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Cosmopolitan
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Rachel Chinouriri on finding love, Florence Pugh and overcoming trauma
Reflecting on finding love with her boyfriend, Isaac, she breaks off mid-sentence. 'This is my song!' she says in astonishment, raising pencil-thin brows. We stare at each other for a split second, listening intently as the whistle hook of Chinouriri's 'It Is What It Is' comes drifting through the speakers. She laughs and covers her face, then regains her composure. 'It is what it is, what it is, is a problem,' she sings in a soft, bluesy whisper. Perched on the edge of a button-back chair, the 26-year-old singer-songwriter is as relatable as they come, immediately making me feel like a close girlfriend, complimenting my old-school dictaphone ('I feel like I want one of these, you've inspired me') and joking about her tendency to talk too much ('I'm quite good at yapping!'). Following her critically acclaimed debut album, What A Devastating Turn Of Events, and an epic run supporting Sabrina Carpenter on tour, the Brit-nominated star is reinventing the landscape of indie music on her own terms. 'I think a lot of me never thought that I would be able to survive and get to this moment,' she muses. 'So to be able to package all my trauma into something that I can then put out and be like, 'That is a past me that no longer exists, but I've turned into something beautiful,' I feel very grateful that I have that skill.' Born in Kingston in 1998, Chinouriri was raised in the Forestdale area of Croydon by Zimbabwean parents who moved to the UK to give their children a better education. The youngest of five, she was the only one of her siblings to be born in the UK. 'It was quite a conflict of cultures all within one house, which was a blessing and a curse. But I see it more like a blessing now, being culturally rich.' The family home was 'very Zimbabwean, very African', which she loved. But navigating an English neighbourhood was difficult, especially as the only Black family on the street. 'I think I struggled with the mix of the two,' she recalls. Chinouriri was also the only one in her family who didn't speak her parents' native language, Shona, and noticed that when they left the house, they'd switch into quote, unquote, 'proper English accents', she says. 'So it was like, quite a weird cross of, 'Which one should I be? And what am I more like?'' Chinouriri's early musical education was a tapestry of diverse influences. Her family would sing church songs and play gospel, but it wasn't acknowledged that music could be a job. She wasn't allowed to listen to anything that wasn't Christian music, either. 'So when my parents would go to work, my siblings would play Channel U, MTV, anything, and I'd listen to music through that.' She immersed herself in the sounds of Labyrinth, Coldplay, Daughter, Florence + the Machine, James Blake and South African a capella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. 'I just f*cking love the harmonies that they did,' she enthuses. And Chinouriri saw her own image in Black British female musicians such as Keisha Buchanan of the Sugababes, Shingai Shoniwa of the Noisettes, Skin from Skunk Anansie and Joan Armatrading. 'Without seeing these people in the industry, I don't know if I would have ever pursued music in the same way, because I'm like, 'Oh, there are people who look like me.'' Much like her songs, which blend irresistibly catchy melodies with heartfelt reflections on love, loss and identity, Chinouriri is deep but unafraid to sparkle. She's charming and self-assured, giving thoughtful responses in between sips of camomile tea. But it has been a long road to build this confidence. Chinouriri describes being violently bullied at secondary school. '[I was] getting spat on and called the n word. I had 'monkey' chanted at me when I was 15. Just horrible stuff. I think I blacked out a lot of that time, minus the parts that really affected me. I think being spat on is one of the most dehumanising experiences you can ever have, no matter who you are or who does it. It makes you feel like rubbish.' The day after that incident, she listened to Fix You by Coldplay, who remain her favourite band. 'When I was getting bullied, their music genuinely saved my life.' Throughout it all, Chinouriri's parents, who fought as child soldiers in Zimbabwe's war for independence against England had her back. 'I think when you're raised in that way or you've grown up in a country of war, things are very structured and disciplined; you're fighters, you don't give up on anything.' She gives a grim chuckle. 'When I was, like, done with everything, they said, 'We promise you, it could be worse.'' Even so, there came a point when Chinouriri decided to take matters into her own hands and applied to a new school with the encouragement of two Black friends.'I think I forged a signature to get into it,' she jokes. After getting her mum's permission, she moved to a predominantly Black and POC comprehensive in South London that offered a totally new experience. 'It was just such a melting pot of people who I actually related to more on a cultural basis, and I felt more seen. I had far more friends.' To this day, her high-school bullies will comment on her TikTok. 'I just find it quite funny that now they're like, 'Oh, we went to school with her.' And I'm like, 'Oh, you were the people who made me not want to be on the planet any more.'' When she was younger, her mum would remind her that her bullies were deeply miserable people. 'Being in the place I am in now, knowing what they're up to through other people telling me stuff, I'm like, 'Oh, yeah, they were quite miserable, and just laid it in on me.'' She flashes a smile. 'I'm glad I never stooped to their level, because the end result is, I'm speaking about them in Cosmopolitan.' When I next meet Chinouriri on her Cosmo cover shoot, she's fizzing with energy. Dressed in a pink fishnet bodycon dress and futuristic sculpted platforms, she pouts, clicks and shimmies right up to the camera lens. 'This is one of my favourite songs,' she exclaims giddily, singing along to Beyoncé's 'Pure/Honey' while throwing ballroom shapes. A few moments later, Chinouriri points a metallic nail skyward as she hits the high notes on Charli xcx's 'Sympathy Is A Knife.' When she stops twirling, she asks to 'have a little looksie' at the visuals. 'Gorgeous! Stunning! Fun! That background is insane,' she pauses. 'So this is gonna be out and about?' Everyone nods. 'I'm gonna buy, like, 20! When she was 14 years old, Chinouriri underestimated her talents. 'I think deep down, I've always been like, 'I want to sing.' But because I was blocked by shyness, I'd be like, 'Oh, I'm not gonna do that.'' At school, a supportive GCSE music teacher called Mr Coke encouraged her to apply to the prestigious Brit School, where famous alumni include Adele and Amy Winehouse. 'He kept saying, 'You are so talented, you need to give it a go.' I owe him quite a lot, actually. Shoutout to Mr Coke.'' She gained a place to study musical theatre, and once through the doors, she flourished. 'It was almost, like, a perfect mix of all people, but also everyone was slightly weird, including me, which I kind of loved,' she recalls. 'I was allowed to almost rebirth myself. I went with colourful braids, different hairstyles. I was wearing makeup for the first time ever, I was just dressing however the f*ck I wanted every single day. And I think Brit School gave me confidence and reassurance.' Chinouriri then began uploading her music to SoundCloud using her mum's laptop. 'I'd be recording my beat on the worst microphone I could find online,' she jokes. In 2018, her hit single 'So My Darling' was played on BBC Introducing on Radio 1, and she signed to Parlophone. But just as her career was taking off, the pandemic derailed her plan to do a run of shows. 'I had crippling anxiety at the time,' she remembers. While the world was locked down, she leveraged her social media skills, releasing an acoustic rendition of 'So My Darling', which went viral on TikTok and now soundtracks over 100,000 videos on the platform. By 2022, tired of being continually typecast as an R&B or soul singer, she had another viral moment when she posted about her fight to be recognised as an indie artist. It was inspired, she tells me, by a demoralising meeting with a music executive. 'I walked into a studio and this guy was like, 'Rachel, I love everything you do. You're amazing. You're a star. I'm a huge fan of your songs.' He had all my demos.' He then proceeded to introduce her as 'Rachel Chinouriri, the next R&B soul superstar' to a rapper visiting the studio. 'I remember just being so quiet, and when he walked out, I think I almost left the session. In that moment, I was so angry.' The post 'flipped a lot of things' and Chinouriri began to see a genuine commitment from companies to help change how she was being categorised. For the first time in her career, she hit a million monthly listeners on Spotify. 'I was like, 'Woah, [after] being put in the right categories, suddenly a million people have access to your songs!' Those were the moments when everything started to go…' she gestures upwards and exhales. 'So, yeah, I think that skyrocketed.' It's no surprise Chinouriri has taken off. Not only can she craft a catchy hook, but she's also genuinely accessible, sprinkling her songs with intimate confessions that feel like a voice note from your best friend. However, changing perceptions of indie, a historically white genre, is an ongoing journey. When Chinouriri released her debut album, which showed her standing outside an estate adorned with English bunting, people assumed it was a celebration of the flag. 'As soon as people saw the flags, they were like, 'Britpop''. While she loves British bands, such as Blur, Oasis and Arctic Monkeys, she is clear-sighted about her musical identity. 'I'll always call it alternative indie pop, because I've never really wavered out of those brackets.' She's also found community with other Black British musicians in the genre, such as Cat Burns, who she met at Brit School. 'We've both kind of had similar journeys, but definitely have spoken about the hardships of being Black in the industry together quite a bit, and we both can really relate to it,' she says. 'I'm glad that we're both at the other end of it now.' Last year, they collaborated on 'Even', a song examining the harmful double standards that Black women face in the music industry. 'It's therapeutic in a way, but hopefully it also allows other indie girls to feel really seen and understood, and to not hesitate trying to go for their dreams.' Chinouriri is also determined to reclaim her Britishness. 'I'm so aggressively British, culturally, it's mental. And, you know, there are so many British people who look like me and are POC, and they're so English and British. And we need a few more of them in the public eye.' Taking pride in her identity has been a challenge, because of how the country has – and still is – mistreating Black people and POC, but she is keen to spotlight the Black British experience. 'You look at all these British houses and English houses, and they're full of so much culture, people of colour, different countries, different ethnicities. And a lot of, let's say, racist English people, forget that this country is built off the back and bones of a lot of Black people and POC, and we're here to stay. A lot of the culture is influenced by it. We should accept and absorb it and understand the cultural impact it has. To try to deny that would not make Britain what it is.' Momentum is building for Chinouriri right now. In January, she received two first-time Brit nods for Best New Artist and Artist of The Year. 'I cried for about three to four hours and I woke up with a headache,' she says emphatically. 'It was quite dramatic.' Things got even more surreal when fellow Brit School alum Adele, who gave a shoutout to Chinouriri during her Las Vegas residency, sent her a bouquet of pink roses. 'I wrote her a letter saying that if she wants to go for a cup of tea or a wine, I feel like me and her would have a good kiki.' Chinouriri's famous fans also include Sophie Turner, who posted the lyrics from 'All I Ever Asked' on her Instagram Stories in the wake of her split from Joe Jonas in December 2023, and she's also friends with Cosmo cover star alums Beabadoobee ('she's very, very sweet') and Raye ('so amazing and lovely'). Chinouriri's newfound stability is also allowing her to focus on what she wants to achieve artistically. In August 2024, she was forced to withdraw from a support slot on alt-pop star Remi Wolf's US tour due to the financial strain of touring. It was important for her to be 'brutally honest' with her fans, nicknamed The Darlings, about the realities of the music industry. 'Even behind the scenes, I work f*cking hard and when things start to not go the way that I want, it tends to not really be my fault,' she explains. 'Rather than saying 'due to unforeseen circumstances', I said, 'I physically can't afford it and I'm going to try everything I can to come on tour.'' But much like Chinouriri's talent for alchemising pain into power, she figured out a plan to get to America. The result is the All I Ever Asked For Was A North American Tour. 'I'm very excited to see where it goes,' she smiles, noting that her biggest following is in America. 'I speak to American fans all the time online. The African American and Black American communities really helped me go viral on TikTok in 2020. I owe them a lot.' For now, Chinouriri is taking the time to be present. She appreciates the small things in life: her mental health, connecting with her fans, going to HMV and seeing her vinyl on shelves. 'All I've learned through the struggles of everything is I am authentically myself because of this.' As long as I make sure that every time I am allowed to present myself that I'm bringing the best forward, I'm like, 'That's my top priority.' And putting my fanbase first is my number one.' Photographer Blacksocks; Stylist Shannon Kelsey Ann; Makeup Georgia Hopeusing Danessa Myricks; Hair Shamara Roper at Arch the Agency; Nails: Tinu Bello at Arch the Agency; Photo Assistants; Alex Sievers, Isabella Armora; Fashion Assistants; Claudia Vargaz Fernandez, Matilde Raposo; Art Director Alex Hambis; Editor in chief Claire Hodgson; Acting Entertainment Director Nicola Fahey; Entertainment Editor Christobel Hastings; Video Lead Meg Beattie; Production Beverley Croucher
The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Maya Jama shows off her natural beauty as she goes make-up free while running errands in London
MAYA Jama proved she's a natural beauty as she went make-up free while running errands in London. The Love Island host, 30, cut a casual figure during her outing in the capital - weeks after dropping 4 Maya stunned as she went make-up free while running errands in London Credit: BGUK 4 The presenter cut a casual figure while making the most of the sunshine Credit: BGUK 4 In-demand Maya was seen multi-tasking on two phones Credit: BGUK Stunning She's one of the most in demand names in the business, so it should come as no surprise she was seen multi-tasking with two phones on the go. Despite her laid-back appearance, Maya looked every inch the star during her day out in the sunshine. More on Maya Jama She was an instant success with viewers and has enjoyed huge success both on and off screen ever since. But Last month The Sun revealed Maya has set up her own media firm, filing paperwork for a new company called MIJ Productions. The new filings with Companies House place MIJ Productions within the media and advertising agencies category and names Maya's close friend Issy Lloyd as her business partner on the new venture. Most read in Celebrity Maya - who will return with a brand new series of Love Island in the coming weeks - previously confessed she is always thinking of her next move. She told us: 'In my mind I am like what do you next after TV. Channel 5 launching brand new show starring Love Island's Maya Jama, BGT judge KSI and Brit-nominated star - and it is just days away 'I'll work it out. I feel like I need to set new goals because I have been so fortunate that all my childhood goals have been achieved now before I am 30.' 4 Maya recently dropped the biggest hint yet the next series of Love Island could be her last Credit: Shutterstock
Scottish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Maya Jama shows off her natural beauty as she goes make-up free while running errands in London
MAYA Jama proved she's a natural beauty as she went make-up free while running errands in London. The Love Island host, 30, cut a casual figure during her outing in the capital - weeks after dropping the biggest hint yet she's set to quit the ITV2 reality show. 4 Maya stunned as she went make-up free while running errands in London Credit: BGUK 4 The presenter cut a casual figure while making the most of the sunshine Credit: BGUK 4 In-demand Maya was seen multi-tasking on two phones Credit: BGUK Stunning Maya looked as stylish as ever dressed in an oversized shirt and a pair of black denim shorts. She's one of the most in demand names in the business, so it should come as no surprise she was seen multi-tasking with two phones on the go. Despite her laid-back appearance, Maya looked every inch the star during her day out in the sunshine. Maya became the host of Love Island in 2023 - taking over from Laura Whitmore. She was an instant success with viewers and has enjoyed huge success both on and off screen ever since. But there has long been speculation that Maya is ready to move on from the show and recently she dropped the biggest hint yet her Love Island stint will soon come to an end. Last month The Sun revealed Maya has set up her own media firm, filing paperwork for a new company called MIJ Productions. The new filings with Companies House place MIJ Productions within the media and advertising agencies category and names Maya's close friend Issy Lloyd as her business partner on the new venture. Maya - who will return with a brand new series of Love Island in the coming weeks - previously confessed she is always thinking of her next move. She told us: 'In my mind I am like what do you next after TV. Channel 5 launching brand new show starring Love Island's Maya Jama, BGT judge KSI and Brit-nominated star - and it is just days away 'I'll work it out. I feel like I need to set new goals because I have been so fortunate that all my childhood goals have been achieved now before I am 30.'
BBC News
27-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Sutton's FA Cup quarter-final predictions v DJ Nathan Dawe
We are down to the last eight teams in this season's FA Cup, but which of them will lift the famous old trophy at Wembley in May?Apart from defending Premier League champions Manchester City, none of the quarter-finalists have won any major silverware since the turn of the millennium, and four of them have never won the FA Cup at all."We all saw how much winning the Carabao Cup meant to Newcastle fans after their long wait for a trophy," said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton."Liverpool and Arsenal are out, and City are clearly not the force they were, so this feels like a big chance for the other teams left in it to get some glory - I just hope they try to take it."Sutton has made his predictions for all four sixth-round ties and for this weekend's matches he is up against Brit-nominated DJ and producer Nathan Dawe, who is an Aston Villa new single featuring vocalist Abi Flynn, Here In Your Arms, is out you agree with their predictions? You can choose who you think will win each tie, below. Villa have not won a major trophy since the 1996 League Cup but are chasing silverware on two fronts this season and are into the last eight of the Champions League [where they play Paris St-Germain] as well as the FA Cup."I'm still in dreamland," Nathan told BBC Sport. "I still can't believe I am going to Paris in a couple of weeks to watch us in a Champions League quarter-final."Honestly, it has not sunk in. I only ever used to hear about these glory days from my dad, but now we are actually able to experience it together. It's just unbelievable."What Unai Emery has done since taking charge in 2022 is just astronomical, and the players and fans are fully on board with what he is doing."Even when things are not going so well, it is clear that the team still has full confidence in the manager to have a Plan B or C to turn games around, and we have seen that happen on multiple occasions this season." Villa are also going for another top-five finish in the Premier League too, which would be likely to bring them Champions League football again next season."If I'm being honest, I am not sure how confident I am about that, because I think all of the club's attention is going to be on the Champions League and the FA Cup," Nathan added."Winning the FA Cup would be massive, even if the financial rewards are nothing compared to being in the Champions League. It means so much to Villa fans because hardly any of us are alive who have seen us win it."Even my dad wasn't born the last time we won it [in 1957] and winning at Wembley would be very special. "I've been lucky enough to go there a few times with Villa but other than our play-off win when we got promoted in 2019, it has always ended up in misery."Chris Sutton and Nathan Dawe were speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. FA Cup quarter-final predictions There are no replays. Games will be decided by extra time and = league places between the two teams Saturday, 29 March Craven Cottage, 12:15 GMT8th in Premier League v 12th in Premier LeagueGap = 4Last major trophy? Fulham: Never. Palace: NeverBest FA Cup run? Fulham: runners-up in 1975. Palace: runners-up in 1990 & 2016Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Palace won at Craven Cottage at the end of February and it is a ground where they have a decent record - they haven't lost there in their past six visits, since a boost for Palace that Jean-Philippe Mateta is available to lead their attack - he can play wearing a special mask to protect his ear after his injury against Millwall in the fifth round - but we will have to see how much he has been affected by such a horrific challenge. The Eagles are a well-balanced team who seem to be improving all the time under Oliver Glasner - they have lost only two of their past 14 games in all competitions.I've found Fulham hard to predict this season because they've been less reliable than usual at home, but they are still having a strong campaign - they are in the mix for the Champions League places, and are only three points behind fifth-placed are very strong on the road but they have not played for the past three weeks - their game against Newcastle before the international break was postponed because of the Carabao Cup often talk about teams needing a rest, but my concern is how that break has affected their is going to be a close game, but I actually fancy Fulham to edge it. Marco Silva's side have got goals in them, and my gut feeling is that they will get through in 90 minutes.I just hope both managers go for it properly, and don't prioritise next week's midweek Premier League games [Fulham are at Arsenal on Tuesday and Palace travel to Southampton on Wednesday] instead of this and Palace have shown this season they have got enough quality in their strongest starting XIs to go all the way in the FA Cup, especially this year when the competition appears so open. They are both in a great position to finally win a major trophy, so why not try to make history and give their fans something to celebrate?Palace's only previous cup success was winning the Zenith Data Systems Cup in 1991. I can imagine their fans enjoyed that day a lot, but lifting the FA Cup would be on a different planet, and the same goes for Fulham, who have not even been in an FA Cup semi-final since prediction: 2-1Nathan's prediction: It feels like Palace always turn into world-beaters in the last couple of months of the season, and I can see them winning this. 1-2 Amex Stadium 17:15 GMT7th in Premier League v 3rd in Premier LeagueGap = 4Last major trophy? Brighton: Never. Forest: 1990 League CupBest FA Cup run? Brighton: runners-up in 1983. Forest: winners in 1898 & 1959Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC will see this as the chance to get revenge for their 7-0 defeat at the City Ground at the start of February.I am sure some people felt the wheels had come off for Seagulls boss Fabian Hurzeler after that result, but instead his side have bounced back and gone on a great run of six wins and one draw in all getting thrashed like that can have a positive effect on a team, and clear the air. I remember losing 7-1 at Blackburn Rovers in October 1992, when I was a centre-half for Norwich City, but we had a crate of beer on the coach home to put things right and we were still top of the Premier League table at Christmas. I did get moved up front after that for Nottingham Forest, they are the only team left in the FA Cup where I could understand it if they rested players this weekend, because of their league play Manchester United on Tuesday and the finish line is in sight for my boyhood team to finish third and secure Champions League why it's disappointing to hear about Chris Wood getting injured while playing for New Zealand this it is not serious, but it is a blow for Forest if they are without their main number nine for any length of game plan won't change without Wood - they will sit deep and attack on the break, it is just a question on whether it is their A team who face Brighton or not, and my hunch is that Nuno Espirito Santo will make a few prediction: 2-0Nathan's prediction: Forest are in such a good position in the league, I have a feeling they are going to be super-focused on that. For that reason, I am going with Brighton. 2-0 Sunday, 30 March Deepdale, 13:30 BST14th in Championship v 9th in Premier LeagueGap = 25Last major trophy? Preston: 1938 FA Cup. Villa: 1996 League CupBest FA Cup run? Preston: winners 1889 & 1938. Villa: winners x7 between 1887 & 1957Watch live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC are hard to beat at home and have not lost at Deepdale since 2 November, a run of 15 games.I've seen quite a bit of Paul Heckingbottom's team this season and they will defend deep, set up in a 3-5-2 shape and make themselves hard to break an old football cliche, but in this case it is very true that the first goal will be extremely Villa have got some brilliant attacking players, but I also always feel like teams can score against they go behind, they could have problems but I do feel their quality should see them through - depending on Unai Emery's team selection of course, with a big league game coming up at Brighton on have got their eyes on numerous prizes and there probably hasn't been excitement levels like this at the club since Martin O'Neill signed me in 2006.I'm still backing them here, but it is going to be a cagey game, and they might have to wait to make the breakthrough before a couple of late goals get the job done.I'm going for Emi Martinez to keep a clean sheet, too. His keepie-uppie antics, external to wind up Brazil while playing for Argentina this week were another reminder of why he is the best goalkeeper in the world. Anyone who can produce moments like that in a game of that magnitude deserves all the accolades you can prediction: 0-2Nathan's prediction: The FA Cup has opened up for us this season, and it feels like we are the favourites now. I just really hope our schedule doesn't take too much toll on the players and we fall short because of that, but I am looking forward to the rest of the season for sure. Brighton will be tough on Wednesday so what do we prioritise, even with a quality squad like ours? That part is down to Emery, and he will probably rest a couple of first-choice players on Sunday, but I would love us to go to Preston, put out a strong team and win comfortably. I am not super-convinced that is going to happen anyway though, even if we don't make lots of changes, because Preston will throw everything at us. It won't be as easy as people might think, but I do expect us to go through. 0-1 Vitality Stadium, 16:30 BST10th in Premier League v 5th in Premier LeagueGap = 5Last major trophy? Bournemouth: never. City: 2024 Premier LeagueBest FA Cup run? Bournemouth: quarter-finals 1957 & 2021. City: winners x7 between 1904 & 2023This is such a difficult tie to were the team who started the rot for Manchester City when they deservedly beat them in November, for what was the defending champions' first league defeat of the then, they were still 'mighty City', the team who were dominating English football, who hardly ever slipped up. Who would have imagined that, five months on, they would have lost eight of their next 19 league games and be in the position they are now, with just the FA Cup left as the only thing they can win?This competition is huge for City now, because it feels so crucial for boss Pep Guardiola to finish such a difficult season with a piece of it helps him that the Cherries are not in great form, with only one point from their past four league games, and also that they are without two key defenders here; Milos Kerkez and Dean Huijsen, who are both are still far from convincing at the moment, however, and it is hard to know what their strongest line-up Foden's struggles for England last week were a reminder of how last season's PFA and FWA Player of the Year has been a shadow of his usual self all campaign, but he is not the only City player to have been well below his there is no chance of Pep saving anyone for Wednesday's league game against Leicester, even though City have got a real fight on their hands to finish in the top always takes the FA Cup seriously anyway, and he has shown that by reaching the semi-finals for each of the past six seasons - something no other team had done City make it to the last four again? Yes... but only are so good with their press that they won't allow City to easily play out from the back - there are going to be plenty of goals, and I can see it being settled in prediction: 2-3 after extra-timeNathan's prediction: Bournemouth are having a good season but I am still backing City to get through. 1-3 How did Sutton do last time? There were eight Premier League games played in week 29, the last set of fixtures before the international far, Chris and his guest, Divorce singer Felix, have both got four correct results, with one exact score, giving them both 70 now, it goes down as a win for the BBC readers - using the most popular scoreline from your predictions for each game, you got five correct results, with one exact scores, leaving them on 80 remaining two games were rearranged because of the Carabao Cup final. No-one picked up any points from Liverpool's draw with Aston Villa, which was moved forward to 19 February, so the weekly winner will be decided when Newcastle host Crystal Palace on 16 April - Felix has gone for a 2-1 Palace and Felix also made a prediction for the Carabao Cup final, and they both wrongly picked Liverpool to win it. They were not alone, because the majority BBC readers also went for a Reds victory - out of almost 38,000 predictions, 73% of you thought Arne Slot's side would prevail.
