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Wow. Well, despite the hype in the odds thread etc, I really didn't think that Joshua would win at all and just thought it was a few of our more vocal participants who were on board with it!! I was busy catching up on the thread just now and even then I was convinced that John was building it up to have it get virtually no more points from the scoreboard freeze onwards for an oh so dramatic twist haha. It's been really lovely this contest to see a song I felt was more than likely going to DNQ take on a life of its own, the best types of entries in this contest are when you just enter something you love that then unexpectedly translates to others as well - even though I know this will have been very polar and that there will likely be just as many people who would probably rank it towards last... as I said in the confirmations thread, Mr D* really did respond with “you know you really do subject me to some shit at times” when I played it to him - I've just told him it won and he's very much annoyed with you all xx

I'm still not convinced that your artwork choice of a close up of water swirling in a washing machine didn't give us all the promotion we needed *.*

Must admit I was initially hoping to bag Robyn this year but I wasn't in time to get a female solo artist... Everyone else hands off(!!)

Fljójnój is a wonderful hybrid country

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Hendiniaism: your mum has all week to do the washing, she does it at 23:59 on Sunday BuzzJackism: you watch your mum do the washing, you get excited every time the temperature reaches a new peak. You keep a list of which washing items reached which peaks and hope one day somebody else will be interested in it.

Yeah the ending wasn’t the best. The number of laughs thing made me realise that neither of them had made many people laugh - and arguably the winner was a byproduct in the laughs they were allocated. But it was still very enjoyable on the whole, Alan was a joy in it and was actually very naturally amusing in conversation. I enjoyed all the cast though, good choices.

Agreed - I've been thinking that since the album track round as there's only so many people who would have chosen Warszawa

Glad to see I didn’t have to edit the results after all 🤩

OMG I don’t envy you doing 33!!

Aside from the ones already mentioned, Relationships, Gone and My Song 5 would all have been excellent choices for Haim as well. Sad they’ve gone as they’re a great band. Happy that Bowie scraped through though, hopefully he has an easier time of it next round

Doing this on my phone so no comments - sorry! 01 Florence 02 David Bowie 03 ABBA 04 Scissor Sisters 05 ROSALIA 06 Haim 07 Lily Allen 08 Chappell Roan 09 Kelly Clarkson 10 Atomic Kitten 11 Delta 12 Conan 13 Troye

Love this track, one of my favourites of its genre from the mid 90s

This was out whilst I was still at my peak obsession with the band - I remember really thinking it was going to be a huge number one, I was so into them that I didn’t quite factor in that most other people weren’t! 😂 If I was opting for something less mainstream then maybe this from Chorus as I always found it to be one of their more beautiful analogue synth based tracks, the chorus and the outro in particular.

Disappointed by this. Tattoo is by far the best track here and there’s very little I’d say is as strong as anything on Heal. I did quite enjoy the slower opening and closing tracks but most of the songs between felt quite generic dance pop to me. A shame.

Rooting for Robyn, obviously. It would follow Like a Prayer and Enjoy the Silence as being one of my all time faves to win these. Back to Black is also excellent though, I really like all of the top 4 here

I get this... I can promise you that it didn't sound anything like a potential winner to me either. I actually entered it just because I wanted to send something a bit more quirky and leftfield after the past two contests have been very pop by my standards. Oddly I've gone from that to be in a position where I'm just hoping it doesn't now underperform too badly as I really love the song and don't want it to be remembered as a flop!

Chatgptism: the image of your mum has a weird extra hand to help her do the washing

I am really intrigued to see how accurate your prediction is, I find the idea of what you’ve created interesting.

I genuinely don’t think it has anywhere near the mass appeal required. Although I would dispute anyone saying it is bad per se, as I do think objectively it has merit, I absolutely get that there are lots of people who won’t enjoy listening to the track. If Headache couldn’t do it then I can’t see this going better. Still, as I said somewhere else, it’s been nice seeing it being considered a contender as I was expecting it to DNQ when I entered it

I thought Robyn would be at risk of losing the top 10, it will be extremely front loaded sadly. It’s a good job Tame Impala is unexpectedly top 5 to make up for it - what a result this is turning into

NewLexism: your mum doesn’t want FLJ doing the washing because it’s sung by someone with er, you know, male genitals, and stuff 🤭

I’d have been tempted to send Hallelujah for Haim, always thought it was lovely 🥰 But Gasoline is solid enough also for me

I’m still not convinced it will do anywhere near this well… but I do love that it gave us this dramatic turn around in your odds - I’ll smile fondly at this whenever I remember the contest ☺️

Fabulous opener, one of my all time favourites <3