Calum

Some tidbits from RTD's autobiography: RTD believes the main reason RTD2 didn't work and 'destroyed the profile of the show' was because of online leaks (lol) He admits that launching the era with the 60th specials was confusing Ncuti Gatwa's casting announcement was only done to pre-emptively avoid it leaking 73 Yards and Dot and Bubble were not in the original pitch made to Disney, added late due to Ncuti's commitments to Sex Education He has no regrets about the era and believes it was magnificent He mentions having to 'fix problems on the spot' and in the same breath mentions casting Belinda and parking Ruby but doesn't elaborate Season 3 would have ended with a four-part (!) Dalek story 3 episodes of Season 3 had already been written, a story about the Great Fire of London by Laurence Clark and Jack Thorne, a NASA space station story by Lydia Adetunji and an episode set in a Manchester council estate by Sharma Angel-Walfall He wanted Juno Dawson to write another episode, and was in talks with Kate Herron and Briony Redman to return with a sequel for Rogue

I fear how hot Bradley looks in the video > the song but it's decent! Hoping for more good things from them soon their other singles so far have been great.

HRVY - hesitate Sam Fender - Get You Down Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One Darin - Fantasi Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire Tom Grennan - Boys Don't Cry Gary Numan - My Name is Ruin Roosevelt - Montreal Damien Rice - Cannonball I try not to comment too much and remain as neutral as possible as host, but genuinely wtf @ Damien. I'd never heard the original before now and it is horrendous. I fear they made Little Mix record that as their winner's single so there was actually a palatable version of the song out there in the world. Tin can, drunk man singing shite in a pub vibes. No offence to Damien's mentor though because I'm sure it's a great pick for him going by the comments and it'll be safe regardless.

HRVY - hesitate Sam Fender - Get You Down Sam Smith - I'm Not the Only One Darin - Fantasi Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire Tom Grennan - Boys Don't Cry Gary Numan - My Name is Ruin Roosevelt - Montreal Damien Rice - Cannonball I try not to comment too much and remain as neutral as possible as host, but genuinely wtf @ Damien. I'd never heard the original before now and it is horrendous. I fear they made Little Mix record that as their winner's single so there was actually a palatable version of the song out there in the world. Tin can, drunk man singing shite in a pub vibes. No offence to Damien's mentor though because I'm sure it's a great pick for him going by the comments and it'll be safe regardless.

Zara Larsson - Can't Tame Her Jessie Ware - Hot N Heavy Adele - Chasing Pavements Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Bittersweet Leona Lewis feat. Avicii - Collide MARINA - I Am Not a Robot Agnes - 24 Hours Robyn - Keep This Fire Burning Kate Bush - Cloudbusting

Voting early this week to avoid the rigging accusations This to me feels like the round the groups have truly arrived. Enjoyed pretty much everything here to some degree after feeling like there was a lot that just wasn't for me in rounds 1-3. Fontaines D.C. - Marianne Years & Years - Sanctify Bananarama - Love in the First Degree Depeche Mode - Precious Texas - Black Eyed Boy iamamiwhoami - t New Order - Crystal Sade - By Your Side Ultravox - All Stood Still

Spotify and Apple Music playlists now added to the OPs

BBC Studios Hat Trick Mercurio (with Jed Mercurio attached as Executive Producer) World Productions (separate bid) STV Studios (with Screen Scotland) …the big names announced as bidders for the tender, but not an exhaustive list.

Tempted to put £10 on Harry with those odds but I just can’t see it happening. If we do have any of Rochelle, Philip, Omar still there at the end I can see them taking it. Pretty much a summary of how dense the UK public have been the whole time.

Gemma Collins entering the house on Friday apparently!

Unlike Twinks, Catrin appears to have zero tact. Twinks has made it clear that she won’t try and force connections with people, and is instead letting things happen naturally if people want it to. Catrin, on the other hand, who is definitely aligning herself with a group of deeply problematic people, is trying to force a connection with Pauline at an ungodly hour when she’s clearly not in the mood for it feeling some type of way, ending up just poking the bear and making things 100x worse than they needed to be. But of course Pauline’s the villain.

She is reacting to something being done to her, didn’t you know?

Well that’s Pauline going on Friday now for sure 🥱 Catrin can get f***ed too, crying over absolutely nothing. Another little entitled brat to add to the list.

Why do they keep showing us these two demon spawns kissing? It’s disgusting. Nobody cares

Twinks wasting a nomination on Frankie (I understand her reasoning which is valid) instead of Omar is WILD

Oh f*** off

If this ends up being Rob v Omar I just know the foul British public are gonna evict Rob :/

Rhianna and Omar need humbled stat, vile cretins 🤢

Philip almost jumping out his skin to say ‘I agree’ forgetting he’s the one that started the nicknames fakest person in there.

Genuinely have no idea who anyone is x

Has to be! If Mango’s insinuating bed you made would’ve been a better option he is very wrong hesitate is probably my favourite of the new HRVY songs so I’m very much stanning that choice

Did somebody say twix?

GROUPS Vitajte všetci! A journey by road of just under 2000 kilometres from Barcelona, we now find ourselves in Bratislava, Slovakia for Boot Camp: Part Two; the fourth stop on The Pop Factor's European Adventure. From one iconic backdrop to another, this time the groups will showcase their talents in the grounds of Bratislava Castle while soaking up the quirky city, home to the UFO Bridge, Church of St. Elizabeth, and its medieval Old Town. This time there's no theme and only eight groups will make it to the next round and the next stop. Let's welcome back the groups that are hoping to impress you, 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 (least favourite) For those voting who have entered one of the groups into the competition, you should rank all nine 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 eight 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 groups 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 12 October 2026, 17:59 BST So, without further ado, it's time to put the groups through their paces once more for the second part of BOOT CAMP... 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 Standard list of entries: Bananarama - Love in the First Degree Fontaines D.C. - Marianne New Order - Crystal Texas - Black Eyed Boy Years & Years - Sanctify Depeche Mode - Precious Ultravox - All Stood Still Sade - By Your Side iamamiwhoami - t Apple Music – Webplayer„The Pop Factor: Season 3 • Boot Camp: Part Two in Bratis...Playlist · 27 Titel *with thanks to pavi for Apple Music playlists