The FOG Factor - Series 4 - Live Show

[jp liz v1]

This is a great idea for a round, to find someone with a vast array of songwriting, producing and performing credits

...but, for me, it's the wrong person, I didn't see much I liked in the list. I've gone for something very obvious too. I have slightly personal reasons for liking it but I do think it's a good tune. Hopefully everyone agrees

[Kol]

@Spears  and @Sephiroth_Dude



Over to the judges, @Rachel Stevens on a Pogo Stick @nothing @Kol please tell us who you are sending home and your reason

[RSOAPS]

Tough call actually, having listened to them both again there a few minutes ago, I actually really enjoyed them far more than I remembered from yesterday.

To be a tad nitpicky, the full choir singing in @Spears' entry is a bit out of place for an "instrumental" round, even though it's a very minor part towards the climax of the piece. As I mentioned yesterday, I really like ASIWYFA, but this was a far cry from their best so @Sephiroth_Dude's entry disappointed me slightly. Gun to my head, I'm more likely to sit down and listen to Seph's entry again, whereas I wouldn't seek out Spears' piece...

So for that reason, my vote is to send @Spears home tonight...

[Kol]

This was a poor round, I'm not a fan of instrumentals though I do like a bit of classical music. Movie scores can be good also and I suppose Spears was kinda in the area. I do love the sound of guitars but not as instrumental. I'm going to have to send @Sephiroth_Dude  home tonight. It's rounds like this that makes one appreciate Ryan Tedder

[nothing]

I enjoyed and voted for both, so had to relisten.

I'm afraid that I agree with Kol, and I have to send @Sephiroth_Dude to losers lounge

[RSOAPS]

Sorry to see you go @Sephiroth_Dude, I would have put money on you being in the Top 3

[Sephiroth_Dude]

and on that note I bid ye adieu and will play ye out with my theme song, "One winged Angel"

[Kol]

Going home tonight is @Sephiroth_Dude , last seasons winner. Thanks for playing, hope you stick around.

You've already played us out, thanks

[aaronjennings]

Sorry to lose you Seph

[E.N.]

Sorry @Sephiroth_Dude, absolute disgrace that you went out with ASIWYFA. Go listen to Jettison in full to make yourself feel better 😉

[jp liz v1]

Welcome to the Legends Lounge Champ @Sephiroth_Dude tonight's karaoke is all Ryan 
Tedder   with unlimited cocktails on tap

[jp liz v1]

[Kol]

Tonights winning song with 8 votes and earning @aaronjennings  2 extras votes is
Final Hour - X-Ray Dog

[Jluv]

Welcome to the LL @Sephiroth_Dude . Tis filling up now😁🍺🍷🥂
@aaronjennings looking sweet for you now with all those extra votes. I'd say you even have enough to bring me back from the dead 😊😊

[Spears]

I'm not surprised I was in the bottom on this round so no outrage from me.

Sorry thst you took the bullet this time @Sephiroth_Dude 

[Spears]

I don't drink but I've tasted then before & they are very very tasty. Too easy to drink aswel 🤪

[Declan A Walsh]

If I had been taking part, here a few instrumentals I would have considered nominating.

1. How Dare You by 10CC


2. Sirius by The Alan Parsons Project


3. Mammagamma by The Alan Parsons Project


4. Hawkeye by The Alan Parsons Project


5. Shake Off the Ghosts by Simple Minds


6. Any Colour You Like by Pink Floyd


7. A Reflection by The Cure


8. Inside by Moby


9. Heat by Earl Klugh


10. La Femme d'Argent by Air


There's loads more I could think of, but I will leave it there!

[Irish Aris]

I'll put my hand up and say that I am a big fan of OneRepublic - especially the first 3 albums.
2 of their songs would have been absolute cheat codes. . . one of them got me though a tough time in my life.

Though in the legend's lounge I decided to share something else, which I didn't even know he had co-wrote and really like.

[jp liz v1]

I'll put my hand up and say that I am a big fan of OneRepublic - especially the first 3 albums.
2 of their songs would have been absolute cheat codes. . . one of them got me though a tough time in my life.

Though in the legend's lounge I decided to share something else, which I didn't even know he had co-wrote and really like.

[Kol]

I'm more and more curious who was responsible for the previous categories now...

Here's all I know so far...

Prog Rock... Seph
Nu Metal... ???
2023... ???
Pop Punk... ???
Instrumental... aaron
Ryan Tedder... liz

Pop punk was mine.

I think for the final each judge should pick a genre for the finalists. The pick any song finals are too open

I think for the final each judge should pick a genre for the finalists. The pick any song finals are too open

Wouldn't surprise me if that was already something Kol had in mind.

As promised we will be using the categories picked by the players that haven't been used yet though you both have given me an idea. Let me run it by my fellow judges.

[E.N.]

So obviously someone else got there first. Rsoaps is going to love this round

Please don't make me read the list again 😢

Well, I listened to a fair few and I've given up, entered something

[Kol]

Round 7 - Ryan Tedder



Voting closes at 8pm tonight

[Kol]

@aaronjennings Jordin Sparks - Battlefield

[Kol]

@ShaneU Birdy - Wings

[Kol]

@E.N. John Oates - Stone Cold Love

[Kol]

@Spears Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

[Kol]

Sounds from the lounge

@Jluv Beyoncé - Halo



@jp liz v1 Allies & Ryan - Happier



@Irish Aris Ellie Goulding - Burn

[RSOAPS]

Stone Cold Love was a pleasant surprise and new discovery in an otherwise overly saccharine and almost unbearable round - through no fault of the contestants obviously, you had to make the best of a bad situation.

Burn is also a tune, probably one of only a handful of songs I spotted on the Ryan Tedder discography the other day that I actually like.

[ShaneU]

More like Ryan Tedious

[Necro]

More like Ryan Tedious

Ryan Terrible would be better 

[E.N.]

I gave Spears a vote as that was my initial pick from the list. Not that I really think it's that's great either 🙈

Now...

[RSOAPS]

I gave Spears a vote as that was my initial pick from the list. Not that I really think it's that's great either 🙈

This admission almost makes me want to take away the vote I gave you for the actual decent song you did pick

Bleeding Love, more like Bleeding Ears having to listen to such muck

[E.N.]

I gave Spears a vote as that was my initial pick from the list. Not that I really think it's that's great either 🙈

This admission almost makes me want to take away the vote I gave you for the actual decent song you did pick

Bleeding Love, more like Bleeding Ears having to listen to such muck

Ah yeah, I said before that it was kind of personal. My best mate's band used to do a cover of it, so it's a bit nostalgic for me. Though I'll maintain it's very high on the list of what I listened to, just that that says more about the list than the song 🤣

[aaronjennings]

Shane had the best song of the Final 4 for me. Would have preferred the studio version over the acoustic, but still a great choice nonetheless

Jluv definitely had the best song from the LL

[Spears]

Well, I listened to a fair few and I've given up, entered something

I was like thst last round.

Was a bit the same this round too. Although there were a few songs I do like, none were showstoppers & I gave up after finding on that I felt 'will do' 

[Kol]

A question for both players and the audience. Would picking 5 songs for the final be too much? You would be given 5 categories. Otherwise we will go with the usual 3 songs each. I would like to get the game finished on Friday so don't want to give more time to picking and listening and I don't want to pressure folk either. Let me know your opinion

[RSOAPS]

A question for both players and the audience. Would picking 5 songs for the final be too much? You would be given 5 categories. Otherwise we will go with the usual 3 songs each. I would like to get the game finished on Friday so don't want to give more time to picking and listening and I don't want to pressure folk either. Let me know your opinion

I think 5 songs with different themes will make it more interesting and more helpful when voting for the winner, offer a bit more wiggle room and nuance for deciding who gets the crown than with just the 3 songs from previous games, and as a listener its only 4 extra songs to listen to so probably not that big a deal, but maybe for those finalists having to select 5 songs to submit it might feel like too much, so it probably depends more how those who will have to pick feel about it.

[E.N.]

A question for both players and the audience. Would picking 5 songs for the final be too much?

5 Ryan Tedder songs...?





Oh, different categories
I'd lean towards three myself, but no strong preference. If it's five I think the categories need to be quite broad, I wouldn't have time for finding that many new songs

[aaronjennings]

I think with the time constraints, three songs each would probably be for the best

Unless you wanted to announce the Final categories at the same time as the Semi Final category, then the potential finalists could have their 5-song line-ups ready to go, to save time

[Kol]

I think with the time constraints, three songs each would probably be for the best

Unless you wanted to announce the Final categories at the same time as the Semi Final category, then the potential finalists could have their 5-song line-ups ready to go, to save time

Yeah that is possible. I could announce them tonight and hopefully the nominations could be ready to post on Thursday and that would give the listeners more time to decide their favourite. Winner to be announced on Friday night.