Honey G is almost certainly in the bottom 2 and then it's one of Saara or 5AM to join her I think!

 

Emily was the star of tonight for me, she's finally come into her own as an artist. Human was a really inspired choice and it resulted in my favourite performance tonight. Also loved Saara's first performance, didn't enjoy the second but that's more because it was like something out of a musical, which is really not my thing! :lol: Matt was solid, and 5AM were fun despite their heavy backing tracks. Honey G.... nah, really needs to go at this point, everyone else is so much better.

Watching on +1. Matt's version of Alive is an abomination.

Saara won't be anywhere near bottom 2 tonight. Her performances would have appealed to the average x factor viewer. The only question is whether Simon will try to derail her (again? I suspect he tried this week) next week. Problem he has is that she's just so good and everybody else is poor.

Watching ITV2, if Honey G and Saara do end up in the bottom 2, it really sounds like the judges are backing Saara more than Honey G they are giving praise for her first performance. I do think this is the end of the road for Honey G, thank god for that.

I don't get praise of Emily? Toxic was absolutely dire, especially compared to people who covered the song before her, Human was okay-ish, but she didn't even sing the chorus you could only hear the backing vocals, Matt was great with SLS, but Alive was terrible, Saara's cover was much stronger. 5AM were absolutely dire as usual, they can't sing AT ALL. The whole Sorry part was autotuned, it's embarrassing.

Saara OTOH again stole the show, brilliant first song! Easily best performance of the whole series, Diamond song was bit boring at parts but still better than other performances. Honey G was just awful in first performance, 2nd was bit better.

 

1. Saara

2. Matt

3. Emily

4. Honey G

5. 5AM

I think it'll be a Honey/Emily bottom two after that tonight. Matt, 5am and Saara all got "get to the final" shouts tonight, but the other two noticeably didn't. Even her own mentor, Simon, said "please give her a chance and get her through to the semis" which sounded like a plea of uncertainty with no passionate prospects of the final that the other 3 got.

 

Also, noticeably, aswell as final shouts, 5am, Saara and Honey got full standing ovations. Matt's praise wasn't big at all and aside from the final shout, he got a pretty average push with the judges comments but I can't see him struggling at this stage, where people like my mum have just voted for him 3x despite the fact she was out and didn't watch it.

 

Saara's just gone above Emily in the odds, third favourite to win now and 7/1 to go.

Saara's about to become second favourite to win at a couple of bookies too, on the brink of passing 5AM! :o This is quite shocking, but it does seem like Saara may have just pulled it out the bag again or at least convinced judges enough to ditch Honey in a sing-off scenario.

 

I thought the producers were going to push Saara under the bus, but she was the first performance after the Strictly overlap (should take a few of those app votes that is open from the start) and then she was given the privilege of a running order change and given the pimp slot too. The Finland remarks started up again which was a slight worry, but it felt mostly positive for Saara which I was surprised but thrilled about.

 

This is going to be a real test for Emily's support, but I still think Scotland will do enough to push Saara down to 4th - them two and 5AM will no doubt be very close though. That said, the odds have been fairly reliable this series so Saara may be able to defy expectations yet again!

I could be seeing it wrong but tonight just had a very clear feeling of pushing for a Matt/5am/Saara final. But I need to remind myself not to get my hopes up for Saara, as much as she deserves it.

If Saara and Honey G are bottom 2, Sharon will just abstain, the remaining judges are going to keep Saara over Honey G, I just feel the other contestants have done enough, 5AM were a bit ropey but their fans will probably keep them in, Emily really pulled it off in the second performance, Human has practically gone top 3 on iTunes for Rag'N'Bone Man, and Matt seems a dead cert for the final.

The only reason I think the producers would worry about having Saara in the final is because her vote is seemingly so volatile, there is the potential for her to absolutely smash an arena performance and absolutely smash a winner's song if she somehow reached the final two - and they won't want competition for Matt. Everywhere I'm seeing Matt and Saara, whether it be social media comments, bookies, VTs on Xtra Factor going to an Irish pub, each other's VTs in the main show - it is starting to centre around them two.

 

This is certainly crunch time as to whether Saara does have real support and momentum now, or she has just been benefiting from being the best of the disposable acts. Matt/5AM/Emily/Honey have always seemed to be the plan As in their respective categories ever since the beginning and have presumably been in the top 4 of the vote for the majority of the time. It's time to find out whether Saara has just been bubbling under, or whether she has tore that foursome apart.

 

If she gets through tomorrow on the public vote then I wouldn't rule out her getting a top 2 finish. If she ends up in the sing-off then I still think the producers would go for the biggest uproar in history and save Honey over Saara - this would be bigger than Rylan/Carolynne and Lucie/Jedward seeing as it is so late in the series.

Saara just has to make it through, she was by far the best yet again. I dont get the Emily love at all, i liked her Roxette cover and Radiohead but overall i find her very predictable.

 

Honey G has to go this week but i wouldnt bank on it.

Emily was appalling? Her performance of Toxic was same shit different week, and her vocals were totally drowned out when she performed Human.. :unsure:

 

Saara was clearly the best although I have a feeling she'll be in the bottom 2, along with Honey G.

What the producers should be considering is that if Saara somehow won after being in the bottom 2 in the very first week as well as two further times, that would be the ultimate feel-good story - not to mention her being Finnish in a post-Brexit Britain. This is the story 2016 needs, not Honey G faking a stage invasion!!!

If she gets through tomorrow on the public vote then I wouldn't rule out her getting a top 2 finish. If she ends up in the sing-off then I still think the producers would go for the biggest uproar in history and save Honey over Saara - this would be bigger than Rylan/Carolynne and Lucie/Jedward seeing as it is so late in the series.

 

Also the judges will think who is the biggest threat to their own category and that is Saara, so in a way its 50/50 one or the other will be going. Hopefully they make the right decision of sending Honey G home.

 

I think the bottom 2 is going to be too difficult to predict..

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Matt didn't get as much praise as normal I don't think?

Honey will probably benefit from the re-bound, mannequin challenge and the 'attack', with the later 2 going viral on social atm.

Saara was incredible tonight, could save her from being bottom 2!

Emily has obviously sent Human flying up the charts but similarly to Matt, I didn't feel like she got as much praise tonight? I could be completely wrong though.

5AM seem to have got a lot of praise, I doubt they'll be in the bottom two.

 

Producers will think Saara is a bigger threat to Matt than Honey G.

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If Saara goes, I am backing a Honey G victory,

I agree with everyone else here that Saara was incredible tonight, and easily stole the show. Even the second performance, for what it was, cheese 'n all, she nailed it. I thought 5AM were the second best but had a major unfair advantage due to having a backing track on the choruses, which nobody else had (possibly Emily on performance 2). Emily showed some personality in performance 2 but really she was the weakest (after Honey, who goes without saying). Her Toxic was so bland... Matt did a decent job but I feel as though he's beginning to coast somewhat.

 

I THINK she might be ok given the strength of her performances, but I really hope Saara can avoid the bottom 2 again. I voted for her 15 times.

Saara really has been incredible throughout and she is so deserving to win. I really think she could shock us all and actually WIN now which is amazing seeing as she was favourite to go in the first week of the lives.

 

I'm so over Honey now, she was funny to begin with but I think the lives have completely ruined her. There was potential to do something good with her but it just hasn't worked at all.

 

Emily is technically good but like Abi Alton, Diana Vickers and Janet Devlin I find her so f***ing annoying.

I guessed right the bottom 2 last weekend and this week I'm predicting Honey G x 5 After Midnight. I wonder if Simon will save Honey G again. :lol: