1. Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

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

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

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

5. MARINA - Radioactive

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

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

8. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen

9. Darin - Give Me Tonight

10. Bananarama - Now or Never

11. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

12. Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

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

1. SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR (fave)

2. SAM FENDER

3. MARINA

4. SAM SMITH

5. ADELE

6. DARIN

7. ZARA LARSSON

8. KATE BUSH

9. TEXAS

10. BANANARAMA

11. FONTAINES DC

12. DEPECHE MODE

13. NEW ORDER

Listening to a load of oontz oontz extended dance remixes was not a round aimed at my tastes :’) New Order… no words. A shame Kate Bush can’t use The Big Sky elsewhere now because that’s one of my favourites by her.

I wouldn’t be shocked if we see 1 act from each category in the bottom 3 tonight… 🫢

I think the solo males might avoid it this week! Darin and Sam Smith seem to have been doing well and plenty of people banging their head to Seventeen Going Under.

Just now, gooddelta said:

I think the solo males might avoid it this week! Darin and Sam Smith seem to have been doing well and plenty of people banging their head to Seventeen Going Under.

I hope Fender is safe but he has been penalised a fair bit. Would love for the solo males category to breathe for a week though as these 3 are the best males Pop Factor have had so far! ❤️

This has been a tough round had weigh up a few things but I’ve come to this decision

1. Bananarama - already adored this was always gonna be hard to beat.

2. Depeche Mode - my highest vote for the Mode I think, a classic and I loved the remix!

3. Darin

4. Sophie

5. Adele

6. Kate

7. Marina

8. Texas

9. Sam Smith

10. New Order - noise but at least it’s a god honest remix.

11. Sam F - I get the justification but this isn’t a remix or a club track for me i did bump up a couple as it is a decent track.

12. Fontaines DC

13. Zara [least] - sorry I love that it included Robyn but I hated the song! 😞

Edited 5 hours ago5 hr by Spiceboy

01 Marina

02 Sam Smith

03 Adele

04 Zara Larsson

05 Darin

06 Sam Fender

07 Bananarama

08 Texas

09 Sophie Ellis Bextor

10 Depeche Mode

11 Fontaines DC

12 New Order

13 Kate Bush

1. Marina - Radioactive - not her best but still a tune

2. Texas - Mr Haze - another Texas song I’d forgotten and the remix keeps the essence of the song

3. Depeche Mode - Just Can’t Get Enough - great song choice

4. Sophie Ellis Bextor - Hypnotized - enjoyed and loved how her voice sounded on it

5. Adele - Hometown Glory - I felt the remix took away some of the emotion of the song, but still a good dance version

6. Bananarama - Now Or Never - good enough but I’m surprised other songs weren’t chosen as this could eliminate them (based on a lot of low rankings)

7. Sam Smith - Omen - like, don’t love

8. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under - not sure I’ll ever get on the Fender hype train. This song happens and that’s about it for me

9. Zara Larsson - Puss Puss - alright but I expected bigger with the names on this track

10. Darin - Give Me Tonight - liked but had the same issue I’ve had with most of his songs - lyrics are meh and I forget the track quite quickly

11. Fontaines DC - In Ar gCroithe go deo - grew on me a bit but preferred other songs by them

12. Kate Bush - The Big Sky - remix overpowered the song for me

13. New Order - Confusion - sorry this gave me very little, actually confused by how well it seems to have done

FAVE

13 Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

12 Bananarama - Now or Never

11 MARINA - Radioactive

10 Darin - Give Me Tonight

09 Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

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

07 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

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

05 Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen

04 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix)

03 New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

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

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

LEAST FAVE

STOP THE PRESS. Adele actually sends something that isn’t wholly average

Marina I knew before and it’s a pleasant bop. Bananarama and Darin were both wonderful discoveries. They reminded me of Guetta’s Without You and Don’t Wake Me Up respectively!

Sophie Texas and Fender also sending pleasant bops. I refrained from penalising Fender in the end but I still think it’s a bit of a cop out

Everything from DM downwards was ok to meh really. Zara sadly disappointed me considering the bangers she could’ve sent. Puss Puss is sadly quite Piss Piss (Poor).

1. MARINA - Radioactive

2. Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

3. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen

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

5. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

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

7. Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

8. Darin - Give Me Tonight

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

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

11. Bananarama - Now or Never

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

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

53 minutes ago, Lee_J said:

Zara sadly disappointed me considering the bangers she could’ve sent. Puss Puss is sadly quite Piss Piss (Poor).

And now I'm back to the drawing board with who has Zara!

18 minutes ago, gooddelta said:

And now I'm back to the drawing board with who has Zara!

Double bluff!! (It’s RobBot 🤭)

9 minutes ago, Spiceboy said:

Double bluff!! (It’s RobBot 🤭)

Zara? I don’t even know her

Step aside, it's my turn to change the outcome!

1. Texas – Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix)

2. Darin – Give Me Tonight

3. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith – Omen

4. Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized

5. Marina & The Diamonds – Radioactive

6. Adele – Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix)

7. Bananarama - Now or Never

8. New Order – Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix)

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

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

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

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

13. Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under

Banazarama are endangered.

4 hours ago, Scene said:

Would love for the solo males category to breathe for a week though as these 3 are the best males Pop Factor have had so far! ❤️

You appear to have short term memory loss hun because Conan, Ruel and Shawn all appeared last season x

1 Bananarama - Now or Never · This is great, the chorus is very David Guetta! And it's definitely one of the most bangery songs of the round so doesn't deserve the low scores it seems to be attracting!

2 Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Wuh Oh - Hypnotized · Another Sophie banger! Always loved it and I've even warmed to her bizarre pronunciation of the title!

3 Darin - Give Me Tonight · Oh this is a BANGERRRR! He's definitely one of the most varied artists of the contest, I love the 90s Eurodance vibes of this, definitely either samples or rips off 'Move On Baby' by Capella!

4 Texas - Mr Haze (GBX & Paul Keenan Remix) · Love the original and this remix retains much of the original instrumentation so it's a yes from me!

5 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough (Schizo Mix) · The original is a classic and again this sounds reasonably faithful to it, therefore it's automatically great!

6 MARINA - Radioactive · I'd probably rank this about mid-table in her discography. Good but not amazing.

7 Adele - Hometown Glory (High Contrast Remix) · This was always just an OK Adele song for me, and I like that the remix once again retains most of the original instrumentation, just with a drum & bass beat over it. It'll do!

8 Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under · As Sam Fender songs go, this one is quite good, but I am marking it down a little for not being quite within the spirit of the round.

9 Disclosure feat. Sam Smith - Omen · I've always found this a bit dull, would much rather have had 'Latch' over this.

10 Kate Bush - The Big Sky (Meteorological Mix) · Didn't get much from this I'm afraid.

11 New Order - Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) · OK, this was just 9 minutes of repetition. I don't understand the high votes for it?

12 Fontaines D.C. - In ár gCroíthe go deo (Orbital Remix) · A bit too plinky plonky for me I'm afraid.

13 Zara Larsson & Robyn - Puss Puss (Girls Trip) · Was never one of my favourites on the album anyway, and the Girls Trip version did nothing to improve it.

32 minutes ago, Scene said:

Banazarama are endangered.

Hopefully a little less so after my votes. I thought it was quite the banger tbh!

I’m really disappointed in the amount of people being tunnel visioned in the description of “club banger” and marking Sam down based on “the theme”.

Sam fender’s mentor is hardly going to be able to send a Cascada level club land classic moment is he now? Not everything that sounds good in a club needs to be danced and remixed, see Mr Brightside for being a “floor filler” in a different sense for example.

Rooting for him extra hard based on the backlash alone

1 Fontaines D.C.

2 New Order

3 Adele

4 Kate Bush

5 Depeche Mode

6 Sam Smith

7 Texas

8 Sam Fender

9 MARINA

10 Zara Larsson

11 Sophie Ellis-Bextor

12 Bananarama

13 Darin

I think I'm cooked in this round and it'll be a shame as it's not a great bunch (I don't particularly like any of the bottom 5, although 'Radioactive' is slightly better than I remember it being). The top 4 are very good though, including a good discovery from Kate! And this version of 'Just Can't Get Enough', despite not being that different, I think is actually quite an improvement on the original which is probably my least favourite of the Mode's big hits. Admittedly the 10 minutes of pounding beats in that New Order remix was a bit full on for a foggy Monday morning commute xx (but that along with Fontaines are both songs I've given high points to in song contests before - New Order were in a BJSC Movies spinoff and Fontaines in Club Bizarre - and both still megabangers)

I haven't marked Sam Fender down for not fitting the theme, I just have always thought it's an overrated song anyway oop (but still way ahead of the 5 below it).