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Of all the minor top 20 hits that Buzzjack could still be looning up over, We Are The People is by far the most deserving one. Beautiful, uplifting dreampop at it's best. I hope very much for a second album.

Amy had a terrible exit; Ally dumped her so that he could shack up with Ash, so Amy got drunk and tried to seduce Ste, and the next morning was so mortified she decided to move away for good. Because you know, moving to a different part of the country is always the best way to deal with mild embarrassment.

Mostly a load of interminable gangland nonsense and endless I'm-going-to-make-you-jealous playground games from nobody's favourite couple Texas and Dodger. There's also a truly terrible plot where Leanne and Doug are getting married so that they can win money from Doug's family, and Ste's throwing temper tantrums despite it being his idea. The only plot development of any consequence is that Walker is actually a bent undercover cop, out to get revenge on Brendan (Brendan supplied drugs that rendered Walker's brother a vegetable). And both Amy and Scott have left the show.

OK so having now seen the latest episode, I will retract my words on Brendan's gangland adventures. THEORY:

Sharon really is the most LUDICROUS of creatures. I wasn't on board with her return when the news broke, but I'm beginning to think "the Dolly Bird" will be RIGHT at home in Bizarro Albert Square where Janine Butcher is a mother and housewife, Heather Trott is at the centre of a major WHODUNNIT, and Ian Beale is a tramp. I particularly loved that she just "forgot" she had a child when she ran out on her wedding, and that she's also inherited Vanessa's wardrobe of white power suits.

Exactly. It's faintly ludicrous that we're expected to see Joel as some up-and-coming gangster extraordinaire, when the vast majority of his time has been spent being humiliated by employee Walker or beaten up by schoolboy Callum. I'm also struggling to really care about the Brendan gangland adventures (although I haven't yet seen the E4 episode). It's difficult to engage in a storyline that is so focused on a war with an offscreen villain who has made about two nondescript 5-second appearances. It's all very Gangster Andy from Eastenders, and definitely not the best use of Brendan.

I think it's quite glaring from the last few months that there's been a lot of last-minute editing and chopping and cutting of scenes. It very much feels like we were missing a handful of Jen/Tilly, Declan, and Joel/Theresa scenes. Coming at a time when the ratings are hitting all-time lows, it suggests hasty rewrites or interference from the powers that be. The show is descending into a terrible state again. The Lynsey murder strand has been completely ignored the past month or so, and that was really the only shining light. Doug/Ste are a TERRIBLE coupling; Doug in particular seems to have been completely emasculated. The spineless, wimpering mess we see on our screens bears absolutely no resemblance to the womanising drug dealer he was not even a couple of years ago (not that either persona is particularly appealing). Joel is an utterly hideous character. I don't know if the show considers Joel some sort of anti-hero that the audience should empathise with, but it just doesn't work because he's a nasty brat who spends every scene throwing temper tantrums and insisting he's a hardman (utterly unconvincingly). I'd also quite like Theresa to wake up, get a clue, and realise that the bloke she's dating is one of the main reasons her aunt is in jail. And then I'd like her to leave. The Tilly/Jen pairing is also doing neither character any favours. Tilly started out as the only halfway-sensible member of the teen scene, and now she's a desperate semi-stalker, and Jen is giving off serious "p****" vibes right now with all this talk of "naughty girls". Texas/Dodger need to just GET ON WITH IT because they are not a Ross/Rachel will-they-won't-they that viewers will be prepared to care about for years on end. I think some changes are needed if the show is to survive.

I cannot believe that international superstar DES'REE has been ignored thus far - You Gotta Be (#5).

I know Sex On Fire is hardly standard BJ fare, but the idea that it ranks below Jordin Sparks as a classic is utterly ridiculous.

I don't know if it's more representative of the CURSE OF BUZZJACK or of Jark's terrible timekeeping that all of that bottom 7 have since been dispatched to the neverlands of offscreen. ALL CHILDREN GET ZERO 09 Ian Beale 02 Lucy Beale 00 Bobby Beale 09 Janine Butcher 08 Michael Moon 00 Tyler Moon 03 Anthony Moon 08 Alfie Moon 05 Kat Moon - potentially great character being destroyed by the writers' lack of imagination when it comes to plots. When will they realise that Kat/Alfie work together much better as a happy couple, not when Kat's being a slag? 03 'Big' Mo Harris 09 Jean Slater 00 Shenice Quinn - WHO IS THIS? 09 Phil Mitchell 10 Shirley Carter 08 Ben Mitchell 09 Jay Brown 06 Roxy Mitchell 06 Billy Mitchell 00 Lola Pearce 00 Derek Branning 00 Joey Branning 00 Alice Branning 08 Carol Branning 07 Bianca Jackson 04 Whitney Dean - remove from Tyler Moon STAT 00 Tiffany Butcher 00 Morgan Jackson 07 Patrick Trueman 07 Denise Fox 08 Kim Fox 04 Ray Dixon 00 Sasha Dixon 09 Max Branning 08 Tanya Cross 09 Cora Cross 09 Lauren Branning 06 Abi Branning 08 Masood Ahmed 09 Zainab Masood 07 Tamwar Masood 05 Syed Masood - character 0/5, face 5/5 04 Christian Clarke 08 Dot Branning 05 Andrew Cotton 08 Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb 04 Jack Branning 05 Poppy Meadow 00 Nico Papadopoulos 10 DCI Jill Marsden

01. Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) 02. Johnny Cash Hurt 03. Nelly Furtado Say It Right 04. Alicia Keys Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 05. Katy Perry Hot N Cold 06. Pink Just Like A Pill 07. Royksopp & Robyn The Girl And The Robot 08. Snow Patrol & Martha Wainwright Set The Fire To The Third Bar 09. MGMT Kids 10. M83 Midnight City 11. Coldplay Viva La Vida 12. Florence And The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 13. Sigur Ros Hoppipolla 14. The Killers Mr Brightside 15. Nelly Furtado All Good Things (Come To An End) 16. Robyn With Every Heartbeat 17. Girls Aloud The Loving Kind 18. Snow Patrol Run 19. Lily Allen The Fear 20. Robyn Dancing On My Own 21. Adele Rolling In The Deep 22. Kelis Acapella 23. Outkast Hey Ya! 24. Gnarls Barkley Crazy 25. Lana Del Rey Video Games

Frankly I think they all need to be smacked around the head, but I will say unpleasant man as Elton appears to be, he's the only one to be associated with a decent album this year.

Quoted from Digital Spy Actually, it's hard to disagree with him on those points. The general public don't WANT her leotard-clad vagina thrust in their faces anymore, and it's been a long time since she recorded music that saw her ahead of the game rather than chasing reductive trends.

Scott's exit was rubbish, and judging from spoilers, . There really isn't much of interest going on right now, although I quite enjoyed Carmel letting rip at the McQueens. The aftermath to the Lynsey murder has been less than fulfilling; bless them but the likes of Will, Texas and Ally are simply not capable of holding up what should have been a massive blockbuster plot.

01. Arcade Fire Rebellion (Lies) 02. Groove Armada & Mutya Buena Song 4 Mutya 03. Snow Patrol & Martha Wainwright Set The Fire To The Third Bar 04. Royksopp & Robyn The Girl And The Robot 05. Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles 06. Sigur Ros Hoppipolla 07. Coldplay Paradise 08. Girls Aloud The Loving Kind 09. Kelis Acapella 10. Lana Del Rey Video Games 11. Adele Someone Like You 12. Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 13. Rihanna Umbrella 14. Leona Lewis Bleeding Love 15. Avril Lavigne I'm With You

01. Johnny Cash Hurt 02. Pink Just Like A Pill 03. Alicia Keys Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 04. MGMT Kids 05. M83 Midnight City 06. Kings Of Leon Use Somebody 07. Outkast Hey Ya! 08. Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks 09. Peter, Bjorn & John Young Folks 10. Gorillaz Dare 11. Sugababes Round Round 12. Beyonce Irreplaceable 13. Sugababes Hole In The Head 14. Amerie 1 Thing 15. White Stripes 7 Nation Army

01. Bombay Bicycle Club Shuffle 02. The Naked And Famous Young Blood 03. M83 Midnight City 04. Coldplay Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall 05. Lady Gaga Born This Way 06. Coldplay Paradise 07. Lana Del Rey Video Games 08. Adele Rolling In The Deep 09. Will Young Jealousy 10. Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks 11. Florence And The Machine Shake It Out 12. Kanye West All Of The Lights 13. Chase And Status Blind Faith 14. Emeli Sande Heaven 15. Labrinth Earthquake 16. Lady Gaga Marry The Night 17. Adele Someone Like You 18. Drake & Rihanna Take Care 19. Lady Gaga The Edge Of Glory 20. Calvin Harris Feel So Close

01. Alicia Keys Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 02. Take That The Flood 03. Alexis Jordan Happiness 04. Kanye West & Pusha T Runaway 05. Kelis Acapella 06. Crystal Castles & Robert Smith Not In Love 07. Robyn Dancing On My Own 08. Example Kickstarts 09. Florence And The Machine Cosmic Love 10. Owl City Fireflies 11. Hurts Wonderful Life 12. Bruno Mars Just The Way You Are 13. Diana Vickers Once 14. Kylie Minogue All The Lovers 15. Cee Lo Green Forget You 16. Eminem & Rihanna Love The Way You Lie 17. Lady Gaga Alejandro 18. B.O.B. & Hayley Williams Airplanes 19. Gabriella Cilmi On A Mission 20. Ellie Goulding The Writer

Bless him, Adam Young really is the most AWKWARD looking popstar around at the moment. I think when it comes to music videos, less might be more.

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Another departee:

If all of this trampling-the-doll-house is supposed to make us feel empathy for Maddie, it's NOT WORKING, because the whole thing still screams spoilt princess. GET RID

01. Empire Of The Sun We Are The People 02. Royksopp & Robyn The Girl And The Robot 03. David Guetta & Kelly Rowland When Love Takes Over 04. Lily Allen The Fear 05. Florence And The Machine Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 06. Chicane Poppiholla 07. Chase & Status ft Plan B End Credits 08. Beyonce Halo 09. Lady Gaga Bad Romance 10. The Temper Trap Sweet Disposition 11. Black Eyed Peas Meet Me Halfway 12. Beyonce Sweet Dreams 13. Jordin Sparks Battlefield 14. Lady Gaga Paparazzi 15. VV Brown Shark In The Water 16. Kelly Clarkson My Life Would Suck Without You 17. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero 18. A.R. Rahman & Pussycat Dolls Jai Ho 19. Jay-Z & Alicia Keys Empire State Of Mind 20. Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden Bonkers

I'm going to differ from Jark, I found it incredibly difficult to whittle the list down to 20. Initially there were only 10/50 that I could easily cull. All of the top 13 could easily have been #1 in another year. 01. Gabriella Cilmi Sweet About Me 02. MGMT Kids 03. MGMT Time To Pretend 04. Katy Perry Hot N Cold 05. Goldfrapp A&E 06. Kelly Rowland Work 07. Kings Of Leon Sex On Fire 08. Coldplay Viva La Vida 09. The Killers Human 10. Kings Of Leon Use Somebody 11. Girls Aloud The Loving Kind 12. Elbow One Day Like This 13. Alphabeat Fascination 14. Pussycat Dolls I Hate This Part 15. Dizzee Rascal, Calvin Harris & Chrome Dance Wiv Me 16. Sam Sparro Black And Gold 17. Coldplay Violet Hill 18. Leona Lewis Run 19. Eric Prydz Pjanoo 20. Hot Chip Ready For The Floor