Description: Blogging from The Beat team. Our words and opinions; not the BBC's.
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As always, we have been inundated with requests for our thoughts on which artists might make the end of year pundit polls.
Firstly, we need to be absolutely clear that we have no idea who is in contention for the BBC Sound of 2013. We are not included in that poll nor have we been in touch with any of its team. It is, of course, likely that there will be some cross-over between the listings.
What follows is our long-list based on recent guests and plays on The Beat - plus a few wildcards.