DIMAS PETTIGREW BEGINS SAYING GOODBYE TO ATRL WITH TOP 150 SONGS OF 2013
Welcome to my Best of 2013, this is my second time to post my Best of as the final project for ATRL, and I can't wait to post them, the top 100, award categories winner, and the best and (maybe) worst moments of pop culture of the year. But before we begin, I would like to present the episode list, which will be story-oriented and include some "fictionalized" live performances from the best music acts in this global broadcast, expect some surprise among this year's hosts!
The top 150 songs of 2013 are calculated by combining Weekly Chart Points (60x), Official Chart Peak Points (10x), Last.fm scrobbles (25x), and total YouTube views (5x/100000).
Episode list & Performers
Episode 1: Warm-Up Countdown Special
Performers: None
Episode 2: #150-#125
Performers: Katy B + Timomatic
Episode 3: #125-#101
Performers: Kana Nishino + Colbie Caillat
Episode 22: #10-#1 (Finale)
Performers: Girls’ Generation + Selena Gomez +Taylor Swift + Miley Cyrus + Robin Thicke + Katy Perry + EXO-K + One Direction + AKB48 + Eminem + Lorde
Episode 23: The Final Goodbye LIVE (ATRL Exclusive)
Performers: TBA
Performers may be changed without prior announcement.
Nominations List
Album of the Year
o Selena Gomez – Stars Dance
o Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
o OneRepublic – Native
o Luke Bryan – Crash My Party
o Katy Perry – Prism
Video of the Year
o Miley Cyrus – Wrecking Ball
o Selena Gomez – Come & Get It
o Robin Thicke – Blurred Lines
o Lady Gaga – Applause
o Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
o Ariana Grande – The Way
Best Female
o Delta Goodrem
o Kesha
o Rihanna
o Selena Gomez
o Taylor Swift
Best Male
o Bruno Mars
o Hunter Hayes
o Justin Timberlake
o Olly Murs
o Phillip Phillips
Best Group
o Florida Georgia Line
o Girls’ Generation
o Imagine Dragons
o OneRepublic
o The Wanted
Best Pop
o Delta Goodrem
o Justin Timberlake
o Phillip Phillips
o Selena Gomez
o Taylor Swift
Best Rock
o Imagine Dragons
o Maroon 5
o OneRepublic
o Paramore
o The Script
Best Hip-Hop
o 50 Cent
o Drake
o Pitbull
o PSY
o Will.i.am
Best Country
o Blake Shelton
o Florida Georgia Line
o Hunter Hayes
o Luke Bryan
o Taylor Swift
Best R&B
o Ariana Grande
o Bruno Mars
o Justin Timberlake
o Rihanna
o Robin Thicke
Best Dance
o Calvin Harris
o Kesha
o Selena Gomez
o The Saturdays
o The Wanted
Best New Artist
o Anna Kendrick
o Ariana Grande
o Florida Georgia Line
o Imagine Dragons
o James Arthur
Best American Act
o Hunter Hayes
o Justin Timberlake
o Phillip Phillips
o Selena Gomez
o Taylor Swift
Best British Act
o Calvin Harris
o Olly Murs
o One Direction
o The Saturdays
o The Wanted
Best Canadian Act
o Alyssa Reid
o Avril Lavigne
o Carly Rae Jepsen
o Drake
o Justin Bieber
Best Australian & New Zealand Act
o Delta Goodrem
o Guy Sebastian
o Jessica Mauboy
o Lorde
o Timomatic
Best Japanese Act
o AKB48
o Namie Amuro
o Kana Nishino
o Exile
o Morning Musume
Best Korean Act
o Girls’ Generation
o IU
o Kara
o EXO-K
o Sistar
About the hosts
Nick
Nick is a fictional character from Indonesian language story, The Secret Wizards, an aspiring soccer player and also a wizard. He is originally from Essex, England, but currently resides in Bandung, Indonesia. This is his second year in a row to host the show as he's really excited to give more his hosting skills.
Holly
Holly is a fictional character from Celebrity Games, where she is a regular team captain in the short lived second season before its' eventual cancellation. After many failed attempts to become an superstar, she finally landed her role as the female host of Dimas Pettigrew's Best of 2013. Holly stated that she was excited to share her knowledge about pop culture of the year.
Drew
Drew is also a fictional character from Indonesian language story, The Secret Wizards, currently finishing his senior year in Belfast. He was born in Chicago, United States, but currently resides in Belfast, North Ireland with his family. Drew said that he was happy joining fellow The Secret Wizards character, Nick, hosting the show as he is a huge fan of gadgets of the year, especially Xbox One.
Read The Secret Wizards on dimasstories.blogspot,com to know more about Nick and Drew.
I can't wait to post my first episode, which will be the Warm-Up Countdown! Once again, this is my final project for ATRL, I can't wait for you to comment, I will participate on your threads too! Hope you enjoy my Best of 2013!
Nick: “*standing in front of the studio building* Welcome to the Dimas Pettigrew’s Best of 2013!! I’m back, people! Because we’re going to…”
Drew: “*arrived* Ahem!”
Nick: “*surprised* Drew?! Why are you here?”
Drew: “Why I’m here? I’m going to host this too, same with you.”
Nick: “But Alyson is supposed to…”
Drew: “She’s in Juilliard now, she’s busy at college. And not only me who join you, but also… Holly from Celebrity Games!”
Holly: “*arrived* Yeah! Finally I got my place back after Celebrity Games was cancelled! Finally, nice to see you guys!”
Nick: "We’re counting down the best songs of 2013, but not only that, also the best and worst pop culture of the year will be revealed too!”
Holly: “Let’s get this party started!!”
Nick:“But… before we’re counting down the best of 2013, we’re going to warm-up, we’re counting down the top 20 of last year, 2012! It’s one of the best in music and pop culture history!”
Drew: “Whoa, the top 20 are really great I think. By the way, we have to say… Thank you for the viewers for tuning in to the first episode of Best of 2013.”
Nick: “Here we go, let’s start the warm-up countdown, starting from number 20!! Are you ready, you two? Tell the number 20, guys!”
Drew & Holly: “First of all… number 20 is… One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful!!”
Nick: “Number 19 & 18 are coming up next!”
#20. One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
#19. Katy Perry – Part of Me
#18. One Direction - One Thing
Drew: “We have Part of Me by Katy Perry at number 19!”
Holly: “And… at number 18, we have another single from One Direction, One Thing!”
Drew: “But before we continue I need to ask you something, Nick. Last year, in the best of 2012, what did you talk about something related to best and worst of pop culture?”
Nick: “Last year, we have talked about the best and worst of pop culture, such as movies, TV shows, games, gadgets, sports,”
Holly: “I don’t think you two talked about sports last year.”
Nick: “Oh no, yes, we didn’t.”
Drew: “Why don’t we get inside the DPS Studio? I can’t wait to see the studio!”
Nick: “We’re going to, Drew, but we’re now revealing number 17 to 15, I believe these tracks are really sexy.”
Drew: “Like… I’m Sexy and I Know It?”
Nick: “That’s number 17, Drew!”
Holly: “What are number 16 & 15?”
Nick: “We’ll see…”
#17. LMFAO – Sexy and I Know It
#16. Flo Rida – Whistle
#15. Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris – We Found Love
Nick: “Here we are, we are inside the newly decorated DPS Studio, this is the place where the party starts! It’s designed like TRL studio.”
Holly: “Wow! This is amazing! We have blue wall around the studio! And we also have viewers seats near us here.”
Drew: “And check out this LCD screen, it currently shows the stage. What’s this stage, Nick?”
Nick: “It’s Live Lounge, where our special guests are performing there, live studio audience could watch it from here or directly there while we’re also counting down the top songs of 2013. The live lounge hasn’t changed a lot from last year, but we believe that audience will love the performance. By the way, it is located on the basement of the studio. By the way, in the first live episode, Katy B and Timomatic will perform there LIVE!”
Holly: “Wow! Timomatic and Katy B! What a good start for the countdown! Music fans from all around the world are watching in this live global broadcast!”
Drew: “Hell yeah!”
Nick: “C’mon, we have so much to talk about, but first, here’s video number 14 to 11 of 2012!”
#14. Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)
#13. Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen – Good Time
#12. Katy Perry – Wide Awake
#11. Flo Rida – Good Feeling
“We’ve finished counting down number 20 to 11 of 2012! But the top 10 are more awesome than that! I believe 2012 is really awesome, but what about 2013?”
Drew: “Holly!”
Nick: “Okay, that’s enough, we’re going to the live lounge, but first, let’s reveal the number 10, it’s Fun. with Some Nights!”
#10. Fun. – Some Nights
#09. Ellie Goulding – Lights
#08. Nicki Minaj – Starships
Holly: “*walking to the basement* Oh, guys, are you still watching, if you say so, please don’t change the channel, because we have 7 videos left to be revealed.”
Drew: “Yeah, top 7 music videos of 2012 of course.”
Nick: “Here we are, we’re at the live lounge, baby! where all daily performers will be performing here live, most audience will watch our show from here as well as the live performances straight from here.”
Holly: “So if we’re here, we could taste their performance as concert too?”
Nick: “Yes, we could.”
Drew: “Well, number 9 is Lights by Ellie Goulding, I think I can see her performing it here, it was one of my favorite songs and the sleeper hit of the year.”
Holly: “I think number 7 and 6 are one of my favorite songs, and number 7 is… We Are Never Ever Ever Getting Back Together!”
Drew: “Just one Ever, Holly.”
Holly: “It’s catchy, dude!”
#07. Taylor Swift – We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
#06. Fun. feat. Janelle Monae – We Are Young
Nick: “As you can see, we have five videos to go to officially open the best of 2013, and these five are considered as the best songs of 2012. From viral hits to the biggest hits! By the way, if last year we had awards, this year, we have bigger award.”
Holly: “Yes, everyone can vote for their favorite nominees in each category, but too bad the polls are closed…”
Drew: “Anyway, here’s number 5 and 4!!”
#05. Adele – Set Fire to the Rain
#04. Maroon 5 – One More Night
Nick: “And we still have three videos to go!!”
Holly: “Here we go, number 3 and number 2, both of them are viral hits of 2012 besides Gangnam Style, which sadly didn’t make it through to the top 20. Here we go, first is Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe!”
Drew: “And next is Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know!”
#03. Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
#02. Gotye feat. Kimbra – Somebody That I Used to Know
Nick: “Well, we’re almost done with the show, we have counted down number 20 to 2.”
Drew: “And there’s only one video left to be revealed!”
Nick: “Let’s find out the #1 of 2012, guys!!”
Drew: “Who’s the #1 of 2012?!”
Holly: “You might have guessed this one after seeing the top 20 of 2012 during the show.”
Nick: “Okay on a count of three, we’re going to reveal the #1 of 2012!! In a count of three! 3, 2, 1!!”
Nick, Holly, Drew: “Maroon 5!!!”
#01. Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa – Payphone
*back to the main studio*
Drew & Holly: “Yeah!!!”
Holly: “Maroon 5’s Payphone is the number one of 2012! It’s their really best single so far!”
Drew: “Whoa, I think Maroon 5’s upcoming singles are going to get better than ever, we’ll see if they get #1 of the 2013 with their singles of that year! Or can Selena Gomez, Luke Bryan, Miley Cyrus, Delta Goodrem, Robin Thicke, or even Girls’ Generation end up at #1 of 2013 with their best single! The countdown will kick off tomorrow!!”
Nick: *comes* “And there will be live performances by Timomatic and Katy B too! Thank you very much, everyone. This is the first episode of Best of 2013!”
Holly: “We’re glad you’re back hosting this season, Nick!”
Drew: “And me too as one of the characters of The Secret Wizards!”
Holly: “Don’t forget to follow Dimas Pettigrew on Facebook and Twitter, as well as Instagram and even Google+!”
Drew: “Tomorrow night, we will start the countdown with number 150 to 126 from DPS Studio!!”
Nick: “I’m Nick Blake from The Secret Wizards!”
Drew: “I’m Drew Montgomery from the same story with Nick!”
Holly: “And I’m Holly from Celebrity Games!”
Nick: “Don’t forget to come back tomorrow to join us counting down the top 150 songs of 2013!! Thanks for tuning in, guys, love you all!”
I'm going to miss you 
Love the way you set this up, excited to see how it goes! 