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Too many of my favourite acts in here, hope you all pick songs well! No early exits for legends allowed.

Forever As One to get its flowers I hope!

Hoping to hear Summer, My Way, Acceptable In The 80s etc from Calvin, the vocalist king.

The Female rounds are going to be bloodbaths from the get go.

Dido The Swedes are out in some force too, especially once the inevitable pair turn up too.

Agnes is a threat if played well. Bananarama have many great singles, don't know much of their album tracks.

Elbow I think, as good as it is. I'd rather listen to all the others.

Ed would probably come on and play as himself but would take an early bath when he sends something from Autumn Variations in flops week.

Interesting selection here - I've got 10 I think after a quick bleary eyed look. Will come back to it during the week!

Congrats Sovarasma and Ojnoj, commiserations to the non qualifiers, Mulgracia being the biggest shock for me as had that pegged for a final top half finish.

Yayyyy, always hard to call how retro and Eurodance will do. And not had the best luck outside the alt bloc this year, so delighted to be through with Pandora. Sad for Juranabaijan, that was in my points!

Well done everyone so far, I think many of my faves in my semi have gone through apart from one of my top three.

Bronzil was my 7 pointer if I'd voted in that semi, I didn't mind it being subtle, it sounded nice and very inspired to me, that one is a shame.

One of my three choices was definitely somebody nobody else would have picked, so by process of elimination people will realise I didn't send an act in that category. So I'd be more concerned about making it easier to guess the category some people sent.

Sucks for some of those, bringing the variety. Deandria woud have got high points from me!

Maybe old men. Will be Fab to find out.

I think someone just had a heart attack.

Would be in my top ten for sure, I wasn't aware of the original so always loved this and remember hearing it a lot when I was young. She suited it really well. Two long running No.1s for Cher in the 90s!

Ok left it with my first confirmation then and haven't tried a second time. Intriguing that there are no battles this time, so maybe we don't have to use THE killer song midway through if we get that far, part of me wonders if that prevented Kelly Clarkson potentially winning last time.

I also already confirmed before. Would a second confirmation override the timestamp?

Confirmed on the form that was there too. Lmao if I end up with my third choice as I haven't even started to think how I would play them.

Interesting that it's confirm one choice from each category as I'm sure 5 or 6 people will be after a few artists I can think of as their first choice. Choose your backups very wisely I guess. Until I read that I was about to put down three options from the same category!

Oh nice, good start to the season! Thanks for running Nine, fantastic quiz to kick off and well done to Chris on a joint victory!

Kate Miller-Heidke – The Kiss And The Abyss Sara Bareilles – Good Grief Natalie Imbruglia - Algorithm Ellie Goulding – I Know Too Much Charli xcx – Music, Fashion, Film Man/Woman/Chainsaw – Cannonball Ariana Grande – petal Girls Aloud – Tangled Up (Deluxe) Madonna – CONFESSIONS II SIENNA SPIRO – Visitor Amy Shark – soft pop Bachelor Girl – Waiting For The Day (Artist Sessions) Phoebe Bridgers – Lost Weekend Olivia Rodrigo – you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love Jorja Smith – What Are The Odds Nelly Furtado – Loose (Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition) Paul Heaton – Jenius Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore - Tragic Magic Brandon Flowers – THRASHER Beyoncé – B’DAY (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Yeah, such a memorable song, I particularly enjoy the verses, lovely melody and chords. Forgot to comment on George & Elton but am not that passionate about it, a good vocal performance and decent cover.