01 New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

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

03 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)

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

05 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

06 Disclosure - Omen (feat. Sam Smith)

07 MARINA - Radioactive

08 Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

09 Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

10 Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip)

11 Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix)

12 Darin - Give Me Tonight

13 Bananarama - Now or Never

The Darin song reminded me of Chris Brown's 'Don't Wake Me Up' a bit but with more palatable vocals.

I wasn't expecting a prominent sample of 'Love's Unkind' by Donna Summer in that Texas remix, oh my!

TIL Public Domain's 'Operation Blade (Bass in the Place)' samples this New Order remix.

I enjoyed that mix of 'The Big Sky' more than the original! Didgeridoo in the club

Bananarama demonstrating Jessie Ware levels of fluctuation in my votes by going from top to bottom, apologies!

1 hour ago, gooddelta said:

Viper - Sam Fender

Not me living a double life

Wonder how those judges votes will work out if I ever end up in the bottom!

12 minutes ago, Viper* said:

Not me living a double life

I'm saying nothing.

23 minutes ago, Viper* said:

Not me living a double life

Wonder how those judges votes will work out if I ever end up in the bottom!

😂 True, bit of an oversight, although I need to find out who was bribing you to call Seventeen Going Under a 'club banger'!

Dance compilation compilers around the world rejoicing at being able to add Sam Fender!

1. Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) (I have to give top marks to Kate for the first time for the discovery of the round, this is an absolutely wonderful find and works so well as a floor filler, bravo!)

2. Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix) (the best song they have released since the 00s imo, I already knew this banging clubland remix and hoped it would be played although admittedly don't know any of their other remixes at all. This version is quite faithful to the original and keeps the fab Donna Summer sample in tact, while bringing Sharleen onto the dancefloor, lovely choice)

3. Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized (Hypnotise-Ed, this is a very unique track for that prounciation and one of Sophie's best of the last few years, a real banger)

4. MARINA - Radioactive (She continues to do no wrong, brilliant play and another Marina song that should have been a much bigger hit than it was although that dance sound was a bit of a shock to the system at the time following The Family Jewels)

5. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen (a really nice track indeed, very slick and smooth and one that's overlooked these days so it was good to hear it again. I very much hope we see Latch too, which would be even higher for me)

6. Darin - Give Me Tonight (Another very solid choice from Darin's mentor, I agree with the Don't Wake Me Up comparison, I did always like that song for my sins and this came out around the same time so the production choice and style checks out. This album was full of bangers and even had a Lil Jon feature on it, as well as the fab Nobody Knows)

7. New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) (I was certainly banging my head and thinking 'bass in the place London' although would have been fine if it was half as long, as it's basically on a loop throughout)

8. Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) (I expect strong Adele remixes are few and far between so I feel for their mentor - this is a good rework though)

9. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) (I always preferred the Saturdays cover which I know is criminal, obviously very catchy and a classic, but the extended nature of it didn't add too much for me)

10. Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip) (surprisingly enough considering Robyn is on it, it wasn't one of my favourites on the remix project)

11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under (it certainly did stick out in this round! It's obviously a strong song but as I've said before, Sam really came alive for me on the People Watching album, and this is in the like category for me)

12. Bananarama - Now or Never (quite a nice track, very 2010s sound to it and is suitably clubby for them)

13. Fontaines D.C. - In ár gCroíthe go deo (Orbital Remix) (I do see why this won Club Bizarre, but I didn't vote for it then - it's decent though)

If Agnes wasn’t sabotaged made it this far she would have brought some runway diva realness to live show 2. 😚

5 minutes ago, Scene said:

If Agnes wasn’t sabotaged made it this far she would have brought some runway diva realness to live show 2. 😚

😂🤣😂🤣

Great choice though!

I’m glad I’ve started listening early given the run time of some of these.

1 Zara Larsson (a return to the top with ease, love this song, this remix outdoes the OG)

2 Sophie Ellis-Bexter

3 Darin

4 Adele

5 Sam Smith

6 Texas

7 Depeche Mode

8 Bananarama

9 Marina

10 Kate Bush

11 New Order

12 Sam Fender

13 Fontaines D.C

would love an apple music playlist :)

20 minutes ago, vibe said:

would love an apple music playlist :)

I didn’t slave away on page 1 for nothing

01 MARINA - Radioactive how have I never paid this song attention before?! LOVE. IT. A perfect choice for this round without having to go the remix route. Marina's mentor is playing a blinder this season. Meticulous strategy throughout.

02 Darin - Give Me Tonight I'm fast becoming a Darin stan so thank you mystery mentor! The "tonight" runs on the chorus are for some reason taking me back to sophomore-era Alexandra Burke and I'm here for it!

03 Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) this has been perhaps the biggest shock of the round for me - what a banging remix. On paper Adele should've been in danger this round but her mentor played a blinder here! Also, is it just me that gets All The Things She Said vibes from the intro?

04 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) love the original (surely that could've just been sent? lol) but this is a fantastic remix tbf. Thank goodness we got to see it played (in some form).

05 Fontaines D.C. - In ár gCroíthe go deo (Orbital Remix) I thought they were singing "in our greenhouse" until I read the title properly. This is such a ****ing good remix!!!

06 New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) a 10 minute song?! X Factor could never. A highly enjoyable ten minutes even if I didn't know the original version! Hopefully this sees New Order bounce back because I need Blue Monday!!

07 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under this is akin to Tik Tok being a rock song and Pussy Palace being a ballad. Joseph is this you again? Incredible song though tbf so I can't put it near the bottom.

08 Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized while I really enjoy this, I actually thought I enjoyed it more until I listened. The chorus is a bit too clunky for my liking even if the "hypnotiz-ed" has its charm.

09 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) up there with the best Kate discoveries (i.e. anything but the BIG TWO) for me this contest.

10 Bananarama - Now or Never the production on this is fabulous. The rest I'm not so keen on.

11 Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix) not bad - just doesn't compare to the others above it imo.

12 Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip) not feeling this tbh.

13 Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen never could quite get into this (maybe I expected too much after Latch? lol) and listening again doesn't change that. Sorry!

19 minutes ago, Scene said:

03 Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) this has been perhaps the biggest shock of the round for me - what a banging remix. On paper Adele should've been in danger this round but her mentor played a blinder here! Also, is it just me that gets All The Things She Said vibes from the intro?

Oh yes I forgot to mention this but can totally hear that too!

1. New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

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

3. Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

4. Darin - Give Me Tonight

5. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough

6. Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)

7. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen

8. Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix) , i wanted the original of this song

9. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Hypnotized (weak for SEB)

10. Bananarama - Now Or Never

11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

12. Marina - Radioactive

13. Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip) - This is no way to bring ROBYN back !!!

A massive shake up from me here! I have voted very differently from my norm! I really enjoyed this round!

Cant see anyone beating Adele , Season 3 is hers !!!

Marina (favourite)

Sam Fender

Sam Smith

Sophie Ellis Bextor

Darin

Zara Larsson

Texas

Kate Bush

Adele

Fontaines DC

Bananarama

Depeche Mode

New Order (least favourite)

Ngl I struggled with this round. I struggled to find a song that fit the vibe and I struggle with remixes in general. Aside from very specific examples, I don’t even enjoy my favourite pop girlies releasing remixes and they very rarely get plays for me. I often find them bloated and unnecessarily long…

I think my votes this round reflect that… as I’ve generally favoured the ‘club banger’ options over the remix options. And I can’t believe you have me out here defending a man but yes I have unfortunately been in many straight bars and being from Newcastle… Seventeen Going Under does in fact go off in all the clubs the Geordie Shore cast would party in 15 years ago lol, as well as all the indie bars you’d expect to hear it in.

Darin continues to be my favourite discovery of this competition, and the Texas remix was definitely my favourite remix ‘discovery’ … if I had to have one haha x

Edited November 7Nov 7 by elgornio

Darin has been a great discovery again this round.

1. MARINA - Radioactive

2. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

3. Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)

4. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen

5. Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip)

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

7. Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix)

8. Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

9. New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

10. Bananarama - Now or Never

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

12. Darin - Give Me Tonight

13. Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

Really strong round, surprisingly, for me! Depeche Mode are continuing to surprise me post-merge, particularly last time and obviously Just Can't Get Enough is great Kate was a nice discovery too. Hometown Glory probably would've been unbeatable in any other round with the standard version, but that remix just... did not do it for me at all. Feel like Bra's already touched on this too, but I'm learning through this that there are so many songs by Texas that I know and sound great and just didn't ever know they were actually by Texas.

I have to agree with Cal, re Hometown Glory, the original is such an amazing song, honestly surprised their mentor played it in this form would have considered the original to be somewhat final worthy material? Does Adele not have remixes of songs like Rumour or Send my love? Gave it a listen and, while I didn't hate it, it's nowhere near as good as the original.

Shocked at the Bananarama ratings though, it's such a nice bop and deserves more. Not finished listening yet but I have done a few and some good entries so far with shout outs to Darin and Sophie., their mentors have played this well. The Zara one I need to listen to again as I'm not overtyl sure, but I do like the Robyn nod if that was done intentionally by their mentor! Really classy and sweet. ❤️

Adele doesn't have many official remixes, and of the few she does have 'Hometown Glory' is the most popular by some distance. The only viable alternative really would've been the Moto Blanco remix of 'Set Fire to the Rain'.

Just now, danG said:

Adele doesn't have many official remixes, and of the few she does have 'Hometown Glory' is the most popular by some distance. The only viable alternative really would've been the Moto Blanco remix of 'Set Fire to the Rain'.

Wonder why she doesn't have remixes? Isn't it standard to have remixes of all your singles? A bit of a tough round for her mentor then it seems if there was only 2 viable options then, since she also doesn't have a banger / club track to submit either.