[Kate!]

Firstly I'll reveal who sang which songs

[Kate!]

Contestant 1 was Cooper Diesel as Beyonce

Contestant 2 was Angel Arctic as Bruno Mars

Contestant 3 was Luke Rival as Mary J Blige

Contestant 4 was Aspen Raines as George Michael

Contestant 5 was Gwendolyn Zabraska as Samantha Mumba

Contestant 6 was Heathcote Pursuit as Craig David

Contestant 7 was Ruby Riot as Alicia Keys

Contestant 8 was Tommi Tune as Destiny's Child

And

Contestant 9 was Havana Luka as Marvin Gaye

[Kate!]

Now here are Rod's scores and comments. Rod did not know who sang what, he numbered them, I have inserted the contestant names after he sent to me.

15 - Luke Rival - A delightful choice of artist and songs. I applaud you for this.

12 - Gwendolyn Zabraska - Ahh Samantha Mumba. The artist time nearly forgot! Brilliant choice, may not do as well with the group though.

10 - Tommi Tune - They could be seen as slightly obvious choice. However, this was a genre specific round where the genre of the song, as well as the artist, really matters. You’ve done well in your selection and provided a varied mix. I’m also going to have ‘Say My Name’ stuck in my head all day now.

8 - Havana Luka - Again could potentially be seen as an obvious choice, but in a genre specific round I’m a little more forgiving. Love the songs, absolute classics, and absolutely work for RnB/Soul.

5 - Cooper Diesel - A great choice and mix of songs. ‘Halo’ is one of her finest so I’m glad you included that.

5 - Heathcote Pursuit - Another nice choice of a British artist and songs for these genres.

5 - Ruby Riot - not a bad choice. Just to point out her ‘New York’ song is actually called “Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down’ (Just pointing it out, it didn’t affect your score).

4 - Aspen Raines - I commend you for this as it’s not an obvious choice but it works, nearly. Two of your song choices fit RnB/Soul genres, however ‘Too Funky’ is a pop/dance song and doesn’t work unfortunately. It’s a shame, as he had some great songs which would have, and would have placed you a lot higher in my rankings.

4 - Angel Arctic - A good choice of artist. However, your song choices don’t fully fit the genre. Two of the songs work, however ‘Grenade isn’t an RnB/soul song, it’s a pop song and as this was a genre specific round, I have to mark you down for that.

[Kate!]

And on with the further results.

[Kate!]

In 9th place with 42 points is

Aspen Raines

[Kate!]

In 8th place with 48 points is

Cooper Diesel

[Kate!]

In 7th place with 52 points is

Angel Arctic

[Kate!]

In 6th place with 53 points is

Tommi Tune

[Kate!]

In 5th place with 61 points is

Heathcote Pursuit

[Kate!]

In 4th place with 68 points is

Ruby Riot

[Kate!]

In 3rd place with 71 points is

Gwendolyn Zabraska

[Kate!]

Which leaves us with Luke Rival battling it out with Havana Luka.

In 2nd place with 74 points is

Spoiler:

Luke Rival

[Kate!]

So congratulations to the round winner...

With 75 points, it's

Spoiler:

Havana Luka

[Kate!]

Let's take a look at the leaderboard next...

[Kate!]

Updated Leaderboard

1st Gwendolyn Zabraska 531
2nd Luke Rival 525
3rd Tommi Tune 509
4th Heathcote Pursuit 494
5th Angel Arctic 485
6th Havana Luka 464
7th Ruby Riot 460
8th Aspen Raines 449
9th Cooper Diesel 433

[Kate!]

Just double checking how many to still send songs.

[Mystic Mock]

I really struggled to find songs for the R&B round.

I feel much more comfortable with the Pop round.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I really struggled to find songs for the R&B round.

I feel much more comfortable with the Pop round.

You could not find a soul singer in the last 60 years?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo

You could not find a soul singer in the last 60 years?

I'm not someone that listens to the genre that much tbh.

I gave it a stab at least.

[Kate!]

Hopefully a show this evening.

[Cherie]

Great, thank you Kate

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Great, thank you Kate

It's definitely on. Not sure what time yet.

[Beso]

Well done Havana Luka. Or should I say, Vanessaa.

Excellent choice, blew us all away.

[Kate!]

Ok, so it's daft o'clock but hey let's go! Yes I fell fast asleep.

It's Pure Pop week and opening the show are myself and Benjamin performing as Cheek 2 Cheek! And you have to listen to this all the way through or else.....

Youtube video

[Kate!]

Well....that was interesting. Lol.

So let's get down to things. Contestants will again be numbered 1 to 9. Total anonymity.