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Post by Mart!n on Oct 18, 2013 10:08:17 GMT 1
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Post by madmurray on Oct 19, 2013 20:33:03 GMT 1
will post my results and thought later but Abi Alton was shocking.
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Post by Mart!n on Oct 19, 2013 21:10:27 GMT 1
Abi terrible killed a classic, Shelley laughable, Tamera best of the batch so far tonight, and she is from our part of the woods, hoping she goes all the way, it might be nice to see an act from the Medway Towns to be a first class star.
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Post by Sm1ffj on Oct 19, 2013 21:11:56 GMT 1
Week 2 Songs. Theme: Love and Heartbreak
| Act | Song | Original Act | Other Act 1 | Other Act 2 | Sam Bailey
| Make You Feel My Love
| Bob Dylan Uncharted in the UK 1997
| Billy Joel, Garth Brooks, Kelly Clarkson, Bryan Ferry, Trisha Yearwood Uncharted in the UK
| Adele #4 in 2008
| Kingsland Road
| Marry You
| Bruno Mars #11 in 2011
| N/A
| N/A
| | Nicholas McDonald | She's the One | World Party, Album Track in 1997 | Robbie Williams #1 in 1999 | N/A | Abi Alton
| Can't Get You Out of My Head
| Kylie Minogue #1 in 2001
| N/A
| N/A
| Shelly Smith
| Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
| Beyonce #7 in 2008
| N/A
| N/A
| | Sam Callahan | I Won't Give Up | Jason Mraz #11 in 2012 | N/A | N/A | | Tamera Foster | Beneath Your Beautiful | Labrinth Ft Emeli Sande #1 in 2012 | N/A | N/A | | Luke Friend | Let Her Go | Passenger #2 in 2013 | N/A | N/A | | Rough Copy | I Want It That Way | The Backstreet Boys #1 in 1999 | N/A | N/A | Hannah Barret
| Beautiful
| Christina Aguilera #1 in 2003
| N/A
| N/A
| Miss Dynamix
| Given Bye Due to band member illness
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| N/A
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Sing off Songs
| Act | Song | Original Act | Other Act 1 | Other Act 2 | | Kingsland Road | Try | Pink #8 in 2012 | N/A | N/A | | Shelly Smith | Stop | Sam Brown #4 in 1989 | Jamelia #9 in 2004 | N/A |
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Post by madmurray on Oct 19, 2013 21:39:02 GMT 1
My X factor Live Performance ratings : Week 2:
Sam Bailey - Make you feel my love - Dodgy at times, not adele..ok - 4/10
Kingston Road - Marry You - hmmm ok, but nothing special. 6/10
Nicolas McDonald - Shes the One - Not as powerfull as last week. 7/10
Abi Alton - Cant Get You Out of My Head - croaky, not good, lost appeal. 2/10
Shelley Smith - Single Ladies - Thought she was better at the beginning with the stripped back slow version, the fast section let her down - 5/10
Miss Dynamix - Given a Bye....Boooooooooooo
Sam Callahan - I Wont Give Up - Much better from him, did really well 7.5/10
Tamera Foster - Beneath Your Beautiful - Strong vocal performance - 8/10
Luke Friend - Let Her Go - Time for Luke to Go - 2/10
Rough Copy - I want It That Way - Not as Good as Last week, a bit muffled - 7/10
Hannah Barret - Beautiful - Strong voice tonight, just shades it as the best performance 8.5/10
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Post by Drunkster on Oct 20, 2013 13:17:33 GMT 1
I can't believe Kingsland Road are in the bottom 2 thanks to the flash vote  |
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Post by S1m on Oct 20, 2013 13:57:46 GMT 1
Their performance was far too cheesy. The song's already cheesy and they cranked it up higher.
For me Sam Bailey and Hannah did well. Nicholas was ok too. Rough Copy were a bit dull, Shelley was like a spoof performance, Luke & Sam C were crap. Normally love Abi but she looked uncomfortable. Never been a Tamera fan, I feel like my ears and/or TV must be broken as she sounds so average. Miss Dynamix getting a bye is dodgy as two could have performed and what if the girl has to drop out completely later on?
This year's auditions had much promise but half the ones I loved didn't get this far!
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 20, 2013 17:18:19 GMT 1
OK, so I've caught up with last night's mediocrity that got beaten by SCD by an average 2.12m last night. Are my ears starting to go all Daily Mail mishearing to get offended mode, or did Sharon Osbourne call that dancer with Nicholas a Paedophile?
And in other news The S*n Showbiz reporter has made an almighty gaff on twitter:
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Oct 20, 2013 17:47:58 GMT 1
OK, so I've caught up with last night's mediocrity that got beaten by SCD by an average 2.12m last night. Are my ears starting to go all Daily Mail mishearing to get offended mode, or did Sharon Osbourne call that dancer with Nicholas a Paedophile? a Peediafile |
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Post by Paul on Oct 20, 2013 17:50:30 GMT 1
OK, so I've caught up with last night's mediocrity that got beaten by SCD by an average 2.12m last night. Are my ears starting to go all Daily Mail mishearing to get offended mode, or did Sharon Osbourne call that dancer with Nicholas a Paedophile? And in other news The S*n Showbiz reporter has made an almighty gaff on twitter: /photo/1 What's that saying - if you've got nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. Which is why I haven't commented on last night's show. In truth the only thing more tedious than the show last night is your constant FiX-Factor rants. I don't really know why you even bother watching it. |
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Post by raliverpool on Oct 20, 2013 18:18:49 GMT 1
OK, so I've caught up with last night's mediocrity that got beaten by SCD by an average 2.12m last night. Are my ears starting to go all Daily Mail mishearing to get offended mode, or did Sharon Osbourne call that dancer with Nicholas a Paedophile? And in other news The S*n Showbiz reporter has made an almighty gaff on twitter: /photo/1 What's that saying - if you've got nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. Which is why I haven't commented on last night's show. In truth the only thing more tedious than the show last night is your constant FiX-Factor rants. I don't really know why you even bother watching it. Really. But come on but HELLLOOOOOOOO the show IS rigged; it is precisely the reason why the public are switching off and its viewing figures are heading to The Voice type levels. But the right wing tabloid media who hate the BBC won't call the show a flop like they do to The Voice do they. Firstly Cowell gets last year's winner to attack boyband Kingsland Road www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/17/james-arthur-kingsland-road-x-factor-twitter_n_4114107.htmlThen the producers stitch them up by getting them to perform when everyone is watching SCD singing in the dreaded second slot; after "Prison" Sam sung Dylan's 'Make You Feel My Love' in the week after it was very memorably perfomed on Glee; and hey presto the Flash Vote works a treat yet again. Still whilst mugs continue to watch this WWE farce of a singing contest; I continue to make money from the bookies on the show. Hence I watch the show for that reason ...... and I'm sitting pretty having won a bet at 14/1 on Kingsland Road to lose last night's Flash Vote; and have a remaining 25/1 bet on them getting KO'd tonight.  |
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Post by Paul on Oct 20, 2013 18:51:39 GMT 1
I didn't really want to encourage a FiX Factor rant with my comment.
But don't get confused between X Factor being rigged and heavily manipulated. If it was rigged they'd be fixing the phone lines so people couldn't vote for a certain act for example. They don't do that because quite simply they can't; there is an audit procedure in place which Ofcom will hammer them for if they aren't seen as being equal handed to all acts.
It is unquestionably heavily manipulated. Three brilliant examples which I'm sure you have mentioned before:
- Ray Quinn - he must have polled well every week to get him to the final (the voting figures were never revealed). But we know that the chosen one Leona was mere votes from dropping out in 3rd place. Simon gives Leona a better duet partner for the final and a winner's song tailor made for her. But crucially he positions Ray as the favourite and Leona as the underdog. Leona wins.
- Eoghan Quigg - he had topped the vote for weeks on his series. They took him down a High School Musical type route late in the series knowing that wasn't the demographic voting for him. The voting tailed off and he finished 3rd.
- Chris Maloney - again topped the vote for weeks. Rather ugly stories leak discrediting him completely and he narrowly makes the final, and then drops out in 3rd place.
The point is that they did it for good reason - how much credibility would the show have had if those acts ended up winning. But don't think that it's only X Factor that does it; pretty much all reality TV shows have a great deal of manipulation to engineer the result they want. The Andrew Lloyd Webber shows were unquestionably guilty of even uglier and less subtle manipulation than X Factor. Even the ever so wholesome Strictly has manipulated the audience in the same way even when there's no consequence or good reason to do so!
In saying that I think you're reading into it a bit too much to suggest this conspiracy theory to get Kingsland Rd out. I don't think they are the kind of act that the producers and Syco would be unhappy about winning. James Arthur doesn't strike me as a Syco puppet. I think he genuinely thought they were awful.
The irony is that you blast the Daily Mail reader types. Yet you sound exactly like them the way you go on.
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Post by Roo. on Oct 20, 2013 19:14:01 GMT 1
Here's my thoughts on everyone:
Sam Bailey - Make You Feel My Love - 5/10
After last week I was warming to her but this was just off.
Kingsland Road - Marry You - 4/10
Outcheesed the Glee version. Oh dear.
Nicholas McDonald - She's The One - 8/10
Not quite as great as last week, but definitely my winner so far.
Abi Alton - Can't Get You Out Of My Head - 1/10
Ugh, awful.
Shelley Smith - Single Ladies - 4/10
Still not shown a reason to be here, but not as terrible as she should have been.
Sam Callahan - I Won't Give Up - 7/10
Surprisingly good after last week, wouldn't mind him doing well at all.
Tamera Foster - Beneath Your Beautiful - 6/10
Don't get the fuss, was a bit all over the place.
Luke Friend - Let Her Go - 6/10
First performance of his I liked, but there were a couple of dodgy moments and I can't stand looking at him.
Rough Copy - I Want It That Way - 2/10
I don't get why they're here, they were embarrassing to watch.
Hannah Barrett - Beautiful - 6/10
Growing on me a bit, but still don't get the fuss.
Louis easily has the best category so far in my opinion.
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Post by Drunkster on Oct 20, 2013 19:34:06 GMT 1
I agree pretty much with what you said Roo. I really don't get what people like about Rough Copy? Their vocals aren't that great and I don't think they gel well nor do they have a likeability factor. And as for their dress sense ........  |
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Post by S1m on Oct 20, 2013 20:34:19 GMT 1
Surprised that Robin Thicke *only* sang "Blurred Lines". As a push for his latest single or even his album, nothing works better than trotting out that million selling single released 21 weeks ago that everyone has heard before! At least Katy's album's out this week and her single's only 7 weeks old and still has a few hundred thousand extra sales to pick up.
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Post by S1m on Oct 20, 2013 20:42:00 GMT 1
What's that saying - if you've got nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. Which is why I haven't commented on last night's show. In truth the only thing more tedious than the show last night is your constant FiX-Factor rants. I don't really know why you even bother watching it. Really. But come on but HELLLOOOOOOOO the show IS rigged; it is precisely the reason why the public are switching off and its viewing figures are heading to The Voice type levels. But the right wing tabloid media who hate the BBC won't call the show a flop like they do to The Voice do they. Firstly Cowell gets last year's winner to attack boyband Kingsland Road www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/17/james-arthur-kingsland-road-x-factor-twitter_n_4114107.htmlThen the producers stitch them up by getting them to perform when everyone is watching SCD singing in the dreaded second slot; after "Prison" Sam sung Dylan's 'Make You Feel My Love' in the week after it was very memorably perfomed on Glee; and hey presto the Flash Vote works a treat yet again. Still whilst mugs continue to watch this WWE farce of a singing contest; I continue to make money from the bookies on the show. Hence I watch the show for that reason ...... and I'm sitting pretty having won a bet at 14/1 on Kingsland Road to lose last night's Flash Vote; and have a remaining 25/1 bet on them getting KO'd tonight. Out of interest, who do you have in the bottom two with Kingsland Road? I'm trying to think who would be unpopular enough to poll bottom but good enough to stay. If it were Shelley for example, there's no way the group would be sent home before her! |
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Post by S1m on Oct 20, 2013 20:43:38 GMT 1
So, now it's Shelley in the sing off, how the heck is she going to stay over Kingsland Road?!
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Post by Mart!n on Oct 20, 2013 20:44:57 GMT 1
Sharon is going to abstain again, rest of the judges will choose Kingsland Road over her quite easily.
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Post by S1m on Oct 20, 2013 20:47:55 GMT 1
Sharon is going to abstain again, rest of the judges will choose Kingsland Road over her quite easily. Surely Sharon will choose her own act to stay, not abstain?! That would make no sense! |
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Post by ManicKangaroo on Oct 20, 2013 20:47:54 GMT 1
Why would she abstain? Of course she'll keep Shelley
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