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Hopefully he's on Radio 1's radar and will be playlisted soon with either of the two tracks (preferably 'undressed')

'One' is a classic, I always felt it deserved #1 over 'The Fly', #7 feels far too low for it. 'Stronger' is 100% my favourite Britney song and one of Max Martin's absolute best ❤️ love the video too! 'Rehab' is pretty iconic I guess, it just suffers from radio overplay these days.

I've resolved the tie-break now and for completeness, here is the final scoreboard: 1 (107) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 🏆 2 (96) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (Dobbo) 3 (84) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 4 (83) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 5 (81) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 6 (73) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 7 (66) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 8 (65) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 9 (63) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 10 (59) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 11 (54) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back (Herbs) 12 (52) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated (Tafty) 13 (51) Mis-Teeq - Just For You (lewistgreen) 14 (49) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) (higher number of votes than Brer) 15 (49) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 16 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (dandy*) 17 (33) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) 18 (26) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) 19 (25) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary)

Oops yeah sorry I probably should have resolved tie-breaks but nvm, it probably doesn't matter too much!

For anyone interested, here are all votes at a glance!

lewistgreen sent Mis-teeq - Just For You Before Alesha Dixon had a solo career and then became a TV talent show judge, she was in Mis-teeq, who released two albums before they disbanded. This track is taken from their second album Eye Candy. lewistgreen's voting: And there we have it! Dido is Lewis's 12-pointer, sealing victory for Julian! 1 (107) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 🏆 2 (96) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (Dobbo) 3 (84) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 4 (83) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 5 (81) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 6 (73) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 7 (66) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 8 (65) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 9 (63) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 10 (59) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 11 (54) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back (Herbs) 12 (52) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated (Tafty) 13 (51) Mis-Teeq - Just For You (lewistgreen) 14 (49) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) (higher number of votes than Brer) 15 (49) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 16 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (dandy*) 17 (33) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) 18 (26) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) 19 (25) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) Some may argue that Dido and the Scissor Sisters were more well known than the others as they were from huge selling albums and there's no doubt that helped their cause - I deliberately went for a lesser known song - but they were perfectly legitimate entries as per the rules so well done to both Julian and Dobbo, both excellent songs! Thanks to everyone that took part in this and I think we can all agree we made some great discoveries collectively Congrats again to Julian for the win and we'll look forward to him hosting Bop Idol 4 in due course!

I want Undressed to smash!

Herbs sent Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back This was the B-side to the single 'So You Say', the second single from Siobhan's second album Ghosts, and it narrowly missed the top 75 in 2007. Herbs's voting: 1 (95) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (88) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (Dobbo) 3 (83) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 4 (78) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 5 (71) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 5 (71) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 7 (64) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 8 (63) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 9 (61) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 10 (59) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 11 (54) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back (Herbs) 12 (51) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 13 (48) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated (Tafty) 14 (46) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 15 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (dandy*) 16 (42) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 17 (33) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) 18 (26) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) 19 (25) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) Thank you Herbs for the 10 points, hopefully ensuring that I don't embarrass myself by finishing last! The top 3 are now separated by 12 points and there are only one more set of votes to come - from lewistgreen - and if he awards Same Difference his 12 points and none for Dido then we could have a tie-break at the top Equally his votes could award Scissor Sisters the win! So who is going to be crowned champion - Julian (with Dido), Dobbo (with Scissor Sisters) or Chez Wombat (with Same Difference)? All will be revealed very shortly...

Tafty sent Ashley Tisdale - Overrated Not an artist I'm overly familiar with if I'm being honest, Ashley Tisdale is perhaps best known for starring in the High School Musical movies. She has also released three albums and this track is from her second one. Tafty's voting: 1 (91) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (81) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (Dobbo) 3 (75) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 4 (73) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 5 (68) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 6 (65) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 7 (63) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 8 (61) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 9 (58) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 10 (54) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 11 (52) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 12 (51) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 13 (48) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated (Tafty) 14 (46) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 15 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (dandy*) 16 (42) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 17 (25) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (24) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) 19 (23) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) No points awarded to the top two but Tafty's 10 points to Same Difference means they edge ever closer to that top two... Just two more votes to go, can Dido hold on?

Dobbo sent Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough Another fairly well known track now, and this is taken from their critically acclaimed eponymous debut album. I've played this album a LOT and this has always been one of my favourite tracks on it - hence awarding it my 12 points! Dobbo's voting: 1 (91) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (81) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (Dobbo) 3 (65) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 3 (65) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 5 (63) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 6 (62) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 7 (60) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 7 (60) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 9 (51) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 10 (48) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 10 (48) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 12 (47) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 13 (46) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 14 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (dandy*) 15 (43) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 16 (42) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 17 (25) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (24) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) 19 (21) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) He couldn't vote for his own entry but neither did he give Dido any points so no change in the top two, but Dobbo's 12 points for Same Difference propels them back into the top three!

dandy* sent Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony Fact: Saint Etienne are one of the best bands of the 90s, and I won't hear otherwise. I didn't like quite as much of their 2000s stuff but they have definitely continued to release some very interesting tracks. This track is taken from their seventh album Tales From Turnpike House. It isn't up there with my favourites but it's still a good track. dandy*'s voting: 1 (91) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (81) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 3 (65) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 4 (63) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 5 (61) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 6 (60) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 6 (60) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 8 (53) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 9 (47) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 10 (45) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 11 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (dandy*) 12 (43) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 13 (41) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 13 (41) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 15 (40) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 16 (37) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 17 (23) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (17) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) 19 (16) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) Dido and the Scissors still way ahead of the pack but down the other end, my poor brave Joe McElderry fighting it out for bottom place :(

Jade sent The Radio Dept. - Every Time Another artist I hadn't heard of before this contest, The Radio Dept. are a Swedish dreampop band, and this track appeared on their second album Pet Grief. Jade's voting: 1 (86) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (74) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 3 (59) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 3 (59) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 5 (57) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 6 (53) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 7 (52) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (Jade) 8 (49) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 9 (45) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 10 (44) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 11 (41) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 11 (41) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 13 (40) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 13 (40) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 15 (37) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 15 (37) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 17 (23) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (17) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) 19 (16) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) Dido and the Scissor Sisters are now way ahead of the competition. With just a handful of votes left, can anyone catch them?

I sent Joe McElderry - If You Love Me And here we have my very own entry! I opted for a B-side rather than an album track, and while 'Ambitions' is a pretty rubbish song, this is one of those rare cases where the B-side is a hundred times better - at least in my humble opinion. I don't remember buying the single so I can't really remember how I first came across this song, but it's an absolute banger and I've always adored it! (just a shame the rest of you aren't agreeing 😪) My voting: 1 (74) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (64) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 3 (53) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 4 (52) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 4 (52) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 6 (51) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 6 (51) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 8 (44) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 8 (44) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 10 (42) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 11 (41) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 12 (40) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 12 (40) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 14 (37) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 14 (37) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 16 (34) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 17 (23) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (17) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (Mango) 19 (16) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) My votes keep the Scissors safe at #2, while Same Difference are also now back in the top 3!

Roba sent Orianthi - Addicted To Love Another artist I hadn't previously heard of, Orianthi is an Australian rocker and this track is taken from the re-issue of her debut album, Believe II, and was co-written with RedOne. This was a great discovery for me and I've got her on my list to check out more of. Roba's voting: 1 (66) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (52) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 2 (52) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 2 (52) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 5 (51) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 6 (47) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 7 (46) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 8 (44) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 9 (41) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 9 (41) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 11 (40) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 12 (37) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 13 (34) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 13 (34) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 15 (33) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 15 (33) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (Roba) 17 (20) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (17) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 19 (14) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) So Roba's votes have produced a three-way tie for the number two spot, with the Scissors advancing there for the first time

And now we have the scores from our only guest voter, AllStarBySmashMouth. 1 (64) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (52) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (48) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 4 (45) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 5 (44) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 6 (41) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 7 (40) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 7 (40) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 9 (37) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 9 (37) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 9 (37) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 12 (34) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 12 (34) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 14 (33) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 14 (33) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 16 (31) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 17 (17) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 18 (15) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 19 (14) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) Dido edges even further ahead, can anyone stop her?

Scene sent Goldfrapp - Beautiful One of the few B-sides rather than album cuts sent to the contest, this rather lovely song appeared on the B-side to the single 'Number 1' and was certainly a nice discovery for me! Scene's voting: 1 (57) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (52) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (45) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 4 (44) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 5 (43) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 6 (41) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 7 (40) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 8 (37) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 9 (34) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 10 (33) Goldfrapp - Beautiful (Scene) 11 (32) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 12 (31) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 12 (31) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 14 (28) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 15 (27) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 16 (22) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 17 (16) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 18 (15) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 19 (10) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) Another 10 points to the Scissors send them up to 4th, while Dido is still a few points clear at the top.

Addy! sent PJ Harvey - 66 Promises Another rare B-side in this contest, this appeared on the other side of PJ Harvey's single 'Good Fortune'. Addy!'s voting: 1 (53) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (49) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (45) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (Addy!) 4 (43) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 5 (41) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 6 (37) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 7 (34) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 8 (33) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 9 (32) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 10 (31) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 11 (27) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 11 (27) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 11 (27) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 11 (27) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 15 (20) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 16 (19) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 17 (16) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 18 (15) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 19 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) A big 12 points going to the Scissor Sisters sends them rocketing up to 7th place!

CowTzy sent Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell Alexander Rybak of course won Eurovision back in 2009 with 'Fairytale', the lead single from his debut album Fairytales. 'Kiss And Tell' was track 4 on this album. Cowtzy's voting: 1 (53) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 2 (49) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (45) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 4 (41) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 5 (36) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 6 (35) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 7 (31) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 8 (30) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 9 (27) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 9 (27) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 11 (24) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 12 (22) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 12 (22) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 14 (20) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 15 (16) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 16 (15) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 16 (15) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 18 (10) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 19 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (CowTzy) Dido takes the lead once again, with CowTzy's own entry languishing in last place, now the only song still on a single digit score.

Chez Wombat sent Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma So apparently this song was fairly big on Buzzjack back in the day but I don't remember it. I make no secret of enjoying a good bit of cheese so this was a great discovery for me! This track appeared on their second album The Rest Is History and is by all accounts a fan favourite, despite never being a single. Chez Wombat's voting: 1 (49) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 2 (47) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 3 (45) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 4 (41) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 5 (31) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 6 (29) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (Chez Wombat) 7 (27) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 8 (22) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 8 (22) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 8 (22) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 8 (22) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 12 (20) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 13 (19) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 14 (15) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 14 (15) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 16 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 17 (12) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 18 (9) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 19 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell It's all change at the top once again, with PJ Harvey suffering from a low score here!

Cody sent f(x) - Rude Love I only ever knew of f(x) as the mathematical notation for a function, but apparently they are also a K-pop group and 'Rude Love' is a song which appears on their 4th album 4 Walls. Cody's voting: 1 (42) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 2 (41) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (37) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 4 (29) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 4 (29) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma 6 (25) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 7 (24) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 8 (22) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 8 (22) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 8 (22) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 11 (19) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 12 (17) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 13 (15) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 14 (14) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 15 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 16 (12) f(x) - Rude Love (Cody) 17 (11) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 18 (8) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 19 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell With The Radio Dept. and PJ Harvey not getting a look in, Dido creeps back up and is eyeing up the top spot once again!

Brer sent Farrah Abraham - On My Own Another person I'd never heard of prior to this contest, her Wikipedia page certainly makes for some interesting reading. This track is from the only studio album she has released to date. Brer's voting: 1 (42) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 2 (41) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (29) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 4 (27) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 5 (25) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (Brer) 6 (22) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma 7 (20) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 7 (20) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 9 (19) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 10 (17) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 11 (14) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 11 (14) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 13 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 14 (12) f(x) - Rude Love 15 (9) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 16 (8) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 17 (7) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 18 (5) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 19 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell PJ Harvey and The Radio Dept. surging even further ahead, with both songs scoring well from Brer.

Julian sent Dido - Take My Hand Arguably the best known song in the contest, this is the closing track on Dido's juggernaut of a debut album No Angel. Wikipedia says "According to Dido, it was one of the first songs she wrote after starting her sex life" which I thought was very strangely worded - I've never heard losing one's virginity referred to as that before! Although Dido's track was not released as a single, it was covered by DJ Jurgen Vries, with vocals by Andrea Britton, and this version reached #23 in the UK. I could have perhaps specified in the rules that the single should not have been released as a single even as a cover version... but I didn't, so Julian was perfectly entitled to send this. Julian's voting: 1 (32) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 2 (29) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 3 (25) Farrah Abraham - On My Own 4 (22) Dido - Take My Hand (Julian_) 4 (22) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 4 (22) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma 7 (19) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 7 (19) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 9 (14) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 10 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 11 (12) f(x) - Rude Love 11 (12) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 13 (10) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 14 (9) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 14 (9) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 16 (8) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back 17 (5) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 18 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell 18 (4) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated And now it's all change at the top, with those 12 points to PJ Harvey putting her top, with the fact that he couldn't vote for his own song leading to a dramatic fall from the top for Dido. Farrah Abraham also makes her first visit to the top three.

jimwatts sent Madonna - Amazing So this is a track from some obscure US singer called Madonna and it appears on her eighth album Music. One of many songs she co-wrote with William Orbit, 'Amazing' was actually briefly released as a promotional single in selected territories before being quickly withdrawn. jimwatts's voting: 1 (22) Dido - Take My Hand 1 (22) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma 1 (22) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 4 (20) Farrah Abraham - On My Own 4 (20) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 6 (19) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 7 (14) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 8 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 9 (12) f(x) - Rude Love 9 (12) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 11 (10) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 11 (10) Madonna - Amazing (jimwatts) 13 (9) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 14 (8) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 15 (6) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 16 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell 16 (4) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 18 (3) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 19 (2) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back Jim's 8 points for The Radio Dept. now creates an exciting three-way tie at the top Meanwhile every song has now scored points

uhsting sent M83 - Outro So apparently there is some meme relating to M83 not existing which is completely lost on me, but I can confirm that they very much do exist and this track is the closing track (hence very appropriately named) on their 6th studio album Hurry Up We're Dreaming. uhsting's voting: 1 (22) Dido - Take My Hand 1 (22) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma 3 (19) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 4 (14) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 5 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 6 (12) f(x) - Rude Love 7 (11) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 8 (10) Farrah Abraham - On My Own 8 (10) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend (awardinary) 8 (10) Madonna - Amazing 11 (8) M83 - Outro (uhsting) 11 (8) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 13 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell 13 (4) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 13 (4) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 16 (2) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 17 (1) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 18 (0) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 18 (0) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back Neck and neck now between Dido and Same Difference, with Mis-teeq also knocking on the door! Meanwhile two songs are stuck on nil pwah.

awardinary sent Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend An artist I hadn't previously heard of, this is a slick slice of noughties R&B. I can't find anything about her on Wikipedia and she only has one song on Spotify (not this one) so she is definitely the most obscure artist sent to the contest! awardinary's voting: Leaderboard: 1 (18) Dido - Take My Hand 2 (15) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma 3 (14) The Radio Dept. - Every Time 4 (13) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me 5 (10) Madonna - Amazing 6 (9) Mis-Teeq - Just For You 7 (8) M83 - Outro 8 (7) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend 9 (6) Orianthi - Addicted To Love 10 (4) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell 10 (4) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated 10 (4) Farrah Abraham - On My Own 13 (3) Goldfrapp - Beautiful 14 (1) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough 15 (0) Annie - Me Plus One (gooddelta) 15 (0) f(x) - Rude Love 15 (0) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises 15 (0) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony 15 (0) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back So it's now Dido who surges out in front, with Same Difference hot on her (sand-filled) heels!