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

I gave The Motels 6, nice retro entry! Shame going early 80s didn't work out this time like the winner last month!

Must admit I didn't actually expect to Q, as it felt very low impact compared to the other pop that followed in the semi and just being a 'nice' song doesn't really cut it these days. I should learn that you can't just send a song you enjoy, it has to be that plus competitive sounding or there's no point.

Oh wow, 12 points... three DNQs on the trot! At least it wasn't close this time, I'd have to check but think that could be my first ever last place in a semi. Thank you to those that voted it though, hope some people in Semi 1 manage to check it out, I really think it's a cute song with great production and a lovely sample, didn't really deserve that?!

Adore the Anne Hathaway song, well done Herbs. More 90s singer songwriter vibes than I expected.

Where were the rock fans at? Zanmatony would have been my 10 pointer! 😭

Surprised at Séyetana, thought that sounded like a big hit! 😩

Numb/Encore, although I do like all 10 in the round tbf.

Only Girl deserved these winner odds I fear.

We don’t open the books until the final. Semis - no idea whatsoever!

Such a good top two there, I'd put We Found Love ahead as it is just a giant banger that topped off an amazing 12 months or so for RIhanna, but 21 is such a landmark album and Someone Like You a beautiful track. The BRITs performance was so amazing, I prefer it too, as like the lower register vocal in the chorus compared to the studio version with the higher notes. Thanks for a fantastic thread to follow @Paddington James, it's been really fun and insightful. Here is my rank: One The Floor – Jennifer Lopez ft Pitbull What’s My Name – Rihanna ft Drake We Found Love – Rihanna ft Calvin Harris Someone Like You – Adele Wherever You Are – Military Wives ft Gareth Malone What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction Loca People – Sak Noel Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO ft Lauren Bennett and GoonRock Price Tag – Jessie J ft B.o.B Heart Skips a Bit – Olly Murs ft Rizzle Kicks Give Me Everything – Pitbull ft Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer Don’t Hold Your Breath – Nicole Scherzinger Grenade – Bruno Mars Glad You Came – The Wanted Changed The Way You Kissed Me – Example Promises – Nero We R Who We R – Kesha All About Tonight – Pixie Lott Louder – DJ Fresh ft Sian Evans Read All About It – Professor Green ft Emeli Sande When We Collide – Matt Cardle Dance With Me Tonight – Olly Murs The Lazy Song – Bruno Mars Cannonball – Little Mix Swagger Jagger – Cher Lloyd Stay Awake – Example She Makes Me Wanna – JLS ft Dev Don’t Go – Wretch 32 ft Josh Kumra Don’t Wanna Go Home – Jason Derulo No Regrets – Dappy Wishing On a Star – X Factor Finalists 2011 ft JLS and One Direction Love down to Heart Skips A Beat, like down to The Lazy Song (just about), the next few are mid and then the bottom three are absolutely awful for me. My favourite songs of the year were Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5/Christina, and The A Team by Ed, with J.Lo and Rihanna just behind.

Sticking with VS, pretty bland.

Elvis, not a great track.

Three Lions could do it officially then (unless Wonderwall overtakes)? Will likely have huge numbers today, and again Wednesday. Thursday's Spotify streams won't count, but if England were to go out that would be in its favour as a sharp drop off wouldn't be registered. If England win then it will miss a bumper day of course. Getting to the semis in 2018 pushed it to No.1 last time. Does certainly feel like Shakira is coming for that first top 10 since 2009 too.

Welcome and thank you for sharing such a striking and standout entry on your first full contest. I'm in the other semi-final so can't back it but hopefully the storytelling here will take you through. Alana's voice is so striking too.

Rontvian votes have departed our inbox. Good semi with about six songs I really love and proved almost impossible to separate so hope all make it through and none of them miss out on fine margins. Another couple I really enjoyed too, a strong semi for pop! I couldn't begin to even consider what the nine DNQs will be. It feels to me, as is so often the way these days, that every song has a case for qualification. Semi 1 has fewer songs I absolutely love but more depth, taking a glance at that I could very happily vote for 16 there and, again, have no idea what will and won't Q.

Yeah it was a nice mix of artists, although not sure I'd have considered Eels an essential part of the 2000 story, although I really do love Mr E's Beautiful Blues and it turned up in a lot of films around that time too so felt bigger than its No.11 peak. I laughed when S Club said they didn't want to do Reach initially as it felt like Rainbow. Presuming they mean the children's TV show theme, and I completely get that thinking about it! In essence it's a very corny song that you could even imagine Lolly or Tweenies or someone doing, but they really turned it into a classic, and one of those cheesy songs that everyone loves. Such unlucky timing to go up against Sonique for three weeks because both should have hit the top. I'd completely forgotten about that Joey song until it popped up on Big Hits, agree that it would have been nice to have Fragma, or Oxide and Neutrino, or any other dance act really. I liked that it was pointed out that come 2000 dance performances became more elaborate, because even in the 1999 shows dance was either completely ignored or just a sharply cut down edit of a song with a DJ standing behind a box. You can't really continue to pay it dust when dance tracks were at No.1 for so much of the year. Argh at the big section devoted to We Will Rock You at the end. "Probably their best track," says Cowey. Errrr, no. I always like the wider context shared in these shows, like the mad floods and petrol strikes (which both had a huge impact where I was living), and the incoming effect of downloads and file sharing although I didn't download any MP3s myself until 2002.

Lola's Theme was the right chart topper that week, but what a top two! A great pop song from an unexpectedly brilliant pop album. And the Annie story is always wonderful.

A lot of nu metal and pop punk from the early 00s. Maybe it's nostalgia, but I really couldn't abide a lot of it growing up but now I've really realised what a moment in time that was that is sorely missed in the mainstream now. Puddle of Mudd and Papa Roach spring to mind.

I absolutely adore What's My Name, I was addicted to it from the moment I bought Loud and it was a big song for me at the end of 2010. I remember driving to work in the snow (which didn't clear for about a month and a half in north Wales that year) and would have three songs on repeat; this, The Flood by Take That and White Light Moment by Tove Styrke. All three remain are still in my top 50 songs of all-time or thereabouts. The beat and production is so solid, Drake's verse is actually so well delivered and quotable and Rihanna sounds so good on it, especially on the verses. This was absolute peak Rihanna and I was so glad when it got to No.1 in the new year. On the Aussie No.1s, it's nice to see that Kelly Clarkson got there, lovely song. I actually like that Reece Mastin track too, very early One Direction style. Obviously the likes of S&M, Born This Way and Sweat were absolutely huge here without going to No.1 quite. Dirty Talk was played a lot and well known but absolutely robbed in terms of a good peak for some reason.

Trouble I find really weak for a P!nk lead single unfortunately, I was super interested to hear what would follow the classic Missundaztood album and wasn't taken by it at all. The Shaky cover going top 20 is such a strange chart happening really! I do think Turn Off The Light was such a strong follow up to save Nelly Furtado being a one-hit wonder, which kind of felt possible to me for a few months after the release of I'm Like A Bird. Obviously she was nothing of the sort in the end. Interesting fact about New Zealand. I wonder why they took to it so much (not to mention Walking Away!).

I was absolutely obsessed with this track, it may even be my No.1, but I'll see when I rank them after. I had never loved a J.Lo song anywhere near the amount I loved this. Great use of a sample, such solid production, a wonderful chorus and post chorus singalong part, and of course, Pitbull and that rap. The solo version without him that all the compilations feature these days sounds a little empty to me so he definitely adds to it. This is my favourite song from the club banger era, bar none, it went all the way OFF in a club, that's for sure.

Was just looking at what is left of both acts for the 1995/1996 albums and extras and we have: 1995: Queen - Heaven For Everyone / A Winter's Tale 1996: Queen - Too Much Love Will Kill You / Let Me Live / You Don't Fool Me - The Remixes 1996: George Michael - Jesus To A Child / Fastlove / Spinning The Wheel So I would predict: Now Yearbook 1995 opener: Queen - Heaven For Everyone Now Yearbook 1995 Extra opener: Queen - A Winter's Tale (or something else if they decide not to use this) Now Yearbook 1996 opener: George Michael - Fastlove (Disc 1) / George Michael - Jesus To A Child (Disc 2) Now Yearbook 1996 Extra opener: George Michael - Spinning The Wheel (which leaves As left to open one of the 1995-1999 editions) We might miss out on 1996 Queen singles unless they open the Extra with Too Much Love Will Kill You and leave Spinning The Wheel for 1995-1999.

Joey, I do like the song but what a random winner it feels like in this company.

I bet it's that they wanted to ensure they had a song of his left to open one of the 1995-1999 Final Chapter albums.