X Factor – Week 4 – VIDEO

Oh as I put in the Headlines thread livestream link XFactor live for your entertainment

I though Lucie’s performance was vocally okay, but totally without any rock, edge or grit. I wish she had done a more stripped down version of that song, and not some cheesy processed one. Missed opportunity.

edit, because I recognized the site don’t necessary list them in order.

who is singing journey?. have they done it yet? i just saw danyl, he was so nervous, kinda lost his confidence.

Thanks for the livestream!!! Never watched it live before.

WTF IKAG for Lloyd? It’s um really bad.

Danyl is fucking bad, can’t believe Simon is still drooling over that kind of performance.

So I thought Danyl was bad, but then Lloyd sings and I’m all yikes! even worse. Than Stacey sings and I’m all, okay then, it’s that everyone’s back to sucking this week.

Joe sang DSB. Without any rock grit whatsoever.

Lloyd was appalling and Danyl was off-key. Another karaoke night..so far.

o no it stopped

lost the live ustream the person got banned. Ah well MJ will have the videos

The feed is still working here: http://www.justin.tv/vip_sports_bar_1/old

another stream

http://en.justin.tv/shockstreamstv

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Tee hee, fish fil-it. It’s like Ar-gen-tine tango rather than Ar-gen teen. I like how dem Brits talk, they talk purty and funny all at once.

I forgot about Rachel, easy to do. Well I will say this about that performance, it made me appreciate Adam’s version, which I didn’t like and was my least fave of his. Now I appreciate it more.

Her voice just wasn’t that strong, and it was flat.

I just love John and Edward. That’s all.

What did Rachel sing?

What did Rachel sing?

One by U2

Dang… I missed the live blogging. I was watching Merlin.

Not a great night…nobody really stands out.

Oh my gosh, darn…I just went and watched the youtubes…or as much as I could stand…maybe 30 seconds of each performance. This was beyond bad…and not the good bad the really awful, old time horrible bad.

Everyone was flat, out of tune, had no rhythm, looked horrible, and just plain sucked.

The twins for the WIN. I want Simon saddled with the absolute worst of the worst…let him loose some money for a change. Oh my heart does bleed for my friends across the pond. This is suckage at its best.

So many missed notes, so much flatness, so much bad singing. I think the best, relatively speaking, were Lucie and Olly and both of them were bloodless and in Olly’s case, cheesy.

The Twins were probably the best since they began…of course they were the best because they didn’t actually sing most of the time. They rapped most of and let the backing take over the rest of the time.

Lloyd and the Twins should be in the bottom 2. Danyl and Rachel probably will be.

Danyl was bad. He forgot the freaken lyrics and almost wanted to stop there. Stupid Simon did not even say anything about that. If that was any AI contestant, he would say something like “at this stage of competition, you are not allowed to forget the lyrics” or shit like that.

To be honest, I really want John and Edward to win. They saved tonight’s show. They are simply entertaining.

It is weak and really poor isn’t it? I’ve been spolit with AI – its much more exciting.

I want LLoyd to go this week

Haven’t had the opportunity to watch the performances yet, but it makes you wonder how they go about picking who gets the “pimp spot,” if they’re all bad. Do they draw straws?

Danyl was bad. He forgot the freaken lyrics and almost wanted to stop there. Stupid Simon did not even say anything about that. If that was any AI contestant, he would say something like ‘at this stage of competition, you are not allowed to forget the lyrics’  or shit like that.

This is like “Bizarro AI,” where up is down and black is white.

Danyl was horrid. Simon needs to stop pretending he’s the second coming. Not only did he forget lyrics, but he’s so effing pitchy! i dont know what he does with his voice but its so unpleasant. Simon’s credibility is falling rapidly.

Worst of the night must be Danyl, I can’t remember hearing anyone singing so bad in any competition. Again the judges tried not to mention his truly awful performance which kinda made their presence pointless. With any luck he should be voted off tomorrow.

I don’t think Sweet Child of Mind really suited Lucie because she doesn’t really have the rock voice, but she did OK. The twins actually aren’t too bad. Best of the night was Jamie, followed by Rachel and Olly.

Oh- i need to add the fact that i DO NOT like how the judges base their comments on whether or not the contestant is in their group or not. Its completely biased. It totally takes away from the contestants.

Oh sorry, part 3: i also hate how Simon stands up for all his acts. Only non-finale standing O simon has ever given in 8 seasons of AI was Adam’s mad world. wtf.

And i also think simon’s acts get a distinct advantage.

Ok last comment i swear.

Lucie is the only potential star of the bunch, but she really neds to work on that x-factor or she’ll be a nobody. But for 18 yrs old, she’s got an unbelievable voice. She should have taken some performance classes and gotten some more experience and tried out when she was 20- she’d be unstoppable.

And i wouldn’t mind J&E winning at all. LoL @ them getting boo’d after their performance.

Can’t wait to see these videos! I should pop some popcorn in anticipation or possibly even make dinner!

Oh, man, they were all bad. We really have been spoiled with AI, by comparison.

The best, I thought, was Lucie, for the second week in a row (at least; I don’t want to try and think back further than that). The song choice was downright awful, and yet somehow she survived it. It does make me wonder about what kind of recording artist she should try and be, but out of all the contestants she definitely comes across as the best performer (certainly my favorite vocalist). All of the other contestants were either in some state of serious vocal disarray or performing with so much corniness that it was impossible for me to watch seriously(or both).

I may be in the minority here, but I wasn’t particularly entertained by John and Edward. That said, given Simon Cowell, I might not be too upset if they take the prize at the end of the day. There are worse outcomes that could come of this.

Oh- i need to add the fact that i DO NOT like how the judges base their comments on whether or not the contestant is in their group or not. Its completely biased.

That’s not the worst bit, the worst bit comes when the judges deliberately vote off the better singer in favor of poorer ones just to get rid of competition for those in their own group. It’s one reason why I don’t like X-Factor, it isn’t really about the singers, it about the judges, the games they play and the cynical manipulation (and Simon is the worst of the lot).

That’s not the worst bit, the worst bit comes when the judges deliberately vote off the better singer in favor of poorer ones just to get rid of competition for those in their own group. It’s one reason why I don’t like X-Factor, it isn’t really about the singers, it about the judges, the games they play and the cynical manipulation (and Simon is the worst of the lot).

This would not work well in the U.S. I could see the viewers going batshit crazy, especially if they have AI to compare it with. If they got rid of AI, American audiences might just settle for this sort of thing, but seriously … I don’t think so. They will always say … remember when finding the best talent meant more than the judges’ egos. (Not to say AI always gets it right, but most times, it does.)

Just think about it. How well does America’s Got Talent do in comparison to AI? Well, that’s what I would expect of X-Factor … American Edition.

And, question here…. Can X-Factor contestants ever use instruments?

the judges deliberately vote off the better singer in favor of poorer ones just to get rid of competition

So, if Simon wasn’t their patron, they would’ve deliberately voted off Kelly, Carrie, Cook, Fantasia, and of the non winners, Tamyra, Clay, Archie, Bo and Adam! Whoa! Good move American X-Factor. We wouldn’t want those people to get record contracts!

And, question here’ ¦. Can X-Factor contestants ever use instruments?

They don’t seem to encourage it .. some have in the past but only a handful

The first season there was a young rock guy (who was voted off far too early IMO) and he played his guitar. There was also another rock type guy who used to play the piano and I think he was allowed to on one occasion and then we had the awful McDonald Brothers where one played a guitar. Oh and there was another duo Journey South .. one of them played the guitar I think.

I think they prefer Brian Freidman to provide a bunch of dancing monkeys and people on rollerskates in the background rather than encourage people to actually perform with instruments.

It was an awful show tonight .. I really like Jamie but I think he’s being given the wrong songs and his act is being made very cheesy with the use of backing dancers doing silly routines.

I love Jedward for the entertanment though. .. In the aftershow Danyl said he couldn’t hear his music to begin with which may explain him starting off in the totally wrong key and failing to correct it untl halfway through the song .. at one point I thought he was either going to stop or collapse . it was very uncomfortable.

Oh and parents need to hide their tween daughters’ phones to stop them voting for Lloyd .. he may look pretty but he can’t sing

This would not work well in the U.S. I could see the viewers going batshit crazy,

You have more faith in the judgment of the viewers than I do. It’s the reason why they do these manipulations – they work, and most viewers don’t know that they are being manipulated. For example, Simon might give fair critique for the best contestants from other groups for a few weeks just to give the impression that he is fair, but when one gives a weaker performance, he’d pounce and make the performance sound much worse that it really is. Enough viewers may be swayed to not vote for that particular singer and he or she may then get eliminated. Seen that happened before, but most viewers probably thought it fair because it’s their own vote that did the damage.

Can X-Factor contestants ever use instruments?

Yes, they can, but it’s rare that anyone actually do. Here’s one -
Ben Mills – Smile
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYsxbZ4kSJQ

You have more faith in the judgment of the viewers than I do. It’s the reason why they do these manipulations ‘“ they work, and most viewers don’t know that they are being manipulated.

But, see, they’d have to get rid of American Idol where — I can’t believe I’m saying this — there is less manipulation and the contestants have more control and can shine. If they continue to have AI in the spring and then introduce X-Factor in the fall, the audience is going to notice the difference and possibly rebel by mocking and making a joke of X-Factor. VFTW is going to be orgasmic over this! Or, maybe not. They might think it totally beneath them, like America’s Got Talent is beneath them. The reason AI is fun to “mess with” is because everyone takes it so seriously and real talent with platinum sales and award winning artists have been found.

They finally beat the confidence out of Danyl. turned him into matt Giraud. He came in swinging but now can’t seem to get it right. poor boy. How can the headline screaming is danyl the most hated contestant in the world not make him lose all shades of confidence. did he kill a puppy or a baby?.

he was never going to win anyways but now he might even leave sooner than expected. too sad, looked like he was going to cry too. and those judges are collectively silly. do they get something extra if someone in their grp wins?.

I like the dancing monkeys! If it weren’t for them I don’t know how I’d get through the show. Stacey walked!!!

I liked this week better than last week. Still… what’s with picking pop songs and then pretending they are rock?

And Cheryl’s comment about never having a Rock Week in past seasons was interesting. Would Simon have been all for it if Jamie wasn’t in his group?

Danyl definitely seemed beaten down by all the negative publicity this week – Even Jedward appear to have handled bad press better.

Vocally, Jedward and Lloyd should be the bottom 2. But that’s not going to happen.

But, see, they’d have to get rid of American Idol where ‘” I can’t believe I’m saying this ‘” there is less manipulation and the contestants have more control and can shine.

I’m not sure you can say that anymore. Season 8 seriously pissed me off with the manipulations, but I don’t see mass rebellion by the viewers. It’ll be the same with X-Factor. Never overestimate people’s intelligence, this is the country that considered Sarah Palin a viable candidate for Vice Presidency after all (and still considers her as a possible future candidate for the President).

And VFTW is a joke in itself, entirely parasitic on American Idol, it’s nothing without AI, and it’s opinion has no bearing on anything.

After now watching some episodes of X factor I think Simon has missed the time frame to export it successfully to the USA.

What Simon tries to produced is clone’s of successful artist, but the music business is in so much trouble that even the Original acts have problems, so I don’t see a big future for his lame copies.

I think American Idol is still successful, because it still let the contestant grow in their own person, but that seems to nearly impossible with X factor with the power the judge’s have like song choice and even influence their performances.

do they get something extra if someone in their grp wins?.

I think they do

This is the first week that I watch the full performances of all the contestants on youtube. I like that the judges are mentoring the contestants but do they have to pick the songs too? This show makes me miss idol more, lol. I don’t like all the dancers and all the crazy explosions and lights, etc. What happen to just singing? I guess you have to do more these days to sell an album. So none of these guys play an instrument??? Are there any musicians at all?

Lucie and Olly are the best tonight. I hope they make it to the final 3.

Rachel has a big ole voice but she just didn’t connect with me for some reason. Jamie was ok, I think he could of picked a better song. Danyl seems defeated but I think he will be saved this week due to sympathy. Joe was ok, but his voice was kind of weak at times. Lloyd is cute as a button but I couldn’t stop laughing at his song choice and he didn’t sing too well. The twins are horrible. Stacey sang one of my favorite Keane songs and all I kept thinking about was Blake’s performance of that song, lol. I hate to be mean but I couldn’t stop looking at her nose, sorry. She sounded kind of rough to me and shaky at some spots. She can belt though and her tone is kind of unique.

It could be any of them going home. I just hope that Olly and Lucie are safe.

So none of these guys play an instrument??? Are there any musicians at all?

Jamie plays guitar (he’s playing one in a lot of his pre X Factor youtube videos) but he hasn’t played it on the show .. not sure about any of the others

The videos are all available on the X Factor’s channel at youtube now.

http://www.youtube.com/user/thexfactoruk

SIMON LOVES DANYL BUT HE WAS WAY OFF KEY ON THE FIRST HALF OF THAT SONG.

I watched these performances, and then rewatched AI Season 8′s Rock Week. WOW. Yeah, X Factor contestants definitely don’t hold a candle. Seriously, I mean, Poo Hoo Danyl was in the bottom two during Rat Pat Week. So? Adam was, too, and the next week he kicked a** with Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love. Honestly, being in the bottom two is no excuse. And, yeah, even though Adam did an AMAZING job with Whole Lotta Love, all Simon did was clap. But Danyl goes out there, sings terribly, and gets a standing ovation? What is Simon on?

The twins are amusing. I had to laugh when one of them sang bitch. It seemed like he never said that before.

Lucie is the only potential star of the bunch, but she really neds to work on that x-factor or she’ll be a nobody. But for 18 yrs old, she’s got an unbelievable voice. She should have taken some performance classes and gotten some more experience and tried out when she was 20- she’d be unstoppable.

She’s my favorite by far, the only decent voice there. But for the stage presence and control, just take a look at Allison Iraheta at 17 on AI.

Gawd I’m hating this show, the stage looks awesome but they’re over producing it too much. And these are the best voices in the UK? You’ve got to be kiddin me.

I thought it was a good week considering there’s not a lot rock singers in the bunch.
Danii did really well choosing songs, One was a little predictable but Sweet Child was a great pick for Lucie and she did a nice job with it.

I can’t believe Simon picked that awfull meteor song again and I was disapointed with Jamie, his song was forgettable and I won’t mind him leaving at this point.

What’s interesting is that I could see almost anybody on the B2 tomorrow, the only one absolutely safe IMO is Olly even tough I thought it was cheesy as hell (but the x factor audience seems to love cheese).

Well.

Joe McE is a cute kid, pretty voice (at least he sings on key), too young and sweet to be very interesting to me but I like him.

Lucie was good, I don’t think it’s that easy for a young woman to sing that song and not sound ridiculous but she pulled it off.

Lloyd…I don’t think he sounded very good, didn’t he sound better last week? I don’t think he’s all that cute either.

Poor Danyl seemed like a whipped dog. Something went wrong there. I think he has a really good voice and seems like a nice guy. I don’t know where all the stuff came from about him being “arrogant”, I don’t know if it was said in this thread because I haven’t read the comments. But it is so irritating to me when things like that get repeated ad nauseum as what seems more like a fad more than anything else. I don’t know if he has just given up, or what. And poor him getting stuck with that “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” song. What is it with that song? To me it sounds like a whining dirge, but it is unrelentingly present on all these dumb shows.

Stacey just doesn’t do it for me. She sounds good when she’s got it under control, but it slips out of control a lot and I think “whoa there she goes wobbling again”. Voice lessons and more practice and she could be good.

Jamie…he’s got a good voice, what was up with picking that nothing song. Did Simon choose it for him? What could he do with it? Nothing, although he tried to give it a big finish. I thought the judges were nasty to him, or I guess nasty to Simon via him. Ick (to the judges, not him).

Rachel has a really good voice. I was put off by the wink at the camera near the beginning of the song, that made me feel that she did not have the first clue about what she was singing about. But other than that, great job.

John and Edward, they crack me up. Terrible of course, but fun to watch.

Olly Murs, I have to admit that I dislike “Come Together” so much that I can’t really rate him. I listened to the first 30 seconds reluctantly and then thought “you know, I am 51 years old, I don’t have to listen to this horrible song ever again if i don’t want to”. And I don’t. So, Olly I didn’t like it, but don’t listen to me.

I have no idea who will be voted off.

ok… i also think there are no real stars this year in XF. Having said that, I think some comments are a bit biased. If you take out Adam (which is a one-off exception), and possibly Kris, the rest of AI last year SUCKED, possibly on average worse than XF this year.

About XF conterstants: Jaimie is v good. Danyl totally lost any confidence (and is not great to start with). Joe yesterday was completely out of his element, because he does NOT have a rock voice, but has a really good voice (not sure why no one here is giving him credit, he is much better than, say D Archuleta, and with 3 times the personality). Rachel is good, but she has let the comments get to her. Stacey has a decent voice, but she’s still too insecure. Who else…. no one else really stands out. Well, Jedward of course, but I think we can all agree on them: awful and therefore entertaining.

Last thing: I agree the kids should have a bit more independence in choosing the songs etc. I do not agree that the show is more manipulated by the judges than on AI…. on XF the judges pimp their team, but it’s out in the open, everyone expects it. On AI, the same happens, but they pretend they’re being impartial…

Oh, and I like Dermot… possibly more than Ryan? Not sure, but D has an infectious smile

Forgot to say: Sweet Child of Mine is actually a good key for a woman….the amazing thing is how Axl could sing it like that, not Lucie! (hear a guy try to sing it in the original key and you’ll hear what I mean!)

Joe yesterday was completely out of his element, because he does NOT have a rock voice, but has a really good voice (not sure why no one here is giving him credit, he is much better than, say D Archuleta, and with 3 times the personality).

I don’t agree with the Archuleta comparison. While I do agree that Joe has a good voice, I think it is at best equal to Archie’s (even that is doubtful). I think David has more maturity, uniqueness, and soulful quality to his voice that Joe lacks. Technically, Joe is very good, but I never really feel the connection with his performances as I did with David’s.

Seriously, I mean, Poo Hoo Danyl was in the bottom two during Rat Pat Week. So? Adam was, too, and the next week he kicked a** with Led Zeppelin’s Whole Lotta Love. Honestly, being in the bottom two is no excuse.

I think the circumstance is a little different between the two. First off, Adam appearing in the bottom 3 was in the later stage of the competition when the differences among contestants are not as big and obvious as early weeks. No one should really be considered safe at that point of the competition. On the other hand, Danyl was in the bottom two last week when he had arguably the best performance of the night, with plenty of people clearly having worse performances than he had. Add to that all the horrible press that he was getting (which, I think, is worse and more personal that what Adam got), he must have doubts in his head wondering whether he is truly the “most hated” contestant ever. If that doesn’t affect your confidence and performance, I don’t know what will. I don’t think you can really compare where Adam was to where Danyl is right now.

Ollie is good but he’s a bit boring…

Joe yesterday was completely out of his element, because he does NOT have a rock voice, but has a really good voice (not sure why no one here is giving him credit, he is much better than, say D Archuleta, and with 3 times the personality).

I’m not a fan of Archuleta but he has the much better voice and I don’t get how Joe has much more “personality” than David, they both seem to be very nice and polite young kids.

Every year we have the cute young kid with an ok voice going far on the x factor based on their popularity among the show core audience, we had Ray Quinn in S3 who finished second to Leona then Leon Jackson who won then Eoghan who was also supposed to be the answer to Archuleta.
None of these singers got much going on after the show despite going far in the competition so I’m not sure how Joe is different from them.

Sweet Child of Mine is actually a good key for a woman’ ¦.the amazing thing is how Axl could sing it like that, not Lucie!

Yes, that’s why Danii made a really smart choice of song.

ok’ ¦ i also think there are no real stars this year in XF. Having said that, I think some comments are a bit biased. If you take out Adam (which is a one-off exception), and possibly Kris, the rest of AI last year SUCKED, possibly on average worse than XF this year.

ITA.

Last year’s XF was SO much better than this year’s XF and AI hands down.

Simon is fucking hypocrite. After Jedward’s performance (which wasn’t that bad) he said “out of tune, you CANNOT, CANNOT defend that singing tonight Louis”. Didn’t he defend Danyl who was COMPLETELY out of tune singing that Aerosmith song? Gosh I hate that manipulative old man.

I think as an outsider (not british nor american) I can give you my honest opinion about the shows. I think AI and XF are very different, therefore should not be compared just because they are talent shows. I do not compare these shows with the one from my country, for instance. Here, the judges choose the songs for all the contestants together, and this doesn’t help them either. Once, they’ve kept choosing the wrong song for one contestant and kept slamming her because of that (judges, who gets them?). I think the choosing the song thing is a little bit much, especially because I think Cheryl is making wrong decisions for her group (she was very good training girls, but boys, I don’t think so much).
I also think the show shouldn’t receive so many complaints because of weak acts. It’s impossible to get only quality acts every year, and I think AI has had some bad seasons too. I really didn’t watch the whole season in which Jordan won, because I thought it wasn’t so good as the previous ones. And the last season of X Factor was better, even though I didn’t like the winner very much.
About cheese acts – anybody remember Taylor Hicks? Nobody can convince me that this guy won based on talent. Chris Daughtry and Elliot Yamin were definitely better and they didn’t even go to the final.
Another thing people shouldn’t pick on, it is the fact that they don’t play instruments, because that is a singing competition. Many good singers can only play one instrument, their voices. And AI only allowed contestants to use instruments two seasons ago. X Factor always allowed, if the contestants don’t play anything it’s their problem.

I didn’t watch them all yet. I watched ‘Come Together’ because I loved when Kris sang it. Not terribly impressed with anything but the true to original instrumentation.

I watched John and Edward because they are so incredibly bad and I wanted to see how they topped themselves this week.

That one judge spoke the truth (as well as made me sad) with ‘This is what the music business is all about.’ That explains a LOT.

I’ve never watched this show before and after seeing these clips it’s clear I’m not missing anything.

Lucie was the best singer of the night by far.

Most of them are creepy and pedestrian.

What is with Simon giving a standing O to that danyl guy? he was HORRIBLE. He looked terrified and was just tuneless.

John and Edward were hysterically bad.. I’d love to see them win this just to make Simon go crazy

ok’ ¦ i also think there are no real stars this year in XF. Having said that, I think some comments are a bit biased. If you take out Adam (which is a one-off exception), and possibly Kris, the rest of AI last year SUCKED, possibly on average worse than XF this year.

With all due respect, that’s absurd. AI8, you could really critique someone for being off-key. This X-Factor, it’s almost more important to praise someone for being on-key. If the gulf is that wide (and it is), then there really isn’t much reason to think that even the lower-tier Idol contestants wouldn’t be near front runners in this competition. It’s that god awful. Can’t speak to the quality of X-Factor seasons prior (I’ve only watched a few performances), but this year the shows aren’t even comparable. Even AI6, for all of the crap it gets, wasn’t nearly this bad, even if that basically only comes on the back of its top 3 contestants.

Now, I get that the X-Factor puts more emphasis on performance, and, for that, it’s hard to compare the shows at some level, because so much emphasis is placed on the stage on the X-Factor. But for one who occasionally likes to pretend this is basically a popularity competition where the emphasis is put on singing… come on, it’s not even close. And even if you take in the whole package, it’s hard to enjoy any performance when the vocals are this off.

uche
11/01/2009 at 1:11 am
And, yeah, even though Adam did an AMAZING job with Whole Lotta Love, all Simon did was clap.

I have to disagree. In the few seconds he had he said that it was one of his favorite performances that Adam had ever done and that no one would be able to top it.
That said, Simon is a tool.

LOL – the twins! If only they could sing better. They should get their own variety show, ala Donny and Marie. I do think it would be a hit.

I do not agree that the show is more manipulated by the judges than on AI’ ¦. on XF the judges pimp their team, but it’s out in the open, everyone expects it. On AI, the same happens, but they pretend they’re being impartial’ ¦

ITA. The XF standing Os don’t bother me at all. The judges are supposed to be supporting their team. That’s all it is. Support. I think some are reading too much into it.

Sweet Child of Mine is actually a good key for a woman’ ¦.the amazing thing is how Axl could sing it like that, not Lucie!

Yes, that’s why Danii made a really smart choice of song.

Don’t forget Cheryl Crow already covered Sweet Child of Mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vikes0JbGVw So it really wasn’t as big of a leap for Lucie, IMO. But still a very smart choice by Danii.

Oh, and I like Dermot’ ¦ D has an infectious smile

I like him too.

I thought Joe was actually decent on the night. He at least SANG in tune. It was a little lackluster, in that, it didn’t have that much excitement, but he still sang it better then I thought. I actually enjoyed it.

Lucie is still my favorite of the competition. She was one of the only ones that actually sang pretty good. That was a hard, and kind of stupid song choice, for her but I think she really, really made it work and if she gets eliminated before some of these awful singers, that’s just so, so wrong. I feel like she could have a good career in music.

Lloyd was just awful. Didn’t get the song choice, thought he sang bad…don’t get the hype about him.

Danyl Johnson, wow…that was AWFUL. Still don’t get the hype over this guy, or why Simon is so gaga over him. This was PITCHY as all hell. I actually think Antonella’s version was better. Sure, he hit the big notes, but Danni’s critique on him was SPOT on. He’s lost any mojo he had. I think he also forgot the words in a few places? Simon would have killed him on Idol.

Stacey has a unique and interesting tone, but she always has the complete wrong song, IMO. I think she could do well but she needs a specific song, and with the songs she’s been choosing, it’s just been very average when with the right song, she could be pretty good. I don’t understand why they called her the best girl, because I actually think she is the worst of the three left.

Jamie was good. He doesn’t really stand out to me. He sounded fine but I always kind of just forget about him, which is a bad thing.

I thought Rachel did a really good job. It was pitchy at some points but overall I thought it was one of the stronger ones.

Jon and Edward…laughable as usual. They may be bad, but they are entertaining. I don’t care if they stay as long as Lucie doesn’t leave at their expense.

Olly is probably the best guy left in the competition. I really like Joe, but Olly has a much better voice and better presence, so I hope he does well.

I liked Danyl last week, but I don’t know whatever happened this week, because that was really awful. He didn’t even have stage presence. He looked scared, ad if someone was going to discover something very unpleasant about him. And it only got worst. I think he wants to quit.
I don’t care too much about Jamie, Lloyd and Rachel, if they go… I won’t care.
I hated what Stacey did with her song.
I like John and Edward for the wrong reason. They’re sooo bad we keep waiting for them to come back, LOL.
My favorites in this competition are Lucie and Olly. Joe is good too, but between him and Olly, I’d really prefer it if Olly won, because he’s such a complete package. And Lucie is definitely the most talented. Between her and Olly, she should win.

Don’t forget Cheryl Crow already covered Sweet Child of Mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vikes0JbGVw So it really wasn’t as big of a leap for Lucie, IMO. But still a very smart choice by Danii.

Yes, but Cheryl Crow wasn’t a fresh faced young girl-next-door type, as Lucie strikes me as being. I do think it was a pretty big leap for Lucie to credibly pull off a song that I think is so strongly entrenched in people’s minds in Axl Rose’s voice. I do agree that it was a smart choice, and a good trick for talented singers of either sex to “shop in the other department”, as Paula put it. Thinking of AI, that worked really well for some of the boys, e.g. Adam with “Believe”, Matt with “So Small” and Danny with “I Hope You Dance”.

Stacy’s got a great natural tone, voice, and ability. I love that she doesn’t use much vibrato. She struggles every week with her hitting notes off key, not sure if vocal coaching can change that for her. But pop music is more about voice recognition & artistry than singing perfection, and I think she’s the only one in this lot whose voice I would recognize on the radio.

Lucy really changed her game here, very admirable. She worked the stage and the audience, she brought out her rock voice, esp on the higher notes. She’s usually pitch-perfect but was pitchy here, probably cuz she usually stands still but this time was much more performance-oriented. Strong work!

Rachel was suffering from the Lil Rounds effect. Changing up the hair and the clothes each week, often to poor effect. Her original look, the awesome haircut & edgier clothes, would have made a lot more sense for her rock song. Other than that , she sang well, esp toward the end, and I’m sorry to see her go.

BTW in another thread ppl were comparing each of the AIs favorably against their equivalent XFs, and ITA, but OTOH:

Rachel Adedeji >> Lil Rounds
Stacey Solomon >> Megan Joy