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Those 2 Poppy Baskomb entries are never gonna make the top 40 are they...

Shakira will have another chance in 2030 with the next World Cup anthem.

F1 season to finish in Europe if war continues, says Stefano Domenicali - BBC Sport Well if there's one tiny thing to be grateful for with all the conflict is that we finally get to have the season ender somewhere other than the worst track on the calendar. Imola would be a wild choice as finale, could break the 48 year old record for coldest race ever given it'll be in December!

BJSC 131 Host Country: Land of DW Overview Into 2021 now and with everyone once again stuck in a deep long lockdown BJSC continued to provide welcome escapism. More importantly though, this was going to be Dobago's year! With a bit more time on our hands there presented the opportunity to explore more realistic options to get some more hits back in the bag after a real lull in the previous year. Starting the year strongly was paramount therefore we had stockpiled a handful of juicy instrumentals, which had historically proven to yield our most consistently strong finishes. After their victory in 130, Land of DW was the destination in a contest ultimately won for a third time by our good friends Danæviia. Dobago's Entry Result: 8th Kicking off the year with this quite gorgeous and emotive piece which, judging by popular YouTube comments, we had in all likeliness discovered via an F1 social clip. It certainly lends itself well to the stereotypical rousing and reflective sporting montage with the angelic xylophone strikes punctuated by more intense drumming sections. It's certainly a track that draws you slowly in then hits you with a delightful fusion of mightily pleasant sounds. Still a fantastic listen now, this was an entry with which we had rare reasonable optimism and thus so it proved, easily qualifying from its semi in 3rd place then going on to land home 8th in the final, both personal bests since our zenith with Cam back in 120. Of course, as previously documented 8th place was certainly nothing new to Dobago, with this being our sixth entry to finish there which still remains a national record for a single position to this very day. It also matched our start from 2019 which ended up being our joint best year in the game, was this to finally be our opportunity to crack the year end top 10? Winning Entry Country: Danæviia Electronic producer Worakls was a name familiar to us from Club Bizarre vol 3. indeed being the act to end our winning run from that sister contest. That particular song 'Elea' was a very slick deep house/classical music crossover but did lack a bit of punch to be fully on board with. 'Storm' however recaptured its best elements and consolidated them with a quite exceptional bassy synth segment which adds a whole new dimension to the track. At 7 minutes, it's quite the ride but I really enjoy the slow, gradual build-up with the flutters of violin culminating in said switch-up. The track effortlessly blends together many different instruments and production techniques to result in a truly commendable piece of electronica. It isn't top, top tier BJSC for me, there are parts that drag perhaps a little bit but it still received a not-to-be-sniffed-at haul of 10 points from Dobago and would likely challenge for even more on a re-ranking. Impressively, it meant back-to-back instrumental victories in the contest which of course boded well for our future plans if this was to be the flavour of the time! 18-Pointer Country: Land of DW (result: 29th) A second maximum score to the host country in 4 contests and perhaps surprisingly, a first ever 18-pointer for a nation which has most certainly become a bit of favourite of ours in more recent times. Keys N Krates of course had already been entered once by Land of DW back in 106 with a track which has stuck with me more than the follow-up, yet it was this one which took home our gold medal. They are relatively similar sonically but I feel this one definitely has more of a flow to it which probably helped with there being a more instant click. For all intents and purpose this is another instrumental unlike 'U Already Know' but those eerie vocal inflections certainly add another layer to another all round solid piece. That said, I haven't gone back to it all that much and as mentioned would lean far more towards their first entry which just packs that bit more a punch and indeed finished two positions higher in its content. In a similar vein, I would rate our silver and bronze tracks higher now too, namely 2 more excellent EDM tunes in 'New Reality' and 'Wanted' - the former notable for being a presumably quite rare husband/wife BJSC entry and the latter for definitely taking our retrospective gold now. 131 was in fact ALL about the dance music from our perspective with our entire top 7 as well as 12 out of 15 of our vote list comprising songs from such sphere so there was plenty of good stuff to chew on during the long cold winter!

Well hopefully the mini-heatwave this week resets it back to zero then it just needs to hold on till August bank holiday for the inevitable rise again then who knows.

Plus if Dai Dai did it this week then RMI next week it would extend its own record for separate visits to #1 in the same chart run as well as breaking the all time record so everyone's a winner. I'd imagine she'd debut at #1 but no guarantees it'll hold up so RMI could easily overtake the week after. Myself and I'm sure a few others thought Harry Styles' comeback track would be #1 for 9+ weeks at least but it managed just the solitary one!

Sheesh the next Euros is gonna be one hell of a battle between elite managers. England, Italy, France and Germany all now with PL- or CL-winning bosses

Yeah this weekend the 2 Lewis penalties were kinda unarguable but the previous 2 were more up for debate. The Silverstone jump start looked no different to me than when Norris did it at Saudi Arabia in 2024 and Vettel in Japan 2019 and they both got away with it. Then the Russell collision was very harsh imo considering it was lap 1. It did make me laugh a little bit that in 2022 he was in Russell's position when colliding with Alonso that time and I think he also retired there in 2009 (?) and of course also had the race ending collisions with Kobayashi in 2011 and Rosberg in 2014 - very much an unfortunate piece of tarmac for him clearly.

Me 2 if not too much of a bother plz (or at least before I finish my reflection thread in 2028 lol)

A damning indictment of the latter 2 if ever there needed one!

+5 ANOTR feat. 54 Ultra - Talk To You +4 Prospa & Cloonee - Free Your Mind +3 Ella Langley - Choosin’ Texas +2 Olivia Rodrigo - stupid song +1 Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai -1 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean - Rein Me In -2 Oasis - Wonderwall -3 Taylor Swift - I Knew It, I Knew You -4 Ariana Grande - hate that i made you love me -5 Olivia Rodrigo - the cure

That was a madness what he did yesterday, taking the game to new levels.

I guess its only realistic chance for that was Euro 2024.

Week 20 Charli xcx - Rock Music (#36) - trying to be too clever, just doesn't work for me Calvin Harris and Jazzy - Satisfy (#55) - promised so much on paper but massively underwhelms, huge mis-step for calvin and a deserved floppagé Harry Styles - Dance No More (#58) - bit too subtle and backseat for my liking Prospa and Murda Beatz - Baby (#65) - this is a very weak effort from the usually reliable prospa, that persistent whining vocal really ruins everything MDB - Angels Above Me (#76) - ah i've heard this somewhere before, between the original and this there's a good song there somewhere (at least the hook is good) but don't particularly enjoy either individually PinkPantheress - Girl Like Me (#81) - cute sample and another decent effort an all around, one to revisit! Josh Fawaz - Like A Prayer (#85) - to borrow a famous quote from another poster on here, it's utterly butterly shite Just PP here! Week 30 Gracie Abrams - Good Reason (#55) - 100% hideous Victony - SLICK (#99) - not a lot of substance here but issa vibe~ G'won then Vic, was the closest i've been to my first ever null vote here.

Week 20 Charli xcx - Rock Music (#36) Calvin Harris and Jazzy - Satisfy (#55) Harry Styles - Dance No More (#58) Prospa and Murda Beatz - Baby (#65) MDB - Angels Above Me (#76) PinkPantheress - Girl Like Me (#81) Josh Fawaz - Like A Prayer (#85)