World of Big Brother Blog

American Idol will start today, and I’ll be blogging the auditions. That Blog could start after the show ends, 10:00PM EST. I will try to blog the AI9 shows soon after or during the show just because it’ll take some memory of the auditions/perormances and judges critique. One of the big things that just got blurred out is that Simon is officially leaving American Idol for good. Yes, this has been what I call an “annual rumor” where this rumor comes around every year. Unlike what years past have been according to this, there is a “Huge Factor” playing a part of Simon leaving Idol after this year. The “Factor” is X Factor. News sources say that Simon is leaving a judging spot on American Idol 10, and is going to start X Factor here. Simon Cowell plans on launching his now world-wide project to the U.S. in the Fall of 2011.

The biggest speculation I have for this not happening until approx. 19 months from now is because while he’s leaving American Idol, he still needs to figure out that to do with all his shows. His Judging Credits would be American Idol, (already abandoning), Britain’s Got Talent, X Factor UK, and now X Factor US, along with the show he is involved with, America’s Got Talent. I believe he is the creator of Got Talent, and won’t end it anytime soon. I believe Simon will want to juggle these shows around a bit. Since  X Factor UK is a Fall show, along with what X Factor US is planned to be, it looks like Got Talent is his early in the year show, and X Factor is going to be in later in the year show. So, if this is the case, I hope Simon loves the fact he’ll be hopping continents two-thirds of a calendar. If I were him, I be a Reality Star is the Spring (Judge X Factor UK & move to the spring, Britain’s Got Talent for the spring) and be an American Reality star in the fall (America’s Got Talent in the summer, X factor for the fall)

Right now, here’s what I do know what’s in store for the first season of X Factor US. The Network that is planning to broadcast X Factor is NBC. I know NBC has been a Network that likes to take it’s most popular shows, which just happen to be Reality Shows (The Apprentice, The Biggest Loser) and make them into two hour programs every episode. The biggest problem with this is the show’s a long, dreary, and the scenes are over extended. This is why I end up not finishing watching the Biggest Loser and didn’t tune into Celebrity Apprentice, because they made that show two hours as well. If NBC  has high hopes for this, they’ll probably pass up airing four hour-long comedies for the 2011-2012 year and just start airing X Factor for two hours. I don’t think a performance show will be as bad, since a son perfrmance can only last so long. I just hope and pray that the results shows are NOT two hours long. They’re horrible and dragged out as an hour long from American Idol, I can’t imagine anyone sitting down and waiting two hours to see who’s geting eliminated. I truely and logically expect that the performance shows will be two hours long and the results will be an hour long.

The things that will likely happen are things that I believe is the exact same thing  X Factor UK currently does. The signature things that will make this show not look like American Idol are elements such as the auditions will be Live. That’s an interesting concept, because what I sespect to see if a pre-audition audition, not live, so weed out the ones who are only auditioning just to say they’ve appeared on television, and plow out the ones who won’t be worthy of doing a live audition show. What I hope to see from X Factor auditions is people who have a shot, not just a hope. 90% of American Idol auditioners are illogical dreamers, so I hope to see people who either nail the audition, become a heated debate between the judges as to give then or not give them a ticket, or just have potential to become a star, but need to evolve in their stardom before getting an invitation to furthur their singing career. Please leave the heart broken, bitter egos who think they have talent to American Idol.

Simon Cowell will likely use the same format for the competition, which means American votes to save their favorite and the bottom two are up for elimination. The next thing on the list is finding at least three more people to bewilling to be judges for X Factor. Right now, it’s just Simon Cowell, I have no information as to who the second, third, and fourth, maybe a fifth judge is. I believe I have three logic answers that I strongly feel could end up being judges for this, all of them have judging experience. I’m talking about David Hassellhoff, as I would bet any atricle of clothing on my back he’s going to be asked to do this. David Hassellhoff was a judge for America’s got talent but he left America’s Got Talent as Simon Cowell is probably finding judges. Another person I’d bet clothes on would be Paula Abdul. She left American Idol before the judging of American Idol’s upcoming season. So Basically, what I’m saying right now is One Show’s old judge is a new show’s new judge. I believe there will be singing groups, men, and women, but I’m not sure about the fourth category, since it’s likely they’ll open auditions for people not older than 26-28, there’s for room to do a category for teens, ages 14-17, since Cowell is considering opening auditions to people as young as 14. Maybe the senior cateogory will be people 24-28. In that case, we may have five judges, five categories, and no odds of a tiebreaker for the bottom two when the judges vote. I’m curious as to who would take being a mentor for the groups; hopefully it’s someone who’s music career is with a group. I’d personally nominate Gene Simmons, who has worked with Reality-Singing. Gene did a show featuring kids becoming rockers, so I wouldn’t be surprise if he did a the teen category, if there was to be one. When it comes to a group singer mentor, the first person to come to my mind is Nicole Scherzinger, the lead Doll of the Pussycat dolls. She had her shows featuring her group and a show called Girlicious.

So, as of now, My Judge Predictions and Who’d they mentor stand as:

Simon Cowell-Over 24-25

Paula Abdul-Women

David Hasselhoff-Men

Nicole Scherzinger-Groups

Gene Simmons-Teens (If there’s a fifth judge & a teen category)

The X Factor 6 UK winner Joe McElderry’s debut solo single failed to reach number 1 in the official UK singles chart yesterday. Joe was a new entry at number 2 being kept off the top by Killing In The Name by Rage Against The Machine. Joe is the first X Factor winner not to be number one at Christmas (not counting the first winner as that single wasn’t released before Christmas).

Joe sold over 450,000 copies last week which would have been enough in almost any week to reach number 1. But Rage Against The Machine sold just over 500,000 last week.

The Rage Against The Machine song is as a result of a huge internet campaign to stop the X Factor single reaching number 1. The campaign had urged people to by Rage Against The Machine, not because it was any good but purely to stop Joe from reaching number 1. And the campaign worked.

It’s very sad that half a million people bought a song that they don’t like just to stop a young lad with a great voice and a great song obtaining his dream. I guess in this credit crunch society, a lot of people have money to waste.

Some good news for Joe though, his single, The Climb reached number 1 in the Republic of Ireland chart over the weekend.

Joe still has a change at getting to number 1 in the UK next week. As I think people will now stop buying Rage Against The Machine so it is possible that Joe could climb to number 1 this Sunday. I’ll keep you posted.

EDIT 31st December 2009: Joe climbed to number one in last weekends chart after selling about 196,000 copies. Rage Against The Machine could only mange about 65,000 sales. This means that every X Factor winner has had a number 1 debut solo single.

Now that the show is over I thought I would give my opinions of this years series as a whole.

Even though The X Factor and Pop Idol before it have been running in the UK for almost 10 years, this is the first edition that I have watched. I’m not really sure why I never watched it before, I guess I just had other things to do or watch on a Saturday evening.

But this year, I found myself without internet access at home and nothing else to watch at that time so I thought I’d give it a go and see what all the fuss was about.

Having not watched previous editions, I have nothing to compare it to so I don’t know if this was better, worse or just average. On the whole I did enjoy the show, although I wouldn’t go as far as to say that it is my favourite show, nor will I be peeing my pants with excitement a few days before next years launch show. But it entertained me and filled a gap in my weekend and I will be watching again next year.

I liked that my favourite contestants seemed to change from week to week. I’m used to watching shows like Big Brother where I form opinions of Housemates that rarely change after the first week. But with this show, I guess because I’m judging on performances each week rather than someones personality that doesn’t really change. As people can put in good or bad performances so my opinion changes.

In the early weeks of the live shows I liked Lloyd, Lucie and John/Edward. It wasn’t until Joe sang Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me in week 7 that I thought wow, I really like this guy. After that he was the one I wanted to win. Although I thought Olly put in a great performance in the final and would also have been a worthy winner.

Simon Cowell
As far as the format of the show, I think the show suffers from the dominance of Simon Cowell. He is an executive producer and also a judge/mentor. There seems to me to be a big conflict of interest in his 2 roles from the show and I would like to see him step down from one of the roles. An example of this are that he made it clear during the audition process that the category that he really wanted was the over 25s, and surprise surprise, that was the category that he got.

Deadlock
The biggest problem with the format is the even number of judges. Having 4 judges means that so often the judges are tied 2-2 with their voting. Out of the 6 votes when there were 4 judges present, 5 out of the 6 ended at 2-2 and deadlock. What happens at deadlock is that it goes back to the earlier public vote and the lowest placed is eliminated. However, the problem with this is that the public vote is on the previous days performance as the voting lines closed before the sing-off, this made the sing-off a complete waste of time almost every week. A better way of doing it is to have the voting open for 2 or 3 minutes after the sing off and have the public as a 5th judge.

Percentages

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After the final the percentages were released for every public vote. If you click on the links above you can see the 2 graphics.

The early public favourite was Danyl who won the vote in week 1 withover 27%, twice as many as Stacey who came second. However in week 2 Danyl had slipped down to 7th place and it was Stacey who won the vote, but very little separated the top 4.

By week 3 Danyl had slipped to 9th place andwas in the bottom 2. Amazingly Rachel won the vote even though she had been bottom 2 for the previous weeks. In week 4 it swung round again with Rachel going from first to last and Danyl going from last to first.

Danylwon the vote again in week 5, but each week Joe was slowly increasing his vote, coming second this week. Week 6 went to Stacey andthen came week 7. This was the week that Joe turned it around his performance of Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me won over the public and he got 34% – twice as many votes as Stacey. He never lost another public vote. Week 7 was the only week of the competition that the bottom place act wasn’t eliminated. John and Edward were eliminated by the judges vote. Had it gone to deadlock Olly would have been the one to leave.

Joe won week 8 with 37% and easily won week 9 with 42%. This was the week where 4 remained and Danyl was eliminated. The vote was extremely close with less than 1% separating Danyl in last place and Olly in 2nd place.

Down to the final 3 and Joe hit 52%, Olly got 28% meaning Stacey was eliminated 1 day before the final with 20%.

In the final Joe was the clear winner with 61.3% to Olly’s 38.7%.

The only question left to be answered is will Joe’s single be Christmas number 1 on the singles chart. All 5 previous winners singles have reached number 1, will Joe keep this record going? We will find out on Sunday.

Sunday 13th December 2009

With 2 contestants remaining – Joe and Olly – each will perform two songs this evening, meaning there will likely be a lot of padding in the 2 hour long final.

The first performance of the night was all 12 contestants back together singing Never Forget by Take That.

Round 1: Contestants choice (the contestants chose their favourite song that they had previously performed)

1) Olly Murs (sang Twist And Shout by The Beatles, previously performed in week 5)

Louis: You’re bubbly and sexy and will have a great career.
Dannii: You are a great entertainer
Cheryl: I enjoyed that performance
Simon: There could be an upset tonight, that was brilliant
Me: This song would have been my choice as will. A great all-round performance.

2) Joe McElderry (sang Don’t Stop Believin by Journey, previously performed in week 4)

Louis: You have everything and you have a great future
Dannii: The best voice on this stage tonight
Simon: I’m proud of what you’ve achieved, brilliant
Cheryl: Everyone believes in you, you can do this
Me: Not his best and not the song I’d have chosen. A good solid performance.

My order after round 1:
1) Olly
2) Joe

Louis’s order:
1) Joe
2) Olly

Dannii’s order:
1) Joe
2) Olly

Next up is a joint performance by Alexandra Burke (last years winner) and JLS (last years runner-up). After that Leona Lewis (The X Factor 3 winner) performed.

Round 2: Theme – The winners song (Each finalist performed the song that the winner will release as their debut solo single).

1) Olly Murs (sang The Climb by Miley Cyrus)

Louis: You look confident, I like everything about you
Dannii: I have never heard you sing like that before [note - she said it in a complementary way]
Cheryl: A beautiful version of that song
Simon: I really hope people get behind you after that
Me: What a great performance, I loved that

2) Joe McElderry (sang The Climb by Miley Cyrus)

Louis: A note perfect performance, better that Olly
Dannii: A beautiful performance, I loved it
Simon: I saw your nerves. The first half was shaky but the second half was brilliant
Cheryl: I hope tonight you achieve your dream
Me: The song suits his style and voice, but I didn’t think he did it as well as Olly.

My order after round 2:
1) Olly
2) Joe

So I think Olly has been the best tonight, but I think Joe has been the best over the series as a whole. I won’t be disappointed whoever wins.

George Michael is the next person on stage to perform.

Paul McCartney and all 12 contestants do a joint performance which is followed by a Paul McCartney solo performance.

We are told that the voting has now closed. And there have been over 10 million votes cast.

The winner of The X Factor 2009 is…… Joe. Which means that Olly is the runner-up. Joe looks in total shock.

Joe then performs his debut single The Climb which is released at midnight. The performs ends the show and the series. The X Factor 7 will be back in 2010.

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.

Note – This blog was written as the show was being aired, therefore my comments and predictions were made before I heard the judges comments and the actual result.

The Saturday Performance Show
We have reached the semi-final stage of The X Factor. Four contestants remain, but only three of them will make the final. The contestants will perform two songs tonight. Their first song will be a Michael Jackson song and their second song will be an open choice by their mentor.

1) Olly Murs (sang Can You Feel It by Michael Jackson)

Louis: Talented, can sing, can dance, deserves to be in the final
Dannii: Has the whole package, has to be in the final
Cheryl: You’re an entertainer and show be in the final
Simon: You have the presence of a star and must be in the final
My comment: A great all round performance, worthy of a finalist

2) Joe McElderry (sang She’s Out Of My Life by Michael Jackson)

Louis: An amazing tone to your voice, you have the talent to sell millions of records
Dannii: A superb performance, you have to be in the final
Simon: Getting better and better, one of the best versions of that song I’ve heard
Cheryl: I couldn’t be prouder, your best performance
My comment: It was a beautiful performance, he sang it with emotion and made the song believable

3) Stacey Solomon (sang The Way You Make Me Feel by Michael Jackson)

Louis: I wasn’t crazy about it, thought it was the wrong song choice
Cheryl: I disagree with Louis, I really enjoyed it
Simon: It was fine, but it just wasn’t you. Wrong song choice which affected your vocals
Dannii: The look suits you and you did it well
My comment: I don’t think the song suited Stacey, she would have done better with a ballad

4) Danyl Johnson (sang Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson)

Louis: Incredible, I loved everything about your voice
Dannii: A really good performance
Cheryl: Really good, gave it 110%
Simon: Absolutely incredible, brilliant
My comment: He did the song well but not good enough to win me over

At the halfway point my order is -
1) Joe
2) Olly
3) Danyl
4) Stacey

5) Olly Murs (sang We Can Work It Out by The Beatles)

Louis: Another great performance, really, really good
Dannii: The song didn’t show the best of your ability, but I would still vote for you
Cheryl: I can see people voting for you
Simon: Taking everything into account you deserve to be in the final
My comment: I wasn’t convinced by that performance, maybe it was the wrong song, something just didn’t click for me

6) Joe McElderry (sang Open Arms by Journey)

Louis: If you recorded that tomorrow you’d have a number 1
Dannii: We all love you, you have to be in the final
Simon: You’re mentor chose a song that no-one knows, but it was 100% the right song choice. You’ve listened and learnt and deserve to be in the final
Cheryl: I pray to God that people vote for you
My comment: Top marks again for Joe, he is better than most professionals, a must for the final.

7) Stacey Solomon (sang Somewhere from West Side Story)

Louis: That was incredible, well done
Cheryl: That gave me goosebumps, the best you’ve been
Simon: You are back in the game, that was the Stacey I really like
Dannii: A perfect performance, world class
My comment: This was the perfect song for Stacey’s voice. I hope this makes up for her first performance. she deserves to be in the final.

Danyl Johnson (sang I Have Nothing by Whitney Houston)

Louis: Totally deserve to be in the final, you have the talent
Dannii: A good performance, but I didn’t love it
Cheryl: I wish you the best of luck
Simon: I believe you 100% deserve your place in the final
My comment: A solid, but unspectacular performance

My order based on part 2 songs -
1) Joe
2) Stacey
3) Danyl
4) Olly

My overall order -
1) Joe
2) Stacey
3) Olly
4) Danyl

My prediction -
I think Joe and Stacey are certainties. My guess that the ones at risk will be Olly and Danyl (who are the ones that have previously been in the bottom 2). My prediction is that Olly will be eliminated.

The Sunday Results Show
The first 45 minutes consisted of lots of voting number reminders a performance by Lady GaGa and a performance by Janet Jackson. The 4 semi-finalists also did a group performance of Wanna Be Starting Something by Michael Jackson.

The we come to result time (announced in no particular order) -
The first person into the final is….. Olly – when he name is announced, he is overcome with emotion and starts to cry
The second person into the final is…. Joe
The third person into the final is….. Stacey

Meaning that Danyl has been eliminated. Danyl closes the show with his performance of Man In The Mirror by Michael Jackson.

So we have the three finalists – Joe, Stacey and Olly. Danyl being eliminated shows once again how rubbish I am at predictions, although I’m pleased to be wrong as I agree with the public vote.

Also this weekend we had official confirmation that The X Factor will be back in 2010 – although this was never in any doubt given the huge ratings this show has been getting. Casting is now open at the official website.

So who do you want to win the final of The X Factor next week? Please vote in the poll and also leave your comments.

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Saturday 28th November: The performance Show

I’ve just settled down on the couch ready for 2 hours and 45 minutes of TV watching and blogging. First off is week 8 of the X Factor. This week we are down to 5 contestants and each will be singing 2 songs. First of all it’s a Take That song. Note, the blog was written as the show was airing, so I didn’t know the results at the time I made the comments.

1) Danyl Johnson (sang Relight My Fire by Take That & Lulu)

Louis: Really talented, got his mojo back
Dannii: The verses were very pitchy
Cheryl: You made it look effortless
Simon: Foot perfect and not perfect, I’m very happy with it
My comment: For me he’s the weakest singer left in the competition, I didn’t think this was a great performance vocal wise.

2) Lloyd Daniels (sang A Million Love Songs by Take That)

Louis: Much improved, pretty good but not great
Dannii: You always put on a great performance, although the tuning was off in the verses
Simon: Sang it OK, must show fire in the eyes, it was mechanical.
Cheryl: Audience absolutely loved it
My comment: He’s growing week by week, I liked it a lot

3) Olly Murs (sang Love Ain’t Here Anymore by Take That)

Louis: You’ve got your confidence back, deserve to be in the top 3
Dannii: The sparkle isn’t quite there in your eyes
Cheryl: It’s lovely to here you sing
Simon: Did a great job, sang the song well
My comment: A brilliant performance, top quality vocals

4) Joe McElderry (sang Could It Be Magic by Take That)

Louis: It was magic, gets better every week
Dannii: Flying high, you absolutely smashed it
Simon: It was brilliant, you looked in control, you were the star
Cheryl: It was flawless, you deserve to be kept in
My comment: Best performance of the night so far, he is the best vocalist in the competition

5) Stacey Solomon (sang Rule The World by Take That)

Louis: Getting better, you are a really good singer
Cheryl: A challenging song, hard for a female to sing a male song
Simon: Better than last week
Dannii: An amazing performance
My comment: I liked it, but there are stronger, better singers in the competition

Round 2 of tonights performance show featured songs by Elton John.

6) Lloyd Daniels (sang I’m Still Standing by Elton John)

Louis: You didn’t look like you was having a good time, it was nice
Dannii: Fantastic performance but also a shaky performance
Simon: Not as good as your first performance, was more amateur dramatics
Cheryl: I’m very proud of you, I hope wales keep you in
My comment: Enjoyable performance, I thought it was worthy of the top 3.

7) Danyl Johnson(sang Your Song by Elton John)

Louis: You always bounce back. I loved everything about it
Dannii: Great version, much better than your first song
Cheryl: You looked comfortable and confident, it was good
Simon: It was sensational
My comment: It was OK but not good enough to make the top 3. I completely disagree with the judges.

Olly Murs (sang Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting by Elton John)

Louis: There was something missing
Dannii: An absolute knockout, a smash
Cheryl: Did it really well, knock out performance
Simon: Great performance, you put your heart into it
My comment: Another great Olly performance, he looked like he was really enjoying it

9) Joe McElderry (sang Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word by Elton John)

Louis: You won round 1 and now you’ve won round 2, you were born to do this
Dannii: Sang it with the most passion, you have to be in the final
Simon: I’m gobsmacked by that, you’ve changed – the boy is now a man
Cheryl: You deserve a place in the final
My comment: He proves again that he’s by far the best, he has given the 2 best performances of the night

10) Stacey Solomon (sang Something About the Way You Look Tonight by Elton John)

Louis: I preferred round 1, but you should be in the top 3
Cheryl: Thought you did a great job
Simon: I didn’t like it, didn’t do you justice
Dannii: Brilliant performance, I really loved it
My comment: Better than her first song, but I think she is mainly getting votes because she’s the only girl left.

My order after today’s performances:

1) Joe
2) Olly
3) Lloyd
4) Stacey
5) Danyl

However, my prediction for who the public will eliminate is Lloyd.

Sunday 30th November – The Results Show

It’s Sunday night now and we come to the totally pointless results show.

From this week there is no bottom 2 or judges vote, it is the person who comes bottom of the public vote that goes. Why they need a one hour results show is beyond me. They could have easily added 15 minutes to yesterdays show and had the result then.

Anyway, after 47 minutes of padding, we get to the result. Lloyd is the one that finished bottom of the public vote and is eliminated.

Next week is Michael Jackson songs, and the last eliminated before the final.

There’s a poll that you can vote in on the right hand sidebar menu. Let me know who you want to be eliminated next.

Saturday 21st November: The performance Show

The X Factor is in week 7 of the live shows and this week is George Michael week. Here’s a review of the judges comments of the contestants performances together with my own comments. Note, the blog was written as the show was airing, so I didn’t know the results at the time I made the comments.

1) Lloyd Daniels (sang Faith by George Michael)

• Dannii: He looks fantastic
• Louis: Love everything about him except his voice
• Simon: Wasn’t bad at all, look better and believable, very good
• Cheryl: Looks adorable, your best performance yet
• My comment: Was a decent performance, not his best but should be good enough to see him through to next week.

2) Stacey Solomon (sang I Can’t Make You Love Me by George Michael)

• Louis: Will definitely make the final 3
• Cheryl: Great song choice, she could win
• Simon: A genuinely nice person, not as good as last week, a bit mechanical.
• Dannii: Elegant performance, dreams can come true
• My comment: Last week she had the best performance of the show so far, not as impressive this week though

3) John & Edward (sang I’m Your Man/ Wham! Rap by Wham!)

• Dannii: Wow! Singing was in tune and it was fun
• Cheryl: Should be proud of yourselves
• Simon: Louis gives you too much to do. You’ve converted people over to you
• Louis: You are connecting with young people, the public love you
• My comment: Another fun and entertaining performance from the twins

4) Danyl Johnson (sang Carleless Whisper by George Michael)

• Dannii: Sang it perfectly
• Louis: Tried too hard
• Cheryl: Parts were flat but the image and performance were fantastic
• Simon: Was so good, original
• My comment: Has got a great voice, but I just didn’t like this performance. Tried to make the song different and it didn’t work

5) Olly Murs(sang Fastlove by George Michael)

• Dannii: Really polished by first half had tuning problems
• Louis: Nothing fake about him, has potential to win
• Cheryl: Has broad appeal, always delivers, really enjoyed it
• My comment: Very good performance from the front runner to win the show

6) Joe McElderry (sang Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me by Elton John and George Michael)

• Dannii: Exceptional, deserves to be here
• Louis: Best performance of the night
• Simon: The performance of his life, 100% nailed it
• Cheryl: Stole the show, I’m bursting with pride
• My comment: Amazing performance, the best act left in the competition and deserves to be the winner
• Joe received a standing ovation from all 4 judges

My order after todays performances:

1. Joe
2. Olly
3. Lloyd
4. John & Edward
5. Stacey
6. Danyl

My prediction for who will be in the public bottom 2 – Lloyd and Danyl with the judges voting out Lloyd.

Sunday 23rd November – The Results Show

The bottom 2 as voted by the public were John & Edward and Olly. I was very shocked Olly was there, as I thought he would be in the top 2.

John & Edward(sang No Matter What by Boyzone)

My comment: Sounded dreadful, big mistake singing a slower song

Olly Murs (sang Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton)

My comment: A solid, but not spectacular performance, definitely enough to go through.

• Simon voted to evict John & Edward
• Cheryl voted to evict John & Edward
• Louis voted to evict Olly Murs
• Dannii voted to evict John & Edward

So John & Edward are evicted by 3-1 votes. Although it may not be the last we see of them as there are rumours that they will fly to Australia to be contestants in I’m A Celebrity!