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X FACTOR REVIEW/BLOG – WEEK 6 LIVE SHOWS – Saturday 12th November 2011
Posted on November 12, 2011
X FACTOR REVIEW/BLOG – WEEK 6 LIVE SHOWS – Saturday 12th November 2011
Oooh so after a power cut (apparently there were some difficulties at the BT tower today) we finally get Dermot on stage, his little dance section seems to have become a permanent feature (good good) and this week he did Gaga’s eye pose
We then brush through the Frankie Cocozza saga and see the four acts backstage who have the chance to replace him tonight (2 Shoes, Amelia, James and JonJo).
On a fashion front Kelly Rowland looks amazing tonight in her mens style suit – really interesting.
Oh hello we’re back to Frankie again – boo hoo hoo – we see him telling the contestants he’s leaving and then see him leaving the house for the last time. Then it’s off to the press conference where we are also re-introduced to the contestants with their judges house performances and audition segments.
Onto the singing…!
Kitty Brucknell – Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
Song Choice – 8 – little predictable but someone had to sing it
Outfit – 8 – I’m a warrior queen, live passionately tonight…very Gaga
Hair – 9 – she looked like a horse in a chariot!
Singing – 8 – still really like her voice, some difficult moments vocally in there too
Dancing – 7 – nice horseman-ship and she nailed the ending!
Hilarious pre-performance VT where Misha was essentially painted as being a right cow for stealing Kitty’s ‘Born this Way’ song choice. Kitty then cried saying she couldn’t hear anyone else singing the song – ha ha! Gary told her to tone down the make up and hair next week – we disagree – more Kitty more!
TOTAL: 40/50
Craig Colton – Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Song Choice – 7 – nice take on the song, slowed down
Outfit – 6 – the trousers were too fat on his front ‘lumps’ (not his balls btw)
Hair – 7 – slicked down suits him but looked a little greasy
Singing – 9 – thought he did really well in stretching to the end range of his vocals
Dancing – 5 – didn’t really need dancing but he looks confident on stage
Lovely VT featuring Gary and Craig going for it on those high Gaga notes – Barlow should duet with Gaga at the CIN Rocks concert next week! Good take on a Gaga song, he did make it ‘his own’ as Kelly Rowland commented.
TOTAL: 34/50
Craig Colton – Lady Gaga – Paparazzi
Song Choice – 7 – nice take on the song, slowed down
Outfit – 6 – the trousers were too fat on his front ‘lumps’ (not his balls btw)
Hair – 7 – slicked down suits him but looked a little greasy
Singing – 9 – thought he did really well in stretching to the end range of his vocals
Dancing – 5 – didn’t really need dancing but he looks confident on stage
Lovely VT featuring Gary and Craig going for it on those high Gaga notes – Barlow should duet with Gaga at the CIN Rocks concert next week! Good take on a Gaga song, he did make it ‘his own’ as Kelly Rowland commented.
TOTAL: 34/50
Little Mix – Lady Gaga – Telephone
Song Choice – 8 – not one of my Gaga favourites but it suited them
Outfit – 5 – some nice neon accents but the side eye make up doesn’t suit them or the necklaces – we actually took two points off when the lights went up – looks like they got in a fight at Topshop
Hair – 8 – nice mix of colours and curls!
Singing – 7 – I heard a couple of wobbles but they do sound very good together
Dancing – 7 – nice work on those boxes girls
Another nice VT where we see inside Tulisa’s house where she invited the Little Mix crew around for dinner. We see she has some black and silver curtains and cooks goats curry (?!) we also see some very amorous dogs! We then see Jesy breaking down during their rehearsals today just due to the general pressure of the competition – bless her. Kelly said she wanted tighter vocals and Gary said it was getting a bit predictable – Tulisa kicked off saying ‘give them some credit’ and went into a political speech rallying the voters!
TOTAL: 35/50
Little Mix – Lady Gaga – Telephone
Song Choice – 8 – not one of my Gaga favourites but it suited them
Outfit – 5 – some nice neon accents but the side eye make up doesn’t suit them or the necklaces – we actually took two points off when the lights went up – looks like they got in a fight at Topshop
Hair – 8 – nice mix of colours and curls!
Singing – 7 – I heard a couple of wobbles but they do sound very good together
Dancing – 7 – nice work on those boxes girls
Another nice VT where we see inside Tulisa’s house where she invited the Little Mix crew around for dinner. We see she has some black and silver curtains and cooks goats curry (?!) we also see some very amorous dogs! We then see Jesy breaking down during their rehearsals today just due to the general pressure of the competition – bless her. Kelly said she wanted tighter vocals and Gary said it was getting a bit predictable – Tulisa kicked off saying ‘give them some credit’ and went into a political speech rallying the voters!
TOTAL: 35/50
Janet Devlin – Somebody to Love
Song Choice – 6 – we wish they’d of sped it up at the end for a bit more excitement
Outfit – 7 – very vintage, loved the skirt really suited her style
Hair – 8 – bright ginger, beautiful loose curls, gorgeous
Singing – 8 – thought she managed to convey a bit of emotion and sounded good
Dancing – 4 – wasn’t any but she looked quite comfortable I thought
I deleted this section once – the first edit really good….Gary said it was boring, Tulisa was also not impressed, Louis loved it and Kelly said she was trying to get back to her roots. That wasn’t very good – we had a few jokes in the first edit. Something about a nun and Louis Walsh…
TOTAL: 33/50
Marcus Collins – Queen – Another One Bites the Dust
Song Choice – 7 – thought it allowed them to put a style onto the song
Outfit – 7 – very radio 2 friendly – a smart tweed like suit
Hair –7 – nice Movember tash
Singing – 8 – solid but maybe not very strong this week
Dancing – 8 – nicely Bruno Mars’ed up!
We wanted Jump Around! Anyone else think the intro sounded like that classic?! So Marcus has found is muse and it’s Bruno Mars – Gary as expected loved it but the rest of the judges said that maybe it was a bit samey. I sort of agree – he could have a Bruno Mars like album though.
TOTAL: 37/50
Misha B – Lady Gaga – Born this Way
Song Choice – 5 – because we LOVE this song and we HATED this version of it, like bad karaoke with that awful drum beat behind it, Gaga’s version is sooooo much better
Outfit – 6 – too much Quality Street
Hair –6 – good to see it a bit more natural this week
Singing – 8 – very good but I didn’t like the arrangement again…
Dancing – 5 – what the heck was that 2 step thing this week…
Ok we’re going to go for it…we don’t like her, she comes across a bit smug in herself, the arrangement was awful. Her voice and talent is there though we’re not knocking that. The judges all loved it with Louis Walsh saying ‘you remind me of a young Chaka Khan’ lol!
TOTAL: 30/50
** Meanwhile off-air there is DRAMA again – the X Factor website is obviously still running on the old schedule without the delay and has published that Amelia Lily has won the public vote and will be performing tonight. Despite this being displayed prominently online Dermot is still telling people to vote on the TV. So if you were voting then in fact it didn’t count for anything as the count had already been finalised. What’s that you say? OFCOM? Yes we were thinking the same, what a balls up. **
But anyway it means we can say WELCOME BACK AMELIA! With 48% of the votes we’d say that was a pretty impressive result for her!
Kelly Rowland does a little chair dance in celebration and the Amelia comes on in a slashed black leather dress and waves her hands in the air a bit. She says it was ‘stressful but worth it.’ She appears to either have a tongue piercing or is chewing gum though? We then have another VT of her getting all the way to the first live show then Kelly voting her off – lol!
Amelia Lily – Queen – The Show Must Go On
Song Choice –8 – hilarious – well done X Factor, great timing!
Outfit – 8 – liked it, little rock chick and suited her
Hair – 8 – nice and pink ala Katy Perry
Singing – 8 – a little shouty but she rivals Kitty in terms of volume!
Dancing – 6 – well she didn’t but she did some good arm-ography
Well the X Factor loves a twist and as Gary said ‘the UK loves a comeback’ – who knows where this could go, we are guessing she’ll get the votes this week.
TOTAL: 38/50
HERE’S OUR SCORES ON THE DOORS…PHEW IT WAS HARD TO KEEP UP THIS WEEK!
Please leave a comment if you wish!
Kitty Brucknell 40
Amelia Lily 38
Marcus Collins 37
Little Mix 35
Craig Colton 34
Janet Devlin 33
Mischa B 30