Adam

'Say' was the only good thing about 'The Bucket List'

It's untrue that he has never tried the UK, they tried with Bigger Than My Body back in the day too.. and I think he's a chart success in the US, 'Say' hung around for ages and 'Waiting On The World To Change' was massive if I remember right. He is in my top 3 favourite artists, he's incredible.

I like it, disagree with the 'trumps' comment re: Saturdays. Also they don't look as personable as the Sats are.. but I wish them well.

I agree, Margaret said Debra appeared to have learned something. I disagree with that, I think she was good at selling, but she always was. She still spoke to Yasmina and James like $h!t about being project manager. I think the right person went. Lorraine is actually the person who has lost the least amount of tasks, and at this point in the competition you are looking at 10 weeks, not one. Howard has had a couple of bright moments but has otherwise been largely too quiet and cautious. Next weeks looks good - the clips for Yasmina weren't great - I hope she doesn't go though as I'd quite like to see her win (as Lorraine won't!). But then again, there were no clips of Lorraine being shown up. Either she does okay, or something REALLY bad happens and they are saving it!

Wasn't that impressed with the talent tonight, I must say 01. Gareth - LOVE ventriloqism. I don't think the act was as funny as it could have been but the talent involved in singing THAT WELL (better than Jamie!) through a dummy - wow! 02. Merlin - I actually was on the edge of my seat with the tense nature of it all - agreed with Amanda that the rope didn't appear to be burning too quickly and because it was burning through the rope rather than down towards him maybe it had less impact? 03. Shaun - A good performance but not a brilliant one - he could have hit bigger and better notes for me 04. Flawless - Clearly they are good and tight but this had nothing on the intelligence and innovativeness of Diversity for me.. 05. DJ Talent - Awful but funny awful.. love how even Simon was joining in for the 'Cowell'! 06. Hot Honeyz - I actually thought they were quite good but rank this low because essentially it's not as niche and difficult as what Flawless and co do. 07. Jamie - I knew he wasn't going to win - wasn't sure that he wouldn't be top 3 but after that awful performance he didn't deserve it - very glad with that one, just poor. 08. Drag Queen - Just plain bad. I remember really liking the drag queen last year... Great showing from Escala too. I really honestly thought Shaun had this in the bag - was surprised to see Flawless top the votes.. I just hope that because it's Susan Boyle that's the only reason Diversity didn't. And I hoped Amanda would go with Piers and make the final one of variety... at the moment we've two singers and two dance troupes... a ventriloquist would have been amazing!

Here are my rankings: 01. Sue Son - Incredibly talented and she looked SO SEXY, really was impressed, one of the few to improve on their audition 02. Diversity - Innovative, interesting, creative - both these top two acts 10/10 03. Susan Boyle - Started badly but pulled it back. Despite saying there was no pressure, there will have been. I think she lived up. 04. Faces of Disco - Had never seen these before, thought it was hilarious, don't know if it'd have had legs 05. Natalie Okri - Disappointing compared to her audition but I think she did it as well as Addictiv Ladies on X Factor 06. Julia - I mean it wasn't bad but I think sometimes less is more. Interesting that I found Sue a hell of a lot sexier. 07. Nick Hell - I cringed, I couldn't watch, I'm glad it never finished 08. Darth Jackson - Just awful. What?! Never seen him before. And glad. I am not convinced Jamie will get through tonight - expecting Shaun or Flawless to win it, Jamie may well make third but with Amanda not a fan I'm hoping he won't get through..

Loved his first album.. this has leaked kinda early, huh? Not even heard Be The One yet! Love Tonight's Today though

Nick made a good point that the team could have said to the guy 'Listen, in the name of the books, give us full price, and we'll give you 200 back from the sales of our birthpools. Then they'd have won'

Hang ON a minute, I don't think Kris said 'Adam deserves it.. I'm sorry' in the context the blog made out. He said sorry to being speechless and said Adam deserves it because he felt they both did and because he's humble. There's another reason Adam lost. At times, he along with Gokey came across as quite arrogant (not just my opinion, I've read it internet wide) - and I for one don't want to buy music of someone I don't even like as a person. People DO have to likeable, that's part of human life. I think this sexuality argument is beyond ridiculous and beyond boring. It makes me laugh that people think rounds 1 to semi final were voted based on talent, and then the final on sexuality.

lol no worries friend!

Yeah sorry I should have made it clear, I meant she was favourite to win on the night of the final :) Agree with all else you said!

Sometimes the obvious winner does take it though.. Alexandra here in the UK for example. It's good to have a mix so there doesn't become a formula. Mind you, you get 'Oh god, such a boring winner - OBVIOUS' or 'Oh my god I can't believe he didn't win, people must have asssumed he would and didn't vote' - so they can't win. Everyone always has an excuse

I don't think VV should worry about that lol, we all know she's a strong woman, I bet she relates to Debra! Totally agree with those who said Ben talked himself into it. I don't think he was going to get fired before the three of them went back in, but I think James and Debra actually gave a really good account for why they should stay and stuck up for themselves. As Sir Alan noted, Ben was just saying words with no facts or substance. It was embarassing - and he should have gone weeks ago. I'm baffled as to what they DID see in him, I saw more in Rocky! I said two weeks ago I thought Mona, James and Lorraine would be the three to go before interview. Mona was correct, and I think Lorraine will go next week I'm afraid. My ideal final would be Lorraine vs Kate, two very different sides of the coin. I think it'll be Kate vs Howard or Yasmina though.. I would prefer James in the final though, he's kind, hilarious AND shows signs on being a good businessman.

Oh for goodness sake, it's ridiculous. No-one can win these days without there being a reason. Adam is a marmite singer. For everyone who thinks his high pitched singing is ground breaking, there'll be another person (like me) who thinks it is overdramatic wailing. Kris in contrast while perhaps less exciting is GOING to appeal to a wider demographic because what he's doing is not niche and theatrical. He is definitely the more marketable to radio too. I think it's ridiculous people bring things like sexuality into it, as if people voted him into the final and then go 'oh but he cant possibly vote him to WIN.. he's ........ gay!'. Ridiculous. People just preferred the other artist.

I havent really been following this but as I've told Jark TO HIS FACE he's well wrong about the Inbetweeners. Personally I rate Skins AND Inbetweeners 9/10 or more, two of my favourite shows, doing utterly different jobs, don't get the comparison other than 'youth/school/college' theme. The humour in Inbetweeners is right up my alley, I am definitely a fan of clunge and bus w*****s :D

The person who said Heartless by Kris was unoriginal.. is that a JOKE?! Easily the most relevant, original and contemporary performance of the series. Adam started off original and is now just whiny and overdramatic. Kris Allen to WIN

100% RIGHT, Jark my man, whatever Lorraine did she couldn't win! Maybe she shouldn't been a tad more positive once it was all settled but for Philip to say 'well you didn't make it clear you didn't like it til two hours before the end' is an out and out LIE - she was the ONLY one to say she wasn't convinced and at least try to offer something different. She couldn't win!

Performances ths week Allison>Matt>Adam>Lil>Danny>Kris>Anoop>Scott But overall Matt>Kris>Adam>Allison>Lil>Anoop>Danny>Scott

TOTALLY agree with Cremey. I don't know WHY James didn't say they had utterly disregarded the one thing he asked for. I reckon Margaret must have mentioned it. He said simple, they totally ignored him - and that's where they ultimately failed. Anyone of Ben, Maj and Kim therefore should have gone

I'm the first for I Just Wanna Know... LOVE it. But then his was one of the best albums of the last few years... they are ALL amazing tracks!

Oh no, it was SO instant to me! Loved Bust Your Windows, Call Me Guilty, Dream Big, One Night Stand, Fear, Switch on first listen!

SO GOOD and I think people need to give Tinchy more credit.. his rap in this is BRILLIANT. Love the 'love, jokes, laughter', 'hot, flames, lava' and 'hurt, pain, aching' bits... really catchy and intelligent IMO.

Love Rubber Lover, have to give Kid Gloves a go!

Jason's tour must be the reason for those two EPIC rises!

Oh I forgot I ever posted here. Amazing, love her, SUCH a quality album. I would have picked this as the single, but even though it's seeming to fail, it's not over for her IMO