The Festive Fifty is an annual chart featuring the previous year’s best tracks, as voted for by listeners. Legendary BBC broadcaster John Peel presented the first ever Festive Fifty on Radio 1 back in 1976, and continued to do so until his death in 2004. Radio 1’s One Music show hosted the poll in 2005, before Peel’s former production team asked Dandelion Radio to become the new home of the official Festive Fifty from 2006 onwards.
Listeners vote for their three favourite tracks of the year in the weeks leading up to December 1st, with the results being broadcast as part of the schedule during Christmas and New Year.
The results of the 2025 Festive 50 can be viewed on the Dandelion Radio website at
Dandelion Radio – 2025 Festive 50
or listen to the countdown from 50 to 1 on Mixcloud
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