Herbs

Wow - I have loads of songs that I think were amazing from the last 5 years Denmark 2020 Italy 2020 Malta 2020 Australia 2021 Bulgaria 2021 Cyprus 2021 Germany 2021 (come at me for this one!) Switzerland 2021 Armenia 2022 Australia 2022 Finland 2022 Germany 2022 Italy 2022 UK 2022 Greece 2023 (just forget how awful it was live) Ireland 2023 Norway 2023 Sweden 2023 France 2024 Switzerland 2024 Ireland 2025 UK 2025 & loads of others I would say I liked but didn't love

1 1 Ben Platt - Imagine (CR: 1-1) 2 8 Bebe Rexha - Sabotage (CR: 7-5-6-6-8-2) 3 NE The Struts & Paris Jackson - Low Key In Love 4 4 Sam Ryder - Tiny Riot (CR: 1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-2-3-3-4-4) 5 2 Kygo ft James Gillespie - Gone Are The Days (CR: 1-2-5) 6 3 Rhys Lewis - Seasons (CR: 3-6) 7 5 Cherry Valentine - Aesthetic (CR: 1-2-5-7) 8 6 Olly Alexander - Starstruck (CR: 1-1-2-4-6-8) 9 9 Julia Michaels - Love Is Weird (CR: 11-9-9) 10 11 James Vincent McMorrow - Waiting (CR: 34-30-19-7-8-11-10) 11 7 Rag N Bone Man & Pink - Anywhere Away From Here (CR: 1-2-3-4-5-7-11) 12 10 Tom Speight - Soak Up (CR: 6-4-5-7-10-12) 13 12 Salem Ilese - Secret Santa (CR: 9-12-13) 14 20 Mans Zelmerlow & Carola - Let's Sing (It's Christmas Time) (CR: 20-14) 15 13 Dan + Shay - Holiday Party (CR: 10-13-15) 16 15 Isac Elliot - Roommates (CR: 3-7-11-13-11-16-15-16) 17 17 Darren Criss - F*kn Around (CR: 2-4-9-8-10-15-17-17) 18 NE Aly & AJ - Don't Need Nothing 19 16 Olivia O'Brien - Sociopath (CR: 5-6-8-13-16-19) 20 14 Will Young - Daniel (CR: 14-20) 21 19 Demi Lovato ft Ariana Grande - Met Him Last Night (CR: 4-7-9-14-19-21) 22 21 Lola Lennox - Wherever You Go (CR: 3-8-11-12-18-21-22) 23 18 Grace VanderWaal - Repeat (CR: 12-18-23) 24 22 Jess Bays ft Lily McKenzie - Back & Forth (CR: 22-24) 25 23 Eli & Fur and Disciples - The Pressure (CR: 17-23-25) 26 NE Olivia Dean - Be My Own Boyfriend 27 24 Slayyyter - Cowboys (CR: 9-13-19-24-27) 28 NE Cash Cash ft Phoebe Ryan - Ride Or Die 29 25 Twenty One Pilots - Shy Away (CR: 12-14-20-25-29) 30 27 ItaloBrothers - Down For The Ride (CR: 21-27-30) 31 28 Master Peace - PDA (CR: 5-13-17-21-24-28-31) 32 26 Maddox Jones - Can't Wait For The Summer (CR: 26-32) 33 NE Lauren Spencer Smith - Single On The 25th 34 30 Charlie Simpson - One of Us (CR: 18-26-30-34) 35 29 Surfaces - Wave of You (CR: 15-22-29-35) 36 39 PS1 ft Alex Hosking - Life Goes On (CR: 12-16-22-30-39-36) 37 34 Aly & AJ - Symptom Of Your Touch (CR: 6-14-18-23-29-34-37) 38 41 Griff - Black Hole (CR: 1-1-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-4-5-6-6-9-11-12-16-23-29-31-32-41-38) 39 NE The Allergies ft Dynamite MC - Lean On You 40 31 Of Monsters and Men - Destroyer (CR: 10-16-25-31-40) 41 33 Gil Glaze ft Gia Koka - Remember (CR: 23-33-41) 42 42 Charlotte OC - Bad Bitch (CR: 26-32-35-42-42) 43 51 Conor Maynard - Crowded Room (CR: 37-48-51-43) 44 37 Taylor Swift - Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor's Version) (CR: 10-15-19-28-37-44) 45 32 Kezia Gill ft Sarah Jory - The Mess I Made (CR: 32-45) 46 35 RuPaul ft Gottmik, Kandy Muse, Rose & Symone - Lucky (CR: 35-46) 47 36 Aurora - Runaway (CR: 17-27-36-47) 48 40 Sarah Harding - Wear It Like A Crown (CR: 2-2-4-8-16-21-25-31-40-48) 49 NE Chris Brown - It's Giving Christmas 50 38 RuPaul - Show Me That You Festive (CR: 38-50)

GA

White stripes

Well it worked last time and gained us our 2nd highest finishing position (from 19 contests) Going melancholy for the next contest - let me know your thoughts :)

01 - 0 02 - 0 03 - 0 04 - 0 05 - 0 06 - 0 07 - 0 08 - 0 09 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 0 12 - 0 13 - 0 14 - 0 15 - 1 - The Vaccines - Hometown Of Jupiter 16 - 0 17 - 0 18 - 0 19 - 0 20 - 0 21 - 0 22 - 1 - Francesca Michielin - Francesca 23 - 2 - Sleeping At Last - Mercury, Keaton Henson - Even 24 - 0 25 - 0 26 - 0 27 - 0 28 - 0 29 - 0 30 - 0 31 - 1 - Alison Sudol - Come On Baby 32 - 0 33 - 0 34 - 0 35 - 0 36 - 0 37 - 0 38 - 0 39 - 1 - Julia Fox - Down The Drain 40 - 1 - Zaho de Sagazan & Tom Odell - Old Friend 41 - 0 42 - 0 DNQ 21 in SF - Johnny Stimson - Look At Me Now 22 in SF - Valencia Grace - Everything Reminds Me Of You 24 in SF - Ciaran Lavery - Selene, That Woman - Hymn For A Woman, Salt Ashes - Cut You With A Kiss, Thera - Erase 25 in SF - Alexis Strum - Karma 26 in SF - Celestial Skies - Forget Me Not 28 in SF - Ayala - Sorry For Nothing, HUSK - Born Again 29 in SF - Iwan Rheon - Bang! Bang!

Shall I get the ball rolling 8.5 Lando Norris - did enough to earn the title. Could have won it more easily with better qualifying/race starts 8.5 Oscar Piastri - would be higher without the dip at the end. Really like him as a driver 8.0 Charles Leclerc - consistent as always 5.5 Lewis Hamilton - fell further behind Charles as the season progressed. Sad to see 11.0 Max Verstappen - cemented his legendary status for me. 6.0 Yuki Tsunoda - shame to see him go but I do think he could have done better. I don’t subscribe fully to the idea that the 2nd seat is doomed 8.0 Kimi Antonelli - promising start, sketchy middle, good ending 9.0 George Russell - pulled off some Max style wins there 7.5 Fernando Alonso - unlucky at the start of the season. Pulled it back towards the end 4.0 Lance Stroll - showed flashes of pace. Was lucky to outscore Alonso earlier in the season. His qualifying in particular was shocking 6.0 Jack Doohan - treated like shit. I don’t think he’d have done worse than Franco. Hope he gets another shot 7.0 Pierre Gasly - decent enough in the worst car 6.5 Esteban Ocon - outshone by his teammate 8.5 Oliver Bearman - amazing to see him perform so well 9.0 Hadjar - amazing debut season 6.5 Liam Lawson - should never have been put in Red Bull seat. Did well enough in RB 7.5 Alexander Albon - some great performances, but with some dips 7.5 Carlos Sainz Jr - poor start, great end 7.0 Gabriel Bortoleto - qualifying great (especially against a team mate known for qualifying well). Hopefully his race craft will improve in future seasons (the big points gap between him and Nico evidenced to me how he is lacking this atm) 9.0 Nico Hulkenberg - shame to see the dip after the podium but got the max out of the car so many times. His maiden podium is the highlight of the sporting year for me (and being at Silverstone to hear the roar as he crossed the line was everything) 5.0 Franco Colapinto - maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think he’s good enough at this stage

Herbilore votes given after BJSC 180 1(1) Altyr Muunilinst - 142pts (2 x 18, 1 x 15, 2 x 13) (18) 2(3) Taahino - 120pts (1 x 18, 1 x 15, 2 x 13) (18) 3(2) New Lexico - 117pts (1 x 18, 1 x 15, 1 x 13) (58) 4(4) Mothertopia - 98pts (1 x 15, 4 x 13) (18) 5(5) Greenfroze - 94pts (2 x 18, 2 x 15) (41) 6(6) Ajanaeda - 91pts (2 x 18) (21) 7(11) FARC - 82pts (1 x 15) (15) 8(7) Botanikka - 79pts (1 x 18) (11) 9(9) PopHub - 79pts (2 x 15) (0) 10(10) Republique D'A - 77pts (1 x 18, 1 x 13) (6) 11(8) Zanmatony - 75pts (2 x 15) (64) 12(12) Hendinia - 69pts (1 x 15) (23) 13(13) Lookylion - 62pts (1 x 18) (9) 14(23) Fljótavík - 59pts (1 x 15) (29) 15(16) Aesthetica - 55pts (1 x 15) (4) 16(20) Harmonica - 54pts (1 x 18) (12) 17(14) Cheiron - 53pts (1 x 15, 1 x 13) (12) 18(15) Summericia - 53pts (2 x 18) (44) 19(17) Kluminican Republic - 50pts (1 x 15) (31) 20(18) FSR Rontvia - 50pts (1 x 18, 1 x 13) (23) 21(19) Jupiterdonia - 48pts (1 x 18) (48) 22(21) Kyriatine/Baleghde - 45pts (1 x 13) (30) 23(22) Land of DW - 44pts (1 x 15) (8) 24(24) Bronzil - 40pts (29) 25(25) Hushkanukia - 39pts (2 x 13) (29) 26(26) Aelandor - 36pts (1 x 13) (51) 27(27) Lotunia - 33pts (1 x 15) (49) 28(28) Eastovka/A-Konohagkure - 33pts (1 x 15) (43) 29(33) Ojnoj - 31pts (48) 30(29) Sandenia - 30pts (1 x 18) (11) 31(30) Singerpurear - 30pts (1 x 18) (52) 32(31) Aeroche - 23pts (16) 33(32) Kylienips - 21pts (1 x 13) (40) 34(NE) East Rukahavian - 20pts (18) 35(34) Danæviia - 19pts (29) 36(36) Flynnonda - 19pts (1 x 18) (14) 37(NE) Séyetana - 13pts (1 x 13) (10) 38(35) Ultraviolanceland - 18pts (0) 39(37) Pestolia - 17pts (13) 40(38) Ben's Sanctuary - 16pts (3) 41(39) Macromia - 16pts (23) 42(40) Neliönoir - 16pts (24) 43(41) Dobago - 14pts (1 x 13) (9) 44(42) Suedeonia - 14pts (0) 45(43) The Spodic Empire - 13pts (49) 46(44) Sovarasma/Why So Sirius - 13pts (61) Points received from my 7 finals: 1(1) Zanmatony - 48pts 2(2) Sovarasma/Why So Sirius - 40pts (1 x 18) 3(6) The Spodic Empire - 37pts (1 x 15, 1 x 13) 4(3) Trifoski - 36pts 5(4) Lotunia - 35pts 6(5) Singerpurear - 33pts (1 x 18, 1 x 15) 7(7) Jupiterdonia - 30pts (1 x 15) 8(8) Bronzil - 28pts (1 x 15) 9(9) Kylienips - 27pts (1 x 13) 10(10) New Lexico - 27pts (1 x 18) 11(17) Greenfroze - 27pts 12(29) Fljótavík - 27pts (1 x 15) 13(11) Aelandor - 26pts 14(23) Ojnoj - 23pts 15(12) Skall - 22pts 16(13) Summericia - 20pts 17(NE) Eastovka/A-Konohagkure - 20pts 18(14) Danæviia - 19pts 19(15) East Rukahavian - 18pts (1 x 18) 20(16) Niceland - 18pts (1 x 18) 21(22) Kyriatine/Baleghde - 18pts 22(18) Kluminican Republic - 16pts 23(24) Altyr Muunilinst - 16pts 24(NE) Persephonia - 16pts 25(19) Rolloland - 15pts (1 x 15) 26(20) Terra Avium - 15pts (1 x 13) 27(NE) Zephyra Continuum - 15pts (1 x 15) 28(30) Aeroche - 14pts 29(21) Hushkanukia - 13pts (1 x 13) 30(NE) Freidland - 12pts 31(25) Macromia - 11pts 32(26) Nelionoir - 11pts 33(33) Eledan - 11pts 34(NE) Hendinia - 11pts 35(27) Seyetana - 10pts 36(28) Cumulonimbia - 10pts 37(31) Jadakissnia - 9pts 38(32) Flynnonda - 9pts

BJSC 180 - How Herbilore Voted Here's who we gave our points to in our 19th competition Semi Final 1: 12pts Taahino: 3Quency - Once I Was A Good Girl 10pts East Rukahavian: LUNÈS - Hold on the moment 8pts Ojnoj: Absolutely - No Audience 7pts Aesthetica: f5ve - I Choose You STROBE WARNING 6pts République d'Áskorza: Say Now - Can't Keep A Beat 5pts Séyetana: VIOLENT VIRA - Saccharine 4pts Zephyra Continuum: hannah bahng - MISUNDERSTOOD 3pts POPHub: Goodnight Louisa - Actor 2pts Lentyll: bbno$ - 1-800 (feat. ironmouse) 1pt Harmonica: ARY - Running In A Dream Grand Final: 18pts Taahino: 3Quency - Once I Was A Good Girl 15pts Fljótavík: Tori Amos - Spark 13pts Séyetana: VIOLENT VIRA - Saccharine 12pts Ojnoj: Absolutely - No Audience 11pts East Rukahavian: LUNÈS - Hold on the moment 10pts FARC: Snow Wife - YoYo 9pts Lentyll: bbno$ - 1-800 (feat. ironmouse) 8pts Harmonica: ARY - Running In A Dream 7pts Greenfroze: LEE CHANHYUK - Vivid LaLa Love 6pts Ajanaeda: Alessi Rose - Get Around 5pts POPHub: Goodnight Louisa - Actor 4pts Aesthetica: f5ve - I Choose You 3pts République d'Áskorza: Say Now - Can't Keep A Beat 2pts Yehesi: Evangelía - Vále 1pt Flynnonda: KNIFE BRIDE - alone at the altar

Glad to be back into triple figures again, even if I have died once the alt votes come in

Might only be me that hears it!

Ooooh based on how results have gone so far, actually surprised I got nothing from East R - I’d say we have quite similar songs!

Was in transit Exciting results so far! Ta to all who gave points to Francesca

Actually really appreciate the multiple commiserations (as well as the points obvs!)

Damn I’m just slowly falling down

Someone didn’t give me points?!! Prepares a tantrum!

Enjoying this format too! Thanks to the votes so far! So weird to see myself so high!

Herbilore votes are in

Goes to steal Cara Rose for Herbilore!

Exciting plans?

Also I don’t think the SF2 qualifiers served enough pop….

I loooove how many people leave it until the end - a song can take a few listens to grab me and using the time helps me to get 1) an order I’m comfortable with 2) songs that I know I can go back to as I’ve taken the time to get to know them!

Kelly

lil Wayne

Oh no! That’s one of my top 5 for this year :(