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It’s very confusing with calling the 12 contestants “finalists”, then calling the final 4 “semi-finalists” and the final 3 “finalists”. It gets even more confusing when after last weeks Semi-Final, they have a last minute change of plan and have the Semi-Final this week and so making last weeks Semi-Final a Quarter-Final. Totally confusing!!!!

Saturday 12th December: The Semi-Final
So we are down to the last 3 – Joe, Olly and Stacey. Each will perform 3 times tonight and the one with the least public votes will be eliminated tonight.

The first round of songs is themed “Audition Songs”, and the contestants perform the song they originally sang at their first audition.

1) Stacey Solomon (sang What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong)

Louis: Love your voice, love your personality, you’re great
Cheryl: You looked comfortable and I enjoyed it
Simon: Singing beautifully, you continue to surprise me
Dannii: I’m very, very proud of you, well done.
Me: A great performance, has set the bar high for the rest of the evening.

2) Olly Murs (sang Superstition by Stevie Wonder)

Louis: You definitely have The X Factor, I loved you
Dannii: That was great
Cheryl: You are an entertainer
Simon: That was the performance of your life
Me: A good solid performance from Olly

3) Joe McElderry (sang Dance with My Father by Luther Vandross)

Louis: You have an incredible voice
Dannii: Brilliant performance, amazing voice, you are an adorable young man
Simon: A great example, you deserve to be in tomorrow’s final
Cheryl: You stole me heart, I pray you are in tomorrow’s final
Me: Joe has improved so much over recent weeks, although this wasn’t his best performance.

My order after Round 1:
1) Stacey
2) Joe
3) Olly

The round 2 theme is Celebrity Duets. Each contestant sings the first part of a song solo and then is joined by a celebrity to duet the second half. There were no judges comments for this round.

1) Stacey Solomon duet with Michael Bublé(sang Feeling Good by Michael Bublé)

Me: Stacey is putting in the best of her performances tonight, this was her best yet.

2) Olly Murs duet with Robbie Williams (sang Angels by Robbie Williams)

Me: I thought Olly sand it better than Robbie did.

3) Joe McElderry duet with George Michael (sang Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me by George Michael & Elton John)

Me: This was just awesome – best performance of the night.

My order for Round 2:
1) Joe
2) Stacey
3) Olly

Round 3 was themed “Best Previous Performance” where the mentor chose what they considered to be the contestants best performance in the series so far.

1) Stacey Solomon (sang Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen, originally performed in week 6)

Louis: Vocally incredible, I hope you are in the final
Cheryl: You looked and sounded incredible
Simon: You smashed it
Dannii: Another incredible performance
Me: I loved this the first time she sang it and I loved it again this time

2) Olly Murs (sang A Fool in Love by Tina Turner, originally performed in week 2)

Louis: Sexy and soulful – I hope you are in the final
Dannii: Your best performance of the series
Cheryl: You have improved so much since the last time you sang that
Simon: You have been a pleasure to work with, I’m so proud of you.
Me: A strange song choice, I thought he had done much better performances over the weeks.

3) Joe McElderry (sang Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word by Elton John, originally performed in week 8 )

Louis: You’ve got the voice, you deserve to be in the final [note Louis has not said he thinks all 3 should be in the final]
Dannii: So beautiful, you need to be in the final
Simon: You are really special, you have had an incredible night
Cheryl: I adore you. You have to be in the final
Me: Perfect, that was just perfect.

My order for round 3:
1) Joe
2) Stacey
3) Olly

My overall order for tonight:
1) Joe
2) Stacey
3) Olly

So we come to result time. First of all (in no particular order) Olly is told he is in the final. That leaves Joe and Stacey. The second finalist is…… Joe, which means Stacey has been eliminated.

I was surprised by that result, I had expected Olly to be eliminated.

So Joe and Olly are in tomorrow’s (Sunday) all male final. My blog for the final will be posted on Tuesday.

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