1996 UK Official Charts Number One Hits SURVIVOR (Round 5 - The DUELS)

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The fire has burnt out for two more acts, no returns to be found.

Eight songs remain in the competition as we enter a brand new round unlike any other yet.

Results:
09. Mark Morrison - Return of the Mack (20th April) - Round 4 (26.3% to save)
10. The Prodigy - Firestarter (30th March) - Round 4 (21.1% to save)
11. George Michael - Jesus to a Child (20th January) - Round 3 (44.2% to evict)
12. The Prodigy - Breathe (23rd November) - Round 3 (51.2% to evict)
13. Michael Jackson - Earth Song (6th January) - Round 3 (65.1% to evict)
14. Deep Blue Something - Breakfast at Tiffany's (5th October) - Round 2 (28.3% to save)
15. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman (27th January) - Round 2 (23.9% to save)
16. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun (12th October) - Round 2 (21.7% to save)
17. Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions (1st June) - Round 2 (13.0% to save)
18. Take That - How Deep Is Your Love (9th March) - Round 2 (10.9% to save)
19. Boyzone - Words (19th October) - Round 2 (4.3% to save)
20. Boyzone - A Different Beat (14th December) - Round 1 (57.8% to evict)
21. Peter Andre - Flava (14th September) - Round 1 (75.6% to evict)
22. Robson & Jerome - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (9th November) - Round 1 (82.2% to evict)
22. Dunblane - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (21st December) - Round 1 (82.2% to evict)
24. Gary Barlow - Forever Love (20th July) - Round 1 (84.4% to evict)
25. Peter Andre - I Feel You (7th December) - Round 1 (91.1% to evict)
26. Robson & Jerome - Saturday Night at the Movies (9th November) - Round 1 (93.3% to evict)
27. Robson & Jerome - You'll Never Walk Alone (9th November) - Round 1 (95.6% to evict)

Time for another round of voting... with a TWIST

Here's how it works. Each of the eight remaining songs have been seeded based on their overall result in the game so far - Votes to save in Round 2/4 minus the votes to evict in Round 1/3
Seed #1: Gina G - Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit (25th May) - 57 Points
Seed #2: Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There (26th October) - 55 Points
Seed #3: Spice Girls - 2 Become 1 (28th December) - 48 Points
Seed #4: George Michael - Fastlove (4th May) - 43 Points
Seed #5: Fugees - Killing Me Softly (8th June) - 44 Points
Seed #6: Spice Girls - Wannabe (27th July) - 24 Points
Seed #7: Fugees - Ready or Not (21st September) - 22 Points
Seed #8: Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger (2nd March) - 5 Points

Based on their seed number, the songs have been split into 4 duels, as follows:
#1 vs. #8
#2 vs. #7
#3 vs. #6
#4 vs. #5

This round, the songs will be battling it out in one-on-one fashion!

For this round, you are voting for your favourite song in each Duel. The winner of each duel will move on to the Quarter-Final.

You have 4 votes, one for each duel. Make sure to vote for one song per duel, since as you can tell, voting for two songs in the same duel will have no effect. If there are any ties at the end of the round, I will simply deduct my own personal vote (as host) from that duel.

As for the 4 songs that lost their duel: there will be a flash vote amongst the four of them afterwards with the chance to save one of them, with the other three getting the boot.

Let's begin!

 

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TL;DR Summary

1) Songs have been split into duels based on the past four rounds of voting
2) Vote for your favourite to SAVE in each duel
3) Winner of each duel moves on to the Quarter-FInal
4) The four losing songs will compete in a Flash Vote, where one more song will also qualify for the Quarter-FInal
5) The Quarter-Final will have 5 songs, with 3 song eliminated this round.

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Are you fucking kidding me with duel #4?!

 

[RaspberrySwirl]

Oh I see there’s hope for the losing song to come back

 

[The Unholy Ghost]

Quite the SPICE DILEMMA in duel 3. I hope there aren’t going to be temper tantrums

 

[Iguana]

Spice v Spice

 

[Diddy]

Is it that surprising? We have a top 8 with only 5 artists

 

[Diddy]

Though in fairness, if it was 2B1 vs SUBT then I might not be so charitable!

 

[Loufoque]

The two hardest duels were the non-Spice ones for me. #4 in particular. I went for Killing Me Softly in the end. I think it's my favourite vocal performance ever committed to record. That being said, Fastlove is one of the best pop songs ever. #1 was a weird one - I suppose at the time, and throughout the rest of my life, I have been more excited by Gina G, but these days, Don't Look Back In Anger feels so full of nostalgia - it was the moment, and it's a great song.

 

[Iguana]

Is it that surprising?

It is SHOCKING

 

[Dark Carnival]

Spice v Spice