dandy*

I haven't had time to find anything so just going to shuffle my iTunes and library and see what Iz is destined to receive 🤞

I may end up skipping this one… nothing is jumping out at me. I’ll try once more later to think of something and see.

Elbow <3

Had a quick flick through the list and there are four songs that are way ahead of the rest for me. Will be interested to see where you place them ☺️

I thought that song was so risqué when I was a child 😂

I love the sound of that clip, release it now Miley!!

I don't have many of the Bad World ones either, in fact I'm not convinced I've got any of them now I think about it... got some of the Blood Records ones but they seem to have a reputation of being more reliable. I think I'm going to pass on this after all. It is pretty but I'm not sure I think the aesthetic of flowers works with this particular album - they should at least be black ones or something.

@Jade did your copy of Wolf Alice with the flowers in sound decent?

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Oh one last thing I should mention is that Chez's entry actually left zero points earlier than my order showed - I didn't realise it had that effect until it was too late to turn back on the order... sorry Chez! ...but there was a track that I genuinely worried was going to end on zero - Matto's entry was on zero right up until the final day I think (or maybe final two) so I was really fearing potentially having another nil pointer, then it got a 12 out of nowhere!

9 to 5 is one of those songs that it's impossible not to smile at, I'd love for it to somehow hang on... as unlikely as it seems

Oh and btw, whilst I did manipulate the voting order a bit - it really was incredibly close up until the final few hours when Leonard Cohen suddenly rocketed ahead, which was odd as after the news midweek I did half expect Dolly Parton to do that... there was definitely a trend of higher votes after the sad news but who knows whether that actually impacted or not? The song was good so I'm sure it would have done really well either way. But yes, the main reason the votes order a bit was actually to make more of you think you were in with a chance for a bit longer, in reality it became clear really quite quickly that we were going to end up with a Leonard/Melanie/Dolly top 3 in some order (with the only exception being early doors when Alanis was definitely keeping pace) and I was worried it would make nearly everyone tune out!

Urgh! I really thought that was solely in BJSC? Although to be fair Julian has pointed out that my numbering has gone awry with separating them anyway so I don't mind updating it for that reason alone!

FINAL RESULT Congratulations again to @jimwatts on your first victory in the contest, but it has definitely been coming after your recent results! I couldn't really say anything earlier but I totally called it as the winner from the first time I saw the final entry list, it just seemed like it would stick out really well in terms of style and sound. Also 23 voters out of 30 is such a good amount when you consider people can only vote for their favourite ten tracks! On the whole I'm really happy with how everything played out, I think we ended up with a good balance of discoveries doing well along with those more familiar songs - well done everyone! Hopefully nobody is too disappointed with how they did, and hopefully those of you who did finish in the top half are happy with how you performed ☺️ Thank you everyone for taking part, really appreciated it. I did worry the theme would just facilitate a playlist of acoustic songs that could all merge into each other so I was really happy that we ended up with a list that had some real diversity in it. And whilst I know the theme won't have been for everyone, I've been really chuffed to see a fair few of you say it was your favourite contest to date in this series <3 ...and on that note, I'm done! That was chaotic again but hopefully everyone enjoyed it - night all! D*

THIRTY NocheLuna submitted a late vote earlier today and it took everything in my sense of fairness to accept them given the late votes push Dolly comfortably ahead of Melanie haha - however as I was the main one negatively affected it seemed better to have the correct final result. Although realistically third was FAR better than I'd have ever guessed at the beginning of this contest and it's nice to see a new entrant get a silver medal on their first go. Fortunately there was no change to who bagged that final top 10 spot, plus they also gave Iris DeMent enough points to take everyone over 20 points <3 I'll post a separate table in a moment with the ties all separated etc!

TWENTY NINE Wardy also gives 12 to Leonard Cohen so the late voters really turned this into a landslide. He also votes for both Melanie and Dolly Parton and the top 3 really do move clear of everything else. A score of 10 for Gabrielle locks her position in the final top 10 but sadly the same can't be said of 10th spot as any of 10th to 15th could mathematically take it. Next up it's our final late voter... hmmm I wonder which track NocheLuna could have sent?

TWENTY EIGHT Leaping back up a bit is Youssou N'Dour after becoming the latest entry to gain a maximum, it's been a topsy turvy evening for gooddelta! A strong showing for Exuma as well who leaps up to 6th, a new high! A few tracks now looking safe for top 10 but there's definitely some challengers now lurking just outside it! Laurie Anderson has had a good couple of votes as well to mention one of the ones nearer the bottom. Wardy up next!

TWENTY SEVEN ...and we officially have a winner! I shall be passing the crown on to JimWatts after Leonard Cohen takes full marks from our guest voter here - congratulations @jimwatts !!! Three voters left to reveal so the focus moves on to how the rest of the table will end up looking... CowTzy is up next!

TWENTY SIX So it was our Bror who was behind the entry that I think was probably the most obscure of the contest; and it's working out okay at the moment as he sits in 8th spot. The top 3 looked reasonably set in stone at this stage but Scott Walker is putting up a fight for a podium spot. Laura Nyro moves up to joint 5th. The big mover though is Joan Osborne who leaps up to 13th after being the latest song to be crowned someone's favourite entry. Only Melanie scores out of the top 3 but it's only a mealworm so all is really much of a muchness. A guest vote from AllStarbySmashMouth up next!

TWENTY FIVE No real surprise at the reveal of nine's entry, but the tactic of sticking local seems to be working fine so far as she sits in 12th spot. Scott Walker moves up to fourth spot, quite unexpected given how clear the top 4 were at one point! The top few all score here but again Leonard Cohen scores that bit more than the others, the lead is up to 27 points with just five voters to come! One of which is Bror up next...

TWENTY FOUR All of a sudden Leonard Cohen has pulled out a twenty one point lead, that's surely got to be looking like a decisive break at this comparatively late stage... doesn't it? Scene moves over 20 points with Colm's votes so now just two more to make it to that milestone. It's a THIRD maximum for Fish this time and that pushes him up to 11th, quite strange that a song with that many 12s isn't actually in the top 10 though. We're really getting into those last minute voters now, with nine3/4 up next

Oooops sorry - I think the scores are all correct, I've just copied the wrong PM message - will update!

TWENTY THREE Sadly Julian's own entry currently finds itself right at the foot of the table... but there's better news for his podium point scorers who all find themselves in the top 10. A good score for Joan Osborne too as she moves top 20. An 8 for Leonard Cohen against nothing for the others in the top 3 gives Jim the biggest gap at the top that we've had in quite a while. Colm next!

TWENTY TWO The Kate Bush and Gabrielle songs are two faves already so they have an unfair advantage on my part really! Some good new discoveries! x Let's be honest, was there ever likely to be anyone else who would be behind the levels of additional promotion this entry received this week. If it looks at all suspicious over there in America then I suggest they start investigating a nameless Spice obsessive here in the UK. I won't focus too much on the top because we've finally got everything into double figures, huzzah! Kate Bush received the 12 here as her ode to Ken Livingstone returns to the top 10. Julian, if you could step forward next please...

TWENTY ONE Something fishy is definitely going on as A Gentleman's Excuse Me takes back to back maximums! (terrible pun, I apologise). Highest points in a while for Gabrielle and she moves back up the top 10 and more solid points for Aimee Mann lifts her into the top 10! Jewel also continuing to stealth points. I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want... votes from Spiceboy! (ALTHOUGH I don't want them that much now I know Melanie was your least favourite grrr ha!)