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After 80 days of killing and saving, discussing and arguing, laughing and crying, loving and hating - we found our winner, and what a winning song that is: It's the iconic and influencial space disco tune I FEEL LOVE of the divine Donna Summer! Thanks for that! I really appreciate this winning song! I'm sorry that I don't have the time to present you an elaborated summary of our journey and every Top 25 song, but here is a listing at least: The Grand Final: 01. Donna Summer – I feel love 02. David Bowie – Space Oddity 03. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 04. Blondie – Heart of glass 05. ABBA – The name of the game 06. Gary Numan – Cars 07. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 08. T.Rex – Get it on 09. ABBA – Knowing me, knowing you 10. Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 11. The Sweet – Blockbuster 12. Baccara – Yes Sir, I can boogie 13. Alice Cooper – School´s out 14. Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water 15. 10CC – I´m not in love 16. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a clown 17. Nilsson – Without you 18. ABBA – Waterloo 19. Don McLean – Vincent 20. Suzi Quatro – Can the can 21. Althea & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking 22. Blondie – Sunday Girl 23. ABBA – Fernando 24. Bay City Rollers – Bye bye baby 25. Slade – Coz I luv you Maybe we can start the new year dancing and feeling like Donna Summer - she seems to have much fun in her own song. So, now shut your eyes, pump up the volume, dance around and let's start 2023 with MUCH LOVE! Thank you all for beeing part of this little game and musical journey! It was fucking fun!!! Thank you! The 80s are on its way

Not necessary, we know you are not able to break such big news. EDIT: evil and unneeded. Am I turning into Ulitzer?

David Bowie was an icon and a genius, and Space Oddity doesn’t show that off enough IMO. It is a novelty more than a masterpiece; an interesting concept more than an enjoyable listen. Both Heart of Glass and I Feel Love are definitive songs, true icons of new wave and disco. HoG, as a couple of others have said, isn’t even my favourite Blondie song, but fuck me it’s good and its influence is laced throughout the subsequent 45 years of music. On a personal level it takes it, but Donna Summer is definitely a worthy winner.

18 Donna Summer - I feel Love +4 0 David Bowie - Space Oddity -6

They probably are changing it due to Pele’s death

Kabosu improving, starting to eat, drink and walk again. Edit: BBC reporting her "miracle recovery": https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64124748

Actor Hans-Peter Hallwachs has died at 84:https://www.tagesschau.de/kultur/peter-hallwachs-tod-101.html He was a well-known actor in television and on stage as well as a popular voice actor. Hallwachs appeared in the first episode of the still-on-air crime series "Tatort", "Taxi nach Leipzig", in 1970. His last tv appearence was a tv-series as well, "Letzte Spur Berlin".

New round starts here:

(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 30 - Benedict XVI's condition remains stable and the ex pope is still attending Mass in the former monastery in the Vatican where the ailing 95-year-old German cleric lives, sources close to him said Friday. Benedict XVI's health remains "stable", according to reports from sources in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in the wake of Pope Francis entreaties to pray for his predecessor's worsening condition. At the moment no further details have been leaked other than that the Pope emeritus continued Friday morning, in his room and despite the difficulties of a still serious clinical picture, to attend Mass, concelebrating it with his long-time assistant Mgr Georg Gaenswein and simply wearing a light stole over his hospital gown. The four memores domini Vatican officials and the nurse Brother Eligius continue to form around Ratzinger, who is being kept under constant medical supervision by his personal doctor, a cordon of continuous security and assistance, the sources said.

Grigori Rasputin died on this day 106 years ago, aged 47. There lived a certain man in Russia long ago- it is believed that he was an unruly child known to steal horses and drink alcohol. In 1897, Rasputin left his home village to go on a pilgrimage, and in 1900, built a makeshift chapel at his father's house. He was known for his charisma, and gained close ties to the local clergy despite rumors of non-celibacy, and then with the aristocracy. In 1905, he had his first meeting with Tsar Nicholas II- he was likely introduced as a faith healer who could heal Prince Alexei of his hemophilia. When the young prince suffered internal bleeding in 1907, his mother (Tsarina Alexandra) summoned Rasputin to pray for him, and Alexei recovered the next day. Alexei would then suffer from a hematoma in 1912, with Rasputin sending a letter telling the doctors not to bother him; Alexei recovered within two days. In 1914, a woman attempted to stab Rasputin to death, but he survived following surgery. Felix Yusopov, the husband of a Russian princess, believed that Rasputin had too much influence on the royal family, and gathered other men of higher standing (Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and politician Vladimir Purishkevich) to help him assassinate Rasputin. After Rasputin had been invited to Felix's mansion, they laced his cakes and tea with cyanide. Rasputin seemed unaffected, asked for some wine, and drank another poisoned glass- still not dead. Yusupov then went upstairs, got his gun, and shot Rasputin- while inspecting to see if he was dead, Rasputin then leaped up, attacked him, and then ran upstairs and outside. Purishkevich delivered the shot that killed Rasputin, in the mansion's courtyard. Oh, those Russians... In 1928, Yusupov published his memoirs about the event, and Rasputin's daughter Maria sued him and Pavlovich for $800,000; the case was dismissed, as she sued in France and they had no jurisdiction.

Jeff Lynne is 75. My personal favorite ELO song... And one that's perfect for New Year's Eve.

He hasn’t blocked me though because periodically he forgets his act and directly responds to my posts!

We have Atomic to look forward to.

I think 2022 list beat 2018 and 2020 if we talking about Quality. So far, only 14 people from the list passed away but majority of them is undoubtedly very famous/easily recognized around the world. 1. Queen Elizabeth 2. Mikhail Gorbachev 3. Pele 4. Angela Lansbury 5. Jerry Lee Lewis 6. Sidney Poitier 7. Jean Luc Godard 8. Leslie Philips 9. Loretta Lynn 10. Estelle Harris 11. June Brown 12. Bill Treacher 13. Bill Turnbull 14. Robert Durst What a Great Year for Death list if we are talking about Quality!

14 Donna Summer – I Feel Love +4 6 David Bowie - Space Oddity -6

Tweet reporting the death of Wellington Lee OBE (wiki), Aussie politician who was Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

It felt like Pelé's death broke the forum longer than when The Queen died. I'd like to see some traffic stats please!

You're not managing a dead pool masterlist, are you?

Dispelé The Inverse Dead Pool 2022 waited until March 30 to see its first hit. Now it's December 29, we're on hit #15, and we'd be lucky for it to be the last. It's a dribble, not a sprint. Brazilian footballer, 1,279-time goalscorer, and one of two players to jointly hold the FIFA Player of the Century accolade Pelé has died at the age of 82. It's a pity that I'm far too busy with my own deadpooling at this time of year to flesh this out into a meaningful obit, because it's such a minor death that will surely go otherwise unremarked upon in the global press. I mean, his poor little name is only four letters long, so who will even notice? "Pelé has died" barely even registers as a complete sentence. People will just think you've got the hiccups. Among Pelé's many achievements is being this year's 4th least popular Inverse pick – most of you score nil today. The few exceptions are: 1 point apiece for @Newjack and @msc; 22 points for former Inverse Dead Pool champion @BabyBlue, who I can only assume has decided to turn their talents to scoring an own goal record; 3 and 8 points respectively for machotrouts' mum and Pedro67's wife, who conveniently don't have accounts to tag and shame here; and 2 points for @YorkshireBanker, one of two players to jointly hold the FIFA Inverse Deadpooler of the First 362 Days of the Year accolade. That breaks the tie at the top without any need for a tiebreaker, and surely confirms @Sean as this year's champion. ...unless, of course, he happens to have 5 points banked on the ailing Pope Benedict XVI... It's going to be a long final 50 hours. GAINED TOTAL = 1. Sean 25 ▼ 2. YorkshireBanker +2 27 = 3. Joey Russ 33 = 4. Sideik 35 = 5. Pedro67 36 = 6. Banana 37 = 7. ThereWillBeDeaths7 41 = 7. Toast 41 = 9. LizLemon 42 = 9. CaptainChorizo 42 = 11. machotrouts 43 = 12. theoldlady 45 = 13. MortalCaso 46 = 14. Sir Creep 49 = 15. An Fear Beag 51 = 15. BuffaloPhil 51 = 15. wannamaker 51 = 18. YoungWillz 53 = 18. Nick 53 = 20. gcreptile 54 = 21. Book 55 = 22. Philip 56 = 22. deadsox 56 = 24. Funeralopolis 57 = 24. The Old Crem 57 ▼ 26. Newjack +1 58 ▲ 26. GuyFromFuture 58 = 28. Spade_Cooley 59 = 29. drol 60 = 30. Death Impends 63 = 31. The Unknown Man 64 = 31. Predictor 64 = 33. TQR 65 = 34. Great Uncle Bulgaria 66 = 35. MariNisia 67 = 35. CastAway 67 = 37. Perhaps 69 = 38. Bibliogryphon 70 ▲ 39. machotrouts' mum +3 82 ▲ 39. Grim Up North 82 ▲ 41. Annami 87 ▼ 42. Pedro67's wife +8 90 ▼ 43. BabyBlue +22 94 ▲ 43. Hell 94 = 45. Doulton 103 = 46. chilean way 114 = 47. msc +1 127 = 48. Neobrakeon 143

Sorry old Hollywood and Mad Mac. Your vote doesn’t count as you voted after his death was announced.

Suspicious - the host is tied for first place Kaikala Satyanarayana John Key 19 + 1 Pele Main Deathlist 13+1 arghton 4+1 six feet blunder 11+1 markb4 12+1 John Key 20+1 earl 9+1 Theoldlady 19+1 wannamaker 16+1 The Old Crem 11+1 Hell 12+1 Salmon Mousse 18+1 MariNisia 16+1 Book 20+1 Annami 15+1 Redrumours 8+1 Death Duke 9+1 TQR 14+1 jonnythegamemaster 14+1 Nick 12+1 The Daredevil 14+1 gcreptile 18+1 _floydylan_ 13+1 Book 21/50 John Key 21/50 Theoldlady 20/50 Salmon Mousse 19/50 gcreptile 19/50 MariNisia 17/50 wannamaker 17/50 Annami 16/50 The Daredevil 15/50 TQR 15/50 jonnythegamemaster 15/50 _floydylan_ 14/50 Main Deathlist 14/50 Hell 13/50 markb4 13/50 Nick 13/50 The Old Crem 12/50 six feet blunder 12/50 Pop_Zeus 10/50 Death Duke 10/50 earl 10/50  Bibliogryphon 9/50 Redrumours 9/50 Doulton 7/50 Dying Probably 7/50 Etushispushingupdaisies 6/50 Miranda lass 6/50 dimreaper 5/50 arghton 5/50 Gooseberry Crumble 4/50 DieHardGiantsFan 2/50

Buffoon. There's a proper word.

Quality will out in the end. And despite my misgivings, it did. Loads of great tracks in the last part, so hard to call, but that's really the right decision in my view.

I honestly don't think anything is bad now, nor does anyone I guess. I love Blondie to bits, seen them live, Bowie also. Kate Bush absolutely smashed it with Wuthering Heights, oh boy that showed that something off the wall was a brilliant track. For me - Donna Summer was a step above any of those in changing the game, but I accept that isn't a universal feeling. Got to vote for it til I can't though.

You what????!!! FFS Steve - rule 12 is below, I'll allow the multitudes to express an opinion here - you had Pele and subs and you ignored the subs bench to parachute Buzzi in - ooooohhhhhh, you might think you can hear a kettle but that's my piss boiling! 12 - In the event that Deathlist editing options or other online trickery is discovered to have been employed in the editing of teams, those duly fingered for such cheating will be removed from the Deathrace and banned for life from subsequent entry into Deathraces.