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Well played Julian! I've been quite vocal over the course of the contest that I'm not the biggest fan of ABBA, but you played it almost perfectly and in the final you definitely had the best songs - and I really liked The Day Before You Came, even if it did almost get you knocked out!!

TEAM, er, JABBA?

The winner may get a £20 Amazon voucher but they will still never have enjoyed the sweet feeling of owning the Rebecca Ferguson Lobster.

Oh hold on, just checked the schedules and Wasia Project also have their own prime time ITV An Audience With show this Saturday night, joining Adele and Kylie as the only ones to be graced one this decade.

I'm actually kinda mortified! I had no idea they were even vaguely popular enough to make a playlist here. I feel like I have to have some sort of mini drama every contest just lately 😂

That Elton John song is underrated, it’s from one of his best albums and was a strong single. I think Ashanti is my least favourite at this stage

Lots of great tracks featuring recently - and lots we share! We're definitely into the era where people's tastes were heavily influenced by a core group of us on the site, but the music we all liked has generally held up really well imo. I'll highlight the shared ones when we get to the end of the year but there's nothing I dislike at all.

Fight For This Love is the first to feature that I’d have put substantially higher, I think it’s a really strong single.

I really didn't like that track from George Michael and Queen. I liked pretty much every other track in the top 10 at the time so was gutted that something I disliked so much went straight to the top. I wasn't really a big fan of charity tracks either and felt that people only really bought this one again to buy into being sad about Freddie Mercury's passing.

10 | You Oughta Know 08 | Hand In My Pocket 10 | You Learn 08 | Ironic 10 | Head Over Feet 07 | All I Really Want 10 | Uninvited 10 | Thank U 09 | Joining You 07 | So Pure 07 | Unsent 11 | Hands Clean 09 | Precious Illusions 07 | Everything 08 | Out Is Through 07 | Eight Easy Steps 09 | Crazy (Seal cover) 10 | Underneath 08 | Not As We 05 | In Praise of the Vulnerable Man 04 | Guardian 04 | Lens 07 | Receive 08 | Reasons I Drink 06 | Smiling 06 | Diagnosis 06 | Reckoning 07 | Ablaze Never managed to get into Havoc and Bright Lights and hearing the singles on their own isn't doing anything for me either sadly, it's by far my least favourite album of hers. Hands Clean gets my 11 just because it has a lot of special memories attached to it, fun times... but it could easily have gone to Underneath, You Oughta Know or Thank U. Other faves: That I Would Be Good Torch Versions Of Violence Her Nemesis 21 Things I Want In A Lover That Particular Time Utopia Front Row Not The Doctor Mary Jane

I have yet to hear the album but I do think Jessie Ware deserves to have a #1 by now. She's released some really good music over the years and never managed to get as big as she deserved to.

Well there's one song I like, one song I don't mind and one song that I've never liked so the ordering was made very easy for me this time!

I have now listened…. I think I like it? It’s very I Feel Love vibes and I can see it working very well as the album opener, I’m also glad that she hasn’t lost the more experimental side of her last album completely as I enjoyed that and think I can see it still here in the structure. I’m excited for the album but also quite nervous as following up Confessions is such a huge ask and I worry she’ll get panned if she doesn’t have a Hung Up or Sorry style banger on it

Everyday value contest in the Republic (But seriously, low budget contests are just as fun so totally agree with the sentiment)

I can’t argue otherwise tbh!

For Tomorrow is a good track from Blur. The follow up single, Chemical World, was the first I bought of theirs and then ended up getting the album too

I haven’t listened yet ooops… I will sneak a play in at some point and revert ASAP!

Regret <3 The song that really got me in to New Order

To be fair, I definitely think it’s more likely that I’ll DNQ soon than you Rob!

Love the confidence Cody!! Now that I’ve read that we’re close, I’m hoping somehow we could sneak a month at the top of the rolling 12 month chart - probably not this month though as those pesky Nelionoirians have sent something more competitive I feel. Nice to have re-peaked at second (I assume?) anyway ☺️

I absolutely love that Sub Sub track, it’s aged really well compared to a lot of other hits from this period

Your mum will need to put FLJ in a 60 degree wash to shrink it. We are clearly hand wash only.

Hope that y’all put Askorza through - I really think hosts should AQ for the required effort! (But not at FLJ expense, naturally!)

Kiss You Off is a great choice, it’s always been one of my favourites from the Scissors… hope it somehow manages to see them through ✂️

Thank you Brer, you are a shiny star of the brightest variety <3