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Voter #14 Dobbo was behind... L'Impératrice - 'Matahari' Dobbo brought a nu disco flair to the contest with French group L'Impératrice. They claim the music that interests them most is "albums that sold about 500 copies in the 70s". Dobbo's votes help to widen the gap between the top 2 of chiaroscuro and Yndling, as he awarded the former 12 points and the latter 7. Turnover continue to progress well as they're currently joint 10th with Polly Scattergood, following a silver medal for the former and 4 points to the latter. Dobbo generously awards Glazyhaze 8 points so I am now back on the podium. Elsewhere, AURORA rises to 7th and Ruby Haunt inch ever closer to a double figure points tally. SCOREBOARD 1 66 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 60 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 51 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 4 49 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons (gooddelta) 5 48 After - 300 Dreams 6 45 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 7 45 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 8 42 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 9 41 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 10 40 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 11 40 Turnover - Humming 12 33 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 13 32 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 14 30 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 15 27 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection (Scene) 16 24 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 17 24 L'Impératrice - Matahari (Dobbo) 18 24 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo) 19 23 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 20 16 Billie Piper - I Dream 21 14 Tennis - Pollen Song 22 13 thủy - girls like me don't cry 23 12 Mili - Classroom Dreamer (AllStarBySmashMouth) 24 8 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer) 25 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Voter #13 AllStarBySmashMouth was behind... Mili - 'Classroom Dreamer' AllStarBySmashMouth was behind the very sweet 'Classroom Dreamer' by Mili, a group based in Japan. They have picked up three sets of votes so far. AllStarBySmashMouth's own points particularly favour the longest entry in the contest, so Thomas Dolby now rises out of the bottom 5. Saint Etienne advance from 9th place to 7th following a generous 10 point top up. Camp Claude receive a bronze medal and level up to none other than the bronze position on the leaderboard. Still very exciting times with just 10 points separating 1st and 5th. SCOREBOARD 1 54 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 53 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 49 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons (gooddelta) 4 45 After - 300 Dreams 5 44 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 6 43 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 7 42 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 8 41 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 9 39 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 10 36 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 11 33 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 12 30 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 13 30 Turnover - Humming 14 27 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection (Scene) 15 27 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 16 24 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 17 24 L'Impératrice - Matahari 18 24 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo) 19 23 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 20 16 Billie Piper - I Dream 21 14 Tennis - Pollen Song 22 13 thủy - girls like me don't cry 23 12 Mili - Classroom Dreamer (AllStarBySmashMouth) 24 6 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer) 25 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Voter #12 gooddelta was behind... Camp Claude - 'Swimming Lessons' Next up is gooddelta who was behind French trio Camp Claude! 'Swimming Lessons' was an interesting blend of dreamy female vocals and a spoken-word style male voice, which drew comparisons to The Streets at the listening session. Rich is currently doing well in 6th place! His favourite entry was from Polly Scattergood, who vaults into the top 10 after this first medal position of the night. Akira Galaxy has experienced an almighty drought but finds some love again within Rich's podium positions. I awarded her 10 points as well right at the start... so she's had two silvers and nothing else so far! However, After have been polling well pretty consistently and ascend into the top 3, following 8 points. It's very exciting at the top as Rich's 7 for Yndling means there's just a one point gap between the top 2 right now 😮 elsewhere, Saint Etienne are back in the top 10 and we have a four-way tie between entries fighting it out to scrape the top 20. SCOREBOARD 1 54 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 53 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 45 After - 300 Dreams 4 44 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 5 43 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 6 41 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons (gooddelta) 7 36 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 8 33 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 9 32 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 10 32 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 11 30 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 12 30 Turnover - Humming 13 30 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 14 27 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection (Scene) 15 24 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 16 24 L'Impératrice - Matahari 17 23 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 18 20 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 19 16 Billie Piper - I Dream 20 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 21 12 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 22 12 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo) 23 12 Tennis - Pollen Song 24 6 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer) 25 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Voter #11 Scene was behind... Yumi Zouma - 'Astral Projection' So it is Scene behind Yumi Zouma! 'Astral Projection' was originally sent to the BuzzJack Song Contest by Brer's nation Persephonia in edition 144, which pre-dates Scene's participation in the contest. This song finished 22nd in BJSC, so was fair game to enter here due to not cracking the top 20. But will Scene achieve a top 20 placing in PFSC? It is certainly looking good so far while Yumi Zouma currently occupy 13th place on the scoreboard. Scene's 12 points to Turnover mean that the rock band are now part of the top 10! Tennis had been struggling to get off the mark but are now recognised in a big way, as they receive a silver medal. This lifts 'Pollen Song' out of the wooden spoon position and instead into 21st. Brer also dodges last place due to receiving 3 points from Scene, so it is now fhàna down there, whose sender remains a mystery. Saint Etienne pick up the pace again with a bronze medal and sit just outside of the top 10 as a result. Most of the recent top tier are snubbed, except Yndling and After who top up their totals a bit; 'As Fast As I Can' is now 8 points away from victory. SCOREBOARD 1 54 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 46 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 44 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 4 43 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 5 41 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 6 37 After - 300 Dreams 7 36 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 8 33 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 9 30 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 10 30 Turnover - Humming 11 29 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 12 28 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 13 27 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection (Scene) 14 24 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 15 20 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 16 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 17 19 L'Impératrice - Matahari 18 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 19 12 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 20 12 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo) 21 11 Tennis - Pollen Song 22 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 23 10 Billie Piper - I Dream 24 6 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer) 25 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING?

Voter #10 King Rollo was behind... Thomas Dolby - 'Budapest By Blimp' Unsurprisingly it was Rollo behind the longest entry of the contest! 'Budapest By Blimp' clocks in at almost 9 minutes long. This song is taken from Thomas Dolby's third studio album Aliens Ate My Buick. This was a less commercially successful time for him, after his chart peak came with top 20 hit 'Hyperactive!', which featured on the second ever Now! That's What I Call Music album. Rollo's votes ensure that Yndling's momentum continues as she receives a second gold medal in a row! 'As Fast As I Can' is now in 2nd place behind chiaroscuro, whose total is topped up with another 4 points. Rollo's 10 points go to NewDad who rise 3 spots to 6th as a result. Camp Claude actually fall a place to 5th despite a bronze due to the Yndling love being even stronger! NIGHT TAPES are back up to 3rd while Glazyhaze fall two spots to 4th. Lastly, Rollo comes to the rescue and awards 'Pollen Song' 1 point, so everything is now off 0 - hooray!! SCOREBOARD 1 54 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 45 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 44 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 4 43 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 5 41 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 6 36 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 7 33 After - 300 Dreams 8 33 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 9 30 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 10 27 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 11 22 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 12 21 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 13 20 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 14 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 15 18 Turnover - Humming 16 17 L'Impératrice - Matahari 17 17 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 18 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 19 12 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 20 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 21 10 Billie Piper - I Dream 22 7 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp (King Rollo) 23 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 24 3 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer) 25 1 Tennis - Pollen Song

Voter #09 Brer was behind... Ruby Haunt - 'Lean-To' It is Brer who is behind Ruby Haunt, a duo from Los Angeles who released this song 'Lean-To' as part of an EP named Heaven Sent, which contains B-sides from their album Between Heavens. This entry currently sits in 24th but the night is still young. 'Lean-To' narrowly missed out on being the last song to remain on 0 until Ansel came to the rescue. Instead, that 'honour' goes to Tennis, who now receive a commiseration shoutout in Brer's votes, so edging ever closer to those first points. As for what did make the cut... a gold medal has been awarded to Yndling who advances from 9th place to joint 4th. Brer gave 10 points to his former BJSC entrants Yumi Zouma who rise to 8th place. We hope this doesn't sting too much right now. The final podium placement is for chiaroscuro, who strengthen their tally to a round 50 points. My own entry excitingly advances to 2nd place after a generous 7 points. Elsewhere, yeule returns to the top 10. SCOREBOARD 1 50 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 43 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 3 41 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 4 33 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 5 33 After - 300 Dreams 6 33 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 7 33 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 8 27 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 9 26 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 10 23 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 11 22 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 12 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 13 19 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 14 18 Turnover - Humming 15 17 L'Impératrice - Matahari 16 17 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 17 14 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 18 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 19 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 20 10 Billie Piper - I Dream 21 7 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 22 7 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 23 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 24 3 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To (Brer) 25 0 Tennis - Pollen Song

Voter #08 Ansel was behind... yeule - 'ghosts' Our next votes arrive from Ansel who is behind 'ghosts' by yeule. This is the project of non-binary artist Nat Ćmiel, who is from Singapore. The title may be spooky but the dream pop sound of 'ghosts' fits right into this line-up. Ansel's votes shake things up a bit as 10 points to chiaroscuro is enough to push them up to first, so we have a BRAND NEW LEADER! NIGHT TAPES remains hot on their tail though, following a 5 point top up. Your host continues to defy the death slot as 7 points to Glazyhaze pushes my entry up to 3rd place! Ansel's own favourite was After's '300 Dreams' which is now tied with Camp Claude in fourth place. Harry's entry by GIFT also benefits well as they receive their first medal position. Elsewhere, Ruby Haunt finally receives points, so it's just Tennis waiting to be lifted off 0 now. SCOREBOARD 1 42 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 2 40 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 3 36 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 4 33 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 5 33 After - 300 Dreams 6 28 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 7 26 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 8 22 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 9 21 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 10 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 11 18 Turnover - Humming 12 17 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 13 17 yeule - Ghosts (Ansel) 14 17 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 15 14 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 16 14 L'Impératrice - Matahari 17 13 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 18 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 19 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 20 10 Billie Piper - I Dream 21 7 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 22 7 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 23 5 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 24 3 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To 25 0 Tennis - Pollen Song

Voter #07 blacksquare was behind... NIGHT TAPES - 'babygirl (like n01 else)' I promise I gave 12 points to blacksquare before I saw the Addison Rae GIFs in his PM. It's not just me who is a big fan of NIGHT TAPES... as they're still currently in the lead! Can they maintain it? The group formed out of evening jam sessions when they were housemates. Their dreamy, atmospheric sound was compared to the likes of Massive Attack and Portishead at the listening session. blacksquare's gold medal takes uhsting up on to the podium with him. A bronze medal to yours truly sees Glazyhaze just behind in 4th. Camp Claude and AURORA continue to fill out the rest of the top 5 for now. blacksquare hyped up After pre-contest and they stayed in his good books throughout, vaulting into the top 10 following a silver medal. His votes also lift Thomas Dolby off 0 points in style, with 7 now. So it's just Ruby Haunt and Tennis left on nil. Will a fan or two be around the corner? SCOREBOARD 1 35 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) (blacksquare) 2 33 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 3 32 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 4 29 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 5 28 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 6 22 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 7 21 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 8 21 After - 300 Dreams 9 20 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 10 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 11 18 Turnover - Humming 12 17 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 13 17 yeule - Ghosts 14 14 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 15 13 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 16 13 L'Impératrice - Matahari 17 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 18 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 19 10 Billie Piper - I Dream 20 7 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 21 7 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 22 5 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 23 3 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 24 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 25 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

Voter #06 Tafty was behind... Troye Sivan - 'LOST BOY' Pop mod Tafty was behind Troye Sivan's 'LOST BOY'. He underwent a very successful influencer-turned-musician trajectory and released debut studio album Blue Neighbourhood almost a decade ago now. 'LOST BOY' was born out of confusion due to inexperience in the dating world. Jonjo's choice is faring well as Troye presently sits in 7th place. His top points are awarded to thùy who is now off 0 in style. This leaves just three songs that are yet to achieve points. Tafty's silver medal for Carly Rae Jepsen helps her advance to the top 5 of the scoreboard. The podium points from these votes are rounded off with Camp Claude who are now just two points away from snatching victory! I have also broken free of that 5-way tie in 6th to sneak into the top 5. SCOREBOARD 1 35 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) 2 33 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 3 28 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 4 22 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 5 21 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 6 20 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 7 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY (Tafty) 8 18 Turnover - Humming 9 17 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 10 17 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 11 17 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 12 14 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 13 12 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 14 12 thủy - girls like me don't cry 15 11 L'Impératrice - Matahari 16 11 After - 300 Dreams 17 11 yeule - Ghosts 18 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 19 10 Billie Piper - I Dream 20 5 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 21 3 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 22 2 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 23 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 24 0 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 25 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

Voter #05 uhsting was behind... chiaroscuro - 'cittá invisibili' uhsting sent 'città invisibili' - or Invisible Cities - by chiaroscuro. This Italian band specialise in shoegaze and dream pop sounds but bring a slightly harsher edge to the contest nevertheless, with standout guitars. This entry is performing well for uhsting so far, who currently sits in a five-way (!) tie for 6th place alongside myself, Chez, Mango and a mysterious participant. uhsting contributed a lot towards this battle however, as NewDad and Glazyhaze were his top 2, great taste if I say so myself. Yumi Zouma receive a bronze medal and rise to 12th as a result - could they be on for a marked improvement on their 22nd place in BJSC? Elsewhere, Troye enters the top 5 for the first time and fhàna are the latest act to be lifted off 0; four entries wait for points. SCOREBOARD 1 35 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) 2 25 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 3 22 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 4 19 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY 5 18 Turnover - Humming 6 17 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 7 17 chiaroscuro - città invisibili (uhsting) 8 17 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 9 17 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 10 17 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 11 12 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 12 12 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 13 11 L'Impératrice - Matahari 14 11 After - 300 Dreams 15 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 16 9 yeule - Ghosts 17 9 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 18 4 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 19 3 Billie Piper - I Dream 20 3 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 21 2 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 22 0 thủy - girls like me don't cry 23 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 24 0 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 25 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

Voter #04 Mangø was behind... Saint Etienne - 'Mario's Café' Mango was behind legendary British 90s favourites Saint Etienne. 'Mario's Café' is taken from their second album So Tough and was named after a real life café in Kentish Town. The band were inspired by 'Under The Streetlamp' by The Exits - taking cues from the songwriting about meeting up with friends and sharing dreams. Mango's entry is currently sitting pretty in sixth. His votes help out fellow revealed participant Harry as GIFT are now off 0! Five entries are now waiting for points. NIGHT TAPES continue to cling on to first but now face serious competition from Camp Claude after they top up their tally with 10 points. Turnover are new to the top 3 after a bronze medal, plus top marks to AURORA see her enter the top 10. SCOREBOARD 1 28 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) 2 25 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 3 18 Turnover - Humming 4 17 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 5 17 chiaroscuro - città invisibili 6 16 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café (Mango) 7 16 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 8 14 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY 9 12 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 10 11 L'Impératrice - Matahari 11 11 After - 300 Dreams 12 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 13 7 yeule - Ghosts 14 7 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 15 5 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 16 5 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 17 4 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 18 4 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 19 3 Billie Piper - I Dream 20 2 Mili - Classroom Dreamer 21 0 thủy - girls like me don't cry 22 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 23 0 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 24 0 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 25 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To

Voter #03 HarryGarfield was behind... GIFT - 'Going In Circles' It is Harry who selected Brooklyn-based GIFT, with a single taken from their sophomore album Illuminator. 'Going In Circles' is about the endless cycle of a relationship and the band stated that they were inspired by the likes of Massive Attack, Oasis and Primal Scream while creating it. Harry's votes are particularly kind to Camp Claude, who shoot into the top 5. Troye Sivan and Turnover are both lifted off 0 in style as they enter the top 10 at this early stage. 'Going In Circles' is yet to pick up points but perhaps someone will GIFT Harry some soon... SCOREBOARD 1 28 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) 2 17 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 17 chiaroscuro - città invisibili 4 16 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café 5 15 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 6 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 7 10 L'Impératrice - Matahari 8 10 Turnover - Humming 9 8 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY 10 7 yeule - Ghosts 11 7 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 12 6 After - 300 Dreams 13 5 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 14 5 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 15 5 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 16 4 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 17 4 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 18 0 thủy - girls like me don't cry 19 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 20 0 GIFT - Going In Circles (HarryEzra) 21 0 Billie Piper - I Dream 22 0 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 23 0 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 24 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To 25 0 Mili - Classroom Dreamer

Voter #02 Chez Wombat was behind... NewDad - 'Waves' Next up is Chez who also went down the dream-pop route with 6Music darlings NewDad. 2021's 'Waves' is taken from an EP of the same name with 6 suitably watery titles. His votes help to strengthen NIGHT TAPES' lead with that silver medal. The top marks for Yndling also put her on the podium for the first time. Chez awarded chiaroscuro the same amount of points as I did, with 8 apiece, so those bronzes keep 'città invisibili' in... the bronze position! These votes also lift your hosts off 0 with a generous 7 points to Glazyhaze. SCOREBOARD 1 22 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) 2 17 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 3 16 chiaroscuro - città invisibili 4 13 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café 5 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 6 7 yeule - Ghosts 7 7 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 8 6 After - 300 Dreams 9 5 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 10 4 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 11 3 L'Impératrice - Matahari 12 3 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 13 2 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 14 1 NewDad - Waves (Chez Wombat) 15 0 thủy - girls like me don't cry 16 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 17 0 GIFT - Going In Circles 18 0 Turnover - Humming 19 0 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY 20 0 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 21 0 Billie Piper - I Dream 22 0 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 23 0 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 24 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To 25 0 Mili - Classroom Dreamer

Voter #01 Jade was behind... Glazyhaze - 'Forgive Me' First up is yours truly who unsurprisingly went down the dream-pop path. Italian shoegaze act Glazyhaze released 'Forgive Me' ahead of their sophomore album SONIC, which came out in March this year. I gave up some of my time to host this edition and random.org rewarded me with... the death slot! Let's hope Glazyhaze can overcome this position in the running order when votes from other participants trickle in. My votes ensure that our earliest podium placers tonight are NIGHT TAPES, Akira Galaxy and chiaroscuro. SCOREBOARD 1 12 NIGHT TAPES - babygirl - (like n01 else) 2 10 Akira Galaxy - What’s Inside You 3 8 chiaroscuro - città invisibili 4 7 Saint Etienne - Mario’s Café 5 6 After - 300 Dreams 6 5 Yndling - As Fast As I Can 7 4 Yumi Zouma - Astral Projection 8 3 yeule - Ghosts 9 2 L'Impératrice - Matahari 10 1 NewDad - Waves 11 0 thủy - girls like me don't cry 12 0 Glazyhaze - Forgive Me (Jade) 13 0 Tennis - Pollen Song 14 0 Camp Claude - Swimming Lessons 15 0 GIFT - Going In Circles 16 0 Turnover - Humming 17 0 AURORA - My Name (feat. Ane Brun) 18 0 Polly Scattergood - Nitrogen Pink 19 0 Troye Sivan - LOST BOY 20 0 Carly Rae Jepsen - Now I Don't Hate California After All 21 0 Billie Piper - I Dream 22 0 fhána - ARE YOU SLEEPING? 23 0 Thomas Dolby - Budapest By Blimp 24 0 Ruby Haunt - Lean-To 25 0 Mili - Classroom Dreamer .

Switching to Michael Gray now! A good mix of genres here.

1 hour to go! Before we begin, here is a reminder of the winning entry last time that allowed me to host this edition:

An easy shift to 'Satisfy You' now.

Your points have been tallied after almost three weeks of voting, so we officially have a winner. Results will begin at 8pm BST! Feel free to speculate or remind yourself of the entries:

Catching up on the last two sections! I'm not crazy about 'The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling)' either but I do agree that the added bridge is a redeeming feature, so helps it stand out more than their 'Eternal Flame' cover. "I'm gonna be your number 1" proved to be an apt lyric chart-wise over time with both Blondie and Atomic Kitten getting there! ...'Call Me' not quite a Blondie cover version though! I agree that the Timbaland production stands out positively, shame it barely dented the top 40. 'Dy-Na-Mi-Tee' would be my best of the week pick too. I love the trip-hop influences in the production and the delivery of the hook is really memorable. I'm currently being reminded of the N-Trance version of 'Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?' on TOTP repeats and 'Forever' is a palette cleanser in comparison to that formula, even if nothing groundbreaking. I heavily associate the instrumental of 'Fantasy' with the Now! That's What I Call A Music Quiz DVD if anyone else remembers this game that, 'Make Luv' and 'Year 3000' were used a lot. I remember getting that, on top of my parents picking up a Telly Addicts quiz DVD, in an airport - I see both of them were released in 2005 so probably that year. Not a bad start for Appleton as a duo anyway although I feel like the follow-up single has been a bit more enduring. I only discovered 'Two Months Off' about a year ago but it's great, Underworld rarely put a foot wrong for me! "You bring light in" is a lovely central lyric amongst the spoken word parts and their thrilling production style.

My votes are in!

What a tenure at the top for Jive Bunny so far *_* Love the grand Beatles-esque psychedelic sounds of 'Sowing the Seeds of Love'

Nilüfer Yanya gets my vote!

I voted for MØ in the main poll and PinkPantheress in the tiebreak!

Round 1: 30 (didn't get: Kool & The Gang, M People) Round 2: 33 (didn't get: The Clash) 3-in-10: 3 (Invisible Touch, Jesus He Knows Me, I Can't Dance) I watched a film called Roma yesterday which was set in 1970 to begin with and 'Yellow River' was playing in the car, so a handy reminder for the R1 year question

Deadline has now passed! I count 24 votes in my inbox including two guest voters *.* I haven't received anything from RobBot, vibe or WhoOdyssey. I'm happy to accept late votes until 2pm BST time but really want to finalise prep work after that, so still a bit of time to avoid a 33% deduction. Look out for a results thread this evening 💖☁️