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Finally ordered the complete bundle from his store today (hoping it could still end up being here by Friday 👀), I'm so hyped for this!! The Joshua Tree show is looking amazing too, trying not to let myself watch right now though because I wanna go into the rest of the album blind ~

Any artist, any era at all 🙌 all I'd say is trying to avoid those that have been used in previous AF Idol spin-offs but apart from that only rule is that they can't have an AF on BuzzJack!

Thanks Have added in another two slots for each category for now since the women were all filled up!

Hate to say but your artist has already been registered 💔 if you have any others in mind would be great to still have you enter!!

Some great artists registered so far, keep them coming also don't worry if/when we get to the point where Solo Women is filled up and you still want to enter. More spots will open up (hopefully with some more in Men and Groups too )

Almost £40 for the picture disc, is she ok?! 💀 Loving the artwork though, shame there aren’t any bundles (yet), but will definitely be snapping up the vinyl at some point.

Is it just me that finds this ‘where’s the album?’ marketing more annoying than hyping given how much of a pickle everyone’s been in thinking the worst?

56 Taskmaster 95 points [higher top score] 57 Big Boys 95 points [lower top score] 58 Dark 94 points 59 The Crown 93 points [more votes] 60 The White Lotus 93 points [less votes] The third season of dark comedy drama/anthology series The White Lotus has just finished airing, and boy is this a show that has caused so much online discourse. From people finding the actors in the show attractive and being chastised for it, to some of the themes explored by the show. It's been a talking point and has had the likes of Theo James and Jennifer Coolidge all appear. Just ahead of that is Netflix series - creator Peter Morgan's 'love letter' to the Royal Family - exploring how Queen Elizabeth II came to reign and everything else that happened in between. While each block of two seasons explored a different time period of Elizabeth's reign - with three actresses portraying the role - everything came together well as one over the six seasons and, of course, towards the end we were brought almost up to date with everything that happened with Charles, Diana and a young William and Kate in their university days (something I managed to catch a glimpse of them filming while working in St Andrews ). German sci-fi thriller series Dark ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020 on Netflix following characters in the aftermath of a child's disappearance that unravelled a time travel conspiracy. Big Boys made a mark when it debuted on Channel 4 in 2022 and ran for three series before ending in January this year, giving us some loveable characters portrayed by Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing, as well as featuring queen Camille Coduri herself. And finally we have Taskmaster, a show that's now in its nineteenth series on Channel 4. From humble beginnings on Dave, the show's gone from strength to strength and has become a staple of British comedy with so many incredible, unforgettable moments, with five comedians/TV personalities per series taking on outrageous tasks in a bid to win a golden sculpt of Greg Davies' head.

Day 1: Favourite trans character - Elektra Abundance-Evangelista (Pose) Day 2: Favourite new TV show released in 2025 - Cassandra Day 3: Favourite on-screen friendship - Dustin Henderson and Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) Day 4: TV show you've deliberately avoided watching - Mrs Brown's Boys Day 5: An underrated TV show - The Recruit Day 6: Favourite quiz show - The Weakest Link Day 7: TV show that outstayed its welcome - Benidorm Day 8: Most misunderstood character you like or relate to - Sam Gardner (Atypical) Day 9: Favourite TV soundtrack - Doctor Who Day 10: Earliest memory of watching a TV show - Teletubbies Day 11: Funniest moment or scene in a TV show - The ice rink campaign (Parks & Recreation) Day 12: Favourite love triangle in a TV show - Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah (The Summer I Turned Pretty) Day 13: TV show villain you would fall victim to - Terry Silver (Cobra Kai) honestly I just wouldn't have the energy to even try putting up a fight, he'd have me flat out in a heartbeat. One of the most despicable, love-to-hate villains I've seen in a TV show in a long time. Thinking of Cobra Kai for this one has kinda made me feel like I could've also had Kreese for my misunderstood character, like damn his storyline across all six seasons was brilliant.

Norway

Cyprus was the only one I'd heard (UK aside) going into tonight and the studio version is great but damn that was a bit disappointing. Shaky vocals, way too much focus on everything else. A bop though ~ Croatia, Norway, Albania and Netherlands were all great

Settled on my artist

If you're able to fill in the registration form linked in the first post with your choice that would be great! Opted not to go for any themes for each round so completely free choice. Up to everybody to decide what they want to do A list of previous artists entered in the AF Idol spin-offs for reference: Carly Rae Jepsen Tove Lo Kelly Clarkson The Weeknd Röyksopp Tinashe Janet Jackson Mariah Carey Coldplay Gorillaz S Club 7 & Solo Kim Petras Pixie Lott Hailee Steinfeld Maren Morris Greyson Chance Gwen Stefani Kesha Miley Cyrus Katy B Florence + the Machine Ava Max Jessie Ware Ciara The Beatles Donna Summer Demi Lovato Gabrielle Everything Everything Nina Nesbitt

Do you have THE POP FACTOR? Lady BuzzJack is on a quest to find the first winner of The Pop Factor; a solo pop artist or group that can fend everybody off in each round of the competition and that is quintessential pop in every way. In a nutshell: If you're familiar with AF Idol, The Pop Factor will work similarly. Lady BuzzJack is interested solely in brilliant pop artists and groups here though, split between three categories: Solo Men, Solo Women and Groups (no Overs discrimination against Mary Byrne to be found here on The Pop Factor ). At each stage of the competition, artists will battle it out to secure a place in the next round and make it to the final to be crowned the winner. What each artist does with the crown is up to them - are they coming back from a long bout of irrelevancy? Are they at the top of their game and adding another gong to their mantlepiece? Or are they just here to ride the wave? But what's in it for you? Lady BuzzJack doesn't have the contacts to be giving out a £1,000,000 recording contract, but make it all the way to the final and win the first season of The Pop Factor and your grand prize* will be 🔥 The Ten Poond Record Token 🔥: *UK/Ireland only When you register your artist you'll be responsible for their fate in the competition, selecting their song for each round. Will you start with a bang and make it known how amazing your artist is from the off or will you save the best for last and risk early elimination? The Pop Factor has only one judge... the members of BuzzJack. Anybody can get involved in each round even if you decide not to enter. Guidance Your chosen artist/group must not have an Artist Forum on BuzzJack. Your chosen artist/group must have a discography comprising at least 8-10 songs. Your chosen artist/group must be credited as the main artist (or be the main vocalist if featured) of any song(s) chosen. If you are unable to submit a song in any round for your artist/group one will be chosen for you. There are limited spaces per category - Solo Men, Solo Women and Groups. If overall interest exceeds the number of spaces available more spaces will be added, so keep an eye on the list below! To secure an audition number and your place in front of the crowd at the live auditions click below to complete the registration form! Don't worry: you are not a number, you are a human being. Registration will close on Tuesday 20 May, 23:59 BST (subject to demand). SOLO MEN Lukuzz Calum HarryGarfield Tafty Dj Cheeky magpie Brer seven. Spiceboy SOLO WOMEN Addy! Jade awardinary Mangø vibe Scene -Jay- jimwatts GROUPS Last Dreamer JosephBoone King Rollo Jack Ansel Bjork Herbs AllStarBySmashMouth

So hyped this is eventually happening (hopefully) although given the amount of faves releasing at the moment I'm gonna be declaring bankruptcy within a week with all the pre-orders x

Season 2 continues on Saturday with... The Interstellar Song Contest. This time the episode is written by guest writer Juno Dawson, her first script for Doctor Who. She's no stranger to the Whoniverse though, having written the Doctor Who: Redacted podcast as well as some Torchwood audios for Big Finish. Not only that but she was meant to guest write for the second series of Class but that was disgustingly cancelled. This episode promises to be one of the biggest episodes the show has ever done with something very important happening in it. The Doctor's quest to get Belinda back home to Earth leads to a space station hosting the famous song contest. But a harmless night of fun soon becomes a battle to survive. 8am on iPlayer, and 7:10pm on BBC One. However, the BBC One broadcast is dependent on whether the football goes into extra time, so it may end up airing on BBC Two at the same time. Discuss the episode here ~

61 Shameless (UK) 92 points 62 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 91 points 63 The Wire 88 points 64 Star Trek: The Next Generation 87 points [more votes] 65 Keeping Up Appearances 87 points [less votes] Up next we have 1990s sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (starring none other than Clive Swift of Voyage of the Damned fame x), following the snobbery of Hyacinth Bucket. The show ran for five series until 1995 when Patricia Routledge decided to move on and quite honestly that's when you know a show's ended on a high note when they can leave a lasting legacy in place instead of driving it into the ground as producers sometimes (or a lot of the time) do these days. Just a little higher up than its predecessor, Star Trek: The Next Generation sneaks a place in the countdown with another series from the franchise still to come. American crime drama The Wire ran for five seasons from 2002 to 2008. Despite being deemed 'average' when it was released since the show ended it has amassed a cult following and is now widely considered one of the best TV series of all time. American sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine follows the detectives at the 99 in the NYPD and all of their escapades, birthing so many iconic characters, catchphrases and moments throughout its eight season run. Originally cancelled by Fox in 2018, the show returned for three seasons on NBC allowing for the perfect send-off the show deserved. And finally - the only version of Shameless that deserves to have placed in the top 100 or anywhere - created by Paul Abbott, Shameless ran for eleven series on Channel 4, following the lives of the Gallagher family and everybody else on the Chatsworth estate before pivoting and focusing on the Maguire family in later series'. Although the show took a bit of a dip in quality from its eighth series until it ended, it gave us some of the most loveable, brilliant, iconic, memorable characters of the 21st century - while always tackling some really hard-hitting storylines - and that scene of Carl and his hose will always be a gay awakening x

Day 1: Favourite trans character - Elektra Abundance-Evangelista (Pose) Day 2: Favourite new TV show released in 2025 - Cassandra Day 3: Favourite on-screen friendship - Dustin Henderson and Steve Harrington (Stranger Things) Day 4: TV show you've deliberately avoided watching - Mrs Brown's Boys Day 5: An underrated TV show - The Recruit Day 6: Favourite quiz show - The Weakest Link Day 7: TV show that outstayed its welcome - Benidorm Day 8: Most misunderstood character you like or relate to - Sam Gardner (Atypical) Day 9: Favourite TV soundtrack - Doctor Who Day 10: Earliest memory of watching a TV show - Teletubbies Day 11: Funniest moment or scene in a TV show - The ice rink campaign (Parks & Recreation) Day 12: Favourite love triangle in a TV show - Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah (The Summer I Turned Pretty) Name something more iconic than that, honestly As for love triangles, I initially thought of Elena/Damon/Stefan but really I was only ever rooting for Elena and Stefan in that and it never ended up going how I wanted it to, so probably not 'favourite' and more infuriating throughout lmao. And do Pam/Jim and their respective others count from The Office? idk so I've gone for one that's genuinely had me really invested across both seasons and had me rooting for both the boys at different points (but ultimately always being team Jeremiah x) when they've shown vulnerabilities.

Praying this is better and more instant than Ariana. It took me a long time to properly connect with that 😓 A proper summer banger pls x

Now confirmed that The Reality War won’t premiere at 8am, simulcast worldwide releasing at the same time on BBC One, iPlayer and in cinemas. “Extra special length” too, supposedly! There’s commentary about what to expect in the episode on the DW website, but having just read it I think that’s waaaaay too much to be giving away right now

Joseph’s poor taste well and truly exploited by this survivor

Looks like this will be getting a good push since he’s going all in with the Mother’s Day theme capitalising on that too. The snippet from TikTok sounds gorgeous, can’t wait for the full thing

Just Hold On for me now!

The result of round 3 means that Strip That Down is finally gone Liam's debut solo single featuring Quavo had less going for it than the artwork did. The results so far: 14. Strip That Down [Liam Payne feat. Quavo] 15. I Don't Wanna Live Forever [ZAYN & Taylor Swift] 16. Back to You [Louis Tomlinson feat. Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals] Onto Round 4 now, vote for your least favourite single in the poll above and discuss/tell us what you voted for. Round 4 will be a DOUBLE ELIMINATION ~

btw I meant to say earlier too that you can hyperlink images, you just need to make sure the image is selected then use the link tool to paste the destination if you wanna edit that in Addy