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Wow I am shocked Chloe didn’t make it! Also realised that means I have a minimum of 40 points! Was expecting 20 something!

Booo really hoped Bens Sanctuary would make it Both outs were predicted outs so goes to work on my 176 entry…..

Yes for Flynnonda! I’m at 4 through and one out so far, let’s make it 9 through please!

I’m predicted to lose some point scorers as well as myself! Guess it’s good to start with worst case scenario!

Day 1: Favourite trans character - Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City) Day 2: Favourite new TV show released in 2025 Might have to come back to this one Day 3: Favourite on-screen friendship Chandler & Joey Day 4: TV show you've deliberately avoided watching Anything Marvel (because I want to at some point watch them chronologically) Day 5: An underrated TV show Sugar Rush (the 00's C4 series) Day 6: Favourite quiz show Pointless Day 7: TV show that outstayed its welcome Once Upon A Time Day 8: Most misunderstood character you like or relate to Skyler from Breaking Bad (err, hello, if you found out what your husband had been doing, you'd be exactly the same) Day 9: Favourite TV soundtrack Dawsons Creek Day 10: Earliest memory of watching a TV show It will be something I watched with my nan - like Murder She Wrote Day 11: Funniest moment or scene in a TV show There's a scene in Gimme Gimme Gimme where Linda cannot understand why Tom is marrying a woman. I can quote most of it to this day Day 12: Favourite love triangle in a TV show Joey, Dawson, Pacey (Dawsons Creek) Day 13: TV show villain you would fall victim to Angel Day 14: TV show you've watched several times from start to finish Will & Grace (among others) Day 15: Favourite character development in a TV show Either sibling in Schitt's Creek Day 16: Hottest male character Harvey from the 90's Sabrina TV series Day 17: Biggest victim of one-series cancellation by Netflix or another streaming platform Tales of the City (the return Netflix series) - although I think this was intended as a one-off Day 18: Favourite reality TV show Race Across the World Day 19: Least favourite main character in a TV show Ted in How I Met Your Mother Day 20: TV show that gave its fans what they wanted but it didn't work Linking to the one above - Ted & anyone in HIMYM Day 21: Favourite comedy / sitcom TV show Will & Grace Day 22: Character you'd do anything to protect Jack McPhee (Dawsons Creek) Day 23: Favourite LGBTQ+ representation in a TV show Tales of the City (original series + Netflix series) Day 24: Favourite reality TV contestant Alison Hammond Day 25: Most unexpected emotional moment in a TV show Colin's storyline in It's A Sin (I know the show has some very emotional/sad moments but this one was insanely well done and pulled the rug from beneath you!) Day 26: TV show ruined by being brought back after ending or cancellation I actually haven't seen a lot of shows that came back after cancellation. Think I'll be cheap and say Love Island, because I do not like what it has done with the reinforcement of very limited gender views. Day 27: Most annoying reality TV contestant Perez Hilton in CBB will always be up there for me....I also have a few people who I believe 'act' a character (e.g. Joey Essex) Day 28: Hottest female character Faith from Buffy Day 29: TV show you'd end immediately if you could Love Island Day 30: Favourite final episode of a TV show Will & Grace (the original ending - I don't hate the new series but I was so in love with the original ending that it took me time to get over them undoing it)

2015 1 Norway: Morland & Debrah Scarlett - A Monster Like Me 1 Azerbaijan: Elnur Huseynov - Hour of the Wolf 4 Russia: Polina Gagarina - A Million Voices 4 Germany: Ann Sophie - Black Smoke 7 Sweden: Mans Zelmerlow - Heroes 8 Spain: Edurne - Amanecer 9 Netherlands: Trijntje Oosterhuis - Walk Along 13 Serbia: Bojana Stamenov - Beauty Never Lies 14 Australia: Guy Sebastian - Tonight Again 14 Italy: Il Volo - Grande Amore 16 Greece: Maria-Elena Kyriakou - One Last Breathe 17 Hungary: Boggie - Wars For Nothing 18 Montenegro: Knez - Adio 23 Albania: Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive 23 Belarus: Uzari & Maimuna - Time 26 Slovenia: Maraaya - Here For You 31 France: Lisa Angell - N'oubliez Pas 31 Switzerland: Melanie Rene - Time To Shine 33 Belgium: Loic Nottet - Rhythm Inside 35 Lithuania: Monika Linkyte & Vaidas Baumila - This Time 35 San Marino: Anita Simoncini & Michele Perniol - Chain of Lights 36 Macedonia: Daniel Kajmakoski - Autumn Leaves 38 Denmark: Anti Social Media - The Way You Are 38 Iceland: Maria Olafs - Unbroken 40 Georgia: Nina Sublatti - Warrior 40 Ireland: Molly Sterling - Playing With Numbers 40 Latvia: Aminata - Love Injected 42 Romania: Voltaj - De La Capat 47 Poland: Monika Kuszynska - In The Name of Love 48 Moldova: Eduard Romanyuta - I Want Your Love 50 Malta: Amber - Warrior 59 Cyprus: John Karayiannis - One Thing I Should Have Done 60 Estonia: Elina Born & Stig Rasta - Goodbye To Yesterday 60 Israel: Nadav Guedj - Golden Boy 64 Austria: The Makemakes - I'm Yours 67 Armenia: Genealogy - Face The Shadow 72 United Kingdom: Electro Velvet - Still In Love With You 2016 1 Australia: Dami Im - Sound of Silence 1 Italy: Francesca Michielin - No Degree of Separation 1 Iceland: Greta Salome - Hear Them Calling 3 Switzerland: Rykka - The Last Of Our Kind 3 Macedonia: Kaliopi - Dona 4 Germany: Jamie-Lee Kriewitz - Ghost 4 Latvia: Justs - Heartbeat 5 Austria: Zoe - Loin D'Ici 7 Czechia: Gabriela Guncikov - I Stand 8 Israel: Hovi Star - Made of Stars 9 Serbia: ZAA Sanja Vucic - Goodbye (Shelter) 15 Azerbaijan: Samra - Miracle 16 United Kingdom: Joe & Jake - You're Not Alone 17 Belarus: Ivan - Help You Fly 18 Croatia: Nina Kraljic - Lighthouse 19 Sweden: Frans - If I Were Sorry 22 Malta: Ira Losco - Walk On Water 25 Norway: Agnete - Icebreaker 27 Slovenia: ManuElla - Blue & Red 28 Ireland: Nicky Byrne - Sunlight 29 Estonia: Juri Pootsmann - Play 30 Poland: Michal Szpak - Color Of Your Life 31 Lithuania: Donny Montell - I've Been Waiting For This Night 32 Netherlands: Douwe Bob - Slow Down 36 Spain: Barei - Say Yay! 37 France: Amir - J'ai Cherche 37 Denmark: Lighthouse X - Soldiers Of Love 38 Russia: Sergey Lazarev - You Are The Only One 46 Hungary: Freddie - Pioneer 53 Bulgaria: Poli Genova - If Love Was A Crime 55 Finland: Sandhja - Sing It Away 57 Belgium: Laura Tesoro - What's The Pressure 57 Moldova: Lidia Isac - Falling Stars 59 Armenia: Iveta Mukuchyan - Love Wave 61 Cyprus: Minus One - Alter Ego 63 Ukraine: Jamala - 1944 63 San Marino: Serhat - I Didn't Know 67 Bosnia: Dalal & Deen ft Ana Rucner & Jala - Ljubav Je 69 Greece: Argo - Utopian Land 2017 3 Malta: Claudia Faniello - Breathlessly 7 Netherlands: O'G3NE - Lights and Shadows 8 United Kingdom: Lucie Jones - Never Give Up On You 8 Australia: Isaiah - Don't Come Easy 8 Switzerland: Timebelle - Apollo 9 Belarus: NaviBand - Historyja Majho Zyccia 10 Spain: Manel Navarro - Do It For Your Lover 14 Iceland: Svala - Paper 16 Cyprus: Hovig - Gravity 18 Slovenia: Omar Naber - On My Way 19 Sweden: Robin Bengtsson - I Can't Go On 21 San Marino: Valentina Monetta & Jimmie Wilson - Spirit Of the Night 23 Azerbaijan: Dihaj - Skeletons 23 Estonia: Koit Toome & Laura - Verona 23 Norway: JOWST - Grab The Moment 24 Austria: Nathan Trent - Running On Air 27 Finland: Norma John - Blackbird 28 Greece: Demy - This Is Love 32 Israel: Imri - I Feel Alive 33 Ireland: Brendan Murray - Dying To Try 33 Italy: Francesco Gabbani - Occidentali's Karma 47 Georgia: Tako Gachechiladze - Keep The Faith 50 Belgium: Blanche - City Lights 50 Poland: Kasia Mos - Flashlight 53 Serbia: Tijana Bogicevic - In Too Deep 55 Ukraine: O.Torvald - Time 59 Germany: Levina - Perfect Life 59 Latvia: Triana Park - Line 60 Macedonia: Jana Burceska - Dance Alone 61 Denmark: Anja - Where I Am 62 Albania: Lindita - World 66 Montenegro: Slavko Kalezic - Space 71 Armenia: Artsvik - Fly With Me 71 France: Alma - Requiem 71 Lithuania: Fusedmarc - Rain of Revolution 72 Bulgaria: Kristian Kostov - Beautiful Mess 72 Czechia: Martina Barta - My Turn 2018 1 Lithuania: Ieva Zasimauskaite - When We're Old 1 Finland: Saara Aalto - Monsters 1 Israel: Netta - Toy 2 Belarus: Alekseev - Forever 7 Sweden: Benjamin Ingrosso - Dance You Off 8 Ireland: Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Together 10 United Kingdom: SuRie - Storm 10 Azerbaijan: Aisel - X My Heart 10 Bulgaria: Equinox - Bones 18 Australia: Jessica Mauboy - We Got Love 20 Czechia: Mikolas Josef - Lie To Me 20 Italy: Ermal Mata & Fabrizio Moro - Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente 20 Russia: Julia Samoylova - I Won't Break 22 Austria: Cesar Sampson - Nobody But You 23 Denmark: Rasmussen - Higher Ground 25 Croatia: Franka - Crazy 27 Armenia: Sevak Khanagyan - Qami 28 Malta: Christabelle - Taboo 31 Germany: Michael Schulte - You Let Me Walk Alone 35 Cyprus: Eleni Foureira - Fuego 35 France: Madame Monsieur - Mercy 38 Albania: Eugent Bushpepa - Mall 40 Norway: Alexander Rybak - That's How You Write A Song 42 Belgium: Sennek - A Matter of Time 46 Spain: Amaia & Alfred - Tu Cancion 49 Macedonia: Eye Cue - Lost And Found 53 Latvia: Laura Rizzotto - Funny Girl 56 Romania: The Humans - Goodbye 57 Poland: Gromee ft Lukas Meijer - Light Me Up 59 Georgia: Ethno-Jazz Band Iriao - For You 59 San Marino: Jessika ft Jenifer Brening - Who We Are 60 Serbia: Sanja Ilic & Balkanika - Nova Deca 61 Switzerland: Zibbz - Stones 62 Montenegro: Vanja Radovanovic - Inje 65 Netherlands: Waylon - Outlaw In 'Em 65 Slovenia: Lea Sirk - Hvala Ne 68 Estonia: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza 68 Moldova: DoReDos - My Lucky Day 68 Portugal: Claudia Pascoal - O Jardim 70 Greece: Yianna Terzi - Oniro Mou 70 Iceland: Ari Olafsson - Our Choice 73 Ukraine: Melovin - Under The Ladder 2019 2 Netherlands: Duncan Laurence - Arcade 4 Sweden: John Lundvik - Too Late For Love 5 Greece: Katerine Duska - Better Love 6 Montenegro: D Mol - Heaven 10 Norway: Keiino - Spirit In The Sky 10 Belarus: Zena - Like It 11 United Kingdom: Michael Rice - Bigger Than Us 14 Croatia: Roko - The Dream 14 North Macedonia: Tamara Todevska - Proud 15 Armenia: Srbuk - Walking Out 16 Ireland: Sarah McTernan - 22 17 Czechia: Lake Malawi - Friend Of A Friend 21 Denmark: Leonora - Love Is Forever 25 Lithuania: Jurijus - Run With The Lions 26 Russia: Sergey Lazarev - Scream 28 Malta: Michela - Chameleon 29 Moldova: Anna Odobescu - Stay 30 Switzerland: Luca Hanni - She Got Me 30 Germany: S!sters - Sister 31 Israel: Kobi Marimi - Home 32 Estonia: Victor Crone - Storm 33 Australia: Kate Miller-Heidke - Zero Gravity 33 Italy: Mahmood - Soldi 35 Romania: Ester Peony - On A Sunday 36 France: Bilal Hassani - Roi 39 Austria: Paenda - Limits 39 Cyprus: Tamta - Replay 40 Azerbaijan: Chingiz - Truth 42 Finland: Darude ft Sebastian Rejman - Look Away 44 Belgium: Eliot - Wake Up 46 Latvia: Carousel - That Night 49 Spain: Miki Nunez - La Venda 58 San Marino: Serhat - Say Na Na Na 64 Albania: Jonida Maliqi - Ktheju Tokes 64 Slovenia: Zala Kralj & Gasper Santl - Sebi 66 Georgia: Oto Nemsadze - Keep On Going 68 Hungary: Papai Joci - Az En Apam 68 Serbia: Kruna - Nevena Bozovic 2020 1 Italy: Diodato - Fai Rumore 1 Denmark: Ben & Tan - Yes 1 Malta: Destiny - All of My Love 1 Ireland: Lesley Roy - Story Of My Life 4 Australia: Montaigne - Don't Break Me 4 France: Tom Leeb - Mon Alliee (The Best In Me) 6 United Kingdom: James Newman - My Last Breath 15 Austria: Vincent Bueno - Alive 16 Serbia: Hurricane - Hasta La Vista 16 Spain: Blas Canto - Universo 17 Sweden: The Mamas - Move 19 Germany: Ben Dolic - Violent Thing 22 Bulgaria: Victoria - Tears Getting Sober 22 Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Respondez-Moi 23 Belgium: Hooverphonic - Release Me 23 Estonia: Uku Suviste - What Love Is 25 Azerbaijan: Efendi - Cleopatra 26 Albania: Arilena Ara - Fall From The Sky 28 Lithuania: The Roop - On Fire 28 Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy - Grow 32 Poland: Alicja - Empires 32 Slovenia: Ana Soklic - Voda 33 Norway: Ulrikke - Attention 35 Iceland: Dadi Freyr - Think About Things 36 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - Take Me As I Am 37 Latvia: Samanta Tina - Still Breathing 38 Greece: Stefania - Supergirl 38 Russia: Little Big - Uno 40 Romania: Roxen - Alcohol You 44 Belarus: Val - Da Vidna 52 Armenia: Athena Manoukian - Chains On You 56 Finland: Aksel - Looking Back 57 Croatia: Damir Kedzo - Divlji Vjetre 58 Czechia: Benny Cristo - Kemama 58 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Prison 59 Cyprus: Sandro - Running 64 Israel: Eden Alene - Feker Libi 64 North Macedonia: Vasil - You 65 San Marino: Senhit - Freaky! 69 Portugal: Elisa - Medo De Sentir 2021 1 Australia: Montaigne - Technicolour 1 Germany: Jendrik - I Don't Feel Hate 1 Switzerland: Gjon's Tears - Tout I'Univers 3 Bulgaria: Victoria - Growing Up Is Getting Old 3 Malta: Destiny - Je Me Casse 5 Austria: Vincent Bueno - Amen 6 Slovenia: Ana Soklic - Amen 6 United Kingdom: James Newman - Embers 7 Greece: Stefania - Last Dance 9 Cyprus: Elena Tsagrinou - El Diablo 9 Lithuania: The Roop - Discoteque 11 Sweden: Tusse - Voices 12 Norway: TIX - Fallen Angel 13 France: Barbara Pravi - Voila 16 Belgium: Hooverphonic - The Wrong Place 16 Israel: Eden Alene - Set Me Free 16 Latvia: Samanta Tina - The Moon Is Rising 16 Moldova: Natalia Gordienko - Sugar 18 Czechia: Benny Cristo - Omaga 18 San Marino: Senhit ft Flo Rida - Adrenalina 23 Croatia: Albina - Tick Tock 28 Spain: Blas Canto - Voy A Quedarme 30 Iceland: Dadi Freyr - 10 Years 31 Estonia: Uku Suviste - The Lucky One 31 Finland: Blind Channel - Dark Side 31 Ireland: Lesley Roy - Maps 34 Netherlands: Jeangu Macrooy - Birth Of A New Age 36 Georgia: Tornike Kipiani - You 36 Poland: Rafal - The Ride 37 Serbia: Hurricane - Loco Loco 39 North Macedonia: Vasil - Here I Stand 44 Azerbaijan: Efendi - Mata Hari 48 Romania: Roxen - Amnesia 52 Portugal: The Black Mamba - Love Is On My Side 56 Albania: Anxhela Peristeri - Karma 57 Italy: Maneskin - Zitti E Buoni 73 Denmark: Fyr & Flamme - Ove Os Pa Hinanden 73 Russia: Manizha - Russian Woman 73 Ukraine: Go_A - Shum 2022 1 Australia: Sheldon Riley - Not The Same 1 Finland: The Rasmus - Jezebel 1 Italy: Mahmood & Blanco - Brividi 1 United Kingdom: Sam Ryder - Space Man 3 Germany: Malik Harris - Rockstars 3 Greece: Amanda Tenfjord - Die Together 3 Sweden: Cornelia Jakobs - Hold Me Closer 4 Belgium: Jeremie Makiese - Miss You 4 Denmark: Reddi - The Show 8 Malta: Emma Muscat - I Am What I Am 10 Armenia: Rosa Linn - Snap 11 Austria: Lum!x ft Pia Maria - Halo 14 Azerbaijan: Nadir Rustamli - Fade To Black 17 Ireland: Brooke - That's Rich 19 Montenegro: Vladana - Breathe 23 Georgia: Circus Mircus - Lock Me In 28 Norway: Subwoolfer - Give That Wolf A Banana 29 Estonia: Stefan - Hope 30 Switzerland: Marius Bear - Boys Do Cry 31 Romania: WRS - Llamame 33 Israel: Michael Ben David - I.M 34 Croatia: Mia Dimsic - Guilty Pleasure 34 Portugal: Maro - Saudade Saudade 39 Albania: Ronela Hajati - Sekret 44 Poland: Ochman - River 46 Czechia: We Are Domi - Lights Off 49 Ukraine: Kalush Orchestra - Stefania 50 Cyprus: Andromache - Ela 52 Latvia: Citi Zeni - Eat Your Salad 55 North Macedonia: Andrea - Circles 56 Serbia: Konstrakta - In Corpore Sano 57 Netherlands: S10 - De Diepte 58 Spain: Chanel - SloMo 60 Lithuania: Monika Liu - Sentimentai 62 Slovenia: LPS - Disko 64 Bulgaria: Intelligent Music Project - Intention 66 Iceland: Systur - Meo Haekkandi Sol 67 San Marino: Achille Lauro - Stripper 71 France: Alvan & Ahez - Fulenn 2023 1 Sweden: Loreen - Tattoo 1 Ireland: Wild Youth - We Are One 2 Norway: Alessandra - Queen Of Kings 3 Poland: Blanka - Solo 3 Greece: Victor Vernicos - What They Say 5 Armenia: Brunette - Future Lover 8 Cyprus: Andrew Lambrou - Break A Broken Heart 8 United Kingdom: Mae Muller - I Wrote A Song 9 Germany: Lord Of The Lost - Blood & Glitter 13 Denmark: Reiley - Breaking My Heart 17 France: La Zarra - Evidemment 17 Israel: Noa Kirel - Unicorn 17 San Marino: Piqued Jacks - Like An Animal 18 Austria: Teya & Salena - Who The Hell Is Edgar? 24 Slovenia: Joker Out - Carpe Diem 27 Switzerland: Remo Forrer - Watergun 28 Estonia: Alika - Bridges 30 Czechia: Vesna - My Sister's Crown 33 Netherlands: Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper - Burning Daylight 34 Ukraine: Tvorchi - Heart Of Steel 35 Australia: Voyager - Promise 38 Finland: Kaarija - Cha Cha Cha 42 Lithuania: Monika Linkyte - Stay 43 Albania: Albina & Familja Kelmendi - Duje 44 Italy: Marco Mengoni - Due Vite 45 Azerbaijan: TuralTuranX - Tell Me More 46 Malta: The Busker - Dance (Our Own Party) 49 Iceland: Dilja - Power 51 Belgium: Gustaph - Because Of You 51 Serbia: Luke Black - Samo Mi Se Spava 62 Moldova: Pasha Parfeni - Soarele Si Luna 63 Georgia: Iru - Echo 67 Latvia: Sudden Lights - Aija 71 Spain: Blanca Paloma - EAEA 2024 1 France: Slimane - Mon Amour 1 Switzerland: Nemo - The Code 2 Sweden: Marcus & Martinus - Unforgettable 6 Czechia: Aiko - Pedestal 8 Austria: Kaleen - We Will Rave 10 Poland: Luna - The Tower 12 Germany: Isaak - Always On The Run 14 Serbia: Teya Dora - Ramonda 14 United Kingdom: Olly Alexander - Dizzy 19 Latvia: Dons - Hollow 21 Denmark: Saba - Sand 21 Georgia: Nutsa Buzaladze - Firefighter 23 Albania: Besa - Titan 24 Netherlands: Joost Klein - Europapa 25 Cyprus: Silia Kapsis - Liar 27 Ukraine: Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil - Teresa & Maria 28 Luxembourg: Tali - Fighter 30 Azerbaijan: Fahree ft Ilkin Dovlatov - Ozunle Apar 30 Lithuania: Silvester Belt - Luktelk 30 Norway: Gate - Ulveham 32 Finland: Windows95man - No Rules 32 Ireland: Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue 35 Belgium: Mustii - Before The Party's Over 39 Iceland: Hera Bjork - Scared of Heights 39 Moldova: Natalia Barbu - In The Middle 42 Australia: Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood) 55 Slovenia: Raiven - Veronika 57 Croatia: Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim 60 Portugal: Iolanda - Grito 60 Spain: Nebulossa - Zorra 62 Italy: Angelina Mango - La Noia 65 Armenia: Ladaniva - Jako 65 Estonia: 5miinust & Puuluup - (Nendest) Narkootikumidest Ei Tea Me (Küll) Midagi 66 San Marino: Megara - 11:11 68 Malta: Sarah Bonnici - Loop 70 Greece: Marina Satti - Zari 2025 1 United Kingdom: Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened 5 Malta: Miriana Conte - Serving 10 Ireland: Emmy - Laika Party 13 Norway: Kyle Alessandro - Lighter 13 Serbia: Princ - Mila 16 Czechia: Adonxs - Kiss Kiss Goodbye 16 France: Louane - Maman 17 Yuval Raphael - New Day Will Rise 18 Denmark: Sissal - Hallucination 19 San Marino: Gabry Ponte - Tutta L'Italia 21 Slovenia: Klemen - How Much Time Do We Have Left 22 Australia: Go-Jo - Milkshake Man 24 Netherlands: Claude - C'est La Vie 25 Austria: JJ - Wasted Love 25 Italy: Lucio Corsi - Volevo Essere Un Duro 25 Montenegro: Nina Žižić - Dobrodošli 26 Armenia: PARG - Survivor 27 Azerbaijan: Mamagama - Run With U 27 Belgium: Red Sebastian - Strobe Lights 29 Finland: Erika Vikman - Ich Komme 29 Switzerland: Zoë Më - Voyage 30 Estonia: Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato 31 Sweden: KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu 36 Spain: Melody - Esa Diva 37 Cyprus: Theo Evan - Shh 44 Latvia: Tautumeitas - Bur Man Laimi 46 Croatia: Marko Bosnjak - Poison Cake 49 Iceland: Vaeb - ROA 54 Germany: Abor & Tynna - Baller 56 Luxembourg: Laura Thorn - La Poupee Monte Le Son 62 Greece: Klavdia - Asteromata 65 Lithuania: Katarsis - Tavo Akys 65 Poland: Justyna Steczkowska - Gaja 68 Albania: Shkodra Elektronike - Zjerm 71 Portugal: Napa - Deslocado 71 Ukraine: Ziferblat - Bird of Pray 72 Georgia: Mariam Shengelia - Freedom

No surprises yet, although I do have a soft spot for Jemini & Lindsay Dracass

I am low key surprised that Bob Dylan is struggling. And that is one of his biggies!

Alpine: Colapinto vs Gasly (Q, R) Aston Martin: Alonso (Q, R) vs Stroll Ferrari: Leclerc (R) vs Hamilton (Q) Haas: Ocon (Q, R) vs Bearman McLaren: Norris (Q, R) vs Piastri Mercedes: Antonelli vs Russell (Q, R) Racing Bulls: Hadjar (Q, R) vs Lawson Red Bull: Verstappen (Q, R) vs Tsunoda Sauber: Bortoleto vs Hulkenberg (Q, R) Williams: Albon (Q, R) vs Sainz Jr Pole Position: Verstappen Winner: Norris Fastest Lap: Norris

Yeah it's mad ain't it. I still remember the 1st time I heard it as if it was yesterday. I was going into work (Tesco) and was checking out the CD's and The Blower's Daughter came on in store. I already knew Cannonball and was in awe of what I was hearing. Bought 'O' and never looked back

19 years old now. Not Ready to Make Nice by The Chicks closely followed by The Blowers Daughter - which is 24 years old

Oooh that sounds like a good way of doing it. I do similar - I create a youtube playlist and then eliminate x number of songs per listen until I'm left with a final 10-15

Awww Rev Richard Coles makes an appearance! Excited to see who finishes high on this rundown

I am intrigued to know how people sort their rankings. Some people do a couple of listens and then rank right? Others (myself included) give songs at least 5-6 listens before ranking. I try not to look at who has sent a song to avoid any unconcious bias. I find for me that works well as I then get a nice surprise (when it's a country I rarely vote for - e.g. I was so thrilled at being able to vote for someone I've been waiting to vote for forever in BJSC 174) or an 'awww, of course' reaction if it's someone I vote for frequently.

Voting biases intrigue me. Sometimes I feel like they exist, at other times I do not. I have found that I tend to finish in the top half in the anonymous contests more than I do in BJSC (we'll forget my anomalies with Celine Dion, Courtney Act & The Vaccines!), but I think that's partly because when it's on theme I am more in line with what people like. Or rather, I hope that's what it is. The hype stuff - from what I've seen I feel like hype helps people to qualify, but yeah when it comes to the final it can hinder. That's the love of an underdog I guess. Although if you want to support an underdog, support me as the perennial non-qualifier 😉

From what I’ve seen in my limited time in the contest, I would also vote no. There are quite a few different voting blocs and some of them will never/rarely vote for songs from another bloc. It does make it interesting in the final as there’s rarely a runaway winner. At the same time I do think it leaves people at the mercy of the semi final draw. A song that could get tons of votes in the final doesn’t make it because they ended in a semi final with voters from another bloc

Votes sent :)

And Draper makes it 3 into round 3

What the hell did Sasami do?

I have a long list of those songs: Agadoo Time Warp Dancing Queen (don't hate me for this but I was bored of it 100 weddings ago) etc etc

Let's just sack off all the male artists/male led bands and have a female only top 10?

This comment made me genuinely LOL. A cheesy song in a pop contest?! Which is based off of a show that heavily featured cheesy pop music. Madness!

Lol we could be. Guess you'd have to choose the right one

Actually so do I! Ignore what I said!

Talking of Elton collaborations, I'd love to see his duet (& bonafide queer anthem) with another Pop Factor contestant entered in future rounds!