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1) Anna (BB1) 2) Aisleyne (BB7) 3) Dan (BB5) 4) Nadia (BB5) 5) Victor (BB5) 6) Eugene (BB6) 7) Kinga (BB6) 8) Pete (BB7) 9) Helen (BB2) 10) Alison (BB3) 11) Johnny (BB3) 12) Spencer (BB3)

1) Killers- Somebody Told Me (20 pts) 2) Natalie Imbruglia - Torn 3) Evanescence – Bring Me To Life 4) No Doubt - Don't Speak 5) Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing 6) Beyonce ft Jay-Z- Crazy In Love 7) Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 8) Madonna - Frozen 9) Gwen Stefani - What You Waiting For? 10) Pink – Just Like A Pill 11) LeAnn Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight 12) Amy Winehouse - Rehab 13) Christina Aguilera- Beautiful 14) Kelly Clarkson- Since U Been Gone 15) Shakira – Whenever Wherever 16) Eminem ft. Dido - Stan 17) Pink - Who Knew 18) Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 19) Nelly Furtado- Maneater 20) Sugababes- Too Lost In You (1 pt)

I think Wikipedia is quite good for general/trivial information. This uni tutor I knew once said about Wikipedia "It's not an academic source, it's for pub quizzes". It's main problem, which is also probably it's main appeal, is that anyone can add or remove stuff on there.

Angel Of Mine is a cover of the Eternal song. Maybe that's why Monica's version flopped when it was released over here (it only got to #55).

I don't always agree with him, but he's spot on about Cascada.

Love: 02. Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 03. Gwen Stefani & Akon - The Sweet Escape 05. Fray - How To Save A Life 06. Kelis & Cee Lo - Lil' Star 07. Gossip - Standing In The Way Of Control Hate: 04. Mika - Grace Kelly 08. Cascada - Miracle 09. Akon & Snoop Dogg - I Wanna Love You

That was a very good song, and I agree it should have been a bigger hit. Never seen the video before though. It's quite good.

Oddly, Sir-Mix-A-Lot's 'Baby Got Back' gets a fair bit of play on UK music channels on those "classic hits" weekend things, even though it only made it to number 56. :o I remember 'Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are the Days of Our Lives' as my parents liked Queen. My mum also played 'Save The Best For Last' a lot back then. 'Stay' by Shakespeare's Sister is a fantastic song and I liked 'Rhythm Is A Dancer' and 'Sleeping Satellite' at the time too.

I really don't think we should follow the US "any genre as long as it's R&B" Hot 100.

Yes.

I hope Jo does well. She seems a nice girl.

08 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill 09 All Saints - Rock Steady 01 Anastacia and Eros Ramazzotti - I Belong To You 00 Bob Sinclar Ft. Cutee B - Rock This Party 05 Beyonce Knowles - Irreplacable 07 Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats 05 Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man 10 Christina Aguilera - Hurt 03 Delta Goodrem - Flawed 10 Enya - It's In The Rain 08 Evanessence - Call Me When Your Sober 06 Fergie - Fergalicious 04 Gwen Stefani - Wind It Up 04 Girls Aloud - I Think Were Alone 06 Hitomi Shimatani - Destiny 10 Imogen Heap - Headlock 01 Justin Timberlake - Sexyback 06 Keane - Crystal Ball 09 Massive Attack - Live With Me 07 Madonna - Get Together -1Mariah Carey - Say Somethin' 09 Nelly Furtado - Maneater 05 Nelly Furtado - Say It Right 11Nerina Pallot - Everybody's Gone To War 08 Nolwenn Leory - Nolwenn Ohwo! 10 Ok Go - Here It Goes Again 10 Pink - Stupid Girls 07 Pink - U & Ur Hand 06 Pink - Who Knew 06 Pussycat Dolls - Buttons 04 Pussycat Dolls - I Don't Need A Man 10 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California 04 Rihanna - Unfaithful 00 Robbie Williams - Rudebox 07 Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' 07 Shakira - Hips Don't Lie 07 Sigur Ros - Hoppipola 03 Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars 00 The Feeling - Never Be Lonely 06 The Flaming Lips' - Yeah Yeah Yeah Song 07 Tiesto Ft. Maxi Jazz - Dance4Life 08 Tommy heavenly6 - Pray 02 James Morrison - You Give Me Something 03 Will Young - All Time Love 06 Will Young - Who Am I

I like The Killers, but I wasn't that impressed with A Great Big Sled. Ah well, maybe it'll enter the charts next Christmas with all the other tracks that do well on downloads during December.

I agree. Girls Aloud may have had more hits, but they've yet to make a song as good as that. I wouldn't say I was a "fan" of either act, but Girls Aloud may end up eating their words. They'll be has-beens one day, maybe very soon.

Yes. I think. It might not be as dramatic a change as people make out though. Remember when the download chart started someone said "In theory a 1960s album track by Bob Dylan could be number one on the download chart". Which is true in theory, but didn't happen. Also, remember the song that was number one when downloads were allowed to be included in the chart was.... Tony Christie and Peter Kay- Amarillo, on mostly physical sales.

It doesn't really work like that. Everyone who watches Big Brother or whatever will have people they like and people they dislike in it. That's probably why those shows are so successful. No one is going to like all of the contestants, no matter how big a fan of the show they are.

1) Heather Mills 2) Parisite Hilton 3) Louis Walsh 4) Grace (Big Brother 7) 5) Fergie 6) George Galloway 7) Sandi Thom 8) Lily Allen 9) Robbie Williams 10) Justin Timberlake

I missed it, but is the bloke who did it Robert Beckford? I remember a programme he did in Christmas 2004 called 'Who Wrote The Bible?'. That was very good.

Cliff Richard with his Christmas single. I know a couple that wouldn't have been number one without added download sales- Orson- No Tomorrow and Nelly Furtado- Maneater.

I thought it was alright. Catherine Tate was quite good.

I liked Writer's Block better, but this one is quite good. Hope he does well next year.

There is a video for Christmas Wrapping, but it's just one a fan of the song did herself. I've not seen the original video (if there is one), but I think this fanmade one is quite good. The Waitresses- Christmas Wrapping 6Jy4X87fDk4 And also there's this interesting cover version of Walking In The Air by Nightwish. Nightwish- Walking In The Air (Live) ldOopyBy7u0

Agree completely with Scotty. This has been a great thread though, especially with the YouTube videos representing the good, the bad and the ugly of Christmas songs. Well done for doing this, thisispop.

I wonder if Kelly's version of A Moment Like This will be able to chart next year when the new rules come in? That would be strange. It has never charted before in the UK has it?

:lol: That's kind of funny. Talk about santising. I suppose I can see why the Kaiser Cheifs are annoyed (and I guess why the lyric was changed on the Girls Aloud version as they have a lot of young kids as fans- BUT then why bother covering the song in the first place?). However- this article comes from Digital Spy and they apparently got it from The Daily Star... all I'm saying is it might not just be Girls Aloud who may have changed a few words from Kaiser Cheifs.