The Playlist

This article is about the British TV series. For the Netflix series, see The Playlist (TV series). For similar uses, see Playlist (disambiguation).

The Playlist is a British children's entertainment and music series presented by guest presenters, produced by Strawberry Blond TV for CBBC and first aired on 22 April 2017 and ended on 12 March 2022. The first series was narrated by Scott Mills. Each week the show has a different presenter with Greg James, Dev Griffin, MistaJam or Jordan North presenting the UK Singles Chart Top 10 segment and features various co-presenters since its 16th episode. The first presenters were Pixie Lott and Anton Powers. It is a replacement for the CBBC Official Chart Show, which ended in February 2017.

The Playlist
Genre	Entertainment Music
Directed by	Steve Wynne
Presented by	Guest presenters
Starring	Lauren Layfield Lewys Ball Rio Fredrika Donel Mangena Dev Griffin Jordan North MistaJam Greg James
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	219
Production
Executive producers	Hugh Lawton Steve Wynne
Producer	Hannah Smith
Running time	15–20 minutes
Production company	Strawberry Blond TV
Original release
Network	CBBC
Release	22 April 2017 (2017-04-22) – 12 March 2022 (2022-03-12)

Format

Each week, on the CBBC website, there are ten different songs, and the user has three votes. They can be used all on one song, or they can vote for two or three songs. In the weeks leading up to more recent episodes, users only have one vote, therefore making it harder to choose. The three songs with the most votes are played on The Playlist. The user can also comment on songs and why they voted for them, either by uploading a short video, uploading a selfie or by leaving a comment on the CBBC website. The comments, as well as facts about the artist/artists, are displayed whilst a song is being played. Each week, BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James, Dev Griffin or Jordan North also presents the UK Singles Chart Top 10, whilst playing short extracts from each song. In between these main segments, there are also games, and chats with the hosts.

Since series 2, the celebrity host chooses their three tracks.

Production

After the CBBC Official Chart Show ended in February 2017 after almost two years and 69 episodes, it was announced that the executive producer of the CBBC Official Chart Show was setting up his own independent production company, Strawberry Blond TV and CBBC was expected to return to the live music genre.^[1]

According to Broadcast magazine, The Playlist was to be incorporated into CBBC's new live Saturday morning TV series Saturday Mash-Up!, which was to begin in September 2017.^[2]

Presenters

Series 1 (April 2017–March 2018)

22 April 2017	29 April	6 May	13 May	20 May	27 May	3 June	10 June	17 June
Pixie Lott and Anton Powers	The Vamps	Reggie 'n' Bollie	The Tide	Becky Hill	Aston Merrygold	Jonas Blue	JP Cooper	5 After Midnight1
24 June	1 July	8 July	15 July	22 July	9 September	16 September	23 September	30 September
Perri Kiely & Ashley Banjo	The Amazons	Raye	Calum Scott	Matt Edmondson	Callum Beattie	Charli XCX2	Jamie Lawson2	Anne-Marie3
7 October	14 October	21 October	28 October	4 November	11 November	18 November	25 November	2 December
Ella Eyre4	Lucy and Lydia Connell 3	Craig David4	Max and Harvey3	Sophia Grace2	Josh Pieters3	Jonas Blue4	Pixie Lott4	DanTDM4
9 December	16 December	23 December	6 January 2018	13 January	20 January	27 January	3 February	10 February
Sigma4	The Cutkelvins2	The Vamps4	Best of 20174	Raye4	Stylo G4	Matt Terry4	M.O4	Sigrid2
17 February	24 February	3 March	10 March	17 March
Reggie 'n' Bollie4	Nina Nesbitt4	Lewys Ball4	Samantha Harvey2	Calum Scott4

Series 2 (May 2018–March 2019)

5 May	12 May	19 May	26 May	2 June	9 June	16 June	23 June	30 June	7 July
Yxng Bane4	Jaymi Hensley5	Yes Lad5	SuRie4	Jonas Blue5	Evie Clarke5	HRVY4	Why Don't We6	Bars and Melody4	Olivia Grace5
14 July	21 July	28 July	4 August	11 August	18 August	25 August	1 September	8 September	15 September
Stefflon Don5	Danny Jones6	Sophia Grace5	The Vamps4	Tom Odell6	Sigala & Fuse ODG5	Donel Mangena5	Raye4	Lucy and Lydia Connell5	Louisa Johnson & One Bit4
22 September	29 September	6 October	13 October	20 October	27 October	3 November	10 November	17 November	24 November
Georgia "Toff" Toffolo5	Mark Ferris4	Rak-Su5	Mabel5	Olly Murs6	You Me At Six4	Conor Maynard6	Alessia Cara6	Max and Harvey4	Sabrina Carpenter5
1 December	8 December	15 December	22 December	12 January 2019	19 January	26 January	2 February	9 February	16 February
Misunderstood 6	Yxng Bane4	Dan and Phil4	Christmas special7	Best of 20185	Oti Mabuse4	Acacia & Aaliyah6	Fleur East5	Saara Aalto4	New Hope Club6
23 February	2 March	9 March	16 March	23 March	30 March
Mabel5	Tom Walker5	Sophia and Cinzia5	Grace Carter6	The Wonderland4	Gabrielle Aplin4

Series 3 (April 2019–March 2020)

6 April	13 April	20 April	27 April	4 May	11 May	18 May	25 May	1 June	8 June
Anna Maynard5	Donel Mangena6	Rak-Su6	Aisha hussein5	Olivia Grace6	Michael Rice6	Four of Diamonds5	James Morrison5	Lewis Maxwell6	Andreya Triana6	15 June	22 June	29 June	6 July	13 July	20 July	27 July	3 August	10 August	17 August
Danny Jones6	Tinchy Stryder5	100th Playlist7	Freya Ridings6	Adam Lambert4	Stefflon Don5	New Hope Club5	Lauv5	Summertime Playlist4	NXTGEN6
24 August	31 August	7 September	14 September	21 September	28 September	5 October	12 October	19 October	26 October
Jay McGuiness4	Raye5	Drax Project5	Tallia Storm6	Max and Harvey4	Joel Corry4	Mark Ferris4	Denis Coleman5	Arielle Free5	The Next Step cast6
2 November	9 November	16 November	23 November	30 November	7 December	14 December	21 December	28 December	4 January 2020
Cher Lloyd6	Kara Marni6	Rak-Su5	Dodie Clark5	Kevin McHale6	The Wonderland6	Olivia Grace5	Christmas #1 Playlist7	The Playlist Awards5	Playlist of the 2010s4
11 January	18 January	25 January	1 February	8 February	15 February	22 February	29 February	7 March	14 March
Bars and Melody4	Twist and Pulse4	Hamzaa6	Lauv5	Radzi Chinyanganya and Jess Hatfield8	Sam Bird6	New Hope Club5	Tom Grennan6	Louisa Johnson4	Joel Corry4
21 March	28 March
Andy & the Band5	Melanie C6

Series 4 (April 2020–March 2021)

4 April	11 April	18 April	25 April	2 May	9 May	16 May	23 May	30 May	6 June
Four of Diamonds5	Lauren Layfield	Justin Bieber special5	Donel Mangena	Ariana Grande special4	Cher Lloyd5	James Newman and Myles Stephenson5	KSI 4	Amanda Holden, Becky Hill and Tom Grennan4	Ed Sheeran special6
13 June	20 June	27 June	4 July	11 July	18 July	25 July	1 August	8 August	15 August
Max and Harvey7	HRVY4	AJ and Curtis Pritchard5	Melanie C4	Joel Corry5	Callum Beattie, Grace Davies and Loren Gray5	Arlo Parks and Four of Diamonds5	Paige Turley and Kara Marni 4	Becky Hill, Daði Freyr and New Hope Club8	Una Healy4
22 August	29 August	5 September	12 September	19 September	26 September	3 October	10 October	17 October	24 October
Zara Larsson4	Ray Quinn and Holly H 5	Aloe Blacc and Izzy Bizu 4	Nathan Dawe and Nadia Rose8	S-X4	Moonchild Sanelly4	Ben Miller and Foxes5	Stevie Knows and Zoe Wees5	Amy MacDonald, Nikki Lilly and Tate McRae5	Tom Grennan and Reggie 'n' Bollie4
31 October	7 November	14 November	21 November	28 November	5 December	12 December	19 December	9 January 2021	16 January
Ultimate Halloween Playlist7	Not3s & Dodie Clark5	Katie Melua & Andy Day5	Ranj Singh & David Baddiel4	Alexander 235	Matt Lucas, Shaggy & Yungblud4	Becky Hill5	At Ho-Ho-Home with The Playlist7	2020 Playlist Rewind8	Kidz Bop4
23 January	30 January	6 February	13 February	20 February	27 February	6 March	13 March	20 March	27 March
Raye & Benny Blanco4	Arlo Parks5	Sonny Jay, Oti Mabuse & Mae Muller8	Vick Hope, Nathan Evans & YolanDa Brown4	Joe Sugg & Dianne Buswell5	Kara Marni, Karen Harding & Boy Pablo4	Gabrielle, Megan McKenna & Una Healy5	Mufasa & Hypeman4	Sam Fischer, Tom Grennan & Dodie Clark5	Aloe Blacc & Tallia Storm5

Series 5 (April 2021-March 2022)

17 April	24 April	1 May	8 May	15 May	22 May	29 May	5 June	12 June	19 June	11 September
Veronica Green, Becky Hill & Ward Thomas4	Maisie Peters, Jodie Harsh & Tom Gregory5	Griff, Matt Lucas & RAE4	Bebe Rexha, Asha Gold & Delta Goodrem5	Karim Zeroual, Jade Bird, Ashley Banjo & Jordan Banjo8	Eurovision Song Contest special4	Max and Harvey, Here At Last & Donel Mangena5	Conor Maynard, Tom Zanetti & Lola Lennox8	Shayne Ward, Gracey & Zoe Wees4	We Three, Blessing Chitapa & Skylar4	200th Playlist7
18 September	25 September	2 October	9 October	16 October	23 October	30 October	6 November	13 November	8 January 2022	15 January
Maisie Peters and Ruby Jay5	Mabel, Natalie Imbruglia and Tallia Storm5	Ben Miller, Kara Marni & Jack Fowler4	David Baddiel, Kimberly Wyatt & L Devine4	James Arthur, Olivia and Flossie & Tony Perry5	Maddie Moate and Rickie Haywood-Williams8	Halloween Special 7	Lauren Child, Max and Harvey & Alfie Templeman8	Karen Hauer, Gorka Márquez, Tilly Lockey & the Van Tulleken brothers4	Best of 20215	Mae Muller, Jonasu & Matthew Murphy5
22 January	29 January	5 February	12 February	19 February	26 February	5 March	12 March
Joel Corry & Grace Davies8	Emma Maggie Davies, We Three & Here At Last4	Graziano Di Prima, Arielle Free & Prins6	Dean McCullough, CMAT & Talullah Conabeare5	James Morrison, Anastacia & Barney Walsh5	Lost Frequencies, Rosie Jones & Yola4	Hanson, Ellie-May Sheridan and Allegra4	The Final Playlist7

Notes

1. ^ 5 After Midnight member Kieran Alleyne was unable to present this episode, due to tonsillitis.
2. ^ These episodes were co-presented by Yasser Ranjah.
3. ^ These episodes were co-presented by Jack Maynard.
4. ^ These episodes were co-presented by Lauren Layfield.
5. ^ These episodes were co-presented by Lewys Ball.
6. ^ These episodes were co-presented by Rio Fredrika.
7. ^ These episodes were co-presented by all presenters.
8. ^ These episodes were co-presented by Donel Mangena.

Playlist choices

Series 1

#	Episode	3rd	2nd	1st
1	22 April 2017	Anne-Marie – "Ciao Adios"	Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson – "Symphony"	Ed Sheeran – "Galway Girl"
2	29 April 2017	Martin Jensen – "Solo Dance"	Anne-Marie – "Ciao Adios"	Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"
3	6 May 2017	One Direction – "Drag Me Down"	Little Mix – "Shout Out to My Ex"	Zara Larsson – "Lush Life"
4	13 May 2017	Katy Perry featuring Skip Marley – "Chained to the Rhythm"	Martin Jensen – "Solo Dance"	Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson – "Symphony"
5	20 May 2017	Bruno Mars – "That's What I Like"	Ed Sheeran – "Castle on the Hill"	Anne Marie – "Ciao Adios"
6	27 May 2017	Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley – "Chained to the Rhythm"	Martin Jensen – "Solo Dance"	Ed Sheeran – "Galway Girl"
7	3 June 2017	Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber & MØ – "Cold Water"	Olly Murs ft. Demi Lovato – "Up"	Little Mix ft. Jason Derulo – "Secret Love Song"
8	10 June 2017	Charlie Puth – "Attention"	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne – "I'm the One"	Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee – "Despacito"
9	17 June 2017	Jonas Blue featuring William Singe – "Mama"	Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – "Despacito"	Little Mix – "Wings"
10	24 June 2017	Justin Timberlake – "Can't Stop the Feeling!"	Zara Larsson – "Lush Life"	Martin Jensen – "Solo Dance"
11	1 July 2017	Jonas Blue featuring William Singe – "Mama"	Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy Yankee – "Despacito"	Little Mix featuring Stormzy – "Power"
12	8 July 2017	Niall Horan – "Slow Hands"	Ariana Grande featuring Zedd – "Break Free"
13	15 July 2017	Selena Gomez – "Bad Liar"	Olly Murs featuring Louisa Johnson – "Unpredictable"	Rita Ora – "Your Song"
14	22 July 2017	Calvin Harris featuring Pharrell Williams, Katy Perry and Big Sean – "Feels"	Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee – "Despacito"	Little Mix ft. Stormzy – "Power"
15	9 September 2017	Jonas Blue featuring William Singe – "Mama"
16	16 September 2017	Pink – "What About Us"	CNCO & Little Mix – "Reggaetón Lento (remix)"	Jax Jones featuring Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don - "Instruction"
17	23 September 2017	Charli XCX – "Boys"		Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"
18	30 September 2017	One Direction – "Best Song Ever"	Ed Sheeran – "Thinking Out Loud"	Taylor Swift – "Shake It Off"
19	7 October 2017	Charli XCX – "Boys"	Pink – "What About Us"	Jax Jones featuring Demi Lovato and Stefflon Don - "Instruction"
20	14 October 2017	Avicii featuring Rita Ora – "Lonely Together"	Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do"	CNCO & Little Mix – "Reggaetón Lento (remix)"
21	21 October 2017	Ed Sheeran – "Castle on the Hill"	Major Lazer ft. Justin Bieber and MØ – "Cold Water"	Pink – "What About Us"
22	28 October 2017	Ella Henderson – "Ghost"	Fifth Harmony – "I'm in Love with a Monster"	Little Mix – "Black Magic"
23	4 November 2017	Charlie Puth – "How Long"	Avicii featuring Rita Ora – "Lonely Together"	Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do"
24	11 November 2017	Avicii featuring Rita Ora – "Lonely Together"	Zayn featuring Sia – "Dusk Till Dawn"	Ed Sheeran – "Perfect"
25	18 November 2017	The Vamps featuring Maggie Lindemann – "Personal"	Sam Smith – "Too Good at Goodbyes"	Camila Cabello featuring Young Thug – "Havana"
26	25 November 2017	Zayn featuring Sia – "Dusk Till Dawn"	Ed Sheeran – "Perfect"
27	2 December 2017	Rita Ora – "Anywhere"	Charlie Puth – "How Long"	Fifth Harmony – "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
28	9 December 2017	Zayn ft. Sia – "Dusk Till Dawn"	Ed Sheeran – "Perfect"	The Vamps – "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
29	16 December 2017	Louisa Johnson – "So Good"	Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida – "Troublemaker"	Little Mix – "Shout Out to My Ex"
30	23 December 2017	Little Mix – "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"	Wham! – "Last Christmas"	Ariana Grande – "Santa Tell Me"
31	6 January 2018	No Playlist vote
32	13 January 2018	Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"	Little Mix ft. Stormzy – "Power"	Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – "Havana"
33	20 January 2018	The Vamps ft. Maggie Lindemann – "Personal"	Rita Ora – "Anywhere"	Ed Sheeran – "Perfect"
34	27 January 2018	Sigrid – "Strangers"	Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran & Future – "End Game"	Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – "Havana"
35	3 February 2018	HRVY – "Personal"	Clean Bandit featuring Julia Michaels – "I Miss You"	Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran and Future – "End Game"
36	10 February 2018	Ed Sheeran – "Perfect"	Shawn Mendes – "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back"	Little Mix featuring Jason Derulo – "Secret Love Song"
37	17 February 2018	Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B – "Finesse (Remix)"	HRVY – "Personal"	Sigrid – "Strangers"
38	24 February 2018	Not3s and Mabel – "My Lover (Remix)"	Clean Bandit ft. Julia Michaels – "I Miss You"	Taylor Swift featuring Ed Sheeran & Future – "End Game"
39	3 March 2018	Marshmello and Anne-Marie – "Friends"	Sigrid – "Strangers"	HRVY – "Personal"
40	10 March 2018	Rudimental featuring Jess Glynne, Macklemore and Dan Caplen – "These Days"	Bruno Mars featuring Cardi B – "Finesse (Remix)"	Sigrid – "Strangers"

Official Singles Chart No. 1s

Series 1

#	Episode	Song
1	22 April 2017	Ed Sheeran – "Shape of You"
2	29 April 2017	Clean Bandit featuring Zara Larsson – "Symphony"
3	6 May 2017	DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper and Lil Wayne – "I'm the One"
4	13 May 2017	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito (remix)"
5	20 May 2017
6	27 May 2017
7	2 June 2017
8	9 June 2017
9	17 June 2017
10	24 June 2017	Artists for Grenfell – "Bridge over Troubled Water"
11	1 July 2017	Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber – "Despacito (remix)"
12	8 July 2017
13	15 July 2017
14	22 July 2017	DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller – "Wild Thoughts"
15	9 September 2017	Taylor Swift – "Look What You Made Me Do"
16	16 September 2017	Sam Smith – "Too Good at Goodbyes"
17	23 September 2017
18	30 September 2017
19	7 October 2017	Post Malone ft. 21 Savage – "Rockstar"
20	14 October 2017
21	21 October 2017
22	28 October 2017
23	4 November 2017	Camila Cabello ft. Young Thug – "Havana"
24	11 November 2017
25	18 November 2017
26	25 November 2017
27	2 December 2017
28	9 December 2017	Ed Sheeran – "Perfect"
29	16 December 2017
30	23 December 2017
31	6 January 2018
32	13 January 2018
33	20 January 2018	Eminem featuring Ed Sheeran – "River"
34	27 January 2018	Drake – "God's Plan"
35	3 February 2018
36	10 February 2018
37	17 February 2018
38	24 February 2018
39	3 March 2018
40	10 March 2018
41	17 March 2018

Series 2

#	Episode	Song
1	5 May 2018	Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa – "One Kiss"
2	12 May 2018
3	19 May 2018
4	26 May 2018
5	2 June 2018
6	9 June 2018
7	16 June 2018	Jess Glynne – "I'll Be There"
8	23 June 2018	Clean Bandit featuring Demi Lovato – "Solo"
9	30 June 2018	George Ezra – "Shotgun"
10	7 July 2018
11	14 July 2018	Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds – "Three Lions"
12	21 July 2018	Drake – "In My Feelings"
13	28 July 2018
14	4 August 2018
15	11 August 2018
16	18 August 2018	George Ezra – "Shotgun"
17	25 August 2018
18	1 September 2018	Benny Blanco, Halsey & Khalid – "Eastside"
19	8 September 2018	Calvin Harris and Sam Smith – "Promises"
20	15 September 2018
21	22 September 2018
22	29 September 2018
23	6 October 2018
24	13 October 2018	Dave featuring Fredo – "Funky Friday"
25	20 October 2018	Calvin Harris and Sam Smith – "Promises"
26	27 October 2018	Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper – "Shallow"
27	3 November 2018
28	10 November 2018	Ariana Grande – "thank u, next"
29	17 November 2018
30	24 November 2018
31	1 December 2018
32	8 December 2018
33	15 December 2018
34	22 December 2018	LadBaby – "We Built This City"
35	12 January 2019	Ava Max – "Sweet but Psycho"
36	19 January 2019
37	26 January 2019	Ariana Grande – "7 Rings"
38	2 February 2019
39	9 February 2019
40	16 February 2019	Ariana Grande – "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored"
41	23 February 2019	Ariana Grande – "7 Rings"
42	2 March 2019	Lewis Capaldi – "Someone You Loved"
43	9 March 2019
44	16 March 2019
45	23 March 2019
46	30 March 2019

Series 3

#	Episode	Song
1	6 April 2019	Lewis Capaldi – "Someone You Loved"
2	13 April 2019
3	20 April 2019	Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus – "Old Town Road"
4	27 April 2019
5	4 May 2019	Stormzy – "Vossi Bop"
6	11 May 2019
7	18 May 2019	Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber – "I Don't Care"
8	25 May 2019
9	1 June 2019
10	8 June 2019
11	15 June 2019
12	22 June 2019
13	29 June 2019
14	6 July 2019
15	13 July 2019	Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
16	20 July 2019	Ed Sheeran featuring Khalid – "Beautiful People"
17	27 July 2019	Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello – "Señorita"
18	3 August 2019
19	10 August 2019
20	17 August 2019
21	24 August 2019
22	31 August 2019	Ed Sheeran ft. Stormzy – "Take Me Back to London"
23	7 September 2019
24	14 September 2019
25	21 September 2019
26	28 September 2019
27	5 October 2019	Tones and I – "Dance Monkey"
28	12 October 2019
29	19 October 2019
30	26 October 2019
31	2 November 2019
32	9 November 2019
33	16 November 2019
34	23 November 2019
35	30 November 2019
36	7 December 2019
37	14 December 2019
38	21 December 2019	LadBaby – "I Love Sausage Rolls"
39	28 December 2019	Ellie Goulding – "River"
40	4 January 2020	Stormzy featuring Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy – "Own It"
41	11 January 2020
42	18 January 2020
43	25 January 2020	Eminem featuring Juice Wrld – "Godzilla"
44	1 February 2020	Lewis Capaldi – "Before You Go"
45	8 February 2020	The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights"
46	15 February 2020
47	22 February 2020	Billie Eilish – "No Time to Die"
48	29 February 2020	The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights"
49	7 March 2020
50	14 March 2020
51	21 March 2020	Saint Jhn – "Roses"
52	28 March 2020

Series 4

#	Episode	Song
1	4 April 2020	The Weeknd – "Blinding Lights"
2	11 April 2020
3	18 April 2020
4	25 April 2020	Michael Ball, Captain Tom Moore & The NHS Voices of Care Choir - "You'll Never Walk Alone"
5	2 May 2020	Live Lounge Allstars - "Times Like These" (BBC Radio 1 Stay Home)1
6	9 May 2020	Drake – "Toosie Slide"
7	16 May 2020	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch – "Rockstar"
8	23 May 2020
9	30 May 2020	Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande – "Rain on Me"
10	6 June 2020	DaBaby featuring Roddy Ricch – "Rockstar"
11	13 June 2020
12	20 June 2020
13	27 June 2020
14	4 July 2020	Jawsh 685 & Jason Derulo – "Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)"
15	11 July 2020
16	18 July 2020
17	25 July 2020	Joel Corry featuring MNEK – "Head & Heart"
18	1 August 2020
19	8 August 2020
20	15 August 2020
21	22 August 2020
22	29 August 2020
23	5 September 2020	Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion – "WAP"
24	12 September 2020
25	19 September 2020
26	26 September 2020	24kGoldn featuring Iann Dior – "Mood"
27	3 October 2020
28	10 October 2020
29	17 October 2020
30	24 October 2020	Internet Money ft. Gunna & Don Toliver – "Lemonade"
31	31 October 2020	Ariana Grande – "positions"
32	7 November 2020
33	14 November 2020
34	21 November 2020
35	28 November 2020
36	5 December 2020
37	12 December 2020	Mariah Carey – "All I Want for Christmas Is You"
38	19 December 2020
39	9 January 2021	Little Mix – "Sweet Melody"
40	16 January 2021	Olivia Rodrigo – "Drivers License"
41	23 January 2021
42	30 January 2021
43	6 February 2021
44	13 February 2021
45	20 February 2021
46	27 February 2021
47	6 March 2021
48	13 March 2021
49	20 March 2021	Nathan Evans – "Wellerman (Sea Shanty)"
50	27 March 2021

Notes

1. ^ The artists that took part were (in alphabetical order):

5 Seconds of Summer, Anne-Marie, AJ Tracey, Biffy Clyro, Bastille, Celeste, Chris Martin, Dave Grohl, Dermot Kennedy, Dua Lipa, Ellie Goulding, Grace Carter, Hailee Steinfeld, Jess Glynne, Mabel, Paloma Faith, Rag'n'Bone Man, Rita Ora, Royal Blood, Sam Fender, Sean Paul, Sigrid, Yungblud and Zara Larsson.

Series 5

#	Episode	Song
1	17 April 2021	Lil Nas X – "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)"
2	24 April 2021
3	1 May 2021
4	8 May 2021	Russ Millions & Tion Wayne – "Body"
5	15 May 2021
6	22 May 2021
7	29 May 2021	Olivia Rodrigo – "Good 4 U"
8	5 June 2021
9	12 June 2021
10	19 June 2021
11	11 September 2021	Ed Sheeran – "Bad Habits"
12	18 September 2021	Ed Sheeran – "Shivers"
13	25 September 2021
14	2 October 2021
15	9 October 2021
16	16 October 2021	Elton John & Dua Lipa – "Cold Heart (Pnau remix)"
17	23 October 2021	Adele – "Easy on Me"
18	30 October 2021
19	6 November 2021
20	13 November 2021
21	8 January 2022
22	15 January 2022	Gayle – "ABCDEFU"
23	22 January 2022	Cast of Disney's Encanto - "We Don't Talk About Bruno"
24	29 January 2022
25	5 February 2022
26	12 February 2022
27	19 February 2022
28	26 February 2022
29	5 March 2022
30	12 March 2022	Dave – "Starlight"

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	22 April 2017	17 March 2018	41
2	5 May 2018	30 March 2019	46
3	6 April 2019	28 March 2020	52
4	4 April 2020	27 March 2021	50
5	17 April 2021	12 March 2022	30