X Factor!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Has anyone else been watching the X Factor? With Saturday nights in having become my default mode (thanks to toddler) I've ended up watching more this year than ever before and now require the POPTIMISTS to tell me who should WIN.

So - Who should win?

To jog yr memory the remaining contestants are:

( X-Factor burbling )

Does anyone else care?

Another Year In Pop: 48

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

We have a new #1! Take That go straight in at the top spot, Beyonce's down to 2.

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*I think this originally charted last year so still counts for poll purposes? No obligation to tick it, anyway.

Xmas watch: As well as Mariah, people have been buying enough copies of Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' to bump it up to 67, and the Pogues & Kirsty climb up to 44.

End times watch: the karaoke version of Leona Lewis covering Snow Patrol is still lurking in the low 50s :( :(

EDIT: Oh I've 4rsed that up good and proper haven't I? Of course I mean 'Greatest Day' for the first option of the second question.

THE POPTIMISTS POLL 2008 - Your nominations required!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

The end of the year is of course POLL SEASON, and we'll be striking the bandwagon while the cakes are hot. If you've been lurking on Poptimists or have given up on polling now is a superb chance to change your ways!

As last year the poll will be in two bits: the TRACKS OF 2008 POLL and the REST OF IT.

To vote in the Tracks of 2008 you need to send your Top 10 Tracks of 2008 to leagueofpop@gmail.com. That's all! The tracks you send will be alloted POINTS in eurovision style (12-10-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1) and then we will post the winners. Deadline for this is Sunday 14th, i.e. in 2 weeks time.

To vote in the Rest Of It just fill in the 5 categories below, and I will use the Poptimizer (pictured in icon) to create NOMINEES which we will vote on. Deadline for this is whenever I get round to starting it. (The plan is to do these next week and the tracks the week after: I know something amazing might appear in the last cpl weeks of the year but sod it, lists are more fun pre-demob). Oh, and if you want to nominate more than one thing, DO!

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HAPPY POLLING!