Hi Tom. I’ve decided to pick three unpolled songs from my #TheTwen2ie5 playlist (since you’re into crossover events now)
MAIN: Malu Magri - ‘Cabeça-Inferno’ (BRAZIL)
Bonus 1: Sofía Valdés - ‘How’s That Working Out?’ (PANAMA)
Bonus 2: Jockstrap - ‘Greatest Hits’ (ENGLAND)
Thanks so much!
#TheTwen2ie5
#TheTenx5
#TheN0ughtie5
#Twen2y526
Glossary updated for the closure of Popjustice, without which this account and project would probably never have existed.
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Text on black background. (Gold lettering) But I can say this… (White lettering) 1. There will be another condition for full participation on all 28 days. I won’t say what it is, but it should be impossible for a true enthusiast to fail. 2. Slightly restricted participation (21 days) will be offered to anyone meeting the original requirement of 160 main and 20 HMs, but not meeting that additional condition. More restricted participation (7 days) will be offered to i) those not meeting that additional condition more than once and ii) players who completed one or two of the main 50-song challenges (Parts I to III), or completed all of them but missed HMs. 3. I would not take anything written here as definitive until the full rules and guidelines are published between 27th December 2026 and 1st January 2027.
#TheTwen2ie5
#TheTenx5
#TheN0ughtie5
#Twen2y526
*** PART V UPDATE ***
A recent edit to the PLAYER QUALIFICATION section of GET LUCKY provides some additional clarity.
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PS
If you search "points carried forward" on here, you can find posts from me going back to #TheTwen2ie5 challenge (Part I).
Miley Cyrus graces #TheN0ughtie5 rules page from today - it should be getting more hits in the next two months.
This week's linked theme is quite a nice one, and I think makes tomorrow's album (from 2025/2026) very guessable.
#TheTwen2ie5 Gracie Abrams
#TheTenx5 Mabel
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#THETENX5
A more direct comparison with #TheTwen2ie5:
- Cut-off for automatic qualification was 138 songs in Part I
- This equated to 65 points, with only two auto-qualifiers on that mark
- The 138th song in Part II currently has 60 points
- Variance really kicks in at around 150+ points
#THETENX5
For those curious about how the overall numbers might shake out and particularly the 'VS' element...
#THETWEN2IE5
Posts + Lists = 100 players
HMs (5) = 82
HMs (extras, up to 45) = 51
#THETENX5
Posts + Lists = 90 players
HMs (5) = 86
HMs (extras, up to 45) = 16 SO FAR
#THETENX5
The other factor here is player numbers:
#TheTwen2ie5 - 75 daily + 23 lists = 98 plus dropouts
#TheTenx5 - 62 daily + 28 lists = 90 (only 1 dropout)
This is why I've been begging for lists all month.
PLEASE, if you have a list, send it NOW or well before 25th March.
Thanks.
#THETENX5
Just so you can compare:
#TheTwen2ie5 final
100+ points: 60
200+ points: 7
Around 3,000 different songs were selected, though this excludes a lot of singletons from people who broke rules/spirit, some month 2 singletons and all singleton HMs from the end of month 2.
Very important #thetwen2ie5 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social news
#TheTenx5 Day 35
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
Long before he topped #TheTwen2ie5 for me, he laid down a landmark album & topped it off with this (IMO) generational anthem
16. Kendrick Lamar - “Alright” (USA; June 2015)
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#TheTenx5
35
Spye
Oops, Sorry
Single
2014
UK
I already mentioned in #TheTwen2ie5 that I have a fondness for regional British raps, and this one is especially nice. Lovely tongue-twisting bars.
#TheTenX5 Day 30:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Jubilee Street (2013, 🇦🇺, Poppy fail, unranked)
Another returner from #TheTwen2ie5
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Yes, of course. Just not for #TheTwen2ie5, because it's finished.
Hi Arron. I didn’t submit any HMs for #TheTwen2ie5 so thought I was disqualified for the final Part V.
Cheers
(someone made that error during #TheTwen2ie5, hope they're picking it here!)
#TheTenX5 Day 22:
Jane Weaver - The Architect (2017, 🇬🇧, unranked)
First returnee from #TheTwen2ie5
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It was also the third highest scoring 2025 qualifier from #TheTwen2ie5, behind only 'Illegal' and 'S.M.O.'
#THETENX5
And of course, don't forget that this shouldn't be an agonising choice, because you're able to submit up to 45 more HMs before the end of March.
They worked very well in #TheTwen2ie5 and hopefully will again.
I very nearly picked this for #TheTwen2ie5 since the Junebug album was released in 2020, but beyond the kayfabe the reality is that this was a 2014 track created by Ben Babbitt with lyrical assistance from Jake Elliott, and nary a gender-shifting android between them.
Jose Mourinho "I prefer not to speak, if I speak, I am in big trouble' image from a post-match interview in front of a Premier League sponsor board.
The proportion of unique picks is really no different (at this stage) to previous challenges, and certainly not to #TheTwen2ie5.
Vote-splitting for big artists is probably higher, but I'm comfortable with mine because [snip].
Where ✔️ from #THETWEN2IE5 finished:
Amaarae, 'S.M.O.' - leading 2025 scorer in #TheTwen2ie5 (by 1 point) OUT IN R2
Huntr/x, 'Golden' - 10TH PLACE
Kate Nash, 'GERM' - 12TH PLACE
Lady Gaga, 'Abracadabra' - 18TH PLACE
Pulp, 'Got To Have Love' - OUT IN R1
Wolf Alice, 'Bloom Baby Bloom' - 15TH PLACE
I can now update the Pollhalla crossover between Tom's year-end pop polls and #THETWEN2IE5 qualifers (which ran from October - December).
A recap:
2020 - 5/8 Pollhalla entries qualified
2021 - 8/8 qualified!
2022 - 7/8 qualified
2023 - 6/8 qualified
2024 - 8/8 qualified!
As for 2025...
Yes I accept this.
2025 was at a serious and acknowledged disadvantage, and of course I encouraged everyone to HM stuff that already had a pick. Especially at the end.
I think, really, I'm surprised it's done *this* well compared to what CQ did in #TheTwen2ie5 just a few months ago.
(also: I did wonder why all her #TheTwen2ie5 votes were for 21st Century Cool Girl, because this was clearly the one)
Yeah... and on the basis of #TheTwen2ie5, same.
And another Wet Leg single (Mangetout) did way better in #thefestive50
Bit of a shock, basically. Caught me really unawares when I realised it was still here.
I find 'Amanda' especially galling because it was also one HM away from auto-qualifying out of #TheTwen2ie5.
All but guaranteed a place anyway, but it would have been a huge triumph for something virtually no-one knew before Jonathan's post.
TBF I'm.thinking of one song in particular, which gained enough traction and chat during #TheTwen2ie5 to amass 3 full picks and 6 HMs (including HMs from both of us).
I'm amazed that anyone who did Part I is GBing it here.
This is where I get to find out which of my #TheTwen2ie5 participants didn't listen to the 2025 playlist, I guess... :)
I was literally about to post this for #theTwen2ie5 when I looked at Wikipedia for some background and saw it was from 2017. Oops. Gave me an excuse to listen to it again (and again) now though!
#theTenX5 #10
"Isii Nafta (Love You More Than My Life)"
Nimco Happy
2017 🇸🇴
youtu.be/f0ZgF2tcMwA
NK✔️P✔️S✔️
