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Shapeshifting was one of the best pure pop songs of last year, and I was really into Griever when it came out too. Losing Streak is definitely strong too so I'll check this 'album' this week.

George Michael's Freedom '90 and Wham's Freedom. Kylie also has two songs called Closer, one a track from Aphrodite and another a 90s b-side.

Jennifer Lopez has two different songs called I'm Real and Ain't It Funny. I joke, but they may as well be.

Yes thanks for hosting @Qween , nice graphics and good pace for a tense set of results.

FFS at the DNQ scores nooooo. Sovarasma and Zanmatony so close, both were brilliant. Ben’s Sanctuary and Aelandor rather big losses from Semi 1 for me too.

That last spot in the final really feels sponsored by Random.org! 😆

Hopefully it's just building up to the DRAMA of the main event closing the show, and ending with that lyric.

Zanmatony deserves a Q for a great song and video. And Aelandor was such a lot of fun.

Phew! I really liked the track so didn't want it to come across like I was taking the p*ss!

I didn't say it was (nor the preceding 'lol'), I was happy it defied the odds, along with lots of other stuff in Semi 1, and the iconic-ness of the Popstars group making the final in the first place. Hence the cheeseblock, no lol'ing here.

Nice one Mack, a well performed and nice entry that.

Living for how wrong the predictions were. Nicole's Popstars band through Personally enjoyed Cheiron too.

Thank you very kind voters ❤️ Defying the odds

Some of the '100% safe' nations will be sweating already with all of these DNQ prediction magnets coming up early. Delighted for Greenfroze, once more I'm so glad Semi 2 voters put through some of the more unique sounds this time.

One of Bronzil's biggest sounding entries in a while, hope it can make the top ten!

Ooh yesss for Cow, glad to see musical swerves still pay off. All good Qs so far, including the 'surprises', although not sure why Cumulonimbia and especially Neliönoir had any DNQ predictions.

Lmao. "In my left hand I have £1,000, in my right hand a guaranteed Q streak for a full year". I feel like some would go for the right hand.

Robyn ❤️ Crazy she has never had a top 10 album, that looks like enough sales to secure it hopefully. Nice opening for RAYE, probably deserves a little higher, the hype has been so high that I wondered if it could get up to around 60k+ but that looks unlikely. I bought five albums this week (the most I have bought in a week in many years - Robyn, RAYE, Loreen, Röyksopp, Now 1985-9 Extra Final Chapter), and yet couldn't afford everything I wanted e.g. Courtney Barnett and Michael Aldag. The fact it's such a busy week feels like the music industry trying to wring the last profits out of Q1 and, for many I suppose, the end of their financial years.

Gahhhh, the Alice Deejay episodes I bet.

Nice album, shame it's not out on CD or I'd have bought that. The singles were all well picked, and Hell is a really strong closer. I love that he produced/wrote this with Robin Stjernberg (who won Melodifestivalen 2013/represented Sweden at Eurovision that year).

Sticking with The Farm's football mix, indeed quite surprised N-Dubz went, that's a good one from them.

Rehab, the only single I didn't care for much from that album. Much better songs on there that weren't singles.

Very shocking, although agreed it's best not to assume anything or comment until details come to light. Logistically it will have quite a big impact on the BBC as he's been around since the late 90s, recently showing up on TOTP repeats from 1999, and was presumably due to commentate the Eurovision semi-finals again, not to mention a new presenter for the Breakfast Show.

Yes I find it interesting too! As long as it's done like you say with respect. I've been looking at comments said about my act's choices and what others might have sent and there's some songs mentioned that I've also considered myself for them ofc as an alternative, and then others stated that I just wouldn't send at all due to my personal taste (sure we all want to do well but I don't want to send songs I don't care about myself to achieve that goal). Others opinions are always welcome, and inevitable, but we still have play it our own way. As it reminds me a bit of song competition listenthroughs - you could have three or four vocal people say 'WINNER, this is wonderful' and still finish last if nobody else votes for it outside of the hype team. So it's best to play the game with the songs you want to play and like, however others might interpret your choices.

Delta Goodrem – Not Me, Not I (this has a great build, I love the light and shade of the delicate storytelling in the verses with more oomph and drama in her chorus performance, particularly at the crescendo) Atomic Kitten – The Last Goodbye (such a lovely song, and one of their best - that was a double a-side for the ages, it's rare that both sides of a release are just as good as each other and promoted equally) Kelly Clarkson – Piece By Piece [Idol Version] (just an absolutely beautiful and raw vocal from Kelly and a lovely stripped but emotive backing, reminiscent of the Live version of Beautiful Disaster) Conan Gray – Forever With Me (best discovery of the round, Conan can certainly consider that he has a new fan after this competition, I love the theatre in his performance) Florence + The Machine – Cosmic Love (a sparkling highlight from one of the greatest albums ever, that Baroque influence in the production <3) Scissor Sisters – Mary (really lovely, a classic - I'm actually not always so keen on Jake Shears' vocal but it sounds nice here, especially on the quiet verses, and the music is utterly gorgeous) ABBA – Chiquitita (a classic of course, although only a few of their No.1s are among my personal ABBA favourites but you can't deny that pretty much all of their chart toppers are crowd pleasers) Chappell Roan – Casual (this was all over romantic TikTok videos for ages, it's a lovely ballad from Chappell) David Bowie – Five Years (a fairly strong discovery - I also added this to my playlist and like Bowie's voice on it) ROSALÍA – Mio Cristo Piange Diamanti (the structure of this is interesting, and it's vocally great although melodically less my cup of tea, a nice choice nonetheless) Lily Allen – Pussy Palace (it took me out of the zone a bit listening to the playlist although I like the song) Troye Sivan feat. Betty Who – HEAVEN (quite a nice collaboration and their voices compliment each other) HAIM – Gasoline (pleasant, but didn't enjoy it as much as the rest) I really love ballads and almost all of these are great choices. I listened twice and thoroughly enjoyed it.