poptimists | The Pop Open Group G

As usual, these will be dripfed across the afternoon. Again, fiendishly close. Turnout inched up again - 27 voters this time.

First Place - Ms Dynamite - "Don't Stop" - 8 first place votes, 28% of total points.

alexmacpherson wins and chooses the Noughties group in Round 2.

Second Place - Derrick Harriott - "Black Skinned Blue Eyed Boys" - 8 first place votes, 25% of total points.

hauntedballroom qualifies and is put into Fifties And Before in Round 2.

Third Place - Siobhan Donaghy - "12 Bar Acid Blues" - 3 first place votes, 17% of total points.

lockedintheatti qualifies and is put into the Nineties group in Round 2.

Fourth Place - Luke Haines - "Off My Rocker At The Art School Bop" - 5 first place votes, 16% of total points.

celentari is OUT.

Fifth Place - Kirsty MacColl - "Wrong Again" - 3 first place votes, 14% of total points.

ruudboy is OUT.

As winner,

alexmacpherson can choose which second-round group he goes into - Noughties, Nineties, Eighties, Seventies, Sixties or Fifties and Before. He also gets to choose where the third-placed contestant (

lockedintheatti) ends up.

Unless something lands in my inbox PDQ, tomorrow's group will be DEATH. Thanks to all participants and voters.