Ibiza saw us say a sad goodbye to Texas and Zara Larsson, but now the remaining eleven artists are continuing on The Pop Factor's European Adventure, this time arriving in Belgrade for Live Show Three where they're free to unleash whatever songs they want! Belgrade Arena, in Serbia's capital city, will host the artists as they continue the fight for The Pop Factor: Season 3 crown, accompany Shawn Mendes to his mysterious final destination in Europe, and win 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 Three, 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:

01 (favourite)

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03

04-08

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10

11 (least favourite)

For those voting that are competing in the Live Show, you must vote. Failure to vote by a competing artist will result in a 22 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, you guessed, that's not all...

When voting closes, we'll cross over to the results show where TWO artists will be eliminated, once again, 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 by majority vote.

Voting closes on Saturday 14 November 2026, 17:59 GMT

So, without further ado...

IT'S TIME

TO FACE

THE MUSIC!

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Standard list of entries:

Sam Smith - I'm Not Here to Make Friends

Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It

Kate Bush - Army Dreamers

New Order - Temptation

Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover)

Sam Fender - Spit of You

Fontaines D.C. - I Love You

MARINA - Homewrecker

Depeche Mode - It's No Good

Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed Up World

Darin - Satellit

Apple Music - Web Player

Pop Factor Live Show 3 by Lee Bettinson on Apple Music

Playlist · 11 Songs

I think the Kate Bush one is the only one I've never heard before. A couple of the others sound familiar but I don't know if I know them or not. Definitely a few bops though! And hopefully another good Darin discovery!

On the ball this week with the much requested Apple Music playlists @vibe

Apple Music - Web Player

Pop Factor Live Show 3 by Lee Bettinson on Apple Music

Playlist · 11 Songs

Flawless choice from Fontaines’ mentor 😍

I was expecting more bigger picks here but at least it makes the round unpredictable

Oooh not sure if anything’s gonna beat SEB for me but excited to hear the songs

Feels like a fairly low key round which is probably right for this stage. Interested to hear them all, I know and like a few.

I know it says 'official video' but that New Order youtube clip is the 1987 re-recording for the Substance singles collection. The original version of Temptation is from 1982. I don't know which version the New Order mentor wants, I'm sure they'll let Calum know if the wrong one has been posted, I just thought I'd point it out in case anyone wants to vote early. Personally, I much prefer the 1982 original.

I'm pleased to see one of the two songs that Bananarama did with Fun Boy Three has appeared in this round.

Feels like surprisingly few big hitters here indeed but I guess some of these artists don't have many potential big hits left tbf. The next round is a themed round again so who knows what chaos that will bring and then we'll really be in the business end after that!

Ooh I love the Sophie choice and that is one of my favourite Adele songs! Another classic for Bananarama. A few unfamiliar ones here too shall have to listen carefully.

4 minutes ago, King Rollo said:

I know it says 'official video' but that New Order youtube clip is the 1987 re-recording for the Substance singles collection. The original version of Temptation is from 1982. I don't know which version the New Order mentor wants, I'm sure they'll let Calum know if the wrong one has been posted, I just thought I'd point it out in case anyone wants to vote early. Personally, I much prefer the 1982 original.

I'm pleased to see one of the two songs that Bananarama did with Fun Boy Three has appeared in this round.

The Spotify link provided alongside the song confirmation was for the 1987 version, hence why that's the version that's been included with the YouTube videos.

Spotify and AM playlists have been added to the OP (thanks again for providing AM, Lee!)

36 minutes ago, Calum said:

The Spotify link provided alongside the song confirmation was for the 1987 version, hence why that's the version that's been included with the YouTube videos.

For what it's worth, the 1987 version is the one I'm more familiar with, and I think probably the right choice to use in this contest.

An interesting selection of songs this round, but some really good ones from those I already know!

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Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by Henessy Lake

I can't resist voting promptly because I'm out at events a lot of this week for work.

1. Sam Fender - Spit of You (some pre-People Watching choices have sent me to sleep, but kudos to their mentor, this was an unexpectedly great song for me and the latest act to have a turn at the top of my rank)

2. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Mixed Up World (say what you want, but Sophie's mentor has been playing this brilliantly, this song has always been so underrated for me and I still love it, it reminds me of her stuff with theaudience, but slightly more upbeat)

3. Fun Boy Three & Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It (such a great idea for a cover, a brilliant early Bananarama single and just one choice from them that my mum used to sing a lot when I was younger so gives a lot of nostalgia)

4. Adele - Send My Love (To Your New Lover) (quite a peppy single from Adele that reflects on one of life's could have been great romances - a solid selection at this point)

5. MARINA - Homewrecker (Marina is certainly in demand with these choices, another solid one that it was nice to hear again)

6. Fontaines D.C. - I Love You (the conversation I would have with their mentor is why my favourite song of theirs hasn't shown up yet, but I far prefer this to the last round's song)

7. Sam Smith - I'm Not Here to Make Friends (I will always be reminded of the melody of We Are Your Friends when I hear this, I don't mind it)

8. Darin - Satellit (I've been drawing crazy patterns in my head trying to work out who has Darin now that we know Rob duped us, although this is not one of his big highlights for me)

9. New Order - Temptation (not one of their strongest choices for me either but I have faith they will make it through as I really hope to hear their big three)

10. Depeche Mode - It's No Good (ditto, but I doubt Depeche Mode will fade away just yet)

11. Kate Bush - Army Dreamers (she topped my rank last week but I'm afraid I had to leave this one at the bottom, sorry)

I'm excited for the reveal of this mythical favourite Fontaines song of yours as it doesn't appear to be any of the 'obvious' ones x

edit: actually maybe there is one other obvious one

1 minute ago, Bror said:

I'm excited for the reveal of this mythical favourite Fontaines song of yours as it doesn't appear to be any of the 'obvious' ones x

My two favourites have also yet to be played

3 minutes ago, Bror said:

I'm excited for the reveal of this mythical favourite Fontaines song of yours as it doesn't appear to be any of the 'obvious' ones x

I assume it's 'Bug' based on what I remember of Rich's opinions in the past (that is a good song indeed)

1 minute ago, Jade said:

I assume it's 'Bug' based on what I remember of Rich's opinions in the past

Oh I forgot about Bug, make that my three favourites!

Just now, Mangø said:

Oh I forgot about Bug, make that my three favourites!

This raises further questions!

(Yes I forgot about 'Bug', that isn't one of my own biggest favourites but perhaps it might be of their mentor o:)

Rob laugh reacts at me but he isn't prepared for me to have pulled off even greater hoodwinks than he ever could xx

3 hours ago, Mangø said:

I think the Kate Bush one is the only one I've never heard before. A couple of the others sound familiar but I don't know if I know them or not. Definitely a few bops though! And hopefully another good Darin discovery!

Hmm are you Darin and pretending you've not heard his song before? (I've been wondering he is you since last night's reveals and this feeds my theory!)