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It’s just really hard to look at a Down Under themed series and be excited about it tbh 😅 even if Michael Marouli is a part of it, it’s just not giving.

Was gutted to see Nini go from winning to bottoming but if she gets to lipsync to that absolute 11/10 song and stay safe she must do well, colour me so ready!!

Elizabeth Taylor now

I’d definitely rank the track 5s as such: 01: Delicate 02: White Horse (CRIMINALLY underrated and really speaks to me and my most recent relationship) 03: All Too Well 04: The Archer 05: All You Had To Do Was Stay 06: My Tears Ricochet — quality dips a bit here — 07: You’re On Your Own Kid 08: Tolerate It 09: So Long London 10: Cold As You 11: Eldest Daughter 12: Dear John I think Ruin the Frindship would keep it where it is in the ranking as I think it’s only slightly more lacklustre than Eldest Daughter and imo the weakest on the album, the latter grown on me slightly in the end.

I’m gutted that this hasn’t taken off as much as I’d have hoped, this really is the song of the year for me so far and it’s going to be hard to be topped. It’s just so powerful. Some people haven’t had their heart broken lately and it shows lol

+5: Aperture +4: Stateside +3: American Girls +2: Ready Steady Go +1: iloveitiloveitiloveit -1: Man I Need -2: Fever Dream -3: Rein Me In -4: So Easy (To Fall In Love) -5: Homewrecker

The winning team was all down to Karishma and not Harry, I’m glad she got her flowers because she really is a powerhouse. If she doesn’t win the whole thing I’ll be annoyed. This really should have been another triple firing, but how on earth Lawrence survived is beyond me, he’s absolutely foul and gave the team nothing to work with so he knew that he could gaslight them and throw them under the bus. I actually think he might be worse than Kieran now.

For me she’d be the best winner since Sasha for sure! She might be more lowkey than the other queens, but she’s not put a foot wrong all competition and has a very strong skillset - she should have won the talent show and had more high placements where she’s been safe (RDR and girl groups notably, pulling off such a smooth but catchy verse in spoken word really cemented my love for her) and her week 1 lipsync I still watch 3 times per day and actually made me enjoy Cardi’s music a lot more 😅 it would just be great for her to get her flowers as a jack of all trades who knows her lane and is unbothered by anything on the outside amongst the other queens to who while likeable, don’t have much of a skillset or get so emotional/bitchy over nothing. The way I see it, it’s her, Myki or no one, so I hope that spoiler is true!

Week by week I’m warming to Discord more, she’s actually pretty endearing, hope she can finally get her flowers and at least a high placement before she’s inevitably knocked out - can’t see her making the final when Jane, Myki and Nini are there. Was happy to see Kenya lipsync for the win too! Although everyone was varying shades of good so I’m glad no one was eliminated.

Finally! Only 7 rounds late! Father Figure next.

+5: Aperture +4: Stateside +3: iloveitiloveitiloveit +2: Fever Dream +1: Man I Need -1: Lush Life -2: Rein Me In -3: So Easy (To Fall In Love) -4: Homewrecker -5: I Just Might

What a SMASH!! This absolutely makes up for the promo singles being a bit meh. Hope it can do something! Taking the current #1 placement on iTunes with a pinch of salt for now!

OOF! That was so rough but as much as I love Carrington, it was correct that she went with the other two. Poor track record and messed up her responsibilities that she was pretty confident with, cooking wedges is not hard especially when you have more time than planned because of the rest of the team being late. Megan was as useless as expected and Andrea once again doing nothing but talking and sounding like an idiot, no way they should have gone any further. Really warmed to Priyesh this episode, he’s actually pretty sweet and clearly dedicated when he knows he can apply himself to something that he’s confident with. Karishma is still by miles the winner for me, favourite contestant in years!

Diane is to be diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer, and it’s said to tie in with her exit storyline. Safe to say she’s 100% getting bumped off. It’s been ups and downs with her as a character but it probably will be a sad watch. Really hope it would encourage Hannah to Get Steph back to play Sinead but it seems unlikely. Also really hope this isn’t the end of Sienna and Cleo, the first partnership both of had in a while that feels really correct!

Yeah I can’t tell if the hook is in my head for a good or a bad reason, the rest of the song is decent but would be one of/the worst on her last 2 albums. Hoping what comes next will be better, same boat as Bebe actually. Still, I for one hope she doesn’t change her sound too much. The lack of RedOne-esque pop bops makes her music stand out these days and really caters to that sector of my music taste, her last 2 albums did it brilliantly. It may be safe and her token sound now, but I’d rather that than the current pop trend of either edgy apathetic minimalist pop or garage band malfunctioning printer music pop.

I walk a lonely road, the only road that I have ever known 😅

Oh my godddd this is SO good. I’m so ready for the new album and I hope it takes her a step closer to the stardom she deserves.

Anyone else still watching the lipsync several times per day? Or is it just me? 😅 absolutely iconic and Serena left on her best possible note, should have been a double shantay if you ask me.

I agree - it was great to see a team actually do well as a whole (even if Kieran was a part of it and was actually pretty competent), Rothna has proven herself to be a great leader with her head screwed on, redemption after her poor first week and meddling time since! I really liked Vanessa but it really all went wrong for her this week, poor communication between teams, not knowing how much of a terrible idea the devil horn flower wall and pushing for more bouquets (which is admittedly my girl’s fault and I’m glad she survived) left them doomed and I think she knew from the moment she walked into the boardroom before the results were announced that they’d lost and she was f***ed.

+5: Opalite +4: Stateside +3: Lush Life +2: Man I Need +1: Rein Me In -1: iloveitiloveitiloveit -2: So Easy (To Fall In Love) -3: Homewrecker -4: I Just Might -5: DTMF

Hope Milky can cling onto the top 10 - a remix sending JTWYA back into such popularity to go this high up in the chart again wasn’t on my 2026 bingo card but I’m delighted, such an uplifting classic.

Very excited to hear this especially as the title I’m guessing is based on the Nightingale Lane near me in south London! So gutted I’m too poor atm to be able to get tickets to see her, but just glad we’ve got music on the way.

NINI F***ING COCO!! So glad she smashed it delivered everything to perfection, especially after the last attempt at David wasn’t very good. The facial expressions, the hair, the makeup, the old man noises, the jokes and timing, I was reacting especially the same way Darlene was. I’m just happy that we actually got a decent snatch game after the many years of disappointments. I’d 100% have had Discord in the top over Jane because she actually really surprised me with how much she got stuck in and was hilarious. Her and Myki were equally close second place behind Nini, Jane was alright but it was more of the same humour from her, kind of how Nina West’s Harvey Fierstein was to her. Bottom 3 was all correct but Juicy did give some funny moments, but it’s easy to do so with Jojo. Not really sad at Mia going as I do prefer Kenya but Kenya really needs to show that she’s good at… something.

+5: Opalite +4: Aperture +3: Stateside +2: Lush Life +1: Man I Need -1: Rein Me In -2: So Easy (To Fall In Love) -3: Homewrecker -4: I Just Might -5: DTMF

Why is this, or even not Bad Enough not smashing bearing in mind it’s playlisted? Album and song of the year so far for me, well and truly converted me to a fan even though I’ve always appreciated her. As well as the aforementioned, You’re Still Everything, Bittersweet and Nothing At All are hitting so hard.