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+30 FKA twigs - Eusexua +29 Charli xcx - Sympathy is a knife +28 Fontaines D.C. - Starburster +27 Twin Tribes - Monolith +26 Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe! +25 Vampire Weekend - Capricorn +24 Charli xcx - Everything is romantic +23 Fontaines D.C. - Favourite +22 Ariana Grande - we can't be friends (wait for your love) +21 The Horrors - The Silence That Remains +20 Billie Eilish - CHIHIRO +19 Magdalena Bay - Cry For Me +18 Echoberyl - Weird Boy +17 Charli xcx - 365 +16 Addison Rae - Aquamarine +15 Charli xcx - Von dutch +14 Dua Lipa - Training Season +13 Vampire Weekend - Mary Boone +12 The Marías - No One Noticed +11 Kendrick Lamar - squabble up +10 Tove Lo & SG Lewis - HEAT +09 Charli xcx - B2b +08 Billie Eilish - BIRDS OF A FEATHER +07 Charli xcx - Girl, so confusing (feat. Lorde) +06 Taylor Swift - Fortnight (feat. Post Malone) +05 Backxwash - WAKE UP +04 Charli xcx - 360 +03 Oklou - harvest sky (feat. underscores) +02 The Cure - Alone +01 Rebecca Black - Sugar Water Cyanide what. a. YEAR many painful cuts had to be made </3

124 ** 24 Bjork & ROSALÍA - Oral 123 ** 27 Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle ^ the 'Berghain' trio robbed here x ooft those brutal falls for 'A&W' and 'King of the Slugs' out of not just the semi finals, but the AQ zone shame to lose two huge standouts there. on a more positive note... Billie and Peggy are good additions to the top 10.

2025 Dave - The Boy Who Played the Harp Model/Actriz - Cinderella Oklou - choke enough

bar italia likely coming to finish with +28 points from me, +29 from you and nothing from anyone else pleased you're also a fan!

Oh that is a shame about Japan vs. South Korea! I've managed to piece together the top 10 (and most of their points totals) by using both mine and Bré's national thread commentaries from the time as a source: 01 Land of DW | Kagura - Sui-Ren (95 points) 02 Cadelicia | Tempura Kidz - Cider Cider (91 points) 03 Jadakissnia | BPM15Q - Daydream (87 points) - won tiebreak 04 Deandria | Ferri - Lost Sanctuary (87 points) 05 Ojnoj | TWICE - Knock Knock (81 points) 06 Persephonia | Mario Galaxy Orchestra - Gusty Garden Galaxy (77 points) 07 Terra Avium | films - sympathizer (76 points) 08 Avalonia | BoA - Hurricane Venus 09 Daehun | After School - Shampoo 10 Unovia | Namie Amuro - Hands On Me 11 Altyr Muunilinst | Shugo Tokumaru - Katachi (15% deduction) I might be tempted to trawl through more national threads unless the hosts still have a spreadsheet somewhere

I didn't really get into any of their songs sent to BJSC but this rebrand with PinkPantheress on board is genius! I gave some of their music videos a watch and get the Girls Aloud comparisons but also cannot unsee Jessie J with the bejewelled lips in the 'Hot & talking' video I agree 'Girl of the moment' is very William Orbit / All Saints, that one is gorgeous <3

Wow another pretty inspired looking round! That Kate choice is a strong opener for me as a big Hounds of Love fan, followed by a good Depeche Mode selection, then a gorgeous MARINA pick later on and a recognisable, well-regarded Adele moment (although my Gleek days are showing as I think I knew the Gwyneth Paltrow version first lol) ~ otherwise a couple of titles ring a bell but can't hum the rest, so looking forward to getting stuck in.

I remember commenting that the bridge and outro of this song never fails to give me chills and that certainly includes this lyric. (thanks for going to the effort of typing all that up, was a great read )

'Alejandro' for me too

Well done DaTilt and Bré for playing so well <3 DaTilt, last year I was gutted when George Michael left at the point he did ('Careless Whisper' got my top marks for whatever the Gamu round was called) so I'm thrilled you got the chance to experience the live shows this time. I would've loved to have thrown all my weight behind 'Blue Monday' (in my top 3 songs of the entire '80s) and 'True Faith' for you, but it wasn't to be. Well done for taking the risks you did, this round and 'Ceremony' particularly stand out as bold, but I liked them a lot. 'Bizarre Love Triangle' was my favourite pick overall but was of course used in the Six Chair Challenge round! Bré, I was on to you as Fontaines from day one!! Most people seemed to link me with them at first (similar to ROSALÍA last year haha) but I obviously knew they weren't, so could quickly look elsewhere and even in round 1 I thought 'A Lucid Dream' was such a you choice. I also thought you would be behind a group this year after playing a male and female previously. Then... I thought the speed at which you checked out 'Where Is Gone?' / Dopamine Chamber was suspiciously fast compared to your usual listening habits I think Calum also hinted at one point early on that you were bending the definition of pop haha. I'm glad it was you, as it means all of your artists neatly lead back to ROSALÍA, with: James Blake (collaborated on 'Barefoot In The Park') -> ROSALÍA (is ROSALÍA ) -> Fontaines D.C. (collaborated on 'Where Is Gone?') so I greatly anticipate your next pick 😎 edit: oops just seen Calum made that observation too great minds etc. I loved your choices throughout and am happy you got to cling on for one more round to send 'I Love You', one of my favourites, even if the song eliminated them. People seemed to be confused it was their most streamed but iirc Olivia Rodrigo's cover of it went viral, so I think that really helped it become one of their classics. 'Starburster' was my favourite choice of yours on the whole but 'Where Is Gone?' is seriously challenging it as my favourite ever from them already (4 weeks at #1 in my personal chart and counting) - well done for making the top 10

I'm glad we get to keep Kate, as the theme for next round looks right up her street, but gutted to lose both Fontaines and New Order in one fell swoop 😭 will have more to say when their mentors are revealed but well done both for getting as far as you did!

Spotify has updated Good to see a big gain / new peak for 'Fancy Footwork' today! 116 Chris Lorenzo, Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (+56)

+05 Olivia Rodrigo - expectations (feat. Chappell Roan) +04 Ashe - Stop The Wedding! +03 Olivia Rodrigo - take me home (4 christmas) +02 sombr - My Body Isn’t Ready +01 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In -01 Sienna Spiro - Great Expectation -02 Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas -03 Tate McRae - Housewife -04 ADÉLA - Nicole Kidman -05 Jamie Miller - Babydoll

We lost one song that incorporates the 'coolie riddim' a few weeks ago ('Jamaican (Bam Bam)') but have gained a new one this week - 'Bby Wow'! It's like 2003 all over again when Lumidee, Sean Paul, Wayne Wonder etc. were all using the 'diwali riddim' sound.

The first TOTP episode tonight aired on the day of my 3rd birthday *.* Two of my all-time favourite garage records appeared in the second TOTP episode with Wookie's 'Battle' at #10 and MJ Cole's 'Sincere' at #13 I forgot the former was a top 10 hit! I feel like it's following me around at the moment, as I've heard it twice on 6Music in the past fortnight, plus as part of the BuzzJack Presents: Garage compilation and now here not complaining though. I'm glad MJ Cole capitalised on the success of 'Crazy Love' by re-releasing 'Sincere', #13 was much more like it rather than the measly #38 peak from its original release! I mean, #1 would've been ideal, but I'll take what I can get. '7 Days' and 'Freestyler' was a pretty good top 2! The former still feels quotable and the latter is a full fat banger. Woah those sales for 'Rock DJ' were impressive!! Slightly annoying that it fell short of a more round 200k though Elsewhere, the TOTP performance of 'You' by Point Break was hilarious, they were singing a ballad but the upbeat choreography didn't go with the song at all