Ghosty.

I’ve booked a refundable hotel last night, just in case!

I guess I’d better get round to booking a hotel. I’d been holding off as I thought it was going to be postponed again!

I didn’t want to post it during the contest in case it swayed opinion (either way!), but if anyone is interested in hearing the Welsh version of Rooted then check it out below! Can’t believe it was 2 points off NQing considering it became one of Caerfyrddia’s top 3 placings :lol:

Thanks for hosting so well too, DB, loved the top trumps cards!

Great winner, and so pleased to finish top 10 ^_^ Thanks for the votes!

:w00t: Thanks for the points so far, really pleased to see lots of support for Casi!

Summer Of Love v One For Sorrow Tragedy v It's The Way You Make Me Feel Deeper Shade Of Blue v Chain Reaction Something In Your Eyes v Love’s Got A Hold On My Heart

Ava Max - Sweet But Psycho Britney Spears - Oops!...I Did It Again Dua Lipa - Don't Start Now Girls Aloud - Untouchable Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head Lady Gaga - Rain on Me (with Ariana Grande) Little Mix - Touch Madonna - Vogue Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life Steps - Tragedy Sugababes - About You Now Zara Larsson - Lush Life

Slightest Touch in at number 9 on the sales chart (the chart that matters :P )

Summer Of Love (A1) v Neon Blue (H2) Tragedy (B1) v What The Future Hold (G2) After The Love Has Gone (C1) v It's The Way You Make Me Feel (F2) One For Sorrow (D1) v Scared Of The Dark (E2) Deeper Shade Of Blue (E1) v Stomp (D2) Something In Your Eyes (F1) v 5,6,7,8 (C2) Love's Got A Hold On My Heart (G1) v You'll Be Sorry (B2) Chain Reaction (H1) v Paradise Lost (A2)

It’s a nice enough video, not too dissimilar to SIYE. Didn’t realise Lisa did the female vocals on the bridges - she sounds fantastic in that higher register. Lee looking rather lovely again :lol:

It could be correct, as it got a digital repackage release in February last year, so perhaps the bulk of the additional sales came as a result of that?

Britney Spears - Born to Make You Happy Girls Aloud - The Loving Kind Harry Styles - Sign of the Times Katy Perry - The One That Got Away Kylie Minogue - Slow Lady Gaga - I'll Never Love Again Madonna - The Power of Good-Bye Rihanna - Unfaithful Spice Girls - Viva Forever Steps - It's the Way You Make Me Feel Sugababes - Stronger Zara Larsson - Symphony (with Clean Bandit) [Acoustic]

I had to dip out midway as my partner wanted me to watch the last Spider-Man film with him, but that made for an extremely dramatic read! So chuffed to qualify with an entry true to our roots :P Thanks to those who voted for it :wub:

It’s an absolute banger! Steps never fail at breathing new life into forgotten classics!

Here And Now v Paradise Lost Heartbeat v Summer Of Love Love U More v You'll Be Sorry Tragedy v When I Said Goodbye Words Are Not Enough v Take Me For A Ride 5,6,7,8 v After The Love Has Gone I Know Him So Well v Heartbreak In This City (with Michelle Visage) One For Sorrow v Stomp Scared Of The Dark v To The Beat Of My Heart Last Thing On My Mind v Deeper Shade Of Blue Light Up The World v Something In Your Eyes Better Best Forgotten v It's The Way You Make Me Feel Story Of A Heart v What The Future Holds Love's Got A Hold On My Heart v Better The Devil You Know Neon Blue v Dancing With A Broken Heart Chain Reaction v Say You'll Be Mine

ITWYMF has more universal love than DSOB. I think some people would also question whether DSOB counts as mid tempo too :unsure:

• Ava Max - My Head & My Heart • Britney Spears - Overprotected • Dua Lipa - Love Again • Girls Aloud - No Good Advice • Kylie Minogue - Say Something • Lady Gaga - Sine From Above (w/ Elton John) • Little Mix - Heartbreak Anthem (w/ Galantis & David Guetta) • Madonna - Music • Melanie C - When You're Gone (w/ Bryan Adams) • Siobhan Donaghy - Medevac • Steps - One For Sorrow • Zara Larsson - Love Me Land

Heartbeat v Here And Now Summer Of Love v Paradise Lost Tragedy v Love U More When I Said Goodbye v You'll Be Sorry 5,6,7,8 v Words Are Not Enough After The Love Has Gone v Take Me For A Ride One For Sorrow v I Know Him So Well Stomp v Heartbreak In This City (with Michelle Visage) Last Thing On My Mind v Scared Of The Dark Deeper Shade Of Blue v To The Beat Of My Heart Better Best Forgotten v Light Up The World It's The Way You Make Me Feel v Something In Your Eyes Love's Got A Hold On My Heart v Story Of A Heart Better The Devil You Know v What The Future Holds Chain Reaction v Neon Blue Say You'll Be Mine v Dancing With A Broken Heart

Ariana Grande - Greedy Ava Max - Born to The Night Dua Lipa - Cool Girls Aloud - On The Metro Kylie Minogue - Like A Drug Lady Gaga - Alice Little Mix - Happiness Madonna - Sky Fits Heaven Rihanna - Love the Way You Lie (Part 2) [feat. Eminem] Spice Girls - Never Give Up On the Good Times Steps - Love U More Zara Larsson - Poster Girl

Heartbeatv Paradise Lost Summer Of Love v Here And Now Tragedy v You'll Be Sorry When I Said Goodbye v Love U More 5,6,7,8 v Take Me For A Ride After The Love Has Gone v Words Are Not Enough One For Sorrow v Heartbreak In This City (with Michelle Visage) Stomp v I Know Him So Well Last Thing On My Mind v To The Beat Of My Heart Deeper Shade Of Blue v Scared Of The Dark Better Best Forgotten v Something In Your Eyes It's The Way You Make Me Feel v Light Up The World Love’s Got A Hold On My Heart v What The Future Holds Better The Devil You Know v Story Of A Heart Chain Reaction v Dancing With A Broken Heart Say You'll Be Mine v Neon Blue

• Ariana Grande - Break Free (feat. Zedd) • Ava Max - Torn • Britney Spears - Break The Ice • Dua Lipa x Calvin Harris - One Kiss • Girls Aloud - Sound of the Underground • Kylie Minogue - All the Lovers (Live) • Lady Gaga - Poker Face • Little Mix - Break Up Song • Madonna - Hung Up • Robbie Williams - No Regrets • Steps - Scared of the Dark • Sugababes - Freak Like Me

As Jay did, I voted for all of the singles as I feel they should be included, plus Paradise Lost & Happy.

It’s growing on me, it sounds very much like something The Modern would have put out back when they should have been a thing. It’s giving me a PSB vibe too. It’s lovely, but I feel it should have remained an album track. Hopefully the video will sell it more.

How much has your choice of entries changed from when you first participated in BJSC? Not by much at all. I send something I like (obviously!) and generally it’s something a bit electro-tinged most of the time. I would say that my entries these days are probably more likely to be already known by more people than when I first started participating as I have less time to delve for new music and tend to rely either on New Music Friday playlists or stuff that I’ve enjoyed for a while. It tends to be the latter that does better for me generally results wise which is interesting. How have you adapted your entries to suit current trends of other nations? I’m not going to lie, I do try and play to win most of the time, but have very little success at it :lol: I think the most recent DNQ from Fionn has shocked me into not doing this anymore though as I saw that as a dead cert to qualify and a potential top 10 finish, so clearly what I think will do well is completely the opposite of what does do well. Somewhat annoyingly though, the last 3 winning entries are all songs I owned prior to them appearing in BJSC so maybe I just needed to hone my entry selecting skills! Do you have a proven formula for success? :lol: Clearly not Do you stick to just one or two genres or do you like to mix it up from time to time and send something experimental? Electro-pop is usually my go to, but I do sometimes throw something different into the mix. That never usually goes well at all though! I’m planning to go down the folk-pop route for my next 2 entries, including our 50th and final entry - I’ve been very much limping to the milestone and it feels like a natural point to bow out.