Another two hour marathon of Saturday night karaoke courtesy of ‘The X Factor’, with lots and LOTS of awkward banter and a mixed bag of good and bad performances. We take a look here at who was hot and who was not. What did you think?
STORM LEE: As irrelevant as he may be to the modern market, his vocals are usually quite strong. But his performance was a little shaky tonight with some pitchy vocals and some over-excitable production. He’s our tip to have received the lowest number of votes this week. NOT
TREYC COHEN: We appreciate the power of her voice, but we still haven’t really warmed to her. Her performance of ‘Purple Rain’ was very, very good indeed; but we’re not sure if she really has the power to stay in the running until the end. Should be fine for at least another few weeks, though; and we have to admit she gave a very strong performance tonight. HOT
PAIJE RICHARDSON: Weak and forgettable, we wouldn’t be surprised if Paije was in the Bottom 3 this week. His vocals are OK and he seems a lovely chap, but we’re not sure he’d last five minutes in the current market. At risk. NOT
ONE DIRECTION: A Kelly Clarkson hit was an odd choice for performance but the boys did it well. Whether or not the volume of the vocal was down to a typically loud backing track remains to be seen; but there’s no way we can envisage this group bowing out before the Grand Final. HOT
CHER LLOYD: An interesting choice of track and perhaps one of the better performances we’ve seen Cher give. Her vocal was good, her rap wasn’t quite as cringe-worthy as we were expecting, and whilst we still can’t see her going all the way, we’re content to have her on our screens for another few weeks. HOT
JOHN ADELEYE: Does anyone feel like they’ve really “gotten to know” John? His vocal tonight was very good and very sincere indeed but personally we found it difficult to keep our attention spans in focus for the duration. He needs to show a bit more character if he’s going to be in with a shot to win. If we’re judging the singing, though, he should be fine for another week. HOT
DIVA FEVER: We still can’t get over how good one of the boys is and how atrociously bad the other is. They’re a novelty act who bring alot of fun to the show but their performances prove they stand very little chance of going the whole hog. NOT
REBECCA FERGUSON: Rebecca made a much stronger impression this week. Being placed further down the playbill certainly helped, and delivering a more confident vocal performance should secure her a place on the show for a long while yet. HOT
AIDEN GRIMSHAW: Aiden’s performance tonight was cack, much worse than last week’s, and we have a sneaky suspicion (wait for it) that his “it was shit, I know” approach after the judges comments was a bit put-on for pity. We’re sure he’ll be saved by the public, and we hope he brings it back next week, but for tonight we’re not liking it at all. NOT
WAGNER: Maybe it’ll be interesting to hear him just stand with a mic and a dry ice machine and hear if he can actually sing…? We’re intrigued… NOT
KATIE WAISSEL: This may not be popular: She wasn’t bad. She was quite good. Yes, we zoned out halfway through, and no, we’re still not warming to her personality; but here’s the thing: Alot of celebrities do have that air of arrogance and self-assurance about them, whether we’d like to believe it or not. We’re fascinated to see if she’ll hang on another week, but based on tonight’s performance we certainly wouldn’t be surprised if she sails through to Week 3. HOT
BELLE AMIE: Why did they choose to show clips of the girls in dispute during the VT?! Do the producers ever want a girl group to be taken seriously on the show?! Tonight’s performance was quite strong vocally, despite the horrendous facial make-up, but truth be told we wouldn’t be shocked if they went tomorrow. It was a good performance but will they go all the way? We can’t see it, no. NOT
MARY BYRNE: Quite similar to last week’s offering, but if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Mary delivered another killer rendition this week that perhaps wasn’t quite as flawless as last week but which still wiped the floor with alot of the weaker acts tonight. Mary began the live finals as a relative outisder, but there’s no telling how far she’ll go now. HOT
MATT CARDLE: Bruno Mars? A musical hero? Really?! Still, with a performance like that we’re not complaining. Two stunning performances in a row now from Matt, and you can expect his narrow lead at the top of the betting markets to become alot more comfortable over the next few days. HOT
Rumours have broken out en masse that Cheryl Cole has been dropped from ‘The X Factor’ USA after a week of filming. She is said to have been replaced by Nicole Scherzinger, who was signed to present the show alongside Steve Jones.
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