Parallel Reality

Not a bad performance but it sounded like she was struggling a bit. 5.5 - Rough Copy 3.5 - Sam C 6.5 - Hannah

Nicole working behind the counter in Greggs! :rofl: :rofl: DEAD

This performance is SO weak. Why does he always get so much praise?! 6 - Rough Copy: 3.5 - Sam C: EDIT: perhaps not so positive this week... :lol:

IMO, it's a school based drama, and the overall theme will always be relevant and will have people interested in it. I.e. people who go to school. I think going to Scotland has caused some damage but that can change as it's all about the storylines, and characters, for WR anyway which is only on once a week. It's the predictable characters and boring plots that have severely contributed to the demise IMO, which is largely the responsibility of the writers. I don't think the majority of viewers are particularly bothered about the location. I do agree about them needing a committed team though.

A really great track this! Hope it can do well!

I like 'Can We Dance' too! Glad to see it sticking around for a while. :D

So Icona Pop just performed this on Alan Carr: Chatty Man, with their other hit 'I Love It'. It was a pretty good idea IMO - I'm thinking people would be like "Oh I love that first song, and I like their new one too". Great performance too!

SINGLES 10 Complicated - Great rhythm, solid first single. 10 Sk8er Boi - Infectiously catchy. This is my childhood. 09.5 I'm With You - Delicately delicious. 09.5 Losing Grip - Really like the lyrics and the emotion in this one. 07.5 Mobile - Not bad but I always saw it as more of an album track. 'Naked' was far better. 10 Don’t Tell Me - Great rhythm again, and catchy! 10. My Happy Ending - Basically a huge anthem. 11 Nobody’s Home - Delicate, aggressive, emotional. Pretty much the perfect pop ballad. 8.5 He Wasn’t - Not bad but the least good single from the album. 08 Keep Holding On - Just had to listen to this for the first time and I like it! -1 Girlfriend - I love a joke as much as the next person but no. 08 When You're Gone - Catchy, if a little bit annoying. 06 Hot - Intense, a bit more style than substance though. 05.5 The Best Damn Thing - The perfect pe-chorus does not stand a chance here with the verses and chorus. 06.5 Alice - Lovely verses. That's all though. 06 What The Hell - A bit naff but alright. 05 Smile - Really forgettable. 10 Wish You Were Here - Really good! Catchy and love the video and the lyrics. 09 Here's to Never Growing Up - Nice catchy inoffensive pop. The nightclub this year kept playing it and it was a soundtrack to many nights involving a little vodka. 09.5 Rock N Roll - Very catchy and great. 08.5 Let Me Go (feat. Chad Kroeger) - It's quite good too, not the best single from this era though. ALBUMS 10 Let Go 11 Under My Skin 06 The Best Damn Thing 07 Goodbye Lullaby -- Her early eras were SO STRONG. I still frequently listen to her second album. Her singles so far this era have been great too. Shame she's flopping.

I agree that the show has really nosedived, but it can definitely be saved. Just please for all of our sakes, get rid of the current writers!!!!

Sounds good on first listen, I'm sure it will grow me! The way they sing the bit in the chorus lyric "in time" sounds like another song and it's driving me mad as I can't think of it. EDIT: IT'S JAR OF HEARTS!!!!

Favourite Series 5 Favourite Head Rachel Mason Favourite Deputy Head Andrew Treneman Favourite Teachers (six options allowed) Maggie Budgen Grantly Budgen Kim Campbell Andrew Treneman Davina Shackleton Jo Lipsett Favourite Pupil (fifteen options allowed) Connor Mulgrew Lula Tsibi Kevin Chalk Lenny Brown Mika Grainger Maxine Barlow Stacey Appleyard Paul Langley Michaela White Denzil Kelly Josh Stevenson Jess Fisher Jodie Allen Liberty Gordon Favourite Secretary Estelle Cooper (!!!!) Favourite ‘Other’ (two options allowed) Candice Smilie Rose Kelly Fittest Male Character (three options allowed) Connor Mulgrew Brett Aspinall Josh Stevenson Fittest Female Character (I would have voted for Liberty here instead of Siobhan if she was an option.) Mika Grainger Siobhan Mailey Jess Fisher Best Dramatic Episode 5.10 – Max Tyler gets all he deserves after bullying the staff in the school 5.11 – The caravan explodes after Rachel saves a pupil Funniest Character Steph Haydock Best Couple (I would have said Tom and Rose here but it's not an option) Kim and Andrew Finn and Sambuca Lorraine and Nikki

It is so painful that this is flopping, 'All Night' is so good. :(

Glad there's a few other WR fans here! :P I've watched all the series of WR - and have 1 to 6 on DVD but am aiming for the rest in the future. I agree that the early days of the show were the better. I think series 1 and 2 were amazing. 5 was also great too and 4 was really good. I found series 3 to be very poor though. Rachel is my favourite headteacher to date and the actress was suited perfectly to the role. Jack was also good, the first couple of series were so intense with Jack, and then Andrew and Kim :lol: and it focused on the staff's lives just as much as the pupils which was good. I found series 6 onwards to be pretty poor, I did not like Karen as the head teacher at all. It seemed to be really good characters got incredibly weak storylines and any good storylines kind of just fizzled out. The whole thing with Bex could have been so much more dramatic than it was. I didn't mind Michael as a headteacher, I think the show improved slightly towards the latter half of his stint, and now it kind of fluctuates. Characters I think are good for the show at the moment are: Christine, Connor, Nikki, Sonya, Audrey, Kasey, Barry, Maggie and Lula. The ones I don't think add much to the show are Imogen, Simon (He's basically just a weak Max trying to overthrow the head), I also think Harley's ran his course as well now. It's a shame that many of the characters are so one dimensional, like the twins for example. I know they've been put in for a purpose to stir things up but people often have more than one side to them. Out of the current teachers, although I was sad to lose Tom, he was kind of a non-event by the end. Characters like Sonya and Audrey, although annoying, you can't help but kind of like them because they always mean well, I don't feel they would get old as both seem quite versatile. Christine is good, pretty much what you'd expect from a stressed out headteacher, and her story previous series' was good. Sad to lose Grantly obviously, he was always such a great grump! I still remember the time he made a door out of cardboard. :lol: Maggie is great and I hope she stays for a while as she has good relationships with both the kids and the teachers. Sue Spark could be really interesting but she seems to have one dimension which is a shame. I don't think that she's shading Lorna, maybe slightly in the relationship stakes but only a small amount. She reminds me more of Helen Hopewell. Simon annoys me so much as a character. I feel they are rushing him into being a potential baddie too quickly and I think it would be better to be more drawn out. I think we need more cast than we currently have for both students and teachers. It is so frustrating to see such watered down storylines. I understand the target audience might be young but they're not 5! Meanwhile I'm sitting here with all these ideas whilst they repeat stories that have happened 5 years ago. :(

Me too :( Hopefully Alan Carr can give them a boost at the end of the week.

I agree with every word of this. -- Kingsland Road just aren't likable, I can see them being the new Misha B being in the bottom 2 frequently but being continuously saved. If Gaga performs 'Applause' next week... :lol:

They're murdering the rather epic 'Try'!

Nooo. I don't want Shelley to go! Both of the bottom two make me cringe but at least Shelley is funny. Kingsland Road are AWFUL.

Katy looks great! Two quite good vocals tonight from both performers.

Robin Thicke creeps me out.

She does seem to still be uploading stuff onto her Youtube channel, like this for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDMs8Bd-pp4 :lol: -- I would prefer for James Arthur to get #1 this week. Lorde grates on me a bit but I wouldn't complain if 'Counting Stars' got there either.

Rihanna is another one, with 'Stay' reaching #4 and being a big seller, and then 'Pour It Up' peaking at #45 (Though that might change again this week).

Ooft. This was such a tune. Well, all three of her singles were. I've been waiting too long for new Yasmin material that will probably never come.

Top 3: Tamera, Hannah, Shelley Bottom 2: Abi, Sam C Flash vote: YAY

Hope Kingsland Road go home tomorrow. They make me cringe so hard. Tamera was amazing :wub: . Abi was awful.

I believe the last time The Wanted performed was with 'Lightning'. I hope 1D come out on top as they are BY FAR the superior boyband IMO.