December 10, 20168 yr Xtra Factor's on in the background but I'm sure Saara just said she's performing It's Oh So Quiet? ...that over Chandelier? Am I hearing things? :lol: I hope so!
December 10, 20168 yr Matt is performing Writings On The Wall and Saara is bringing back the bonkers novelty act for Oh So Quiet. He has it in the bag now I think..
December 10, 20168 yr That's insane if that's Saara's choice. She wins singing Chandelier imo. Oh so quiet is a mental choice. Oh dear
December 10, 20168 yr Remember that It's Oh So Quiet was the first week Saara wasn't bottom 3 so it's not THAT silly a choice, it's a proven vote grabber already. She'll show her versatility with an uptempo in It's Oh So Quiet and a likely ballad in the winning single.
December 10, 20168 yr Remember that It's Oh So Quiet was the first week Saara wasn't bottom 3 so it's not THAT silly a choice Well it is really....especially when you compare it to Chandelier :lol:
December 10, 20168 yr Well it is really....especially when you compare it to Chandelier :lol: I think you missed the rest of my post where I talked about versatility :P besides, she only did Chandelier a week ago!
December 10, 20168 yr Author Saara had 3 breakout moments with It's Oh So Quiet, Winner Takes It All and Chandelier - you could put No More Tears in there too although I don't quite rank that amongst the other three in terms of "breakout-ness". All four could be justified. I do think it's a big error, she should have gone with one of the two ballads but maybe singing Chandelier or Winner Takes It All for the third time this series was pushing it too far as of course only Honey G gets such a privilege. That said I do think that will lose her the title, I think one of the two ballads would put her right in the hunt but this isn't going to have the same effect. Nevertheless I'm pleased we'll get to hear her winner's single even if it won't get released, it's just such a shame she's going to finish second in a competition for the FOURTH time but the fact she has made it here after that start is still remarkable!
December 10, 20168 yr Chandelier was stunning, goosebumps show stealer etc. put her 10 levels above the rest. Its oh so quiet is kooky and won't show what she can really do. How can it possibly be her song of the series? I just don't get it. Still hoping she can pull it off butt his makes ot so much harder.
December 10, 20168 yr Chandelier was stunning, goosebumps show stealer etc. put her 10 levels above the rest. Its oh so quiet is kooky and won't show what she can really do. How can it possibly be her song of the series? I just don't get it. Still hoping she can pull it off butt his makes ot so much harder. Except it will - it will show she can do the whacky uptempos as well as her winning single which will surely be a ballad to show off her huge vocals? I much preferred Chandelier and Winner but this really isn't as bad a decision as it's being made out to be imo...
December 10, 20168 yr Should have been The Winner Takes It All - quite fitting too if that in fact won her the comp.
December 10, 20168 yr Matt has been the winner since day 1, predictable and boring as it is its pretty much a given. He will have a relatively successful first single/album then probably disappear into obscurity or be a cover album singer like Jahmene or something. Hopefully Saara will at least get a decent career out of this and get to release actually good Songs without being tied up to a Syco contract!
December 10, 20168 yr I think you missed the rest of my post where I talked about versatility :P besides, she only did Chandelier a week ago! Wasn't that the same for Fleur and Uptown Funk though? You have to do the song that gives you the best chance of winning. I wasn't a Fleur fan but that was Fleur's best moment so she repeated it. Even Disco week was better for Saara than this :( Sorry to bang on but I really think this has blown it for her. Edited December 10, 20168 yr by torresgirl
December 10, 20168 yr Wasn't that the same for Fleur and Uptown Funk though? You have to do the song that gives you the best chance of winning. I wasn't a Fleur fan but that was Fleur's best moment so she repeated it. Even Disco week was better for Saara than this :( Sorry to bang on but I really think this has blown it for her. And I must admit, Uptown Funk in the final had a lesser impact for me because I'd seen the exact same thing the week before! Besides, that was undoubtedly Fleur's defining moment, I'd say Saara's had three - Chandelier, The Winner Takes It All and It's Oh So Quiet, so she's definitely picked wisely I think. I didn't even enjoy that performance much cause it's not my thing but I can see why it's been picked and I think it makes sense! She clearly has two sides as an artist and she'll be showing both off tomorrow.
December 10, 20168 yr And I must admit, Uptown Funk in the final had a lesser impact for me because I'd seen the exact same thing the week before! Besides, that was undoubtedly Fleur's defining moment, I'd say Saara's had three - Chandelier, The Winner Takes It All and It's Oh So Quiet, so she's definitely picked wisely I think. I didn't even enjoy that performance much cause it's not my thing but I can see why it's been picked and I think it makes sense! She clearly has two sides as an artist and she'll be showing both off tomorrow. I like her so I enjoyed her personality on it, she's infectious but I'm not sure the average punter tuning in will get it. That's my concern. That its too far out there. I guess we'll see tomorrow. I think the song choices were bad tonight as well and she survived it. Maybe there's hope lol
December 10, 20168 yr Author It's Oh So Quiet is certainly completely justified to be a song of the series, it was her breakthrough performance where she started to gain public support. However it was The Winner Takes It All and Chandelier that turned her into a potential winner and I have to agree with the majority that it doesn't make sense from a victory point of view to not perform one of those two. We imagine she topped the vote in weeks 8 and 9, she almost certainly didn't in week 3. These were even the two she performed at homecoming (alongside Let It Go (she was Finnish Anna) and No Fear (Eurovision)) so that suggests she knows they were her "big two". She could still pull it out with a magnificent winner's single performance but I fear by that point it will be too late. I'm not going to cry sabotage as the producers have been fantastic to Saara on the whole throughout the series, and I still think she may actually be their preferred winner of the two. But this is definitely a misfire of a decision. I wonder if enough people tweet then they could do a last minute song change tomorrow, however I doubt the public voice will be loud enough.
December 10, 20168 yr Oh So Quiet isn't what I'd have gone for, but it's still one of the better choices for Saara, in Wembley it might be quite the spectacle. But I feel like tomorrow's choices won't matter THAT much now as tonight's performances will have the most impact. Though it was more down to Nicole, the song choice and the poignancy of Prince's passing, Purple Rain really was the moment of the night and seems to be the main talking point, I worry it's given Matt the edge. I really feel BR was a terrible choice for Adam and Saara, they could have gone with a much more powerful song.
December 10, 20168 yr Author I found Adam and Saara's duet great! I imagine Who Wants To Live Forever would've been even better, but there was something so endearing and sweet about their duet. I agree that it seems to have been outshined by Nicole (not Matt as he was barely audible once Nicole arrived) but she seems to have given Matt the advantage unfortunately.
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