QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Killer Queen is through to the semi-finals. Who will join them? UNDER PRESSURE or DON'T STOP ME NOW Little Bowie collab, or another Freddie romp? Last rep of the Hot Space album, or last rep from Jazz? Vanilla Ice or Shaun Of The Dead?

#QueenWorldCup I am counting this extra late vote because (a) lovely reasoning, (b) it doesn’t change the result, and (c) it’s all engagement, bruv. Killer Queen 23-14 I Want To Break Free

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup It's the first QUARTER FINAL today. KILLER QUEEN has scored heavily, and by wide margins all the way. Walked it, m8. I WANT TO BREAK FREE really squeezed through against White Queen and Bicycle Race. Combative. Vote #Killer or #Break in reply, by 10pm.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup With Bohemian Rhapsody's victory this evening, we now know the FINAL EIGHT songs: Killer Queen v I Want To Break Free Under Pressure v Don't Stop Me Now Another One Bites The Dust v Somebody To Love Radio Ga Ga v Bohemian Rhapsody QFs start tomorrow.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Last of the last 16, Mercury v Mercury. Self loathing v self love. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, never heard of it V GOOD OLD-FASHIONED LOVER BOY, joyous romp Vote in reply with your favourite, I want to hear some fighting talk. Result at 10pm.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Love Live Laugh? Eat Pray Vote? SOMEBODY TO LOVE vs WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER Can we keep the Mercury dominant? Vote #Love Can we keep a Highlander track in the cup? Vote #Live I’ll try to wrap this up at 10pm.

#QueenWorldCup Some folks are saying the vote below is somehow one-sided or fixing a result. I say to them, BlueSky has gone 100% on Bicycle Race by voting #Yeah. And there is only one vote in it. So vote #IamBoring for I Want To Break Free, if you must.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup I Want To Break Free, a standard, slightly hum-drum tune where they dressed up for the video. Or: BICYCLE RACE, one of the greatest songs ever. Vote #IamBoring for I Want To Break Free, or #YEAH for Bicycle Race. That simple. Appease your circus-master.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup ICYMI, genuine drama late last night, see quoted post! (TL;DR Richy can’t count.) Today will be simpler, it’s… UNDER PRESSURE v A KIND OF MAGIC Reply with #under or #magic to vote! 10pm cut off!

You’re my best friend is objectively a better song, and I would implore you to demand my friend Rich respects this fact

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Finally back to AM kick offs! RADIO GA GA YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND No time for an opening comment, VOTE (in reply, maybe with your reasoning).

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Right, short game today, but no bad thing. Let's call it "compact". F I N A L S C O R E Killer Queen - 21 Crazy Little Thing Called Love - 4 The score was 18-1 this afternoon, so almost a late rally / consolation goal. Killer Queen becomes the third QF'ist.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup [Rich runs onto the pitch, clearly pulling clothes over his pyjamas] [Theatrical mumbling] Oh yes, we're still doing this. KILLER QUEEN or CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE ???? Go! Vote #Killer or #Crazy by 11pm! Go! Go! Go!

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QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Get triumphant. Yesterday, Don’t Stop Me Now became the first quarter-finalist. What will join it in The Battle Of Contradictory Titles? ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST v THE SHOW MUST GO ON Reply-vote #AOBTD or #TSMGO by 10pm, when the show goes off.

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QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Amazing STATISTICS thread, below. Anyway, shut up, Rich. Do the vote. DON'T STOP ME NOW or THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Do you like it upbeat or not? Vote by replying with your preference, and your thoughts on the matter if you want. Let's go!

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup We have finished Round 2 and are into the last 16. Time for a stat attack! On the left is the winning margin in the last game for each song. On the right is total votes in the tourney so far.

#QueenWorldCup Simply tell me: Which is better, Bohemian Rhapsody or I Want It All? One song currently has a 2:1 lead. But are we collectively backlashing? Final whistle about 10pm.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup It’s the FINAL game of Round 2. But who will make it to the LAST 16? Bohemian Rhapsody, an obscure track you’ve never heard, you casual fan. I Want It All, that one everywhere on commercial radio, 1989-1991. Reply to vote, extra points maybe for well-made reasons.

#QueenWorldCup It is tight. Absolutely squeaky. BBC colleagues have gone 100% on Deacon's love song, Transformers pals have gone 100% late Queen, music mates are divided. Here on Bluesky, it's 50-50. Can YOU be the difference? Tell me, which is better: YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND or INNUENDO?

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup John Deacon love song v cherished late album title track. Soppy v opera-y. YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND v INNUENDO Please, reply to vote. Maybe offer your reasoning, might get an extra point.

#QueenWorldCup Old-school, no live commentary, only the result on Ceefax. (It has been a busy day.) Shame, as it was a tight one, and fun. SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE - 10 WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER - 13 Ooh, you lot love Highlander. Also, my mate Westy wrote this: www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthe...

QUEEN WORKD CUP #QueenWorldCup Route one: SEVEN SEAS OF RHYE WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER That fast one off Greatest Hits, or that other one off Highlander? Tell me which is better, by 10pm.

#QueenWorldCup You know what? Closer than could have been predicted. Another One Bites The Dust is second favourite for the whole tournament. Stone Cold Crazy is not. But the early metal fans have woken up. Opening score 5-3, now 7-5. Vote #Dust or #Cold.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Disco v thrash Chic v Metallica The song signalling Queen’s change v one of their first ever tracks ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST v STONE COLD CRAZY Reply-vote #Dust or #Cold by 10pm, please and thank you.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Delayed kick off. We go until midnight. I WANT TO BREAK FREE v SAIL AWAY SWEET SISTER Pre-tournament dark horse up against a fan-favourite Brian May track off The Game. Vote #Free or #Sail in the replies.

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QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup One of the pre-tournament favourites, UNDER PRESSURE, versus the one-off single TOO MUCH LOVE WILL KILL YOU. Easy enough. Reply vote with #Bowie or #Nowie, by 10pm.

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#QueenWorldCup Final whistle! Ra ra, ooh la la. RADIO GA GA - 22 SAVE ME - 7 Easy win for the Roger Taylor Live Aid anthem. We are right into the end of Round 2. By the end of the week we will be down to 16 songs.

#QueenWorldCup You - thumbing through BlueSky of a Sunday night - have less than two hours to tell me - taking time out of my busy schedule like a hero - whether Radio Ga Ga or Save Me is the better Queen song. Cool? Vote in reply #RG or #SM.

#QueenWorldCup To say Save Me is clawing the score back is not as accurate as saying Radio Ga Ga was 9-1 up at one point, but now it’s only 18-3. The question now is whether the margin of victory will be as emphatic as Somebody To Love earned yesterday. Vote #RG or #SM by 10pm.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Get your Big Game Clogs on. RADIO GA GA v SAVE ME Vote #RG or #SM in replies. No further introduction.

#QueenWorldCup CAN’T ANYBODY FIND ME 22-6 it finishes, an absolute drubbing. Somebody To Love does a lap of the ground on a wheeled grand piano. Brighton Rock leaves quickly on the team moped. More in the morning.

#QueenWorldCup A little under 90 mins to go. Utter dominance from Somebody To Love, cavalier attitude toward victory from Brighton Rock. But what do you have to say about, hey? Reply with #Love or #Rock to tell me.

#QueenWorldCup Somebody To Love in total control over Brighton Rock. Passing the ball around with finesse and purpose. Wingbacks used to full effect, looking for the diagonals. [More football aphoristic rhubarb here.] Right. Saturday early evening looms. Get dinner going and vote #love or #rock.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup It’s SOUL V ROLL. It’s GLORY V ROARY. Aretha Franklin v The Who. Happy Feet v Baby Driver. SOMEBODY TO LOVE v BRIGHTON ROCK Vote #love or #rock by 10pm, Brighton beach clock time.

#QueenWorldCup All over! ONE VISION - 12 THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES - 14 Emotions have spilled onto the pitch. The sad ones. The sherry too much at Christmas ones. Right, something with a bit more rock and roll tomorrow!

#QueenWorldCup You know what? The One Vision comeback is on. These Are The Days Of Our Lives has gone from wistful to complacent. The score has gone from 5-12 to 11-14. The classic dad drivetime effect. You have about 20 minutes to let me know which you think is the greater tune.

#QueenWorkdCup Cancel the pens, These Are The Days Of Our Lives is running away with it. Can One Vision get back on target? You tell me.

#QueenWorldCup Early score is: ONE VISION - 4 THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES - 5 Every game so far has been won by the song which got more Top 10 nominations from my mates before the cup started. Today is our first ever nominations DEAD HEAT. It's going to pens, you know it.

QUEEN WORLD CUP #QueenWorldCup Surely a mild, hungover one after last night’s last minute lager and boots riot. (Bicycle Race beat Fat Bottomed Girls by a single vote with seconds left.) ONE VISION v THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES Simply reply with your favourite, and maybe why so.

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#QueenWorldCup Final whistle! AND I DON'T LIKE STAR WARS @twgerken.bsky.social literally phoned in a vote within a minute to go, making it 16-16, only for a final vote here with seconds to go to seal the win, 16-17, to BICYCLE RACE. Yellow jerseys to our winners, generous pants to the rest.

#QueenWorldCup I said this game should be the final, and it is no disappointment. 14-15 15-15 15-16 There are five minutes to go. VOTE VOTE VOTE #Fat Bottomed Girls or Bicycle #Race

#QueenWorldCup YOU’LL BE RIDING TODAY There is one single solitary lonesome vote in it. This is as tight as a saddle can get. Please, by 10pm on the London Olympic Velodrome clock, vote for either #FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS or BICYCLE #RACE.