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I am honestly staggered that T’Pau isn’t right at the top of the list. 5 weeks at No.1 (and topped loads of European charts), consistently does well in music polls, and for my money I can’t think of a single better power ballad. Carol Decker deserves better!

39 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 37 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 34 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 28 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 26 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume 26 Pet Shop Boys — West End Girls 25 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 25 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 24 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 24 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up -6 23 Berlin – Take my breath away 22 Los Lobos – La Bamba 22 Bee Gees – You win again 22 T´Pau – China in your hand +4 21 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 21 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 21 Mel & Kim – Respectable 21 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 21 Ben E. King – Stand by me 19 Madonna – La isla bonita 18 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 18 George Michael – A different corner 16 Wham – The edge of heaven 16 Madonna – True Blue 16 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body  15 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garret – I just can´t stop loving you 15 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song 14 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 12 Madonna – Who´s that girl 12 Boy George – Everything I own 12 Europe – The Final Countdown 9 Boris Gardiner — I want to wake up with you

Farage has probably killed Nigel for good; Karen now being an adjective will also have done away with that name.

37 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 29 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 28 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 26 T´Pau – China in your hand +4 24 Bee Gees – You win again 24 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 24 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body 23 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 22 Los Lobos – La Bamba 21 Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls 21 Berlin – Take my breath away 21 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume 21 Ben E. King – Stand by me 21 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up -6 20 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 20 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 20 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song 20 Boris Gardiner – I want to wake up with you 20 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 20 Europe – The Final Countdown 20 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 20 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 20 Mel & Kim – Respectable 20 Madonna – La isla bonita 19 Madonna – True Blue 18 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 18 George Michael – A different corner 18 Wham – The edge of heaven 17 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garret – I just can´t stop loving you 14 Boy George – Everything I own 14 Pet Shop Boys – Always on my mind 14 Madonna – Who´s that girl 14 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 14 Ferry Aid – Let it be 13 Cliff Richard & the Young Ones – Living Doll 9 Firm – Star Trekkin´ 6 Chris de Burgh – Lady in red 2 Nick Berry – Every loser wins The bottom 5 are fucking awful. But I must stick to my word. Sorry Rick.

A rare occasion for me to dip into this thread as I couldn’t give the fuckingest fuck, but Molly Mae has confirmed they’ve named the kid ‘Bambi’. I have to wonder, has Molly Mae watched the film? Like, all the way to the end?

Tesco always go the extra mile.

Wrong thread.

Assuming this is what I think it is, nice fucking try

Brb just polishing my big stock of -6s and writing ‘Rick Astley’ on all of them. Like fuck am I gonna let this game be hijacked by an ancient meme.

Who the fuck is “household name” John Astin? I’d say his Addams Family character might be a household name, but ask people “Who played Gomez off of Addams Family in the 60s?” and the majority would say “Pffft, no idea”. Not that this would stop him being a DL pick, just the “household name” bit got me.

24 Whitney Houston – I wanna dance with somebody (who loves me) 22 T´Pau – China in your hand +2 22 Pet Shop Boys – West End Girls +2 20 a-ha – The sun always shines on TV 20 Billy Ocean – When the going gets tough, the tough gets going 20 Diana Ross – Chain Reaction 20 Cliff Richard & the Young Ones – Living Doll 20 George Michael – A different corner 20 Falco – Rock me Amadeus 20 Spitting Image – The Chicken Song 20 Wham – The edge of heaven 20 Madonna – Papa don´t preach 20 Chris de Burgh – Lady in red 20 Boris Gardiner – I want to wake up with you 20 Communards & Sarah Jane Morris – Don´t leave me this way 20 Madonna – True Blue 20 Nick Berry – Every loser wins 20 Berlin – Take my breath away 20 Europe – The Final Countdown 20 The Housemartins – Caravan of love 20 Jackie Wilson – Reet Petite 20 Steve ´Silk` Hurley – Jack your body 20 George Michael & Aretha Franklin – I knew you were waiting (for me) 20 Ben E. King – Stand by me 20 Boy George – Everything I own 20 Mel & Kim – Respectable 20 Ferry Aid – Let it be 20 Madonna – La isla bonita 20 Starship – Nothing´s gonna stop us now 20 Firm – Star Trekkin´ 20 Pet Shop Boys – It´s a sin 20 Madonna – Who´s that girl 20 Los Lobos – La Bamba 20 Michael Jackson & Siedah Garret – I just can´t stop loving you 20 Rick Astley – Never gonna give you up 20 M/A/R/R/S – Pump up the volume 20 Bee Gees – You win again 14 Pet Shop Boys – Always on my mind 14 Doctor & the Medics – Spirit in the sky -6 Flashbacks to 1970, ridding us of that Spirit in the Sky SHITE. The two I’ve given points to here are probably my favourite two songs of this game.

Something for me to remember is that all individuals make it to February or beyond February.

76 George Michael – Careless Whisper 68 Madonna – Into the Groove 53 Nena – 99 Red Balloons 36 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Two Tribes +4 30 Eurythmics — There must be an Angel 16 Duran Duran – The Reflex 5 Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Relax - 6

The scoring skirmishes are mildly infuriating at times but definitely entertaining, even in this round which I think is the lowest quality of the lot this decade. PS. I fully appreciate how culturally huge Relax was, but nowadays it’s nothing more than a morsel of nostalgia for those who were young in the 80s. It ain’t a good listen.

I don’t understand why this is suddenly difficult to comprehend. 1 = most likely to survive, sliding scale down to 25 from there, leave the scoring in the host’s capable hands if you can’t do the simple sums yourself.