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The second Live Show saw some drama as we went to deadlock for the first time following the guest judges' vote to determine whether Christina Aguilera or Ellie Goulding would join A-ha in being eliminated from the competition. Sadly for Ellie Goulding, her time was up. Now, it's time for the Semi Final and the seven remaining artists have one last chance to impress you, the voting BuzzJack public, for a place in the Grand Final. The artists have been briefed to deliver a performance worthy of getting them to the final, and now it's down to you! How it works: The seven remaining artists will perform for you, the voting BuzzJack public, once more and once you've listened to all of the artists perform you should cast your vote, ranking the performances from favourite to least favourite. For the Semi Final, there will be no public voting. You should submit your votes in private HERE, choosing from each of the drop-down boxes to assign each song to a position in your ranking from 01 (favourite) to 07 (least favourite). For those voting that are competing in the Semi Final, you must vote. You can include your own song in your votes as per the structure of the Google Form, however it will be removed when votes are counted. Failure to vote by a competing artist will result in a 28 point deduction from your final score. And as always, if you aren't participating as a contestant in The Pop Factor, please do cast your vote too; the competition has been very tight. Every vote counts! But, for the final time this season, that's not all... When voting closes, we'll cross over to the Semi Final results show. ONE artist - the artist with the least total points overall - will automatically be eliminated from the competition. The two other artists with the least total points overall will then come face to face with our final four special guest judges - Paddy J, Snazzy Shaznay, Veronica Viper and The Rogue Trader - and they will decide the ONE act that remains in the competition and proceeds to the Grand Final, shattering the dreams of the other artist. To clarify, TWO acts in total will once again be eliminated from the competition, leaving us with the TOP 5 artists through to the Grand Final. Voting will close on Saturday 12 July 2025, 18:59 BST And here we go... IT'S TIME TO FACE THE SEMI FINAL! 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Standard list of entries: The Saturdays feat. Sean Paul - What About Us Mary J. Blige - No More Drama Avril Lavigne - Complicated Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace Christina Aguilera - Beautiful Louise - Let’s Go Round Again REMINDER: Do NOT post your votes in this thread. Please use the form HERE to vote privately.

The Semi Final will be dropping at half past because everyone has submitted and I had plenty time last night to have the thread ready to go

Burn and Lights have already been used hen x

okay so y'all said let's not mess about with the semi final then, these choices so far...

Correct!

It was looking like a runaway victory for Pet Shop Boys in this round until the rest of the votes started coming in yesterday and today!

Live Show Two Results Back to the original format after that ugly as shit scoreboard last week

One song for the semi-final, but if you make it to the final you'll need two songs! #spoilers

No shade to Addy but I think this competition has made me realise that I'm just not that big on Christina oop So personally sad to see Ellie go considering she still had the likes of Anything Could Happen, Your Song, etc not used.

For the remaining seven semi-finalists... @Ansel @JosephBoone @-Jay- @Addy! @King Rollo @vibe @Scene You have until 18:59 tomorrow (6th July) to submit your song choices! Be bold and be brave! Confirm HERE!

The artist finishing in 8th place and eliminated from The Pop Factor is... which means that Christina Aguilera, you are safe and through to the SEMI FINAL by the skin of your teeth.

Since our guest judges have been unable to reach a majority verdict, we now revert to the earlier public vote to decide which artist will be eliminated from the competition and finish in 8th place...

Escándalo Elgornio... if you choose to save Christina Aguilera we'll go to deadlock and revert to the earlier public vote. If you choose to save Ellie Goulding she will be through and Christina Aguilera will be eliminated... Please give me the name of the artist you'd like to SAVE and keep in the competition... "Big decision here. Choices, choices, choices... The artist I'm going to save tonight is... I... I don't know. Okay... the artist I'm going to save is CHRISTINA AGUILERA" Which means...

Trademark Aaron, please give me the name of the artist that you'd like to SAVE and keep in the competition. "Well, well, well... Both artists have impressed me y'know. Tough one bruv. The artist I'm gonna save tonight is... ELLIE GOULDING"

Rich Goodrem, please give me the name of the artist that you'd like to SAVE and keep in the competition. "Quite a difficult decision to have to make here... But there's no mistaken identity. The act I choose to save tonight is... CHRISTINA AGUILERA"