I had acoustic singer songwriter, Ren Stedman on the show playing some of his songs after recently getting signed to Downtown Records. Ren is soon to release a couple of singles through the label one of them being ‘Honestly’ which I played on the show.
1. Biffy Clyro – Mountains
2. King Blues – I Got Love
3. Supergrass – Caught By The Fuzz
4. The Cribs – Men’s Needs
5. Ren Stedman – Live my Life (Live in the studio)
6. Paramore – Where The Lines Overlap
7. Feefer – Buck Rogers
8. The Strokes – Last Night
9. Ren Stedman – The Ascent (Live in The Studio)
10. Less Than Jake – All My Friends Are Metalheads
11. The Rifles – Sometimes
12. The Subways – Oh Yeah
13. Ren Stedman – Honestly
14. Pulled Apart By Horses – Bromance Ain’t Dead
15. Royal Blood – Figure It Out
16. Sex Pistols – God Save The Queen
17. Ren Stedman – Goodbye (Live In The Studio)
18. Nirvana – Lithium
19. Fightstar – The English Way
20. Frank Turner – Long Live The Queen
21. Sum41 – In Too Deep
22. Young Guns – Dearly Departed
23. Linkin Park – In The End.

Ren scored 3 points in 50 Grads Smarter which makes her second in this years list. The scoreboard is…

Jenni Pettican – 4
Ren Stedman – 3

Kieran will be the next contestant when he appears on the show on the 5th February.

The second show was my last show on a Sunday evening until myself and Eddie Curry swapped slots. So I did upbeat positive songs to before converting to becoming a Thursday evening man.

1. Oasis – Shock of the Lightning
2. Frank Turner – We Shall Not Overcome
3. Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffl
4. Black Keys – Tighten Up
5. Klaxons – Totem On The Timeline
6. Beach Boys – Surfin USA
7. Beatles – Twist and Shout
8. Cee-Lo Green – Forget You
9. Andre 3000 – Hey Ya
10. Dananananakroyd – Watch This
11. Editors – All Sparks
12. Disney – I’ll Make A Man Out Of You
13. Arctic Monkeys – R U Mine?
14. Biffy Clyro – Moder Magic Formula
15. King Blues – Headbutt
16. Primal Scream – Movin On Up
17. Blur – There’s No Other Way
18. The Enemy – Be Somebody
19. Fightstar – A City On Fire
20. Kaiser Chiefs – Half The Truth
21. Status Quo – Rockin All Over The World
22. Bellowhead – Roll Her Down The Bay
23. Taylor Swift – Begin Again
24. First Aid Kit – King Of The World
25. All Time Low – Dear Maria Count Me In
26. MGMT – Its Working
27. Foo Fighters – Rope
28. Stevie Wonder – Lately
29. Maccabees – Toothpast Kisses
30. Friendly Fires – On Board
31. Raconteurs – Steady As She Goes
32. The Vaccines – Under Your Thumb

As for my 17th show I chose songs with fighting power because I was going to Rome the following day.
1. FIghtstar – War Machine
2. Kasabian – Empire
3. King Blues – The Street Are Ours
4. The Enemy – 51st State
5. Daft Punk – Harder Better Faster Stronger
6. Danananakroyd – Muscle Memory
7. Taylor Swift – Better Than Revenge
8. Ellie Goulding – Guns and Horses
9. Florence And The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
10. Beastie Boys – Fight For Your Right
11. Gorillaz – Dirty Harry
12. Jake Bugg Trouble Town
13. Band Of Horses – Feud
14. Michael Jackson – Beat It
15. Fatboy Slim – Weapon Of Choice
16. These New Puritans – Attack Music
17. Oasis – Heroes
18. The Smiths – Barbarism Begins At Home
19. Paolo Nutini – Iron Sky
20. The Clash – Hate and War
21. The Beatles – I Am The Walrus
22. Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
23. OutKast – Love In War
24. Foo Fighters – The Pretender
25. Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies)
26. Muse – Knights of Cydonia

Tune in every Thursday at 8pm for some musical madness.