UKMIXtapes VOL 3 // ROUND 6 RESULT + ROUND 7!

[xtofer]

GROUP A
4 Koda Kumi - Moon Crying
3 Ladytron - The Island
2 Kard - You in me
1 Orville Peck - Turn to Hate

GROUP B
4 Au/Ra - Dance In The Dark
3 Chromatics - You're No Good
2 The Jacksons - Torture
1 MIS - Princas

GROUP C
4 Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline
3 RuPaul - Main Event
2 Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
1 Anthony Callea - Per Sempre (For Always)

GROUP D
4 Nadine Lustre & James Reid - Summer
3 Frank Sinatra - Send In The Clowns
2 Rachel Platten - Shivers
1 Vanessa Amorosi - Hello Me

[urbanmusik]

A
04 Orville Peck - Turn to Hate
03 Koda Kumi - Moon Crying
02 Ladytron - The Island
01 Kard - You in Me

B
04 The Chromatics - You're No Good
03 Au/Ra - Dance in the Dark
02 The Jacksons - Torture
01 MIS - Princas

C
04 Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline (I still listen to this on this regular. These three women have some of the best harmonies ever. I love the use of the word "miscellaneous" during Keisha's pre-chorus, while Dev's production is 10/10 as usual)
03 Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
02 RuPaul - Main Event
01 Anthony Callea - Per Sempre (For Always)

D
04 Nadine Lustre & James Reid - Summer
03 Frank Sinatra - Send in the Clowns (cashing in on Joker with this classic dddd)
02 Rachel Platten - Shivers
01 Vanessa Amorosi - Hello Me

[JSparksFan]

GROUP A = 7.45/10
4 Orville Peck - Turn to Hate: 8.3/10 - a bit repetitive, but I liked it. Pleasant vocal.
3 Ladytron - The Island: 7.5/10 - interesting song (and video). I like the melody.
2 Koda Kumi - Moon Crying: 7.5/10 - stellar vocals, boring song.
1 Kard - You in me: 6.5/10 - meh.

GROUP B = 7.45/10
4 Au/Ra - Dance In The Dark: 8/10 - a bop!
3 The Jacksons - Torture: 8/10 - this is better than I thought it would be. MJ's voice is golden,
2 Chromatics - You're No Good: 7.8/10 - good!
1 MIS - Princas: 6/10 - forgettable.

GROUP C = 8.15/10
4 RuPaul - Main Event: 9.3/10 - an anthem!
3 Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline: 8.8/10 - this just kept getting better. Really enjoyed it.
2 Helen Reddy - Angie Baby: 8.5/10 - a jam.
1 Anthony Callea - Per Sempre (For Always): 6/10 - quite boring and pedestrian.

GROUP D = 7.875/10
4 Vanessa Amorosi - Hello Me: 8.5/10 - this song is a mood! I feel like it would slay Eurovision.
3 Nadine Lustre & James Reid - Summer: 8/10 - this was beautiful.
2 Rachel Platten - Shivers: 8/10 - sexy. Probably the best Rachel Platten song I've heard.
1 Frank Sinatra - Send In The Clowns: 7/10 - a bit slow, but I liked it.

[Affillate]

Update in the morning. I've tallied all the R6 stuff just have to reconcile a Leaderboard tiebreak.

[LastDreamer]

MIS - Princas is in my top 5 girl group songs. I'm very disappointed by ladies' poor result in this round.

[Affillate]

UKMIXTAPES VOL.3 // ROUND 6 RESULTS

SONG OF THE ROUND

1	Au/Ra - Dance In The Dark	[TANSIKE]	3.19
2	Helen Reddy - Angie Baby	[CHEAPTHRILLS]	2.94	6
3	Ladytron - The Island	[GAGARAZZI]	2.94	5
4	Mutya Keisha Siobhan - Flatline	[WAYNE]	2.69	5
5	Chromatics - You're No Good	[TREBOR]	2.69	3
6	Vanessa Amorosi - Hello Me	[RAYRAY]	2.63
7	Rachel Platten - Shivers	[SILENTDREAM]	2.56
8	Nadine Lustre & James Reid - Summer	[XTOFER]	2.50
9	Koda Kumi - Moon Crying	[SPIRAL]	2.44	4
10	The Jacksons - Torture	[EROTICA]	2.44	2
11	RuPaul - Main Event	[JSPARKSFAN]	2.38
12	Frank Sinatra - Send In The Clowns	[SPARTAN]	2.31	5,3
13	Orville Peck - Turn to Hate	[URBANMUSIK]	2.31	5,1
14	Kard - You in me	[COLBIE]	2.31	2
15	Anthony Callea - Per Sempre (For Always)	[AFFILLATE]	2.00
16	MIS - Princas	[LASTDREAMER]	1.69

LEADERBOARD

R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
4	2	1	1	1	1	[WAYNE]	3.01
1	1	2	2	2	2	[SILENTDREAM]	2.83
3	5	6	9	7	3	[TANSIKE]	2.70*
5	7	5	6	5	4	[GAGARAZZI]	2.70*
2	4	3	4	3	5	[SPARTAN]	2.68
9	12	9	5	6	6	[RAYRAY]	2.63
7	3	4	3	4	7	[AFFILLATE]	2.62
11	9	10	11	10	8	[CHEAPTHRILLS]	2.58
13	6	8	8	9	9	[SPIRAL]	2.53
14	8	7	7	8	10	[COLBIE]	2.52
6	11	12	10	11	11	[JSPARKSFAN]	2.45
8	10	11	12	12	12	[TREBOR]	2.37
12	13	13	13	13	13	[EROTICA]	2.27
16	16	15	15	14	14	[XTOFER]	2.15
10	14	14	14	15	15	[URBANMUSIK]	2.05
15	15	16	16	16	16	[LASTDREAMER]	1.93

R6 Tiebreak	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total 4's
Tansike	6	5	3	1	6	10	31
Gagarazzi	6	2	6	3	6	5	28

Tansike has song of the round with Au/Ra, picking up a big 10 4 scores, helping to settle the Leaderboard tiebreak with Gagarazzi.

Cheapthrills also has a good round, rising to 8th overall. Meanwhile, I had a bit of a Flop round, dropping to my R1 position at 7th.

I also considered another of Anthony Callea's ballads Live For Love Like I commented Per Sempre was possibly going for following up the uber success of his version of The Prayer, When Australia was still gaga over Idol in those first few years (the 2003 Final 12 reached #1 with 'Rise Up' a cover of a Vanessa Amorosi (who also appeared this round) album track, and The Prayer was up there in the Highest/Fastest selling single records on the ARIA chart).

Anyways he also has a few poppier songs like Addicted To You and Oh Oh Oh Oh. More recently you see him usually trotted out as a staple performer at the Melbourne Xmas Eve Carols By Candlelight on TV (alongside his husband, actor Tim Campbell) and some other TV appearances like one of those Australia Day televised concerts IIRC (plus making the final few on Aussie I'm A Celeb... in 2016).

But he did manage to score another #1 album in 2016 with Backbone, a covers album of 80's/90's songs and the title track the only original.

Anthony also has a slight tangential connection to one of my other mixtape songs coming up (kindof a cryptic clue haha).

ROUND 7 COMING SOON

[LastDreamer]

12th place for Sinatra makes me sad. His song was two heads above all other contenders.

[Wayne]

Crikey, surprised at that result - thought I was going to do terrible based on the early voters.

I’ve got a real risk coming up, especially in light of how poorly older songs seem to be doing.

[Affillate]

UKMIXTAPES VOL.3 // ROUND 7
GROUP A


Cassie Davis - Like It Loud | vimeo | Alt link
Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
Jason Dhakal & dot.jaime - U
Diana Ross - Eaten Alive

GROUP B


Azealia Banks - Ice Princess
Ruta Sciogolevaite - Break Free
Hooverphonic - Romantic
Clairo - Sofia

GROUP C


Kim Petras - Icy
Bishop Briggs - Tattooed On My Heart
O-TOWN - OFF
Sarah Blasko - Planet New Year | Alt Link


GROUP D


Girls Aloud - On The Metro
Maren Morris - The Bones
Kensington - Sorry
Lauren Aquilina - Psycho


RANK EACH GROUP MOST (4--->1) LEAST

[Affillate]

I added the main channel link for Sarah Blasko as it has slightly better picture quality, included the mixtapers provided as an alt link in case the first is geolocked or smth. I also upgraded the lyric video to the actual video for Air Supply.

@Colbie @Tansike @cheapthrills @GaGarazzi @Wayne @urbanmusik @trebor @RayRay @JSparksFan @xtofer @Spiral @Spartan @SilentDream @Erotica @LastDreamer

ROUND 7 is up for voting now.

[Colbie]

Knew i was going to flop

[Spiral]

The moment has come for Rupaul to beat Frank Sinatra

[JSparksFan]

The moment has come for Rupaul to beat Frank Sinatra

Deservedly so!

[cheapthrills]

Never in a million years would I have guessed Helen Reddy would be the most successful of my submissions.

[Affillate]

Updated the Kim Petras song per request too as it now has a video.

[trebor]

4 Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
3 Jason Dhakal & dot.jaime - U
2 Diana Ross - Eaten Alive
1 Cassie Davis - Like It Loud

4 Azealia Banks - Ice Princess
3 Ruta Sciogolevaite - Break Free
2 Clairo - Sofia
1 Hooverphonic - Romantic

4 Bishop Briggs - Tattooed On My Heart
3 Sarah Blasko - Planet New Year
2 O-TOWN - OFF
1 Kim Petras - Icy

4 Kensington - Sorry
3 Maren Morris - The Bones
2 Girls Aloud - On The Metro
1 Lauren Aquilina - Psycho

[Colbie]

Group A
4 Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
3 Jason Dhakal & dot.jaime - U
2 Diana Ross - Eaten Alive
1 Cassie Davis - Like It Loud

Group B
4 Hooverphonic - Romantic
3 Ruta Sciogolevaite - Break Free
2 Clairo - Sofia
1 Azealia Banks - Ice Princess

Group C
4 Sarah Blasko - Planet New Year
3 Bishop Briggs - Tattooed On My Heart
2 O-TOWN - OFF
1 Kim Petras - Icy

Goup D
4 Kensington - Sorry
3 Maren Morris - The Bones
2 Lauren Aquilina - Psycho
1 Girls Aloud - On The Metro

[cheapthrills]

GROUP A
4 Cassie Davis - Like It Loud - What a high energy bop!
3 Jason Dhakal & dot.jaime - U -Hmmm, Jason is hot. I feel like the way the lines echo and blend into one another is how music sounds like when I'm drunk.
2 Diana Ross - Eaten Alive - I can hear MJ's influence here, but don't think this is Diana's best. The departure she takes is not suited for her voice.
1 Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Sorry, but this is sleep-inducing

GROUP B (Thought this was a really strong set)
4 Hooverphonic - Romantic - What I like about this is that the ending is so sweeping - starting pared down and then exploding again.
3 Azealia Banks - Ice Princess - It's hard for me to like Azealia because her personality is so toxic, but it works so well with the aggressive beat of this song.
2 Ruta Sciogolevaite - Break Free - Love the combination of the strings, strong beat, and slow vocals
1 Clairo - Sofia - Kind of interesting to see this with Hooverphonic, which has a similar vibe to me, other than that fuzzed-up section, which is a little jarring.

GROUP C
4 Bishop Briggs - Tattooed On My Heart - It wouldn't be me if I didn't put Bishop first.
3 Kim Petras - Icy - Great song. This sounds like it stepped off the Black Panther soundtrack.
2 Sarah Blasko - Planet New Year - I love the sunniness of the backing music; she deserves to be higher ranked. Her voice reminds me a little of Lily Allen.
1 O-TOWN - OFF - Oh, is it 2002 again? Didn't realize they got back together, but I need Ashley Parker and his thirst trap pix in my life. I realize none of this has anything to do with my feelings on the song. It's just ok.

GROUP D
4 Lauren Aquilina - Psycho - OMG, I've been there, Lauren. Men can be such trash, they drive us to insanity. Were you dating the guy from Kensington by any chance?
3 Girls Aloud - On The Metro - Not really been crazy about most of Girls Aloud, but I guess you got me in the right moment. Sounds awfully happy for someone who's giving drama realness on the subway tho.
2 Kensington - Sorry - What a terrible boyfriend. At least he admits to everything. This depressed me.
1 Maren Morris - The Bones - I love Maren Morris, but haven't been able to get into this one. I think I prefer when she's more uptempo than this.

[RayRay]

2 Diana Ross - Eaten Alive - I can hear MJ's influence here, but don't think this is Diana's best. The departure she takes is not suited for her voice.
1 Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - Sorry, but this is sleep-inducing

Usually I like your taste in music, but here I have to disagree wholeheartedly.
How can anyone call a Jim Steinman song sleep-inducing??? It's such an anthem. Even better than It's All Coming Back To Me Now, Total Eclipse Of The Heart or anything by Meatloaf.
As for Diana Ross, the Eaten Alive is the best thing she's ever done IMO. It made me a fan.

[Wayne]

GROUP A

04 - Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All - how can you not love this? Lead singer has an AWESOME voice.
03 - Jason Dhakal & dot.jaime - U - not my thing.
02 - Cassie Davis - Like It Loud - link doesn't work @Affilate so I found another link. Not my thing though.
01 - Diana Ross - Eaten Alive - this was atrocious.

GROUP B

04 - Hooverphonic - Romantic - quite enjoyed this.
03 - Clairo - Sofia - quite liked this, though it was difficult to understand what she was singing in parts.
02 - Ruta Sciogolevaite - Break Free - Evanescence light, it's not bad but not great.
01 - Azealia Banks - Ice Princess - love the video. The bass/backing track is somehow at odds with the "vocals" though.

GROUP C

04 - Bishop Briggs - Tattooed On My Heart - loved this.
03 - Kim Petras - Icy - this was awesome, she's so talented.
02 - Sarah Blasko - Planet New Year | Alt Link
01 - O-TOWN - OFF - nah

GROUP D

04 - Maren Morris - The Bones - liked this.
03 - Lauren Aquilina - Psycho
02 - Kensington - Sorry
01 - Girls Aloud - On The Metro

[Erotica]

GROUP A


03 Cassie Davis - Like It Loud
02 Air Supply - Making Love Out Of Nothing At All
01 Jason Dhakal & dot.jaime - U
04 Diana Ross - Eaten Alive

GROUP B


02 Azealia Banks - Ice Princess
01 Ruta Sciogolevaite - Break Free
04 Hooverphonic - Romantic
03 Clairo - Sofia

GROUP C


02 Kim Petras - Icy
03 Bishop Briggs - Tattooed On My Heart
04 O-TOWN - OFF
01 Sarah Blasko - Planet New Year | Alt Link


GROUP D


04 Girls Aloud - On The Metro
02 Maren Morris - The Bones
01 Kensington - Sorry
03 Lauren Aquilina - Psycho

[Affillate]

Cassie Davis - Like It Loud - link doesn't work @Affilate so I found another link.

Thanks for that - added a vimeo video link and audio alt link for Cassie Davis.

[LastDreamer]

4 - Cassie Davis
3 - Air Supply
2 - Diana Ross
1 - Jason Dhakal

4 - Ruta Sciogolevaite
3 - Hooverphonic
2 - Clairo
1 - Azealia Banks

4 - Sarah Blasko
3 - O-Town
2 - Bishop Briggs
1 - Kim Petras

4 - Girls Aloud
3- Kensington
2- Lauren Aquilina
1- Maren Morris

Top 3 : Girls Aloud, Ruta Sciogolevaite, Sarah Blasko
Bottom 3 : Azealia Banks, Jason Dhakal, Kim Petras

[Tansike]

Super busy week, so I probably won't be able to vote until Monday or so. But I guess since the last round was open for a week and a half it may be similar with this round as well?