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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

Thanks for your comments last week ^_^ Hey Sergej! Glad you like all those, Kacey's album is such a gorgeous calming listen :wub: and really here for Good Luck Babe smashing! Yass stan Empress Of and Chappell! Hey James! Aw shame you're not into Espresso, I think it sounds great in the sun atm! Florida is defo my fav from TTPD, Florence rly elevates it. Yes definitely hearing the Marina influence on Chappell, really glad it's turned into such a smash for her! Considering how well Marina's older tracks (esp The Family Jewels) do on streaming these days, I rly think Marina would've been way bigger if she'd had TikTok at the start of her career. Aw sorry about the Ariana fall continuing, I haven't listened to it in a while and there's a lot of good stuff to fit in above it :lol:

WBjUZIVwDDA Chart summary: The summer weather has brought us another sundrenched number one via Alizzz, who you may remember as my PFSC winner, with several songs from his new album hitting the top 20. He beats fellow new-album-releaser Dua Lipa to the top spot, meaning she has to settle for second place with Whatcha Doing (the 4th top 2 of the era), although Dua does beat Alizzz to the #1 album. This week, weirdly, we have 2 songs with Maria in the title (courtesy of Dua and Ukraine's Eurovision entry), while one of the Alizzz tracks features another Maria! It's actually a really stacked week for newies with various songs from the first Eurovision semi as well as Caroline Polachek, Kevin Abstract, King Princess and more. 01 Alizzz - Dónde estás? 02 Dua Lipa - Whatcha Doing 03 Sabrina Carpenter - Espresso [2 - 1 - 3] 04 Alizzz - Destellos 05 Dua Lipa - Illusion [2 - 1 - 2 - 5] 06 Empress Of - Lorelei [3 - 6] 07 Beyoncé - BODYGUARD [1 - 1 - 1 - 3 - 4 - 7] 08 alyona alyona ft. Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria 09 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! [11 - 9] 10 Dua Lipa - Maria 11 Charli XCX - B2b [2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 11] 12 Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue 13 Caroline Polachek - Starburned and Unkissed 14 Taylor Swift ft. Florence + The Machine - Florida!!! [5 - 6 - 14] 15 Alizzz ft. Maria Arnal - Despertar 16 Axolotes Mexicanos - La canción que escribiste 17 Angelina Mango - La noia [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 8 - 17] 18 Marina Satti - ZARI [4 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 9 - 18] 19 Artemas - i like the way you kiss me [16 - 4 - 6 - 7 - 19] 20 Charli XCX - Club classics [6 - 8 - 10 - 10 - 20] 21 King Princess - Dirty Work 22 Olivia Rodrigo - obsessed [2 - 4 - 7 - 9 - 14 - 14 - 22] 23 Beyoncé ft. Dolly Parton - TYRANT [5 - 8 - 10 - 16 - 15 - 23] 24 Hooverphonic - The Best Day Of Our Life [26 - 17 - 9 - 11 - 17 - 16 - 24] 25 Charli XCX - Von dutch [1 - 2 - 4 - 6 - 8 - 10 - 12 - 18 - 17 - 25] 26 Mahmood - TUTA GOLD [1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 13 - 19 - 18 - 26] 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 [22 - 27 - RE - 5 - 7 - 11 - 12 - 31] 32 Kevin Abstract ft. Lil Nas X - Tennessee 33 St. Vincent - Big Time Nothing [20 - 33] 34 ieuan - High Elves and Low Lives 35 Silvester Belt - Luktelk 36 Dua Lipa - Training Season [2 - 2 - 4 - 7 - 7 - 8 - 14 - 19 - 19 - 27 - 28 - 36] 37 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) [5 - 3 - 4 - 6 - 11 - 14 - 22 - 22 - 37] 38 Mahmood ft. Angèle - SEMPRE / JAMAIS [14 - 6 - 8 - 11 - 14 - 16 - 24 - 25 - 38] 39 SONIKKU ft. Rakky Ripper - WONKY [31 - 16 - 9 - 12 - 17 - 18 - 26 - 27 - 39] 40 Caroline Polachek - Coma [5 - 6 - 6 - 9 - 11 - 15 - 20 - 25 - 25 - 33 - 35 - 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? ALBUMS: Congrats Dua on a 3rd #1 album (that's Future Nostalgia, Club Future Nostalgia which I counted as separate, and Radical Optimism) :cheer: 01 Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism 02 Alizzz - Conducción Temeraria 03 Taylor Swift - The Tortured Poets Department [1 - 1 - 3] 04 Kacey Musgraves - Deeper Well [1 - 1 - 2 - 5 - 5 - 3 - 2 - 4] 05 Axolotes Mexicanos - 4ever 06 Beyoncé - COWBOY CARTER [1 - 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 6] 07 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] 08 Shygirl - Club Shy [1 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 8 - 7 - 8 - 8 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 6 - 8] 09 Vampire Weekend - Only God Was Above Us [1 - 2 - 5 - 8 - 9] 10 Allie X - Girl with No Face [2 - 2 - 4 - 4 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 6 - 7 - 10 - 10]

Aw, sad for Czechia and San Marino but otherwise okay! Really glad for Armenia, that feels like a real grower.

1. Greece 2. Switzerland 3. Armenia 4. Netherlands 5. Norway 6. Czechia 7. San Marino 8. Georgia 9. Estonia 10. Belgium ---- 11. Austria 12. Denmark 13. Latvia 14. Malta 15. Albania 16. Israel AQs: 1. Italy 2. Spain 3. France

obviously loving the netherlands but i do think it's relying a lot on the audience/backing track singing the song - rly glad he kept the outro and with subtitles! love the shift from novelty into something emotional

Can definitely hear the booing under the cheering - I imagine a decent amount of that cheering is being edited in

Italy is my fav in the whole contest but eh the staging, I feel it all just blends into the background

This is fun but I wish they'd done a bit more with the staging! The graphics are very "random preset background"

Still feels weird seeing Megara on the Eurovision stage after them trying for Spain last year :lol: I preferred their 2023 song but love the energy here and hoping it can get through!

ARRIBA LAS ZORRAAAAS I do have to stan this, ngl I preferred it at Benidorm when it felt a bit more low-budget but still a smash! Glad the audience got so into it.

I am genuinely finding the constant Eurovision history mentions a bit odd now? Like yeah, why highlight that Latvia won in 2002 :lol:

I wasn't getting the Armenia hype fully but that performance really elevated it for me! Really showed off their personality.

There's a few ropey vocal moments for Aiko which is a shame as the studio version is one of my absolute faves, but she's really pulled it together and I hope it pays off for her! The revamp definitely makes it work better for the stage.

Oh this is very musical theatre :lol: love the song and the staging is a really cool concept! This last section with the James Bond esque instrumental absolutely devours

Titan definitely was better in Albanian, I felt the backing track was drowning her out a bit too? Greek Rosalía is SERVING, the one-shot approach is giving me Von Dutch mv

As long as we get Greece, Switzerland and Netherlands through I'm happy! Would be here for San Marino too and by some long shot Czechia if she's managed to improve her performance.

Oop, bit of a flop (where's Scotland 2 when you need them?) but glad it picked up a few votes! Congrats Nate, such a great entry. And thanks Iz for choosing such a fun theme, really enjoyed all the discoveries!

2001 (0) Kylie Minogue - Can’t Get You Out Of My Head 2002 (1) Will Young & Gareth Gates - The Long And Winding Road / Suspicious Minds 2003 (2) The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love 2004 (3) Nelly - My Place / Flap Your Wings 2005 (4) Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To 2006 (5) Justin Timberlake - SexyBack 2007 (6) Plain White T’s - Hey There Delilah 2008 (7) James Morrison - You Make It Real 2009 (8) Madonna - Celebration 2010 (9) Shontelle - Impossible 2011 (10) Will Young - Jealousy 2012 (11) Little Mix - Wings 2013 (12) Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness 2014 (13) Power Music Workout - All About That Bass 2015 (14) Martin Solveig & GTA - Intoxicated 2016 (15) Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons - Sucker For Pain 2017 (16) J Balvin - Mi Gente 2018 (17) Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes 2019 (18) Post Malone ft. Young Thug - Goodbyes 2020 (19) BTS - Dynamite 2021 (20) Digga D ft. Arrdee - Wasted 2022 (21) Lizzo - 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready) 2023 (22) D.O.D - So Much In Love Not great additions, I don't think I've even heard the D.O.D song :lol: Tbh the only songs here I'd go out of my way to listen to are CGYOOMH, Celebration and the original version of Summertime Sadness.

Re-ranking with a few older ones moved around. DNQs in red! 1. Mareux - The Perfect Girl (141) 2. sangiovanni & Aitana - mariposas (151) 3. When In Rome - The Promise (152) 4. SIMONA - PLUSH (159) 5. Mahawam - Hoping No One Notice (147) 6. OBK - El cielo no entiende (156) 7. El Columpio Asesino - Preparada (David Kano Remix) (145) 8. Suki Waterhouse - OMG (162) 9. ThxSoMch - When The Devil Speaks... (161) 10. Lo-Fang - #88 (150) 11. Jae Stephens - got it like that (140) 12. Cecile Believe - Bitch Bites Dog (157) 13. jaboukie - BBC (158) 14. Four Phonica - Human All Too Human (144) 15. 8485 - 3cheers (160) 16. Dry Cleaning - Anna Calls From The Arctic (164) 17. Axolotes Mexicanos - Doble Check (142) 18. Твоё далеко - Теперь не страшно (148) 19. Tennis - Runner (146) 20. Pearly Drops - Call For Help (153) 21. Dora Jar - Polly (143) 22. Bibi Flash - Histoire D'1 Soir (Bye Bye Les Galères) (149) 23. Rafa Villalba - Chiquetere (155) 24. DJ SG - Sosban Fach (163) 25. Furfriend - Fist F*ck (154)

Probably missing a few things but I've been trying to keep track this year! Finished: 30 Rock (ITVX) It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (S16) (Netflix) The Crown (S6) (Netflix) Fool Me Once (Netflix) Only Connect (iPlayer) The Traitors (S2) (iPlayer) Benidorm Fest 2024 (RTVE Play) Sagrada Familia (S2) (Netflix) Bad Education (S6) (iPlayer) Our Flag Means Death (S2) (iPlayer) Young Royals (S3) (Netflix) Kath & Kim (Netflix) Drag Race UK (S2 onwards - I'm very late to the game I know!) (iPlayer) Love On The Spectrum (Netflix) The Gentlemen (Netflix) Big Boys (S2) (All4) The Apprentice (2024) (iPlayer) Las de la última fila (Netflix) Baby Reindeer (Netflix) Gilmore Girls (S3 onwards + A Year In The Life) (Netflix) What We Do In The Shadows (iPlayer) Avoidance (S2) (iPlayer) Dinosaur (iPlayer) Everything Now (Netflix) Ongoing: Race Across The World (iPlayer) Dead Boy Detectives (Netflix) Mammoth (iPlayer) Eurovision 2024 (iPlayer)

Some surprises (considering the semis are televote only I didn't feel confident in Serbia and Portugal making it) but glad all my faves got in! Started getting worried for Ireland for a moment :lol:

Feels like they're REALLY going on about the history of Eurovision this year? Which is fun but idk, feels like they're just filling gaps with old footage.

Dropping in my rankings: 1. Ireland 2. Ukraine 3. Croatia 4. Lithuania 5. Luxembourg 6. Slovenia 7. Serbia 8. Finland 9. Portugal 10. Poland ----- 11. Cyprus 12. Australia 13. Moldova 14. Azerbaijan 15. Iceland And from the AQs: 1. United Kingdom 2. Sweden 3. Germany

The sounds at the beginning of Fighter are giving off-brand Grindr notification Very 00s but I kinda like it and I'm glad they're bringing some French lyrics. Feels a bit like an Angèle song!