October 31, 201410 yr and this is why I didn't want X Factor to do halloween week, as I was expecting super cliché choices and songs with really tenuous links to the theme :drama: Stevie's choice though wtf :mellow: I was hoping he'd stick to the novelty pop instead of going for a song that you need a good voice for.
October 31, 201410 yr Andrea Faustini Relight My Fire (by Take That) - Interesting choice. Hopefully he doesn't turn it into a ballad. Jack Walton Bleeding Love (by Leona Lewis) - Hope this'll boost Leona's version on iTunes/inadvertantly cause "One More Sleep" to get a little boost too in time for the Xmas song push (they normally pick up after halloween right?). Hopefully he changes it up because I don't think he has the range to pull off many of the big notes (Ala Matt Cardle). Paul Akister Bat Out Of Hell (by Meatloaf) - Very interesting. C Lauren Platt Dark Horse (by Katy Perry) - Please do the original production! Be great to see Lauren do something more modern/edgy. I am expecting her to slow it down into a ballad though. Lola Saunders Crazy (by Gnarls Barkley) - I think she could really nail this if she does it right and redeem herself. She's been rather underwhelming week after week for me. Only The Young The Monster Mash (by Bobby Pickett) - Hope they will do the song justice and make up for their awful save me performance last week. Stereo Kicks Everybody (by Backstreet Boys) - Meh. Ben Haenow Highway to Hell (by AC/DC) - I think Ben's voice will really suit the song and I am looking forward to it! Fleur East Thriller (by Michael Jackson) - Great song choice for Fleur and hopefully it'll have a big production too! Jay James Mad World (by Tears For Fears) - Another great song choice. The overs are really nailing it this week in regards to song choice. Whilst I would like Jay James to do something that isn't a ballad, I can imagine his voice lending itself very well to this song. Stevi Ritchie Music of The Night (from Phantom of The Opera) - Omg :lol:
October 31, 201410 yr In fairness there aren't really THAT many "proper" Halloween songs compared to Halloween for example. But in that case, why even have the theme? :lol: I guess all the staging will be very Halloween focused (as it was in previous weeks) to try and fully rationalise everything. Edit: oh yeah, I forgot about Matt's Bleeding Love! I just remember Lloyd desecrating it :lol: That was probably Matt's weakest song, they do love to push it on the show though! I think that's one of those songs that only Leona should really sing.
October 31, 201410 yr I really want to like Only the Young but that song choice isn't going to do anything for them. I know they've already got that video of it but it's very basic still. It's not a song to impress.
October 31, 201410 yr and this is why I didn't want X Factor to do halloween week, as I was expecting super cliché choices and songs with really tenuous links to the theme :drama: To be fair, doesn't that just happen every week, no matter what the theme is :unsure:
October 31, 201410 yr I can see them using Only The Young having already done their song as a reason to throw them under the bus. Unless they knock it out of the park they are opening themselves for some major criticism.
October 31, 201410 yr I really hope they do a 90s week. I think Fleur could nail Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wopp (That Thing)".
October 31, 201410 yr Sorry but I don't see how Jack singing Bleeding Love will be anything other than painful. Please can he not turn it into an Ed Sheeran lite urban-y track? Him doing that every time is just as bad as people doing incessant ballad versions of songs tbh. Although if he doesn't change it, it will be about as good as when Lloyd Daniels sang it... Hideous choices for Paul and Andrea too, Mel is on her usual bad mentoring form this week! Ben's will just be karaoke I expect and I'm sure I'll fall asleep after 10 seconds of Jay's horrifically predictable song choice. I knew as soon as the theme was announced he'd sing that! Lauren doing Dark Horse (properly, if it isn't a ballad) could be a real moment, as could Fleur with Thriller but why such a clichéd song choice? :( She could have done Disturbia, or Black Cat by Janet Jackson! Lola's could be great too, as with Lauren I'd much prefer to do it in the original style. I kind of get the tenuous links with "dark" and "bleeding" to Halloween, but how on EARTH is Everybody a Halloween song? Is it just because the performance will be so awful and karaoke it will terrify us all? :lol: Agreed; his performances are painful in general :lol: Fleur doing Thriller though :wub:
October 31, 201410 yr Fleur doing Thriller could definitely be "a moment"! Looking forward to some of these performances. 'Mad World' is laughably predictable for Jay though, lol. I agree with the comments about hoping Lauren will perform 'Dark Horse' as it should be, rather than slowed down. It seems she is aware of the criticism because she remarked last week that she wanted to perform 'Let It Go' as it should be, without changing it. Hopefully the same will apply for 'Dark Horse'.
October 31, 201410 yr I really want to like Only the Young but that song choice isn't going to do anything for them. I know they've already got that video of it but it's very basic still. It's not a song to impress. This is what I was going to say, their version on youtube is nothing short of dull and sucks any life out of the song. If it is a flash vote and after everyone has performed then the first 2 acts will be lambs to the slaughter. Jack and OTY are in danger me thinks.
October 31, 201410 yr Looks like he's taking Mel's advice and performing shirtless! I thought it was a photoshoot maybe when I saw it on DS earlier but now we know his song choice it fire the song. I don't get how she lets him do it but for Jake it was the worst thing he could do :lol: it's just quite odd. Tbf most good looking popstars do the inevitable shirtless photoshoot, it's part of being a popstar a lot of the time.
October 31, 201410 yr Looks like he's taking Mel's advice and performing shirtless! I thought it was a photoshoot maybe when I saw it on DS earlier but now we know his song choice it fire the song. I don't get how she lets him do it but for Jake it was the worst thing he could do :lol: it's just quite odd. Tbf most good looking popstars do the inevitable shirtless photoshoot, it's part of being a popstar a lot of the time. As much as I am not a fan of Jack, he was vocally superior to Jake so for Mel I'd guess she thinks it'd give him the whole package and is safe to do so without getting the criticism Jake got. For me I'd like Stevi to go straight away tomorrow night with Jack and Stereo Kicks in the sing off Sunday :lol:
October 31, 201410 yr Looks like he's taking Mel's advice and performing shirtless! I thought it was a photoshoot maybe when I saw it on DS earlier but now we know his song choice it fire the song. I don't get how she lets him do it but for Jake it was the worst thing he could do :lol: it's just quite odd. Tbf most good looking popstars do the inevitable shirtless photoshoot, it's part of being a popstar a lot of the time. Because her telling him not to take his shirt off fed into the 'he's only there because of his looks' criticism. His VT's were terrible in making him look like it was all he was about. The VT editing only supports them trying to get rid of him. Imagine this VT instead 'I know Mel told me to keep my clothes on but I've been asked to do this shoot for raising cancer awareness and to raise money for cancer. I lost my brother and dad to cancer so it is something I'm gonna do' With Mel B saying 'I don't often let people get away with disobeying me but you did a good thing Jake *hug*'.
November 1, 201410 yr The 10 minute flash vote gap will be filled by... The Script :lol: How exciting...
November 1, 201410 yr YAY The previews are out and Lauren is doing Dark Horse as the original was done, not turned into a ballad! :D
November 1, 201410 yr YAY The previews are out and Lauren is doing Dark Horse as the original was done, not turned into a ballad! :D http://media.giphy.com/media/2116PkgyWRPz2/giphy.gif Nothing can make that abomination of a song sound good. I said the same for Let It Go but she did
November 1, 201410 yr I don't get the fuss with Lauren AT ALL. Her constant inability to sing in tune is very annoying.
November 1, 201410 yr JESUS CHRIST JAY'S PREVIEW http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130224225355/coolestthings/images/8/84/Bleedears.png He sings Paloma Faith and Adele but doesn't bother to sit half the notes, he sings Mad World and strains and screeches his way through it :drama: Lola and especially Lauren doing their songs in the "proper"/upbeat way though *.* Fleur and Lauren could have real moments tonight.
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