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X Factor – Live Show 5 – Movie Week

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:08:15 +0000

Movie week should have brought about some fabulous songs. For goodness sake how many movies have been made and how many hits have come from them.

I’m starting to get fed up with X Factor. The song choices, the ridiculous comments especially from Louis, who I now feel should no longer be a judge.

Stacey Solomon

Started the show well, singing Son of a Preacher Man and looked great in her slinky outfit.

Olly Murs

A fun and entertaining performance. Loved the dancing in the middle too. How Louis Walsh can comment on ’silly dancing’ when he has Thing 1 and Thing 2 as his performers, who can’t sing let alone dance. In fact I don’t understand how any of the judges can moan about the dancing. The audience loved him to bits.

Lloyd Daniels

I’m sorry to say Lloyd hasn’t got the strength of voice or personality to take him any further. He’s only young and hasn’t got the life experiences to put the emotion into the songs. Stand by Me is a great song and he didn’t do it justice. Shame really as he is a hit with the girls but you can’t have a career on just looks alone.

Lucie Jones

I like Lucie, she has a brilliant voice. Didn’t like the song choice although she sang it really well. I do feel as though she’s trying to look too much like other artists ie Avril Lavigne, which is probably not her choice. She needs her own look now and I’m still not sure what her ‘market’ is.

Danyl Johnson

Purple Rain is an iconic song and not a good choice for Danyl. I liked the more subtle singing but there are still traces of trying to make the song more than it should be. A good example of this is Whitney Houston. Great singer, great songs but in concert she messes about with songs too much. Simon shouldn’t let him spoil the songs. His look was good and there’s no doubt he is a great singer.

Jamie Archer

I love Jamie’s style. He’s a rocker and I love the song Crying. He sang it really well but, I felt last night he’d lost some of his sparkle. Maybe that’s because yet again he ended up having to change the song shortly before the show. It was a better song choice for him than Unchained Melody. And will someone please get a gag for Louis. If the song was from a movie even if it isn’t a well known movie what does it matter. The film is Gummo from 1997.

John and Edward

Just get rid of them off the show. They can’t sing and they can’t dance. In fact they can’t do anything without a stage full of props. They actually ruined Ghostbusters. Enough said.

Joe McElderry

He has to be one of the most consistent performers. He is a superb singer, looks great and can sing anything he’s given. It’s a shame he’s being labelled with the ‘musical theatre’ label, but he is far and away one of the best in the show. My only criticism is to try and sing with more pure notes than fluctuating them at the end of the sentences. He did do this more last night with Circle of Life and it was great. Love him.

I think something was wrong with Louis Walsh this week, his comments were not constructive, he picked one of the worst bands to be in his group and he sits there picking faults with the other contestants. I’m also getting fed up with the same sort of comments that the judges use ie authentic – getting boring judges!

Update. I have officially lost all respect for Simon Cowell. All the moaning and groaning that’s been reported in the paper about his dislike for John and Edward and, when he has the perfect opportunity to get rid of them off the show he bottles it. It’s clear what he’s done. Because of the publicity they generate it must be ringing up the £ signs for him and his company.

The X Factor is about finding the best artist and making that decision tonight, whether he felt Lucy could win or not, shows that it’s not about the acts. He’s probably just incited people to vote even more for the unmentionable pair. I won’t be watching the X Factor for the rest of this series, I’ve completely lost interest in it now. Good luck to those who remain but watch your backs.

Heading into week six the line up will now be:

Simon Cowell

Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson

Cheryl Cole

Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry

Louis Walsh

John & Edward

Dannii Minogue

Stacey Solomon

Dannii and Simon both have all their acts and Louis once again is losing out.

X Factor – Live Show 4 – Joe and Jamie the Rockers

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:38:26 +0000

Rock week this week saw some great singing. It’s probably easier to say which acts weren’t the best.

Lloyd, Danyl and John and Edward were in my bottom three this week.

Not sure what happened with Danyl. Couldn’t tell if it was a bit of an act or he really was that downcast. His singing was the worst we’ve seen with a lot of flat notes.

Joe was brilliant as usual, he seems to be the most consistent as was Jamie. Also good were Lucie and Stacey. Still not completely sure of Olly or Rachel

John and Edward must go soon. They can’t sing or coordinate their dance movements together. Take away all the other backing dancers and put them on stage on their own and the public would see how rubbish they are. Yet, Louis takes the mickey out of Jamie who can outsing and perform on his own with nothing else around him. Get real Louis.

Let’s see how the public vote tonight.

Update: Vote off between Lloyd and Rachel. It should have been Lloyd and John and Edward and I’m sorry to see Rachel go over the other two.

Heading into week five the line up is now:

Simon Cowell

Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson

Cheryl Cole

Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry

Louis Walsh

John & Edward

Dannii Minogue

Lucie Jones, Stacey Solomon

Dannii and Simon both have all their acts and Louis once again is losing out.

X Factor – Live Show 3 – Miss Frank-ly Superb

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:49:41 +0000

Considering it was big band week, which is part of the series I always look forward to, I thought the show was extremely disappointing.

The acts did their best but yet again most of the judges didn’t choose great songs to show case the singers.

Miss Frank were brilliant this week, and I have to say Danyl was superb. They were the best two last night. Rachel finally looks the part and her new hair and make up brought out the best in her along with a good choice of song for her although I still think she needs a powerful ballad to seal her place in the show.

I did like Jamie, he will always perform well but Simon may have let him down this week. The song was changed 24 hours before the live show to Angels of Harlem. The original song should have been If I Can Dream. Listening to the Elvis version I think Simon made the right decision to change it as I don’t think that song would have worked with Jamie’s voice.

Joe was great too but not the right song for him, he needs something to belt out. Am I the only one who thinks Joe is like a young John Barrowman (that’s a good thing).

I’m also a fan of Lucie and Stacey, who always sing well, but didn’t inspire me last night. On the tv Lucie seemed too close to the microphone and just needed a little more emotion. I’m sure they could have handled some Shirley Bassey songs. My Life orGoldfinger to name just two. Songs that people can relate to.

And Olly, he was just . . . well Olly, cheeky chappy with a chirpy voice.

I’m sorry to say Lloyd is not a strong enough or diverse enough singer to make it in this show, even though he seems a lovely lad. I don’t think Cheryl made the right choice in having Lloyd and Rikki in her top three. Thing 1 and Thing 2 (aka John and Edward) have to go. They just cannot sing. The judges say they can entertain, but annoy is a more appropriate word.

Let’s see how the public vote tonight.

Update: Can’t believe what happened. The two acts I thought were the best Saturday night ended up being in the bottom two. The only explanation is that people think they are being voted for so don’t. So Danyl and Miss Frank ended up in the sing of and Danyl won based on the public vote.

Heading into week four the line up is now:

Simon Cowell

Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson

Cheryl Cole

Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry

Louis Walsh

John & Edward

Dannii Minogue

Lucie Jones, Rachel Adedeji, Stacey Solomon

Dannii and Simon both have all their acts and Louis once again is losing out.

X Factor – Live Show 2 – Jamie Rocks!

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:15:21 +0000

Is there no end to Jamie Archer’s talents? What a fantastic performance tonight and great choice of song from Christina Aguilera called Hurt (if you want a good cry listen to the full Christina version on You Tube here). What a great piece this would be in the finals, Jamie Archie and Christina Aguilera singing this song. Nothing could beat that for a powerful combination!

What I really love is the fact that Simon Cowell has not tried to change him. He already has a trademark look – t-shirt, jeans, scarf and of course the hair and it’s great to see that hasn’t altered it.

Tonight, without any backing dancers or big music and just a spotlight on Jamie, he captured the audience. He showed tonight he is capable of anything and in my opinion he was the best act tonight. The melody in the song was lovely.

Again, I can’t stop watching the video of him performing this song, which in itself is beautiful. He is so captivating which is what you want from a performer. Listen to the music without watching him, it’s still brilliant.

I think Simon Cowell is really doing his best by Jamie and bringing him on so well and encouraging the best from him.

Joe was also good and Danyl, although giving a good performance, didn’t bring out the emotions like Jamie did. The song choice wasn’t good and it seems Simon is going for songs with ‘a big note’ for Danyl. Not showing him a different light.

Lucie and Stacey were great too although Stacey should have had a more well known song too. I also thought Miss Frank did really well tonight. Loved their song choice, they could be superb. Olly was fun to watch.

The weakest acts were John and Edward, Rikki, Lloyd and Rachel. I like Rachel but she hasn’t been given the right song for her voice yet.

By now you’d think the judges would realise that the wrong song can knock their act out. People like to hear songs they know.

Update:

So Rikki has gone after her was in the last two with Rachel. It really should have been John and Edward as they clearly can’t sing or perform, but they obviously have some fans out there. So heading into week 3 the following acts are now left.

Simon Cowell

Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson

Cheryl Cole

Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry

Louis Walsh

John & Edward, Miss Frank

Dannii Minogue

Lucie Jones, Rachel Adedeji, Stacey Solomon

X Factor – 1st Live Show

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:24:41 +0000

Well what a great start to the live shows.

Considering it was the first live performance they all did really well, but the acts that really stood out for me on Saturday night were: Jamie Archer, Joe McElderrry, Lucie Jones, Stacey Solomon and Danyl Johnson.

I didn’t think much to the groups and was really surprised to see John and Edward go through. It’s a shame for Kandy Rain being the first acts to leave, but predictable really. There are some really great solo singers this year and the groups will struggle against them.

Miss Frank, when polished up a bit will be great. Stacey needs to learn to calm down when talking it’s letting her down a bit. Catherine Tate will be mimicking her before long!

Big well done too should go to Alexandra Burke for her very polished performance of Bad Boys,

and Robbie Williams.

Not sure about Robbie’s new single but it was good to see him strutting his stuff even though he looked a bit wide eyed. Probably not surprising when it’s your first appearance in a few years, but hopefully he will have seen the reception was great for him.

So we head into week 2 with the following acts remaining.

Simon Cowell

Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson

Cheryl Cole

Rikki Loney, Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry

Louis Walsh

John & Edward, Miss Frank

Dannii Minogue

Lucie Jones, Rachel Adedeji, Stacey Solomon

X Factor Final 12 – Oh Yes Jamie!

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:16:49 +0000

Well I don’t have to watch the X Factor each week now, I’ll just have my phone on speed dial voting for Jamie Archer. Out of everyone he was the one person I really wanted to go through and didn’t they just make us wait until right at the end of the show to find out.

I do like the other acts, especially the girls, but Jamie’s different. He’s got personality, a great voice and looks and I think he’s going to surprise us all.

So who’s going through then?

Simon Cowell

Olly Murs, Jamie Archer and Danyl Johnson

Cheryl Cole

Rikki Loney, Lloyd Daniels, Joseph McElderry

Louis Walsh

John & Edward, Kandy Rain, Miss Frank

Dannii Minogue

Lucie Jones, Rachel Adedeji, Stacey Solomon

Some really good people in the final. I think Danii’s category will give everyone a run for their money and I’m afraid once again the bands won’t have a look in. Why oh why did Louis put those boys through?

I don’t think Cheryl will win this year, it could be a fight between Simon and Danii. Just my predictions of course.

Until the live finals start you can’t really get a good measure of how good any of the acts are until they’re faced with the pressure of live tv, audience and judges. But at least this year they’ve already had a feel for singing in front of an audience though.

The X Factor – Jamie Archer – WOW

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:49:45 +0000

I’m sorry to say I just have to watch this programme. I don’t like people being ridiculed especially when you know it’s all a set up anyway but I do love hearing the great singers.

It bought it home more when I read an article called “What happens at an X Factor audition?” by Genevieve Hassan, Entertainment reporter, BBC News. She went through the gruelling audition process to see just what happens.

If you’re a talented singer then it’s obviously worth the hassle, but when you realise that some of the less talented get put through to the judges for the ‘entertainment’ factor then that’s just cruel.

Jamie Archer also known as Jamie Afro is my absolute favourite of the singers shown so far (can’t stop watching the you tube clip). His version of Sex on Fire was fabulous and left you wanting to hear more (okay left me wanting more!).

Very sexy on stage, let’s hope Jamie has more to pull from for the next rounds as he’s bound to be a hit with women voters.

Still trying to think which Abba song would suit him though – any ideas?

Hot on his heels is Danyl Johnson, the teacher who was also brilliant.

I also like Miss Fitz, Rozelle Phillip, Stacey and Shanna Goodhead and we’ve only just touched the surface.

Looks like it’s going to be a good show. Love the new style too, giving people the chance to ‘rock their socks off’ to music.