Live! blogging The X-Factor
Mariah may have a great range and look good in that dress, but that was a boring song.
Um, did someone possess Bird's Nest for the middle bit of that song? He sounded like someone else. Someone better.
Eoghan. Eoghan. Eoghan. I have not been possessed, I'm just practicing, because I suspect that his actual quality doesn't matter, he'll be around for a while.
"The Wizardess of Oz" - I like that.
I don't like the Seniorita nonsense. Bad vocal. Agree with Sheryl on the look (does she lie to the people she hates?).
We know you like Ruth, Simon.
Yes, but did her mum give birth to a baby this week? I DON'T THINK SO.
"I have no notes." Oh, the irony, Mariah.
I didn't think having Laura behing the (ugly) piano did much more than prove that she can play the piano. She looked better, but she did the same thing with her voice that I don't like. Do the judges ever watch this show back? And listen.
Simon and his opinions: mostly right. Booers: idiots. (And how many times have I thought that).
Rachel - the promise of drama...
Rachel has been asked to jump through some silly hoops, but most of them are inevitable and part of being on this show. I don't think it's always the song choice thing - Dirty Diana didn't work, really.
Oh, better.
And then the choir turned up.
Quelle surprise, Louis is glad he saved her.
And then I'm reminded that by not reading the tabloids, I am probably watching a different show to everyone else.
Rachel's problem is that this isn't a Hollywood movie, I think.
Dannii, are you saying that the producers manipulate the content of this show to fit a certain narrative? Nevah.
SHUT UP, RAY.
Diana belives that throats gan be broken, and - I think - that vocal chords can have information. (I feel bad when the girl cries but then they speak in X-factor cliches and I want to thump them).
Exceptional circumstances is producer speak for favourite to win the show.
'They're definitely here tonight', well done for making me feel less bitchy than you, Louis.
Awesone Louis impersination, boys.
Their faces when she walked down the stairs. CARTOON.
Nasal. And one of those giant noses from cold medicine ads would shake things up, Brian (reined in this week) Friedman. But JLS are as likeable as ever.
Louis is reaching for the Obama factor? At least Simon can give Sheryl the excuse of flu for when she's talking a bit of nonsense - although it's mainly that she's not that smart, not medication.
As to the make-up of the final, if it was based on quality, it'd be the three girls. As it is, maybe JLS and Eoghan will make it.
Daniel and Simon share my disbelief that he's still in the competition.
I'm glad he has a Mariah song, given that it's Mariah night. I am also glad that this Mariah song has high notes and a key change. Now I know it's a genuine Mariah song, and not a knock off Dannii picked up at the local market.
Now is as good a time as any to say that all the songs hve baven boring. And Mariah the writer won't be getting the royalties off most of them. I would love it if Alexandra sang 'All I want for Christmas' but she won't.
'Limited vocal range', 'Mariah isn't going to ask you to do a duet'. Hee. True. Sheryl is false and polite (ah, she hates him). Daniel takes 'not hideous' as a compliment. Bless. Dannii lies inconsistently.
Mariah is polite about being reminded of her age, again. I suppose it's the trade-off for performing her boring single to all of us cute Brits.
Another cover, sigh at the predictability...
good, though.
Genuinely, she delivered that song, held off to build it, and earned the ending.
What is it with listing everyone's ages?
I love giddy!Alexandra, and she showed up how rubbish everyone else was. No wonder charismatic JLS and Eoghan will be so popular.
Still not voting yet though.
Um, did someone possess Bird's Nest for the middle bit of that song? He sounded like someone else. Someone better.
Eoghan. Eoghan. Eoghan. I have not been possessed, I'm just practicing, because I suspect that his actual quality doesn't matter, he'll be around for a while.
"The Wizardess of Oz" - I like that.
I don't like the Seniorita nonsense. Bad vocal. Agree with Sheryl on the look (does she lie to the people she hates?).
We know you like Ruth, Simon.
Yes, but did her mum give birth to a baby this week? I DON'T THINK SO.
"I have no notes." Oh, the irony, Mariah.
I didn't think having Laura behing the (ugly) piano did much more than prove that she can play the piano. She looked better, but she did the same thing with her voice that I don't like. Do the judges ever watch this show back? And listen.
Simon and his opinions: mostly right. Booers: idiots. (And how many times have I thought that).
Rachel - the promise of drama...
Rachel has been asked to jump through some silly hoops, but most of them are inevitable and part of being on this show. I don't think it's always the song choice thing - Dirty Diana didn't work, really.
Oh, better.
And then the choir turned up.
Quelle surprise, Louis is glad he saved her.
And then I'm reminded that by not reading the tabloids, I am probably watching a different show to everyone else.
Rachel's problem is that this isn't a Hollywood movie, I think.
Dannii, are you saying that the producers manipulate the content of this show to fit a certain narrative? Nevah.
SHUT UP, RAY.
Diana belives that throats gan be broken, and - I think - that vocal chords can have information. (I feel bad when the girl cries but then they speak in X-factor cliches and I want to thump them).
Exceptional circumstances is producer speak for favourite to win the show.
'They're definitely here tonight', well done for making me feel less bitchy than you, Louis.
Awesone Louis impersination, boys.
Their faces when she walked down the stairs. CARTOON.
Nasal. And one of those giant noses from cold medicine ads would shake things up, Brian (reined in this week) Friedman. But JLS are as likeable as ever.
Louis is reaching for the Obama factor? At least Simon can give Sheryl the excuse of flu for when she's talking a bit of nonsense - although it's mainly that she's not that smart, not medication.
As to the make-up of the final, if it was based on quality, it'd be the three girls. As it is, maybe JLS and Eoghan will make it.
Daniel and Simon share my disbelief that he's still in the competition.
I'm glad he has a Mariah song, given that it's Mariah night. I am also glad that this Mariah song has high notes and a key change. Now I know it's a genuine Mariah song, and not a knock off Dannii picked up at the local market.
Now is as good a time as any to say that all the songs hve baven boring. And Mariah the writer won't be getting the royalties off most of them. I would love it if Alexandra sang 'All I want for Christmas' but she won't.
'Limited vocal range', 'Mariah isn't going to ask you to do a duet'. Hee. True. Sheryl is false and polite (ah, she hates him). Daniel takes 'not hideous' as a compliment. Bless. Dannii lies inconsistently.
Mariah is polite about being reminded of her age, again. I suppose it's the trade-off for performing her boring single to all of us cute Brits.
Another cover, sigh at the predictability...
good, though.
Genuinely, she delivered that song, held off to build it, and earned the ending.
What is it with listing everyone's ages?
I love giddy!Alexandra, and she showed up how rubbish everyone else was. No wonder charismatic JLS and Eoghan will be so popular.
Still not voting yet though.