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Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:01 UK World Cup 2010: Theo Walcott left out of England squad BBC Sports News Arsenal winger Theo Walcott was the surprise omission from Fabio Capello's 23-man England World Cup squad. Walcott, 21, who has 11 caps, started both of England's recent friendly victories against Mexico and Japan. Darren Bent, Adam Johnson, Scott Parker, Michael Dawson, Leighton Baines and Tom Huddlestone also miss out. Gareth Barry is included after a fitness test on his ankle injury, while Stephen Warnock, Michael Carrick and Ledley King also make the squad. Walcott was a shock member of former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson's 2006 World Cup squad, having never started a Premier League game but he did not feature in the tournament and the then-17-year-old's inclusion was widely criticised. The right winger has since scored three international goals, all coming in a 4-1 World Cup qualifying victory against Croatia in Zagreb on 10 September 2008. But after suffering with shoulder, back, knee and hamstring problems this season he has been restricted to 15 starts for Arsenal this term, with his form suffering as a result. Walcott said in a statement: "I am very disappointed not to be included in the squad going out to South Africa, but completely respect Mr Capello's decision. "I would like to wish the team the best of luck and hope they have a really successful tournament." Former England captain Alan Shearer was not surprised by Capello's decision to select tried and tested players to take to South Africa. "It was inevitable but I think Fabio said some months ago when he first took the job that players must be in form and playing regularly for their clubs," said Shearer. "Joe Cole isn't playing well and hasn't done for Chelsea and Emile Heskey hasn't played well for Aston Villa but on the other hand I can understand why he has done it because they are tried and trusted in his formation and in his squad." Tottenham skipper King, 29, has been plagued by a chronic knee problem that restricts his ability to train and play back-to-back games in quick succession. He featured for the first time under coach Fabio Capello against Mexico on 24 May, scoring with a first-half header. King had previously been named in a Capello squad in March 2009 but withdrew after being assessed by the England medical staff. Warnock's only England appearance came as an 84th minute substitute in a friendly against Trinidad & Tobago in May 2008. The Aston Villa defender, 28, has previously played for Liverpool and Blackburn as well as loan spells at Bradford and Coventry, and has been preferred in the squad to Baines, who played against Mexico last week and Egypt in March. Tottenham defender Dawson and West Ham midfielder Parker did not feature in either of the games against Mexico and Japan while Manchester City winger Johnson only got a run out as a late substitute. Huddlestone was impressive in Tottenham's midfield as they finished the Premier League in fourth place. ENGLAND SQUAD - MOST CAPPED PLAYERS Steven Gerrard - 80 caps Rio Ferdinand - 78 caps Ashley Cole - 78 caps John Terry - 60 caps Wayne Rooney - 60 caps Emile Heskey - 58 caps The 23-year-old came on as a substitute against Mexico and started against Japan but did not force his way into the final 23. Sunderland striker Bent was the third highest scorer in the 2009-10 Premier League season with 24 goals but has also missed out. And former England winger Chris Waddle admitted Bent's omission was understandable considering the way England play. "It's hard for Darren Bent," said Waddle. "He has got 23 goals and England always play with a target man so Rooney and Defoe are always ahead of Bent. Barring injury I never thought he'd be on the plane." Manchester City midfielder Barry, 29, has not played since he picked up a ligament injury in a Premier League match against Tottenham on 5 May and had an extensive test on his injured ankle on Tuesday morning. Joe Cole is now fully fit after a serious knee ligament injury and produced an impressive second-half cameo during Sunday's 2-1 win against Japan. And Waddle, who played for England at the World Cup in 1990, said Cole had benefitted from Johnson's inexperience after Capello decided to leave the Manchester City man at home. "Adam Johnson has played very well," said Waddle. "He looked very good in the five minutes in the friendly and I think it was between him and Joe Cole and he's gone for Cole." The World Cup begins on 11 June, with England's first game coming a day later against the United States in Rustenburg. England's 23-man squad for the World Cup finals: Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), David James (Portsmouth), Robert Green (West Ham). Defenders: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Glen Johnson (Liverpool), Ledley King (Tottenham), John Terry (Chelsea), Matthew Upson (West Ham), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa). Midfielders: Gareth Barry (Manchester City), Michael Carrick (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), James Milner (Aston Villa), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City). Forwards: Peter Crouch (Tottenham), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham), Emile Heskey (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United). SWP in ahead of Adam Johnson = WTF!

Poor TV directing spoiled a magnificent performance. Anyway thanks to this show I have the original Robin Hood theme in my head. I might even need to erase it with the antidote of playing a certain Bryan Adams record. :lol: On another note I think all pop singers should be banned from participating in the contest. They should either wait until they are old enough or enter the X-Factor.

05 David Guetta & Chris Willis ft. Fergie & LMFAO - Gettin' Over You 47 Glee Cast – Bad Romance 33 Glee Cast – Poker Face 12 Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug 32 Keri Hilson – I Like It 17 K’naan – Wavin’ Flag 26 Lady GaGa - Alejandro 27 Lena - Satellite 41 Madcon - Glow 15 Miley Cyrus – Can’t Be Tamed 42 Pixie Lott – Turn It Up 09 Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber – Eenie Meanie 44 The Squad – Three Lions 2010 75+ Stornoway - Zorbing Bonus #1: Will Eminem – Not Afraid be higher than N-Dubz ft Bodyrox – We Dance On in the chart? YES Bonus #2: Will Aggro Santos & Kimberly Wyatt – Candy be higher than Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – Stereo Love in the chart? YES Bonus #3: Will The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die be higher than Tinie Tempah – Pass Out in the chart? NO

Please predict the UK singles top 10 for Sunday 6th June 2010! 01 BoB ft. Bruno Mars - Nothin' On You 02 Dizzee Rascal - Dirtee Disco 03 Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo 04 David Guetta & Chris Willis ft. Fergie & LMFAO - Gettin' Over You 05 Eminem - Not Afraid 06 N-Dubz ft. Bodyrox - We Dance On 07 Iyaz - Solo 08 Sean Kingston ft. Justin Bieber - Eenie Meenie 09 Aggro Santos ft. Kimberly Wyatt - Candy 10 Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina - Stereo Love Bonus questions: 1. (for 5 pts) Which song will be # 20 next week? (Artist name and song title needed!) Pendulum - Watercolour 2. (for 3 pts) How many new/re/chart entries will be altogether in the top 40 next week? 7 3. (for 2 pts) Which album will be higher next week: The Divine Comedy – Bang Goes The Knighthood or Jack Johnson – To The Sea? Jack Johnson - To The Sea

I just thought I'd check to see if Lena has gone international outside of Europe on iTunes: Currently Satellite is: #14 Australia #88 New Zealand

Seeing as I've nominated her specifically for that song, then it tells you what I think about this Dutch singer's track.

:rolleyes: What a load of bull$h!t. I'll refer you to today's editorial in the Independent: A personal tragedy and a national loss Independent.co.uk Monday, 31 May 2010 The resignation of David Laws needs to be seen, first and foremost, as a personal tragedy. The former Chief Secretary to the Treasury has become the latest victim of the long-running Parliamentary expenses scandal, yet his behaviour does not appear to have been motivated by personal greed or entitlement, but fear. Mr Laws was apparently faced with an invidious choice between making public his sexuality, something he had gone to great lengths to keep secret, and breaking the letter of the rules on expenses which forbid MPs from leasing accommodation from partners. Mr Laws apparently convinced himself that since there was a degree of ambiguity in his relationship with his landlord, James Lundie (they are not civil partners or a couple in social circles), the arrangement remained within the rules. That was a misjudgement, as Mr Laws now accepts. But any fair-minded person examining Mr Laws's conduct would conclude that it was an understandable one. Perhaps the saddest aspect of this affair is the fact that Mr Laws felt that he could not be open about his sexuality. That fear of being "outed" evidently paralysed his better judgement. Mr Laws must, of course, take personal responsibility for his mistake. And he has done precisely that with his speedy resignation from the Government. But this business can hardly be said to reflect well on our society. Mr Laws will not be the only public figure who is petrified by the prospect of coming out as homosexual. The unpalatable truth is that the forces of bigotry and intolerance still exist in modern Britain. Mr Laws's departure is a serious and untimely blow for the Government. He has been the most effective Cabinet minister in the brief life of this coalition. As Mr Laws said in his resignation statement, Chief Secretary to the Treasury was a job for which his whole life seemed to have prepared him. He had the economic experience, the intellect, and the determination to accomplish the serious work of repairing the national finances. Indeed, Mr Laws had begun to make his boss, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, seem like the junior figure at the Treasury. His evident competence in the job was also helping to bind the two wings of the coalition together. But, crucially, Mr Laws also appeared to have the social conscience and principles to reduce the deficit in a manner that would look after the interests of the most vulnerable. This was, we should remember, someone who gave up a lucrative career in the City of London to become a lowly adviser to the Liberal Democrats at a time when a role for the third party in Government was an unlikely dream. All politicians can claim to be motivated by public service to some degree. But Mr Laws's claim is stronger than most. Danny Alexander, Mr Laws's Liberal Democrat colleague who will replace him in the Treasury, should not be underestimated. Though he may lack much of a public profile, his role in helping to broker the coaltion deal is testament to his abilities. And we should not forget that few people had heard of Mr Laws before last month. Nevertheless, Mr Alexander will surely find it difficult to fill the shoes of his predecessor. Already, there is talk of a return for Mr Laws. This is understandable. This is not a Government so blessed with talent that it can afford to shed its best people without considerable regret. The Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, have expressed the hope that Mr Laws could come back to the Cabinet in time. It is to be hoped that the relatively mild nature of Mr Laws's offence and the honourable manner of his departure will hasten that day. -------------------------------------------------------------- And today's Guardian editorial: David Laws: felled by a creditable but misplaced sense of shame guardian.co.uk This man of exceptional nobility has been broken: if not for entertainment, then because of a process no one seems able to stop. Just before the election a group of up-and-coming politicians played a macabre game over dinner. They tried to guess which of their generation would be the first to resign from government and why. Would their nemesis be sex, drugs or money? One sin might be survivable, they decided. It was the combination that would prove toxic in the media. So it was for poor David Laws. Contrary to the huffing and puffing today from those ghastly self-appointed Madame Defarges of modern political morality – Martin Bell and Sir Alistair Graham – he didn't have to go over his expenses. Of course, it looked terrible: the chief secretary in a government devoted to cuts busting the rules because he could not bring himself to reveal that he loved his landlord. Every hack in the land can preach about the hypocrisy and the tragedy and how a meteor has shattered and why, in the end, he had to quit because voters just wouldn't stand for it. But that amounts to a judgment about appearances, not the proper penalty for his error – the media deducing his fate from the predictable nature of its own reporting and then blaming the public for taking a view it might not, in reality, hold. There was something awful today about hearing people say they hoped he would be back soon, a coward's way of saying they don't really think he needed to go in the first place. Other cabinet ministers have done stupid things too, kept their jobs and deserved to. Liam Fox twice lost appeals over a £22,000 claim. Peter Mandelson was allowed to exist for years in his own world of pantomime morality, yachts and Russians buzzing round him like flies while we all just laughed it off. Even saintly Alistair Darling flipped his second home four times in four years. The fact that Laws was the first to be hit after the election and was a Treasury minister made his survival harder, but that judgment was for the prime minister and his deputy to make – and they didn't want him to go. Laws himself told friends that he could have got through this if he had tried, and he was right. What pulled him down was a creditable but misplaced sense of shame. The horror of what has just happened is that a man of quite exceptional nobility has been broken if not for our entertainment, then because of a process that no one seems able to stop. Politicians good and bad have been destroyed in this search for some perfect morality. The canker started in the Daily Telegraph, a paper that professes to support national institutions but whose tax-exiled owners have discovered that they can grow richer by purchasing outrage than by judging facts fairly. But the disease has infected us all: the new parliament hiring spin doctors who cost more than MPs to explain to the press the nature of the tortures that will be inflicted on any MP who spends too much on stamps. Even so, Laws would have endured if he had not found his sexuality blasted into the public domain – the Telegraph running a blurred snatched photograph of his partner. Some people will dislike the argument that sexuality had anything to do with his downfall, as if gay men are asking to be excused from rules that apply to others. But Laws did not ask to be excused. He simply ended up in an awful mess. People do, sometimes. It is easy, after the weekend's events, to wonder why he did not come out – easy to wonder too why it is the most liberal of parties whose MPs often seem to have found the public announcement of their sexuality difficult. Had he done so, he could have claimed more in expenses for both of them and we would all have chirruped what a tolerant country that showed us to be. But we are not, in every regard, a tolerant country – and to keep your sexuality private is not the same as being ashamed of it. Ben Bradshaw diminished himself yesterday by suggesting as much. He might have directed his scorn instead towards those many gay MPs who have felt it necessary to marry. Or, better still, just stayed silent. Much will be said about Laws's character – the shy man who proved, so briefly, brilliant at communicating; the millionaire city trader who took on a job as a Lib Dem researcher; the person who can list "visiting desert regions" as his pastime in Who's Who (that last fact enough in itself to fill this columnist with admiration). But however miserable the individual loss – and Laws's resignation statement on Sunday was achingly sad – the greater harm is to the cause he represented. His resignation was a precision-targeted missile tearing into the coalition. The loss of almost any other minister would have been better. He was the one man all Conservatives saw as preferable to any of their own, and the one man who could stand alongside George Osborne at the Treasury and strengthen him. Osborne's own description – "it was as if he had been put on Earth to do the job asked of him" – was spot on. What began as two parties in one government is already closer to just two parties now. Too much is being asked of Laws's replacement, Danny Alexander – there because he is a Lib Dem, not because he is the best choice. Cameron and Clegg should have settled on the Tory minister who had been preparing for the job, Philip Hammond. I'd like to delude myself all this can be unwound, and Laws brought back in the autumn. But there was a grim finality to the end of his statement. Meanwhile, the coalition mourns. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All I can say Scott is that my Christian values (which you so disrespect on all too frequent occasions) give me a sense of compassion which you are clearly don't have. Maybe you should think about the fact that your views on this subject match those of the poisonious Alaistair Campbell and the Daily Telegraph owners The Barclay Brothers who of course have several legal disputes with the (Channel Island) government of Sark over privacy matters; and a long running tax battle with the UK Government over these billionaires (alleged) tax avoidance. Indeed it was a 2005 threat by the Labour Government which led to them successfully finding a whistleblower for the newspaper that they own. Oh as for it having nothing to do with his sexuality ...... really!!!!!!! As an example Scott can you tell me how many UK Professional footballers playing today are gay? Thought not. Homophobia exists in today's society, but I guess you are too blind to see that you have helped to perpetuate it with your attitude in this story. I'm just glad I have the same views as The Independent & The Guardian & theof a majority of callers on Radio5 Live this morning. Because the bottomline is he did not defraud the British taxpayer one penny. He was entitled to claim for the cost of a second home in London, and he was entitled to claim the amount that he did, but he wasn't entitled to claim it in the way that he did (that is, as rent going towards his partner's mortgage rather than a joint mortgage with his partner, the latter of which would have been within the rules). I agree that what he did was wrong, but I can't regard it as even remotely similar to the actions of MPs who claimed for mortgages that didn't exist, and still hung on to their jobs in Government. But I guess none of them were homosexuals were they?

I finally bought myself an ipod (classic), and have loaded all my Beatles (& solo related); Bowie & Bush albums onto it. Which I now have on shuffle. :wub: Early days but so far my shuffle highlight has seen Macca's insepid nadir of Ebony & Ivory followed up with his best ever rocker (The Beatles) Helter Skelter.

This year's UK debacle just gets worse ...... a certain very poppy group who have not been that successful in the UK but have had considerable success in Europe with their debut album have today posted a track that they had offered as an entry for the UK's entry in ESC 2010, but were knocked back. pFIJzgcZWD4 :wub:

Angelicland: Antoine Claraman, Soraya Arnelas, Love Generation Ashton: Sugababes [2.0], Yohanna, Molly Sandén Bhangra: Spark Botanikka : Sunday Girl, The Wanted, Eric Saade, Shontelle, Natalia Kills Cadbury: Ashley Ring, Lil' Wayne, Amanda Blank, I Blame Coco, La Roux Caerfyrddia: Hanna Lindblad Camdonia: How To Destroy Angels Bignia-Zaragovina: Urban Symphony Egabbac: Dennis Ferrer, Shingai Shoniwa Elëdan: Sleigh Bells, Crystal Castles, Kele Okereke, We Are The Fallen, Kendal Johansson Espen: Nephew, Eivør, Charlotte Qvale FSR Rontvia: Safura, Matisse, Lena Meyer-Landrut, Mark Ronson, Mike Posner Hendinia: Champagne Riot, Elin Lanto JAMORA: Malese Jow, Aloha From Hell, Plasticines, Demi Lovato Kopečka: Amy Pearson, Serebro, Madcon, Wynter Gordon Kylienips: Karen Elson, Primary 1 Liechenstaan: Enrique Iglesias, Jessie James, Kelly Rowland Mdice: Twin Sister, A-Trak, Kid Sister Nonsuch: Yolanda Be Cool + DCUP; Adam Deacon; Paloma Faith; Susanna Kay; The Pipettes Numayania: Infernal, Danzel, Shy Child, Pandora, Rolf Junior Sangria: Gravitonas, Nastala Skall: Magic Wands, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, The Tough Alliance, E-603, A Sunny Day In Glasgow Torchwood: Anna Bergendahl UnoShake: Alexandra Ungureanu, Keo Yuxhaaq: Annemie

Lastly ...... The Top 10 Finishes Game 2010 only this year it is based on Points score per Top 10 finish each week (1st = 10 Pts; 2nd = 9 Pts ..... down to 10th = 1 Pt; but all ties count as the same points as position finished so no shared points (i.e. Two players tie for 3rd place one week each score 8 Points) After 22 Weeks: 1 1 spiidey 147 2 2 thisispop 99 2 3 Ben 99 4 4 JakeyShake 63 5 5 AdzBrown 61 5 8 Aaron 61 7 7 FM11 58 8 6 Jester 54 9 8 titty 52 10 10 West 45 10 15 BrayFish 45 12 11 jackph89 42 13 12 ElectroBoy 40 14 13 eightiespopkid 36 14 13 TomKay 36 16 16 mark w 26 17 17 Theo 25 17 21 soundseekerz 25 19 19 Hitstastic 24 20 18 zero 23 21 19 madonna-4-eva 22 22 22 mancdude 17 23 23 Gboy 15 24 24 Mikey 14 24 24 Come Along 14 26 26 Kay 13 27 27 paulgilb 12 27 27 Tacticz 12 29 29 the-equalizer 11 30 30 NoiseAddict 10 30 30 WillR0173 10 30 30 Gleek! 10 33 33 superbossanova 7 34 34 basdfg 6 35 35 Nick F1 5 36 36 chart wizard 4 37 37 Ditherless 3 38 38 Pavel 2 38 38 Shoat 2 40 40 gagafan 1 Significant developments: Spiidey increases his lead to 48 points; Ben now draws level with me in 2nd; Aaron draws level with AdzBrown for 5th; & Bray victory results in a 5 place climb to 10th. Elsewhere soundseekerz climbs 4 to 17th. Thanks all for playing in this week, I'll see you next week to see what damage Britain Got Talent Finals Week has on the chart. Where Disney star and Glee hater (she was responsible for the beyond awful Hannah Montana show FFS) Miley Cyrus debuts in the Top 11 :kink:; where David Guetta's new single enters; whether Madcon's French song can reach the Top 40; will Glee's pair of GaGa covers debut; and the biggest if ..... will the useless record company responsible for the already Top 10 all over Europe and now European Song Contest winning single get their finger out and release it in the UK this week before everyone downloads it illegally or goes back to their Kate Nash albums. :lol:

Overall Leaderboard 2010 After 22 Weeks Position / Last Week / Games Played / Name / Points 1 1 22 spiidey 2887 2 2 22 thisispop 2787 3 3 21 Ben 2608 4 4 22 FM11 2545 5 5 21 Jester 2499 6 8 21 Aaron 2497 7 6 22 eightiespopkid 2479 8 9 21 JakeyShake 2466 9 7 22 TomKay 2460 10 10 21 West 2424 11 11 22 madonna-4-eva 2421 12 12 21 BrayFish 2347 13 13 20 ElectroBoy 2309 14 14 22 mark w 2282 15 16 22 Mikey 2266 16 15 21 Theo 2262 17 19 21 the-equalizer 2142 18 20 19 jackph89 2127 19 17 18 AdzBrown 2111 20 22 20 Tacticz 2097 21 21 22 paulgilb 2095 22 23 19 Gboy 2085 23 24 20 Hitstastic 2083 24 18 17 titty 2081 24 25 19 soundseekerz 2081 26 27 20 chart wizard 2039 27 26 20 zero 2032 28 29 20 Nick F1 1900 29 28 18 Kay 1830 30 30 16 gagafan 1668 31 31 12 Come Along 1340 32 32 12 WillR0173 1336 33 33 9 BA Baracus 789 34 34 6 mancdude 690 35 35 6 Shoat 689 36 36 4 superbossanova 470 37 37 4 Darren-5-08 416 38 43 3 Gleek! 372 39 38 3 basdfg 355 40 39 3 untitled 336 41 40 3 Allyballybee 329 42 41 4 Ditherless 312 43 42 3 connor111 289 44 44 2 Pavel 215 45 45 2 7heDreamer 178 45 45 2 Galang 178 47 47 1 NoiseAddict 145 47 47 2 Lilmisshumeygold 145 49 49 1 Rossco 112 50 50 1 152.chris 93 51 51 1 ahenryf08 84 52 52 1 Jack 79 53 53 1 RIOSOfficial 75 54 54 1 1Dave2006 70 Top 10: The Top 5 remains unchanged whilst Aaron rises 2 places to 6th; eightiespopkid falls 1 to 7th; JakeyShake rises 1 to 8th; TomKay falls 2 to 9th & West remains 10th. Outside The Top 10 those who climbed 2 or more places are: the-equalizer up 2 to 17th; jackph89 up 2 to 18th; TactiX up 2 to 20th & Gleek! up 5 to 38th. Looking at the Last 6 Weeks Points Score Form Table based from Week 17, 2010 to Week 22, 2010: Position Last Week Name Points 1 1 spiidey 774 2 2 Ben 762 3 20 Jester 722 4 5 Aaron 711 5 6 Come Along 701 5 7 thisispop 701 7 9 WillR0173 697 8 3 TomKay 693 9 10 JakeyShake 689 10 8 West 682 11 11 soundseekerz 674 12 4 jackph89 669 13 15 FM11 664 14 13 gagafan 652 15 14 Mikey 648 16 16 chart wizard 640 17 19 eightiespopkid 638 18 12 ElectroBoy 636 19 17 madonna-4-eva 628 20 18 Tacticz 627 21 21 Theo 610 22 23 Hitstastic 602 23 28 zero 601 24 25 mark w 599 25 26 BrayFish 594 26 22 paulgilb 584 27 27 the-equalizer 529 28 30 Nick F1 507 29 31 Gboy 444 30 24 titty 435 31 33 Gleek! 372 32 29 mancdude 335 33 34 AdzBrown 269 34 32 Kay 245 35 36 Shoat 202 36 38 Rossco 112 37 35 untitled 108 38 37 connor111 99 39 39 RIOSOfficial 75 Top 10: An unchanged Top 2; Jester climbs 17 to 3rd; Aaron is up 1 to 4th; Come Along rises 1 to 5th; I climb 2 to 5th; WillR0173 climbs 2 to 7th; TomKay drops 5 to 8th; JakeyShake rises 1 to 9th; & West falls 2 to 10th. Outside the Top 10 those who played and climbed two or more places are: FM11 up 2 to 13th; eightiespopkid up 2 to 17th; zero up 5 to 23rd; NickF1 up 2 to 28th; Gboy up 2 to 29th & Gleek! up 2 to 31st. Weeks on top of Six Weeks Leaderboard: spiidey 17 Wks: Week 1 - 9; Week 11=; Week 13 - 16; Week 20 - 22 Ben 3 Wks: Week 17 - 19 AdzBrown 2 Wks: Week 11= & Week 12 thisispop 1 Wk: Week 10

TIPs Chart Single Prediction Game Sunday 30th May - Week 22 - The Results: I asked you to predict the following PREDICT THE FOLLOWING: Sales Period: 23rd - 29th May Alicia Keys - Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 13 Danielle Hope – Over The Rainbow 29 Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Disco 1 Eminem – Not Afraid 5 Glee Cast – Dream On 47 Glee Cast – I Dreamed A Dream 36 Hurts – Better Than Love 50 Iyaz – Solo 3 Katie Melua – The Flood 46 Keri Hilson – I Like It 34 K’naan – Wavin’ Flag 16 Muse - Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever) 51 N-Dubz ft Bodyrox – We Dance On 6 Nas & Damian “Jr Gong” Marley – As We Enter 54 Bonus #1: Will Alexandra Burke – All Night Long be higher than Usher ft will.i.am - OMG in the chart? YES Bonus #2: Will Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – Stereo Love be higher than Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber – Eenie Meanie in the chart? YES Bonus #3: Will The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die be higher than The Squad – Three Lions 2010 in the chart? YES This week's results are as follows: 30th paulgilb 87 (2) Pts 29th Gleek! 98 (3) Pts 28th jackph89 102 (2) Pts 27th TomKay 104 (1) Pts 25th Theo 112 (2) Pts 25th zero 112 (3) Pts 24th the-equalizer 114 (3) Pts 22nd eightiespopkid 115 (2) Pts 22nd Tacticz 115 (2) Pts 21st Mikey 116 (2) Pts 19th gagafan 119 (3) Pts 19th JakeyShake 119 (2) Pts 18th Nick F1 121 (3) Pts 17th ElectroBoy 124 (3) Pts 16th mark w 126 (2) Pts 15th Gboy 127 (3) Pts 14th chart wizard 129 (3) Pts 13th Come Along 130 (3) Pts 11th Jester 132 (3) Pts 11th WillR0173 132 (3) Pts 10th madonna-4-eva 134 (3) Pts 9th West 136 (3) Pts 8th Hitstastic 138 (3) Pts 6th FM11 139 (3) Pts 6th soundseekerz 139 (3) Pts 5th thisispop 142 (3) Pts :cheer: 4th spiidey 143 (3) Pts :dance: 3rd Ben 144 (3) Pts :yahoo: 2nd Aaron 145 (3) Pts :dancing: But the players winning this week for the 1st time this year is: 1st BrayFish 146 (3) Pts :winner: Many Thanks for the 30 of you playing this week

10 Torn 08 Big Mistake 05 Wishing I Was There 08 Smoke 04 Identify 05 That Day 07 Wrong Impression 05 Beauty On The Fire 11 Shiver 08 Counting Down The Days 06 Glorious 08 Wild About It 09 Want 06 Scars

Nonsuch: Yolanda Be Cool + DCUP; Adam Deacon, Bashy, Paloma Faith; Susanna Kay

+5 Dizzee Rascal Feat. Daniel Pearce · 'Dirtee Disco' +4 Eminem · 'Not Afraid' +3 B.o.B Feat. Bruno Mars · 'Nothin' On You' +2 Edward Maya Feat. Vika Jigulina · 'Stereo Love +1 Aggro Santos Feat. Kimberly Wyatt · 'Candy' ------------------------------------ -1 Roll Deep Feat. Jodie Connor · 'Good Times' -2 N-Dubz Feat. Bodyrox · 'We Dance On' -3 Iyaz · 'Solo' -4 Jason DeRülo · 'Ridin' Solo' -5 Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber · 'Eenie Meenie'

F1 2010 Race 7/19: Turkish (Istanbul Park) GP Results: 1 Hamilton 25 2 Button 18 3 Webber 15 4 Schumacher 12 5 Rosberg 10 6 Kubica 8 7 Massa 6 8 Alonso 4 9 Sutil 2 10 Kobayashi 1 Pole Webber 5 2nd Hamilton 4 3rd Vettel 3 4th Button 2 5th Schumacher 1 F Lap Petrov 1 Buzzjack Turkey F1 Result 1st brian91 72 Pts 2nd tombliboo 70 Pts 3rd NickF1 69 Pts 3rd thisispop 67 Pts 5th nickthenoodle 60 Pts BJ F1 Leaderboard (After 7/19 Races) 1 1 tombliboo 492 2 2 thisispop 487 3 3 NickF1 482 4 5 brian91 456 5 4 nickthenoodle 449 These selections by the 5 players will be taken forward to the next contest unless they change their selections before the next GP. The next F1 GP is the Canadian Grand Prix in two weeks time on 13th June 2010. So if you want to participate and missed out entering the first few GPs of 19 due this year then you are more than welcome to play and post your selections before Qualifying (18:00 Hrs UK Time) at the Canadian GP on 12th June.

TIPs Chart Singles Prediction Game - Chart Sunday 6th June 2010 :cheer: :yahoo: :dance: :cheer: WEEK 23 IN 2010!!! Each week I will ask you to predict where 14 songs are (hopefully) going to be in the following Sunday's chart. The point scoring will be as before (10 pts if spot on with your prediction down to 1 pt if you are 9 positions out. A 75+ prediction if correct will still be worth 5 Points). If a new single is pulled from release or non-chart eligible then everyone's prediction for that question will be void and everyone will be awarded 5 points. Due to physical singles sales declining I have scrapped the old rule of awarding points should the physical release be postponed so long as the download release goes ahead as scheduled. I will ask THREE bonus questions which require a Yes or No answer. Each bonus question is worth 20 Pts. Therefore for a normal week there will be a maximum of 200 Points to gain. PREDICT THE FOLLOWING : Sales Period: Sunday 30th – Saturday 5th June David Guetta & Chris Willis ft. Fergie & LMFAO - Gettin' Over You Glee Cast – Bad Romance Glee Cast – Poker Face Ke$ha - Your Love Is My Drug Keri Hilson – I Like It K’naan – Wavin’ Flag Lady GaGa - Alejandro Lena - Satellite Madcon - Glow Miley Cyrus – Can’t Be Tamed Pixie Lott – Turn It Up Sean Kingston & Justin Bieber – Eenie Meanie The Squad – Three Lions 2010 Stornoway - Zorbing Bonus #1: Will Eminem – Not Afraid be higher than N-Dubz ft Bodyrox – We Dance On in the chart? Bonus #2: Will Aggro Santos & Kimberly Wyatt – Candy be higher than Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina – Stereo Love in the chart? Bonus #3: Will The Pretty Reckless - Make Me Wanna Die be higher than Tinie Tempah – Pass Out in the chart? You have up until circa 09:00 UK Time on Tuesday 1st June to get your entries in (I'll be keeping the thread open) but entries altered after the midweeks have arrived will be excluded. Each Game counts towards the Overall Leaderboard (The Best 48 Games) at the end of the year. Whilst I will maintain the last 6 weeks Leaderboard for newer players If you have never played before, then here is a great opportunity to join in the fun near the beginning of 2010! :cheer:

The only reason we should pull out of Eurovision is because of pig ignorant, arrogant, incorrect opinions by people like yourself; Terry Wogan & Pete Waterman. The song that won ESC 2010 has already been a big hit all over Europe. The same applied to last year's winner. The bottom line is that the Eurovision Song Contest has never been in such vital, rude health. The problem lies with the attitude of the British for sending has-beens and never will be's performing dated sounding songs to the contest when most of Europe sends there biggest contemporary acts. In short we would not send a pub Football team to represent England at the World Cup in South Africa; yet (with the exception of last year) that is precisely what the UK has done with the Eurovision Song Contest in recent years. And then we have the arrogance to moan when we deservedly finish in the bottom five.

Considering who won ESC this year ..... maybe we should send the real thing next year: Kate Nash. :kink:

Congratulations to Lena. Personally I still don't get the fuss over a track that sounds like an album only track from a Kate Nash; Lily Allen or Lenka album. It is probably my least favourite winner some members on this site persuaded me to put away my cynicism to make me take it seriously again. But still a fantastic Top 10. As for Pete Waterman claiming this morning on Radio 5Live that Germany only won because of political/financial reasons - bailing out the Euro currency, and being one of the few countries to afford to host the next contest (yeah right of course that is why people all over voted for the German entry and not because of the song :rolleyes:) - he is heading for a surefire Hate nomination from me next month.

My Top 5 Prediction: 1. Azerbaijan 2. Armenia 3. Germany 4. Turkey 5. Denmark Top 10 Finishers: Israel; Iceland; Belgium; France; Greece Last: United Kingdom

Rankings so far (after 25/25): 1. Azerbaijan 2. Armenia - I think this could be the winner if the German performance is less than great. And the singer is very :wub: 9.5 3. Iceland 4. Belgium 5. Denmark * - Slightly dated sounding track, but this could be a real contender. Incredibly catchy. 9.0 6. Turkey 7. Greece 8. Georgia 9. Israel * - A great song, but if the vocals are as bad as in the Semi then not a chance. 8.0 10. Albania ------------------------ 11. France 12. Romania - If this does brilliantly, then maybe next year we should send Cheryl Tweedy & Ashley Cole or Adrian Chiles & Christine Brinkley. I love the catchy Sex In The City piano motif, and the mini theft of a bit of Lady GaGa's Poker Face. 7.5 13. Moldova 14. Germany - Before that performance Germany were 5/2 Fav to win on Betfair.com, after that underwhelming performance its drifted out to 4/1. Virtually every FSR Rontvia BJSC entry has been better than that Kate Nash-lite track. 7.0 15. Ukraine 16. Norway 17. Ireland 18. Belarus 19. Portugal - This Mariah dreary 1990s ballad is very perfunctory IMHO 5.5 20. Serbia 21. Cyprus 22. Bosnia & Herzegovina 23. Russia - Lookalikes of James Blunt, Van Morrison & James Taylor team up on this mawkish dirge 3.0 24. Spain 25. United Kingdom * Not viewed, as beer monster is calling.

Rankings so far (after 18/25): 1. Azerbaijan 2. Iceland - The Michelle McManus impersonator performs this very catchy dance tune much better than I remember it from the Semi Final. 9.0 3. Belgium 4. Turkey 5. Greece 6. Georgia 7. Albania 8. France - This rather derivative ragga dancehall track is miles better visually with that performance. 7.5 9. Moldova 10. Ukraine - I know its not commercial for the ESC in any shape or form, but I really like this Evanescence sounding moody album track 7.0 ------------------------- 11. Norway 12. Ireland 13. Belarus 14. Serbia 15. Cyprus 16. Bosnia & Herzegovina 17. Spain 18. United Kingdom

Rankings so far (after 15/25): 1. Azerbaijan 2. Belgium 3. Turkey - A great nu-metal rocker. Imagine having Biffy Clyro representing us at this year's contest. 8.5 4. Greece 5. Georgia - Beautiful girl, lovely voice (except at the end). One of the best ballads in the competition. But I did not quite enjoy it as much as I did in the Semi's 8.0 6. Albania - Imagine an Anastacia soundalike perform a song whose beat is clearly a speeded up version of Sam Sparro's Black & Gold. Great hooks. 8.0 7. Moldova 8. Norway 9. Ireland 10. Belarus ------------------------- 11. Serbia 12. Cyprus 13. Bosnia & Herzegovina 14. Spain 15. United Kingdom