PeteFromLeeds

C (would be equally happy with B but if the main rival is A then I'll vote against that!)

Leaderboard1 - gooddelta - 182pts 2 - Mango - 179.66666666666666pts 3 - gasman449 - 178pts 4 - jimwatts - 174pts 5 - dandy* - 166pts =5 - Jade - 166pts 7 - Spiceboy - 164.5pts 8 - Julian_ - 164pts 9 - Riser - 130pts 10 - chrissmith276 - 124pts 11 - PeteFromLeeds - 117pts 12 - rio309 - 109pts 13 - Chez Wombat - 102pts 14 - Roba. - 86pts 15 - Dobbo - 77pts 16 - maggotsforbrains - 74pts 17 - Scene - 72pts 18 - paulgilb - 69pts 19 - DaTilt - 59.5pts 20 - Lee_J11 - 54pts 21 - matto - 46.666666666666664pts 22 - donnahjaneymack - 45pts 23 - Jay79x - 44pts 24 - Henessy Lake - 38pts 25 - Nine3/4 - 31.5pts 26 - 777666jason - 30pts =26 - Dan17F1 - 30pts 28 - 1^∞ - 27pts 29 - jord - 23pts =29 - danG - 23pts 31 - Bror - 22pts 32 - awardinary - 21pts 33 - Adele - 18pts 34 - TheSnake - 16pts 35 - Doug - 11pts 36 - Jordanlee1402 - 10pts 37 - Iz様 🌟 - 6pts 38 - Mack. - 4pts 39 - LiamSime - 0pts I take it dandy* didn't take part in this quiz then? In any case I hope I've mapped all the Halloween names onto actual names correctly!

ABC!

That's slightly concerning! Hope it can still go ahead as planned - we're so close to the day now and with all the acts chosen it wpuld be a big blow for it to not happen.

No tiebreaks, it's a joint winner! Thanks for hosting Liam 😄 I'll get the leaderboard updated this evening.

Ouch, the first one where I've gone against the majority!

Unwritten is certainly a decent answer (I was also thinking 'Self Aware') but yeah again there could only be one winner there!

Nice, that's what I was hoping to see!

Same here, hope it was the same answer!

Interested to see how this pans out!

Jay79x has agreed to do Week 10 I believe, it's just not been updated in this thread!

Nice to see so many people taking part - the more we get, the more the chance of big points swings in the leaderboard!

A reminder that Week 8's quiz Pointless is live in The Lounge!

And if you haven't seen, Week 8's quiz Pointless is live in The Lounge! (as well as Family Fortunes being open for a little while longer)

Leaderboard 1 - dandy* - 166pts 2 - gooddelta - 154pts 3 - gasman449 - 152pts 4 - Mango - 148.8pts 5 - jimwatts - 144pts =5 - Julian_ - 144pts =5 - Jade - 144pts 8 - Spiceboy - 138.0pts 9 - Riser - 112pts 10 - chrissmith276 - 102pts 11 - PeteFromLeeds - 98pts 12 - Chez Wombat - 94pts 13 - rio309 - 92pts 14 - Roba. - 70pts 15 - Scene - 62pts 16 - Dobbo - 61pts 17 - paulgilb - 57pts 18 - matto - 48.0pts 19 - maggotsforbrains - 46pts 20 - donnahjaneymack - 45pts 21 - DaTilt - 44.4pts 22 - Jay79x - 39pts 23 - Nine3/4 - 32.4pts 24 - Henessy Lake - 29pts 25 - Lee_J11 - 28pts 26 - 777666jason - 27pts 27 - danG - 23pts 28 - Bror - 22pts 29 - awardinary - 21pts =29 - 1^∞ - 21pts 31 - Dan17F1 - 17pts 32 - TheSnake - 16pts 33 - Adele - 10pts =33 - Jordanlee1402 - 10pts 35 - Iz様 🌟 - 6pts

01 New Order - Regret 02 Fontaines D.C. - Favourite 03 Sade - Kiss of Life 04 Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again 05 Bananarama - I Want You Back 06 Texas - Summer Son

Time for me to get my act together and actually vote in this! 01 Tom Grennan - Little Bit of Love 02 Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love 03 Gary Numan & Tubeway Army - Down in the Park 04 Sam Fender - Will We Talk? 05 Naughty Boy feat. Sam Smith - La La La 06 Darin - En apa som liknar dig

Thanks for hosting Nine! I'll try and update the leaderboard this evening (or tomorrow at the latest)

I don't know how I'm doing so much worse then everyone else in what I assumed was a game of chance but hey ho! Interested to see how the second half pans out.

Sent my answers now! Some feel like they have 'obvious' top answers but others are a bit more unpredictable.

17 October 2026 1 [1] The Snuts - PTS 2 [2] DI-RECT - My Friend 3 [3] RORY - Strange 4 [6] Kodaline - Vultures 5 [4] Greta Van Fleet - Saw You Stand 6 [5] Giant Rooks - Slow Dance (For A Minute) 7 [8] Lukas Graham - River Run 8 [7] Strings & Heart - how it feels to live 9 [9] SOCKiTTOME - disguise 10 [15] Courteeners - Plus One Forever 11 [17] overpass & Nieve Ella - Fall In Love 12 [10] We Are Messengers - Room For You 13 [11] The Lathums - Vice Versa 14 [18] Stars Go Dim - Holy 15 [14] Blossoms - Husband 16 [12] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 17 [13] Switchfoot - Beautiful Life 18 [19] Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai 19 [36] Michael Patrick Kelly - Wildflower 20 [16] HUGEL & SOLTO - Jamaican (Bam Bam) 21 [37] The Strumbellas - Hanging Out In My Head 22 [NEW] Kodaline - Back To Me 23 [20] Cammy Barnes & Rend Collective - Something More 24 [21] Socunbohemio - Un dia qualsevol d'agost 25 [25] Kodaline - We Were Only Young 26 [23] Ria Ellinidou - Safari 27 [30] GLASBY - Revelation 28 [22] St. Lundi - Alaska 29 [29] Django Django - Cameos 30 [32] Creye - Only You 31 [24] Booshle G. & Jake Isaac - I WOULD LOSE IT ALL 32 [27] Josiah Queen - Demons 33 [26] Amistat - light up 34 [49] Martin Smith - GREATNESS 35 [28] Jonathan Ogden - Remember 36 [31] Ásgeir - Against The Current 37 [42] Alex Amor - Aquamarine 38 [46] Jamie Miller - Babydoll 39 [33] Mondo - Gold 40 [48] Lukas Graham - Falling 41 [NEW] Kodaline - Who Will Save You Now 42 [35] Limoblaze & Seph Schlueter - What I Believe 43 [40] Embrace - Stop 44 [45] We The Kingdom - Rescue Me 45 [34] Saintz & London Community Gospel Choir - another lover 46 [52] CalledOut Music - Have My Yes 47 [38] Joe L Barnes & Seph Schlueter - Road Less Traveled 48 [39] Elle Limebear - Give Me Joy 49 [NEW] Kodaline - Last Forever 50 [41] OneRepublic - Pay That Toll 51 [51] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 52 [58] Rend Collective - Runaway Heart 53 [NEW] Ashe - Funeral 54 [47] Loi & David Puentez - Golden Summer 55 [44] Beach Chapel - Woke Up 56 [NEW] Kodaline - Get Me High 57 [60] Living Again - Promise 58 [72] Future Palace - Tidal Waves 59 [56] The Last Orders - There She Goes Again 60 [NEW] Kodaline - Learn To Lose 61 [57] Kefaya & Elaha Soroor - Cold & Heavy 62 [54] Praise Lubangu - Try Me 63 [59] The Molotovs - Rhythm of Yourself 64 [75] Kolter - Hey Everybody 65 [NEW] Kodaline - Hindsight 66 [55] Blossoms - Meet Me In Love 67 [NEW] Wasia Project - Bleeding Gold 68 [NEW] Sheppard - Night Drive 69 [50] Switchfoot - YFWYA 70 [43] Nothing But Thieves - Evolution 71 [53] Nico & Vinz - Let's Rewind 72 [NEW] Darla Baltazar - The Promise 73 [NEW] Stornoway - The Book of Time 74 [74] Kodaline - Without You 75 [NEW] Gareth Emery & Maria Lynn - We'll Be Ok 76 [NEW] Megan Woods - Heaven Down Here 77 [62] Socunbohemio - Un lloc 78 [65] Booshle G. - MIRACLE 79 [67] Birdland - Hold Me Tight 80 [61] HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' To The Sun

1 [1] The Snuts - PTS 2 [2] DI-RECT - My Friend 3 [3] RORY - Strange 4 [6] Kodaline - Vultures 5 [4] Greta Van Fleet - Saw You Stand 6 [5] Giant Rooks - Slow Dance (For A Minute) 7 [8] Lukas Graham - River Run 8 [7] Strings & Heart - how it feels to live 9 [9] SOCKiTTOME - disguise 10 [15] Courteeners - Plus One Forever 11 [17] overpass & Nieve Ella - Fall In Love 12 [10] We Are Messengers - Room For You 13 [11] The Lathums - Vice Versa 14 [18] Stars Go Dim - Holy 15 [14] Blossoms - Husband 16 [12] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 17 [13] Switchfoot - Beautiful Life 18 [19] Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai 19 [36] Michael Patrick Kelly - Wildflower 20 [16] HUGEL & SOLTO - Jamaican (Bam Bam) 21 [37] The Strumbellas - Hanging Out In My Head 22 [NEW] Kodaline - Back To Me 23 [20] Cammy Barnes & Rend Collective - Something More 24 [21] Socunbohemio - Un dia qualsevol d'agost 25 [25] Kodaline - We Were Only Young 26 [23] Ria Ellinidou - Safari 27 [30] GLASBY - Revelation 28 [22] St. Lundi - Alaska 29 [29] Django Django - Cameos 30 [32] Creye - Only You 31 [24] Booshle G. & Jake Isaac - I WOULD LOSE IT ALL 32 [27] Josiah Queen - Demons 33 [26] Amistat - light up 34 [49] Martin Smith - GREATNESS 35 [28] Jonathan Ogden - Remember 36 [31] Ásgeir - Against The Current 37 [42] Alex Amor - Aquamarine 38 [46] Jamie Miller - Babydoll 39 [33] Mondo - Gold 40 [48] Lukas Graham - Falling

Honestly, as someone who doesn't use streaming services I think this sounds like a good idea. With so many shows moving behind paywalls, the BBC's ability both to provide factually correct reporting and good TV for people who for whatever reason aren't able to access streaming services is put at risk, and this sounds like it would give them a boost. In an ideal world this might actually convince everyone to stop using streaming services, which in turn could convince those in charge to get their programmes back on terrestrial TV!

And England finish the job with a 5-0 win in their second leg! Only Ukraine stand between them and a World Cup place now.

10 October 2026 1 [41] The Snuts - PTS 2 [1] DI-RECT - My Friend 3 [2] RORY - Strange 4 [3] Greta Van Fleet - Saw You Stand 5 [4] Giant Rooks - Slow Dance (For A Minute) 6 [6] Kodaline - Vultures 7 [5] Strings & Heart - how it feels to live 8 [12] Lukas Graham - River Run 9 [7] SOCKiTTOME - disguise 10 [9] We Are Messengers - Room For You 11 [10] The Lathums - Vice Versa 12 [8] DI-RECT - Won't Fall 13 [11] Switchfoot - Beautiful Life 14 [20] Blossoms - Husband 15 [15] Courteeners - Plus One Forever 16 [17] HUGEL & SOLTO - Jamaican (Bam Bam) 17 [27] overpass & Nieve Ella - Fall In Love 18 [33] Stars Go Dim - Holy 19 [16] Shakira & Burna Boy - Dai Dai 20 [18] Cammy Barnes & Rend Collective - Something More 21 [19] Socunbohemio - Un dia qualsevol d'agost 22 [14] St. Lundi - Alaska 23 [23] Ria Ellinidou - Safari 24 [13] Booshle G. & Jake Isaac - I WOULD LOSE IT ALL 25 [22] Kodaline - We Were Only Young 26 [21] Amistat - light up 27 [28] Josiah Queen - Demons 28 [25] Jonathan Ogden - Remember 29 [32] Django Django - Cameos 30 [44] GLASBY - Revelation 31 [26] Ásgeir - Against The Current 32 [38] Creye - Only You 33 [29] Mondo - Gold 34 [30] Saintz & London Community Gospel Choir - another lover 35 [36] Limoblaze & Seph Schlueter - What I Believe 36 [NEW] Michael Patrick Kelly - Wildflower 37 [NEW] The Strumbellas - Hanging Out In My Head 38 [24] Joe L Barnes & Seph Schlueter - Road Less Traveled 39 [39] Elle Limebear - Give Me Joy 40 [31] Embrace - Stop 41 [40] OneRepublic - Pay That Toll 42 [48] Alex Amor - Aquamarine 43 [34] Nothing But Thieves - Evolution 44 [37] Beach Chapel - Woke Up 45 [53] We The Kingdom - Rescue Me 46 [NEW] Jamie Miller - Babydoll 47 [35] Loi & David Puentez - Golden Summer 48 [70] Lukas Graham - Falling 49 [NEW] Martin Smith - GREATNESS 50 [42] Switchfoot - YFWYA 51 [46] Tors - Time (ft. Jade Bird) 52 [66] CalledOut Music - Have My Yes 53 [47] Nico & Vinz - Let's Rewind 54 [NEW] Praise Lubangu - Try Me 55 [43] Blossoms - Meet Me In Love 56 [56] The Last Orders - There She Goes Again 57 [51] Kefaya & Elaha Soroor - Cold & Heavy 58 [71] Rend Collective - Runaway Heart 59 [45] The Molotovs - Rhythm of Yourself 60 [54] Living Again - Promise 61 [52] HUGEL, Imael Angel & Ultra Naté - Movin' To The Sun 62 [57] Socunbohemio - Un lloc 63 [49] Tors - Always You 64 [59] Living Again - Scarlet 65 [64] Booshle G. - MIRACLE 66 [50] The Snuts - In Motion 67 [63] Birdland - Hold Me Tight 68 [55] Martin Garrix & Ed Sheeran - Repeat It 69 [58] Walk off the Earth - Knock 'Em Down 70 [60] Hopeful. - Like I Am Yours 71 [65] Living Again - Complacent 72 [75] Future Palace - Tidal Waves 73 [NEW] NEEDTOBREATHE - Can't Apologise (ft. Jonah Kagen) 74 [62] Kodaline - Without You 75 [NEW] Kolter - Hey Everybody