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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Orbit, 'Amazing' was actually briefly released as a promotional single in selected territories before being quickly withdrawn.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!

The first person to be revealed is... gooddelta! gooddelta sent Annie - Me Plus One From Annie's debut album Anniemal comes this wonderful slice of Norwegian electropop. It's an album I still play from time to time and 'Me Plus One' is undoubtedly one of the highlights on it! gooddelta's voting: So it's an early lead for The Radio Dept. but can they sustain it?

Welcome to the results of Bop Idol 3.0! I haven't hosted anything of this complexity before but I'm hoping it will all run smoothly! I'm intending to not let the results drag on too long - aiming to be done by 10.30 ish. Here is a reminder of the contestants: Addy! awardinary Brer Chez Wombat Cody CowTzy dandy* Dobbo gooddelta Herbs Jade jimwatts Julian_ lewistgreen Mango Roba Scene Tafty uhsting And here is a reminder of the (randomly ordered) 19 songs entered: Goldfrapp - Beautiful (B-Side to Number 1 single (2005) and also appeared as a bonus track on the NA and Japanese editions of Supernature) Madonna - Amazing (From Music (2000)) Ashley Tisdale - Overrated (From Guilty Pleasure (2009)) f(x) - Rude Love (From 4 Walls (2015)) Alexander Rybak - Kiss And Tell (From Fairytales (2009)) Joe McElderry - If You Love Me (B-Side to Ambitions single (2010)) Same Difference feat. Alcazar - Karma Karma (From The Rest Is History (2011)) Lisa Roxanne - Ex-Boyfriend* (Seems to have been a promo single but can't find any other info) Scissor Sisters - It Can't Come Quickly Enough (From Scissor Sisters (2004)) Orianthi - Addicted To Love (From Believe II (2010)) PJ Harvey - 66 Promises (B-Side to Good Fortune single (2000)) The Radio Dept. - Every Time (From Pet Grief (2006)) Farrah Abraham - On My Own (From My Teenage Dream Ended (2012)) Siobhan Donaghy - Don't Take Me Back (B-Side to So You Say single (2007)) Mis-Teeq - Just For You (From Eye Candy (2003)) Saint Etienne - Milk Bottle Symphony (From Tales From Turnpike House (2005)) Annie - Me Plus One (From Anniemal (2004)) Dido - Take My Hand (From No Angel (2001)) M83 - Outro (From Hurry Up We're Dreaming (2011)) So without further ado, let's get going!

Right then, let's do this!

All I will say is that a very small selection of those are correct!

Interesting you should say that...

Tom's song is his best in ages! Same for Sugababes! I'm obsessed with FUFN 💓 Thanks!

Well, I have news for you on that front. But I'm not going to tell you until this evening 😃

Results are prepped and ready to be presented! I hope to kick them off shortly after 8pm this evening.

This sounds great from the clip, much more like it compared to 'Something Beautiful'.

Yeah I'm not a fan. I'm all for experimentation and not playing it safe, but this just sounds boring.

All votes now received and I've decided that no point deductions will be necessary.

Three excellent songs in that batch! 'My Immortal' is just sublime - the single version in particular. Love the haunting melody and vocals, and then when the guitars come in it really HITS. 'We Didn't Start The Fire' is a lot of fun, always enjoy hearing that. 'Alejandro' is Gaga at her absolute finest, I could never tire of it ❤️ I'd very much agree with this!

Good to see continued support for the Sugababes, 'Jungle' is a great song. Good to see Tom Grennan on the A-list too, hope that can become a hit.

Hey Sergej, plenty of action in the top ten this week! That really is a STRONG start for the Sugababes, 'Jungle' is a great song, and they sound as good as ever on it. Huge climb for HAIM too - 'Relationships' hasn't really blown me away yet, but I'm still hoping it will! Shame Chappell couldn't get another week at the top with 'The Giver' but I have a feeling it will stick around for a while. Further down, I'm happy to see JADE enter your chart - 'FUFN' is already shaping up to be one of my songs of the year, I'm obsessed with it ❤️ Great chart 😃

Thank you Sergej 🙂

I'm planning on hosting the Bop Idol 3 results in the 21st Century forum tomorrow evening, so hopefully that won't clash with these results?

I actually love both of these songs, but for me 'Bad Boys' takes it by a whisker.

Voting is now CLOSED! There is one entrant I have not received votes from, and for that their song will be deducted a third of its total points - I have agreed this with the mods, as this is what happens with other song contests on the site. All things being well, results will come tomorrow evening 😃

▲ 1 (7) Jade - FUFN (f*** You For Now) (3 wks / HCP 1) [28-7-1] *** 1st SOLO NUMBER ONE *** ▼ 2 (1) Benson Boone - Sorry I'm Here For Someone Else (4 wks / HCP 1) [26-10-1-2] ▲ 3 (14) Ghost - Satanized (3 wks / HCP 3) [26-14-3] *** 2nd TOP 3 HIT *** ▼ 4 (3) Ava Max - Lost Your Faith (6 wks / HCP 3) [29-16-8-4-3-4] ► 5 (5) Alex Warren - Ordinary (6 wks / HCP 5) [30-18-9-6-5-5] ▼ 6 (2) The Weeknd - Cry For Me (7 wks / HCP 2) [26-14-5-3-2-2-6] ▲ 7 (16) David Guetta & Sia - Beautiful People (3 wks / HCP 7) [29-16-7] *** 7th COLLABORATIVE TOP 10 HIT *** ▲ 8 (13) Anne-Marie - Don't Panic (4 wks / HCP 8) [31-19-13-8] *** 13th TOP 10 HIT *** ▼ 9 (4) Marshmello feat. Jonas Brothers - Slow Motion (10 wks / HCP 1) [28-14-6-3-2-1-1-1-4-9] ▼ 10 (6) Alex Warren feat. Joe Jonas - Burning Down (12 wks / HCP 1) [26-11-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-3-6-10] *** LONGEST RUNNER *** ▲ 11 (17) Self Esteem - Focus Is Power (5 wks / HCP 11) [34-28-22-17-11] ▼ 12 (11) LISA feat. Doja Cat & RAYE - Born Again (6 wks / HCP 11) [33-24-17-13-11-12] ▲ 13 (15) Sonny Fodera & Clementine Douglas - Tell Me (5 wks / HCP 13) [33-25-18-15-13] ▼ 14 (8) Sabrina Carpenter - Busy Woman (5 wks / HCP 8) [29-16-9-8-14] ▼ 15 (10) Alice Chater - Bed Of Lies (5 wks / HCP 10) [30-20-12-10-15] ▲ 16 (19) Nathan Dawe feat. Abi Flynn - Here In Your Arms (4 wks / HCP 16) [33-25-19-16] ▲ 17 (30) Sugababes - Jungle (2 wks / HCP 17) [30-17] *** HIGHEST CLIMBER *** ▼ 18 (9) Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (7 wks / HCP 5) [28-15-7-5-5-9-18] ▲ 19 (23) Halsey - Safeword (3 wks / HCP 19) [34-23-19] ▲ 20 (32) Chappell Roan - The Giver (2 wks / HCP 20) [32-20] ▲ 21 (24) Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco & Gracie Abrams - Call Me When You Break Up (4 wks / HCP 21) [34-30-24-21] ▲ 22 (34) Cian Ducrot - Little Dreaming (2 wks / HCP 22) [34-22] ▲ 23 (26) Joel Corry - Tears On My Piano (3 wks / HCP 23) [36-26-23] ▼ 24 (12) James Bay feat. Jon Batiste - Sunshine In The Room (6 wks / HCP 11) [31-21-15-11-12-24] ▲ 25 (29) Louise - Confession* (5 wks / HCP 25) [36-32-31-29-25] ▲ 26 (31) Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing To Be Young (4 wks / HCP 26) [36-32-31-26] ● 27 (-) YUNGBLUD - Hello Heaven, Hello (1 wk / HCP 27) [27] ● 28 (-) Tom Grennan - Boys Don't Cry (1 wk / HCP 28) [28] ▼ 29 (18) Belinda Carlisle & Nicholas Hamilton - Never Alone* (9 wks / HCP 3) [30-17-11-5-3-4-7-18-29] ▲ 30 (36) Doechii - Anxiety (2 wks / HCP 30) [36-30] ● 31 (-) Gracie Abrams - Blowing Smoke (1 wk / HCP 31) [31] ▲ 32 (35) The Amazons - Love Is A Dog From Hell (2 wks / HCP 32) [35-32] ▲ 33 (37) The Lottery Winners - Turn Around (2 wks / HCP 33) [37-33] ▼ 34 (20) Doechii - Denial Is A River (7 wks / HCP 16) [37-27-25-21-16-20-34] ● 35 (-) Calvin Harris - Smoke The Pain Away (1 wk / HCP 35) [35] ▼ 36 (21) Craig David - SOS (8 wks / HCP 6) [29-15-10-6-6-8-21-36] ▼ 37 (22) Tom Grennan - Shadowboxing (6 wks / HCP 20) [34-27-24-20-22-37] ● 38 (-) Olivia Dean - It Isn't Perfect But It Might Be (1 wk / HCP 38) [38] ▼ 39 (33) The Kooks - Never Know (4 wks / HCP 33) [38-35-33-39] ▼ 40 (25) Zak Abel - Home (9 wks / HCP 3) [29-15-8-3-4-7-14-25-40]

'Le Freak' is good but I only scored it relatively low because there was so much competition. The other two are great!

Just waiting on three votes now... tick tock tick tock ⏳

Always loved 'An Honest Mistake', it's one of the defining indie songs of the 2000s decade for sure! 😮