Reggie 'N' Bollie people favorite at tonight X factor competition but looking at the theme love and heartbreaking, this sound contradicting.
The pop star were jumping around
singing Shut Up And Dance (where's the love and heartbreak, hmm? Does this song
have subtle undertones we're not emotionally evolved enough to comprehend?),
Cheryl and Rita are doing mum dancing behind the desk and it's all generally a
bit frantic. In fact, Simon Cowell is the only person in Britain not currently
gyrating.
"I'll make this
quick, " says grumpy. "The vocals were a bit iffy... but, I think
you're going to be in the finals of this competition." We think so too, but we
said that about Seann Miley Moore, so.
Meanwhile, Rita Ora's
name-dropping Notting Hill Carnival again. We get it, Rita, you're urban.
He's set to perform Yesterday, by a hot beat combo called The Beatles. It's a slight departure from his usual soul and mo-town vibes.
Ah, no it isn't, as he's giving it a soul and mo-town vibe. Fair enough.
It's brought Cheryl to tears, in a good way. "Sensational," she says.
Rita Ora says it sounded like his own composition. If that bothers Paul McCartney, checking his online banking app should have a soothing effect.
At one point Anton
Stephans was rumoured to be coming top in the phone voting every week. Not any
more - last week he found himself in the bottom three alongside long lost Max
Stone and Monica Michael.
Tonight he's singing We
Belong Together, by Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey, and unfortunately it's a
little strained. If you're into tonsils and pyrotechnics though, you'll be
having a great time.
4th Impact do a superb job
every week; all of their performances are well-sung and well-choreographed, and
tonight's rendition of Christina Aguilera's Ain't No Other Man is no exception.
However, there's something about the cutesy foursome that makes them hard to
connect with emotionally. We're not saying they
should sob at Nick Grimshaw like Anton, but they might need to show a little
more personality.
It seems we're on the same
page as Simon Cowell - he's banging on about them needing to show more of their
individual personalities too. Heck, why don't they just let us be an X Factor
judge? We're cheap.
We were worried earlier
that Mariah Carey's We Belong Together was a bit of a dated and obvious choice
for Lauren Murray, but she's making it sound a little bit modern. A little bit.
She looks great, and you
can't fault her singing, but we can't help but think she's more fun than this -
and if she wants to beat her biggest rival Louisa Johnson, she needs to
diversify a little from those big ballads.
Cheryl says Lauren could
sing "the yellow phone book" and still sound great. She'd certainly
sound less predictable.
Mason Noise, favourite to leave this week, least favourite in every other sense, is inviting us into his soul, or something. He's singing a Nick Jonas song (Jealous. That's the name of the song. We're not jealous that he's singing it and we're not) and it's pretty uninspiring.
Surely this has to be the
week he leaves?
"You're finally
sitting into your vibe," says Rita Ora. Pardon?
With one act going home
tonight, in a shock - not that shock - twist, he shouldn't sit too comfortably.
Louisa's showing she's like
well contemptibly and stuff by singing a James Bay song. She's going for an
ethereal vibe in a swish white outfit, no shoes (what, no Rita Ora endorses Adidas shell-toes this week?) and the same shimmery eyeshadow we wore to our
sixth form prom in 1998.
Her voice is BIG and, we
don't want to sound all Louis Walsh, but she's only 17 years old. Yup, she
won't be going home anytime soon.
"Outstanding!"
says Cheryl. "Wow!" says Simon. He thinks she's just had her
"moment". Which makes us think of Martine McCutcheon's Perfect
Moment. Which we can't believe nobody has ever covered on X Factor.
Olly Murs just said
"amazing" twice. It's a safe word for him because it does have any
t-h combos in it.
Here goes Love &
Heartbreak week... which is the vaguest of themes, really, because the only
songs not about love and heartbreak these days tend to be about being "in
the club" (in the partying sense, not the pregnancy sense).
Here come our hosts Olly
Murs and Caroline Flack wearing black to signify the death of their TV
presenting careers. Will Olly make reference to his cock-up last weekend?
Yes, he will - but
unfortunately, just two minutes into the show, he also just said
"elimi-tated" when explaining that one act will be going home
tonight.
Oh Olly. Still, let's hope someone somewhere playing X Factor drinking
games just got to take a nice big swig of their drink
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