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Old 28-08-2016, 15:06
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Echoing the sentiment of recent posters (except King Kunta), here is..

The Weedy Review
Izzy Bizu – I hear whiny wail, waily whine. Is that a song? You will need both the blanks to spell her name in Scrabble.
Claire Maguire – Same song as Izzy, but wails in a deeper pitch. Same question.
Jain – French singer-songwriter with an awfully affected breathy delivery. Nice video though, obviously inspired by Escher.
Issa - Well she is Norwegian, so that puts Jaccobabe firmly in the frame. But hang on, is he really a fan of Shania Twain type music? No, I’m sure he likes whiny wails.
Marina and Diamonds – She’s been in these contests before, she has at least one champion of her dull tedious tunes. I wonder if this is BigBMad’s return entry?
Lou Bega – Who doesn’t love a Latin American beat from a German of Italian and Ugandan descent who fancies himself as a rapper and a heavily sampled soundtrack from Perez Pravdo. Well, me obviously. I wonder what the first four Mambos were like? Of course if the FM who submitted this is a cricket fan, then I get it.
Tom Odell – Young bloke grizzling tunelessly. Ghastly.
Jorge Blanco – Standard paint-by-numbers song. Stick to acting my boy, preferably in telenovas that I will never see.
Pinga – India’s answer to the Tiller Girls. Cast of thousands. “What have you done in the movies before?” – “I was the 12th girl from the right in the second row of Pinga.” That’s enough to get you on the next Celebrity Big Brother.
Aneeka – Not the jump-suited bottom we used to watch in Treasure Hunt in the 80s then. We like Venezuelan girls, but she’s not as hot as Patricia Velasquez.
Veruca Salt – Ah yes, a song from the proper Willy Wonka movie. Put in by a musical theatre fan who is fed up of all the same whiny waily songs.
Demi Lovato – That’s it, play the dramatic music really loud so we won’t notice that there’s no tune, just a load of shouting. And Demi, you still punch like a girl.
Juulia – Finnish girl who likes to sing and perform in her vest and pants. Just like all three year old girls.
Lolly – Tinny girly Disney sounds that only dogs can hear. And me now, because Nursey has just irrigated my ears and removed 50 years of accumulated crap. No video, so went back to looking at pictures of Patricia Velasquez. Yummm.
Cab Calloway – I merely point you in the direction of phil363’s recent comments at the bottom of Page 66 – he obviously pays attention and reads my reviews.
Foxes – Another boring song. In fact the only remarkable thing is that the previous entry was singing about Minnie (again) and the girl turns up in the video wearing Minnie mouse ears. Was that a deliberate Christer Bjorkman arrangement ChickenfromKiev?
Interlude – Oooh! No, not a naked picture of the Velasquez girl, I have just seen a Flash advert where they have reworded the Queen song and made a dog sing it. Might put that in next time…
London Grammar – Woe, woe is me, misery, misery. Skip.
Hailee Steinfield – See Izzy Bizu.
Lana Del Rey – Another artist who features frequently here, the FM responsible is seriously depressed and needs to get out more..
The Communards – Someone else put in a Communards song into Fantasy. Oh, it was me! But I put in a good song, nice and cheerful. This is more another tune for dogs (see Lolly). Poor Jimmy Somerville, did his balls ever drop?
Savage Garden – The verse is just one note isn’t it? No there is a second one - that’s practically a keychange.
Britney Spears – I see she is still doing the lickey tongue ‘L’s then. Frenetic video, pointless song with no tune.
Greta Salome – Good grief, the soles of her feet must be like leather to do that video. And she’s small enough to be a hobbit. Very artistic – and terribly dull.
Hedley – named after the Harvey Korman character in Blazing Saddles no doubt. (They are not, but, why spoil a good story?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBmkyDTX08Y
Pop Rock, Wiki says, bollox I say, just another whiny boy wailing. (Possible Easter Egg alert – have just typed Hedley Lamarr into Google and Hedy came up first!)
Ocean Colour Scene – Band who have supported Paul Weller and Oasis, and this song shows why they didn’t make the big time. I had sunglasses like that in the 80s. I looked as cool as they do.
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Old 28-08-2016, 15:36
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Old 28-08-2016, 16:24
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Oh I have all the votes needed, thanks everyone! Results at 5ish.
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Old 28-08-2016, 16:47
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Don't normally post her but didn't know where else to post ... anybody going to be watching X Factor solely to see Saara Aalto or just me?

Hopefully she isn't just shown for like 10 seconds..
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:00
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Fantasy Heat 3 Results!
Hello everybody! You heard 25 songs, but there can only be 8 qualifiers, and one winner. Who will it be?

First of all, let's see the entry in last place...
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:03
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This loitered around at the bottom for a large portion of the voting, often coming up a little bit but always falling back down again.

25th place - Drew Peacock - 26 points
Cab Calloway - Kickin' The Gong Around

12 -
10 -
8 - weedydiamond
7 -
6 - 21stCenturyBoy, Lurker62
5 -
4 - sbrum1984
3 -
2 - King Kunta
1 -
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:05
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This was at the bottom until the middle of the voting where it rose a bit, then it fell again today.

24th - spindiddly - 27 points
Juulia - Vakavaa

12 -
10 - Drew Peacock
8 - Jaccobabe
7 -
6 -
5 - phill363
4 - weedydiamond
3 -
2 -
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:08
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This was at the bottom the entire time, but picked up lots of little points.

23rd - Lurker62 - 30 points
Hedley - Perfect

12 -
10 - brb
8 -
7 -
6 - big bro geek
5 -
4 - nick1990
3 - King Kunta, sbrum1984
2 - 21stCenturyBoy
1 - Only_You, thms
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:10
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At the other end of the scale, this haunting song picked up just 3 votes, but all of them in the upper half.

22nd - brb - 31 points
Lana del Rey - Gods & Monsters

12 - spindiddly, sbrum1984
10 -
8 -
7 - ChickenFromKiev
6 -
5 -
4 -
3 -
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:12
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This was at the bottom the entire time, but picked up lots of little points.

23rd - Lurker62 - 30 points
Hedley - Perfect

12 -
10 - brb
8 -
7 -
6 - big bro geek
5 -
4 - nick1990
3 - King Kunta, sbrum1984
2 - 21stCenturyBoy
1 - Only_You, thms
I know this will end up somewhere at the bottom. But, I still love the song.
Interesting that this one got 8 votes while Lana only got 3. But, it finished lower than Lana.
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:12
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This is another song that stayed at the bottom but had little bumps up every now and again.

21st - Jaccobabe - 33 points
The Communards - For A Friend

12 -
10 - thms
8 - sbrum1984
7 -
6 - Drew Peacock
5 - Lurker62
4 - nunaney
3 -
2 -
1 -
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:12
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Definitely not Lana's best.

Cab and Hedley deserved better but I'm not devo'd.
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:14
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Coming in at the bottom of the top 20 is this song that failed to get the ticket to your hearts and was all over the place in the voting.

20th - 21stCenturyBoy - 35 points
Veruca Salt - I Want It Now

12 -
10 - Only_You
8 - King Kunta
7 -
6 - steeleuro_wolf
5 - brb
4 -
3 - Jaccobabe
2 - Drew Peacock
1 - weedydiamond
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:15
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Up now is a lovely song that isn't at all dated that I really enjoyed. Gradually declined down the rankings though, especially with today's votes.

19th - big bro geek - 37 points
Lolly - Big Boys Don't Cry

12 -
10 - sbrum1984
8 -
7 - Jaccobabe
6 - ChickenFromKiev, TerryP
5 -
4 -
3 - Lisa.B, thms
2 -
1 - nick1990, Lurker62
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:17
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Here comes an... iconic song that I thought would do a lot better. Never really broke into the top half.

18th - avb - 41 points
Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5

12 -
10 -
8 - Drew Peacock
7 - thengp12, weedydiamond
6 -
5 - big bro geek
4 -
3 - 21stCenturyBoy, nunaney, TerryP, Lurker62
2 -
1 - phill363, steeleuro_wolf
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:19
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Another song that I'd thought would do better. Was up there for a while but gradually fell down to here with today's voters.

17th - nick1990 - 46 points
Tom Odell - Magnetised

12 -
10 - NightFox_Dancer, King Kunta
8 -
7 -
6 - avb
5 -
4 - thengp12, BigBmad, 21stCenturyBoy, Jaccobabe
3 -
2 - sbrum1984, Only_You
1 -
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:20
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Again it's not a Can't Pretend, or Another Love, really good job still by the Odell.
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:21
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From one current British act to another, this was middle of the road for the majority of the voting and just loses the tie due to less voters.

16th - BigBmad - 48 points (7 voters)
London Grammar - Strong

12 -
10 - nick1990, Steven_P, spindiddly
8 -
7 -
6 - sbrum1984
5 - King Kunta
4 - Lurker62
3 - ESCRoss
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:24
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This was up in the top 10 for the majority of the voting but sadly fell today. It still manages to hold on to the top 15, breaking the tie against 16th place.

15th - thms - 48 points (11 voters)
Jorge Blanco - Light Your Heart

12 -
10 - big bro geek
8 - ESCRoss
7 -
6 - Only_You
5 - steeleuro_wolf, Jaccobabe
4 - Lisa.B, NightFox_Dancer
3 -
2 - Steven_P, TerryP
1 - 21stCenturyBoy, sbrum1984
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:27
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This song was all over the place in terms of its placement, and ended up right in the middle.

14th - NightFox_Dancer - 52 points
Marina & the Diamonds - Forget

12 - phill363
10 -
8 - TerryP, spindiddly
7 -
6 - Jaccobabe
5 -
4 -
3 - thengp12, BigBmad, Steven_P, steeleuro_wolf
2 - weedydiamond, avb, nick1990
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:29
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I'm really surprised about this one, was in the top 5 for most of the voting but fell all the way down to 13th from the last few voters. Demi's confidence sadly unfulfilled by the voters.

13th - thengp12 - 53pts
Demi Lovato - Confident

12 -
10 -
8 - ChickenFromKiev, Lisa.B, avb
7 -
6 -
5 - NightFox_Dancer, nunaney, weedydiamond
4 - TerryP, brb
3 - nick1990, phill363
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:32
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Another surprise, this was up there in the top five too until today, where it fell (quietly, I thought it was up in the qualifiers until about 45 minutes ago).

12th - ESC Ross - 59 points
Clare Maguire - Elizabeth Taylor

12 -
10 - nunaney, TerryP, Jaccobabe
8 -
7 - Only_You, spindiddly
6 - King Kunta
5 -
4 - avb
3 - NightFox_Dancer
2 - BigBmad
1 -
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:34
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This lovely song where most voters wrote "Pinga" instead of going through the horrid process of spelling their names middled throughout.

11th - Steven_P - 60 points
Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra - Pinga

12 - weedydiamond
10 -
8 - thms
7 - steeleuro_wolf, brb, Drew Peacock
6 - nunaney
5 - Only_You
4 -
3 - big bro geek
2 - Lurker62
1 - Lisa.B, NightFox_Dancer, thengp12

I'll now take a short break because I annoyingly have to do some stuff, will be back in about 10 minutes with the top 10!
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Old 28-08-2016, 17:34
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This was really good. Glad to see her return <3.

@ Clare

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Old 28-08-2016, 17:42
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These are the artists that make up our top 10! Congratulations!

Aneeka
Britney Spears
Foxes
Greta Salome
Hailee Steinfeld ft. DNCE
Issa
Izzy Bizu
Jain
Ocean Colour Scence
Savage Garden

And congratulations to the ten members making the top 10!

ChickenFromKiev
King Kunta
Lisa.B
nunaney
Only_You
phill363
sbrum1984
steeleuro_wolf
TerryP
weedydiamond

However, two of these will miss out on qualification...
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