Bibliogryphon

Not picking Dick Van Dyke and David Attenborough might be a good start.

It was all the artists that made it through to the final. The individual winning acts would then release their song

Comedians with TV name recognition would be in demand to fill Panto season at regional theatres and summer seasons at coastal resorts. The TV gave them leverage but just because they are not o it doesn't mean they aren't working

Leaderboard after 35 hits MariNisia - 7 Tracey - 6 Summer in Transylvania - 6 Diego - 4 Arghton -3 DoorSlammer - 3 WEP - 2 Lady Fiona - 2 Hell - 1 Bibliogryphon - 1

Congrats @MariNisia 1923 Vic Seixas/Glynis Johns 1924 William Russell/Eve Marie Saint 1925 Pete Murray/Ysanne Churchman 1926 Timothy Dudley-Smith/Kitty Hart-Moxon 1927 Sandy Gall/Leontyne Price 1928 Tom Lehrer/Queen Ratna of Nepal 1929 John Woodvine/K.M.Peyton 1930 Douglas Hurd/Edna O'Brien  1931 Ken Bates/Leslie Caron 1932 Roy Hattersley/Prunella Scales

09.09.2023 72 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 66 Bangles — Manic Monday 66 Erasure — Sometimes 41 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 33 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 32 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 26 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You +4 18 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners -6 10 George Michael — Faith

09 September 2023 31 Katy Perry- I Kissed A Girl 26 The Ting Tings- That’s Not My Name 24 Coldplay- Viva la Vida +1 24 Lily Allen- The Fear +1 23 La Roux- Bulletproof 22 Kelly Clarkson- My Life Would Suck Without You 22 Girls Aloud- The Promise 22 Lady Gaga- Bad Romance 21 Pink- So What +1 21 Basshunter ft. DJ Mental Theo’s Bazzheadz- Now You’re Gone +1 21 David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland- When Love Takes Over 21 Kings of Leon- Sex on Fire 21 Lady Gaga- Poker Face 21 Estelle ft. Kanye West- American Boy 21 Calvin Harris- I’m Not Alone 21 Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris- Holiday 21 Dizzee Rascal ft. Armand Van Helden- Bonkers 21 Taio Cruz- Break Your Heart  20 Duffy- Mercy 20 Rihanna- Take a Bow 20 Mint Royale- Singin’ in the Rain 20 Ne-Yo- Closer  20 Beyoncé- If I Were a Boy 20 Take That- Greatest Day 20 Leona Lewis- Run 20 Alexandra Burke- Hallelujah 20 Flo Rida ft. Kesha- Right Round 20 Tinchy Stryder ft. N-Dubz- Number 1 20 The Black Eyed Peas- Boom Boom Pow 20 Pixie Lott- Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) 20 Cascada- Evacuate the Dancefloor 20 JLS- Beat Again 20 Tinchy Stryder ft. Amelle- Never Leave You 20 David Guetta ft. Akon- Sexy Chick 20 Jay-Z ft. Rihanna & Kanye West- Run This Town 20 Pixie Lott- Boys and Girls 20 Chipmunk- Oopsy Daisy 20 Alexandra Burke ft. Flo Rida- Bad Boys  20 Cheryl Cole- Fight for This Love 20 JLS- Everybody in Love 20 The Black Eyed Peas- Meet Me Halfway 20 Rage Against the Machine- Killing in the Name 18 Lady Gaga ft. Colby O’Donis- Just Dance 18 Dizzee Rascal ft. Calvin Harris & Chrome- Dance Wiv Me 18 Vanessa Jenkins and Bryn West ft. Tom Jones & Robin Gibb- (Barry) Islands in The Stream -2 18 Peter Kay’s Animated All Star Band- The Official BBC Children in Need Medley -2 14 Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland- 4 Minutes 12 X Factor Finalists 2008- Hero -2 12 The Black Eyed Peas- I Gotta Feeling  This is when my daughter was getting Now albums as presents from her Auntie so this all feels quite familiar. Some even made it onto my ipod

I actually saw Mike Yarwood on stage in Summer season at Blackpool in 1980. Supported by the Nolan Sisters. Impressionists have a difficult job not only do they need to do an accurate impression they need to find something funny to do with it.

1963 - Yves Saint-Martin (b.1941) 1969 - Ernie Johnson (b.1948) 1971 - Geoff Lewis (b.1935) 1979 - Willie Carson (b.1942) 1984 - Christy Roche (b.1949) 1985 - Steve Cauthen (b.1960) 1988 - Ray Cochrane (b.1957) 1991 - Alan Munroe (b.1967) 1992 - John Reid (b.1955) 1993 - Michael Kinane (b1959) Ten earliest surviving Epsom Derby winners updated for Edward Hide There are only two jockeys who have won since 1993 who are no longer with us Walter Swinburn and Pat Smullen

This round seems to have gone quite quickly and I am largely happy with all the tracks that are going though. This has been the best selection yet from the 00s

If I didn't have so much work to do I would be plotting a graph at how the scores for these two have changed across the days of the competition

For what was a extremely flippant remark on my part has elicited a very detailed and quite uncomfortable answer which does concern me about how close to power such people are in France

In terms of age yes But I had to look up who she was - she will obit but there are probably more famous candidates - one for niche games

Probably the closest the entire family came to No.1

and not because if he stepped on consecrated ground he would burst into flame....

08.09.2023 68 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 62 Bangles — Manic Monday 52 Erasure — Sometimes 45 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 34 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 33 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You +4 29 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 22 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme -2 21 George Michael — Faith 19 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners -2 16 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 11 The Pogues ft. Kirsty McColl — Fairytale of New York 08 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own -2

08.09.2023 79 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 65 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 61 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 47 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ -6 30 Mika - Grace Kelly +4

I have just has one of my Tweets laughing react quote tweeted by.... Edwin Currie!!!!!

I am with you on this one. The Scissor Sisters song is a great floor filler but Mika probably bears more repeated listening.

Mika and Jake are gay? I would never have guessed. Do they mention it much?

Philip Schofield will do it at a discount price........

I think they will put in a sacrificial candidate (elderly tory from local council) who can either lose with honour or will give up the seat at the GE without any fuss. Hughes will be put in a very awkward position if he stands though if the Tories lose he might want to try and find an even safer seat

Chris Mason, Nick Robinson, Jim Naughtie, or Kirsty Wark would be better options

07.09.2023 58 Pet Shop Boys & Dusty Springfield — What Have I Done To Deserve This 52 Bangles — Manic Monday 49 Kim Wilde — You Keep Me Hangin' On 44 Erasure — Sometimes 42 Simply Red — Holding Back The Years 32 Dire Straits — Walk Of Life 24 Jan Hammer — Crockett's Theme 24 Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald — On My Own 23 George Michael — Faith 22 Sam Cooke — Wonderful World 22 David Bowie — Absolute Beginners -3 19 George Harrison — Got My Mind Set On You 16 The Pogues Ft. Kirsty McColl — Fairytale of New York 15 Pepsi & Shirlie — Heartache -3 12 Madonna — Live To Tell +4 10 Jermaine Stewart — We don’t have to take our clothes off

07.09.2023 75 Gnarls Barkley - Crazy 70 Rihanna ft. Jay Z — Umbrella 65 Nelly Furtado — Maneater 59 Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’ 26 Mika - Grace Kelly +4 17 Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean — Hips Don’t Lie 10 Razorlight — America 00 Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - The Way I Was -6