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Nooooo what is Flux doing out already? From skimming through everyone's scores I thought it had done better than that. Romeo and Juliet is also a great song (which I first got into via a cover by The Killers if anyone remembers their offcuts album?), would also have liked to see that in the final.

Ah just realised I got Affirmation mixed up with a different song - should have given it a few points. In hindsight should also have given Windmills... a few points, for its appearance in Alan Partridge if nothing else. Wouldn't have been enough to put either through anyway.

+5 Aperture +4 End Of Beginning +3 Raindance +2 The Fate Of Ophelia +1 Where Is My Husband -1 Die On This Hill -2 Rein Me In -3 I Just Might -4 Lush Life -5 So Easy

10 of my top 12 highest pointers made it through to the semi finals. 9 of those 10 appear in this semi! Imagine that means a fair few of them will fall 😥

+25 My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words +24 Radiohead - Karma Police +23 McAlmont & Butler - Yes +22 Biffy Clyro - Many Of Horror +21 Pink - Try +20 Bloc Party - Flux +19 The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up +18 Dire Straits - Romeo And Juliet +17 Black - Wonderful Life +16 Blink 182 - I Miss You +15 Taylor Swift featuring Bon Iver - Exile +14 Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough +13 Ash - Shining Light +12 Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell +11 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Enola Gay +10 Lily Allen - Pussy Palace

• Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing To Be Young • Jade - FUFN (F*ck You For Now) • Jisoo & Zayn - Eyes Closed • Joji - Pixelated Kisses • Lana Del Rey - Henry, Come On • Levi Heron - The Glen • Lola Young - D£aler • Mark Ronson & Raye - Suzanne • Miley Cyrus - End of the World • Morgan Seatree feat. Florence + The Machine - Say My Name • Oasis - Slide Away • Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train • Remember Monday - What the Hell Just Happened? • Rosalia feat. Björk & Yves Tumor - Berghain • Sleep Token - Damocles • Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia • Sleep Token - Look To Windward • Sombr - We Never Dated • Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato

Not many I like from this year's selection +18 Oasis - Acquiesce +15 Sleep Token - Emergence +13 Max Dean, Luke Dean and Locky - Can't Decide +12 Lorde - What Was That +11 Huntr/x - What It Sounds Like +10 Coldplay - Sparks +9 Lily Allen - Madeline +8 Lily Allen - West End Girl -2 Kehlani - Folded

Ah so my 30 pointer made it through without needing the wildcard, wasn't sure it would have. Turn is the only song close to the cutoff line I'm regretting not bunging a few extra votes to

New Metric 😍😍😍

Ahh I could easily have given Turn a few more points and now regretting not doing it. Probably my favourite Travis song. Pleased that Don't Marry Her, Jump Around and Blame It On The Boogie haven't made it - all 'classics' but ones that I've never really got on board with.

Boo at Crossfire not making it. Certainly in my top 3 Killers-related songs

What's the situation with standing tickets? When I went to Radiohead at the O2, good seats were mid-200s but standing (which imo is always by far the best way to attend a gig) was just 85!

That's a proper tough tongue twister!

Always had a soft spot for The Call, glad to see it get a good haul of points. No big losses for me in this latest batch though

How fussed do we think he (not his label!) is about commercial performance? That's twice now in four albums he's chosen to lead with a >5 minute song that's a bit leftfield. I'm all for it - far fewer huge names in music now than there were in the past, so you hope they do something interesting since they're the only ones who could get away with it