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S Club 8 finally gone Switching to No Doubt My local commercial radio station would play an edit with his "chill out, it's Bounty Killer, No Doubt!" intro that immediately cut back to Gwen. That "Hey Baby from the seventies" line in the DJ Otzi song annoyed me too, even though I found that version kinda fun.

'Hungry Heart' gold ❤️ and great to see Vera Lynn's signature song certified

It was between Ms Dynamite and P!nk for me, and I went with the former. Hope The Manics can make the final 5 at least!

The Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words Still one of my favourite in-contest discoveries from BJSC.

It's just a meme relating to M83 not existing somehow (don't ask me how it originated!)

Votes for both semi finals sent!

'Fell In Love With A Girl' and 'Something' are the two songs which made my top 10 of the year from the last batch - the former especially I've grown to love even more in the digital era, it's always a blast whenever it comes up on shuffle.

Think I must have heard the 'Zombie' cover before, although I could have sworn it was another cover Disturbed did! Sounds great anyway and it gets my vote.

Listening session for Semi Final 2 coming up at 20:00 GMT https://sync-tube.de/room/SCpGvxdQ

Rihanna - SOS -> also references 'Tiny Dancer'

How are S Club 8 still here, the stranglehold of The Saturdays perhaps?

Nickelback is my first vote too, another jarring one from them

Funding the video for 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back)' must be the best decision the band made - it may have been their best song already but that's helped cement its legacy.

As no one else has expressed any sort of preference, I can host a listenthrough for SF2 tonight (Tuesday, 20:00 GMT), if someone else can host SF1 tomorrow.

BJSC 173 Willow Kayne - Zenosyne The numbers were kind to me as an even number of entrants means a first Bronzil AQ Willow Kayne grew up in Wiltshire and won an Ivor Novello Rising Star award in 2021. This is the title track from her most recent EP - the word "zenosyne" refers to the sense that time keeps going faster, something I certainly relate to.

Time to update this - GusGus had my 50th song contest entry on Buzzjack and brought my 7th podium finish, immediately after my 6th! 11th | Retro 1 | Alphaville - Forever Young 13th | CB 21 | Tangerine Dream - Love On A Real Train 26th | BJSC 151 | Call Me Loop - Walls 2nd | Retro 2 | Orbital - P.E.T.R.O.L. 23rd | BJSC 152 | LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Time Is Not A Healer It’s A Fuel For Resentment DNQ | BJSC 153 | Lanterns On The Lake - The Likes Of Us 7th | CB 23 | Freaks & Geeks, Veronica Bravo - Let Me Know 32nd | BJSC 154 | Sølv - Past Life 3rd | BJSC 155 | MRD - Last Dance 6th | Retro 3 | Blondie - X Offender 24th | UP XXXII | Artemas - Sink Or Swim 21st | BJSC 156 | Picture Parlour - Norwegian Wood 24th | CB 24 | VIZE, Leony, Niklas Dee feat. Tokio Hotel - Monsoon DNQ | BJSC 157 | Samia - Honey 22nd | Spin-Off 08/23 | Madame - ARANCIATA 4th | Retro 4 | Joy Division - She's Lost Control 4th | BJSC 158 | ACRAZE & Aviella - In A Dream 21st | Spin-Off 10/23 | Subtrax - WFT 26th | PFSC XIV | Silly Boy Blue - Widow Dreams Forever 42nd | BJSC 159 | Mozey - Tell Me 16th | CB 25 | Broosnica - More Energy (More Passion) 17th | BJSC 160 | Chelsea Wolfe - Dusk 14th | Spin-Off 12/23 | Fountains Of Wayne - I Want An Alien For Christmas 25th | PFSC Special #2 | ARXX - God Knows 7th | CB 26 | Prayer - Make Me Feel 18th | BJSC 161 | Metric - Days Of Oblivion 16th | Retro 5 | The Jesus & Mary Chain - Upside Down 4th | UP XXXIII | Calva Louise - Over The Threshold 11th | BJSC 162 | INXS - Don't Change 27th | BJSC 163 | Luca Eck - Chaos Reigns 29th | BJSC 164 | Otha - I'm on Top 3rd | Retro 6 | Manic Street Preachers - 4st 7lb 19th | PFSC XV | Gammer feat. RUNN - Roots 21st | BJSC 165 | Vintage Culture - Find A Way 1st | Bop Idol 1 | Phoenix - 1901 16th | BJSC 166 | Echoberyl - Weird Boy 21st | CB 28 | Audio Bullys - As We Step 13th | BJSC 167 | Jain - Nobody Knows 38th | BJSC 168 | Attractive Chaos - Words On A Letter 9th | Retro 7 | Air - Le soleil est près de moi 29th | BJSC 169 | No - Drive Faster 23rd | Nuggets | Swiss Portrait - Paralysed 3rd | Bop Idol 2 | Fleet Foxes - Mykonos DNQ | BJSC 170 | Anthony McCaffrey - The Dark 19th | CB 29 | Laid Back - White Horse 8th | Retro 8 | Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Into My Arms 16th | PFSC Special #3 | Florrie - Kissing In The Cold 40th | BJSC 171 | Sleater-Kinney - Crusader (Special Interest Remix) 3rd | CB 30 | Oklou (feat. underscores) - harvest sky 2nd | BJSC 172 | GusGus (feat. Högni & Earth) - Breaking Down

American Music Club - Hello Amsterdam -> Dancing Queen (ABBA) Ed Sheeran - All Of The Stars -> Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol) Lost Frequencies & Calum Scott - Where Are You Now -> Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns 'N' Roses) Pavement - Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence -> six song titles from R.E.M.'s second album Reckoning Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean -> Fool On The Hill and I Feel Fine (The Beatles) Oasis - My Big Mouth -> The Long And Winding Road (The Beatles), also indirectly on 'Wonderwall' Oasis - Be Here Now -> Let It Be (The Beatles) Oasis - It's Gettin' Better (Man!!) -> The Word (The Beatles) and perhaps 'Getting Better' by them too edit: Oasis - Supersonic -> Yellow Submarine (The Beatles). Must be loads more Oasis -> Beatles ones!

Although I got sick to death of still hearing it by mid-2011 despite Adele's largely superior newer material smashing, it is a good cover and gets my vote.

Lil Tecca coming for a second Top 40 hit?

Yes, he looks ready for the floor.

Love the presentation and concept! Four songs I've already charted, plus at least a couple of classics - saves me some time familiarising myself with every song! Looking forward to voting in both semis. As the 20th Century contest listenthrough is tonight, how about having these semi listenthroughs tomorrow and Wednesday? Happy to host tomorrow if that helps. (I'm away from Thursday to Sunday afternoon.)

Daft Punk - Get Lucky (feat. Pharrell Williams) Ed Sheeran - Thinking Out Loud Hozier - Take Me To Church

Any #2s this week?

'APT.' above 'Messy', it's been a while!

Voted for Armin and Punctual - a couple of safe pairs of hands there. Oliver Heldens in the tiebreak.