BIG POP GIRLS 2024

I just revisited what's probably... my favorite post of all time on this hellish internet rolodex, which is @Laura Vanderbooben's elimination post for Gargoyle's "The Edge of Glory" in the BPG CLASSIQUE 2011 rate, and went on the emotional rollercoaster I went on when I first read it, now knowing she's in charge of Ariana's eternal sunshine on this rate.

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I may be a first-time host, but I’m a long-time participant as an elderly forum member.

My biggest piece of advice when scoring would be to do it on a spreadsheet of your own. Take your time, do your scores, and then once finished, sort your scores from best to worst (or vice versa) to see how songs from different albums stack up equivalently to one another.

The number one error that crops up year after year is that people often throw a 10 to the best song on an album, because they’re listening only within the context of the album itself. Sometimes, the best song on an album can still be worse than the worst song on another! If that artist’s best song this year only deserves a 7.75, so be it!

Once you’ve got to a point where you’re happy that you like all your 6.5s and 8s on pretty much the same level as one another, you’re good to go. For me, I only give out 10s to songs I’d be happy with winning, and choose my 11 from that set as the one I actually want to win.

As for your 0… it’s probably fairly likely you know what that’ll be already.
The best way to do a rate.

Now give me the final push and make us a Drive spreadsheet we can copy. Thanks!
 
I truly can’t remember a year where all entrants arguably delivered some of their best of their career like this.

Even someone like Sabrina, who I feel has only begun to tap into her potential as a true BPG, still has a handful of bulletproof pop songs here.
 
Defying Gravity is kinda the best song in the rate but it feels insane giving it my 11.

This is a tricky one, because it’s one of the greatest songs of all time.

I don’t really feel like giving it my 11 because the production isn’t as strong as some of the others, and because it’s so old and this is a 2024 rate. But that’s the only criteria I’ve got for excluding it. An easy 10 though.
 
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