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Hey Jade - hope you are enjoying a well earnt Christmas break with your family. Great to see “Chains of Love” at number 1 for Christmas. I enjoy most of what Charli xcx puts out but there is just something about the single that has really grabbed me, I think I prefer her more emotive, string laden and goth-infused tracks - incidentally “Nuclear Seasons” was Christmas #1 for me in 2011. 14 years ago! It was the first song I'd heard of hers and crazy to think that she'd only just turned 19 at the time. Love that Man/Woman/Chainsaw single which has been getting decent play on 6Music and therefore soundtracking the office, I've also just charted that new Mandy, Indiana single (below the Top 40) so look forward to that growing on me in 2026. Plenty of others that I know and love here, so I'll definitely spend the next few weeks investigating some of the less known tracks here. On first listen am really enjoying that Gretel track. *.* Going straight on my 2026 playlist. (Just realised that she's the Gretel Hänlyn that released “Drive” in 2022, wondered what happened to her!) Have a great Christmas and New Year!

Doctor Blind Christmas Chart - 21st December 2025 TW - LW / Artist / “Song” / Chart Run (Wks on Chart) 01 - 01 The Itch “Space In The Cab” ✮2 weeks at #1✮ 37-25-14-05-03-01-01 (7 weeks) *Christmas Number One for 2025* 02 - 02 Jacob Alon “Don’t Fall Asleep” 39-26-14-08-03-02-02-02 (8 weeks) 03 - 05 Lauren Auder “yes” 39-29-22-15-08-05-03 (7 weeks) 04 - 06 Avalon Emerson & the Charm “Eden” 43-31-19-13-06-04 (6 weeks) 05 - 03 Kelly Moran “Echo in the Field” 45-37-29-18-10-05-02-01-01-03-05 (11 weeks) 06 - 04 Disiniblud “Blue Rags, Raging Wind [Kerry McCoy Remix] / Traces in the Window [Live]” 42-31-21-15-10-05-04-06 (8 weeks) 07 - 07 Witch Post “Twin Fawn” 36-27-19-13-09-07-07 (7 weeks) 08 - 10 Sampha “Cumulus / Memory” 48-40-32-26-21-16-12-10-08 (9 weeks) 09 - 13 FKA twigs “HARD” 37-24-18-13-09 (5 weeks) 10 - 12 Lianne La Havas “Disarray” 50-33-24-20-17-15-12-10 (8 weeks) 11 - 17 Florence + The Machine “Sympathy Magic” 39-24-17-11 (4 weeks) 12 - 08 3l3d3p “>>> (FWD)” 39-26-17-09-03-01-01-02-04-08-12 (11 weeks) 13 - 14 Romy “Love Who You Love” 39-28-20-16-14-13 (6 weeks) 14 - 09 HORNET “leaving with Lisa” 39-29-19-14-10-06-04-03-04-06-09-14 (12 weeks) 15 - 15 Robyn “Dopamine” 46-38-31-21-15-15 (6 weeks) 16 - 20 Man/Woman/Chainsaw “Only Girl” 40-32-25-20-16 (5 weeks) 17 - 22 Charli XCX “Chains of Love” 48-36-27-22-17 (5 weeks) 18 - 19 Kelly Lee Owens “ASCEND” 45-36-28-22-19-18 (6 weeks) 19 - 11 Austra “Siren Song” 46-35-29-18-12-09-07-11-19 (9 weeks) 20 - 23 Overmono “Paradise Runner” 43-34-26-23-20 (5 weeks) 21 - 26 Home Counties “Better Last Year (Home Counties for Christmas)” 40-26-21 (3 weeks) 22 - 21 Grove “Break a Sweat” 39-30-23-21-22 (5 weeks) 23 - 28 FAUZIA “The Way” 44-34-28-23 (4 weeks) 24 - 16 Rochelle Jordan “Doing It Too” 36-23-11-04-02-01-01-02-04-06-10-16-24 (13 weeks) 25 - 29 Sudan Archives “A BUG'S LIFE” 38-29-25 (3 weeks) 26 - 34 TTSSFU “Upstairs” 44-34-26 (3 weeks) 27 - 39 Louis Brennan “Christmas Is The Hardest Time of Year” 50-39-27 (3 weeks) 28 - 18 Yawning Portal “In Iowa / My City” 47-33-20-12-09-07-07-11-18-28 (10 weeks) 29 - 32 Art School Girlfriend “The Peaks” 43-36-32-29 (4 weeks) 30 - 35 Wet Leg “mangetout” 42-35-30 (3 weeks) 31 - 31 Saidah & George Riley “skin2skin” 46-37-31-31 (4 weeks) 32 - 36 Deki Alem “Stray Dog” 45-36-32 (3 weeks) 33 - 40 Daniel Avery ft. Julie Dawson “The Ghost of Her Smile” 40-33 (2 weeks) 34 - 38 Water From Your Eyes “Born 4” 46-38-34 (3 weeks) 35 - 25 Dean Blunt & Elias Rønnenfelt “tears on his rings and chains” 38-25-16-10-05-02-01-01-01-01-02-04-07-10-14-19-25-35 (18 weeks) 36 - 43 Gasolina “This Time of Year” 43-36 (2 weeks) 37 - 37 Oli XL ft. Chanel Beads “Love & Pop” 46-36-27-18-12-07-05-08-11-21-30-37-37 (13 weeks) 38 - 24 Jenny on Holiday “Every Ounce of Me” 38-21-14-10-06-04-03-02-03-05-08-14-24-38 (14 weeks) 39 - 27 Nia Archives & Clipz “Maia Maia” 40-32-26-20-16-12-09-06-06-11-17-27-39 (13 weeks) 40 - 46 Guiville “Snow Keeps Falling Anyway” 46-40 (2 weeks)

Thanks all for the kind comments - I'll edit in my scorecard so you can check everything is in order!

It gives me great pleasure to announce that the winner of Club Bizarre 33 is @lewistgreen !! Get those flowers *.* Congratulations and apologies to @Scene who misses out by just 1 point.. Thank you very much for putting up with my very slow pace and hope you enjoyed this edition. Have a fantastic Christmas and great New Year! But don't celebrate too soon, Bré has still got to check that I've added it up correctly.. plus I've had to edit the scoreboard so apologies to CowTzy and Julian for mixing up the way ties were broken. WINNER: Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond”🏆 SCOREBOARD AFTER 22 of 22 VOTERS: P ENTRY USERNAME PTS 1 Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond” lewistgreen 84 2 Visage “Moon Over Moscow” Scene 83 3 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim” Dan 80 4 horsegiirL “YOLO” Addy! 78 5 TS7 & Katie May “Only One” jimwatts 76 6 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania” Bré 73 7 Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2” uhsting 72 8 Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou” CowTzy (more voters, 16) 71 9 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony” Julian (fewer voters, 11) 71 10 Shannon “Give Me Tonight” TheSnake 70 11 Arca “Prada/Rakata” Nine And ¾ 68 12 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde” gooddelta 54 13 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud” Chez Wombat 50 14 Arun Verone “Empty Soul” Dobbo 47 15 RYL0 “Party Monster” awardinary 46.23 16 FAUZIA “The Way” Doctor Blind 46 17 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam” King Rollo 36 18 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” Mangø 35 19 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase” Jade 34 20 Nazar “Anticipate” pavi 31 21 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?” matto 25 22 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL” All★bySmashMouth 20 23 BAYLI “Lucky Number One” Cody 3

There is just ONE point between first and second. Who is it though? Visage or Miči and Sun-EL Musician?? Find out after Christma... only joking xx SCOREBOARD AFTER 22 of 22 VOTERS: P ENTRY USERNAME PTS 1 2 3 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim” Dan 80 4 horsegiirL “YOLO” Addy! 78 5 TS7 & Katie May “Only One” jimwatts 76 6 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania” Bré 73 7 Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2” uhsting 72 8 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony” Julian (more 10s) 71 9 Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou” CowTzy 71 10 Shannon “Give Me Tonight” TheSnake 70 11 RYL0 “Party Monster” awardinary 69 12 Arca “Prada/Rakata” Nine And ¾ 68 13 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde” gooddelta 54 14 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud” Chez Wombat 50 15 Arun Verone “Empty Soul” Dobbo 47 16 FAUZIA “The Way” Doctor Blind 46 17 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam” King Rollo 36 18 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” Mangø 35 19 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase” Jade 34 20 Nazar “Anticipate” pavi 31 21 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?” matto 25 22 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL” All★bySmashMouth 20 23 BAYLI “Lucky Number One” Cody 3

Here is 6-10. Sadly not to be for Bré 😪 SCOREBOARD AFTER 22 of 22 VOTERS: P ENTRY USERNAME PTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania” Bré 73 7 Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2” uhsting 72 8 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony” Julian (more 10s) 71 9 Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou” CowTzy 71 10 Shannon “Give Me Tonight” TheSnake 70 11 RYL0 “Party Monster” awardinary 69 12 Arca “Prada/Rakata” Nine And ¾ 68 13 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde” gooddelta 54 14 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud” Chez Wombat 50 15 Arun Verone “Empty Soul” Dobbo 47 16 FAUZIA “The Way” Doctor Blind 46 17 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam” King Rollo 36 18 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” Mangø 35 19 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase” Jade 34 20 Nazar “Anticipate” pavi 31 21 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?” matto 25 22 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL” All★bySmashMouth 20 23 BAYLI “Lucky Number One” Cody 3

Sadly no vote was received from Awardinary - but for completeness: Contests entered: 28 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 9 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 1391 (11th) Chart Run: 11-4-8-15-xx-17-24-3-10-25-11-16-17-22-23-7-14-5-10-22-5-6-11-12-11-18-20-23-? and 11-23 looks like ~ SCOREBOARD AFTER 22 of 22 VOTERS: P ENTRY USERNAME PTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 RYL0 “Party Monster” awardinary 69 12 Arca “Prada/Rakata” Nine And ¾ 68 13 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde” gooddelta 54 14 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud” Chez Wombat 50 15 Arun Verone “Empty Soul” Dobbo 47 16 FAUZIA “The Way” Doctor Blind 46 17 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam” King Rollo 36 18 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” Mangø 35 19 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase” Jade 34 20 Nazar “Anticipate” pavi 31 21 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?” matto 25 22 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL” All★bySmashMouth 20 23 BAYLI “Lucky Number One” Cody 3 The Top 10 consists of dazegxd & gum.mp3, Derrick May, Francis Mercier & Magic System, HorsegiirL, Miči and Sun-EL Musician, Rody Joh & JayBless, Shannon, TS7 & Katie May, TYGAPAW, and Visage - but in what order?

VOTE 22/22: CowTzy Contests entered: 17 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 6 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 843 (19th) Chart Run: 25-20-17-8-12-11-12-13-22-3-8-9-9-14-8-26-?

VOTE 21/22: TheSnake🐍 Contests entered: 20 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 7 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 941 (18th) Chart Run: 2-15-10-7-15-2-22-6-xx-15-xx-18-4-22-4-xx-21-15-xx-25-17-15-xx-18-?

VOTE 20/22: uhsting Contests entered: 20 Wins: 1 Top 10s: 7 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 945 (17th) Chart Run: 16-20-8-21-19-18-20-15-1-22-5-10-17-7-19-20-10-3-19-?

VOTE 19/22: Pavi Contests entered: 3 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 0 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 29 (61st) Chart Run: 23-xx-32-?

VOTE 18/22: Julian Contests entered: 2 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 1 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 79 (50th) Chart Run: 6-?

VOTE 17/22: Bré Contests entered: 33 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 15 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 1672 (9th) Chart Run: 19-9-16-20-13-10-15-5-6-10-15-8-7-13-4-18-23-18-8-10-9-12-6-16-20-28-2-18-3-16-23-9-?

I was upset by that veto because that's also a banger, I'm obsessed with Nia Archives. Sadly I don't think the jungalist massive on BuzzJack is a big enough contigent to bring it home! OK - 7 voters left, just 4 pts separate the Top 4 and I can reveal that the gap remains close. It is all to play for ~ VOTE 16/22: Addy! Contests entered: 33 Wins: 1 Top 10s: 15 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 1908 (6th) Chart Run: 20-6-13-19-7-6-11-9-3-2-16-16-1-19-15-11-8-2-4-3-7-6-16-18-7-18-13-14-13-19-7-30-? I will edit in 8, 10 and 12s once the final scoreboard is revealed. :)

I'll be back at approx 2115, to reveal the 1-7 pointers for Addy!, Bré, Julian, Pav, uhsting, TheSnake (!) and CowTzy. Yes - we have actual votes from TheSnake. This is not a drill!

VOTE 15/22: Cody Contests entered: 33 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 22 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 2103 (3rd) Chart Run: 9-12-4-3-12-7-4-7-7-13-7-4-19-23-8-7-13-7-2-9-6-14-8-12-3-8-4-2-2-13-4-17-? So the leaderboard as we head into intermission (and is now frozen) looks like ~ SCOREBOARD AFTER 15 of 22 VOTERS: P ENTRY USERNAME PTS 1 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony” 65 2 Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond” lewistgreen 64 3 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania” 61 4 Visage “Moon Over Moscow” Scene 61 5 horsegiirL “YOLO” 55 6 Shannon “Give Me Tonight” 54 7 TS7 & Katie May “Only One” jimwatts 51 8 RYL0 “Party Monster” 48 9 FAUZIA “The Way” Doctor Blind 43 10 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim” Dan 41 11 Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou” 39 12 Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2” 38 13 Arun Verone “Empty Soul” Dobbo 35 14 Arca “Prada/Rakata” Nine And ¾ 33 15 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde” gooddelta 32 16 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” Mangø 30 17 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam” King Rollo 25 18 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud” Chez Wombat 22 19 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase” Jade 22 20 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL” All★bySmashMouth 20 21 Nazar “Anticipate” 15 22 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?” matto 15 23 BAYLI “Lucky Number One” Cody 1

VOTE 14/22: Jade Contests entered: 33 Wins: 2 Top 10s: 16 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 1955 (5th) Chart Run: 4-14-9-12-10-21-20-4-9-1-11-17-20-3-7-21-16-15-7-1-3-4-13-4-19-23-9-17-6-6-15-13-?

VOTE 13/22: Nine And ¾ Contests entered: 1 DEBUT Woop!

VOTE 12/22: Dan Contests entered: 33 Wins: 2 Top 10s: 19 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 2203 (2nd) Chart Run: 3-2-17-5-5-3-16-14-1-6-3-14-2-12-13-5-15-4-9-15-5-17-5-2-15-10-3-11-12-1-13-5-?

VOTE 11/22: King Rollo Contests entered: 29 Wins: 2 Top 10s: 11 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 1793 (8th) Chart Run: 16-xx-13-23-13-15-3-4-12-14-24-1-10-12-13-14-23-11-3-11-1-17-5-14-7-5-17-6-3-?

VOTE 10/22: Scene Contests entered: 5 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 1 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 198 (43rd) Chart Run: 14-5-19-27-? The second and penultimate scoreboard before the intermission looks like the following ~ SCOREBOARD AFTER 10 of 22 VOTERS: P ENTRY USERNAME PTS 1 dazegxd and gum.mp3 “Mania” 58 2 Derrick May “Kaotic Harmony” 52 3 horsegiirL “YOLO” 45 4 Visage “Moon Over Moscow” Scene 41 5 Shannon “Give Me Tonight” 40 6 RYL0 “Party Monster” 36 7 TS7 & Katie May “Only One” jimwatts 33 8 TYGAPAW “M32 Riddim” 32 9 FAUZIA “The Way” Doctor Blind 29 10 Miči & Sun-El Musician “Respond” lewistgreen 25 11 Arca “Prada/Rakata” 25 12 Pet Shop Boys “Bet She’s Not Your Girlfriend” Mangø 22 13 The Sequence ft. Spoonie Gee “Monster Jam” 21 14 Nia Archives “Silence is Loud” Chez Wombat 20 15 Francis Mercier & Magic System “Premier Gaou” 17 16 Nazar “Anticipate” 15 17 Arun Verone “Empty Soul” Dobbo 15 18 Catching Cairo “High Speed Chase” 15 19 Rody Joh & JayBless “M2Ki2” 14 20 Heavy-K feat. Bucie & Nokwazi “Inde” gooddelta 10 21 Kevin Aviance “BEAUTIFUL” All★bySmashMouth 9 22 IAMDDB “Where Did The Love Go?” matto 5 23 BAYLI “Lucky Number One” 1

VOTE 9/22: gooddelta Contests entered: 17 Wins: 2 Top 10s: 7 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 953 (16th) Chart Run: 17-xx-6-xx-1-13-10-19-15-19-1-22-6-13-8-4-11-15-?

VOTE 8/22: matto Contests entered: 9 Wins: 2 Top 10s: 5 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 595 (25th) Chart Run: 13-8-1-1-6-14-19-3-xx-?

VOTE 7/22: jimwatts Contests entered: 11 Wins: 0 Top 10s: 3 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 474 (28th) Chart Run: 13-xx-7-24-16-7-xx-21-19-3-12-25-?

VOTE 6/22: Dobbo Contests entered: 33 Wins: 6 Top 10s: 19 Total pts (all-time leaderboard position): 2318 (1st) Chart Run: 1-1-11-4-20-1-2-12-17-4-14-18-5-9-3-2-18-1-16-5-1-15-1-17-4-11-5-5-17-12-9-10-?