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+30 Weeknd - Secrets +29 Jorja Smith – Blue Lights +28 Solange - Cranes In The Sky +27 Christine And The Queens - Tilted / Christine +26 Elle King - Ex's And Oh's +25 DNCE - Cake By The Ocean +24 Ariana Grande - Into You +23 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - Starboy +22 Zara Larsson - Lush Life +21 ZAYN – Pillowtalk +20 Ariana Grande (feat. Nicki Minaj) - Side To Side +19 Weeknd (feat. Daft Punk) - I Feel It Coming +18 Weeknd - False Alarm +17 Rihanna - Kiss It Better +16 Zara Larsson - Ain’t My Fault +15 Little Mix (feat. Jason Derulo) - Secret Love Song +14 Rihanna - Same Ol' Mistakes +13 Sia - Cheap Thrills +12 Rihanna - Love On The Brain +11 Clean Bandit (feat. Louisa Johnson) - Tears +10 Frank Ocean - Nights +9 Dua Lipa - Blow Your Mind (Mwah) +8 Frank Ocean - Pink + White +7 Lady Gaga - John Wayne +6 Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex +5 Rihanna (feat. Drake) - Work +4 Selena Gomez - Hands To Myself

Young Folks.

Len.

Added Rose Gray's Angel of Satisfaction to my 2024 list FYI.

Lee!

5678!

Dido – White Flag my favourite Dido song! So understated yet packs an emotional punch. A classic and rightly so. Agnes – Selfmade not heard this one before but loving it! Hope it does well for her. Marina – Bubblegum Bitch bop! Seems a very wise choice for round 1. Kate Bush – Hounds of Love really enjoyed this one - looking forward to hearing more from her. Leona Lewis – Better In Time never been a Leona essential for me but actually sounds surprisingly good in 2026. Sophie Ellis-Bextor – Music Gets the Best Of Me again, never been a favourite of mine but still a solid track. Robyn – Talk To Me this is a good start from Robyn. Jessie Ware – Sauna good but not a song I'd go back to tbh. Adele – Hello the perfect round 1 song choice based on title alone lmao. Always found this to be a bit overblown/melodramatic though. Not a fave by any means but not the worst here. Milica – Ona Nosi Pradu love an underdog story but this just wasn't doing it for me this round. Zara Larsson – Love Me Land this is not my cuppa sadly. Tove Lo - Influence again, not my cuppa.

Taylor and Bianca omg!!!

Quite a few poll saboteurs amongst us. 👀

Silent Disco and Headache.

I'll aim to send mine later tonight/early tomorrow.

Ultravox – Sleepwalk Vengaboys – We Like to Party! Dead Or Alive – Misty Circles M83 – Oblivion Years & Years – Take Shelter Fontaines D.C. – A Lucid Dream Texas – When We Are Together Depeche Mode – See You Bananarama – Na Na Hey Hey New Order – Ruined In A Day Iamamiwhoami – Play Sade – The Sweetest Taboo A fantastic track there from Ultravox - very excited to see what else they bring to this competition. The Vengabus has arrived! Absolute classic. Misty Circles, Oblivion and Take Shelter were all great discoveries too. Also enjoyed Fontaines D.C., Texas and Depeche Mode to a lesser extent. Not fussed on either of the Bananarama and New Order choices there. The bottom two songs just didn't do it for me (sorry!).

Natural at Disaster.

Ok I'll have a think.

Thanks for the 8 points and getting me off 0 Severin!

Votes sent!

FYI I edited my post to add 1 to 2022 and 2 to 2025.

I mean, is it too late to cancel the first round elimination? Maybe a double elim in round 2 instead?

Madonna's Confessions II. What an album!

Would love a top 10 finish but I won't hold my breath given my track record.

Sam Fender – Chin Up Roosevelt - Luna Lewis Capaldi – Hold Me While You Wait Tom Grennan – Found What I’ve Been Looking For Sam Smith – Diamonds Gary Numan – We Are Glass Calvin Harris – Feel So Close HRVY – Hasta Luego Mackenzy Mackay – Want You For Life Damien Rice – 9 Crimes Darin – Lovekiller Bladee – Cartier’God Icedancer Great Fender pick whoever chose it. Roosevelt is my top SM discovery of the week - BOP. Fantastic picks for Lewis, Tom and Sam. We Are Glass was a good discovery: intrigued to hear more from Gary. The Calvin choice isn't exactly a CH essential for me but seems a solid first round pick. So much talent in this category omg! I wonder if we'll get our first solo male (/NB) podium finish this season.

Rochelle Johanne Millie Charlotte Philip Chelsey Yasmin Rob Samuel Lynx Tays Frankie Harry Pauline Rhianna Omar

I plan to come back to it. There must be something from that year I enjoyed. edit: just realised I can distribute the remaining 3 to other years so I'll be doing that.

2016 Solange - Cranes In The Sky The Weeknd - False Alarm The Weeknd - Secrets 2017 Camila Cabello - Crying In The Club DJ Khaled, Rihanna - Wild Thoughts Enrique Iglesias - Subeme La Radio 2018 Years & Years - Sanctify Dua Lipa - IDGAF 2019 drawing a blank here! 2020 Miley Cyrus - Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus - Night Crawling (feat. Billy Idol) RAYE - Please Don't Touch 2021 Agnes - Here Comes the Night Goodboys - Bongo Cha Cha Maneskin - Beggin' 2022 Chappell Roan - Femininomenon Chappell Roan - Naked In Manhattan Chappell Roan - My Kink Is Karma First Aid Kit - Out Of My Head 2023 The Beaches - Blame Brett The Beaches - What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Paranoid Miley Cyrus - Island 2024 JADE - Midnight Cowboy Benson Boone - Cry Allie X - Off With Her Tits Rose Gray - Angel of Satisfaction 2025 Marina - CUNTISSIMO Rose Gray - Party People JADE - IT girl Confidence Man, JADE - gossip Kesha - RED FLAG.