Calum

Live Show Two saw us say a sad goodbye to HAIM and Troye Sivan, leaving them behind as Pop Fleet 26 continue on their mission to find Lady BuzzJack, and we're edging ever closer to finding her now. Eleven artists remain on the World of Live Shows, and this time they're taking matters into their own hands to do what they can to become one of the last remaining artists. The question remains, who will find Lady BuzzJack and win? How it works: Voting will be strictly private from now until the end of the competition. Once you've listened to all of the artists perform in Live Show Three, you should cast your votes by completing THIS form, ranking the performances from favourite to least favourite. For those voting that are competing in the Live Show, you must vote. Failure to vote by a competing artist will result in a 22 point deduction from your final score. As always, if you are not competing in The Pop Factor you are more than welcome to vote too by completing the form. And remember, there's more... When voting closes, we'll cross over to the results show where TWO artists will be eliminated from the competition. The first - the artist with the least points - will be eliminated from the competition automatically. The remaining bottom two artists with the least points will then come face to face with our four judges again: Commander Eye Sack, Le Jé d’Eleven, The Rogue Trader and Jimmy-Jam Watts. They will decide the artist that remains in the competition. Will they break their deadlock streak this time? Voting closes on Wednesday 8 April 2026, 17:59 BST Reminder: voting is private. To vote, click the link to the form above. So now, for Live Show Three... IT'S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC! 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Standard list of entries: David Bowie - Starman Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You Florence + the Machine - No Light, No Light Scissor Sisters - Only the Horses Chappell Roan - Femininomenon Atomic Kitten - Right Now (2001 Recording) Lily Allen - LDN ROSALÍA - SAOKO Delta Goodrem - In This Life ABBA - One of Us Conan Gray - Vodka Cranberry

The next round will be coming soon, haven’t been able to access the site for most of the day

Pop Track of the Year 2026 Every quarter, the winners from each Pop Track of the Week poll go head to head, with five songs progressing to the final at the end of 2026. From the winners of Weeks 1 to 13, vote for your THREE favourite songs. Here's a reminder of the winning songs from Quarter One: Week 1: Sabrina Carpenter - Such a Funny Way Week 2: Robyn - Talk to Me Week 3: Slayyyter - DANCE... Week 4: Harry Styles - Aperture Week 5: MEEK - Fabulous Week 6: Myles Smith & Niall Horan - Drive Safe Week 7: Meghan Trainor - Get In Girl Week 8: Jessie Ware - Ride Week 9: Slayyyter - OLD TECHNOLOGY Week 10: Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight Week 11: Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell Week 12: Ruel - Don't Say That Week 13: Slayyyter - BRITTANY MURPHY. Voting closes at 04:59 on Friday 17 April 2026, giving you two weeks to choose your finalists. Listen to Pop Track of the Year 2026: Quarter One

Pop Track of the Week 2026 Each week, new releases from the worlds of pop and country are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner. The winners will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year - at the end of each quarter and again at the end of the year - to determine the ultimate winner of 2026. WEEK 13: The Results Total votes : 25 Slayyyter - BRITTANY MURPHY. 9 Miley Cyrus - Younger You 5 Charlie Puth feat. Coco Jones - Sideways 3 Conan Gray - The Best 3 Cody Simpson - Baby Blue 2 Jessie Ware - Automatic 1 Lava La Rue - GIRL IS A KNIFE 1 panicbaby - get naked 1 Amelia Moore - prom queen 0 EMMMA - Honey 0 Kyle Alessandro - Backseat 0 Stray Kids - STAY 0 Slayyyter ends Quarter One by becoming the artist that defined it, topping the poll with BRITTANY MURPHY., the focus track from her newly-released album WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA; also Slayyyter's third win in Pop Track of the Week 2026, following Week 3 winner DANCE... and Week 9 winner OLD TECHNOLOGY. Miley Cyrus grabs five votes with single Younger You promoting Hannah Montana's anniversary. WEEK 14 Choose one song in the poll - your favourite - from this week's new releases listed below and feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread. Blake Rose - I Don’t Wanna Be Emei - Night at the Opera flowerovlove - American Wedding Henry Morris - Good Girls Go to Heaven MARIS - Missing Me METTE - COMING OF AGE OneRepublic - Need Your Love Peach PRC - Hold It For Her Sofia D’Angelo - TIME Tsatsamis - Angelina Wasia Project - 2515 Zach Hood - Daredevil Pop Track of the Week 2026: Winners Week 1: Sabrina Carpenter - Such a Funny Way Week 2: Robyn - Talk to Me Week 3: Slayyyter - DANCE... Week 4: Harry Styles - Aperture Week 5: MEEK - Fabulous Week 6: Myles Smith & Niall Horan - Drive Safe Week 7: Meghan Trainor - Get In Girl Week 8: Jessie Ware - Ride Week 9: Slayyyter - OLD TECHNOLOGY Week 10: Jennifer Lopez & David Guetta - Save Me Tonight Week 11: Kacey Musgraves - Dry Spell Week 12: Ruel - Don't Say That Week 13: Slayyyter - BRITTANY MURPHY. Listen to Pop Track of the Week 2026: Week 14

HAIM were definitely one of the biggest surprises of the competition for me, so you've done brilliantly to showcase some of the best of them Josh really wouldn't have given them any thought before this season, but intrigued to hear some more now.

Round 9: Live Show Two: The Ballads of a Broken-Hearted BuzzJack Results

Me when it happens

TOP 11 ARTISTS CONFIRM YOUR SONG CHOICE FOR LIVE SHOW THREE HERE! There is NO theme for Live Show Three, so free choice. You have until 17:59 TOMORROW! And in the meantime, as always, let's show all the love for HAIM and Troye Sivan

13 were mentored by... @Josh! HAIM in The Pop Factor: Season 2 Round 1: The Earth Auditions - Forever (7th, 258 points) Round 2: The Orbit Auditions - I Know Alone (4th, 270 points) Round 3: Boot Camp: Part One - Pray to God (Calvin Harris feat. HAIM) [4th, 228 points] Round 4: Boot Camp: Part Two - Days Are Gone (1st, 239 points) Round 5: Judges' Houses - Want You Back (3rd, 185 points) Round 6: The Black Hole Battles - Now I'm In It (WIN) Round 7: The Scoop - N/A Round 8: Live Show One - If I Could Change Your Mind (1st, 391 points) Round 9: Live Show Two - Gasoline (13th, OUT) and... 12 was mentored by... @Tafty Troye Sivan in The Pop Factor: Season 2 Round 1: The Earth Auditions - Got Me Started (4th, 355 points) Round 2: The Orbit Auditions - Strawberries & Cigarettes (2nd, 310 points) Round 3: Boot Camp: Part One - My My My! (2nd, 259 points) Round 4: Boot Camp: Part Two - IN A DREAM (1st, 262 points) Round 5: Judges' Houses - Angel Baby (3rd, 186 points) Round 6: The Black Hole Battles - YOUTH (WIN) Round 7: The Scoop - N/A Round 8: Live Show One - Bloom (9th, 289 points) Round 9: Live Show Two - HEAVEN (feat. Betty Who) [12th, OUT] And so we say goodbye to two artists who were largely very successful all throughout the competition, with two mentors behind them that played incredible games. First up, Josh! kept under the radar with HAIM, a left-field choice of artist that ended up receiving a lot of love; topping the results as well as performing very strongly in the groups category. I feel somewhat responsible like a bad omen now having complimented Josh on how well he'd played the game so far earlier this week, only for this to happen lmao (I'm so sorry x). And then could Troye really have been anyone other than Jonjo at this point? Quite possibly the frontrunner of all the males when the names were first announced, Troye falls victim to ballads this week with HEAVEN (very, very strangely) not quite connecting with people despite being an absolute gem of a song. Troye also topped the leaderboard throughout the competition and was in fierce competition with Conan to be crowned king of the twinks. Sadly, it wasn't meant to be. But both of you should be extremely proud of what you've showcased for HAIM and Troye in the competition. You've done amazing, and thank you!!

I can now reveal... The artist with the lowest score... eliminated from the competition tonight... is... ...which means congratulations David Bowie, you are safe and through to Live Show Three. Troye, we'll find out your identity in just a moment, but for now your time in the competition has come to an end.

DEADLOCK Since the judges have failed to reach a majority verdict, we will now revert to the public vote to decide which artist is eliminated from the competition. David Bowie, or Troye Sivan?

Jimmy-Jam Watts, it all comes down to you. If you vote to save Troye Sivan, he's through to Live Show Three and David Bowie will be eliminated from the competition. If you vote to save David Bowie, we'll be deadlocked and revert to the public vote. Please give me the name of the artist you'd like to SAVE... "Both artists have brought their A-game to the competition. It's always tough at this stage. Troye has all the twink power, but David Bowie has solidified his legendary status in the competition. But that said... the artist I'd like to save and keep in the competition is... DAVID BOWIE"

It's one vote each. Rogue Trader, please give me the name of the artist you'd like to SAVE and keep in the competition... "What a predicament to be in this week! If it all goes south from here, just let Troye know I'm available for any odd drilling or hammering jobs he might need doing... The artist I'm voting to save is TROYE SIVAN"

Le Jé d'Eleven, please give me the name of the artist you'd like to SAVE... "I made my feelings perfectly clear last week. THE OLD MAN MUST GO. Twink JUSTICE. I vote to save TROYE SIVAN"

Commander Eye Sack, please give me the name of the artist you'd like to SAVE and keep in the competition... "Well, I'll cut to the chase. King of the Twinks has to stay for paving the way. Were it not for David Bowie's intense artistry there'd be no hope in hell for Troye Sivan to be slutting it out in a jockstrap, huffing poppers and visiting gloryholes. So for that reason, I vote to save DAVID BOWIE"

David Bowie and Troye Sivan... I'm now going to ask each of the judges which artist they would like to SAVE and keep in the competition. In the event of a tie, we will go to deadlock and the result will be decided by reverting to the public vote. Good luck to you both...

The final two artists... safe and through to Live Show Three... are... and... which means David Bowie and Troye Sivan, you will now face the judges who will decide which of you is SAFE and will remain in the competition, and which of you will be eliminated tonight.

And now for the sad news... The artist with the least amount of points... Automatically eliminated from the competition tonight... is... Sadly, HAIM, your time in the competition is over and your identity will be revealed shortly alongside the second artist eliminated following the judges' vote.

The next two artists through to Live Show Three... Before the artist automatically eliminated from the competition tonight is confirmed... are... and...

Joining them in Live Show Three... are... and... and...

The first three artists safely through to Live Show Three... are... and... and...

Apologies if this takes a while tonight, but who's ready for some results?

Results beginning momentarily (subject to site speed)...

Okay officially going to close the vote at 8pm, the site's still taking several minutes to load a page for me at a time but if it isn't any quicker or back to normal by then will just proceed with results anyway and hope for the best

Due to a combination of being out at the shop right now and BuzzJack being slow af in general stragglers can have until 6:30pm to vote