Chez Wombat

^Switched x My ranking (similar favourites to everyone else, he has done some undeniable classics but also some utter crap, the difference in quality between the top 2 and bottom 4 is huge): 01; Stan 02; Lose Yourself -slight gap- 03; The Real Slim Shady 04; Without Me 05; Like Toy Soldiers -bigger gap- 06; Houdini 07; Godzilla -humongous gap- 08; River 09; Just Lose It 10; The Monster 11; Smack That

It's a great selection, I'll try and listen eventually as quite a few I don't recognise. ? There are several African and Asian artists on there. I suppose Yothu Yindi's Treaty could've been included, but it wasn't a hit in the UK so understandable x Remember this is the UK, we're pretty xenophobic when it comes to chart hits and the ones that break through are historically more likely to be our closest neighbours.

I've gone for my best seven - Take Me Out, Hey Ya, Somewhere Only We Know, Dragostea Din Tei, American Idiot, Somebody Told Me and Doctor Pressure. Could've gone for more, but had to limit somewhere. Westlife and Brian/Delta for worst. GLC, Iron Maiden and Bodyrockers were all genuinely enjoyable for me x

Very clearly needs to be Green Day winning this (not holding my breath though xx) Atomic Kitten to go first.

I will go with Sunday Bloody Sunday, that feels very well known to be left off.

Bridgerton is not for me at all so I was slightly worried about this one (and it annoyed me how much they referenced it, yeah we get it and it's not the only period drama!), but actually turned out to be really good. It was refreshing to have a simple standalone historical episode that was both fun and amusing and also having genuine threat and having some good insight into the characters themselves. I don't think the villains themselves were the strongest, especially when they monologued at the end (definitely a weakness of the season so far), but they served their purpose and used the setting and aesthetic to their advasntage, and the final twist was Ruby was genuinely quite tense. I don't think Rogue was the strongest personality, but I liked the storyline not the least cos it will piss off the Doctor Woke idiots and it shows the loneliness of the Doctor and how he is craving that attachment. I think my favourite was the last scene where, assuming Ruby had been killed, he almost instantly switched to want them all dead without thinking about his no-kill rule and ended up almost being responsible for his companion being banished forever. It is very clear this is a Doctor very much flawed by his own emotional reactions and attachments, but this is very clearly not misunderstanding the character and intentional and I think it serves as a nice contrast to the similar PTSD-affected Nine. I'm so glad that those first two episodes were a false start, this has been a more consistent season than some of Moffat's so far and I just hope they stick the landing with the last two!

Try again when you've had one in every song contest on the site xx (plus haven't you won most of them at least once? x)

!!! Now that really is a crazy outcome, must be written in Buzzjack lore. Both songs were great, but I did like Meth Math a little more, congrats on the first win, Jade :cheer: Pleased with 7th foir myself, thanks for all the votes, I only discovered it very recently through one of my running playlists and the video with all the classic horror references is right up my street too. I do have a real soft spot for her Kawaii style in her music. A fab swerve from Meekul there, pleased it did so well. Quite a few of my votes were outside the top 10 otherwise but at least they did decently. I agree with Jonjo that this was very much a contest of two halves, but that first half definitely exceeded my expectations x Thanks for a great hosting job, uhsting!

I was inspired to pick this artist as she has a song called Crazy Party Night B-) Thanks for the votes so far, not going too badly x

Zorba's Dance was a massive highlight (is that possibly the first PFSC instrumental entry? ) so I approve of the scoreboard so far (oops now it's gone but Meth Math was great too) x Great entry from the hosts, the foreign entries really saved this edition.

I think this is probably the best thing he's done in a while, which isn't saying much as I haven't really liked a song of his in years, but I grew up with 2000s Eminem so I always welcome a comeback to that sound, granted it does just want to make me listen to Without Me, which was way better. I found the controversial lyrics eye roll worthy at best, he is the original troll and made a career off of this stuff and is still trying to do it now, yet it just doesn't work as well, The Marshall Mathers LP is so much more shocking all those years later. Him referencing the 2017 Manchester Arena bombings and Stephen Paddocks from the Las Vegas shooting on his last album felt way worse than anything here. I don't really think that's the reason the song's doing well anyway asides from getting people talking, 2000s nostalgia is very popular and the sample's very recognisable, plus the reluctance for radios to get on board will likely just drive more interest.

Argh such a nostalgic time for me with so many great songs here, I'm gonna assume at least one more person will nominate the Bravery so I'll give some others a shot Jem – They The Coral – In the Morning Blink 182 – I Miss You Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends Kaiser Chiefs – I Predict a Riot (My first choice, but I would also be fine with Oh My God or Everyday I Love You Less & Less, can't remember if we had them in the albums x)

Iceland just casually slaying England again like it's still 2016 :cheeseblock:

Even with these polls, I expected at least 120-150 seats for the Conservatives, but the chances of less than 100 could really happen now after this D-Day business, what a monumental disaster! Pretty much a lesson in how to alienate every voter and I love that the reason he left was to fix the other cock-up he created by lying, creating an even bigger one in the process!

Both great, I do prefer the original Set You Free though so going with Aaliyah x

Labour really need to start revealing more policies and why they are the change needed, I know the polls mean they can take their time and their process is a bit different, but we've barely heard from them so far apart from the Diane Abbott scandal and the morning news seemingly has a new desperate, culture war inflamed Tory policy every day ('protection' of biological sex in the Equality Act even though it already is, capping migrant visas etc). I didn't watch the debate as I can't handle a whole hour of dancing around questions and not answering them but seems Starmer may have struggled because of this x

08; Fljótavík / DJ Mayhem - Inesse 06; Aelandor / underscores & Jane Remover - Uncanny long arms 03; Niceland / Kinnship - Toiling 01; Beaverdonia Impakt Nation / Neggy Gemmy - Black Ferrari Slightly more than I usually lose, oh well x

Oh, those DNQs are saddening :'( Wasn't Cumulonimbia's best entry, but sad to see their streak end. Fljotavik and Aelandor are very sad losses, both in my top 5 :( Guess this wasn't the best semi for the alt entries, but at least Danaeviia made it (edit: and Seyetana & Cheiron too x) <3

Hooray :cheer: (death slot in the final though ), many thanks all, although a real shame for Niceland, their best entry in a while and first of my votes out.

I missed the listenthrough so I'm a bit out of the loop, hopefully some good news but it's not the safest thing I've sent. Enjoyed my top 5 here so hoping they're all safe x

It's amusing in theory as it would be pieing a pantomime villain, but let's be honest, if it were a Lib Dem/Green MP and the Tories were laughing about it, the reaction would be pretty different on here. It just ultimately doesn't solve anything and gives him yet more ammunition to spout more of his bullshit about how 'they're all out to get me' and more front pages in the tabloids, given they would give attention to him opening an envelope. Y'know what would really be funny? His face if/when he loses x

Just casually kicking out the second best song too early then, cool xx Kelis to go x

Oops I did end up flopping, maybe standing out in the wrong way :kink: Thanks for the few of you that did throw a few points my way though x Congrats Dobbo! I'd never heard that before and it was a great discovery, and nice to see an inspired winner as opposed to the familiar names. Although I voted for three more of those top 5 and good to see Dubstar and SFA in the top 10 as well. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (Chart trivia kings *.*) and Boo Radleys should've done much better though. Thanks for hosting, dandy, I was worried this may be quite samey, but it was another quite strong edition with no bad entries.

Move Your Feet is so far ahead of the pack as one of my all time favourites so I feel like I should just vote for that, but I want to continue voting as I have been so going for that, Wherever You Will Go, Complicated, In Da Club and Superstar. Westlife for worst, particularly offensively bland even for them.

Kandy Pop was definitely not my usual style, but it was very instant when searching for potentials and I didn't want to blend in or sound samey. I was slightly worried with the complete lack of reaction in the listenthrough (not that there was many people there) it would flounder but pleased to see some points coming in for it now, thanks to AH Gold for the 12 in particular <3 Current 2-5 were all big standouts so hope one of them wins, Spacehog I think wasn't too far from my votes though x