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Supposedly thus is the cast, pinch of salt and all that but there hasn't been many rumoirs and tbh it seems mostly like people who might do it, so some of then at least may be accurate:

The concept for this is incredible but it really is a bit messy. I enjoyed the first half but then it become super stressful lmao.

Agreed, I think I mgiht like it more if I go back and do some more runs but as an actual story I don't think it was great at all and I'm pretty disappointed that it took over from Season 5 premiering in December, but it was super fun to go through and actually be involved in the story. I think as an idea it's something that will get better with time and practice, future iterations of this kind of idea could be great once it's all ironed out a bit more.

180 Lady Gaga - Look What I Found

179 Pojkarna ft. Flickan - Fangad av en stormvind

178 Tamar Kaprelian - Poison (Ari, Ari)

177 Robinson - Nothing To Regret

176 Aitana & Ana Guerra - Lo malo

175 Ricki-Lee - Unbothered

174 Panic! At The Disco - Roaring 20s

173 Jax Jones ft. Ina Wroldsen - Breathe

172 One Bit ft. Noah Cyrus - My Way

171 Shanguy - La Louze

Look What I Found is the first Gaga entry here, and it's a sassy slightly soulful midtempo track that kind of evokes of that late 00s soul-pop craze while still feeling really authentically raw Gaga, befitting the whole vibe she has going as Ally.

Fangad av en stormvind takes a really familar track (in this case, the 1990 Eurovision winning track from Carola) and turns it on its head. It's very Spotify filler but it's so fun and summery, think Kamferdrops reworking of Jag trodde änglarna fanns on a summer holiday.

Poison (Ari, Ari) is another Eurovision adjacent track, this time one that was utterly ROBBED in Armenia's Eurovision selection, not even making it out of the semi final! This is how you do ethno-pop, it's got a contemporary edge too that makes it catchy and memorable. Armenia did this so dirty smh.

Nothing To Regret is the first of my BJSC entries to appear! This was an instant hit for me, such an easy listen that's effortlessly melodic and just glides around your head as you listen.

Lo malo is yet another robbed bop from national final season, this time from Spain. By choosing a dull ass High School Musical reject ballad because of the relationship between the singers, Spain lost this bona fide hit, totally on trend that would surely have done super well, it could easily be an actual chart hit.

Unbothered was finally a new track from Ricki-Lee, a year after the pretty disappointing Not Too Late. This is only 2:30 long, but it packs so much sass and attitude into that short time and is a full on mood going into 2019 - don't let people keep you lingering on shit that has already happened!

Roaring 20s is one of the highlights of Pray For The Weekend, hopefully a future single! It has a bit of a jazzy 20s vibe to the new Panic sound that makes the album such a hit.

Breathe was a hit early in the year and it's easy to see why - one of the best dance tracks of the year! The da da dum parts are so catchy and the vocals are so icy cool that they really fit the song.

My Way was not a hit but really should have been! Th funky disco vibes and Mylo sample are so so good and Noah Cyrus, who I can't take to really, sounds so so good and really in her element.

La Louze rounds off this section, I got real BJSC entry envy with this. Foreign pop is a sure way to my heart, this has got a bit of a house-y vibe, the brass in the chorus is really distincitve.

I was always surprised Stay was never properly pushed, when I heard it as a 'contender' after the chart show I didn't catch who it was and would never have guessed Post! It was great to see Y&Y get a hit from this album but they have done much better than this before for me.

I guess it won't be now as Wow seems to be for a new album, it would've fab to see it pushed :(

Ruin My Life snatching top 200 *.* A real grower, I remember hearing it and being like "oh..." :lol:

One Shot is a bit of a bop, completely missed it until it was used on Dancing With The Stars somehow!!

What the f***

This homophobia and disrespect :/

Whilst it was cow again, I loved Monique's runway!! Suitably quirky with the random curves and bumps in weird places.

I agree about the editing too, it seemed to me it was edited to seem abrupt when it probably wasn't so much. I guess it injected some drama and comedy into what was going to be a pretty obvious elimination (with each one having a good friend in the bottom 2).

I went for:

Billie Eilish - when the party's over

Childish Gambino - This Is America

Halsey - Without Me

Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely

Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel

Lykke Li - deep end

MNEK - Tongue

Robinson - Nothing To Regret

SOPHIE - Immaterial

Tove Lo - bitches {Ft. Charli XCX/Icona Pop/Elliphant/ALMA}

I went for:

Billie Eilish - When The Party's Over

Childish Gambino - This Is America

Halsey - Without Me

Hilltop Hoods - Leave Me Lonely

Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel

Lykke Li - Deep End

MNEK - Tongue

Robinson - Nothing To Regret

SOPHIE - Immaterial

Tove Lo - Bitches

For once they got the right top and bottom 2!! :lol: It probably could have been Trinity as well for the bottom but neither Monet or Latrice really did much, I totally agree that it was just Monet in a wig which is pretty much what she did last week as "Whitney"... Latrice going was absolutely the right decision, based on both track records and the performances this week. Mind you, when you look at the fact Monet didn't deserve top in the Henny challenge and Latrice did, she's not really far behind :lol: It's such a shame because she was so so good on season 10, and you'd think with a bit of time and th budget she'd be slaying like Monique but it's just not getting there. It always feels like we're seeing just about competent enough Monet on autopilot, even with Everybody Say Love I don't think it really deserved top 2 and was just "good". For someone capable of what she was capable of on Season 10, it's just a real disappointment, and very this'll do. I didn't think that much of her outfit either this week, but then I think I was just residual slain by Naomi's and couldn't form a coherent opinion of anything else.

Monique and Manila both killed it this time, the former's character was just hilarious with all the little touches and the latter was so over the top and of course that was absolutely perfect for a challenge like this and the character she had. I didn't expect Manila to slay as promos and the tease of her crying on Latrice's shoulder made me think that it was a Latrilla bottom 2, but yaass *.* Monique is having possibly the best All Stars redemption ever!! Trinity on the other hand came across terribly this week - more like the early season 9 Trinity before she broke out and become a contender with Draggily Ever After and the I Wanna Go lipsync... Is it that Gia has gone so she had to step in as a Poundland villain being shady af? :/

Also SCREAMING at "MY BLOOD IS BOILING THROUGH MY VEINS", Valentina is so so much and I'm kinda just accepting it and living :rofl:

Next week looks good too - let's get this roast a-cookin' *.*

EDIT: oops next week's challenge leaked too and

Really fancy Gemma's brother and idk how I feel about that...

Also Chesney is f***ing abysmal :manson:

Never played this and I’m a bit confused by those trailers :lol:

It's an action RPG with Disney characters and worlds, it's a big cross-over with some Final Fantasy characters as well and elements from that. It does sound really odd on paper but it's such an amazing series :wub:

190 Francesca Michielin - Lava

189 Marshmello ft. Anne-Marie - FRIENDS

188 Bradley Cooper - Maybe It's Time

187 Rina Sawamaya - Cherry

186 Twenty One Pilots - Neon Gravestone

185 Sigrid - Sucker Punch

184 Years & Years - If You're Over Me

183 Ghost Voices - Virtual Self

182 Post Malone - Stay

181 BTS - Idol

Lava is the first of a few Francesca tracks to appear, the only track on her album 2640 in English. It's visceral and cool, feels quite different to the rest of the album (not just because of the language, but also the slightly R&Bish beat), but not so that it doesn't fit in the tracklist.

FRIENDS was a huge hit for Marshemello and an artist I've been quite critical of, Anne-Marie. It's really nothing revolutionary, but so so catchy and piercingly sassy which I kinda love.

Maybe It's Time kicks off what I can reveal is many A Star Is Born tracks, the only one by solely Bradley Cooper to appear. This is a really lovely country track and he completely sells the whole story, every word, which is astoudning for someone who's not usually a singer.

Cherry is the best thing I've heard so far from blog darling Rina, a perfect melding of turn of the century nostalgia and forward thinking pop. She manages to bring that classic sounds we all know right up to date without butchering them or losing them.

Neon Gravestones is one of the highlights from the latest TOP album, although it was quite controversial in its depiction of suicide. I think the message is right - not to glorify the actual act because someone did it and it got attention and became a news story. As always, Tyler brings alive such a personal and touching message so that it resonates with us all.

Sucker Punch wasn't quite the "punch" that Strangers was but it's stll a pop triumph for Sigrid! Its power-pop sound really hits you and I often find it stuck in my head even if it took a while to click with me.

If You're Over Me got a bit of flack for being a bit plinky-plonky, but I love that production flourish and it stands out really well on the album! I can see why it was a hit.

Virtual Self is an absolute banger, I'm usually not a fan of instrumental dance music but it's just lush and feels like it has so many layers to discover each time you listen without being too much or a mess.

Stay recalled I Fall Apart from Post Malone but naturally it was instantly one of my highlights from Beerbongs & Bentleys. I think Post is at his best on rawer songs like this, his voice isn't perfect but it's honest and affecting on a track like this.

Idol rounds off this section, strictly the solo version none of this Trashi Minaj shit xx *insert Trinity Taylor "I have no idea what she's saying but I'm getting my life" gif* This is just a banger, I love the production and it's the first time I've properly loved a BTS song and got their hype!