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K3 are great, it's weird that they came to prominence with Heyah Mamah in the Belgian 1999 ESC national final and it didn't even win. The same national final contained another loser that become a European hit too weirdly (Belle Perez - Hello World). Well done Belgium for throwing out two hit singles in a national final.

This reminds me of Rufus Wainwright a bit, it's very striking in Semi 1 so sure it will Q.

Wow big finish for Marina, well done Scene! Pleased to be part of a runaway top five, Grace can be proud of fifth behind four much bigger names I’m sure. Glad Fleeting did at least make the top ten, and Agnes too! My favourite discovery (Aitana) being so low is a bit eh, but I think this contest is more for the artists we already know and love so I’ll take it as a win that it’s not bottom five. Thanks for great hosting @Tafty ❤️

This will be the first Kasabian 'hit' with Sergio Pizzorno on vocals I guess? Disc 1, track 1 on Now 123 beckons I fear.

I kind of hear it. Also it was one of my favourite songs here that I didn't know already.

Crazy In Love. Such a classic. I didn't realise the Big Yellow Taxi cover was so big in Australia, it's nice though.

It feels like a vocal minority maybe overrated it a bit but then it did have something like eight people after it! The funny thing is that Luukered was never something I intended to even send. I'd confirmed Fleeting but you beat me to it and then I quickly thought 'oh I'll go a different route altogether then'. If I'd got to Fleeting first and it wasn't vetoed then I may not ever have got around to Luukered.

Wow, loving all the 12s for Grace <3 Guess she could well have been a BJSC contender then (although would almost certainly have been vetoed). Torn who to back of the top two as I definitely prefer Headphones On but the Marina song is more inspired.

Forever isn't such a long time.

<3 Great taste suddenly appeared. Although I'm so shocked how low Agnes is.

Poor brave Grace, she will forever remain an underrated gem.

Loreen only on my one pity point and nothing from Jonjo is quite the sight. Stan award revoked.

Predictable choice from me but it was my song of the year for 2025 so at least I got to send it somewhere! I'm going to see her next month in London so excited to see that. Nice 12 swap Jonjo! Fleeting I still really love personally (but don't like her new single all that much so far). I'm always a sucker for that kind of production. I think I'll be surprised if Addison, Zara or CMAT don't take it though, one of the bigger names.

Sweden’s current Spotify No.1 is completely an AI creation and the chart company there banned it from the official chart. BBC NewsSong banned from Swedish charts for being AI creation -...The creators behind the chart-topping song believe their creative process has been misunderstood. However Germany has let the AI Stromae cover in (it’s top 30 there) so it does seem to be at the discretion of each country’s chart compiler currently. I don’t mind AI created music for fun only but nobody should ever be making any money out of it or even allowed to commercialise it or upload it to streaming services so I very much hope it’s banned here. Good move by Robbie then - I didn’t realise the physicals would be shipped this week too so fair play.

Robyn <3 One of my favourite No.1 moments ever for the reasons many others have detailed above; the shock factor, the comeback factor, and because it was so fully deserved for being such a beautiful, emotional and fragile piece of music. Completely unlike any other UK No.1 really. I love her, one of my favourite songs ever. Absolutely love Bleeding Love too, thought it was a really special track when I first heard it and I still think it's great. Amazing that it got to No.1 in the US too. I'm so glad they waited to launch Leona with decent music and didn't rush a cover out in March. Bad luck for Rule The World though - one of the best songs of the 00s, and my favourite single of theirs. A masterstroke of bad timing. I bought both on the day of release though myself.