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Oh Numayania didn’t deserve that, that was so charming - I’d have given it a few for sure, felt kind of Trifoski meets Greenfroze for me in a good way. On the other hand, 19 points for sure is a lot for a song that surely was created with the prompt ‘motivational Afrohouse music for ‘live love laugh’ Facebook posts’. I’m sure you would get something close if you fed that into Suno anyway.

Thanks Harve for hosting! All caught up and happy with the results. I did lose a couple and sad for Zephyra and Dobago I had to give some for effort, and I have always liked the hook of the track, especially the brass band part.

Thank you all so much! ❤️ So happy to be part of it again. Some great Semi 2 highs in already.

Kind of unbelievable that Call Me Maybe was sent to BJSC a fair bit before release and only came 6th, in a contest that favours pop a lot, especially back then. It just felt for a long time like another 'blog pop' internet popular kind of song that would never have any commercial success. Because how many pop songs by Canadian Idol contestants from years back get a major global push and become mega No.1s? But sometimes a great song speaks for itself so I'm glad it broke through the way it did, the punctuating strings work so well on it as as well as everything described above by RFC. Carly really became a pop giant of the 2010s, from unexpected beginnings.

Agreed on all of these positions from what's left. Elitsa and Stoyan were robbed second time out. Bangaranga absolutely came to life on stage. I didn't do any rankings this year but I only enjoyed about 10 songs and this was one of them, however it would have been in the lower end of that 10 until I saw it performed - wow, what a star. Nailed everything.

Also the airport stuff for anybody that knows London was off. For a start, filming was done at Stansted but we were supposed to believe they were at City as they couldn't have reached the other airports in time. But City is a tiny mostly business traveller airport, not like that huge airport on screen with loads of restaurants and shops, and it certainly isn't somewhere you would hang around before security as there's nothing there apart from a small cafe. And no matter what airport she was at anyway, Sheila was just lingering around before security with Jordan for ages for what reason exactly, as Denise and Kim certainly didn't go through security, they were all still in the main arrivals area. If you're on the run with a kid, you would surely get out of the area anyone without a ticket/flight can be as soon as possible. I think as I'm in these two airports all the time for work it made even less sense to me, but certainly other things have been far more far fetched as listed above! I thought the same about the club door with the window Lindsey, like where did that appear from!

Oh I love the Avicii style atempt, nice work! These are really strong, nicely produced vocals on them too.

Thanks Mango, the software came with various royalty-free vocal samples, so I cut a few up and spliced different ones together (think they were repitched as well possibly).

A couple of songs that I like but don't love in Hot Right Now and Sweet Nothing. I did really enjoy the Spectrum remix though (really loved the Ceremonials album too and the original on there). Beneath Your Beautiful is lovely, Emeli's part especially, I wasn't too much of a fan of some of Labrinth's vocal straining in parts. However overall I enjoyed it, and that chart soar makes me think back to how far a great X Factor performance could take a song if people actually liked what they saw and heard (as some performances barely moved the needle).

It was in my top three of the semi, but I'm not in it. Vote Herbilore!

I think the Coldplay song was kind of like a promo single now. Serviced to radio, and I’m sure there were promo singles, but not a full commercial release. The first album had Don’t Panic at the end of the campaign which was a fairly similar situation iirc.

Voted in Semi 2. Actually really enjoyed the semi and could happily have voted for at least five or six more. The order of my top two was a toss up for sure, both very up my street. I have checked Semi 1 as well and didn't think it was as strong on the whole but still some great songs in there that I would like to see get through so I can support in the final.

That 2003 playlist reminds me what a headstart on radio White Flag had over Where Is The Love. Such a shame they came out the same week so Dido didn't get a No.1. This was just a few weeks before I started college, I was in the weird no man's land summer holiday between finishing school and starting college (and working my first job that summer), so many songs here remind me of working in Asda and hearing them played in there (Beyoncé, Deepest Blue, Jaimeson), while a few others moving up the playlist ahead of release remind me of my first few weeks at college (Dido, Black Eyed Peas, Christina/Lil' Kim). It also feels notably 'cooler' than the 1999 playlist recently posted when you look at the list of songs that weren't playlisted, so some time between 1999 and 2003 Radio 1 decided to dial down the cheesier and more fun stuff somewhat. I do remember Breathe feeling like it came a bit out of nowhere to No.1 so it figures that Radio 1 weren't playlisting it.

Craig David. No.8 for a lead single after such a huge album, and when it was very easy for A-list artists to score high debuts with brand new material, says it all really. I did feel for him though because Bo Selecta, which had launched a couple of months before this single, portrayed him as a joke, and then this single sounded like one. He pulled it back with Rise and Fall in 2003 at least, but it was a very harsh period for him.

Nothing wrong, just the fact he gets a big leg up on all of these albums so often, appearing on Extras when songs are more suited to the Vault (going by chart success), opening a disc here when so many bigger acts could have done. I think this will be about the 14th Yearbook release he's appeared on, yet he made the top 40 four times as a solo artist. I don't think any artist should be given a better deal personally just because the compiler likes them. It would be like me compiling late 90s/early 00s yearbooks and featuring everything by Sarah McLachlan or Jewel that made no impact here.

Release date not stated yet, the Now group mole Graham posted the info early. David Sylvian starting a disc, give me strength 😫 As is often the way, I don't know many of these so lots to discover. Candy by Cameo is a classic though, and surely notable enough to have been on at least the Extra. Eurythmics next to The Lover Speaks is good sequencing considering Annie had such a big hit with her cover. Happy to see Sandie Shaw's cover of Are You Ready to Be Heartbroken?

Yeah the irony wasn't lost on me at the time haha. Then the third winner also had love in the title 🤯

BJSC (9) Sara Bareilles - Love Song Uh Hu Her - Not A Love Song Beautiful Small Machines - Robots In Love Sheelah - Psycho Sheelah - The Last Time Chart Music - All My Life Lykke Li - Sadness Is A Blessing RAM - RAMelia (Tribute To Amelia) Sadu - Luukered BJSC Spin-offs (1) PHELLY - Elefanter (Éléphants) Club Bizarre (2) Anjo - Tears In The Rain Brutalismus 3000 - Romantika Bop Idol (1) Black Box Recorder - These Are The Things Pop Forum Song Contest (1) Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons -- I think this is all of them. Not managed to win Unknown Pleasures, Nuggets or the Retro Contest but have come second twice in the former, including a close shave earlier this year. It took me a very long time to finally win a BJSC spin-off, that was last year which happened along with PFSC, Bop Idol and a BJSC win but it has been dry since then. I think my proudest wins are RAMelia (an epic), Luukered (after such a long drought in BJSC of 12 years and the first Estonian language entry) and that Anjo song, which was a dusted off old favourite from a free Daily Star newspaper CD from 2002 and not available to stream etc. It's quite satisfying to win with a song you are 100% sure nobody else will ever have heard before. This may also have been the case with PHELLY, Camp Claude and maybe Beautiful Small Machines and Uh Hu Her too I guess.

Flo Rida again.

I used to. My ‘new’ single came out this week! But I made it with the help of Dance eJay in the early 00s so can’t help with modern production. I’ve tried GarageBand but not spent enough hours of practice to get very far beyond basic beats and keyboard input. One day I’d like I make some more new music but GarageBand I would suggest is a good start.

Oh I really love DJ Take Me Away, completely robbed. Agreed the production was a bold choice for the time and clearly too bold. Tears Getting Sober is my favourite that has already gone otherwise my three overall favourites are still left. A kind of poppier Billie Eilish adjacent number that I was intrigued to see in the contest, which then never happened. I didn’t care much for the 2021 sequel unfortunately.

The vocal production could do with a remaster, they are too buried in the mix. But they actually sound nice on it, interesting country twang on it and I like the string elements.

Great sequencing work. Let's hope a lot of these turn up across the Final Chapter albums! In the meantime I'll enjoy this companion playlist, thanks.

The debut is honestly in my top 40 of all-time. The singles, Wild Horses, Silent Movie, If You're Gonna, the hidden track Sojourn, Stumble from the US re-release. I really loved it all. There was a definite strong album in N.B./Pocketful Of Sunshine too but the rollout and strategy was confused to say the least.