of the artists perform in Live Show One, you should post your votes in this thread, ranking the performances from favourite to least favourite. Please post a list that states clearly which is your favourite down to least favourite, or use the below format:

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For those voting that are competing in the Live Show, you must vote. Failure to vote by a competing artist will result in a 26 point deduction from your final score.

As always, even if you're not competing in The Pop Factor you are more than welcome to vote too - whether you've been an observer from the beginning or your artist has already been eliminated.

And, once again, that's not all... but with a twist!

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 immediately. The remaining bottom two artists with the least points will then come face to face with our FIVE judges: Jimmy-Jam Watts, Joanne, Pete the Extension Lead, Veronica Viper and Chris Justkiddin'. They will decide the artist that remains in the competition. Because even though the judges reached a majority verdict last time, we're taking no chances with deadlock this season!

Voting closes on Monday 9 November 2026, 17:59 GMT

In Ibiza, for Live Show Two...

IT'S TIME

TO TEAR UP

THE CLUB!

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Standard list of entries:

Darin - Give Me Tonight

Fontaines D.C. - In ár gCroíthe go deo (Orbital Remix)

Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen

Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix)

New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

MARINA - Radioactive

Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix)

Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip)

Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)

Bananarama - Now or Never

Spotify playlist coming soon!

Oh I would’ve put money on us getting a bit of Freemasons/Sophie here! Unless I’ve forgotten that being played amongst the million rounds x

Mildly questioning Seventeen Going Under being described as a club banger but err… pop off werk I was far too scared to hit him!

Zara being the one to give Robyn a last hurrah here is quite sweet considering why she came back!

That Fontaines remix was a Club Bizarre winner so hopefully some fans transfer here, it’s great ❤️

Looooove those picks for Marina and Sam Smith

9 minutes ago, RobBot said:

Oh I would’ve put money on us getting a bit of Freemasons/Sophie here! Unless I’ve forgotten that being played amongst the million rounds x

Mildly questioning Seventeen Going Under being described as a club banger but err… pop off werk I was far too scared to hit him!

I'm actually not gonna lie, I have been in a couple of bars/clubs when that has come on especially up in the North East region and it goes OFF when a crowd is singing along and getting into it. It actually gives me chills sometimes, it means a lot to people and falls into the category of indie/rock bangers that get played to get a crowd hyped (see Mr Brightside, Chelsea Dagger, I Predict A Riot, Let's Dance To Joy Division etc).

So whilst I am shocked this has been played so soon, it actually perfectly stands out here.

Seventeen down under a club banger? Oooh Robyn is back to assist Zara love that

4 minutes ago, Viper* said:

I'm actually not gonna lie, I have been in a couple of bars/clubs when that has come on especially up in the North East region and it goes OFF when a crowd is singing along and getting into it. It actually gives me chills sometimes, it means a lot to people and falls into the category of indie/rock bangers that get played to get a crowd hyped (see Mr Brightside, Chelsea Dagger, I Predict A Riot, Let's Dance To Joy Division etc).

So whilst I am shocked this has been played so soon, it actually perfectly stands out here.

You know what… valid. I was just too gay to think outside of my own Canal Street bubble x

I think that seals Bror as Fontaines for me, as he mentioned having only one option and my mind immediately went to that remix.

Some good bangers from those acts lucky enough to have them. Omen is smart play here instead of Latch.

Great picks again for Sophie, Marina and Zara, solid from Darin and Bananarama.

Texas taking us to the Scottish clubs - I am delighted to see Mr Haze played! I thought that was very unlikely.

4 minutes ago, Viper* said:

I'm actually not gonna lie, I have been in a couple of bars/clubs when that has come on especially up in the North East region and it goes OFF when a crowd is singing along and getting into it. It actually gives me chills sometimes, it means a lot to people and falls into the category of indie/rock bangers that get played to get a crowd hyped (see Mr Brightside, Chelsea Dagger, I Predict A Riot, Let's Dance To Joy Division etc).

So whilst I am shocked this has been played so soon, it actually perfectly stands out here.

I feel like a lot of non ‘bangers’ go off in clubs with the right crowd tbf. A good mentor justification though!

24 minutes ago, RobBot said:

You know what… valid. I was just too gay to think outside of my own Canal Street bubble x

Come to Newcastle and you’ll here nowt else BUT ‘Seventeen Going Under’ and ‘Rein Me In’ in the bars and clubs. Even the gay bars :’)

Edited 21 hours ago21 hr by Josh!

28 minutes ago, RobBot said:

You know what… valid. I was just too gay to think outside of my own Canal Street bubble x

Haha I laughed so much at this! 😂

That is also probably the only sensible choice for Adele though. So me being Adele confirmed! (Lucky her mentor hadn't played the original 'Hometown Glory' already).

I fear that Sam Fender pick is this year's answer to 'Pussy Palace' being played as a ballad. I guess I can understand the justification but it'll still stick out like a sore thumb here (mind I don't know if he had any options that wouldn't!)

Sam Fender could have sent this if the theme was totally restricted to EDM

as it is I think 'Seventeen Going Under' perfectly fits the theme as something that would get played at a club

7 minutes ago, Bror said:

That is also probably the only sensible choice for Adele though. So me being Adele confirmed! (Lucky her mentor hadn't played the original 'Hometown Glory' already).

I fear that Sam Fender pick is this year's answer to 'Pussy Palace' being played as a ballad. I guess I can understand the justification but it'll still stick out like a sore thumb here (mind I don't know if he had any options that wouldn't!)

There are some great unofficial Adele remixes but I appreciate that would be a risk as not on Spotify/by a renowned producer!

Quite a few here that I'm not familiar with.

I wondered/hoped whether Zara might send the 'Eurosummer' remix, I can't remember if I like the 'Puss Puss' remix or not but we'll find out!

Love that we got 'Hypnotize-ed' from Sophie, that will be high in my votes no doubt.

Looking forward to discovering another Darin song, hopefully another banger!

I think I know the Bananas song and it's quite good from what I remember.

'Mr Haze' is a gem of a song from Texas, hope the remix doesn't suck any of the life out of it.

Very surprised that DM are using 'Just Can't Get Enough' now, thought that would want to be saved.

With Sam Smith I think I would have preferred 'Latch' over 'Omen'.

Echoing the Sam Fender comments although I get both sides of the argument for whether it counts or not - I wonder if people will penalise it for "bending" the rules?

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by Mangø

1 hour ago, gooddelta said:

I think that seals Bror as Fontaines for me, as he mentioned having only one option and my mind immediately went to that remix.

Agreed!

Some great choices here, Adele, Marina and Sophie in particular. I also really liked that Zara song from what little I’ve heard so far. Zara might be on track for her highest placing yet with me.

Looking forward to discovering the rest.

Edited 20 hours ago20 hr by Paddington James

Ok some interesting choices, not sure what to make of the Sam Fender track, kind of see the justification but think an actual remix would have been more justified.

Love that Bananarama track already so looking forwards to hearing that again!

Not heard the Darin one on my own digging into his Spotify so looking forwards to more of the revelation.

I didn’t even know Hometown Glory had a remix, cannot imagine it so very intrigued to hear it.

Sophie omg yes another great submission, I thought they might go for heartbreak for this round but pleasantly surprised they have held off! 🥰

Not my fave Sam S track but their discography is so good that isn’t exactly a criticism.

All in all interested to hear these.

Just did a first pass and this is a great set, a much better round than I expected. There wasn't really anything that wasn't at least decent.

Thank you gay gods for shining down upon me and allowing me to experience Hometown Glory High Contrast Remix again

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