If the "regional votes" are used, I'm sure they will probably combine regions (Granada/Border England, YTV/Tyne Tees, Wales/West/Westcountry, Scottish/Grampian/Border Scottish) as last year, and refer to the other regions in geographical terms - East for Anglia, South for Meridian, Northern Ireland for UTV - apart from Central - the irony, eh?
Looking at Digiguide, on December 3rd, it has the schedule out, and two To Be Announced gaps, though those gaps are 6-7pm, and then the 2nd not until 11:15pm until 12:15am.
So I presume that they won't use these, though saying that, due to I'm A Celebrity, there's no Parkinson, and the X Factor 1st part ends at 8pm with the results not airing until 10:30pm!
The shortlist has been announced for this year's Record of the Year. As usual you have to vote for 2 in each category
GROUP A:
A1. JAMES BLUNT "YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL"
A2. AUDIO BULLYS FT NANCY SINATRA "SHOT YOU DOWN"
A3. AMERIE "1 THING"
A4. 2PAC FT ELTON JOHN "GHETTO GOSPEL"
A5. COLDPLAY "SPEED OF SOUND"
A6. LEMAR "IF THERE'S ANY JUSTICE"
GROUP B:
B1. DANIEL POWTER "BAD DAY"
B2. SEAN PAUL "WE BE BURNIN'"
B3. CHARLOTTE CHURCH "CRAZY CHICK"
B4. BODYROCKERS "I LIKE THE WAY YOU MOVE"
B5. WILL SMITH "SWITCH"
B6. GWEN STEFANI "WHAT YOU WAITING FOR?"
GROUP C:
C1. SUGABABES "PUSH THE BUTTON"
C2. ROBBIE WILLIAMS "TRIPPING"
C3. JENNIFER LOPEZ "GET RIGHT"
C4. WESTLIFE "YOU RAISE ME UP"
C5. PUSSYCAT DOLLS "DON'T CHA"
C6. MCFLY "ALL ABOUT YOU"
GROUP D:
D1. KATIE MELUA "NINE MILLION BYCYCLES"
D2. SNOOP DOGG FT CHARLIE WILSON & JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE "SIGNS"
D3. RHIANNA "PON DE REPLAY"
D4. AKON "LONELY"
D5. OASIS "LYLA"
D6. BLACK EYE PEAS "MY HUMPS"
GROUP E:
E1. MARIO "LET ME LOVE YOU"
E2. GORILLAZ "FEEL GOOD INC."
E3. MARIAH CAREY "WE BELONG TOGETHER"
E4. 50 CENT "CANDY SHOP"
E5. KELLY CLARKSON "SINCE U BEEN GONE"
E6. THE STEREOPHONICS "DAKOTA"
To vote join Vernon Kay on Record of the Year: The Final Countdown, this weekend on ITV1
I notice Group C is a strong group; maybe a chance to eliminate Westlife before the finals?!
Hopefully McFly as well, but we all knwo how these 12 year odlgirls get ringing & texting, so Westlife & McFly will probabally be one ones to get through out of that group, sadly.
James Blunt may just be the vote splitter in the McFly / Pondlife battle this year - a decent 3rd candidate is something that has been missing in previous ROTY's
