It could work out. Agnes was a wild card in Sweden's Idol in 2005 and look what happened there! I seriously hope TreyC gets it over Gamu for the girls, she reminds me of a solo Eternal or something :wub: Gamu I've really failed to get the hype for so far. Her rendition of Cry Me Out wasn't great at all.

It could work out. Agnes was a wild card in Sweden's Idol in 2005 and look what happened there! I seriously hope TreyC gets it over Gamu for the girls, she reminds me of a solo Eternal or something :wub: Gamu I've really failed to get the hype for so far. Her rendition of Cry Me Out wasn't great at all.

you know we agree 9 times out of 10 on everything... This is one of those 9 :wub: really hope it is Trey-C over Gamu... But with the hype and Adele doing well in the charts Cheryl is clearly going to pick her :(

no the judges each pick one more from their category who then all face the publc vote and only one gets to join the finalists i think. so essentially one judge gets an extra person

i agree id rather have TreyC over gamu as wildcard

Given the choice I suppose I'd go for Treyc over Gamu aswell, however realistically Treyc will most likely just be Alisha/Rachel Adedeiji all over again, the singing will most probably be of a much higher quality than a number of the others but the public wont really care. The uproar over Gamu not being selected on various sites indicates really that she'd stand a better chance of progressing further.

Even if TreyC is the Girls' wildcard, Diva Fever will top the votes.

Assuming that the whole program isn't fixed from pre-production right up to the final five when its supposed to be up to the public who wins .... I don't get all this love for Gamu's voice. She's a sweet little thing (although I think she was a little too sure of herself at times) but I just don't get it. Assuming she comes back into the competition ... all this uproar is just unwarranted. She's getting Martyrdom status from the press.

 

Still ... I suppose all this deflects attention and takes the pressure of the real stars ... Matt and Rebecca ... the only two who are actually worth listening to.

 

Kath

I'd choose Treyc over Gamu as well tbh, her voice is overall better and Gamu is a bit annoying.

This is great ... The Guardian TV & Radio blog on the twelve finalists! I must be the only one to agree that of the over 28's ... little unassuming (and honestly without a chance) John is the best of a bad bunch (from his category I mean).

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tva...2010-finallists

 

The X Factor 2010: the finalists

 

This is it. The X Factor judges – along with Sinitta, Will.I.Am, Natalie Imbruglia and a Sharon Osbourne impersonator who appeared to be in the final throes of a violent peanut allergy – have spoken. They've picked the 12 acts who are definitely going through to Saturday's live finals. (Although there are rumours that at least one other might be joining them). You may not agree with their choices (seriously, no Gamu?) but, between now and Christmas, you're going to have to put up with them. Here are the 12 hopefuls in all their glory.

 

Groups

 

One Direction

 

Remember Futureproof? No, of course you don't. And that's why you shouldn't bother remembering One Direction either. Like Futureproof, One Direction are an X Factor boyband slung together from solo audition leftovers. And, like Futureproof, they aren't long for the world. What a waste of so many good Justin Bieber haircuts.

 

Belle Amie

 

Belle Amie are the female One Direction. Their name translates into English as "Beautiful Friend", which will become hilariously ironic three weeks into the live shows when the girls have a massive bust-up and end up coming at each other with the business ends of their Primark stilettos.

 

FYD

 

Forgettable boyband with JLS-style aspirations. Hilariously, FYD stands for For Your Direction, presumably because WWPDOFSCIEFABGOF (We Will Publicly Degrade Ourselves For Simon Cowell In Exchange For A Brief Glimmer Of Fame) didn't scan quite as well.

 

Over-28s

 

Storm Lee

 

Tony Blair lookalike, this year's Jedward and a perfect example of what happens if you read too many self-help books. Storm is so consumed by self-belief and the power of destiny that he's completely forgotten how to not behave like a tit. And how to not sing like Jon Bon Jovi. Unbearable.

 

Mary Byrne

 

Gutsy 50-year-old Tesco worker who passed her first The X Factor audition by bellowing I Who Have Nothing at Louis Walsh as loudly as possible. She has absolutely no chance of winning The X Factor – even less than Storm Lee, which is saying something.

 

John Adeleye

 

Unassuming dementia care worker, who presumably finds his job so rewarding that he can't wait to jack it all in to shriek power ballads at teenage girls. When he sings, though, he has the potential to be infectiously joyous. The best of a bad bunch.

 

Boys

 

Aiden Grimshaw

 

It must have been bequiffed heartthrob Aiden's a capella rendition of Gold Digger that got him to the live finals. It definitely wasn't anything he's done since, because that's all been the aural equivalent of carbon monoxide poisoning.

 

Nicolo Festa

 

I'll come out and say it: Nicolo is my favourite The X Factor contestant this year. He's probably the most European man that ever lived, a loose knot of sighs and forced ennui. Everything seems like it's too much effort for Nicolo, which is a nice counterpoint to the usual shrieking The X Factor stageschoolery. It'd be a travesty if he won, obviously, but let's enjoy him while we can.

 

Matt Cardle

 

He can't dance. He only sings songs written for girls. He's never been seen without his cap, which leads me to believe that he might have weird tattoos on his head. But then again, Matt's voice is soaring and vulnerable and possibly the best in the competition.

 

Girls

 

Cher Lloyd

 

Everybody knows that Cher is the streetest contestant in The X Factor history. This is because she used her audition to sing a song about getting her swag on – whatever that means, I'm not young any more – and then went "Ringy dingy dingy" over a Coldplay track. She's the one to beat, at least until the inevitable Songs From Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals week causes her to drown in her own tears because she can't make Mr Mistoffolees sound as gangsta as she'd like. :rofl:

 

Rebecca Ferguson

 

A young mother from Liverpool with marvellous dress sense and a gently understated soul voice. Needless to say, she'll be flung under the truck at the first sign that Cher Lloyd isn't doing as well as people thought.

 

Katie Waissel

 

Look at Katie, with her deliberately ironic outfits and her great big stupid hair and her fierce determination to only say and do things that make me angry. But can she sing? Nobody knows. She's barely been able to get through an entire song without arseing it up yet. :rofl: That bodes well for Saturday, doesn't it?

Edited October 4, 201014 yr by Kathyp

Katie is Class A Danyl material here.....in fact she puts Danyl to shame. :puke2:

 

I want a vote to evict. :angry: (except I couldn't vote anyway since I'm in Ireland :nocheer:)

 

I listened to Gamu's first audition and it's even better than I remembered it. :(

Edited October 4, 201014 yr by Sabrewulf

Assuming that the whole program isn't fixed from pre-production right up to the final five when its supposed to be up to the public who wins .... I don't get all this love for Gamu's voice. She's a sweet little thing (although I think she was a little too sure of herself at times) but I just don't get it. Assuming she comes back into the competition ... all this uproar is just unwarranted. She's getting Martyrdom status from the press.

 

Still ... I suppose all this deflects attention and takes the pressure of the real stars ... Matt and Rebecca ... the only two who are actually worth listening to.

 

Kath

 

This.

I've just noticed something someone on DS posted (they probably have here but I've just not noticed) an anagram of Cher Lloyd is Old Cheryl!

 

KAth

I've just noticed something someone on DS posted (they probably have here but I've just not noticed) an anagram of Cher Lloyd is Old Cheryl!

 

KAth

 

Very apt poor Cher looks like a 35 year old meth addict seriously what is wrong with her.Thanks for posting The Guardian piece very funny.

Who is going through as Louis's Wildcard, I do not think there has ever been a worse group, they should have added Sinitta to it.

Very apt poor Cher looks like a 35 year old meth addict seriously what is wrong with her.Thanks for posting The Guardian piece very funny.

Who is going through as Louis's Wildcard, I do not think there has ever been a worse group, they should have added Sinitta to it.

 

Poor Louis. Simon really did shaft his chances by changing the age of the 'overs' category. Still he's the paymaster so I suppose Louis is glad of what scraps he's thrown.

 

Kath

Does anyone know what the theme is for the first live shows and who is performing ?

Joe obviously, but is it Pixie Lott or someone else with him ?

Does anyone know what the theme is for the first live shows and who is performing ?

 

 

Madonna week

 

The Weasel will probably walk it :(

 

 

Rob & Gary performing

Madonna week

 

The Weasel will probably walk it :(

Rob & Gary performing

Robbie and Gary ? I thought they weren't performing on X Factor as they signed a deal to perform on SCD instead

Madonna week

 

The Weasel will probably walk it :(

Rob & Gary performing

 

All the hate for Katie at least she has dated a dwarf how many of you can say the same.

Bland Joe and Snoozefest Gary/Robbie how boring.

I am placing a bet that X-factor will not have the Christmas No 1 this year.

Robbie and Gary ? I thought they weren't performing on X Factor as they signed a deal to perform on SCD instead

 

You're right. It was Robgar for SCD and Take That for X-Factor. They can't do both.

 

Kath

I am absolutely certain (well ... quite sure really) that my earlier hunch ... TWO from each category get a wildcard ... is correct. It could be done if the vote off was done proportionally, i.e. four actually go off in the first week ... one from each category. It would be difficult to organise ... but where there is money to be made ... I'm sure the Dark Lord will manage it somehow!

 

Kath