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Ava Max - So Am I Jax Jones feat. Ella Henderson - This Is Real Taylor Swift - The Archer Dermot Kennedy - Power Over Me Mark Ronson feat. Camila Cabello - Find U Again Tiesto & Jonas Blue feat. Rita Ora - Ritual Lizzo - Juice Normani - Motivation Sigrid - Don't Feel Like Crying Meduza feat. Becky Hill & GOODBOYS - Lose Control

I thought that after Sweet But Psycho, Ava Max's follow-up material would be easily successful.

In the past, the leap years used to be awesome musicwise (1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2008) but 2012 was rather weak (at least in comparison with 2011 and 2013) and 2016 was dreadful.

The pots were arranged according to this qualifying round: Pot A - The best six group winners Pot B - The four worst group winners and the two best runners-up Pot C - The six following best runners-up Pot D - The two worst runners-up and playoff winners Since, despite being the current titleholders, Portugal were the runner-up in their qualification group (behind Ukraine) and there two runners-up with better results (Netherlands and Russia), they are allocated in Pot C.

Funny how Czech Republic has qualified to every EURO since the splitting of Czechoslovakia but they've only qualified to one World Cup (2006). Belgium broke the World Cup bronze curse by being the first European team (other than Germany) to place third in a World Cup and to qualify to the next EURO.

Lowkey hoping that Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer will chart for the first time.

What about The Florin Street B... Nevermind.

Ariana Grande: no tears left to cry Beyoncé and Destiny's Child: B: Crazy In Love, DC: Survivor, KR: Stole, MW: We Break The Dawn Britney Spears: Born To Make You Happy Calvin Harris: Blame Camila Cabello and Fifth Harmony: CC: Crying In The Club, FH: Work From Home Charli XCX: Break The Rules Dua Lipa: Hotter Than Hell Ellie Goulding: Love Me Like You DO Girls Aloud and Solo: GA: Sound Of The Underground, C: Call My Name, NR: Lucky Day K-Pop: BTS - Idol Katy Perry: Fireworkl Kylie and Dannii Minogue: KM: On A Night Like This, DM: Disrememberance Lady Gaga: Bad Romance Lana Del Rey: Young And Beautiful Little Mix: Little Me Madonna: Like A Prayer One Direction and Solo: 1D: Live Like We're Young, HS: Sign Of The Times, ZM: Dusk Till Dawn, NH: This Town, LT: Just Hold On, LP: For You P!nk: Just Like A Pill Rihanna: Unfaithful Rita Ora: Anywhere Robbie Williams and Take That: RW: No Regrets, TT: Pray RuPaul's Drag Race: Malambo N.º 1 Shawn Mendes: Stitches Spice Girls and Solo: SG: 2 Become 1, MB: Tell Me, MC: I Turn To You, EB: What Took You So Long, GH: Calling, VB: Not Such An Innocent Girl Taylor Swift: Love Story Zara Larsson: Lush Life

- Will AIWFCIY will finally be a Christmas #1? Will a special campaigning be made for its 25th anniversary? - Or instead will Last Christmas finally be a Christmas #1, given its 35th anniversary and the release of the movie of the same name? - Will there be more than 25 Christmas songs in the top 40 Christmas chart? - Will Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (40th anniversary this year) this year finally chart in the UK? - Will Adele/Rihanna/Sia release anything? - Will another unknown-ish Whitney Houston have a new treatment by Kygo or another producer dujour? - Does Ed Sheeran have a trick on his sleeve concerning the Christmas chart? - Could Billie Eilish/Khalid's Lovely get a new push? (X-Factor or likewise) - Will the X-Factor All Stars winner single have some kind of chart impact? - Could there be a Band Aid-ish all-star charity single for the environment or other cause? - Or just another boring collective choir cover?

Group 11 +12 Dance To This +10 Sirens +08 Stay (Don't Go Away) +07 Side Effects +06 Scars +05 Hope There's Someone +04 Believer +03 Scars +02 Run +01 Zombie Group 12 +12 Throne +10 Ritual +08 Arcade +07 Raging +06 Immigrant Song +05 Gold +04 Kiss It Better +03 Run +02 Fernando +01 Listen To The Man

Should've been Sweden.

Team GB won two medals on Day 1. Women's archery team won Gold in recurve archery and Cheslie Giles won bronze in judo on women's 52kg.

The second edition was initially awarded to The Netherlands but they stepped down shortly after. Then it was awarded to Russia then removed due to the Russian doping scandals. Minsk, who was initally meant to host the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival, was a last-resort solution. Krakow in Poland is the only bidding city for the third edition in 2023.

The 2nd European Games will be held from 21 to June 30 in Minsk, Belarus. About 4000 athletes from 50 European countries will compete in 15 sports, ten of which will offer qualifying spots for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The sports will be: Archery, Athletics, Badminton, 3x3 Basketball, Beach Soccer, Boxing, Canoeing Sprint, Cycling (Road and Track), Gymnastics (Acrobatic, Aerobic, Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline), Judo, Karate, Shooting, Sambo, Table Tennis and Wrestling 101 athletes will represent Great Britain.

This season of the Bachelorette has been great so far. The cast has been spot on. Here are few of my tidbit thoughts: - Hannah has been amazing, she has grown so much. - Luke P.: Mark Wahlberg in "Fear" - Tyler C: coolest of cool - Pilot Pete: boy got game - Jed: until now, he has had the best overall edit. A lock for top 3, at least. - I thought Grant and John Paul Jones would be super douches, but I'm really digging them. - Cam: hot mess - I really like Mike, he would be a great next Bachelor but he's falling to much into the White Knight trap.

Something tells me that ABC wants to tease the viewers with a prospect of a new Ben Flajnik/Courtney Robertson outcome.

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08 The Beatles - Hey Jude 07 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 08 Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody 10 Abba - Dancing Queen 08 Donna Summer - I Feel Love 08 Abba - Take A Chance On Me 08 Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights 07 Blondie - Heart Of Glass 09 Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) 08 Blondie - Atomic 08 Blondie - Call Me 10 Abba - The Winner Takes It All 10 John Lennon - Imagine 08 Soft Cell - Tainted Love 08 Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure 08 The Human League - Don't You Want Me 07 Kraftwerk - The Model 08 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean 08 Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart 07 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 07 George Michael - Careless Whisper 09 Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love 08 Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) 08 Madonna - Into The Groove 07 Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls 08 Madonna - Papa Don't Preach 08 Madonna - La Isla Bonita 09 Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 09 Pet Shop Boys - It's A Sin 09 Pet Shop Boys - Always On My Mind 10 Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth 08 Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now 11 Madonna - Like A Prayer 09 Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U 08 Madonna - Vogue 09 Shakespear's Sister - Stay 09 Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You 08 Take That - Back For Good 07 Oasis - Some Might Say 08 Livin' Joy - Dreamer 10 Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger 09 Spice Girls - Wannabe 06 The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun 09 Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There 08 The Prodigy - Breathe 10 Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 08 White Town - Your Woman 10 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work 09 Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life 07 All Saints - Never Ever 07 Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix) 08 Madonna - Frozen 08 Spice Girls - Viva Forever 06 Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next 10 Cher - Believe 10 Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time 07 ATB - 9PM (Till I Come) 07 All Saints - Pure Shores 07 Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around 08 Eminem - Stan 08 S Club 7 - Don't Stop Movin' 08 Roger Sanchez - Another Chance 08 Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out Of My Head 07 Sugababes - Freak Like Me 10 Girls Aloud - Sound Of The Underground 07 t.A.T.u. - All The Things She Said 08 Evanescence - Bring Me To Life 09 Beyonce featuring Jay-Z - Crazy In Love 07 Britney Spears - Toxic 07 Eric Prydz - Call On Me 07 Stereophonics - Dakota 07 Gorillaz - Dare 08 Sugababes - Push The Button 07 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 10 Madonna - Hung Up 07 Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down 07 My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade 10 Rihanna featuring Jay-Z - Umbrella 07 Kleerup with Robyn - With Every Heartbeat 08 Sugababes - About You Now 10 Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love 09 Coldplay - Viva La Vida 08 Lady Gaga featuring Colby O'Donis - Just Dance 10 Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 08 Rihanna - Only Girl (In The World) 10 Adele - Someone Like You 08 Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris - We Found Love 10 David Guetta featuring Sia - Titanium 08 Gotye featuring Kimbra - Somebody That I Used To Know 08 Florence + The Machine - Spectrum (Say My Name) 07 Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin - Don't You Worry Child 06 Avicii vs Nicky Romero - I Could Be The One 08 Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky 08 Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne - Rather Be 07 Kiesza - Hideaway 08 Years & Years - King 10 Adele - Hello 09 Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson - Symphony 09 Dua Lipa - New Rules 07 Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa - One Kiss

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What I hated about this season THE POOR EDITING OF THE FRONTRUNNERS Usually in every season, you expect to see the contestants that early on are being portrayed as frontrunners to build a huge connection with the lead, so the viewers can ship their relationship. Yes, we see them in full PDA mode with the lead, but we also see them bonding, having deep conversations and so on. But with Cassie and Hannah G., I feel like we hadn't seen barely anything about their relationship with Colton other than the making out. And obviously there must have been so much more going on, if we got to this outcome where Colton is so lovestruck by Cassie that he sent the show's rules out of the window and where Hannah G. was left so heartbroken, that you could tell that she was still hurt even after all these months. In Cassie's case, you know that this is the girl that Bachelor ends up choosing in the end, and all you show them is pretty much them making out on the beach? Not even a moment of strong bonding, not a splash of them establishing a connection beyond the kissing and flirting, when obviously there must have been much more to them. And even if like the most skeptical state, that she was never that into him, even her undecisiveness and cold feet could have been shown in a better way. Hannah G.'s case is even worse when it came to editing as she does have a mature, well-rounded personality yet she was pretty much shown just being there looking pretty. And once again, so much more must have happened between her and Colton. Tayshia was the only finalist whose relationship edit with Colton was more diverse, from them bonding over extreme experiences in their dates to her opening about her past marriage. CONNOR LACKED MATURITY I liked Colton as The Bachelor and I'll state what I liked about him later on, but he also had some flaws. I just think that he wasn't in the right place in his life that he was mature enough, let alone ready for marriage and when he said he was, it felt as he was talking himself into it. Plus, he was feeling the pressure of being a good Bachelor especially since the last two were polarizing (to say the least) choices and by trying too hard to live up to that pressure, that some of his true self was getting lost along the way until all came crashing down at the finale. At least, it all ended up in what is a better scenario for him: dating someone without being pressured by engagement. He also lacked the maturity to handle better the drama, most of the time, he would just freak out about it instead of setting the record straight (which is something that usually Bachelorettes do much better than Bachelors). COURTNEY AND ONYEKA Not only they were both so annoying, these girls totally signed up for the wrong show, they should have applied for Big Brother or Bad Girls Club, and neither seemed to care a lot for Colton. And although Onyeka was insufferable, I don't side with Nicole as well, as she didn't do herself any favourites either in the situation. EARLY DEPARTURES FROM WEEK 1 STANDOUTS Catherine, the night 1 villain. Bri, the fake Australian accent. Erika McNutt with her bag of nuts, "the sound of da poliss" remark when Tracy arrived in a police car and her relief for not buying the same dress that Heather and other girl were wearing on the first night. And yet they all were gone on week 3, especially when we finally found something interesting about Catherine. KIRPA'S EDITING TREATMENT Other girl that the show's editing did dirt was Kirpa. I mean, in other seasons, they focused so much in dubious accents (Tierra, Kelsey) and she had a real accident you don't even bother to focus on that, leaving everybody wondering why the hell she has a band-aid on her chin? Not to mention that until then she pretty much getting unnoticed, and as it turned out she did have a relevant role in the season. What I loved about this season COLTON REDEFINING MASCULINITY Nevermind his virginity, there were quite a few things about Colton that in this world plagued by toxic masculinity that would cause for his manliness to be questioned. Therefore, I loved how Colton wasn't fazed by all that questioning, and was comfortable with being himself without worrying about looking bad, silly, cringy or less manly. There's something powerful about someone like him doing that: proving that being virgin, oversensitive, scardycat and whatever is not mutually exclusive of being a man. He was also a great sport handling all the jokes and running gags and, apart from a couple of cases, he acted as caring and compassionate to all the girls. DEMI She was more of a firestarter than an actual villain. Yes, she could be too aggressive, overboard and inconvenient, but she was never truly at wrong in wherever situation she was involved. Courtney and Tracy have much more themselves to blame. In fact, Demi was never fake and owned up to everything she did, right or wrong. And who would have thought that her breakup with Colton could be so heartbreaking? She'll definitely rule in Paradise. CAELYNN'S SEXUAL ATTACK STORY WAS HANDED PERFECTLY That story has shown exactly the way it should be: accurate, poignant and devoided of artificial drama and heartstrings. And you know how easily this could be tainted. Kudos to everybody involved in this: Caelynn, Colton, the production, the editing. THE FENCE JUMP LIVED UP TO THE HYPE It's easy for shows like this to make something dramatic much more important that actually us (a contestant getting medical treatment/having blood on their face, a contestant histerically crying like they were eliminated, a loud altercation between the contestants and/or with the lead) but this time, the fence jump was really the pivotal moment of the season. What I'm looking forward to see on Hannah Brown's Bachelorette season: - More of her athletic side: Hannah is known to be passionate about boxing and excelled at all the physical challenges of Colton's season, so I'm expecting to see several sporty/physical challenges for her and her suitors. - More of her vulnerable side: I hope to see her talk about her imperfections, raising awareness that her problems are far more common than one would like to think and you just can't sweep under the rug or find a magical solution, it's a lifelong struggle. Like Colton, I hope she doesn't grip to an idea of what people expect her to be as a Bachelorette and get all pageant patty, but instead that we see the good, the bad, the ugly and the lovely about her - and that one of the guys see her throught that. - Personal growth: starting with an awkward, nervous Hannah like we saw last night and gradually building more confidence, knowing that she is worthy of love by some in this range of guys. - As well as a few guys that can be great matches for Hannah, I'm hoping to see hot guys that can be great hookup matches in Paradise for the other girls of Colton's season, especially Hannah G., Heather, Demi, Tayshia and Bri. - Someone who is total Bachelor material, but not quite on the traditional way.

The closest that Avenged Sevenfold had of a top 40 hit was The Beast And The Harlot (#44 in 2006).

Cassie Pros: She's the one to whom Colton has been the most attracted to since pretty much the start, the biggest physical chemistry, exhudes the beautiful girl next door vibe, had the perfect winner editing (aka the Becca editing) until week 7 Cons: Too young/not mature enough to be engaged, her indecision on the last episode, not much shown as it should of a deeper emotional connection between them as one would expect by now, may have had other reasons to get in the show Hannah G. Pros: Great chemistry with Colton, got the first impression rose, stayed away from all the drama, seems to have good personality, seems mature enough for her age Cons: For a frontrunner, the show has shown very little of her, we still do not know enough about personality or about her connection with Colton other than the making out as we should by now, Lauren B. editing. Tayshia Pros: We've seen more of Colton's not-just-physical connection with her than with the other two, mature, more life experienced Cons: Sometimes they have this friend rather than lover vibe, out of Colton's dating comfort zone (Cassie and Hannah are safer choices for him), her tattling in week 7 was off-putting I wonder if they cut out the Hannah B. footage of this episode because she's now being heavily tipped to become the next Bachelorette (whereas until now Caelynn has been edited on the show as the most likely one). Thus far she had been edited to look crazy/weird and Caelynn as the level-headed one that viewers should root for, but somehow the public is now responding better to Hannah B. than to Caelynn. So if the producers are now rolling with that tide, they had that footage cut out - which they were clearly intending to show- because it would probably make Hannah B.'s image look worse.

I'm new to the Bachelor world since the show never aired in my country, let alone had a national adaptation, but I came across this video on my YT recomendations about and I got interested in it. Not only I'm following the current Bachelor season but I've also have been searching and viewing as much of the previous seasons. What it attracted to me was not the heartstrings nor the drama, but rather how the production and the editing build up a narrative. When each season premieres, the producers know the outcome (who won, who caused most drama, who had a meltdown) and will then procede to create a story to engage the public, craft the drama to grab viewers and divide the contestants into frontrunners, villains, maybes/just friends and irrelevants. For instance, you can see pretty much who will be the frontrunners on week one: they'll have nice music playing when they appear, a good job/background, the lead looks really impressed and will engage on the flirt and the editing will feature them on the right measure - enough to stand them out and make the public root for them but without turning them into obvious choices. Of course there have been exceptions (Courtney Robertson being the prime example) but they're few and far between. Usually if you come out in a crazy custom and there is funny music playing when you show up from the limo or have your first talk with the lead, you're not going far. Here are some conclusions I've came up to: - Bachelorette seasons have been better than the Bachelor seasons: a) Bachelorettes have better track records: 3 of them are still married to their picks (Trista, Ashley, Desiree), 3 of them are still engaged to their picks (JoJo, Rachel, Becca). Plus Kaitlyn and Shawn's three years together is a lot in reality TV years. And I believe that Trista and Ryan's success story in the very first Bachelorette seasons was crucial to the franchise's longevity. Sean Lowe remains the only Bachelor who married his final pick and now there are more Bachelors who ended up marrying their runners-up. (Jason, Arie) b) Bachelorettes don't backlash as much Bachelors when they become leads: sure Kaitlyn was slutshamed, Rachel got a lot of slack for not choosing Peter and several Bachelorettes ended up in a less favourable light than the ones they had in their Bachelor's seasons. But the male leads have backlashed harder: Jason Mesnick, Jake Pavelka and the two Bens were big fan favourites in their Bachelorette stints (even Juan Pablo was well-regarded!) but then ended up being hated/huge letdowns. There were no efforts to tone down Nick Viall's stamp as the $l*t Bachelor. Colton may be one of the rare Bachelors that may end up being better regarded than they were at the start. c) The testosterone filled male fights on the Bachelorette are more entertaining than the catty drama of the Bachelor, IMO. d) Bachelorettes don't screw up the final 2 etiquette: Jen Scheft is the only one who kind of did, whereas several bachelors either didn't propose to anyone or tossed their decision right away. e) Even though their judgements may sometimes be clouded by lust, the Bachelorettes don't think with their crotch, at least when it matters the most. But there have been some Bachelors who clearly were thinking with two heads when they choose the final winner (Brad/Emily, Ben/Courtney, Ben/Lauren, Nick/Vanessa). Even Ali Fedotowsky, who admitted that she chose Roberto mostly out of lust, was not so obvious about it. - Don't be a white knight In every season of the franchise, there's always someone who headbutts with the villain(s) and warns the lead about them. It's a kiss of death as more often than not, even if they're totally right and well-intentioned about it, it will be taken as a sign that you're more dedicated to confront others than in the lead themselves and you won't get far. The frontrunners usually stay outside of the drama or are just involved on it in the final stretch. Examples are way too many. - Sean Lowe is the unicorn Bachelor. His season was truly unique, not only because he's the only one to date to ever getting married to the girl he chose on the show, but because he avoided all the curveballs. He was a nice guy without being boring, very attractive without being conceited, religious but still quite open-minded and not at preachy about it. Even his flaws, like being too gullible to Tierra's victim card plays, were entertaining. And I loved how he trolled the rules on week one and gave away 12 first impression roses. And since one of them went to Catherine, he's also the only Bachelor to give a first impression rose to his final pick (as opposed to six Bachelorettes, including the four last ones). Likewise Catherine was an amazing contestant, sure of herself, drama-free, beautiful yet relatable and geeky, and I loved how the producers built their slowly but surely growing love story in the show. Easily my favorite season of the franchise. Moreover, this season spawned another success story with Desiree being the following Bachelorette and then marrying Chris. - The show plays us with ones who got away Sometimes, especially on the Bachelorette seasons, the producers seem keen on picking this one contestant and portraying him in such an amazing light, that it seems they are the natural favourite and when the lead breaks up with them, it leaves the feeling that they are settling for second best. Sometimes, this trope is used mostly in order not to make the winner so obvious. The prime example of this was Peter on Rachel's season who was shown as having the deepest connection with Rachel, whereas Brian was being edited as a shallow Latin lover who was wooing her out of lust. Of course, time proved that the story was other IRL. Other cases are Brooks Forrester, Luke Pell and in a way, Becca Kuffrin. - We all know the premise of the show is daft, but it still works. Of course, it's super ludicrious to go on a show with the real expectation of finding true love on a TV show, where you compete with several other people, travel to exotic locations and end up getting engaged. (And let's not even talk about the crazypants ideas that the producers come up with for the dates!) And nowadays, you can hardly be blamed for wanting to go to the show to pursue goals other than "the right reasons". But even so, even if we know that most of this engagements will fall apart, sometimes even before the season finale is aired, it's still a compelling watch. Plus there are a few success stories (10 at the moment, including Bachelor In Paradise) and we can take seven Jakes/Viennas or Bens/Courtneys, if we get one more Trista/Ryan or Sean/Catherine. As for the current Colton Underwood season, I'm finding her very entertaining pretty much the best since Sean Lowe's. Not so much because of Colton (sometimes even in spite of Colton) but due to the overall package and good casting (Demi is iconic, Cassie and Hannah G. are endlessly swoonable, Caelynn's story was touching and the show dealt with it perfectly and Hannah Alabama is hilarious). And of course the latest male lead seasons have been letdowns (Juan Pablo is trash, Ben H was vanilla, Corinne pretty much made Nick's season, Chris's season was okay-ish and Arie was boring, then tainted by Lauren-gate). I will talk more in detail about my thoughts on the current season after the finale.

+10 Panic Room +09 I'll Never Love Again +08 Beautiful +07 Give Yourself A Try +06 Capital Letters +05 Sick Boy +04 Always Remember Us This Way +03 TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME +02 Dancing +01 My My My!

Where is your Episode 5 post? Is it M.I.A. like Kirpa's reason for her chin band-aid?