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I think if you look across Buzzjack’s whole regular membership there’s huge diversity of taste, both pop and alternative, male and female. The phenomenon known as “stanning” which leads to threads that are 10s of pages long and often slightly fractious does tend to be reserved for female pop stars. But actually you’ll see a lot of people doing this aren’t very regular members and are just popping up for a particular event - as I say the regular membership is much more balanced and measured.

Not their most heinous release but still rubbish - Blazin’ Squad.

Eliminated at 11:59 in the afternoon are Panic! At The Disco. This single reached #13 in March 2008 and had quite a good chart run. It’s their only Top 20 hit apart from 2018’s “High Hopes”. 4th: Panic! At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon 10/29 votes (32%) 5th: Rob Thomas - Lonely No More 10/31 votes (32%) 6th: Saturdays - Forever Is Over 12/29 votes (41%) 7th: Craig David - Rendezvous 11/30 votes (37%) 8th: Sharam - PATT (Party All The Time) 14/32 votes (44%) 9th: McFly - Room On The 3rd Floor 12/30 votes (40%) 10th: UB40 featuring United Colours Of Sound - Swing Low 19/31 votes (62%)

7th: The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York 8th: A1 - No More 15/29 votes (52%) 9th: Akon - Belly Dancer (Bananza) 10/26 votes (38%) 10th: Ronan Keating - The Long Goodbye 18/28 votes (64%)

Very much in line with the odds, Steve Brookstein has been eliminated 1st. His cover of the 1984 #2 hit by Phil Collins was Christmas #2 in 2004 behind Band Aid 20, but climbed to #1 the week after Christmas. It was the #30 in the year end chart for 2004 as well as landing here in 2005’s chart, and has managed to finish 10th in both survivor polls. 10th: Steve Brookstein - Against All Odds 11/25 votes (44%)

It is DDAO, which seems to be struggling a little now.

“World Of Our Own” is good; “Hero” I find turgid.

Week 36: 1 1 Alex Warren Ordinary 1,587,000 2 2 Lola Young Messy 1,210,000 1,390,000 3 3 Rosé and Bruno Mars APT. 1,140,000 1,490,000 4 4 Chappell Roan Pink Pony Club 1,099,000 1,540,000 5 5 Gracie Abrams That's So True 987,000 1,420,000 6 6 Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Die With A Smile 914,000 1,550,000 7 7 Benson Boone Beautiful Things 876,000 2,660,000 8 8 Chrystal The Days 835,000 1,000,000 9 9 Ravyn Lenae Love Me Not 834,000 840,000 10 10 Billie Eilish Birds Of A Feather 813,000 2,030,000 11 11 Chappell Roan Good Luck, Babe! 794,000 2,000,000 12 12 Teddy Swims Lose Control 732,000 2,570,000 13 13 Sabrina Carpenter Espresso 707,000 2,460,000 14 14 Gigi Perez Sailor Song 698,000 1,290,000 15 15 Sabrina Carpenter Taste 690,000 1,480,000 16 16 Teddy Swims Bad Dreams 680,000 920,000 17 17 Teddy Swims The Door 653,000 1,320,000 18 18 Myles Smith Nice To Meet You 648,000 760,000 19 19 Tate McRae Sports Car 642,000 20 20 Myles Smith Stargazing 632,000 1,640,000 21 21 Shaboozey A Bar Song (Tipsy) 614,000 1,950,000 22 22 WizTheMc & Bees & Honey Show Me Love 608,000 23 23 Hozier Too Sweet 586,000 2,040,000 24 25 Sombr Undressed 584,000 25 24 Alex Warren Carry You Home 577,000 880,000 26 26 Noah Kahan Stick Season 558,000 3,080,000 27 27 Sombr Back To Friends 555,000 28 29 Ed Sheeran Azizam 534,000 29 28 Sonny Fodera, Jazzy & D.O.D. Somedays 533,000 1,000,000 30 30 Kendrick Lamar Not Like Us 524,000 1,140,000 31 32 The Killers Mr Brightside 517,000 6,580,000 32 31 Sabrina Carpenter Please Please Please 515,000 1,660,000 33 34 Fleetwood Mac Dreams 505,000 3,730,000 34 35 Goo Goo Dolls Iris 504,000 4,310,000 35 33 Lady Gaga Abracadabra 501,000 36 36 Sabrina Carpenter Busy Woman 485,000 37 42 Sabrina Carpenter Manchild 485,000 38 37 Sabrina Carpenter Bed Chem 480,000 870,000 39 39 Chappell Roan Hot To Go! 471,000 1,130,000 40 38 Doechii Anxiety 471,000 43 45 Calvin Harris And Clementine Douglas Blessings 452,000 45 51 MK featuring Chrystal Dior 443,000 50 61 Huntr/x, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, Rei Ami & KPop Demon Hunters Cast Golden 432,000 64 66 Skye Newman Family Matters 371,000 68 72 Benson Boone Mystical Magical 363,000 89 93 Ed Sheeran Sapphire 325,000 91 99 Sam Fender & Olivia Dean Rein Me In 322,000 94 - Olivia Dean Nice To Each Other 315,000 99 - Disco Lines & Tinashe No Broke Boys 306,000 - 97 Chase & Status and Stormzy Backbone 305,000 830,000 - 98 Imogen Heap Headlock 304,000 390,000

Week 36: 1 1 Sabrina Carpenter Short n' Sweet 425,000 800,000 2 2 Ed Sheeran +-=÷x (Tour Collection) 293,000 400,000 3 3 Oasis Time Flies... 1994-2009 274,000 2,310,000 4 4 Fleetwood Mac 50 Years: Don't Stop 253,000 1,720,000 5 5 The Weeknd The Highlights 227,000 1,460,000 6 6 Sam Fender People Watching 214,000 7 7 Chappell Roan The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess 204,000 500,000 8 9 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 199,000 5,500,000 9 8 Elton John Diamonds 199,000 1,850,000 10 10 SZA SOS 192,000 670,000 11 11 Billie Eilish Hit Me Hard And Soft 189,000 540,000 12 12 Charli XCX Brat 186,000 480,000 13 13 Alex Warren You'll Be Alright Kid (Chapter 1) 182,000 200,000 14 14 Noah Kahan Stick Season 177,000 650,000 15 15 Tate McRae So Close To What 176,000 16 16 ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits 170,000 6,070,000 17 17 Michael Jackson The Essential 169,000 2,010,000 18 18 Taylor Swift The Tortured Poets Department 162,000 950,000 19 19 Fleetwood Mac Rumours 159,000 3,470,000 20 20 Arctic Monkeys AM 158,000 2,260,000 21 21 Eminem Curtain Call: The Hits 154,000 3,470,000 22 22 Oasis Definitely Maybe 153,000 2,950,000 23 24 Linkin Park Papercuts 148,000 320,000 24 23 Lady Gaga Mayhem 148,000 25 26 Olivia Rodrigo Guts 145,000 640,000 26 25 Gracie Abrams The Secret Of Us 144,000 280,000 27 28 Olivia Rodrigo Sour 142,000 1,190,000 28 27 Central Cee Can't Rush Greatness 141,000 29 29 Calvin Harris 96 Months 121,000 190,000 30 30 Benson Boone Fireworks & Rollerblades 118,000 240,000 31 31 Queen Greatest Hits 118,000 3,160,000 32 33 Ariana Grande Eternal Sunshine 116,000 300,000 33 32 Pitbull Greatest Hits 116,000 580,000 34 34 Post Malone The Diamond Collection 114,000 450,000 35 36 Ed Sheeran ÷ 112,000 4,440,000 36 37 Billy Joel Piano Man: The Very Best Of Billy Joel 111,000 1,650,000 37 39 Fontaines D.C. Romance 110,000 230,000 38 35 Kendrick Lamar GNX 110,000 170,000 39 38 PartyNextDoor & Drake $ome $exy $ongs 4 U 109,000 40 40 The Weeknd Hurry Up Tomorrow 107,000 62 - Sabrina Carpenter Man's Best Friend 85,000 99 - Stereophonics Best Of - Decade In The Sun 62,000 1,840,000 - 99 Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia 62,000 870,000 - 100 Sam Fender Seventeen Going Under 62,000 440,000

11/9: 1 1 Golden (1) 2 3 Man I need (2) 3 - Tears (3) 4 2 Ordinary (1) 5 14 Manchild (1) 6 5 Soda pop (4) 7 4 No broke boys (3) 8 - My man on willpower (8) 9 - When did you get hot? (9) 10 7 Your idol (7) 11 - House tour (11) 12 - Sugar talking (12) 13 9 Nice to each other (9) 14 - Nobody’s son (14) 15 - Go go juice (15) 16 6 The subway (1) 17 - Goodbye (17) 18 15 How it’s done (14) 19 16 Rein me in (7) 20 - We almost broke up again last night (20) 21 17 12 to 12 (17) 22 11 Daisies (2) 23 10 Dior (2) 24 12 Back to friends (7) 25 8 Pink pony club (2) 26 13 Love me not (2) 27 - Never getting laid (27) 28 18 What it sounds like (18) 29 - Don’t worry I’ll make you worry (29) 30 22 Takedown (22) 31 19 Undressed (4) 32 21 Beautiful things (1) 33 24 Victory lap (5) 34 20 Sapphire (8) 35 28 Free (28) 36 23 Blessings (5) 37 33 Eternity (5) 38 26 Messy (1) 39 25 Good luck, babe! (2) 40 38 Iris (3) 41 35 Lose control (2) 42 34 Mystical magical (18) 43 29 APT. (2) 44 36 Dreams (22) 45 42 Yellow (4) 46 30 Which one (6) 47 50 Sparks (47) 48 31 Yukon (19) 49 45 Viva la vida (1) 50 - Dive (50)

A tie 👔

Not a fan of “Dilemma”: it’s pretty syrupy and the chorus is rather nursery rhymey, especially with the ding a ling style instrument that plays along. “Hot In Herre” is still brilliant though. Will’s double A side is OK really; “Anything Is Possible” is the more interesting track.

I imagine in that scenario some (poorly) estimated Spotify numbers would be added in

30 Tame Impala - Let It Happen 29 Disturbed - Sound of Silence 28 Chemical Brothers (feat. Q-Tip) - Go 27 David Bowie - Blackstar 26 Hozier - Take Me To Church 25 Sia - Elastic Heart 24 Weeknd - The Hills 23 Wolf Alice - Silk 22 CHVRCHES - Leave a Trace 21 Duke Dumont - Ocean Drive 20 Everything Everything - Distant Past 19 Grimes - Flesh Without Blood 18 Little Mix - Love Me Like You 17 Calvin Harris (feat. HAIM) - Pray To God 16 Major Lazer (feat. DJ Snake & MØ) - Lean On 15 Everything Everything - Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread 14 Grimes - Kill V. Maim 13 Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better 12 Years & Years - Shine 11 Taylor Swift - Style 10 Kendrick Lamar - Alright 9 David Bowie - Lazarus 8 Jamie xx & Romy - Loud Places 7 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July 6 Disclosure - Magnets (feat. Lorde) 5 Muse - Psycho 4 Calvin Harris & Disciples - How Deep Is Your Love 3 Lana Del Rey - High By The Beach 2 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - Ballad of the Mighty I 1 Skrillex & Diplo (with Justin Bieber) – Where Are U Now

I’m afraid Ronan’s covers all leave me very cold: there’s nothing interesting about the performance. I don’t mind “The Tide Is High”: it certainly has more life to it than their version of “Eternal Flame”. But the Blondie version is leagues better of course.

Stevie B to go first. Oops at the 3 best songs being repeats. 😬

Moving to Anastacia: it’s fine, just not that inspiring.

A1 are no more as the 2 songs with that phrase in the title are eliminated together. This was released in their most successful period following 2 chart toppers and reached #6 in February 2001. It was their 8th consecutive Top 10 hit.

Pussycats now as it’s a repeat and I’m not THAT fussed about it.

He won’t be lonely as he’s off to a swingers’ party rendezvous-ing on the 3rd floor on Saturday. After appearing with Santana on the #3 hit “Smooth”, this solo hit for Rob reached #11 in May 2005. However it was his only Top 40 and the follow up only reached #67. 5th: Rob Thomas - Lonely No More 10/31 votes (32%) 6th: Saturdays - Forever Is Over 12/29 votes (41%) 7th: Craig David - Rendezvous 11/30 votes (37%) 8th: Sharam - PATT (Party All The Time) 14/32 votes (44%) 9th: McFly - Room On The 3rd Floor 12/30 votes (40%) 10th: UB40 featuring United Colours Of Sound - Swing Low 19/31 votes (62%)

Erm…

My ranking - I really like the top 7. 1 Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives 2 Ebenezer Goode 3 Hazard 4 Sleeping Satellite 5 It’s My Life 6 On A Ragga Tip 7 Just Another Day 8 The Best Things In Life Are Free 9 Deeply Dippy 10 Baker Street

Could come close to the biggest weekly sale of the year so far of 73.5k.

5 Your Idol 4 The Subway 3 Nice To Each Other 2 No Broke Boys 1 Man I Need -1 Rein Me In -2 Golden -3 Daisies -4 Soda Pop -5 Dior Nothing really bad this week at all.