Well... here we go 🙂
Have Faith.
I think I've survived one year out of 5. I can still remember where I got knocked out each year - Rylan on the radio (not my choice), a mate's car on Christmas Eve, the music quiz "that won't have any Christmas music" and the shop that has lots of independent makers stuff for sale.
I don't try and actively avoid it, makes a survival more satisfying.
I suspect I'll be lucky to still be in at lunchtime. 🙁
I suspect that hiding from the rain in shop doorways today could lead to an early fail.
here we go
dodged it by 60 seconds this morning apparently as someone had radio 2 on with scott mills about to play an hour of christmas songs. asked them to turn that sh1t off, they refused, i gambled with the first song (Elton John) whilst i finished my cuppa, then left to do some actual work. ive just been told it was the second song on 😀
Does it only officially start on the first? I got busted by it a couple of weeks ago so out well before the competition even started!
Starts on the 1st, you are back in.
I don"t go out my way yo avoid it, but I quite like to see how many days I last.
Out at 7.37am this morning. On Forth One radio, the buggers.
Official rules: https://whamageddon.com/
And yes, it starts on the 1st of December. If you heard it before then you have my sympathies, but you're still in the game.
I'm fully expecting to be Whammed on Weds afternoon at the German Market in Brum. If I survive that, the rest of the month should be a piece of piss.
1157 hrs, in the Physio waiting room.
Switched the TV on this am to stream some shows, ITV had some Scottish kids on the show. They walked on to Last Christmas so I would have been out. I’ve not done it for a few years but when I did it wasn’t too difficult.
I love the song and even have it on a couple of non Xmas play list!
Just feel you're all depriving yourself of the joys of hearing a great song. Last Christmas is one of my favourite things about Christmas, along with the Darts!
Is anybody switching to Mariah Carey then or just sticking to the usual Wham? I'm gonna just go for Wham again myself.
dodged it by 60 seconds this morning apparently as someone had radio 2 on with scott mills about to play an hour of christmas songs. asked them to turn that sh1t off, they refused, i gambled with the first song (Elton John) whilst i finished my cuppa, then left to do some actual work. ive just been told it was the second song on 😀
Good start. I'm sure that the very next day, you'll throw it away.
Survived Morrisons and the dentists today.
does it have to wham or does a couple of kids sigining on a video count too? Hoping not to be done over so soon
Has to be the original Wham version. You're still safe.
I'm out!
2nd of December! Some div put on a Christmas compilation at work.
It's playing right now.
I'm sobbing 😔
Although, I feel a certain lifting of pressure from getting it out of the way 😂
I'm out!
Sat in the dentist and it's just come on the radio......
It's Heart & Amanda Holden's fault.......
Made it further than I have in past 5 years. Dread jumping in the car to drive to work in mornings, because if Mrs CFSB has used the car evening before, I can be sure she has left Heart Christmas on the bloody radio.
Lunch in a place in Shrewsbury yesterday did for me, it was playing on the PA system as I was walking out, but the damage had been done by then. At least I can 'enjoy' Brum German Market without having fingers in my ears tonight.
Has to be the original Wham version. You're still safe.
Relieved, some awful remix was played by a fitness instructor warming the cubs up for the Santa Dash last night.
Narrow avoidance at Track League last night. They liek to play banging tunes and last night was the Christmas special. Someone managed to remove Wham, from the playlist. Dionmaggddon, I'm out many times over!
Survived Home Bargains today. Might survive a couple more days as I'm not planning to be out much.
Wasn't really playing but I'm definitely not now, just got Whamed in the pub having a cheeky pint after a dog walk!!
I'm out. Bloody Greggs radio this morning while getting my brekkie. I didn't even want to go to HQ today 😭
Thought I was out yesterday (day before??) because of some kids carol singing on the news, but
Has to be the original Wham version. You're still safe.
Top Tip: If you watch any football, the PA system might play it when the match finishes. A Newcastle match caught me out last year
Out! Swore I'd only tune the radio to Radio 4 for the month, but stupidly tuned it to Radio 2... for the dogs while I was out! Came home to you know what.
I've been well and truly Whammed. Multiple times over the past two days of customer visits. This has been my shortest run for years.
I'm now playing reverse Whamageddon (count how many times you hear it played, but don't play it yourself).
i believe it has to be a playing of the original recording? A live performer was singing it at a Christmas market I was at (rather well actually). So I am still in. Or out.
Someone put an unsanctioned playlist on at work.
Ahm oot.
Out, Watched netflix's Carry On tonight and it soundtracked an in car fight/crash scene.
I’m out. Followed a link for a Bandcamp Friday “mix” that had a version that deliberately snuck up on you.
https://scanner.bandcamp.com/album/festive-mix
Standing watching the Christmas tractor rally through the town. The lead out truck had last Christmas playing.... Foiled early. Last year I made it to the 20th.
If it's not the original, it doesn't count.
What about if it's the original for a few seconds then the rest in the style of 9 different metal artists?
It was self inflicted but arguably worth it.
Shortly followed by Spice Up Your Life in the style of System Of A Down. 😂 My 13 year old who is a SOAD fan had never heard the original so we played that next. He was not overly impressed.
If it's not the original, it doesn't count.
What about if it's the original for a few seconds then the rest in the style of 9 different metal artists?
It was self inflicted but arguably worth it.
Hmm, is there a jury you can go to? VAR for Whamageddon?
Hmm, is there a jury you can go to? VAR for Whamageddon?
sorry, chatgpt says youre out :-/
sorry, chatgpt says youre out :-/
Fair cop. Youngest tells me he was out at 837am on the 1st!
Taken out last night at works Christmas do, DJ randomly throws it in, no other Christmas stuff, I think it was deliberate.
"Hmm, is there a jury you can go to? VAR for Whamageddon?"
You can play a Joker. Only if you announce a gap where you may hear it, such adverts on channel 4.
Been round a few Christmas/craft markets today, and surprisingly still in the game.
So far so good but TBH it’s still early 🙂
I got about 10seconds of it on Spotify adverts last night. It's the free version and I was elbow deep in veg prep. I feel dirty now
Ahm oot!
Got whambushed yesterday as i walking through a local christmas market.
Now out, mate had it on his playlist when giving me a lift. I was hoping for a stronger showing but luckily it'll be another year before I give it another go.
Thought I might get away with it this year, but I was unexpectedly nailed in a hipster cocktail bar in Glasgow on Saturday 😢
Perhaps they were playing it ironically.
Out - sitting in a cafe. Bah.
I surprisingly survived walking past the Christmas market in Edinburgh on Saturday, hopefully I should be relatively safe until next weekend now.
Definitely got Wham bam boozled on Friday 5th. We'd been in a meeting room in a hotel for the last two days, but the room we were in was playing Christmas music - managed until about 10am. Got 'hit' a few times later as we were in Manchester prior to a concert.
Got whammed at a rugby match at the weekend. And Cardiff RFC lost to the Gogs. But good stuff all the same.
There was a chap wearing a WHAM Last Christmas sweatshirt just walked past me as I was waiting outside the supermarket earlier this afternoon. Clearly he's not much of a player 🤦♂️
Just been whammed by my sister in law as it started playing on here phone while she was looking at something 😡
I'm out. Playing in the doctor's this morning, but I'd just been told my tinnitus was potentially curable so I'm happier than I've been in months!
I really thought that a Christmas playlist at work today (Christmas jumper enforced fun day) or at my dentist appointment later would see me off, but no! Still in it to win it!
Survived "festive day" at work, team night out doing fake curling followed by restaurant, and even the emergency Uber home after my train was cancelled. He had Heart Radio on too!
well i took the decision to exit on purpose sadly. grandaughters nativity play, my wife and my lad went yesterday and told me it was a good job i couldnt go as they played it 😀
opportunity arose this morning for a ticket so i nipped out of work to go, fully aware that my time would be up. im comfortable with that decision 🙂
ahm oot.
Just spoke to a colleague - they played it 2 mins after I left the restaurant last night. It's like a bullet has been stopped by a cigarette case.
Popped into a cafe for brunch today and got busted, Mrs dB nearly escaped as she was on the loo but came out too quickly and got caught too, so we're both oot 🤨
Meh, just get caught by London news, whilst sat in Spain 🙁
Out. The film "The Holiday" should have a warning - "contains mild sexual references and a snippet of Last Christmas"
I'm still in, probably as I've been very antisocial
Earlier in the thread, I warned about post match music being played in the stadium when watching your team.
Top Tip: If you watch any football, the PA system might play it when the match finishes. A Newcastle match caught me out last year
This time, it was the pre match music that got me.
Dammit
Does a Spotify advert snippet count? If not, I'm still in.
Does a Spotify advert snippet count? If not, I'm still in.
@jimmy sadly, from the whamageddon site itself......
I'm still in despite having to visit Shrewsbury town centre to accompany MrsA. Dodged a bullet somehow.
I had a close shave last week in the pub but was reassured that what I heard was a cover version- phew
#livingontheedge
Still in!
My local pub has adopted some kind of shit Christmas song cover version playlist, suspect it's cheaper on royalties than the real thing. Reckon this is helping.
I was out before December had even started. One of the guys at work put on a Christmas playlist and its was the first one to be played
You can't be out before December starts. The game starts December 1st.
Because I'm not a fan of Giles Peterson, I've decided to live dangerously by putting Radio 2 on.
I'm still in, despite Mrs fadda having radio 2 on in the car, and going shopping twice!
Thought I was going to be had today when we stopped off for a coffee after a walk - Christmas playlist was on but I still escaped.
Don't know how long I can last, as I'm at the leisure centre tomorrow and Tuesday, with the kids soft play area very audibly close, but hey ho...