Midweek Chart: Is Frankie Cocozza sending Iris to No1?

September 27, 2011 in Music with 1 Comment

It looks like ‘Iris’ could well become this year’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ in terms of the X Factor effect.

Frankie Cocozza’s rendition of the track on Sunday’s Boot Camp show has sent the original Goo Goo Dolls recording to the top of the iTunes chart.

The track has only ever reached a peak of No26 on the UK rankings, but has steadily sold over 300,000 copies since its release in the 1990s. The iTunes chart constantly refreshes throughout the day, and is compiled by tallying up its own download figures from the past twenty-four hours.

What’s more, midweek sales data released today by Music Week reveals that the track is in contention to land this week’s official number one spot on Sunday. It’s currently just a handful of copies behind the current leader, Sak Noel’s continental hit ‘Loca People’. There’s also a narrow gap between the song and Maroon 5′s consistently strong-selling ‘Moves Like Jagger’ at No3. Dappy’s ‘No Regrets’, which is the incumbant chart topper, is predicted to dip to No4 this weekend.

Last year, the popularity of Adele’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ on The X Factor led to the track scaling new heights on the charts, two years after its original release. Last week ‘Cannonball’ by Damian Rice entered the Top 10 for the first time after being featured on the show. Is ‘Iris’ this year’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’? Or will its sales trail off as the week goes on?

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X Factor Judges’ Houses Predictions: Boys

September 26, 2011 in TV with 0 Comments

One thing is certain about Sunday’s Judges’ Houses results show – there WILL be tears.

The annual sobfest will see the Final 32 contestants halved, in a culling that will leave only 16.

Some of the categories (well, the Boys and the Girls) are particularly hard to call when making predictions, but regardless, here comes the Trash Lounge almighty, kicking off with Gary Barlow’s boys category.

James Michael
Odds to win: 9/1
James is currently the bookies’ top male, and it’s quite easy to see why. Blessed with a beautiful and unique voice, he surely is a sure bet for Gary to take through to the finals. His first audition of Adele’s ‘Make You Feel My Love’ really showed off his potential, with Gary calling him “a recording voice waiting to be recorded”. And the girls love him.

Frankie Cocozza
Odds to win: 14/1
It’s an interesting conundrum with Frankie because, although he has a nice sounding voice (as his lines in ‘Breakeven’ proved), he’s not that good. ‘Iris’ showed him up a tad, but he does have buckets of charisma and the One Direction style of teen appeal to him. Gary may leave him behind if he doesn’t perform well in LA, but if he performs at his best he should be a sure thing to sail through.

John Wilding
Odds to win: 40/1
I wouldn’t necessarily have picked out John, but the fact Gary’s gone on record to call him a “hot favourite” sways massively in his favour. Plus, the fact he’s gone through it all before with Dannii last year adds to his appeal, and you can’t deny he’s come on leaps and bounds since we last saw him. That said, if he does get picked to progress to the live shows, I’m not sure I see him lasting that long before fading into the background.

Marcus Collins
Odds to win: 10/1
Marcus may not have stood out massively at Boot Camp, but his first audition of ‘Signed Sealed Delivered’ was one of my favourites. This however is the prediction I’m least confident about, as there is the possibility that perhaps someone like Craig Colton could sneak through ahead of him.

What do you think? Who do you reckon will go through?

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