Stowaway World Cup – Group Stages – Games 33-36

Game 33: Jean-Michel Jarre versus Little Boots

1. 6+3. Goal for highest number of mentions on blog. Early lead for Jarre. 1-0.
2. 4+2. Goal for most years between first and last hit. 2-0.
3. 3+4. No goal.
4. 4+3. Goal for highest number of remixes of another artist. 2-1.
5. 5+1. No goal.
6. 1+1. No goal.
7. 5+1. No goal.
8. 5+3. No goal.
9. 6+3. Re-roll. 3+2. No goal.
10. 2+1. Goal for most charismatic performer(s). Very tough, especially at this stage in the game. I think Little Boots clinches this one. 2-2.

Game 34: Depeche Mode versus Kylie Minogue

1. 4+2. Goal for most years between first and last hit. Interesting. Depeche Mode can boast 1981-2013, while Kylie has 1988-2021, so a very slight goal for Kylie. 0-1.
2. 6+4. Goal for highest number of search engine results. This is so close (15.6-15.8 million) so I’m going to rule no goal.
3. 5+6. No goal.
4. 3+2. No goal.
5. 5+3. No goal.
6. 1+5. No goal.
7. 1+5. No goal.
8. 3+4. No goal.
9. 5+2. No goal.
10. 2+4. Goal for quality of last album. Depeche Mode‘s wasn’t great, and I haven’t heard Kylie Minogue‘s, so this has to be no goal. Kylie wins 0-1 in a shock result, taking the lead in Group B.

Game 35: Erasure versus Shit Robot

1. 3+6. No goal.
2. 4+2. Goal for most years between first and last hit. Erasure take a lead 1-0.
3. 4+3. Goal for highest number of remixes of another artist. Since Vince Clarke chose to play for Erasure, he takes a clear goal here. 2-0.
4. 2+1. Goal for most charismatic performer(s). Andy Bell FTW. 3-0.
5. 6+5. Goal for funniest band picture. Tough. Honestly, it could go either way, but since it’s unlikely to change the result of this game I’ll call this no goal.
6. 1+5. No goal.
7. 3+6. No goal.
8. 3+3. No goal.
9. 4+5. Goal for number of UK hit albums. 4-0.
10. 1+3. No goal. Erasure win comfortably, confirming the lead of their group and knocking Shit Robot out of the competition. 4-0.

Game 36: Goldfrapp versus Bent

1. 1+2. No goal.
2. 4+1. Goal for highest debut position on UK singles chart. Astonishingly, Human and Swollen tie at number 87 (just two weeks apart in March 2001), so no goal.
3. 5+6. No goal.
4. 5+3. No goal.
5. 1+6. No goal.
6. 4+5. Goal for number of UK hit albums. 1-0 to Goldfrapp.
7. 3+6. No goal.
8. 1+4. No goal.
9. 5+2. No goal.
10. 5+3. No goal. Tight win for Goldfrapp there, 1-0, but I think this unfortunately means that neither progresses to the group of 16.

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