Aaron.

A series of tweets on Scandipop is alluding to a possible A*Teens reunion, likely tied to Melodifesitvalen and the anniversary of Waterloo winning. All four members are now following the A*Teens Official Instagram as of this week. Amit revealed earlier in the week he will be in Sweden for “2 intense weeks”. Sara is flying to Sweden this evening. All pure speculation….. but….. omg.

Not me in my Stardew Valley era now.

Great semi final, but 1/3 on my guesses. Surprised that one of Mileo or Farida didn’t make the final.

Yep. Mileo and KEiiNO will be the final 2 for MGP this year. Farida: my word she looks stunning. Shaky vocals in places, questionable performance but I do hope she sneaks thru. Mileo: NOW I get the hype, there’s a reason this is in the top half of the betting odds. I think he could beat out Farida for a final spot actually (probably not tho). Eli Kristin: my word this heat is 100x better than last week. I’ve adored Touch Of Venus since it was released, alas. Three aren’t moving on and I likely think she’s one of the three. Super Rob, Erika: please don’t send this and I will end myself if they beat KEiiNO in the final. I have no doubt however Norway will send this. Ugh. Judge Tenderly Of Me: Cute! Gåte: I mean, to say I haven’t been eagerly awaiting this… I mean. Wow. I have no words. This is the best thing I’ve seen come out of MGP. The performance, the song, the vocals. This better win MGP this year and I expect it probably will. Want: Gåte, Mileo, Farida Think: Gåte, Super Rob & Erika, Farida

Yes the YouTube Stream recommendation was absolutely the right one.

(#1 show on Peacock, viewership up 75% from Season 1 Premiere and renewed for Season 3)

Excited for You're Mine despite knowing nothing about Mileo and it being destined not to goto the final! I'm thinking likely Heartache, My AI and Ulveham tomorrow? Current Top 4 in the Betting Odds: KEiiNO: 2 Super Rob, Erika: 2.75 Gåte: 4.25 Margaret Berger: 9 This is the first time I've seen KEiiNO in front of My AI actually.

@1748078231985508800 Not a great week to be Annemarie.

Oh, so I assumed perhaps this followed the UK delivery where we get 3 episodes a week. Nope. Episode 5 isn’t until next week. In addition to that, although the first batch of episodes landed at the same time as everyone else, for some reason, Episode 4 wasn’t released in real time in Canada?? I however still managed to find the episode. Episode 4: But I agree. This is - probably has the potential to be the best RTV Season of all time if it keeps going the way it is. Easily the best ensemble that has been put together for a RTV show. The biggest opportunity unfortunately was not putting UK and US back to back like this, especially since they are basically using the same challenges. They should have left one to air in a few months from now. I do however like that one is all Celebrities and one is all Newbies. They've definitely made the effort to make the Challenges more watchable as well, they have a bigger impact on the game and stronger narration/confessionals throughout.

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That was interesting.

So, I have a few concerns with this. Why can I download the NRK app, but streaming MGP is geoblocked. But, I can goto their website and stream MGP? Make it make sense. Woman Show: why does this song have 37 writers?! Why is it a Woman Show when there are two men?! Stranded: apart from a few bum notes this was okay. Heart On Fire awe I feel bad for her because that was terrible. FIND THE KEY GURL. We Come Alive: needs work. The makeup and the performance was cheap as. This was actually pretty good but deserves a completely different performance. Eya: probably the one I had the least issues with, except boring as hell. Oblivion: I love that we get the songs a week early, but for Margaret she got lost in a sea of songs that were much better than hers. I do like this however, cool bop. It’s not Eurovision worthy. She will go DTF on name alone, and lost once again in a sea of better songs.

@1746229154394030297 30 minutes to go!

Thank you Peacock for assembling one of the best cast of all time, that was an epic first episode. Episode 2: Episode 3:

I'm struggling a bit with this season if I'm being honest, however, I'm optimistic it will improve as we trek along. It does feel a bit bloated at the beginning, I could have sworn last season's cast was smaller (it wasn't) it's hard to believe how much they crank into 10 episodes. The challenges seem a bit more challenging this year? My fear is they will not want to banish the stronger physical competitors to ensure they keep earning $$$ - which is a fair strategy, but, I don't like any of the strong male physical players this year... so let's dumb down these challenges a bit so we can get the likes of Andrew, Paul, Jaz etc banished. Diane is far from 'Mother' as well. Ash was a piss poor Traitor and should have gone over Brian. At this point I think Harry has a very good runway for himself to be a solo Traitor winner. Paul will be gone soon and Miles just screams mid-to-end season banishment. The only thing standing in Harry's way would be needing to recruit at some point.

@1745237285883298139 Another tease. Everytime I see something new, I’m reminded this is an absolutely stacked cast and there’s someone new that catches my eye. This time it was Trishelle *.* My “Traitor” guesses would be: Dan Gheesling Deontay Wilder Phaedra Parks Peppermint The last two I am hoping and praying for. I do think Dan could be an obvious choice for a Traitor, he’s damn near perfect and almost mirrors the decision to make Cody a Traitor last year.. so, probably not? This potentially could open up a spot for someone like Sandra or Parvati. Confirmation this arrives Jan 12th at 9 ET. So I will make a night of it.

ENOUGH WITH THE CLIFFHANGERS. I however do love this era of Streaming. I just watched the entire episode at the same moment it was released in the UK!

Raylee did the same with a song called “Charade” which is suspiciously also 3 minute long. However, the song isn’t great and likely a MGP reject.

This series of Big Brother UK will be released on Netflix in America later this year!

Masterchef Australia - Dessert Master: so this aired late last year but I just got around to watching this now. Very good! It’s only 10-Episodes so easy breezy watch. I highly recommend watching this because of the cast. Adriano Zumbo I was surprised was only a contestant and not the host - but that’s because they landed Amaury Guichon. Kirsten Tibballs and Anna Polyviou also join a handful of others. There are also two other returning Masterchef Contestants. If you liked Masterchef AU definitely give this a watch.

I have recently been getting into light Journaling. I bought an hourly tracker last year (physical paper) and would track everything I would do as I was going it. It’s a great way to see what I’m spending my time on, tracking priorities for the day, etc. Moving into 2024, I’ve started doing a bit more research and trying to figure out if I want to have a Physical Handwritten Journal, or using an online app like GoodNotes, DayOne ect. I’ve also started looking into Bullet Habit Tracking, currently tracking: Quality of Sleep Days Without Smoking/Drinking Days I Close My Exercise Rings I did also buy a nice physical Bullet Journal that I’m trying to figure out what to use it for - I’m leaning towards a Album Tracker or a TV Show Tracker and buying a thermal printer with sticky paper.

Okay maybe Damdiggida has some legs, but I don’t see this winning MGP let alone Eurovision, but gonna try and give the rest of the tracks a listen to now. TOP: KEiiNO - Damdiggida Gåte - Ulveham Mileo - You're Mine Annprincess - Save Me MID: Margaret Berger - Oblivion Farida - Heartbreak Fredrik Halland - Stranded MIIA - Green Lights Vidar Villa - MER Mistra - Waltz of Death MEH: Thomas Jenssen - Take Me to Heaven Myra - Heart on Fire Mathilde SPZ feat. Chris Archer & Slam Dunk - Woman Show Anne Fagermo, Dag Erik Oksvold - Judge Tenderly of Me pop Ingrid Jasmin - Eya Gothminister - We Come Alive Eli Kristin Hanssveen - Touch of Venus NO THANKS: Erika Norwich, Super Rob - My AI I mean, Margaret has the potential to be much higher, but somethings not sitting right with me with Oblivion. Mileo sounds like Eric Saade in 2010/11. Not a great year overall.

KEiiNO!!!! Just listened to Damdiggida as well, I can’t say it’s my favourite track from them honestly. I’ll probably listen to the rest of the tracks this weekend. But yeah Damdiggida isn’t hitting the heights that Spirt In The Sky or MONUMENT hit.

We've seen a few franchises already - most aired at the end of 2022 or 2023 - will be interesting to see what everyone has watched, and what everyone's favourite seasons are to date! I forgot to add USA Season 1 to the Season's You've Watched option - can a Mod still add this in?

(I think I’m the only Canadian in this topic at the moment, but CRAVE our Streaming Provider does have the first Three Episodes available to watch) could also be an indicator for other countries to check their streaming services as well