Who are you pulling for?

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AOL Music’s Breakers competition to select the hottest new artists has been separated into four categories, with winners in each being selected by the public starting Feb. 16. Winners to be announced on March 30th.

#1: Don’t Give a F#@!: Amy Winehouse, Mims and Rich Boy
#2: Mr. Sensitive: James Morrison, Landon Pigg and Secondhand Serenade
#3: As Heard on TV: Mika, Corbin Bleu and Young Love
#4: Not Your Usual Rock: Gym Class Heroes, Hellogoodbye and Dropping Daylight. (source: HITS)

What does the winner get? We have no clue. Although we gather it’s airplay during an episode of the latest season of Real World or something ridiculous like that.

Young Love will be at Bowery Ballroom on February 28th; tickets on sale now. It also happens to be the last date on his month-long tour. He’s pictured with Ice-T on the right, I have no idea how or why, where or when but it’s a fantastic shot!

Granted, I haven’t heard much (well alright, maybe just the single ‘Grace Kelly’) but so far, so good for this supposed Pop Idol reject.

Mika’s first single has bumped Britain’s X-Factor winner, Leona Lewis, out of the number one slot. Leona’s song (Kelly Clarkson’s? Does Simon Cowell just get every other female winner on his shows to sing this song?) ‘A Moment like this’ spent 4 weeks as the number one song, amazing. Sidenote: The Music Slut’s favourite group of wee Dundonians, The View, is number 3 on that chart with ‘Same Jeans’- sweet.

I have a soft spot for anything a bit dancy, a bit glam, and right now, Mika seems to be feeding my Young Love, Scissor Sisters hang over with a perfectly spicy bloody mary of just that.

One question for Mika though, why the sexuality secrecy? Why would being proud of who you are, no matter whom you fancy, make a difference in the quality of your music? Be gay, be straight, be a transgendered monkey for all I care, just get me on the dance floor.

Brooklyn Vegan didn’t take to Mika, but Arjan Writes sure did- check them out.

mp3: Listen to ‘Grace Kelly’ [via the awesome site, Pop Bytes]