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On paper that looks like a really competitive/interesting season with no obvious winner?! Excited to watch!

I would love it if they went back to the format of AS2/3/4 lip sync for the win and eliminate a bottom queen. Brought so much great drama and shock results!

This is nice, hope it's the lead single of a new album!

I've really been connecting with this recently. Aside from a handful of tracks I had never listened to the album in full. Now I can see why it sold so much initially - such a great listen with many good songs.

Perfect single choice, such a great track. One of my favourites from the album.

Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat - Lucky The nostalgia - this going gold has made me remember Colbie Caillat!!! I loved her music in the late 00s/early 2010s. "Bubbly", "Falling For You", "Realize", "I Do", "Try"- lots of great songs. I know who's albums I'll be revisiting next week on my commute!

I thought the lip syncs were generally good and most of them close enough that either person winning would make sense. I was HARD rooting for Joey though as I thought she edged out Crystal in the final lip sync but predictably Crystal won. Had Joey come top 2 in her bracket just once and won the story challenge I think Ru would've crowned her. On the plus side, Joey still wins $25,000 for coming 2nd! Hoping the next round of All Stars is less produced/rigged although I doubt that. They definitely need to re tweak the brackets a bit. I do like them but the semi-final/final episodes feel a bit rushed/too quick.

MacArthur Park is a great song for a top 2 lip sync though even if it already has an iconic lip sync from Manila. It's been over 10 (15?) years since that lip sync!

Oh God please no. I hope Joey vs Crystal is to "Y.M.C.A" or something gay-related to edge it in Joey's favour

Wonder if we'll see Bebe's "New Religion" re-enter Spotify at some point? It's reaching new streaming peaks number-wise globally! Hope it can break through/get reset to get a top 40 peak at some point.

Interesting to see Carrie Underwood's Blown Away gold! Such a good album and enjoyed it a lot at release over 10, almost 15 years ago... It must trickle stream quite well as it only peaked at #11 originally with a 11-38-66-OUT chart run! Although the UK edition did include the likes of "Before He Cheats", "Jesus Take The Wheel" & "Cowboy Casanova" from her previous albums so they are likely boosting it too.

I expect it will chart if it gets a reset (fingers crossed!). Albeit lower down in the 50-100 area. Although strong downloads could help make up for some of that?

Not sure how I felt about the episode. The talent show was kinda meh. I thought Dawn was the winner. Silky and Jasmine did well - even with the latter almost not landing one of their moves (my heart!). I thought Crystal was decent just didn't find it that entertaining/funny? Her runway STUNNING but I didn't think her runway was enough to beat Dawn's performance + also very stunning, but not quite as stunning, runway. First time I was disappointed in Joey today. If they had aced the performance it would've been so good. But the one stumble ruined the rest of it. Bottom 2 was correct although wouldn't have been surprised at Joey being there too. A'Keria had Beyoncé remotely controlling her at times Sam did a lot better than I thought they would but A'Keria just embodied the song too much. I'm glad A'keria has been able to do 2 great lip syncs back to back *_* I'm thinking it's Crystal's to lose now - just not sure how any of the other queens left will beat her unless they pull out an incredible lip sync. Shame this All Stars was produced/rigged almost as much as the previous. So many missed opportunities - Morgan should've been allowed into the semi-finals. They should've made it so the semi-finals have double elims or something to up the stakes. If Morgan went through there would've been 8 queens. 2 double eliminations leaves it at 4 for the finale. Something along the lines of Rate-A-Queen for bottom 3 and Ru eliminates someone immediately whilst the other 2 lip sync for their life.

Still doing ~2 million/day. Will likely overtake "Escapism" to become her most-streamed song next year, currently a ~400 million gap but gaining ~1.5 mil/day.

Just been on the 6 O'clock news and BBC have a tribute show on tonight for Bonnie. Hoping we'll see a big enough boost to see "Total Eclipse of the Heart" back in the charts next week.

Will probably see "Total Eclipse of the Heart" appearing on Apple today and Spotify tomorrow with the sad news of Bonnie Tyler passing - RIP. Perhaps a few of her other hits as well such as "It's a Heartache" and "Holding Out for a Hero".

Jimbo and Priyanka as judges? I know that's right And Jimbo calling Brook Lynn Hytes Rita Baga made me cackle

Count Binface being elected would be amazing. Please be Farage Vs Binface with Farage losing

From memory the HITS predictions usually trend up for new albums. Given that Madonna's streams had a fairly soft fall compared to what is normal, I would think she would trend closer to 120-130k. Might be close vs Olivia!

Pleasantly surprised by the album. I'm generally a casual Madonna fan but this album fits in perfectly with the kind of music I've been enjoying recently. It's a consistent listen with no skips! "Bring Your Love" is my favourite track, so infectious and should've been at least a moderate hit globally. Other highlights for me are "I Feel So Free", "Good For the Soul", "Danceteria", "Read My Lips" & "Love Sensation". The first half of the album is stronger than the 2nd half. Might need to do more a dive into Madonna's previous albums at some point!

Hope her 2nd win is well deserved. I didn't think her story really deserved the win this last week. Will be a bit of an underwhelming winner.

Just came across this Silky ranking Tiktok on reddit: I cannot stop laughing It just gets worse and worse!

Joey Jay robbed again... Ru better be edging her with a win to end up giving her the crown. I thought Joey was by far the best/funniest in the challenge?! Honestly if you told me "Joey Jay was robbed" would be a prevailing story line in this All Stars I would've laughed Now I just want to cry Kennedy and A'Keria gave a great lip sync! I agree A'Keria staying as she edged out Kennedy a bit. Although sad to see Kennedy go. Even though it was rate a queen I thought Kennedy was bottom. I would've probably put Dawn in the bottom over A'Keria though.

Great for Madonna, some really good songs on the album! I assume Apple may be more supportive due to it's dance nature. Hoping the Spotify update for the album will be as good. Would be great to see Madonna get another top 40 hit or two!

Oo this season is going to bring the drama in untucked I can just feel it.