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LDN deserved to stay :( Dandy Warhols easily for me. Not a bad song and definitely a catchy one, but not really something I'd ever want to listen to. Never Forget You is the easy winner here for me.

I can’t stop thinking about this hot mess, even a week on. I can’t believe it’s real and not some bad AI creation

On my way to the afternoon rehearsal for this now! Rooting heavily for Justyna, there’s like a 10% chance in my brain that she’s a shock out but I truly believe she’s such an insane performer, that can’t possibly happen. It FEELS like there’s 9 obvious qualifiers (Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Albania, Netherlands and Cyprus) and one spot to play for. But it’ll be interesting to see if there’s any shocks, it’s very rarely as clean cut as we often assume! Happy Eurovision everyone ❤️

Disappointing that Gnarly has lost its momentum already. Was hoping last week it could creep into the top 40 at some point but seems to be going the opposite way 😔

There really is :( Possibly the most iconic female duet of all time really has no competition here.

Just Hold On for sure, very whiny song.

Boo, poor Javine :( Continuing, to no avail, to axe the dull and repetitive I Remember.

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It's dawned on me that I haven't actually done a ranking here this year! So, it's a week to go until I fly out to Basel, this is where I'm at... 01 Finland: Erika Vikman - Ich Komme 02 Malta: Miriana Conte - Serving 03 Sweden: KAJ - Bara Bada Bastu 04 Albania: Shkodra Elektronike - Zjerm 05 Germany: Abor & Tynna - Baller 06 Poland: Justyna Steczkowska - Gaja 07 Ireland: Emmy - Laika Party 08 Switzerland: Zoe Me - Voyage 09 Denmark: Sissal - Hallucination 10 Austria: JJ - Wasted Love 11 France: Louane - Maman 12 Iceland: Væb - Róa 13 Greece: Klavdia - Asteromata 14 Spain: Melody - Esa Diva 15 Czechia: ADONXS - Kiss Kiss Goodbye 16 United Kingdom: Remember Monday - What The Hell Just Happened? 17 Norway: Kyle Alessandro - Lighter 18 Latvia: Tautemeitas - Bur man laimi 19 Cyprus: Theo Evan - Shh 20 Australia: Go-Jo - Milkshake Man 21 Luxembourg: Laura Thorn - La poupée monte le son 22 Netherlands: Claude - C'est la vie 23 Belgium: Red Sebastian - Strobe Lights 24 Armenia: PARG - Survivor 25 Azerbaijan: Mamagama - Run With U 26 San Marino: Gabry Ponte - Tutta l'Italia 27 Croatia: Marko Bosnjak - Poison Cake 28 Estonia: Tommy Cash - Espresso Macchiato 29 Portugal: NAPA - Deslocado 30 Lithuania: Katarsis - Tavo akys 31 Italy: Lucio Corsi - Volevo essere un duro 32 Ukraine: Ziferblat - Bird Of Pray 33 Montenegro: Nina Zizic - Dobrodosli 34 Serbia: Princ - Mila 35 Georgia: Mariam Shengelia - Freedom 36 Slovenia: Klemen - How Much Time Do We Have Left? I've actually avoided listening to Israel's entry completely this year, so can't include that.

On the basis of it being listenable, Perfect Celebrity x

This is super tough for me, but I've gone for Disease. Possibly could be a recency thing, that it doesn't feel as legendary as the other 4. I do think it's a 9/10 in a sea of 10s though.

This is all over TikTok, largely because people seem to think it's awful. But, the more I hear it, the more I love it to be honest.

I was wondering if Gnarly would show up! "Bad song" hype is definitely a thing on TikTok, so many people discussing whether they hate it or love it. I actually think I'm the latter but I'm not sure I see it sticking around once the initial discussion has died down.

Q’S - 139 / 149 01 - 6 (Good Times, Someone Like You, Raining Diamonds, Goliath, Cupid, BET) 02 - 7 (Shadow Of The Sun, Healing, Falling Apart, Shockwave, She Swam Higher, The Thrill Of It, TRUST!) 03 - 13 (Medicine, Number One Enemy, Run On Love, High, Lipstick, Money, Jimmy Dean, Eclipse, Pyramids, Literal Legend, V I B R A T I O N, No Room For Love, Dead Man Walking) 04 - 8 (Discotheque, Box Of Secrets, Take Me Home, House Of Cards, Outsiders, Too Much, Can't Bring Me Down, Dancing and Crying) 05 - 6 (Left My Heart In Tokyo, Just Like That, The Mother We Share, Samurai Swords, Be My Drummer, Piece Of Work) 06 - 4 (Don't Upset The Rhythm, Buy My Love, Batman & Robin, Ciao) 07 - 5 (Taking Off, Drop Drop, Tumor, Friday Night, Backfire) 08 - 6 (Phone Sex, 5-HT, Perfect Form, Illusion, Bye Bye Bby Boo, L.O.V.E) 09 - 5 (Say It, Everybody Dance, Go 2.0, Dip N Drip, Diskoteka) 10 - 6 (You'll Be Mine, Fall In Love, The Ocean, Chemicals, In My Dreams, Was I Ever Alone?) 11 - 6 (Reprogram My Heart, Natteravn, The New Kings, I'm High, Teardrop, Diamonds) 12 - 6 (Money, Swallow The Bullet, Hold This Moment, Good At Losing, Radio, I Don’t Cry (I Dance) 13 - 6 (Love Struck, Die For You, Bettie, Cry For Me, The Audacity, RITMA) 14 - 3 (Dust, Taste Of Heaven, BIG FAT MONSTA TRUCK) 15 - 11 (2 All My Girls, Like You Better, We Are Young, If You Let Me Go, Anthem, Riot, Cherry, Nobody, Youth, GET UP BITCH! shake ya ass, Lonely Heat, Breakaway) 16 - 4 (Bad Dog, Presence, Razor Heart, Didn't Wanna Do It) 17 - 0 18 - 1 (Have It All) 19 - 0 20 - 0 21 - 2 (Don't Know Why, Breathless (Keeping Me Up All Night)) 22 - 4 (You Can't Get In My Head, Warrior, All We Need, 99%) 23 - 5 (Toy Boy, Got This Feeling, Wet, Loving U, Last Dance) 24 - 1 (Hoida Mut) 25 - 3 (Karma, Money All Around, This Summer) 26 - 3 (Dirty Face, Kill It With Love, Beam Me Up) 27 - 2 (Nights Like This, Stranger) 28 - 1 (Small Town Scandal) 29 - 2 (Problem With Love, Summer Smash) 30 - 3 (Lost, iPhone, Stolen (Namasenda Remix)) 31 - 0 32 - 2 (Shoes, Only I) 33 - 0 34 - 1 (Five Times) 35 - 2 (Chica Bomb, Rendezvous) 36 - 0 37 - 1 (MOOD) 38 - 2 (Poison, PWR RNGR) 39 - 0 40 - 1 (Love Me Better) 41 - 0 42 - 0 DNQs - 10/148 (Everybody On The Dancefloor, Texas, Get Your Sexy On, Sugar Free, This Is My Hair, Nightmare, I Still Wait For You, Heroine, Get Off My Dick, Not Yours Never Was) The return to 15th place begins!

LOVED the airline theme so would happily have it recycled. It’s a lot of expect a host to come up with something new every time, so if you’ve got a good concept, roll with it!

This is all… a lot of emotion and based almost entirely on personal feeling but, yeah, what’s said above is accurate if what you are claiming to happen is actually happening. I highly doubt Self Esteem is sat there herself counting the pennies for this, it’ll be a label thing. In a similar way to labels paying for high playlisting / awards etc.

I fear she may get her wish with that title.

OH but you guys are REALLY rooting for me to not make it out the semi though, seriously!! This is like the third contest in a row where I’ve come between 15th and 20th in the semi but then turned it into a top 15 in the final!

Well done Addy! ABBA soundalikes are a tried and tested formula in this contest and I agree with those who said it felt like Debbii would get a win one of these days. Somewhere between gutted and selfishly relieved about Debby Friday but, obviously, as my 18, I’m thrilled to see that was as much of a hit as I thought it sounded from first listen. As for my finish? Weirdly, as soon as I saw Leww’s prediction of 14th, I did actually see that being spot on. Somewhat disappointing because I do think it’s far and away my strongest entry of the year but it was such a strong contest for pop, that there was always going to be underperformances. I always manage to find a way to creep a top 15 though, even if it’s by dodgy means of Pav’s votes not being sent properly 😂 This contest has really reinvigorated my love for the whole thing, it’s been so much fun, and really well hosted in its simplicity. So regardless of results, it’s still been a joy to be a part of x

It has been a CONTEST. Definitely my favourite of the year in terms of quality and it’s been fun to wind up with one of the songs most spoken about, which I couldn’t have expected when confirming it. So whether I wind up 1st or 41st, it’s been a good one and I’ll keep trying to pop in throughout my shift to see how it’s going!

1/17! I have to say, the variation of opinions this contest is making it a VERY fun one to follow. Especially as someone who is supposedly in the mix (or not, depending on whether you ask Rich and Blacksquare or Leww and Herbs 😂). I do hope there isn’t a runaway winner cos the results will be a rollercoaster if it’s as open as we all seem to think it is.

LOVE Stateside but have to go for my girl Zara whose bop has had me stomping and splashing about making music videos in the shower for the last few days x

Me watching an entry I tried to confirm predicted to win, the contest after my Queen Rebecca Black won with someone else. AND then having my entry called overrated and niche x

well f*** ChatGPT x

I’m not sure if MDMA in the back garden is very Radio 2