The overs seem more hyped than the boys and Simon has them so they may get their own show too, maybe the boys and groups together (a chunk of the boys will end up in that 8 piece group anyway :lol:).

 

Oh yes that's a good point about that boyband so yes they'll very likely be in the same show.

Amelia O'Connell from Kylie's team on The Voice this year (she got cut in the battle rounds) is in the manufactured girl group :o She tweeted a pic of the girl group, I read on Unreality TV that she auditioned a week or two ago but unless I missed it I don't think it was shown. I loved her on The Voice :wub:

 

The five piece girl group consists of Abi Garrido, Abby Eades, Leah Gooden, Mimi O'Connell and Saffron Silva, I only remember Leah from the auditions stage... Maybe a couple were shown on Xtra Factor, I know that Jesy from Little Mix was never actually shown until they did an Xtra Factor special about their journey to the win.

 

The eight (!) piece boyband is made up of James Graham, Reece Bibby, Tom Mann, Casey Johnson, Jake Sims, Charlie Jones, Barclay Beales and Chris Leonard. Eight is ridiculous, it seems like they just took the opportunity to give every boy who messed up or they "made a mistake!!1!1" with another chance. Plus from the photo on DS they virtually ALL have the same haircut, from the ones I remember they all sound the same too...

I just can't get over how flimsy Cheryl was and how polar opposite Mel is!

The eight (!) piece boyband is made up of James Graham, Reece Bibby, Tom Mann, Casey Johnson, Jake Sims, Charlie Jones, Barclay Beales and Chris Leonard. Eight is ridiculous, it seems like they just took the opportunity to give every boy who messed up or they "made a mistake!!1!1" with another chance. Plus from the photo on DS they virtually ALL have the same haircut, from the ones I remember they all sound the same too...

 

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that eight piece band will end up as a 5 piece, with some of the boys falling out with each other. :lol:

I wouldn't be surprised if that eight piece band will end up as a 5 piece, with some of the boys falling out with each other. :lol:

 

That'd be brilliant! :lol:

 

I'm also in love with the Mel/Cheryl relationship against Raign :wub:

Eight might be a lot, but in all fairness, it makes them different to the other four/five piece boybands currently in the chart. It's a good move in terms of making them stand out.

Apparently Overload have been given the wildcard for the groups. In going with the theory that the other judges will select an act to return from another judge's category, will they get to choose from the whole of the competition as opposed to just one that was eliminated at judges' houses?

I'd be very surprised if that was the case, it could be just their fanbase's hopes for that happening spiralling into rumoured confirmation. No-one really has any idea of the final 12 (the edits so far are practically the only thing to go on except for the odd unexpected TV appearance or extra promotion via Xtra Factor), so unless one of the band members have leaked the information themselves I'm not sure where the rumour could have come from or be any more valid than any other of the random rumours such as Lola being the girls wildcard for example.

Apparently Overload have been given the wildcard for the groups. In going with the theory that the other judges will select an act to return from another judge's category, will they get to choose from the whole of the competition as opposed to just one that was eliminated at judges' houses?

I've seen a couple of people say that the wildcards weren't limited to those who went out at judges houses, I assume it's so the judges can rectify any mistakes they feel were made (obviously they didn't do enough of that already over the past three shows...), Simon will 100% choose Overload I'm sure.

When I was saying in the other thread that it looks like my 2 favourite girls haven't made it, I'm including Emily in that as she has announced she's performing at Soccer Six (a charity football event) at the end of October, and I can't see her being allowed to do that if she was busy performing in the live shows.

I'd also say Overload aren't in the lives as they are banging on about doing some tour later this year which also included Nicholas McDonald.

If Louis is picking the overs wildcard then, surely Raign will be back? Or Janet 'because she's Irish' Grogan!?

I'd say Louis will choose to pick (or be forced by the producers to pick) Stevi so they can have him in the live shows without Simon losing his credibility for choosing a "novelty act".

Does anyone else feel the groups is the worst category so far this series? Apart from these new bands with no names, nothing sticks out to me.

The groups, boys and overs are all subpar to me :( Each has one or two (or just one, the manufactured girl group, in the case of the groups), but it's just frustrating as I like all of the girls to some extent but it's likely two great girls will go over loads of crap in the other categories. That's the format for you though :P

 

If Louis is picking the overs wildcard then, surely Raign will be back? Or Janet 'because she's Irish' Grogan!?

If only! He will 100% choose Stevi to force Simon to have a novelty act.

A potential spanner in the works in the Girls category is that Kerrianne apparently tweeted (but has now deleted) she's playing at a festival in her hometown in the week after the live shows start. There's also a poster for the event that has Kerrianne on it! That would mean Kerrianne and Emily both are playing their own live events after the live shows have started whereas Steph has her ITV interview tomorrow (which would probably be unlikely if she got through to the lives as she'd be back there again next week?) - leaving only 3 girls left. But we need 4!

 

Unless Kerrianne got the wildcard which was announced after she signed up for that event, but there was a very short timeframe I guess between the tweet being posted and deleted so that would be very unlikely I guess. She's also been playing a couple of live events just in the last week looking at her Facebook.

If all that is true then I wonder if it is true that they can choose the wildcard out of anyone who didn't even make JH? Although I don't imagine Simon would choose any of them over Kerrianne, Stephanie and Emily so maybe whoever got it did sign up for the events before their interview.

 

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The first week's theme for the live show is #1s and one of the guests is.... PHARRELL :manson: :nocheer:

 

I bet someone sings Happy as well... I like that it's a vague theme to start off with though so everyone can find their feet on the live stage.

oh god no pharrell :cry: are there going to be two guests?

I bet Pharrell performs 'Happy'! What is he pushing as his next single? I hope for 'Gust Of Wind' but there's no confirmation on that being a single is there (although a couple of weeks ago I heard Radio 1 play it)? He's gonna do "a fun." and perform his biggest hit instead, I fear :(

I bet Pharrell performs 'Happy'! What is he pushing as his next single? I hope for 'Gust Of Wind' but there's no confirmation on that being a single is there (although a couple of weeks ago I heard Radio 1 play it)? He's gonna do "a fun." and perform his biggest hit instead, I fear :(

 

And then it will shoot back up the chart, as people who haven't bought it some how finally decide they want to buy it and people who own it and love it buy a different version.