Encore

Interesting article... anyone seen it? More about the company 'Day & Night Ventures' and their takings that the girls set up. http://www.irishpost.co.uk/business/una-fo...with-band-mates

Ok that was landline. Just tried mobile and I'm getting the bleeping tone.... edit: got through second time. Is that a positive sign or negative?!

I got through but it was Claudia mentioning something rather than her saying 'you voted Frankie'...?

FFS Frankie can't do anything right in Craig's eyes. This show is so manipulated it's unreal...

Those comments to Caroline... So OTT. Giving Frankie & Mark lukewarm comments... Over praising Caroline to stand out to the voters. So transparent. She's got it in the bag. I'd just like them to get a 40 tonight now, doubt they'll win.

Don't forget you can vote 3 times free online! I'm using all of my email accounts tonight... :blush:

Might be interesting to watch the bookies odds shortly before voting lines close for the final time. May get a possible indication as sometimes big insider bets can be placed. Happened before on shows like Big Brother etc.

I need to stop imagining their reaction to winning and lifting the glitterball at the end of the show.... they really deserve it. Most consistent and likeable pairing. I just find Caroline false and unlikeable, she puts it on a bit. Don't forget we can all vote 3 times on the Strictly site for free... and you can vote on different devices and still count! Worked for me on my phone and then voted again 3 times on my laptop.

Sounds like a story planted to help Caroline - people think Frankie leading vote - people complacent and don't vote. I expect that's rubbish anyway, Caroline's probably topped the vote the last few weeks. There was a similar story last year saying Susanna was topping the vote and would win yet Abbey won.

The show has totally been engineered to ensure Caroline wins - the Samba being picked for Frankie & Kevin just cements it. They've pulled Frankie down for weeks to help Caroline get further in the votes with their OTT hype and favouritism. The samba is not the judges 'favourite' dance by F&K, so unfair especially since their pick for Caroline is her American Smooth, yep she tripped over but that's pretty much all that went wrong and they still heaped praise. Frankie's strength is ballroom yet her only ballroom dance is her Showdance - not going to be able to show her strengths to people voting just in the final compared to Caroline getting 3 strong dances :( are also opening the show too going by an interview on TV this morning, unfair given that she was near the start last week. How many times has Caroline opened the show? I hope the other dances chosen by the judges are fair and not in favour of anyone but I doubt that. Caroline must be lined up for some BBC presenting roles in the future, wouldn't surprise me given the way they're favouring her and manipulating it for her.

Mess. I can't believe management/the girls didn't think signings would be a good idea.

Yeah that's how my store pretty much looked :(

As long as it's just my store they haven't got in the trending section it's all good! The store near me is a small one anyway.

Just been in my local HMV before work... They're not even in the new releases 'trending' section at the front of my store yet Richard and Adam and Gaslight Anthem are. They're stocked pretty much right at the bottom in the corner on the new releases wall but not at the front of the store where most of the other new albums out today are. :( If that's the case elsewhere I guess it's going to be tricky to pick up casual buyers as outside the fanbase I really don't think people know it's out. They need TV adverts... They're fools for not doing signings. Shame to see it still not top 10 on iTunes either but hopefully through the day it'll rise?

#111! Looking promising for the album. :D FKA Twigs #108 OneRepublic #109 The Sats #111 How are they doing on Amazon?

#114 Finest Selection (Deluxe) FKA Twigs at #108 and OneRepublic #104.

The official store pre-order is the deluxe boxset with the b sides/videos CDs and lanyard.

Don't know if this has already been posted but iTunes preview clips are up if anyone wanted to listen to the new songs in HQ. I know the clip of Walking Through The Desert the other day was a little low quality.

They're idiots if they have no signings or a TV advert. Even more idiotic if they can't be bothered. Just a few signings would help - London, Birmingham, Manchester and one other maybe. Plus it's summer holidays so it's not like they'd be short of younger fans being able to get there/have them walk in off the street. Mistake if not, it's not that hard for them to do, just sit at a table and interact with fans and sign CD's for a few hours at a time.

I hope there's a TV advert to start circulating soon. Some signings for the album at HMV wouldn't go amiss either, at least do those if they can't get much TV promo.

Walking Through the Desert gives me John Newman Love Me Again / Ella Henderson Ghost vibes. Love it!

Awesome, thanks Will. :D

Thanks :) Oh I've just got the 'Tweet' button and no Facebook one. Any chance anyone can upload it elsewhere?

Dumb question I'm sure but how do you listen to it? :blush:

All Fired Up to open... something like the girls in those black outfits from the video, rising from under the stage on seperate platforms with a spotlight on each of them across the stage with fire and fireworks going off.