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GROUPS Hallo, welkom in Amsterdam! The second stop on The Pop Factor's European Adventure brings us to the liberal, progressive, cannabis-selling city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Home to the house of Anne Frank, the Red Light District, many a bicycle route, and the Van Gogh Museum, this will be the last stop for some groups. Eleven have landed safely, but only ten will continue on the adventure to the next location and venue. Singing for their place in the competition, let's welcome the groups to the Ziggo Dome stage to audition again for the voting BuzzJack public! How it works: Once you have listened to all of the groups perform you should post a ranking of each of the performances. You can rank them from best to worst (making clear which is your favourite down to least favourite), or use the template below: 01 (favourite) 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 (least favourite) For those voting who have entered one of the groups into the competition, you should rank all eleven performances in your own category (however it's encouraged that you vote in all categories), and when scores are totalled your entry will be removed from your list to retain anonymity in the competition. As always, even if you are not competing in The Pop Factor you can vote too! When voting closes, the ten groups with the highest scores will proceed to the next round while ONE group will be eliminated from the competition and will not be going through. However, the competition doesn't end there. Any artists eliminated from the competition - until stated - will be eligible to compete for the chance to return and claim The Gamu Nhengu Gold Card. Voting will close on Monday 28 September 2026, 17:59 BST So give a round of applause for our groups and let's find out what they're performing for their ARENA AUDITION... 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Standard list of entries: Fontaines D.C. - Jackie Down the Line iamamiwhoami - chasing kites Sade - Your Love is King New Order - Age of Consent Years & Years - All For You Ultravox - The Voice Texas - I Don't Want a Lover M83 - Kim & Jessie Vengaboys - 1999 (I Wanna Go Back) Bananarama - Look on the Floor (Hypnotic Tango) Depeche Mode - Ghosts Again This week, awardinary will be hosting a listen-through session for The Arena Auditions in Amsterdam on Thursday 24 September at 19:00 BST. More information will be shared before the session begins, but if you'd like the opportunity to listen to all of the performances with others, this is it.

SOLO MALE Hallo, welkom in Amsterdam! The second stop on The Pop Factor's European Adventure brings us to the liberal, progressive, cannabis-selling city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Home to the house of Anne Frank, the Red Light District, many a bicycle route, and the Van Gogh Museum, this will be the last stop for some artists. Eleven have landed safely, but only ten will continue on the adventure to the next location and venue. Singing for their place in the competition, let's welcome the solo male artists to the Ziggo Dome stage to audition again for the voting BuzzJack public! How it works: Once you have listened to all of the artists perform you should post a ranking of each of the performances. You can rank them from best to worst (making clear which is your favourite down to least favourite), or use the template below: 01 (favourite) 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 (least favourite) For those voting who have entered one of the artists into the competition, you should rank all eleven performances in your own category (however it's encouraged that you vote in all categories), and when scores are totalled your entry will be removed from your list to retain anonymity in the competition. As always, even if you are not competing in The Pop Factor you can vote too! When voting closes, the ten male solo artists with the highest scores will proceed to the next round while ONE artist will be eliminated from the competition and will not be going through. However, the competition doesn't end there. Any artists eliminated from the competition - until stated - will be eligible to compete for the chance to return and claim The Gamu Nhengu Gold Card. Voting will close on Monday 28 September 2026, 17:59 BST So give a round of applause for our solo male artists and let's find out what they're performing for their ARENA AUDITION... 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Standard list of entries: HRVY - 1 Day 2 Nights Lewis Capaldi - Forget Me Calvin Harris - Summer Damien Rice - Woman Like a Man Darin feat. Kat DeLuna - Breathing Your Love Sam Fender - Saturday Gary Numan - I Die: You Die Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Promises Tom Grennan - Before You Mackenzy Mackay - London Roosevelt - Take Me Back (Midnight Version) This week, awardinary will be hosting a listen-through session for The Arena Auditions in Amsterdam on Thursday 24 September at 19:00 BST. More information will be shared before the session begins, but if you'd like the opportunity to listen to all of the performances with others, this is it.

SOLO FEMALE Hallo, welkom in Amsterdam! The second stop on The Pop Factor's European Adventure brings us to the liberal, progressive, cannabis-selling city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Home to the house of Anne Frank, the Red Light District, many a bicycle route, and the Van Gogh Museum, this will be the last stop for some artists. Eleven have landed safely, but only ten will continue on the adventure to the next location and venue. Singing for their place in the competition, let's welcome the solo female artists to the Ziggo Dome stage to audition again for the voting BuzzJack public! How it works: Once you have listened to all of the artists perform you should post a ranking of each of the performances. You can rank them from best to worst (making clear which is your favourite down to least favourite), or use the template below: 01 (favourite) 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 (least favourite) For those voting who have entered one of the artists into the competition, you should rank all eleven performances in your own category (however it's encouraged that you vote in all categories), and when scores are totalled your entry will be removed from your list to retain anonymity in the competition. As always, even if you are not competing in The Pop Factor you can vote too! When voting closes, the ten female solo artists with the highest scores will proceed to the next round while ONE artist will be eliminated from the competition and will not be going through. However, the competition doesn't end there. Any artists eliminated from the competition - until stated - will be eligible to compete for the chance to return and claim The Gamu Nhengu Gold Card. Voting will close on Monday 28 September 2026, 17:59 BST So give a round of applause for our solo female artists and let's find out what they're performing for their ARENA AUDITION... 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Standard list of entries: Milica Pavlović - Crna jutra (Balkan S&M) Leona Lewis - Come Alive Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault Jessie Ware - If You're Never Gonna Move Adele - Rolling in the Deep Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Me and My Imagination Dido - Take My Hand Kate Bush - The Man With the Child in His Eyes Robyn - Hang With Me Agnes - EGO MARINA - Froot This week, awardinary will be hosting a listen-through session for The Arena Auditions in Amsterdam on Thursday 24 September at 19:00 BST. More information will be shared before the session begins, but if you'd like the opportunity to listen to all of the performances with others, this is it.

No lobster to save you this time ... unless you can successfully name all of the remaining locations on the European Adventure (and yes there is a pattern) xx

4 hour warning for the remaining two artists yet to submit a song, do so HERE!

Peppa Pig coming to win

Conveniently I have the MP3s of Can Anybody Hear Me? if HRVY’s mentor needs an album track

Round 1: The Room Auditions in Rotterdam Results

Spoiler: season 5 will be All Stars: The Rudemption

Scoreboards are coming v soon btw ladies, somehow between June and now I'd forgotten how to make the graphics

Non-existent x

Sadly Bladee, Dead or Alive and Tove Lo have all been eliminated from the competition and will not be travelling to Amsterdam. BUT, they still have the chance to return and claim The Gamu Nhengu Gold Card! For all of the remaining artists: CONFIRM YOUR SONG CHOICE FOR ROUND 2 HERE BY 17:59 TOMORROW For now, it's time to hop on over to join Iz for the results of BJSC here!

The final solo female artist safe and through to the next round... is... which means we sadly say goodbye to Tove Lo!

Also through to the next round... is...

Also through to the next round are... and... and...

The next three artists through are... and... and...

The first three SOLO FEMALE artists through to the next round are... and... and...

Before we reveal the results of the SOLO FEMALE category, it's time to reveal... All of the artists eliminated before Live Shows will have the chance to return to the competition!

GAMU! GAMU! GAMU! GAMU! GAMU!

The final group safe and through to the next round... is... which means we sadly say goodbye to Dead or Alive!

The next group safely through... is...

Another trio safely through to the next round are... and... and...

The next three groups through are... and... and...

Now it's the turn of the GROUPS to discover their fate... The first three groups through to the next round are... and... and...