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CALLED IT!!!! :w00t: Can't believe I picked out Leah as a potential winner weeks ago at work and my colleagues said "erm...no". :lol:

Chili Pepper hasn't posted anything for ages though.

With 20 minutes to go, the program so far is pointing into the direction of a Luisa win. Her awkward pitch to the industry experts and crying afterwards is what is going to seal her fate as the winner. Leah's come across really well so she's got no chance of winning The Apprentice for that very reason (think Tom winning this in 2011, and Lee winning this in 2008 and that the girls who finished 2nd screamed WINNER during the final).

:lol: I ended up flicking through the channels whilst having my dinner and ended up watching the last 15 minutes of TOTP 1978. 'Dancing in the City' is a nice enough song. Nothing incredible but not something that makes me cringe listening to the track. I was wondering what this was as I've never heard it before. It sounded typically late 70s MoR pop music with no redeeming features. I've forgotton how the song went already. Wasn't sure which part of 1978 this edition of TOTP was from so I have to admit, I did smile when 'You're The One That I Want' came on. Shame they never played the video from the film. Did they ever show music videos on TOTP or was this something that was introduced during the 80s? Again, I didn't know what the song over the closing credits was. So it was Showaddywaddy then? Not their finest moment then. One could argue that there weren't many to begin with. :D (ouch!!!)

I'm not in SF2 so I'll just throw this comment out there for the AGOGZ. Persephonia's entry is not the worst song in that semi. :D

Cheers Haus :D 04 (03) Postiljonen - Supreme (01-01-01-03-03-04) [6 wks] Lovely song and the album is a treat too Only 4 days before I can finally download this absolute gem. Just realised Postiljonen have released 'Atlantis' as a single this week so I'll check this out later on YouTube and see what I think. :D 28 (28) Ke$ha feat. Will.I.Am - Crazy Kids (28-28) [2 wks] :wub: Well, it's certainly better than 'C'mon' which failed to make my top 40. 'Crazy Kids' might climb to a new peak yet but there's another wave of BJSC LV tracks set to enter this coming weekend. 32 (24) Kelly Sweet - Sirens (28-12-12-10-06-10-16-24-32) [9 wks] Wow! Great to see this doing so well here :D 'Sirens' is a gem. I was so pleased with the turn out when I hosted BJSC the other month and the quality of the entries (well, those that made the final :P ) were incredible. I always know a final is good when I rank the songs in order of favourite and I want to at least give 1 point to a song that's ranked 18th out of 30 or so songs...and that's after being harsh with the ranking. :lol: 34 (--) Iggy Azalea - Bounce (34) [1 wk] Brill new entry (and my vote ofc)! Perfect summer banger <3 It's better than 'Work' but personally it's not even close to being my perfect summer anthem. Sowwy!!! :( Um. I came to check how Walking On Air was doing and it's not even here :angry: Easily my favourite entry from you and should do well in my own personal chart from next week. Hope it does super brilliantly in the contest :heart: :lol: I only chart BJSC entries after the results of the final. They usually enter in stages with my best discoveries (songs I give big points to) entering first, then another set (the smaller points) then sometimes a few I didn't vote for creep into the top 40 but those tracks only enjoy a short stay in the top 40. So 'Walking On Air' will appear in my Bubbling Under chart this coming weekend, and is scheduled to enter the following week after the results (I do this on purpose just to help me compile a chart, if I allowed myself to chart anything as and when, I'd struggle to compile a chart because I'd never be satisfied with the order :lol: ). Delighted to know you're a big fan of 'Walking On Air' though. :D It's been on my shortlist for about 3 months and this month I decided it was ready to enter the contest - nearly entered the song into BJFestivalen.

Cheers Liam :D 12. 'Get Lucky' refuses to get boring for me, I just adore the song. Everything about the song is so uplifting and obviously the glorious weather we're enjoying right now is helping. :D I doubt I'll be buying the album though, I previewed the tracks when it was released and was a bit disappointed. The only other album track that could be a single is 'Instant Crush' but they'd be best to let 'Get Lucky' continue to sell whilst it's still popular. 29. Have to admit, I thought Katy B's single was a bonafide top 10 hit in waiting. Especially after a successful first album and singles, I think I predicted this to chart at #2 in the UK a while back. Got that wrong, didn't I? :lol: As for Katy B in general, I've never been fully on board and her biggest hit in my chart remains 'Lights Out' and it was really Ms Dynamite that made that song for me instead of Katy's "so laid back she sounds bored" vocals. 34. Again like Katy B, Iggy Azalea is another artist who is adored on Buzzjack but I'm not feeling it myself. 'Work' peaked at #36 for me so whilst 'Bounce' has peaked higher (just about) I can't say it's a massive improvement on the previous single. Apparently Iggy has said that the third single will be the one that sells the album. I shall reserve judgement until I hear said song...but I'm not holding my breath. :P I also see a lack of 'Zombies In Love' from your list of faves so will assume you've not heard this. It's a dance anthem complete with Lego video. :dance: I've posted the video below so you can have a giggle listen. :kink: y-dcuuEnLhU

:D 'Summertime Sadness' is a sublime song imo, topped my chart last year whilst it was a hit in Europe. Would love to see this track become a genuine hit, and if it takes a remix to achieve that then yay! \o/ (I still much prefer the remix of 'Spectrum' to the original though) Speaking of remixes of 'Summertime Sadness' by Lana Del Rey step forward AEROCHE. :w00t: hZf_xexzN74 Maybe they could release 'Cold Nights' as a rival remix to Cedric Gervais' remix. :dance:

'Come & Get It' is actually a decent track. I'd still say 'Naturally' is better though. Poor Pet Shop Boys, knew their time at #1 in the album chart midweeks would be short lived but having previewed the album tracks it's definitely a return to form. I'm surprised 'Love Is A Bourgeois Construct' wasn't pushed as the lead single (instead of 'Axis' which got boring fast for me). If that had a music video similar to 'I'm With Stupid' (ie; feature some well known celebrities in scenarios you'd least expect to see them in) it'd certainly give the song more attention.

Pretty sure he'll leave after he left the studio after Andrea won to post the word "Don't" on Twitter in reply to someone who had tweeted that they wanted to audition for The Voice just to meet Will.I.Am. At this rate there could be a whole new set of coaches for series 3, unless Sir Tom Jones decides to stick around.

Cheers Rich :D 03 (06) Will.I.Am feat. Leah McFall - Bang Bang (11-06-03) [3 wks] This had a short shelf life for me due to the novelty factor, Scream & Shout is still my favourite single of this era I really struggled to get into 'Scream & Shout' so it stalled at #40 in my chart for two weeks before dropping out again. It's better than the godawful '#thatPOWER'. Justin Bieber is fast becoming the most obnoxious person in the entire world. Look what you've done Usher!!! :angry: Anyways, I've grown to like 'Bang Bang' (songs growing on me seems to be a regular occurrence in my chart :lol: ) although it's purely the Leah McFall version from The Voice that I like. 04 (03) Postiljonen - Supreme (01-01-01-03-03-04) [6 wks] OT; I can finally download this next week when the song becomes available to download from their album. :wub: 05 (--) Stromae - Papaoutai (05) [1 wk] This and Formidable are pretty good but neither touch Alors On Danse for me I've not taken to 'Formidable' at all. Gave it a listen the other week but it isn't a patch on 'Papaoutai' which is far more up my street. I agree though that 'Alors On Danse' was an exceptional slice of Eurodance. 16 (21) Sheppard - Let Me Down Easy (29-21-16) [3 wks] :D I knew you would approve. To think, you even wasn't sure about entering this into UP yet it's actually done reasonably well in Australia's chart. 19 (--) Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin - Reload (19) [1 wk] I really like this now, it's been growing on me a lot. That said it doesn't 'feel' like a top 3 hit at all, so I'm surprised it's done so well. None of Swedish House Mafia's singles apart from Don't You Worry Child did that well :lol: I agree, still don't think it's top 3 material at all but the UK iTunes buying public clearly disagree. :D 'DYWC' is a proper dance anthem whilst 'Reload' is merely a decent track without any real killer hook.

Cheers Dan :D Whilst I like the new singles from Katy B and Iggy Azalea, I do prefer 'Reload' personally. I guess the track growing on me more over time has helped in that case. :P Oh, I should check out your national thread more often. Didn't know you'd posted your potentials in there.

Just realised had 'Payphone' been released the week before, it would've gone up against Cheryl 'Call My Name'. Makes me wonder how that chart battle might've played out (ie; would it have encouraged more people to buy 'Call My Name' to help get Cheryl to #1). They both had really good first week sales anyways but it's a case of what could've been.

Gosh!!! :lol: I really didn't think 'Wake Me Up' could come even close to the first week sales of 'Fight For This Love' but if your calculations prove to be correct then that's exactly what Avicii will achieve. :o

I agree, it seems like madness to think they were originally going to release 'Wake Me Up' on August 18th. As soon as I read that, I just thought "well, that'll be a wasted opportunity" as it was already doing well in a few other countries iTunes charts. This, 'We Are Young' and 'Call Me Maybe' have proved that releasing the song earlier than planned, when there's clear demand, the song will sell bucketloads. 'Payphone' would've had brilliant first week sales had it been released a week earlier (when the fake version got to #9 officially) and as for Icona Pop...well, at least it made #1 I suppose. :lol:

G'won Avicii. :w00t: What were the total sales of 'I Could Be The One' after two weeks on the chart? It's already outsold 'ICBTO' first week sales after just 2 days on sale. :D It'll be interesting to see how well Avicii continues selling next week without the aid of pre-order sales.

Pet Shop Boys only need to sell about 20k and it'd still be enough to at least enter at #2 on Sunday. Still think Jay-Z will end up overtaking during the week. Sorry to burst your bubble. :(

This post suggests otherwise. :lol: (you do make me laugh Griff :D )

The latest Kworb updates suggests that Avicii is now selling just under 5 times as much as Robin Thicke. :o Perhaps 'Wake Me Up' will be looking set to sell 300k+ which is something I wouldn't have imagined a week ago. Knew it was going to be big but it's going to have incredible first week sales.

Promising opening odds for Batidas. :wub: I'll be giving these a listen tomorrow so will post my own odds tomorrow evening. :D

Oh well, like Nelly Furtado once sang "all good things come to an end". :no:

Yes pls. :D I'd be amazed to see Avicii get a few weeks at #1 with 'Wake Me Up'. Even if it suffered a 50% decrease next week, it's still looking at at least 125k (thinking ahead here guys!!! :lol: ) which could still be enough to prevent 1D from getting to #1. I'd like to be surprised because ID followed by Tinie Tempah seemed likely to be the next two UK #1 hits, but 'Wake Me Up' holding off the competition would be as brilliant as when 'We Found Love' prevented all the boyband blah stuff from going to no. 1 in late 2011. :D

+5 John Newman · 'Love Me Again' +4 Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams · 'Get Lucky' +3 Icona Pop ft. Charli XCX · 'I Love It' +2 Robin Thicke Ft. TI & Pharrell Williams · 'Blurred Lines' +1 Passenger · 'Let Her Go' -1 Will.I.Am · 'Bang Bang' -2 Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash & John Martin · 'Reload' -3 Naughty Boy ft. Sam Smith · 'La La La' -4 Jason DeRulo · 'The Other Side' -5 Lawson ft. B.O.B · 'Brokenhearted

You could be right though. :o Kworb update at the moment: 1. Avicii - Wake Me Up 1.0000 2. Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell) 0.2312 (with other versions probably bumping this figure to something like 0.2412) 'Blurred Lines' sold around 82k last week so say Robin Thicke is looking set to sell 70k this week, Avicii is selling x4 what Robin is. 70k x 4 = 280k, but unless Avicii manages to maintain a massive lead all week 'Wake Me Up' might be looking at a potential 250k first week sale. :o Edit; what ___∆___ posted above. :D

Ohh, was expecting you to choose Young Galaxy but I agree that Stromae/Young Galaxy/Chordashian are all glorious in their own way. All 3 tracks are likely to climb next week. :D