Bibliogryphon

Of the 24 people who voted on Thursday only seven remain to vote today which is not enough to see off the two remaining stragglers so this does look like it will extend into tomorrow.

58 Shakespear’s Sister — Stay 56 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 55 Ace of Base – All That She Wants -3 46 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 27 Snap! – Rhythm Is a Dancer  21 2 Unlimited – No Limit -3 21 Bluebells – Young at Heart +4

58 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 54 Shakespear's Sister – Stay 49 Ace of Base – All That She Wants -3 46 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 46 Bluebells – Young at Heart +4 43 Snap! – Rhythm Is a Dancer 28 2 Unlimited – No Limit 10 Jimmy Nail – Ain't No Doubt -3

51 The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode +1 51 Shakespear's Sister – Stay +1 50 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite +1 46 Bluebells - Young at Heart +1 42 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 35 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer 34 2 Unlimited – No Limit 22 Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt -2 16 Shaggy – Oh Carolina -2 14 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 12 DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room! 09 Gabrielle – Dreams -2

Shamen should be above Ace of Base

David Garro Trefgarne is a hereditary peer who took his seat aged 21 in 1962.

I think it is naïve of us to assume that any of us will still be around to witness the demise of Dame Floella Benjamin

43 Shakespear's Sister – Stay 42 Bluebells – Young At Heart 36 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode 36 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 33 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite +2 33 2 Unlimited – No Limit 32 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer 25 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room! 22 Boyz II Men – End Of The Road -2 20 Jimmy Nail – Ain't No Doubt -2 20 Shaggy – Oh Carolina 19 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 17 Gabrielle – Dreams -2 15 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) +1 13 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 13 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own (Remix) +1 7 Charles and Eddie – Would I Lie To You 6 Take That – Pray

Clearly she would go in the Btritish Science Fiction series thread because of her role in The Sarah Jane Adventures

Masatoshi Ito a miss in this game despite the competition for 1924 names

For me I am not surprised at TT no doing well in the competition format. Without going into the merits of the individual tracks they are here because they are Take That not because of the track quality. Later some might do better and I imagine Robbie Williams solo stuff might be better received but at the moment they are being treated as an overhyped boy band. I imagine the same (possibly even harsher) treatment will be dealt out to Boyzone and Westlife.

For the same reason there is a Doctor Who thread in extra curricular - for people to discuss the current state of the thing whereas the other thread is where the bodies pile high

Yeah just listened to that one and it was a massive piece of nothingness

35 Shakespears Sister – Stay 34 Bluebells – Young At Heart 31 Ace of Base – All That She Wants 28 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode +1 27 2 Unlimited – No Limit -2 25 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 24 Snap! – Rhythm Is A Dancer 24 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 22 Take That – Pray 22 Boyz II Men – End Of The Road 22 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake The Room! 19 Gabrielle – Dreams 18 Shaggy – Oh Carolina 18 Freddie Mercury – Living On My Own (Remix) 18 Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl -2 18 Jimmy Nail – Ain´t No Doubt -2 17 KWS – Please Don´t Go/Game Boy 16 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) 15 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 13 Meat Loaf – I’d Do Anything For Love +3 10 Charles and Eddie – Would I Lie To You 10 Mr. Blobby – Mr. Blobby 10 Take That ft. Lulu – Kill It With Fire

Nine are on my regular players. Though it probably has something to do with my Brother-in-law randomly buying me Now 1992 one birthday

The original concept of Mr Blobby was quite funny. Celebrities thought they were part of a new kids show where they would inform the loveable character about their specialist subject but when it came to the take Mr Blobby would cause chaos. The original segment with Garth Crooks trying to explain the offside rule is probably the best example. There was a wonderful moment a couple of years later at a Test Match where Richie Beneau saw a member of the crowd in a Mr Blobby costume and was clearly nonplussed and described him as "somesort of egg man" My dear late Mother-in-law thought Mr Blobby was great and even knitted Mr Blobbies for her Grandchildren

I see that the line up for Eurovision 2023 is complete. We could do a predict the result KoS using the semi final format of the actual content. We would all be coming in blind so might throw up some interesting results. Might be worth giving people 48 hours notice of the line up to listen to the songs Just a thought

Looks like you would have been OK because it did get one before the next hit

24 Ace of Base – All that she wants 22 Tasmin Archer – Sleeping Satellite 22 Shakespears Sister – Stay 22 The Shamen – Ebeneezer Goode +2 20 Wet Wet Wet – Goodnight Girl 20 Right Said Fred – Deeply Dippy 20 KWS – Please don´t go/Game Boy 20 Erasure – ABBA-Esque (EP) 20 Jimmy Nail – Ain´t no doubt 20 Snap! – Rhythm is a dancer 20 Boyz II Men – End of the road 20 Whitney Houston – I will always love you 20 2 Unlimited – No Limit 20 Bluebells – Young at heart 20 George Michael & Queen with Lisa Stansfield – Five Live (EP) 20 UB40 – (I can´t help) Falling in love with you 20 Gabrielle – Dreams 20 Take That – Pray 20 Freddie Mercury – Living on my own (Remix) 20 Culture Beat – Mr. Vain 20 DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince – Boom! Shake the room! 20 Take That ft. Lulu – Relight my fire 18 Shaggy – Oh Carolina -2 18 Mr. Blobby – Mr. Blobby -2 18 Take That – Babe -2 16 Meat Loaf – I’d do anything for love (But I won't do that) +2 14 Charles & Eddie – Would I lie to you

Congratulations @Summer in Transylvania who is now joint leader on 3 hits. However, I will remind players that the next round should not start until an English language obituary/news article appears. I am letting this one go as my wording in the rules was sloppy but this will be tightened up going forward.

1923 Vic Seixas/Barbara Wallace 1924 William Russell/Eva Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Doreen Mantle 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/Lynne Reid Banks 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

49 The Beautiful South – A Little Time 49 Queen – These are the Days of our Lives 46 Adamski – Killer 44 Madonna – Vogue +4 08 Beats International ft. Lindy Layton – Dub Be Good To Me -6

@tracy takes the lead being the first player to three hits

1923 Vic Seixas/Barbara Wallace 1924 William Russell/Birtha Ekberg (Christoffersen) 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Doreen Mantle 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/Lynne Reid Banks 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

I don't agree but if that is the case it is surely a damning judgement on the quality of the opposition