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Not really, we've still had a good amount of votes and the points scored are indicative of that. We just need at least one more vote to separate some very tight results at the bottom of the pack 👀

Voting will now close at 7pm, so 50 minutes for any stragglers

We are going to need at least one more set of votes before I can officially close the vote

He’s hurricane drunk

PM reminders will be sent for anyone yet to vote competing in the live shows to preserve anonymity, so we might have a full house already or we might not x (and more guest votes also encouraged! )

Welcome to 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 12 results: Ruel - Don't Say That 9 Niall Horan - Dinner Party 7 LUNA - Heavenly 4 Dagny - Dancefloor Erotica 2 Take That - You're a Superstar 2 BTS - SWIM 1 Calum Bowie - Coming Up Stronger 1 Lizzo - Don't Make Me Love U 1 Tove Styrke - Space 1 Boy In Space - The Man Who Lost It All 0 Cherry Bomb - Digital Girl 0 samxemma - Simple Solution 0 Total votes: 28 Ruel tops the poll this week, receiving an impressive 9 votes from BuzzJack with new single Don't Say That from the upcoming deluxe edition of his second album Kicking My Feet & Screaming. He beats out Niall Horan who comes back with Dinner Party, the lead single from his new album of the same name; and LUNA rounds out the top three with four votes. Week 13: Choose one song that is your favourite from the selection of new releases this week. Feel free to post a rate of the songs in the thread. Here are this week's contenders: Amelia Moore - prom queen Charlie Puth feat. Coco Jones - Sideways Cody Simpson - Baby Blue Conan Gray - The Best EMMMA - Honey Jessie Ware - Automatic Kyle Alessandro - Backseat Lava La Rue - GIRL IS A KNIFE Miley Cyrus - Younger You panicbaby - get naked Slayyyter - BRITTANY MURPHY. Stray Kids - STAY 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

Spoiler Owen is officially leaving (alongside Teddy) It’s about TIME!!

Have done some digging and his Twitter header has been updated saying it’s now coming on 10th April ~

So this just… didn’t come lol Not sure what would warrant a delay or pulling the plug altogether considering how long he’s been away and what’s happened with him previously. They’re gonna need to bite the bullet and just put stuff out there.

Luba gone too, and Gorka, Neil and Nancy all expected to be gone. This is gonna be unrecognisable when it returns

Your posts yesterday were deleted by me; posting links to Instagram reels with a bunch of laughing emojis adds nothing to the conversation or debate, and just looks like you’re trying to get a reaction or antagonise people further.

Nadiya gone now too (hardly a surprise) and rumours of Rylan and Angela as hosts. Not sure how I'd feel about that as both give the vibe they'd be best suited to Claudia's role and you'd think Zoe Ball is a shoe in for at least one of the roles.

Do we know if they'll actually add this to HBO Max UK now that we have it or if it's just gonna be on NOW?

Just under 48 hours left to vote!

The difference separating the art from the ‘artist’ here being that a lot of her beliefs are woven throughout the whole thing in subtle ways. This innocent little world of wizards and magic is actually quite grim when you notice.

This is a much stronger cast than series 1, loving Alan, Diane, David, Maisie and Sam. I just wish Prime would stop with the staggered releasing of batches of episodes, especially with shows so short in length and episode duration

I’m sorry but this whole thing reads like he’s had a gun held to his head while typing it to make sure it absolves everyone else but him of any wrongdoing lmao 😭 It’s very difficult to believe that acting on information he had obtained from the hotel he wouldn’t also be aware that a famous Brazilian footballer’s wife and her child were also there. The outcome of the encounter is regretful, indeed, because now I’m sat here writing a load of shite on Instagram.

But yes everyone definitely listen to Destroyer 😘 And pre-save Kicking My Feet & Screaming out 12th June x

@JosephStyles you got Hard Sometimes, deal with it

Coco lasting longer than Nikita

Literally none of what Jameela raised has anything to do with the actual incident. So while valid in a broader sense, it’s like a collation of lots of different things all slapped together - as well as pretty much everything I’ve seen in her defence being rooted in TikTok conspiracy theories 😭 - ignoring what people are actually taking issue with.

Very well said, probably everything I’d have to say on it without being able to word it quite so well

If it’s picked then it’s fair game. It’s part of the artist’s discography so we can’t really say it’s giving anyone an unfair advantage really. I don’t really see the point in suggesting songs anyway because everybody needs to strategise for themselves in what they consider the best way to make it as far as possible, not just throwing out a song they might be holding onto for a certain point because people want it

I’m genuinely fried that ‘parasocial behaviour/fandom’ is being brought up so much in this whole situation, being something she actively challenges and denounces… and yet it’s the epitome of what some of the defence is becoming 🥲