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I think it's just the whole rap section. It's not what he's known for, but really comment sections at the best of times are almost certainly going to be a horrendous place.

Bonkers was a bold choice but I think it seemed to fall to the wayside as a novelty single and not in a good way. Bit of a misfire I think. Save Me worked though, and should have made some waves though it's difficult for him to chart in the singles at all.

It's hard for old songs to chart highly at all because of permanent ACR and there's the matter of automatic resets. From the outside, it feels too complicated, but maybe it's the best thing we've got.

The format itself is quite flawed really, but it manages to be entertaining enough that a lot of the viewers just aren't bothered. But yes, given they have to fill 9 episodes (or 12 in the case of the normal version) and it's not a structured "one person kicked out each week" format, there's the recruitment and everything else.

Mike did actually fill in for Tim once. It was the infamous "First Time Dies" episode from 2022. Having the winning product be sold in the shops is very interesting. I know they can't incorporate something like that so easily with the normal show but it would be interesting.

Yeah that's what I was getting at. Seems to be a hard sell to get Christmas songs released in the 21st century to chart highly each year. One More Sleep (Leona Lewis) and Merry Christmas (Ed Sheeran & Elton John) are the two which stand out.

Do any of these Amazon exclusives make waves in their second year (when they're usually available on all platforms)? After peaking at #2 in 2023, Sam Ryder topped out at #56 last year.

They're bound to have some beige names. I'm not too bothered as long as they can push the boat out with some big names. Even then, you can bet the ones that are deemed beige will be the ones that the viewers actually like.

Pleased for him. I wish it went to #1 but I think it will be a mainstay of his set list for a while.

They've just announced a 25th anniversary tour. It's a bit tenuous (they say so themselves) as it marks 25 years since their first tour. They're also releasing new music next week and Mark is on it. No sign of him being ready to perform with them though, I dread to imagine how bad his health was that he's had to be out of action for this long. But then he probably also wants to raise his daughter as well.

It took me 380 hours... That dastardly triple spin... Ironically I think I found the first time relic the hardest.

I guess the reason they don't suspect Kate is because they think a Traitor wouldn't make it that obvious.

Saw another red cross painted on a roundabout yesterday. The thing about these flag lads is that they say it's about national pride. Where was their national pride when the England women's football team won the Euros in July? Or when the women's rugby team won the Rugby World Cup?

I completed Crash Bandicoot 4 to 106%. That's a notoriously difficult one to achieve.

Looks like a good showing for Calum Scott. What happened with his last album (Bridges, 2022) for that to only peak at #48? His debut album (Only Human, 2018) peaked at #4.

Alan looked hilarious in that cape with the lantern. 😅

Jenrick knew what he was doing when he made those comments.

Not keen on the AI-generated video though. I'm not blaming him but something feels icky about AI being used in this way.

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Is or was? Unless you're suggesting that he couldn't possibly have changed affiliations in 15 years? Anyway, this delves into it: https://www.huckmag.com/article/craig-david-interview-tory

They're performing a one-off gig at the Emirates Stadium in June. They've never done a stadium before, have they? Sky NewsRonan Keating, Keith Duffy, Shane Lynch and Mikey Graham...Best known for hits like Words and All That I Need, Boyzone will perform at the Emirates Stadium in London on 6 June.

Sadly nothing in that clip surprises me. They don't believe their whole "protect our women" slogan at all.

This always bugs me. No one has ever been arrested for "just a tweet". There's always more to it, whether or not you personally agree with it.

There's a rural hairdresser's called 'Ed Shearin' (I made that one up)