I'm living for that horrible boyband the producers keep pushing resonating with NO ONE and flopping in the Bottom 2 for a second time. The fact that some producer bribed Mel's daughter with a pack of gummy bears to write down their name during the show was
I need Daddy Jay in a tshirt and tight jeans next week.
Stevie outliving most of Cheryl's girls like Simon said he would. Him being the only wildcard left.
This week was really good overall. Ben's performance was SO hot. Woof! Loved seeing Only The Young come alive as a group and how great thy shared their vocals.
I don't care much for this week's theme, but I hope in the future there's a theme that allows Fleur to smash this:
Why stereo kicks keeps trying to showcase casey/barclay voices? they can't even hold a note. It sucks that Reece didn't get any solo line nowadays, while in fact, he could be a harry styles of the group, james for the high note, and reece for the verse, ugh whatevers, they will fail anyway, the sooner they go the better, they have no charisma and chemistry..
one of my favourite audition, he is clearly better than james and any other boys on setero kicks, hope stereo kicks failed so he could go solo somehow..
Agree with this. James, Barclay & Casey were so overrated. Reece by far is the strongest vocalist in this boyband. He should be a solo artist. It was so awkward to see him in this boyband.
Stereo Kicks... Rubbish act with rubbish singers (except that tall skinny one who keeps making awful faces when he sings), who are not attractive in the slightest... I was so glad they were in the Bottom 2 for the second time. Hopefully they get thrown out next week.
James is the only great singer in SK. That nude-selfies guy isn't really strong vocally but they let him sing a lot, Barclay is weak as well, and the other boys are too. I really don't see a future if they keep up like this, and watch them lose 3 members by Saturday.
SK's problem isn't the quality of vocals, many groups have done well on far less. It's that they just aren't connecting, Cheryl was right by this point 1D had established a pretty impressive fanbase.
I also feel like they have three members who do absolutely nothing and in a big group there has to be a reason for each of them to be in the group, so I'd lose Chris, Reece (talented but doesn't fit in the group) and Charlie (too young, seeing him performing with dancers gyrating around him made me really uncomfortable).
I may the only one but I sort of enjoy Casey's vocal, it's right for a band, he can pull off the odd solo but needs the band to carry him.
The reason Stereo Kicks aren't connecting is because there are eight people who look pretty similar, and they aren't doing enough to make them individually stand out. There's basically no reason for them to be an 8-piece (because they aren't doing anything vocally different too).
Look at S Club 7 for instance, another group with a lot of people, and the reason why they worked is because all members got their individual looks and they did everything to make them stand out from each other.
Of course Stereo Kicks hasn't got that advantage, because they are similar looking. So they should really work out how to let each member vocally shine and make the vocals shine together. I mean did they even do any harmonies? I think I've only heard them singing in the same key together.
Only the Young are going to sing Queen more than likely. Bohemian Rhapsody? Don't Stop Me Now?
Updates since Saturday (Twitter followers + performances views):
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Twitter gains [SINCE YESTERDAY]
Stereo Kicks : 161,000 [+9k]
Only the Young : 158,000 [+7k]
Andrea Faustini : 157,000 [+5k]
Lauren Platt : 144,000 [+7k]
Ben Haenow : 136,000 [+7k]
Paul Akister : 112,000 [+4k]
Jay James : 110,000 [+5k]
Fleur East : 78,100 [+4,3k]
Stevi Ritchie : 58,300 [+6,7k]
4th Live Show performance views [SINCE YESTERDAY]
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3rd Live Show performance views
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3 Lauren Platt 843,000 [+20k]
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6 Paul Akister 269,000 [+2k]
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8 Fleur East 133,000 [+2k]
Arena Auditions performances views
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2 Paul Akister 1,294,000 [+11k]
3 Lauren Platt 1,119,000 [+18k]
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5 Andrea Faustini 422,000 [+2k]
6 Stevi Ritchie 337,000 [+4k]
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Room Auditions performances views
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2 Andrea Faustini 1,475,000 [+19k]
3 Only the Young 898,000 [+11k]
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6 Ben Haenow 614,000 [+6k]
7 Stevi Ritchie 531,000 [+9k]
The public are over boybands to be honest. It says a lot that they're struggling even with free votes being given out
Those free app votes were brought in to sway it in the favour of younger voters and prevent another boring housewives favourite winning. How annoyed Simon must be Sam Bailey got knocked up right away and practically disappeared
Looks like those free votes are being used to keep Stevi in though
SK's problem isn't the quality of vocals, many groups have done well on far less. It's that they just aren't connecting, Cheryl was right by this point 1D had established a pretty impressive fanbase.
I also feel like they have three members who do absolutely nothing and in a big group there has to be a reason for each of them to be in the group, so I'd lose Chris, Reece (talented but doesn't fit in the group) and Charlie (too young, seeing him performing with dancers gyrating around him made me really uncomfortable).
I may the only one but I sort of enjoy Casey's vocal, it's right for a band, he can pull off the odd solo but needs the band to carry him.
Chris, Reece, and Charlie should stay in the group IMO, if anything, they need to get rid of Casey, Barclay, and Tom, they are just too old and destroy their overall image IMO.
James, Jake, and Reece could be the Zayn, Liam, and Harry of the group in terms of vocal.
Charlie and Chris could be the Niall and louis of the group.
they will slay vocally, since they will only focus on 3 main singers.
in terms on looks and image, they five will do better than what an actual SK formation doing right now, they are all teenagers with 'oh they all look so cute' face and attitude.
Casey, Tom, and Barclay, is too adult for them, they make SK like is in a confused stage, i say, get rid the three of them and SK will be fine.
Chris, Reece, and Charlie should stay in the group IMO, if anything, they need to get rid of Casey, Barclay, and Tom, they are just too old and destroy their overall image IMO.
James, Jake, and Reece could be the Zayn, Liam, and Harry of the group in terms of vocal.
Charlie and Chris could be the Niall and louis of the group.
they will slay vocally, since they will only focus on 3 main singers.
in terms on looks and image, they five will do better than what an actual SK formation doing right now, they are all teenagers with 'oh they all look so cute' face and attitude.
Casey, Tom, and Barclay, is too adult for them, they make SK like is in a confused stage, i say, get rid the three of them and SK will be fine.
There are three that make the group too old and three that make them too young, my preference would be an older band. Chris and Charlie look very inexperienced on the stage and they don't contribute much vocally. Reece would be better of solo and when he's a bit older. Image wise, he stands out the most from the band too.
As horrible as it sounds generally speaking attractive boy bands tend to do well, and Casey, Barclay and Tom are the only ones that qualify as attractive in the band so getting rid of them would be madness.
Only the Young are going to sing Queen more than likely. Bohemian Rhapsody? Don't Stop Me Now?
Updates since Saturday (Twitter followers + performances views):
Here
Twitter gains [SINCE YESTERDAY]
Stereo Kicks : 161,000 [+9k]
Only the Young : 158,000 [+7k]
Andrea Faustini : 157,000 [+5k]
Lauren Platt : 144,000 [+7k]
Ben Haenow : 136,000 [+7k]
Paul Akister : 112,000 [+4k]
Jay James : 110,000 [+5k]
Fleur East : 78,100 [+4,3k]
Stevi Ritchie : 58,300 [+6,7k]
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8. Stevie Ritchie 137,000 [+84k]
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3rd Live Show performance views
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2. Andrea Faustini 705,000 [+71k]
3. Lauren Platt 660,000 [+91k]
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8. Paul Akister 194,000 [+11k]
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2nd Live Show performances views
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2 Andrea Faustini 597,000 [+29k]
3 Jay James 555,000 [+27k]
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6 Ben Haenow 349,000 [+16k]
7 Fleur East 296,000 [+11k]
8 Paul Akister 236,000 [+7k]
9 Stevi Ritchie 233,000 [+5k]
1st Live Show performances views
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2 Lauren Platt 1,262,000 [+43k]
3 Fleur East 1,167,000 [+41k]
4 Stereo Kicks 747,000 [+26k]
5 Paul Akister 557,000 [+9k]
6 Only the Young 512,000 [+17k]
7 Jay James 451,000 [+8k]
8 Ben Haenow 422,000 [+8k]
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Judges House performances views
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2 Fleur East 847,000 [+20k]
3 Stereo Kicks 740,000 [+10k]
4 Lauren Platt 395,000 [+6k]
5 Ben Haenow 384,000 [+4k]
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7 Jay James 264,000 [+2k]
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3 Lauren Platt 1,119,000 [+18k]
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7 Fleur East 331,000 [+3k]
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Don't forget they could also do a Jackson 5 number?
Lola is gone. She was the superior singer in the sing off but whatever.
Paul, Stevi and Stereo Kicks need to go now. I actually enjoyed OTY's performance this week so I'm giving them a chance.
Crazy that Simon has all his acts still without ever hitting bottom. I think whichever act lands there first will be sent home right away, so I hope it's not Fleur.
New Boy Band/Stereo Kicks have potential. They were amazing with Leona Lewis' "Run", so I don't know why Louis is making them sing songs by other groups, it just doesn't work. They need to slay another ballad or go home.