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Confirmed (again). It’s amazing how many songs I consider instrumentals do have some sort of small vocal element to them. Or they use a vocal sample as an ‘instrument’ even when lyrics are not discernible, like my first confirmation.

Notion and X CLUB, massive banger. I did like Overmono x John Joseph Holt a lot too, spoken word is always appreciated on dance.

You'd think World In Motion might have shown up in the top 100 after doing that well in the lead up to Wednesday's match. Perhaps it wasn't removed from ACR. Quite something to see the likes of Ant & Dec, 442 and the awful Shout charting on streaming, even if due to passive playlist listening.

Wow, that is a top three full of some serious swagger. Britpop is back! It is nice to see an all British top three, it doesn't happen a lot these days. Brilliant to see Shakira back in the top five after so long, Dai Dai has grown on me a lot. It's not Waka Waka but is catchy. And it feels like she's been knocking on the door of scoring a big hit again for a few years with the Bizarrap top 40, Zoo lingering at the lower end and her continued massive Spanish language success. Legend. Good to see Danceteria cling on for a second top 75 week for Madonna too.

Glorious is epic, shame he was a one hit wonder here because he sent some great songs to Melodifestivalen later in the decade, and was very close to winning on a couple of occasions. I still follow his music. Rise is effortlessly good, although I do prefer Out Of Reach overall, that really deserved to be a No.1. She was such a radio darling in 2000 and 2001 with these two songs and When A Woman (plus Dreams still being rinsed). I liked The Great Beyond too, a great REM single. Adelante less so, not one of my favourites from Sash! And I really disliked Daphne & Celeste. Hammer To The Heart was the weakest Tamperer hit for me, Madonna definitely used the ABBA sample far better. Quite a nice, well produced cover from Fierce. My mum loved that one and bought their album off the back of it. Girl On TV is so incredibly corny, but has a charm I suppose, but Summer Girls was far better and deserved a higher peak than this. Don't Falter is really lovely, nice to see the performance of that, it ended up becoming a bit of a cult classic in the end at least. Hated that second performance of A Little Bit Of Luck with the woman adlibbing over it. At least we have the first performance without it. Impressive longevity for that track.

Weirdly this was a rare X Factor winner's single that broke out and was a big success globally. No.1 in a few other European countries, No.2 in Australia. It was possibly so big because the Shontelle original was a hit in far fewer countries, and a much smaller hit where it charted. I always found its success baffling. I don't like his voice or his treatment of this song at all. I know it's regarded as one of the more successful and likeable X Factor winner's singles but it's not for me.

I believe Daniel O'Donnell charted a new album every year from 1988 to 2023.

This is kind of late-00s Kelly vibes, nice to hear it. Walk Away vibes to the verse but the production is more something in the middleground between My December and All I Ever Wanted. I like it!

Biology, what a song <3 I love it even more now than I did at the time, think I had veered away from GA slightly in their mid 2005 dip (I wasn't super mad on Wake Me Up or Long Hot Summer, though have a lot more time for the latter these days) and this song took its time to really wow me, I suppose because it is so unconventially structured. But they were well and truly back on track with this indeed, ignoring See The Day perhaps, and elevated their career a level. One Thing is great too, Amerie had some great brassy singles, I just wish Gotta Work had peaked higher as that to me sounded like a global hit, not a midtable one. Red Dress is decent but was never a big favourite of mine. Forgot to comment on a couple of others. Pon De Replay is fine, catchy but Rihanna had much better to come and it really sounded like a one-hit wonder type song to me. Crazy Chick was such a great and unexpected swerve for Charlotte Church, I thoroughly enjoyed that album.

Watch it run away with it after all now!

They really had some horrible entries. I hate Copycat, With Love Baby and Mother. Sister and Love Power were also not good at all. Some lovely songs too, I really was fond of Me & My Guitar, The Wrong Place (robbed), City Lights. Because Of You and Je T'adore were great, O Julissi so underrated and glad to see it in your top 20, and Sanomi so striking and unusual (and close to being a shock winner!) I never really loved 1 Life, although on paper it should tick all of my boxes but just didn't. It was one of the favourites to win and completely flopped but can't say I was upset about that. Interesting how long that French/Dutch back and forth went on in the 20th century, with the switch of broadcaster each year.

Think I know what 'the most non-number one number one single of all time' will end up being, although it's still one I play a lot if it's what I assume! Sure it was a surprise No.1 though, both at the time and looking back. It would be in my top ten of the year for the bridge alone.

I actually liked Don't Wake Me Up and the production on that, although I don't listen to his music at all anymore (I bought and liked the Exclusive album in 2008 before it became apparent what sort of character he was). Turn Up The Music is pure crap, super generic and probably the worst example of this kind of music in 2012. Would be bottom three for me for sure too, maybe even last tbh.

Final odds from RontBet: 5/1 Hendinia - Tourist - Outside 5/1 Yehesi - XO - Hotline 5/1 Bronzil - Baby Jane - Midnight Highway 6/1 Sovarasma - Von Quar - Kraft / Idiot 7/1 Kathaldazia - yaego, jsn & Tamashī - Life* 7/1 Aeroche - Orchid - heaven/jealous (Crybaby's Angel Edit) 8/1 FARC - Dani Sylvia - Retribution 8/1 Jadakissnia - Ok Goodnight - Spiral 9/1 Freidland - Tiscore - Red Card ----------- 10/1 Lentyll - Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Nosedive 12/1 Danæviia - Thy Catafalque - A Gyönyörű Álmok Ezután Jönnek 12/1 Fljótavík - Rare DM - Honey 12/1 Lookylion - Norma Jean Martine - ENCORE! (BIG DREAMERS) 12/1 République d'Áskorza - YAKAYA - PRYPYNDA 12/1 Cor Lupus - Chloe Jane - Middle Man 12/1 Neliönoir - IKARVS - explozja 14/1 Aesthetica - Meg Stalter - BRR 14/1 Elëdan - Paul Jebanasam - search another 3Hφ˙ = lose you i), place i=0 doubt I V (φ) am ∝ exp( √ 16π to meet you again pm² P φ 14/1 Pestolia - AKRIILA - suave (feat. Jane Remover) 14/1 Herbilore - Anne Hathaway - Holy Spirit 2 14/1 Juranabaijan - Florrie - The Times 14/1 Kluminican Republic - Elderbrook - Is It Over Now? 14/1 New Helvetica - Alana Henderson - Wax & Wane 15/1 Land of DW - Juhlat - Aallonmurtaja 15/1 Skall - Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore - Perpetual Adoration 15/1 Cumulonimbia - Awwful - Ride 16/1 Cheiron - Chibi Ichigo - Paranoia 16/1 N DNTN - Six Sex - LOVE ME HATE ME 16/1 Taahino - Against The Current - Dead Man Walking 18/1 Dobago - J.K. - You & I (Classic Remix) 18/1 Ojnoj - BAYLI - Passenger Princess 18/1 Ben's Sanctuary - The Bausa - Magnetic 18/1 The Spodic Empire - Cediv - Endless 18/1 Terra Avium - Future Islands - One Day 18/1 Zephyra Continuum - María Peláe - No Estoy Católica 20/1 Bøtanikkä - Little Sis Nora - COOL LIKE THAT 22/1 Trifoski - tsubi club - BURNMATERIAL 22/1 A-Konohagakure - んoon - SEE YA 22/1 Aelandor - The Strike - Overtime 25/1 Greenfroze - sasane - mosi mosi? 25/1 Ajanaeda - Mikayla Geier - HOTLINE 25/1 Flynnonda - Sub-Radio - Wait A Minute Potential winners above the line. After the talk of landslide winners earlier, I'm not sure I hear one and think it will be close again. Hendinia has a great shot at being the big crossover entry and they are very long overdue a win, so could be their moment after such a close miss last month, or could be another second again or thereabouts. Yehesi surely will scoop up the pop bloc support, already lots of people pledging their allegiance to it, not sure it has the alt appeal to get over the line but depends how big the pop points are. Baby Jane in with a shot too again with votes from both bases and Sovarasma, depending on how the alt bloc vote. Can never rule out Kathaldazia and Aeroche if it's to be a dance winner, but Freidland has the makings of a cult hit.

Rontvian votes are sent! Obviously sad to be on the sidelines three times in a row but it really is a strong final, as I had nine commiserations. Not really expecting any of my top five to achieve huge things, but they all deserve to. I guess one might be a cult hit.

Impossible! Going for The Bravery, but I really do like it. Five of the eight I bought on single at the time.

Two No.1s for Military Wives, forgot they were on this! Joining Bob The Builder in their only two charting singles both being No.1 hits. But where I love Wherever You Are, Sing is a very naff and pompous number, something that in this day and age would never get to the top as nobody would ever stream it. Weird that it's Gary Barlow's only No.1 this century away from Take That.

Good grief. But Argentina have been absolutely dominant in the last 30 minutes, it definitely wasn't unexpected. They are the kings of the comeback.

1. Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You 2. Esther - Savage Love 3. Alex The Astronaut - Business Man 4. Delta Goodrem - Hologram 5. Rogue Traders - Forever 6. Madonna - Love Sensation 7. Angelina Mango & Marco Mengoni - Canto D'amore 8. Modern English - I Melt With You 9. Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai 10. She Past Away - Mizantrop 11. Ayşen - Nerdesin 12. Helene Fischer - Heute Nacht 13. RABO - Wide Eyed Wonder 14. Madonna & Feid - Read My Lips 15. Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song 16. Antoon - Chaos 17. Katy Perry - Watch It Burn 18. The Cardigans - Communication 19. KitschKrieg, Blumengarten & Shirin David - Gut Genug 20. sombr - My Body Isn't Ready

Madonna – CONFESSIONS II SIENNA SPIRO – Visitor The Cardigans – Long Gone Before Daylight Esther – Fragmentality Dagny – Dancefloor Erotica Bebe Rexha – DIRTY BLONDE The Shires – Bonfire Beth Orton – The Ground Above Myles Smith – My Mess, My Heart, My Life. Sonny Fodera – can we do it all again?

I would imagine it would be a Christmas song and the first one that springs to mind is Mud's Lonely This Christmas. I always found it very depressing as a child to hear that during the happy occasion of Christmas. Probably don't despise it now, but I don't rate it either. Also some of the hits by Outhere Brothers, the 1996 singles by The Smurfs, and some of the old country and western stuff my dad used to play, like Rawhide by Frankie Laine, although I can see the appeal in the latter now.

I do like all of these up to a point, am going for Shakedown, it's fun with a nice bassline but not one I would put on out of choice. I like that Daniel Bedingfield song. I really couldn't get a handle on his genre hopping on that first album, and this felt like another one that sounded nothing like any of the other singles, but bravo to him for doing that, you never knew what would be up next. A bit like Melanie C during the Northern Star era.

I really liked Candy and was glad to see Robbie get another No.1 after so long. The Flood is far better, and it's still a crime that missed the top, but still, I found it jolly and catchy and would have been one of those first week buyers for it. Looking forward to the countdown, nice context in the opening post. I started a new job that year (that I was only at just over 18 months) and met one of my closest friends there but outside of that I don't think it was anything revolutionary in my life. I very vividly remember the hype around the Olympics, and the continuation of the club banger era, although it was coming to a close as house was about to make a big comeback in 2013.

Thanks Addy, loved the graphics! Shame for another bad result but actually it seems most of my favourites got through apart from Zanmatony, Harmonica and Altyr.

Shame for Altyr, nice song that I gave a point to.