Ultimate Live Lounge

Ultimate Live Lounge
30 Seconds to Mars (left to right): Jared Leto, Shannon Leto, Tomo Miličević
Hosted byFearne Cotton
JudgesAudience
WinnerThirty Seconds to Mars
Runner-upWill Young
Release
Original networkBBC Radio 1

Ultimate Live Lounge was a competition run by Radio 1 in 2009 to find the best Live Lounge performance to date.[1] Over the previous 10 years there had been more than 500 Live Lounge sessions with hundreds of artists performing their single and an exclusive cover on air. After a series of heats, three semi-finals, and a weekend-long Grand Final, BBC Radio 1 listeners chose their Ultimate Live Lounge Cover, "Stronger" by Thirty Seconds to Mars.

Artist Song Round (winner)
Quarter-final Semi-final Final
Arctic Monkeys "Love Machine" Arctic Monkeys

"Love Machine"

Thirty Seconds to Mars

"Stronger"

1st place

Thirty Seconds to Mars

"Stronger"

Jamelia "Numb"
Lady Gaga "Viva la Vida"
Fightstar "Battlefield" Fightstar

"Battlefield"

My Chemical Romance "Song 2"
Katy Perry "Electric Feel"
Natasha Bedingfield "The Scientist" Thirty Seconds to Mars

"Stronger"

Thirty Seconds to Mars "Stronger"
Jack Johnson "My Doorbell"
Dizzee Rascal "That's Not My Name" Dizzee Rascal

"That's Not My Name"

Florence and the Machine

"Halo"

The Ting Tings "Standing in the Way of Control"
Embrace "How Come"
Marmaduke Duke "Single Ladies" Florence and the Machine

"Halo"

2nd place

Will Young

"Hey Ya!"

Florence and the Machine "Halo"
Paloma Faith "Sexy Chick"
JoJo "Times Like These" Pendulum

"Violet Hill"

Keane "With Or Without You"
Pendulum "Violet Hill"
The Script "Times Like These" The Script

"Times Like These"

Will Young

"Hey Ya!"

The Magic Numbers "Crazy In Love"
Mini Viva "Heartbeat"
Leona Lewis "Run" Leona Lewis

"Run"

3rd place

Florence and the Machine

"Halo"

Paolo Nutini "Time to Pretend"
Biffy Clyro "Umbrella"
Will Young "Hey Ya!" Will Young

"Hey Ya!"

Paramore "Use Somebody"
King Blues "Bonkers"

References