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Round 2 - Year End Survivor No.82
O Town - Liquid Dreams
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Ultimate Survivor 8.0 - Round 8
Little Boots - Remedy
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RPDR | UK vs. the World | Season 2 | Rankings
Week 4 Ranking: 01. Hannah Conda - [04-08-07-01] 02. Tia Kofi - [06-04-01-02] 03. Scarlet Envy - [08-06-02-03] 04. Marina Summers - [02-02-03-04] 05. La Grande Dame - [01-01-05-05] 06. Choriza May - [07-09-04-06] 07. Keta Minaj - [05-03-08-07] 08. Gothy Kendoll - [09-05-06-08] OUT Jonbers Blonde - [10-07-09] Arantxa Castilla-La-Mancha - [03-10] Mayhem Filler - [11]
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RPDR | UK vs. the World | Season 2 | Rankings
Week 4 Ranking: 01. Hannah Conda - [04-08-07-01] 02. Tia Kofi - [06-04-01-02] 03. Scarlet Envy - [08-06-02-03] 04. Marina Summers - [02-02-03-04] 05. La Grande Dame - [01-01-05-05] 06. Choriza May - [07-09-04-06] 07. Keta Minaj - [05-03-08-07] 08. Gothy Kendoll - [09-05-06-08] OUT Jonbers Blonde - [10-07-09] Arantxa Castilla-La-Mancha - [03-10] Mayhem Filler - [11]
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RPDR | US | Season 16 | Queen Rankings
Week 9 Ranking: 01. Nymphia Wind - [04-01-04-01-05-04-06-01] 02. Q - [03-03-01-11-01-03-04-02] 03. Sapphira Cristal - [02-02-03-02-04-02-02-03] 04. Dawn - [05-07-11-07-02-06-07-04] 05. Plane Jane [01-04-02-03-03-05-01-05] 06. Morphine Love Dion - [12-06-09-05-07-08-08-06] 07. Mhiya Iman LePaige - [07-12-10-04-10-09-03-07] 08. Plasma - [06-10-05-06-09-01-05-08] OUT Xunami Muse - [13-05-08-08-08-07-09] Megami - [14-08-07-09-06-10] Geneva Karr - [09-14-12-10-11] Amanda Tori Meating - [11-11-06-12] Mirage - [08-09-13] Hershi Liquor Jete - [10-13]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
I get the tingle, I wanna mingle kYtGl1dX5qI 36. Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know | 6.625 Highest Scores: 9.5/9: (TimConArtist, Herbs), Lowest Scores: 2: (Jessie Where) 35. Scream & Shout (ft will.i.am) | 6.708 Highest Scores: 10: (Anita Hanjaab, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: -1: (Scene) 34. Radar | 6.729 Highest Scores: 10: (Slayer, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: -1: (Anita Hanjaab) #36 is Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know, released in March 2001 as the 4th & final single from Britney's 2nd album Oops I Did It Again. After meeting with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange in Switzerland, Britney recorded several songs for the album, including this track, which she considered one of her faves on the album & additional lyrics were written by guitar player Keith Scott and country pop singer Shania Twain. Upon release the song attained moderate commercial success by topping the Romanian charts, top 10 peaks in Austria & Switzerland, as well as top 20 peaks in several countries including Germany, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Finland, & Norway. The track wasn't given a commercial release in the USA, and was sent only to mainstream radio in April 2001, where it failed to appear on any major music chart there. This certainly does bring an entirely different energy to Britney's preceding hits & while it was nice her willing to break from the successful tried and tested formula with this beautiful yet yearning ballad that features Britney singing in a lower vocal register & really pulling it effectively. However, this does fall rather short when compared to her previous stuff and especially given the writing talent involved as it does have a slight feeling of not their A material. Nonetheless it does showcase Britney as a talented vocalist. At #35 is Scream & Shout, by will.i.am featuring Britney Spears, released in November 2012 as the 2nd single from will.i.am's 4th studio album #willpower. The song was written by will.i.am, Jef Martens, Tulisa, Jean Baptiste and was produced by Martens under the alias Lazy Jay, with additional production by will.i.am. Upon release the track became a huge commercial success by topping the charts in 24 countries worldwide, including in the UK where it became Britney's 6th chart topper & first since 2004. Along with top 5 peaks in Australia, Czech Republic, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Sweden and in the USA. British singer Tulisa co-wrote the original version of the track then titled "I Don't Give a f***" & was intended for her debut album. However, producer Lazy Jay didn't want Tulisa to have the song and instead gave it to will.i.am, who re-wrote it with Britney in mind, despite Tulisa's vocals still being heard on the song, who in turn filed a lawsuit in 2012 and won it in 2018 entitling her to 10% of the song's royalties. In hind sight its hard to even say about this song given that those vocals aren't even Britney's, hell even at the time I felt that they didn't even sound like her & when did she become British all of sudden, well that was all down to the sad story behind Tulisa's involvement, which goes to show how cutthroat the industry can be. As for the song itself well its nothing special a serviceable club jam for its time, but has now aged like milk & just feels rather forgotten. At #34 is Radar, which originally featured on Britney's 5th studio album Blackout & was originally planned to be released as a single from that album, but the release was cancelled and was later included as a bonus track for her 6th studio album Circus where it finally got released in June 2009 as the 4th and final single. Written and produced by Bloodshy & Avant and the Clutch, with additional writing from Henrik Jonback; with recording sessions taking place the day after Britney filed for divorce from Kevin Federline. Upon release the track performed quite poorly on the charts worldwide with top 40 peaks in Ireland & New Zealand, but missing the top 40 in most countries including the UK where it peaked at a mere #46, her first ever release not to crack the top 20. I do think that this would have served quite well as 'Blackout' single, but as a 'Circus' single it didn't really work given that it didn't fit into that era at all and being tacked onto the end didn't help matters, making this an obvious contract obligation release. As for the song itself it's not half bad with its cool synths, high octane beats and bouncy electro grooves, which makes a simple yet fun little number that couldn't quite overcome its botched release and flop status.
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RPDR | UK vs. the World | Season 2 | Rankings
Episode 3 Ranking: 01. Tia Kofi - [06-04-01] 02. Scarlet Envy - [08-06-02] 03. Marina Summers - [02-02-03] 04. Choriza May - [07-09-04] 05. La Grande Dame - [01-01-05] 06. Gothy Kendoll - [09-05-06] 07. Hannah Conda - [04-08-07] 08. Keta Minaj - [05-03-08] 09. Jonbers Blonde - [10-07-09] OUT Arantxa Castilla-La-Mancha - [03-10] Mayhem Filler - [11]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
3 Will drop in the next lot, 2 will be final singles & 1 will be a collaboration Any guesses?
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
We're awake in the deepest sleep _rxgp7TJhUE 40. Perfume | 6.208 Highest Scores: 10: (Slayer, Nick F1, Roba), Lowest Scores: 0: (Anita Hanjaab) 39. Swimming In The Stars | 6.34 Highest Scores: 10: (Slayer), Lowest Scores: 0: (Anita Hanjaab) 38. Slumber Party (ft Tinashe) | 6.391 Highest Scores: 10: (Slayer, Nick F1, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: 0: (Anita Hanjaab) 37. Anticipating | 6.608 Highest Scores: 10: (Slayer), Lowest Scores: 3: (Pandamic Tension) #40 is Perfume, released in November 2013 as the 2nd & final single from Britney's 8th studio album Britney Jean. Written by Britney, Sia and Christopher Braide, while the song was produced by will.i.am and co-produced by Keith Harris and Braide. The song built around themes of jealousy and suspicion in a relationship. Spears revealed that the song was about her split with her ex-fiancé, Jason Trawick, in early 2013. The music video was directed by Joseph Kahn & he revealed that there's an unreleased directors cut of the video, where Britney's role in the video is actually an assassin hired to kill her boyfriend. Upon release the song performed weakly on the charts worldwide by peaking at #76 on the US Billboard charts & peaked within the top 70 in Australia, Canada, & Ireland. The raw emotion and tenderness is on full display here, but you can't help but feel that the song feels a little off-brand and something doesn't quite hit in the way that it should. All things considered I do think that this was a very misguided single choice & perhaps should have stayed on the album, or at the very least been released later after the far superior 'Alien'. #39 is Swimming In The Stars, released in December 2020 on the deluxe reissue edition of Britney's 9th studio album Glory as the album's 4th single to coincide with her 39th birthday. The song was conceived during the initial recording sessions for the album in 2015 by the producers Matthew Koma and Dan Book, with an additional writing provided by Alexei Misoul. The song along with the other new tracks came about following the #JusticeForGlory campaign that was launched by Britney's fans on social media during the Pandemic, then the singer unveiled a new cover art for the album on May 8, 2020, nearly four years after its release. Upon release the song didn't gain any substantial commercial success due to its lack of promotion and charted mainly on digital component charts in Canada, France, UK, and in the USA. I really wish that the new 'Glory' tracks gained proper promo with music videos to boot as this was a firm highlight with its sleek production, atmospheric synths , stunning vocals & gorgeous vocals, making this a somewhat lost gem in Britney's iconic discography. Another 'Glory' tracks drops at #38 with Slumber Party, released in November 2016 as the album's 2nd single and features vocals from American singer Tinashe in its remixed version. It was written by Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson, Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter, and produced by Mattman & Robin. The duo was also responsible for vocal production along with Mischke Butler. Britney's team commissioned several polls for different magazines to ask which song from the album should be the second single & this was eventually chosen. Upon release the song peaked at #86 on the US Billboard charts becoming Britney's 36th chart entry & Tinashe's 4th. Elsewhere it managed top 40 peaks in Hungary & Spain as well as minor peaks in Canada & France. This really deserved so much more than it got on its original release as this is a sexy, slow electro pop synth number with stellar production & a catchy chorus. Even the addition of Tinashe adds an extra layer of fun to this fun track. A firm underrate gem. At #37 is Anticipating, released in June 2002 as the 4th single from her 3rd studio album Britney, exclusively to France where it achieved minor success by reaching a #38 peak there. The song was written by Britney alongside the song's producers Brian Kierulf and Josh Schwartz. A fun bubbly carefree bop the exudes pure joy with its shimmering disco beats, gliding strings and an addictive earworm chorus. In my opinion this would have made a better single than 'I Love Rock N' Roll'.
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
Here's a re-cap of the results 41-50 41. S&M (Remix) (ft Rihanna) – 6.083 42. Tom’s Diner (ft Giorgio Moroder) – 6.02 43. From the Bottom of My Broken Heart – 5.854 44. Someday (I Will Understand) – 5.854 45. I Love Rock N’ Roll – 5.77 46. Outrageous – 5.583 47. Matches (ft Blackstreet Boys) – 5.38 48. Pretty Girls (ft Iggy Azalea) – 4.812 49. Ooh La La – 4.217 50. Mind Your Business (ft will.i.am) – 1.958
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
From the first kisses to the very last rose kBtBfGxNqpY 45. I Love Rock N' Roll | 5.77 Highest Scores: 10: (Slayer, Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 0: (Jessie Where) 44. Someday (I Will Understand) | 5.854 Highest Scores: 9: (Tafty), Lowest Scores: 1: (Scene) 43. From The Bottom of My Broken Heart | 5.854 Highest Scores: 10: (Nick F1), Lowest Scores: 1: (Jessie Where) 42. Tom's Diner (ft Giorgio Moroder) | 6.02 Highest Scores: 9: (Slayer, Nick F1, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: 0: (Anita Hanjaab) 41. S&M (Remix) (ft Rihanna) | 6.083 Highest Scores: 9.5/9: (Slayer, TimConArtist, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: 0: (Anita Hanjaab) #45 is I Love Rock N' Roll, which was originally sung by Arrows in 1975 & then was made more famously by Joan Jett in 1982. Britney's version was released as the 4th European single from her 3rd studio album Britney in May 2002. The song was also used in her 2002 starring movie 'Crossroads' & has publicly stated that the original song is one of her favourites. She listened to the original Arrows Mickie Most-produced version just before she recorded the song, Britney mistakenly attributed the hit version of the song to Pat Benatar instead of Joan Jett. Upon release it performed moderately on the charts worldwide by reaching top 10 peaks in Hungary, Germany, Ireland & Austria, as well as top 20 peaks in Australia, UK, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Finland, & Italy. While this cover version was a fun moment in the 'Crossroads' movie itself & that fun was carried over into the studio version as well, however, as a single it felt rather unnecessary, despite this Britney does a decent job with this version as her vocals are good & the production is okay, but other than that to this day it stands as one of Britney's least fondly remembered singles. At #44 is the first tie-breaker with Someday (I Will Understand), released in August 2005 as the sole single from Britney's first extended play Britney & Kevin: Chaotic& was was written by Britney herself and produced by Guy Sigsworth. She wrote the song two weeks before knowing she was pregnant with her first child, Sean Preston Federline. Upon release it wasn't given a UK or USA release, instead it was given a limited worldwide release where it became quite successful by reaching top 10 peaks in Denmark, Sweden & Switzerland, as well as charting in several other Europeon countries. While it never became a career defining song for Britney, its still an interesting and personal offering from her back catalogue, with its stunning stripped back production and very sincere vocals. Not one of Britney's best by any means, but it does have a nice sentiment to it. At #43 & scoring the same as the previous entry, but placed higher due to it having more high scores is another Britney tear-jerking ballad From The Bottom of My Broken Heart, released in December 1999 as the 5th and final single from Britney's debut album Baby One More Time & was written and produced by Eric Foster White. Upon release this song was chosen as the final single for the American & Australian market, while 'Born To Make You Happy' was released as the album's final single in Europe. The track achieved moderate success by reaching a #14 peak in the USA, which was it's highest chart peak, then managed top 40 peaks in Australia, Canada & New Zealand. This is a nice slow toe tapping ballad with gentle guitar beats, nice breezy production, and Britney's engaging heartfelt performance is what really sells this track from becoming yet another forgettable 90's teen pop ballad. Yes this was a minor mishap on the record label's front by choosing this over the far superior 'Born To Make You Happy' for the American market, but at least it didn't do any damage to her career, as she would continue to soar after this for many, many years. Heading into the 6 averages now with Tom's Diner in at #42. Originally sung by Suzanne Vega in 1987, record producer Giorgio Moroder covered this track featuring vocals by Britney Spears for his 14th studio album Deja Vu & was released as the 4th and final single from that project in October 2015.Despite being a non-single track at that time, it became Moroder's best-selling digital song to date, debuting and peaking at number 38 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Songs chart, and number fourteen on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart, during the album's release. Moroder's stomping beats and dramatic strings really compliments Britney's vocals quite well & makes this one of her most intruiging recordings of her career. Maybe if this got more mainstream attention then it would have been more remembered and more popular. Rounding off this bunch is the first of many Britney chart toppers to feature here with S&M (Remix). Released in January 2011 as a Rihanna solo track first as the 3rd single from her mammoth 5th studio album Loud & after it reached #2 on the US Billboard charts, a remix featuring Britney was released & with the combined sales of the solo version, it became Rihanna's 10th & Britney's 5th #1 hit on the chart. The song's new guest verses was written by Britney herself. The best version of this track is the Rihanna solo version. The remixed version featuring Britney herself felt very rushed with overly processed vocals that sounded jarringly out of place. At least there was that iconic performance at the Billboard Awards featuring both artists.
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
Jumped over drama and I landed on my feet uV2uebhnqOw 50. Mind Your Business (ft will.i.am) | 1.958 Highest Scores: 9.5/9: (TimConArtist, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: -1/0: (spiceboy, Antia Hanjaab, Jade, Jessie Where, GTH, blacksquare, Tafty, Chapman, Roba, Lukuzz) 49. Ooh La La | 4.217 Highest Scores: 8.5/8: (Slayer, TimConArtist, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: -1/0: (blacksquare, Mack) 48. Pretty Girls (ft Iggy Azalea) | 4.812 Highest Scores: 9: (TimConArtist, Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: 0: (Antia Hanjaab, blacksquare) 47. Matches (ft Backstreet Boys) | 5.38 Highest Scores: 9: (Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: 0: (Anita Hanjaab) 46. Outrageous | 5.583 Highest Scores: 9: (Nick Jonas), Lowest Scores: -1: (TimConArtist) Kicking off this countdown at #50 is Britney's most recent(ish) offering Mind Your Business, released through Epic Records in July 2023 alongside American rapper/singer will.i.am, which makes this their 4th collaboration following "Big Fat Bass" (2011), "Scream & Shout" (2012), and "It Should Be Easy" (2013). The song was recorded many years ago and upon its release it received mostly negative reviews from critics and fans. Was there really any other contender for the bottom placement on here given its paltry average of 1.9 thanks to its multiple bad scores and all around awful reception. The song is BAD plain and simple, its dated, flat and just creates an unpleasant listening experience, this should have never seen the light of day and stayed locked away in the vaults and throw away the key. #49 is Ooh La La, released in June 2013 for the soundtrack to the 'Smurfs 2' soundtrack. The song was intended to become Lola Blanc's debut single who was one of the song's many co-writers as it was a play on her name. However, upon the request of producer Dr. Luke, a deal was made in which Britney was allowed to record the track. He collaborated with additional writers to rewrite some lyrics into a more child-friendly nature. Upon release the song wasn't a big success by reaching a top 40 peak in Canada & hit minor peaks in Japan, USA, Italy, UK, France, & Germany. Not the worst thing Britney's ever recorded, but she deserves better than this awful sickly sweet boring soundtrack fodder to an awful kids movie. #48 is the misguided Pretty Girls which features Australian rapper Iggy Azalea & was released as a standalone single in May 2015. The song was originally intended to be included on Iggy's then upcoming 2nd studio album, but was ultimately scrapped when she decided to go in another direction. Upon release it received mixed to positive reviews & became a moderate commercial success by hitting top 20 peaks in UK, Canada, Hungary, & South Korea as well as top 30 peaks in the USA, France, & Australia. In a Twitter Q&A with fans in the following month, Azalea expressed her desire to have done additional promotion and television performances to support the song commercially. Not only was this a jarring rehash of Iggy's own hit 'Fancy', but it also failed attempt at trying to keep Britney relevant in the digital age. It's easy to see why this didn't connect as its lacking that certain special something & the fact that Iggy was only a big name in 2014, & this came out in 2015, a year too late. #47 is Matches, which features American boyband Backstreet Boys & featured on the deluxe reissue of Britney's 9th studio album Glory, where it was released in December 2020 as the 5th and final single overall. The song was originally intended for the group's 9th studio album DNA, but it was left off the final tracklisting and was later repurposed to be a collaboration with Britney. The track was produced by Michael Wise and Ian Kirkpatrick and co-written by Asia Whiteacre and Justin Tranter. A fun little throwback bop, but honestly expected something better considering its Britney Spears & Backstreet Boys collaborating together, its very short and feels very stitched together, you can see why this was left on the cutting room floor. The final song of this batch at #46 is Outrageous, released in July 2004 as the 4th & final single from Britney's 4th studio album In The Zone & was written and produced by R. Kelly, with vocal production provided by Trixster and Penelope Magnet. The song was the record label's choice for first or second single, but Britney pushed for "Me Against the Music" and "Toxic" respectively, to be released instead. It was finally announced as a single after it was selected as the theme song for the 2004 film Catwoman. The music video ended up being scrapped as well as remainder of The Onyx Hotel Tour and the feature in the Catwoman soundtrack due to Britney's knee injury. Not as fondly remembered as the other fantastic singles from this era, probably due to it being seen as cursed due to Britney's knee injury which cancelled all future plans , namely the fan-favourite 'Breathe On Me' being lined up as a future single. Other than that though this song just isn't all that great and feels very dated and forgettable, despite some funky banging beats. It just wasn't a great single choice overall and there were far better tracks that could have taken it's place.
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
Here's a Spotify playlist of Britney's iconic discography
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate: THE RESULTS
Britney Spears - Singles Rate Results Welcome Buzzjack to the Britney Spears singles rate results. A MASSIVE THANK YOU! to the 24 Buzzjack voters who took part and made this a huge success. 50 singles in the running, but what will come out on top, stay tuned to find out. Baby One More Time Sometimes (You Drive Me) Crazy Born To Make You Happy From The Bottom of My Broken Heart Oops I Did It Again Lucky Stronger Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know I'm A Slave 4 U Overprotected Overprotected (Darkchild Remix) I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman Boys (ft Pharrell Williams) I Love Rock N' Roll Anticipating Me Against The Music (ft Madonna) Toxic Everytime Outrageous My Prerogative Do Somethin' Someday (I Will Understand) Gimme More Piece of Me Break The Ice Womanizer Circus If U Seek Amy Radar "3" Hold It Against Me Till The World Ends I Wanna Go Criminal S&M (Remix) (ft Rihanna) Scream & Shout (ft will.i.am) Ooh La La Work Bitch Perfume Pretty Girls (ft Iggy Azalea) Tom's Diner (ft Giorgio Moroder) Make Me (ft G-Eazy) Slumber Party (ft Tinashe) Mood Ring Swimming In The Stars Matches (ft Backstreet Boys) Hold Me Closer (ft Elton John) My Only Wish (This Year) Mind Your Business (ft will.i.am)
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate [2024]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate [2024]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate [2024]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate [2024]
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RPDR | US | Season 16 | Queen Rankings
Week 8 Ranking: 01. Plane Jane - [01-04-02-03-03-05-01] 02. Sapphira Cristal - [02-02-03-02-04-02-02] 03. Mhiya Iman LePaige - [07-12-10-04-10-09-03] 04. Q - [03-03-01-11-01-03-04] 05. Plasma - [06-10-05-06-09-01-05] 06. Nymphia Wind - [04-01-04-01-05-04-06] 07. Dawn - [05-07-11-07-02-06-07] 08. Morphine Love Dion - [12-06-09-05-07-08-08] 09. Xunami Muse - [13-05-08-08-08-07-09] OUT Megami - [14-08-07-09-06-10] Geneva Karr - [09-14-12-10-11] Amanda Tori Meating - [11-11-06-12] Mirage - [08-09-13] Hershi Liquor Jete - [10-13]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate [2024]
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RPDR | UK vs. the World | Season 2 | Rankings
Week 2 Ranking: 01. La Grande Dame - [01-01] 02. Marina Summers - [02-02] 03. Keta Minaj - [05-03] 04. Tia Kofi - [06-04] 05. Gothy Kendoll - [09-05] 06. Scarlet Envy - [08-06] 07. Jonbers Blonde - [10-07] 08. Hannah Conda - [04-08] 09. Choriza May - [07-09] 10. Arantxa Castilla-La-Mancha - [03-10] OUT Mayhem Miller - [11]
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Britney Spears - Singles Rate [2024]
A HUGE THANK U 2 everybody whose taken part so far & just a little reminder that there's just 1 Week left to vote....