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I love that they're trying to introduce Cherly as if she's already an established name in America and that the Americans have just carelessly FORGOTTEN that she's a multi-platinum selling artist.

She hasn't been officially confirmed yet. The Daily Mail are suggesting that it's a done deal, but neither ITV or Simon Cowell have said anything yet, so essentially it's just another speculative article (albeit one that sounds VERY sure of itself).

Definitely a $h!t year for #1's. On a separate note, I am AGOG at the lack of appreciation for I Just Can't Stop Loving You. +15 Yazz 'The Only Way Is Up' +12 Enya 'Orinoco Flow' +10 Belinda Carlisle 'Heaven Is A Place On Earth' +08 Fairground Attraction 'Perfect' +06 The Hollies 'He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother' +05 Cliff Richard 'Mistletoe And Wine' +04 Aswad 'Don't Turn Around' +03 U2 'Desire' +02 Robin Beck 'First Time' +01 Pet Shop Boys 'Heart' -02 Kylie Minogue 'I Should Be So Lucky'

I find a :cheer: smilie always helps in conveying sarcasm effectively.

I hereby decree today to be INTERNATIONAL BILLIE MYERS DAY

Who the heck is that penetrating Paula Abdul from behind?

I would hope this is sarcasm, but I am sure I will be disappointed.

Oh I don't doubt for a minute that Amelle was an utter CUNT with the whole Sugababes 4.0 debacle, and Heidi as useless as a chocolate tea cosy (business as per). But at the same time there's simply TOO much smoke around Keisha for there to be no fire. Anyway, that is a WHOLE different debate.

That may come as quite the shock to Siobhan Donaghy and Heidi Range.

STILL two months behind everyone else. HO HUM 01. Take That - Happy Now 02. The Naked And Famous - Young Blood 03. Plan B - The Writing's On The Wall 04. Ellie Goulding - Lights 05. Lady GaGa - Born This Way 06. Katie Melua - Twisted 07. Magnetic Man & John Legend - Getting Nowhere 08. Cee Lo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City 09. The Pierces - You'll Be Mine 10. Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know 11. Clare Maguire - The Last Dance 12. Guillemots - Walk The River 13. Noah And The Whale - L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N. 14. Kanye West - All Of The Lights 15. McFly - That's The Truth 16. Gabriella Cilmi - Glue 17. OneRepublic - Secrets 18. Yasmin - On My Own 19. White Lies - Strangers 20. Hurts - Sunday 21. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs 22. White Lies - Bigger Than Us 23. Andrea Corr - Tinseltown In The Rain 24. Toploader - Never Stop Wondering 25. Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield - What Have I Done To Deserve This? 26. Take That - Kidz 27. Adele - Someone Like You 28. Jessie J - Who You Are 29. Glasvegas - Euphoria, Take My Hand 30. Nicole Scherzinger - Don't Hold Your Breath 31. Slash & Fergie - Beautiful Dangerous 32. Feeder - Side By Side 33. The Hoosiers - Bumpy Ride 34. The Wombats - Jump Into The Fog 35. Above & Beyond - Sun & Moon 36. Alex Gaudino & Kelly Rowland - What A Feeling 37. N-Dubz - Morning Star 38. Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull - On The Floor 39. Eliza Doolittle - Mr Medicine 40. I Blame Coco - Turn Your Back On Love

The fact that I was consistently in the "lower" scores section says less about me, and more about how ridiculously high the rest of your LOON scores were. Well apart from Because Of You where I feature because it is genuine CRAP. Celine Dion would have trouble keeping her food down with all the sickly sweet goo going on there.

It is far too early for Jamelia to go out. She might be a bit of a useless has-been these days, but Thank You was quite wonderful, and she really was on form in '04. JOJO OUT PLEASE

+15 Michael Jackson 'I Just Can't Stop Loving You' +12 T'Pau 'China In Your Hand' +10 Los Lombos 'La Bamba' +08 Pet Shop Boys 'Always On My Mind' +06 Starship 'Nothing's Going To Stop Us Now' +05 Pet Shop Boys 'It's A Sin' +04 The Bee Gees 'You Win Again' +03 Madonna 'La Isla Bonita' +02 George Michael & Aretha Franklin 'I Knew You Were Waiting For Me' +01 Whitney Houston 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' -02 Ben E King 'Stand By Me'

So I've managed to download The Elephant and the Moon - quite the mixed bag. I suspect this is going to be like listening to a Now album. You're never going to enjoy listening to the album all the way through just as it's so diverse (in the first six tracks I've had rock, rap, electropop and singer/songwriter), but there will no doubt be some utter GEMS tucked away in there as well (I'm already loving track 6 in particular, and I already know track 3). There's a fair few non-English tracks, so I'm going to guess this may possibly be Pavel.

So my inclusion of a 2 minute Mongolian folk music interlude wasn't fooling anyone? :(

So you've decided it can't be mine because "most were quite good". DIGGING. HOLE. PAVEL. As an aside, although Des'ree is a bit of a joke, at the same time Feel So High is a genuinely LOVELY track. GET TO IT

http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/hurt.gif It would serve Pavel JUST RIGHT if he DID end up with the unofficial greatest hits of Des'ree, the loathsome wretch.

Alas, The Elephant and the Moon does not want to download. I shall try again tomorrow evening I think.

Is dating a teen heart-throb not a SUREFIRE way of earning yourself the undying HATE of every girl under the age of 18? If her career wasn't f***ed before, it is now!

SURELY Buzzjack has got rid of all the urban it could ever want now. O-Zone's departure is LONG OVERDUE

GOOD LORD Mikey. I really can't decide whether I like this suggestion or not. She'd be utterly TERRIBLE and an utter CAR CRASH, but on the other hand I think the show NEEDS a self-absorbed dramarama in constant passive-agressive luvvie mode. I'd hope for a Top Gear-esque BREAKDOWN mid-series.

You've booked the day off work specifically for the CD Swap?! Oh Dandy :(

+15 The Communards 'Don't Leave Me This Way' +12 A-Ha 'The Sun Always Shines On TV' +10 Pet Shop Boys 'West End Girls' +08 Diana Ross 'Chain Reaction' +06 Berlin 'Take My Breath Away' +05 Europe 'The Final Countdown' +04 Housemartins 'Caravan Of Love' +03 George Michael 'A Different Corner' +02 Billy Ocean 'When The Going Gets Tough...' +01 Madonna 'Papa Don't Preach' -02 Chris De Burgh 'Lady In Red'

I see your point, but I really would be SHOCKED if it happened that way. By all accounts, Cherly was essentially Fox's last choice for the spot (which is why I think it all took so long for them to announce, and why it was only after others like Nicki Minaj openly stated they wouldn't do it). Given that, I just can't see Fox letting Katy Perry slip by in favour of a girlband member from the UK that barely anybody from America has heard of. Yes, Simon Cowell will have had a lot of say in the judging panel, but if Fox had REALLY pushed him I don't think he'd have gone against them - at the end of the day it's a new and untested show he's trying to persuade them to put on during primetime and promote to the high heavens, and they could have threatened to pull the plug. And with American Idol going great guns, and the Voice out there as well now, there's a LOT riding on this. Simon has influence, but Fox aren't stupid. Cheryl Cole is a BIG risk for them, and if they could have bagged themselves a guaranteed big name instead, that would have been the end of it.

Do you know, I'd quite enjoy it with Cherly sued Buzzjack. It would be our collective claim to fame. We'd go STRATOSPHERIC.