Feb 2021
10:51am, 19 Feb 2021
125,277 posts
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GregP
Pool I closes. Only me voting for Levon proves that the rest of you aren't fit to be allowed to vote, but hey.
"I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues" (1983): gross 31, net 21 (Progresses to next round)
"Step into Christmas" (1973): gross 5, net -5 (Eliminated) "That's What Friends Are For" (with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder) (1985): gross 2, net -8 (Eliminated) "Levon" (1971): gross 1, net -9 (Eliminated) "Written in the Stars" (with LeAnn Rimes) (1999): gross 1, net -9 (Eliminated) "Les Aveux" (1981): gross 0, net -10 (Eliminated) "The Last Song" (1992): gross 0, net -10 (Eliminated) "All of the Lights" (Kanye West featuring various artists) (2005): gross 0, net -10 (Eliminated) "Wonderful Crazy Night" (2015): gross 0, net -10 (Eliminated) "Something About the Way You Look Tonight"/"Candle in the Wind 1997" (1997): gross 0, net -10 (Eliminated)
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Feb 2021
10:54am, 19 Feb 2021
125,278 posts
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GregP
Pool J closes
"I'm Still Standing" (1983): gross 22, net 13 (Progresses to next round) "Bennie and the Jets" (1974): gross 12, net 3 (Progresses to next round)
"Perfect Day" (with various artists for Children in Need) (1997): gross 3, net -6 (Eliminated) "Honky Cat" (1972): gross 2, net -7 (Eliminated) "Nobody Wins" (1981): gross 1, net -8 (Eliminated) "Simple Life" (1993): gross 1, net -8 (Eliminated) "Cry to Heaven" (1986): gross 0, net -9 (Eliminated) "A Step Too Far" (with Heather Headley and Sherie Scott) (1999): gross 0, net -9 (Eliminated) "The Bridge" (2006): gross 0, net -9 (Eliminated) "Blue Wonderful" (2016): gross 0, net -9 (Eliminated)
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Feb 2021
10:59am, 19 Feb 2021
125,279 posts
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GregP
~contemplates throwing strop~
Pool K closes. FFS.
"Kiss the Bride" (1983): gross 11, net -1 (Eliminated) "Candle in the Wind" (1974): gross 9, net -3 (Eliminated) "Just Like Belgium" (1981): gross 4, net -8 (Eliminated) "Island Girl" (1975): gross 3, net -9 (Eliminated) "True Love" (with Kiki Dee) (1993): gross 1, net -11 (Eliminated) "Someday Out of the Blue" (2000): gross 1, net -11 (Eliminated) "I Want Love" (2001): gross 1, net -11 (Eliminated) "Heartache All Over the World" (1986): gross 0, net -12 (Eliminated) "Calling It Christmas" (with Joss Stone) (2006): gross 0, net -12 (Eliminated) "In the Name of You" (2016): gross 0, net -12 (Eliminated)
Ben Elton goes through under Rule 5
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Feb 2021
10:59am, 19 Feb 2021
48,604 posts
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McGoohan
"Honky Cat"??
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Feb 2021
11:00am, 19 Feb 2021
48,605 posts
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McGoohan
Ha ha ha! Ben Elton for the win!
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Feb 2021
11:03am, 19 Feb 2021
125,280 posts
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GregP
It was the single between Rocket Man and Crocodile Rock. It got my vote.
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Feb 2021
11:03am, 19 Feb 2021
125,281 posts
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GregP
I read a Ben Elton novel once. It was deeply unpleasant.
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Feb 2021
11:07am, 19 Feb 2021
2,718 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
Depends what you read. Like all things Ben Elton, a curate's egg. Oh hang on, I have just had a look at his back catalogue. I've read a few and yeah. You're right.
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Feb 2021
11:07am, 19 Feb 2021
26,979 posts
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Maclennane
You can save yourself from reading the rest. They're the same book. That said, I was magnificent as Lockheart in Gasping (Bath, 1995)
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Feb 2021
11:09am, 19 Feb 2021
125,282 posts
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GregP
You was?
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