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In what may have been the largest gathering of Black Squadron members in one place at one time, literally scores of people travelled to Camden Town this lunchtime for the Adam and Joe Electric Proms Song Wars extravaganza.

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There was a nudy lady covered in sushi! A homoerotically charged serenade from Joe! Some fairly inappropriate audience touching-up from Adam! And, of course, live performances from the Song Wars competition winners!

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But if you weren't lucky enough to be there, don't worry. Just have a look at the photos. And stay tuned for a video of all the best bits tomorrow...

And my winners in the Electric Proms Song Wars competition are... DIDDS AND TRISH!

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Didds and Trish sent in a really nice close harmony version of Nutty Room. They work in a local pub in Cornwall and Didds is also an artist extraordinaire. Trish designs stuff and sells her own range of luxury umbrellas. They say they're both fairly crafty and eat a lot of cake.

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I'm very much looking forward to meeting you Didds and Trish - congratulations for being my winners.

It is your lifelong dream. And this is your one and only chance. Your entire existence has been building up to this moment. Your future depends purely on this decision. If you lose, your life will become a meaningless void. Because performing The Sontum of Quolace karaoke-style at lunchtime on a Thursday in a medium-sized room at the Electric Proms is all you've ever lived for! And now... it's decision time.

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Swamped by an avalanche of entries, our panel of judge spent almost an hour closely scrutinizing all 17. Hopefuls were evaluated on their vocal quality, stage presence, wow factor, ability to give more percent than 100%, dress sense, marketability, mentile health, tabloid-scandal susceptibility, four quadrant demographic appeal, personal hygiene, basic reasoning skills, criminal history and general Big British Castle visitor-cooperativeness levels. After ten minutes of intense deliberation, then a lovely chorizo, cheese and salad roll and a quick read of the paper, it's time to change someone's life. For an hour or so. On a Thursday.

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The winner is... BEN MERCER!

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Ben Mercer has achieved that which was previously thought impossible. He makes The Sontum Of Quolace cool. This improbable, illogical but dazzling feat seems to have been achieved with some combination of superb guitar chops, arresting falsetto vocals, ingenious melody re-tooling, skinny jeans, a good haircut and a great deal of pure talent. I am truly honored that Ben has agreed to perform his wonderful rendition of the song, and thereby represent me, my song and all the employees of Cornballs Global Torpedo Systems Plc, at the Electric Proms on Thursday. Kneel before Mercer!

Animating genius Chris Bowles strikes again...

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Not entered Adam and Joe's amazing Electric Proms competition yet? Hop to it! You've got until 14 October to get your videos in...

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But if you don't fancy joining the boys on stage, don't despair - there is another option! Buckules and Sexy are setting up camp at the Roundhouse for an hour of Song Wars fun on 22 October. There'll be videos, live performances and of course, the Song Wars competition winners. And you could be there! To enter the ticket draw all you have to do is visit the website by 1700 on Friday 9 October, enter your details and keep your fingers crossed...

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Good luck!