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1. Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed 2. Alizzz - Dónde estás? 3. Nemo - The Code 4. Joost - Europapa 5. Miley Cyrus - Psycho Killer 6. Dua Lipa - Whatcha Doing 7. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 8. beabadoobee - Take A Bite 9. Alizzz - Destellos 10. Billie Eilish - LUNCH 11. Dua Lipa - Illusion 12. Alizzz ft. Maria Arnal - Despertar 13. Megara - 11:11 14. Charli XCX - 360 15. Empress Of - Lorelai 16. Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO 17. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD 18. alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria 19. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 20. Shygirl ft. Danny L Harle - encore 21. Charli XCX - B2b 22. Ladaniva - Jako 23. A.G. Cook ft. Charli XCX - Lucifer 24. Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 25. Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue 26. Shaznay Lewis ft. Self Esteem - Pick You Up 27. Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 28. Angelina Mango - La noia 29. London Grammar - Kind Of Man 30. Marina Satti - ZARI 31. Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER 32. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 33. Charli XCX - Club classics 34. Charli XCX - Von dutch 35. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 36. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed 37. Billie Eilish - BLUE 38. Dua Lipa - Training Season 39. Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT 40. Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life

Thanks for your comments last week as always <3 Hey James! Sorry Illusion isn't gonna climb again - songs in my chart tend to only go down once they've peaked! Caroline is absolutely climbing tho, such a smash :music: hopefully she'll get a hit one day, I think So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings could've been the one to do it when it started taking off on TikTok but unfortunately it didn't go all the way! Still, Chappell Roan going mainstream is a bit of hope. Hey Sergej! Glad you're a fan of the Eurovision songs, great choices ^_^ Mashallah they found them! Such a worthy winner and definitely a light in an absolute shitshow of a contest. Jako is a tune too, such a grower for me after their semi performance!

MmdKkUfpRew Chart summary: Caroline Polachek takes the top spot, tying her with Charli XCX for the most #1s ever with 9 apiece! Interestingly they're both the only artists to have a number one every year since the creation of my chart (in 2020). Meanwhile, Miley Cyrus scores a 13th top ten with her reinvention of Talking Heads' Psycho Killer, while beabadoobee and Billie Eilish earn their 11th and 10th top tens respectively. Lower down are new entries from Billie, Shygirl, London Grammar and more! 01 Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed [13 - 9 - 1] 02 Alizzz - Dónde estás? [1 - 2 - 2] 03 Nemo - The Code [1 - 3] 04 Joost - Europapa [3 - 4] 05 Miley Cyrus - Psycho Killer 06 Dua Lipa - Whatcha Doing [2 - 4 - 6] 07 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso [2 - 1 - 3 - 5 - 7] 08 beabadoobee - Take A Bite [14 - 8] 09 Alizzz - Destellos [4 - 6 - 9] 10 Billie Eilish - LUNCH 11 Dua Lipa - Illusion [2 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 7 - 11] 12 Alizzz ft. Maria Arnal - Despertar [15 - 20 - 12] 13 Megara - 11:11 [8 - 13] 14 Charli XCX - 360 [10 - 14] 15 Empress Of - Lorelei [3 - 6 - 11 - 15] 16 Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO 17 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 12 - 17] 18 alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria [8 - 13 - 18] 19 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! [11 - 9 - 15 - 19] 20 Shygirl ft. Danny L Harle - encore 21 Charli XCX - B2b [2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 11 - 18 - 21] 22 Ladaniva - Jako [16 - 22] 23 A.G. Cook ft. Charli XCX - Lucifer 24 Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim [17 - 24] 25 Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue [12 - 19 - 25] 26 Shaznay Lewis ft. Self Esteem - Pick You Up 27 Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste [16 - 22 - 27] 28 Angelina Mango - La noia [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 17 - 23 - 28] 29 London Grammar - Kind Of Man 30 Marina Satti - ZARI [4 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 18 - 24 - 30] 31 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER 32 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me [16 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 19 - 27 - 32] 33 Charli XCX - Club classics [6 - 8 - 10 - 10 - 20 - 28 - 33] 34 Charli XCX - Von dutch [1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 18 - 17 - 25 - 30 - 34] 35 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 13 - 19 - 18 - 26 - 31 - 35] 36 Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed [2 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 14 - 14 - 22 - 29 - 36] 37 Billie Eilish - BLUE 38 Dua Lipa - Training Season [2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 19 - 19 - 27 - 28 - 36 - 36 - 38] 39 Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT [5 - 8 - 10 - 16 - 15 - 23 - 33 - 39] 40 Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life [26 - 17 - 9 - 11 - 17 - 16 - 24 - 32 - 40] 2024 #1s: 29/12/23 iñigo quintero - Lo Que Queda De Mí [3rd week] 05/01/24 Empress Of - Feminine 12/01/24 Ariana Grande - yes, and? [2 weeks] 26/01/24 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs 02/02/24 Angy - Sé Quién Soy 09/02/24 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [3 weeks] 01/03/24 Charli XCX - Von dutch 08/03/24 Angelina Mango - La noia [3 weeks] 29/03/24 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [3 weeks] 19/04/24 Dua Lipa - Illusion 26/04/24 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 03/05/24 Alizzz - Dónde estás? 10/05/24 Nemo - The Code 17/05/24 Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed ALBUMS: 01 Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT 02 Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria [2 - 1 - 2] 03 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism [1 - 2 - 3] 04 A.G. Cook - Britpop 05 Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well [1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 3 - 5] 06 Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You [2 - 1 - 7 - RE - 4 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 10 - RE - 10 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 7 - 6 - 6] 07 Childish Gambino - Atavista 08 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER [1 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 8] 09 Axolotes Mexicanos - 4ever [5 - 4 - 9] 10 Shygirl - Club Shy [1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 6 - 8 - 7 - 10]

I've definitely been listening to a lot more music this year than last year! Faves have been the deluxe version of Caroline Polachek's album, and new releases from Mahmood, Charli XCX, Shygirl and Dua Lipa. Feels like there's definitely a dark clubby sound coming into fashion which I'm really here for. In terms of new discoveries, I've enjoyed getting into Empress Of, several Eurovision artists, and some BJSC faves like Fat Dog. Looking towards the rest of the year, hyped for Charli's new album, I actually can't think of any others I'm really looking forward to right now but I'm sure something will surprise me! Just a quick 10 fave songs + albums, no particular order: 1. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 2. Caroline Polachek - Coma 3. Dua Lipa - Training Season 4. Pet Shop Boys - Loneliness 5. Charli XCX - Von dutch 6. Angelina Mango - La noia 7. Marina Satti - ZARI 8. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD 9. Shygirl ft. Kingdom & Empress Of - 4eva 10. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 1. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 2. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER 3. Mahmood - NEI LETTI DEGLI ALTRI 4. Shygirl - Club Shy 5. Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria 6. Allie X - Girl with No Face 7. Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 8. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 9. Empress Of - For Your Consideration 10. Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

Hype to Empress Of, Remi Wolf, Blusher and Noizu! The male SloMo too, yes Jorge :clap: not sure if I know that Kyary Pamyu Pamyu song but I saw them live last year and they were one of the most fun acts I've seen!

1. Donatella 2. Black Jesus † Amen Fashion 3. Enigma 4. Starstruck 5. Is That Alright? 6. Come to Mama

Pestolia has NOT sent Nathy Peluso :cheer:

I imagine local radio would have the same older-skewing demographic as our previous national finals, and we'd probably still end up with a boring ballad. The idea in theory sure, I don't pay much attention to BBC Introducing but I'm sure there's some great stuff in there, there's just the risk of us choosing a nice enough song that lacks stage presence. Spain's Benidorm Fest is probably what we should aim for in the long-term considering they were in a similar situation to us before, but I think we need a few more years of the BBC gently holding the British public's hand to get them to understand what a modern Eurovision entry looks like. I think one thing that Benidorm Fest does well is it guarantees competing artists a slot at so many events over the year (Madrid Pride, national holiday concerts and other broadcaster-related events), maybe if we did something like that then artists would see it as an opportunity for promo even if they don't win.

2018: 38 Sweden - Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off (I didn't have a chart in 2018 but charted this in 2020 when I was still just using my weekly last.fm top 40) 2019: 10 Italy - Mahmood - Soldi (also no chart this year but this stuck around, probably would've been a #1 at the time) 2020: 08 Iceland - Daði Freyr - Think About Things 16 Albania - Arilena Ara - Fall From The Sky 23 Denmark - Ben & Tan - YES 28 Lithuania - The Roop - On Fire 29 Bulgaria - Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 2021: 01 Italy - Måneskin - ZITTI E BUONI 02 Australia - Montaigne - Technicolour 03 Ukraine - Go_A - SHUM 04 Belgium - Hooverphonic - The Wrong Place 08 Finland - Blind Channel - Dark Side 09 Cyprus - Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo 12 France - Barbara Pravi - Voilà 13 Lithuania - The Roop - Discoteque 14 Bulgaria - Victoria - growing up is getting old 16 Iceland - Daði Freyr - 10 Years 2022: Main contest: 01 Ukraine - Kalush Orchestra - Stefania 02 Italy - Mahmood & BLANCO - Brividi 04 United Kingdom - Sam Ryder - SPACE MAN 05 Lithuania - Monika Liu - Sentimentai 07 Sweden - Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer 08 Czech Republic - We Are Domi - Lights Off 16 Croatia - Mia Dimšić - Guilty Pleasure 17 France - Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn 19 Serbia - Konstrakta - In corpore sano 22 Portugal - MARO - saudade, saudade 31 San Marino - Achille Lauro - STRIPPER 40 Armenia - Rosa Linn - Snap National finals: 07 Italy - Rkomi - INSUPERABILE 13 Italy - Tananai - SESSO OCCASIONALE 27 Italy - La rappresentante di lista - Ciao Ciao 2023: Main contest: 01 Finland - Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha 02 Sweden - Loreen - Tattoo 03 Serbia - Luke Black - Samo mi se spava 07 Norway - Alessandra Mele - Queen Of Kings 09 Austria - Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? 10 Moldova - Pasha Parfeni - Soarele şi luna 11 Netherlands - Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight 12 United Kingdom - Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song 17 Spain - Blanca Paloma - EAEA 29 Poland - Blanka - Solo National finals: 01 Spain - Vicco - Nochentera 03 Serbia - Filip Baloš - Novi plan drugi san 05 Croatia - Harmonija disonance - Nevera (Lei, lei) 23 Spain - Agoney - Quiero Arder 28 Spain - Fusa Nocta - Mi Familia 36 Spain - Rakky Ripper - TRACCIÓN 2024: Main contest: 01 Italy - Angelina Mango - La noia 01 Switzerland - Nemo - The Code 02 Czechia - Aiko - Pedestal 02 Greece - Marina Satti - ZARI 03 Spain - Nebulossa - ZORRA 03 United Kingdom - Olly Alexander - Dizzy 03 Netherlands - Joost - Europapa 08 Ukraine - alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria 08 San Marino - Megara - 11:11 12 Ireland - Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue 16 Armenia - Ladaniva - Jako 17 Croatia - Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 26 Lithuania - Silvester Belt - Luktelk National finals: 01 Spain - Angy - Sé Quién Soy 01 Italy - Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 16 Serbia - Filip Baloš - Duga je noć 20 Serbia - Durlanski - Muzika 22 Serbia - Konstrakta - Novo, bolje 2024 being my biggest year to-date is lowkey surprising bc I'd rate 2021-2023 way above this year

1. Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria 2. Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 3. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 4. Axolotes Mexicanos - 4ever 5. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER 6. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 7. Shygirl - Club Shy 8. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 9. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 10. Allie X - Girl with No Face

1. Nemo - The Code 2. Alizzz - Dónde estás? 3. Joost - Europapa 4. Dua Lipa - Whatcha Doing 5. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 6. Alizzz - Destellos 7. Dua Lipa - Illusion 8. Megara - 11:11 9. Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed 10. Charli XCX - 360 11. Empress Of - Lorelai 12. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD 13. alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria 14. beabadoobee - Take A Bite 15. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 16. Ladaniva - Jako 17. Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 18. Charli XCX - B2b 19. Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue 20. Dua Lipa - Maria 21. Alizzz ft. Maria Arnal - Despertar 22. Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 23. Angelina Mango - La noia 24. Marina Satti - ZARI 25. Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - Florida!!! 26. Silvester Belt - Luktelk 27. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 28. Charli XCX - Club classics 29. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed 30. Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT 31. Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life 32. Charli XCX - Von dutch 33. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 34. King Princess - Dirty Work 35. Vampire Weekend - Classical 36. Dua Lipa - Training Season 37. St. Vincent - Big Time Nothing 38. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 39. Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS 40. SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY

Thanks for your comments last week ^_^ Hey James! Yes rly loving Chappell Roan still, and Caroline's new one is great! A bit rockier sounding from her but I'm so here for everything she tries out tbh. Oops, 'we can't be friends' is really dropping now :kink: Hey Sergej! Glad you're a fan of all those, Teresa & Maria is such a brilliantly dramatic song. Dramatic Eurovision anthems! Ukraine rly is becoming one of my fav ESC countries these last few years. Hmm you don't sound convinced on Alizzz, I think it sounds great in the sun but fair enough :lol: Yes Caroline title queen x

CO_qJf-nW0k Chart summary: Predictably enough, I have a Eurovision song at #1! Including national final songs (from Angy and Mahmood), this year has had 4 Eurovision #1s, more than any other year (ironic considering I've been way less into it this year ). Other Eurovision entries come from Joost, Megara, Ladaniva and Baby Lasagna, while Charli XCX and beabadoobee also score new entries. 01 Nemo - The Code 02 Alizzz - Dónde estás? [1 - 2] 03 Joost - Europapa 04 Dua Lipa - Whatcha Doing [2 - 4] 05 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso [2 - 1 - 3 - 5] 06 Alizzz - Destellos [4 - 6] 07 Dua Lipa - Illusion [2 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 7] 08 Megara - 11:11 09 Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed [13 - 9] 10 Charli XCX - 360 11 Empress Of - Lorelei [3 - 6 - 11] 12 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 7 - 12] 13 alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria [8 - 13] 14 beabadoobee - Take A Bite 15 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! [11 - 9 - 15] 16 Ladaniva - Jako 17 Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 18 Charli XCX - B2b [2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 11 - 18] 19 Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue [12 - 19] 20 Alizzz ft. Maria Arnal - Despertar [15 - 20] 21 Dua Lipa - Maria [10 - 21] 22 Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste [16 - 22] 23 Angelina Mango - La noia [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 17 - 23] 24 Marina Satti - ZARI [4 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 18 - 24] 25 Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - Florida!!! [5 - 6 - 14 - 25] 26 Silvester Belt - Luktelk [35 - 26] 27 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me [16 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 19 - 27] 28 Charli XCX - Club classics [6 - 8 - 10 - 10 - 20 - 28] 29 Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed [2 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 14 - 14 - 22 - 29] 30 Charli XCX - Von dutch [1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 18 - 17 - 25 - 30] 31 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 13 - 19 - 18 - 26 - 31] 32 Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life [26 - 17 - 9 - 11 - 17 - 16 - 24 - 32] 33 Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT [5 - 8 - 10 - 16 - 15 - 23 - 33] 34 King Princess - Dirty Work [21 - 34] 35 Vampire Weekend - Classical [22 - 27 - RE - 5 - 7 - 11 - 12 - 31 - 35] 36 Dua Lipa - Training Season [2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 19 - 19 - 27 - 28 - 36 - 36] 37 St. Vincent - Big Time Nothing [20 - 33 - 37] 38 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) [5 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 14 - 22 - 22 - 37 - 38] 39 Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS [14 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 16 - 24 - 25 - 38 - 39] 40 SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY [31 - 16 - 9 - 12 - 17 - 18 - 26 - 27 - 39 - 40] 2024 #1s: 29/12/23 iñigo quintero - Lo Que Queda De Mí [3rd week] 05/01/24 Empress Of - Feminine 12/01/24 Ariana Grande - yes, and? [2 weeks] 26/01/24 Fat Dog - King of the Slugs 02/02/24 Angy - Sé Quién Soy 09/02/24 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [3 weeks] 01/03/24 Charli XCX - Von dutch 08/03/24 Angelina Mango - La noia [3 weeks] 29/03/24 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [3 weeks] 19/04/24 Dua Lipa - Illusion 26/04/24 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 03/05/24 Alizzz - Dónde estás? 10/05/24 Nemo - The Code ALBUMS: 01 Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria [2 - 1] 02 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism [1 - 2] 03 Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well [1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 4 - 3] 04 Axolotes Mexicanos - 4ever [5 - 4] 05 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER [1 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6 - 5] 06 Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You [2 - 1 - 7 - RE - 4 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 10 - RE - 10 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 7 - 6 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 7 - 6] 07 Shygirl - Club Shy [1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 6 - 8 - 7] 08 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department [1 - 1 - 3 - 8] 09 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us [1 - 2 - 5 - 8 - 9 - 9] 10 Allie X - Girl with No Face [2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 10 - 10]

Think mine would have to be Spain (or maybe Puerto Rico which covers a lot of reggaeton). Canada is pretty essential for Carly Rae Jepsen and a few others, and then Australia gives us Troye Sivan and Kylie so can't rule them out either!

Sent something, not completely sure what counts as well-known in Britpop beyond the obvious names so hopefully mine isn't one of them :lol:

In fairness, that's exactly what Danny L Harle (this year's producer) is known for - listen to anything he's produced for Caroline Polachek (e.g. Welcome To My Island / I Believe / Dang) or released under his own name (Broken Flowers / Super Natural / 1UL) - yet Dizzy was anything but. The current team seem to be so focused on sending safe, radio-friendly pop, that nothing quirky seems to make it to the final product. Hopefully they'll take a look at this year's winner though and realise it pays off to be a bit more daring and play around with genres.

well no!

Pestolia will be making a brief (and rather cheap x) trip to Argentina to fetch our artist before boarding for Bøtanikkä!

From a personal POV absolutely - I mean, I'd take this year's Norwegian entry over Sweden's any day. I feel like it's partly due to the fact that Western European countries don't send many folklore entries, so when they do and it flops, it's more noticeable. Spirit In The Sky got Norway a 6th place finish not that long ago and that's got some folklore influences, while it's obviously not to the same extent as Ulveham this year I think it's a sign that there is interest. I'm sure if places like France and Spain sent folk-influenced acts as often as Ukraine, for example, they'd have a hit at some point, it's just a shame that so many seem to be scared to try something a bit more daring! Manifesting more Western countries pulling an Ireland next year tho, especially the UK.

1. Bloody Mary 2. Money Honey 3. Sour Candy 4. Swine 5. Sinner's Prayer 6. I Don't Know What Love Is 7. Teeth Love the whole top 5 tbh!

Honestly people who found the performance shocking should probably go outside more, plenty of acts inside and outside of Eurovision have had dancers acting like that. I mean it's hardly milkmaids churning butter? No one I was watching with (including straight people!) found it shocking, the only thing that surprised them was that the UK was sending something with a stage presence tbh.

I have no idea how accurate this all is bc I'm reading it through ATRL and Twitter but Joost apparently hasn't shown up to rehearsals and the EBU have said they're investigating an incident :thinking: @1788921052401217561 also Italy have put out a statement saying the leaked televote was 'incomplete' [link], but that could just be them saving face? This is all so messy and I just hope this doesn't all lead to an Israel win because that will be the end of my interest in this whole contest tbh.

Dua Lipa became the 3rd artist to do this this week thanks to Maria's #10 peak - and I forgot to update when Charli hit #6 with Speed Drive! Taylor Swift 01 cardigan / no body no crime / All Too Well / Anti-Hero / Enchanted 02 willow / Renegade / Nothing New / This Love / Karma / You Are In Love 03 the 1 / marjorie / All Of The Boys You Loved Before 04 the last great american dynasty / ‘tis the damn season / Snow On The Beach / The Great War / Back To December / I Know Places 05 You’re On Your Own Kid / Sparks Fly / Florida!!! 06 State Of Grace / Carolina / Better Than Revenge / You're Losing Me 07 exile / invisible string / closure 08 long story short / Mr Perfectly Fine 09 Love Story / Out Of The Woods / The Black Dog 10 Red / Hits Different / Speak Now Charli XCX 01 forever / Charger / Good Ones / New Shapes / Beg For You / Baby / Every Rule / Welcome To My Island (Remix) / Von dutch 02 911 (Remix) / B2b 03 Set Me Free (Feel My Pain) / detonate / Yuck 04 claws / enemy / Lightning 05 ringtone (Remix) / i finally understand 06 Speed Drive / Club classics 07 Constant Repeat 08 So Far Away / party 4 u / Used To Know Me / Hot In It 09 I'm A Dream / Spinning / Drama 10 Selfish Girl / Hot Girl / Heavy Dua Lipa 01 Physical / Break My Heart / Love Is Religion / That Kind Of Woman / Houdini / Illusion 02 Cool / Fever / Prisoner / We're Good / Cold Heart / Training Season / Whatcha Doing 03 Hallucinate / Sweetest Pie 04 Levitating / If It Ain't Me 05 Love Again / Dance The Night 06 Boys Will Be Boys 07 SUGAR (Remix) / Don't Start Now / Potion 08 Future Nostalgia 09 Good In Bed 10 Maria Missing #6: Carly Rae Jepsen Missing #10: Hayley Williams, Rina Sawayama

1. Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 2. Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria 3. Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department 4. Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well 5. Axolotes Mexicanos - 4ever 6. Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER 7. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You 8. Shygirl - Club Shy 9. Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us 10. Allie X - Girl with No Face

1. Alizzz - Dónde estás? 2. Dua Lipa - Whatcha Doing 3. Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso 4. Alizzz - Destellos 5. Dua Lipa - Illusion 6. Empress Of - Lorelai 7. Beyoncé - BODYGUARD 8. alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria 9. Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! 10. Dua Lipa - Maria 11. Charli XCX - B2b 12. Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue 13. Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed 14. Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - Florida!!! 15. Alizzz ft. Maria Arnal - Despertar 16. Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 17. Angelina Mango - La noia 18. Marina Satti - ZARI 19. Artemas - i like the way you kiss me 20. Charli XCX - Club classics 21. King Princess - Dirty Work 22. Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed 23. Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT 24. Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life 25. Charli XCX - Von dutch 26. Mahmood - TUTA GOLD 27. Kendrick Lamar - euphoria 28. Dua Lipa - End of an Era 29. Channel Tres ft. Barney Bones - Berghain 30. bôa - Beautiful & Broken 31. Vampire Weekend - Classical 32. Kevin Abstract ft. Lil Nas X - Tennessee 33. St. Vincent - Big Time Nothing 34. ieuan - High Elves and Low Lives 35. Silvester Belt - Luktelk 36. Dua Lipa - Training Season 37. Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) 38. Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS 39. SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY 40. Caroline Polachek - Coma