Great Uncle Bulgaria

4th September 37 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 37 Bangles — Manic Monday 37 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You 32 Erasure — Sometimes +4 31 George Michael — Faith 30 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 29 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 29 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 25 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 22 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 21 Rod Stewart — Every Beat Of My Heart 20 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 20 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 20 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 20 Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding — Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) 20 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 19 Madonna — Live To Tell 17 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 16 Nana Mouskouri — Only Love 16 Rick Astley — When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You 16 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman 12 Judy Boucher — Can't Be With You Tonight 10 Fat Boys & The Beach Boys — Wipeout -6 6 Spagna — Call Me

31 Bangles — Manic Monday 31 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 27 George Michael — Faith 25 Erasure — Sometimes +4 25 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You 25 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 25 Nu Shooz — I Can't Wait 23 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 22 Percy Sledge — When A Man Loves A Woman 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 22 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners 21 Rod Stewart — Every Beat Of My Heart 21 Madonna — Live To Tell 21 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 20 Jermaine Stewart — We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off 20 Five Star — Rain Or Shine 20 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache 20 Abigail Mead & Nigel Goulding — Full Metal Jacket (I Wanna Be Your Drill Instructor) 20 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 20 Rick Astley — When I Fall In Love / My Arms Keep Missing You 18 Judy Boucher — Can't Be With You Tonight 18 Tom Jones — A Boy From Nowhere 16 Fat Boys & The Beach Boys — Wipeout 16 Sinitta — So Macho / Cruising -4 19 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York 18 Nana Mouskouri — Only Love 12 Spagna — Call Me 08 Status Quo — In The Army Now 08 Madonna — Borderline 06 Su Pollard — Starting Together -2 A couple of years ago I entered a DDP team of Irritating People. None of them died, but Su Pollard was one of the first names on the teamsheet. Sinitta gets downvoted for her part in kick-starting Simon Cowell's career in the music industry. Lot of rubbish here, big drop off in quality from the previous round.

3/9/2023 61 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 59 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 51 Mika - Grace Kelly +2 47 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella +2 43 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 42 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 41 Orson - No Tomorrow 28 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 25 Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 21 Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down 21 Razorlight - America 18 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade -6 17 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie

01/09/2023 62 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 59 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 49 Mika - Grace Kelly +4 48 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 47 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 39 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 31 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 31 Orson - No Tomorrow 29 Razorlight - America 26 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Are 24 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 23 Beyoncé & Shakira - Beautiful Liar 23 Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down 20 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean - Hips Don’t Lie 18 Sugababes - About You Now 17 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 15 Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 07 Kanye West — Stronger -6

01.09.2023 54 A-Ha — Take On Me 48 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 46 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 41 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 39 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill +4 38 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -1 28 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 27 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 21 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 11 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 09 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let Your Son Go Down On Me (But if Jenna Coleman asks nicely...) -5

31st August 50 A-Ha — Take On Me 48 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 42 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 38 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -3 38 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 36 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 33 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 29 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 28 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 17 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 16 Duran Duran — Wild Boys +2 15 Marillion — Kayleigh +2 12 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me -3

31st August 58 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 48 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella +1 48 Mika- Grace Kelly +2 44 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 42 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy +1 31 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 31 Orson - No Tomorrow 29 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 27 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 27 Razorlight- America 27 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 27 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 26 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 22 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  22 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 22 Fedde Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 22 Sugababes - About You Now 21 Kanye West- Stronger  19 Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) -2 15 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 06 Lily Allen - Smile -4

30/08/23 50 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 45 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z — Umbrella 45 Mika- Grace Kelly +4 38 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 36 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 29 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 29 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 27 Orson - No Tomorrow 26 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 25 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 25 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 25 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 25 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 25 Razorlight- America 24 Sugababes- About You Now 23 Kanye West- Stronger  22 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 22 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  22 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 21 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 17 Meck ft. Leo Slayer - Thunder in My Heart Again -2 16 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm - Nasty Girl -1 13 Take That- Shine 06 Lily Allen - Smile -3

30/08/23 45 A-Ha — Take On Me 40 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 40 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 38 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 32 Queen — Radio Ga Ga -3 31 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 28 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 27 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 25 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 22 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 22 Duran Duran — Wild Boys +1 18 Madonna — Holiday 17 Marillion — Kayleigh +3 17 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 14 Phil Collins — Against All Odds 13 King — Love & Pride 09 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 06 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 06 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants -3

David Attenborough Stanley Baxter Jimmy Carter Dion DiMucci (sang 'the wanderer') Eric Faulkner Frank Field Gary Glitter Douglas Hurd Ion Iliescu Jill St John Kiri te Kanawa ( opera singer) Tom Lehrer Shane MacGowan Linda Nolan Ove Fundin (5 x world speedway champion) Pete Murray Eve Queler (US conductor) Ruggero Raimondi (opera singer) Nigel Starmer-Smith Tony Thorpe (ex Rubettes) Uri Geller Valerie Masterson (opera singer) Richard Wilson Bao Xishun Yoko Ono Mario Zagallo

29/8/2023  40 A-Ha — Take On Me 37 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 36 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 35 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 33 Queen — Radio Gaga 27 Madonna — Holiday 27 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill 24 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 24 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 24 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 24 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 21 Duran Duran — Wild Boys +3 18 King — Love and Pride 17 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants -6 17 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 17 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 16 Culture Club — The War Song 16 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 14 Phil Collins — Against All Odds 11 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 10 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 06 Madonna — Crazy For You

29.08.2023 43 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 42 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 37 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 35 Mika- Grace Kelly +4 29 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 28 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’  25 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 25 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 25 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 24 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 24 Sugababes- About You Now 24 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 23 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 23 Razorlight- America 23 Orson - No Tomorrow 23 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls 22 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  22 Kanye West- Stronger  21 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 21 Take That- Shine 21 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm - Nasty Girl 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 19 Madonna - Sorry 19 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again  15 McFly- Star Girl 15 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 15 Take That - Patience  15 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 13 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 13 Lily Allen - Smile -6

Lee Bradbury out at NL Eastleigh after a poor start. Doesn't look as if anyone had him.

Rob Burrow new sub please

28/8 36 A-Ha — Take On Me +1 32 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 31 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 29 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 28 Queen — Radio Gaga 26 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 24 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill +1 24 Duran Duran — Wild Boys +1 23 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 22 Phil Collins — Against All Odds 22 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 22 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 21 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 20 King — Love & Pride 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 19 Madonna — Holiday 19 Madonna — Crazy For You 18 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 18 Culture Club — The War Song 14 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 14 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight -6 13 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 09 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 2

28/8 37 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella 36 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 33 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy +1 31 Mika- Grace Kelly +3 30 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 28 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’  24 Lily Allen - Smile -4 24 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 24 Sugababes- About You Now 23 Madonna - Sorry 23 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 23 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 23 Orson - No Tomorrow 23 Kanye West- Stronger 23 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm- Nasty Girl 22 Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby 22 My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade 22 Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls  21 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 21 Razorlight- America 21 Take That- Shine 21 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie 21 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) -2 20 Take That - Patience  20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar  19 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again 18 McFly- Star Girl 18 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 14 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 12 Westlife- The Rose -2 12 Leon Jackson - When You Believe 11 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please  06 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That -2 Smile is a fairly harmless song but I remember Lily Allen being given a chat show off the back of its success and she was both wooden and unbelievably annoying

27/8 A love worth waiting for isn't one of Shaky's best but it's surely not worse than Agadoo... 29 Tears For Fears — Everybody Wants To Rule The World 26 A-Ha — Take On Me +1 26 Prince — 1999 / Little Red Corvette 24 Bonnie Tyler — Holding Out For A Hero 24 Madonna — Holiday 23 Queen — Radio Gaga 23 The Weather Girls — It’s Raining Men 22 Wham! — Last Christmas / Everything She Wants 21 Duran Duran — A View To A Kill +1 21 Marillion — Kayleigh +1 21 Duran Duran — The Wild Boys +1 20 Howard Jones — What Is Love? 20 Kool And The Gang — Joanna / Tonight 20 Thompson Twins — You Take Me Up 20 Phil Collins — Against All Odds 20 The Pointer Sisters — Automatic 20 Deniece Williams — Let's Hear It For The Boy 20 Nik Kershaw — I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 20 Neil — Hole In My Shoe 20 Culture Club — The War Song 20 King — Love & Pride 20 Alison Moyet — That Ole Devil Called Love 20 Madonna — Crazy For You 20 Harold Faltermeyer — Axel F 14 Ray Parker Jr — Ghostbusters 14 Frankie Goes To Hollywood — Welcome To The Pleasuredome 14 Cyndi Lauper — Girls Just Want To Have Fun 10 Paul McCartney — No More Lonely Nights 08 Black Lace — Agadoo -6

Yeah, you may have a point there. I think I'll desist from my quest for a bonus point here. I've got more interesting things to do on a bank holiday weekend than compare photos of dead American chat show hosts and I'm sure you have you have better things to do than adjudicate my lazy efforts at same too so I'll do both of us a favour.

Acceptance of emmy in 1999, will this do?

That's messed up the ABC team. Another 5 days wouldn't have hurt so much surely....

27/8/23 61 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 42 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 36 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +2 25 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -4 18 Heaven 17 — Temptation +2 09 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination -2

Show caption BB wins an Emmy (again). Was apparentlky 83 here, so maybe 2005

28 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 28 Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat 26 Lily Allen - Smile 25 Take That - Patience 25 Rihanna ft. Jay-Z - Umbrella +1 23 Mika- Grace Kelly +1 23 Gnarls Barkley- Crazy 23 Sandi Thom- I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 22 Madonna- Sorry 22 Justin Timberlake- SexyBack 21 Kaiser Chiefs- Ruby 21 Kanye West- Stronger 21 Orson- No Tomorrow 21 Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake- Give It To Me 21 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson- The Way I Are 20 Arctic Monkeys- When the Sun Goes Down 20 Notorious B.I.G. ft. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Eagle & Avery Storm- Nasty Girl 20 Meck ft. Leo Slayer- Thunder in My Heart Again 20 Beyoncé ft. Jay-Z- Déjà Vu 20 Scissor Sisters- I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 20 Razorlight- America  20 My Chemical Romance- Welcome to the Black Parade 20 McFly- Star Girl  20 Fedde Le Grand- Put Your Hands Up For Detroit 20 Take That- Shine 20 The Proclaimers ft. Brian Potter & Andy Pipkin- I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) 20 Beyoncé & Shakira- Beautiful Liar 20 McFly- Baby’s Coming Back/Transylvania 20 Sean Kingston- Beautiful Girls 20 Sugababes- About You Now 20 Leon Jackson- When You Believe 18 McFly- Don’t Stop Me Now/Please, Please +1 17 Sugababes vs Girls Aloud- Walk This Way 17 Westlife- The Rose 17 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean- Hips Don’t Lie +1 14 Leona Lewis- A Moment Like This 14 Akon ft. Eminem- Smack That 12 Ne-Yo - So Sick 09 Eva Cassidy & Katie Melba — What a Wonderful World -5 06 Chico- It’s Chico Time -1

26/08/23 56 David Bowie — Modern Love 56 Eurythmics — Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 52 The Stranglers — Golden Brown 36 Eddy Grant — Electric Avenue -6 33 Duran Duran — Save A Prayer +4 32 Heaven 17 — Temptation  22 The Human League — (Keep Feeling) Fascination

26/08/23 83 Gorillaz - Dare 79 Britney Spears - Toxic 68 Sugababes - Push the Button 67 Stereophonics - Dakota 46 Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor -6 23 Natasha Bedingfield - These Words 14 James Blunt - You’re Beautiful +4