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The Daredevil has won the DL Prediction Game 2023. And I won the first Twisted DL Game 2021/22. Thank you.

With a little delay, I am now submitting the result of this year's DL Prediction Game! And the winner is... @The Daredevil! Congratulations! Overall, many participants achieved very good results, even TQR! Last year msc won with 79 points - this year this number of points would only have been enough for 7th place (which msc also achieved, haha, but with a good 66 points). Remarkable: The Daredevil and TomTomTelekom each correctly predicted 7 places and received 10 points each! You can see that in the end result! Wow! But maybe that also means the DL has become far too predictable...think about it... Thanks to all participants! It's my pleasure as always! (I'll give you the distribution of points later so you can do the math ). +122 The Daredevil +121 TomTomTelekom +104 wannamaker +93 Grimgrass +85 Great Uncle Bulgaria +80 Book +76 WEP +66 msc +64 LizLemon +64 Sean +60 RoverAndOut +53 ThereWillBeDeaths7 +49 Bibliogryphon +45 Summer in Transylvania +39 YoungWillz +33 gcreptile +28 TQR +27 chilean way +19 Joey Russ +18 Etushispushingupdaisies -21 diego -45 The Old Crem -48 theoldlady

Oh, Roxy Music's Jealous Guy is out. Please delete it in the next voting. Thanks.

47 Blondie — Atomic 46 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 43 The Police – Don't Stand So Close to Me 41 The Jam – Going Underground / Dreams of Children 41 The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket 41 The Specials – Ghost Town -6 40 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 40 ABBA – The Winner Takes It All 32 Blondie – Call Me 32 Adam & the Ants – Stand and Deliver 29 The Specials – Too Much Too Young 28 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 26 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 24 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 24 The Jam – Start! 16 Olivia Newton-John & ELO – Xanadu +4 13 Detroit Spinners – Working my Way Back to You 12 The Human League – Don't You Want Me 10 Dexy's Midnight Runners – Geno 5 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy

46 ABBA – The Winner Takes It All +4 44 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 44 Blondie – Atomic 42 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 39 The Jam – Going Underground / Dreams of Children 39 The Specials – Ghost Town -6 38 The Police – Don't Stand So Close to Me 31 The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket 30 Blondie – Call Me 29 The Specials – Too Much Too Young 28 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 28 Adam & the Ants – Stand and Deliver 28 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 24 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 23 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 22 The Jam – Start! 15 Detroit Spinners – Working My Way Back to You 14 John Lennon – Woman 14 Dexy's Midnight Runners – Geno 13 The Human League – Don't You Want Me 13 Odyssey – Use It Up and Wear It Out 11 Olivia Newton-John & ELO – Xanadu 10 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) 7 Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up

Yes, that must have happened. Sorry my fault. But it's not like a regular song from 1981 got lost... I don't think the song should start now. It would certainly be downvoted immediately - or exactly the opposite happens: It has a bonus and is suddenly upvoted. In its own lap the song only reached 17th place out of 32, i.e. midfield. The song would have been given a new chance, but unfortunately nothing came of it due to my carelessness. Bad luck. Not bad

51 Blondie – Atomic 42 The Specials – Ghost Town -6 39 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 39 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 38 ABBA – The Winner Takes It All 35 The Jam – Going Underground / Dreams of Children 31 The Police – Don't Stand So Close to Me 30 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 29 The Specials – Too Much Too Young 27 The Pretenders – Brass in Pocket 26 Adam & the Ants – Stand and Deliver 25 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 23 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 22 The Jam – Start! 22 Barbra Streisand – Woman in Love 21 The Police – Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic 21 Odyssey – Use It Up and Wear It Out 20 John Lennon – Woman 20 Blondie – Call Me 20 Dexy's Midnight Runners – Geno 19 Bucks Fizz – Making Your Mind Up 15 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide Is Painless) 15 Detroit Spinners – Working My Way Back to You 14 Olivia Newton-John & ELO – Xanadu +4 11 ABBA – Super Trouper 11 The Human League – Don't You Want Me 10 John Lennon – (Just Like) Starting Over 4 Smokey Robinson – Being with You

Life Death is too fast, so Ryuichi Sakamoto as my new 3. sub, please.

Spade, it's insane what you are doing here. Congratulations and respect! And also respect and many thanks to the people who make the DDP the DDP (in the past, the present and the future!)! It's more than a great job!

18: Henry Kissinger Bob Barker Alan Greenspan Nigel Starmer-Smith Jimmy Carter Harry Belafonte Jacques Delors Bobby Charlton Norman Tebbit Joanne Woodward Joss Ackland Milan Kundera Burt Bacharach Pervez Musharraf Rolf Harris Ryuichi Sakamoto (Joker) Sonny Rollins Andy Taylor

@Great Uncle Bulgaria used an elder voting. This is the actual standing now: 44 ABBA – The winner takes it all +2 42 The Specials – Ghost Town 42 Blondie – Atomic 35 Soft Cell – Tainted Love +2 32 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 29 The Specials – Too much, too young 28 Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu 27 Police – Don´t stand so close to me 27 The Jam – Going underground / Dreams of children 27 Adam & the Ants – Stand and deliver 26 Barbra Streisand – Woman in love 25 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 24 Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up 24 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 23 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 23 The Pretenders – Brass in pocket 23 The Jam – Start 22 Police – Every little thing she does is magic 22 Blondie – Call me 21 Detroit Spinners – Working my way back to you 21 Odyssey – Use it up and wear it out 20 John Lennon – Woman 16 Human League - Don't you want me 15 Dexy´s Midnight Runners – Geno 15 Fern Kinney – Together we are beautiful  15 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is painless) 13 John Lennon – (Just like) Starting over 13 Smokey Robinson – Being with you 12 Kenny Rogers – Coward of the county -3 10 ABBA – Super Trouper  05 Julio Iglesias - Begin the Begine (Volvera empezar) 05 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It´s my party -3

Everything is ok. If a song is eliminated from the game (0 points), please delete it so that the game remains clear.

I have to confess - I really love this song! Some kind of guilty pleasure, I guess

At the moment I don't have access to my PC, so I can only do the evaluation on Wednesday or Thursday. Thank you for your patience.

42 The Specials – Ghost Town 42 Blondie – Atomic 37 ABBA – The winner takes it all 33 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 32 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 30 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 29 The Specials – Too much, too young 28 Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu +4 27 Police – Don´t stand so close to me 27 The Jam – Going underground / Dreams of children 27 Adam & the Ants – Stand and deliver 26 Barbra Streisand – Woman in love 25 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 23 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 23 The Pretenders – Brass in pocket 23 The Jam – Start 22 Police – Every little thing she does is magic 22 Blondie – Call me 21 Detroit Spinners – Working my way back to you 21 Odyssey – Use it up and wear it out 20 John Lennon – Woman 20 Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up 16 Human League - Don't you want me 15 Kenny Rogers – Coward of the county 15 Dexy´s Midnight Runners – Geno 15 Fern Kinney – Together we are beautiful  15 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is painless) 13 John Lennon – (Just like) Starting over 13 Smokey Robinson – Being with you 10 ABBA – Super Trouper  08 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It´s my party -6 6 Aneka – Japanese Boy 5 Julio Iglesias - Begin the Begine (Volvera empezar)

Here is my Shadow List 2023 which is also used for the Competition Pool. I also have my first hit Ady Barkan 18.12.1983 - 01.11.2023 Andy Taylor Bajrakitiyabha, Princess of Thailand Claudia Porsche David Graham Eddie OK Adams Estelle Parsons Françoise Hardy Frank Field Frank McGarvey 17.03.1956 – 01.01.2023 Fritz Wepper George Alagiah 22.11.1955 - 24.07.2023 Gianluca Vialli 09.07.1964 - 06.01.2023 Helmut Berger 29.05.1944 - 18.05.2023 Henry Kissinger 27.05.1923 - 29.11.2023 Ingrid van Bergen Iris Apfel James Whale Janey Godley Jango Edwards 15.04.1950 - 04.08.2023 Joe Kinnear Jonnie Irwin Kat Bjelland Kate Keltie Katharine, Duchess of Kent Linda Nolan Liselotte Pulver Marianne Faithfull Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Martin Walser 24.03.1927 - 26.07.2023 Michael Tilson Thomas Nana Mouskouri Natalie Fornasier 1994 - 14.01.2023 Nigel Starmer-Smith Rainer Langhans René Weller 21.11.1953 - 22.08.2023 Rhod Gilbert Rob Bolland Rob Burrow Roberta Flack Rolf Harris 30.03.1930 - 10.05.2023 Ryuichi Sakamoto 17.01.1952 - 28.03.2023 Shannen Doherty Simon Cowell (conservationist) Stephen Darby Steve McMichael Teresa Taylor 10.11.1962 - 18.06.2023 Tim Lobinger 03.09.1972 - 16.02.2023 Tina Turner 26.11.1939 - 24.05.2023 Tony Marshall 03.02.1938 - 16.02.2023 16/50

Interesting evaluation and statements about some candidates @Prophet. The German celebrities are probably actually different from the international ones and are not as open about reporting about their health conditions. When our list was ready I also thought about who could be a safety hit this year and I came up with 18 candidates! Wishful thinking! Let's be optimistic for 2023! Tony Marshall 16.02.2023 Traute Lafrenz-Page 06.03.2023 Tim Lobinger 16.02.2023 Marianne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn Rolf Schimpf Claudia Porsche Henry Kissinger 29.11.2023 Hans Modrow 10.02.2023 Anita Kupsch Werner Michael Blumenthal Maria Riva Rainer Langhans René Weller 22.08.2023 Hugo Broch Dorothee Wilms Menahem Pressler 06.05.2023 Friedrich Grade 16.10.2023 Boris Bukowski (relapse) 8/18

I think that the list can actually top last year's list, the selection of candidates is not fundamentally bad or wrong. There are the usual suspects who stay on the list until they die (Kissinger, Barker, van Dyke, Greenspan etc) which is ok. There are good returnees (Woodward, Musharraf, Nolan, Turner) and good newcomers (Wagner, Harris, Sakamoto, Taylor). My problem with the list is quite simply that it's a little boring. The top 10 is almost static, there are hardly any big jumps or deep falls. Dick van Dyck could have dropped dramatically from 1 to 30 and would still have stayed on the list. There could have been a new entry or a re-entry to first place. The top 10 consists only of men; the first woman only comes in 15th place! Where are the younger but really very sick candidates like Vialli, Whale or Irwin? It makes no sense to exclude such candidates, after all, the DL also wants to collect points and break their own records. As you can see, things went really well this year... The whole list looks like it was put together by the so-called "white old men", with no desire for change or effort. And it probably was. It would be nice if something could change here in the future, so that both the selection of candidates and their placement are a bit more diverse, open and up-to-date.

Nigel Starmer-Smith

38 The Specials – Ghost Town 37 Olivia Newton-John & ELO - Xanadu +4 33 Blondie – Atomic 33 ABBA – The winner takes it all 31 Soft Cell – Tainted Love 28 David Bowie – Ashes to Ashes 27 David Bowie & Queen – Under Pressure 25 The Specials – Too much, too young 25 Adam & the Ants – Prince Charming 25 Police – Don´t stand so close to me 24 Kenny Rogers – Coward of the county 23 The Jam – Going underground / Dreams of children 22 Adam & the Ants – Stand and deliver 22 Barbra Streisand – Woman in love 21 John Lennon – Woman 21 Blondie – Call me 21 Detroit Spinners – Working my way back to you 21 The Pretenders – Brass in pocket 21 The Jam – Start 21 Odyssey – Use it up and wear it out 21 Roxy Music – Jealous Guy 20 Police – Every little thing she does is magic 20 Johnny Logan – What´s another year 20 Bucks Fizz – Making your mind up 20 Julio Iglesias – Begin the beguine (Volver a empezar) 19 Human League – Don’t you want me 18 Smokey Robinson – Being with you 17 Dexy´s Midnight Runners – Geno 17 Fern Kinney – Together we are beautiful 16 John Lennon – (Just like) Starting over 15 M.A.S.H. – Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is painless) 14 ABBA – Super Trouper 14 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin – It´s my party -6 11 Aneka – Japanese Boy 10 Don McLean – Crying 06 Blondie – The tide is high

When the Committee gets tired of making a decent list, they should give up the job. There are certainly enough people who would be happy to do it.

What is it and what did I win?

What an uninspired Top 10

My bad! But nobody missed it so for me there is no need to include it now. This song also wasn't very well received in the 70s round.

Feel free to enter again @RoverAndOut I would be glad. But I know what you mean: It would have been great if Pelé had gone from 41 to 1 and Benedict XVI had re-entered to 2. A lot of movement in the DL. Now I could imagine that it remains rather static at the top. Otherwise: Last official reminder to name a replacement or its placement for Benedict XVI my list: Just for info: I will most likely not be able to do the evaluation until the middle of next week, please be patient. Thanks!