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Pretty much all my faves from this semi made it through, bring on the final!

Of the 900+ songs that featured in this rate, to see my favourite one beat another of my top five in the grand final is as awesome as it is unexpected! Thanks for hosting the rate, been great fun

New Biffy as well as BMTH and Alt-J this week?! Am I in a dream?

Good to see, had been a slightly underwhelming start compared to Parasite Eve (though it's not as memorable a song imo)

First Draw Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Winner/Playoff Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Bastille - Pompeii Bastille - Pompeii With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup

+5 Don't Shut Me Down +4 Heat Waves +3 Stay +2 Bad Habits +1 Champagne Poetry -1 Remember -2 Industry Baby -3 Fair Trade -4 Girls Want Girls -5 Out Out

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance The Killers – Mr Brightside With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Bastille - Pompeii High-quality quarter final!

+25 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +24 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +23 London Grammar – Strong +22 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes +21 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver - Exile +20 CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share +19 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +18 Loreen - Euphoria +17 Florence & The Machine - Shake It Out +16 P!nk (feat. Nate Ruess) - Just Give Me A Reason +15 Avicii (feat. Aloe Blacc) - Wake Me Up +14 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +13 Weeknd - Can't Feel My Face +12 Martin Garrix – Animals +11 Azealia Banks (feat. Lazy Jay) - 212 +10 Calvin Harris (feat. Rihanna) - This Is What You Came For +9 Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me +8 Katy Perry - The One That Got Away +7 Hozier - Take Me To Church +6 Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar +5 Mark Ronson (feat. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk +4 Mr. Probz - Waves (Robin Schulz Remix) +3 Topic & A7S - Breaking Me +2 Zhu - Faded +1 Emeli Sande - Heaven

Woah new BMTH and Alt-J this week? What a week!

+25 Arcade Fire - Reflektor +24 P!nk - Try +23 Grimes - Kill V. Maim +22 Fun. (feat. Janelle Monae) - We Are Young +21 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times +20 Lorde - Perfect Places +19 Adele - Hello +18 Lorde - Royals +17 Lorde - Team +16 Lady Gaga - Born This Way +15 Taylor Swift - Blank Space +14 Christina Perri - Jar of Hearts +13 George Ezra - Paradise +12 Paul Woolford & Diplo (feat. Kareen Lomax) - Looking For Me +11 Paloma Faith - Only Love Can Hurt Like This +10 Avicii vs. Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One +9 Adele - Someone Like You +8 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood +7 SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) +6 Kiesza - Hideaway +5 Mike Posner - I Took A Pill In Ibiza (Seeb Remix) +4 Kygo (feat. Conrad Sewell) - Firestone +3 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. Grimes) - Nihilist Blues +2 Swedish House Mafia (feat. John Martin) - Don't You Worry Child +1 Woodkid - Run Boy Run

Pleased that Space made the top 50 too, Biffy don't seem to get that much love in these rates usually

Absolutely buzzing that Violent Sun and Parasite Eve have made it into the auto-qualifiers (both were my noms, thanks to all the voters!)

Lots of close results, most of which went against my votes :( Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Maneater - Nelly Furtado Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone Bastille - Pompeii Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay Z With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup The Killers – Mr Brightside Coldplay - Viva La Vida

I nominated 7 songs from this year and you've put 6 of them in your top 20! Only missing Exile for 7 out of 7

New Rules getting very lucky here - up against two Gaga songs that will split each other's vote in half! Viva La Vida vs Faded is a tough draw but apart from that I found this round surprisingly easy. Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness Sia - Chandelier Bastille - Pompeii Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Fun featuring Janelle Monae - We Are Young Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know Alan Walker - Faded The Killers – Mr Brightside Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love Dua Lipa ~ Be The One Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love

Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Maneater - Nelly Furtado Who Knew - Pink Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol Umbrella - Rihanna featuring Jay-Z With Every Heartbeat - Robyn with Kleerup Say It Right - Nelly Furtado About You Now - Sugababes Coldplay - Viva La Vida The Killers – Mr Brightside Billie Eilish – Bad Guy September - Cry For You Lady Gaga - Bad Romance Lady Gaga - Paparazzi Calvin Harris - I'm Not Alone Rita Ora – Anywhere Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love Owl City - Fireflies Lady Gaga featuring Beyonce - Telephone Dua Lipa ~ Be The One Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love Lady Gaga - The Edge Of Glory Example - Changed The Way You Kiss Me Alan Walker - Faded Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know Fun featuring Janelle Monae - We Are Young Adele - Hello Hozier - Take Me To Church Bastille - Pompeii Sia - Chandelier Kiesza - Hideaway Lilly Wood & Robin Schulz - Prayer In C

For me this comes second only to 2016 in feeling like it's a really weak year in the rate +30 Coldplay - Champion Of The World +29 Bon Iver - Hey Ma +28 Declan McKenna - British Bombs +27 Coldplay - Orphans +26 Keiino - Spirit In The Sky +25 Taylor Swift - You Need To Calm Down +24 Billie Eilish - Bury a Friend +23 Bring Me The Horizon (feat. Grimes) - Nihilist Blues +22 Billie Eilish - Bad Guy +21 Harry Styles - Lights Up +20 Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles +19 National - You Had Your Soul With You +18 Dominic Fike - 3 Nights +17 Regard - Ride It +16 Selena Gomez - Lose You To Love Me +15 Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait +14 Grimes - 4ÆM +13 Catfish & The Bottlemen - Longshot +12 Billie Eilish - Everything I Wanted +11 Lauv & Troye Sivan - I'm So Tired… +10 Lewis Capaldi - Grace +9 Tones and I - Dance Monkey +8 Blossoms - Your Girlfriend +7 Post Malone - Circles +6 Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now

Wolf Alice / Sign of the Times / Arcade Fire in 8th / 7th / 6th is awesome!

+30 Bring Me The Horizon - Parasite Eve +29 Everything Everything - Violent Sun +28 Biffy Clyro - Space +27 1975 - If You're Too Shy (Let Me Know) +26 Dadi Freyr - Think About Things +25 Dua Lipa - Physical +24 Everything Everything - In Birdsong +23 Miley Cyrus - Angels Like You +22 Bring Me The Horizon & Yungblud - Obey +21 Taylor Swift & Bon Iver - Exile +20 Will Ferrell & My Marianne - Jaja Ding Dong +19 Bring Me The Horizon - Teardrops +18 Will Ferrell & My Marianne - Husavik +17 Miley Cyrus - Midnight Sky +16 Paul Woolford & Diplo (feat. Kareen Lomax) - Looking For Me +15 Royal Blood - Trouble's Coming +14 Taylor Swift - Cardigan +13 SAINt JHN - Roses (Imanbek Remix) +12 Taylor Swift - August +11 Doja Cat - Boss Bitch +10 Harry Styles - Golden +9 Jake Bugg - All I Need +8 Tate McRae - You Broke Me First +7 Will Ferrell & My Marianne - Double Trouble +6 Topic & A7S - Breaking Me +5 Billie Eilish - No Time To Die +4 Gerry Cinnamon - Where We're Going +3 Powfu (feat. Beabadoobee) - Death Bed (Coffee For Your Head) +2 Killers - My Own Soul's Warning +1 Weeknd - Blinding Lights

It's taken til the last round of the last year, but I find all these songs either boring or bad, so will abstain!

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo - deja vu

The Weeknd - Save Your Tears Becky Hill and David Guetta - Remember Olivia Rodrigo - Good 4 U Olivia Rodrigo - déjà vu Calvin Harris - By Your Side (feat. Tom Grennan) Miley Cyrus - Prisoner (feat. Dua Lipa) Olivia Rodrigo - Drivers License Navos - Believe Me

Where's the other ABBA song? I vote for that

+30 Muse - Something Human +29 Arctic Monkeys - Four Out of Five +28 Yungblud - Polygraph Eyes +27 Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes +26 Grimes (feat. HANA) - We Appreciate Power +25 Mark Ronson (feat. Miley Cyrus) - Nothing Breaks Like A Heart +24 Billie Eilish - when the party's over +23 Bring Me The Horizon - MANTRA +22 George Ezra - Paradise +21 Hugh Jackman, Keala Settle, Zac Efron, Zendaya & The Greatest Showman Ensemble - The Greatest Show +20 Rita Ora - Let You Love Me +19 Dynoro & Gigi D'Agostino - In My Mind +18 CHVRCHES - Get Out +17 Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit +16 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow +15 1975 - TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME +14 Post Malone & Swae Lee - Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse) +13 Florence & the Machine - Hunger +12 George Ezra - Shotgun +11 Alan Walker (feat. Au/Ra & Tomine Harket) - Darkside +10 Au/Ra & CamelPhat - Panic Room +9 Ariana Grande - no tears left to cry +8 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood +7 Snow Patrol - What If This is All the Love You Ever Get +6 Vaccines - I Can't Quit +5 Netta - Toy +4 Rudimental (feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen) - These Days +3 Marshmello & Anne-Marie - FRIENDS +2 Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises +1 Sigrid - Strangers

+30 alt-J - Adeline +29 Arcade Fire - Everything Now +28 Wolf Alice - Don't Delete The Kisses +27 Harry Styles - Sign of the Times +26 alt-J - 3WW +25 Lorde - Perfect Places +24 Lorde - Liability +23 Julia Michaels - Issues +22 Liam Gallagher - Wall of Glass +21 Lorde - Green Light +20 Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee (feat. Justin Bieber) - Despacito [VOTING FOR THE ORIGINAL VERSION ONLY, THE BIEBER VERSION IS GARBAGE] +19 Taylor Swift - Look What You Made Me Do +18 Rita Ora - Anywhere +17 Lorde - The Louvre +16 Dua Lipa - Be The One +15 Ed Sheeran - Perfect +14 Everything Everything - A Fever Dream +13 Lorde - Homemade Dynamite +12 Killers - The Man +11 Imagine Dragons - Thunder +10 MGMT - Little Dark Age +9 Miley Cyrus - Malibu +8 ZAYN & Taylor Swift - I Don't Wanna Live Forever +7 Paramore - Hard Times +6 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still +5 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Holy Mountain +4 CamelPhat & Elderbrook - Cola +3 Disciples - On My Mind +2 Jake Bugg - Indigo Blue +1 Kygo & Selena Gomez - It Ain't Me