TEAM GARY
1. Marcus Collins - Are You Gonna Go My Way? (Lenny Kravitz)
If you're offering, Marcus. He gave it his all and was clearly out of his comfort zone; more glam rock than rock; more diva sass than rock n roll. But bless him he turned it up to 11 and sang it well.
TEAM KELLY
2. Janet Devlin - Sweet Child O Mine (Guns N Roses/Taken By Trees)
Taking her cues from the latter version, Janet does her "thing", i.e. copycat cutesy covers of cutesy covers. It's not exactly in the spirit of rock week, but was actually the best her voice has sounded. Although bits made me cringe, I didn't hate it. However, her VT made her look far from a sweet child o anybody's, and a bit of a petulant bitch, so I ain't buying. Loving how Louis commented on how she wasn't over-stylised with the hair, when she looked like Rebekah Brooks meets Crystal Tipps.
TEAM LOUIS
3. Sami Brookes - If I Could Turn Back Time (Cher)
Firstly, I love this song, but to deny it's become a cruise ship/karaoke classic is, at the very least, naive. So Louis Walsh continues to torch the career of his acts, and again turns to the charts from three decades ago. Sami's timing was out at the beginning, having missed out the second line, but I seem to be the only one who noticed. Including Sami. She did her best to over-sing it like a true rocker would (?!) and there were glimmers of a rock edge to her voice that could have been better served by a different song. As it was, Sami cruises on for another week. Hopefully.
TEAM TULISA
4. Rhythmix - Tik Tok/Push It (Ke$ha/Salt n Pepa)
Yes, rock week. Tulisa justifies it by adding guitars. For starters, they missed a trick by not doing Eurythmics for the pun alone; which isn't exactly rock, but is thrash metal compared to Ke$ha. Adding guitars to a pop/RnB song does not a rock song make, especially when mashed up with a 2nd RnB song. Their vocals were, at best, ropey anyway, so this is the first true car crash of the night. Prepare for a bit of a pile-up.
TEAM KELLY
5. Sophie Habibis - Livin' on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Ouch! And I thought Marcus was out of his comfort zone tonight. Sophie does her "thing", i.e. suck the life out of a breezy anthem, and the "woah-OH"s on the chorus were not pretty. Pretty awful, one might say. But I wouldn't stoop so low. Car crash #2.
TEAM GARY
6. Craig Colton - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Oasis)
Again, I love this song. I was retweeted (and replied to) by the one and only X Factor legend Rowetta for pointing out that she was the only one to successfully pull off a cover of this song. Even the mighty Leona Lewis managed to turn it into a dirge. On that front, this version managed to outdo Leona's. So Craig does HIS "thing", i.e. facial gurning and pointing angrily whilst over-singing in way he clearly thinks makes him sound like the male Whitney. He's not emoting, he's acting. Badly. And not singing much better. Not quite a car crash, but there are definite skid-marks.
TEAM LOUIS
7. Kitty Brucknell - Live & Let Die (Wings)
Kitty seems to be the only one to have understood rock week. But, let's face it, she'd have probably given the same performance if it had been ABBA week; all rawk screeching, pyrotechnics and DRAMA!!! Kitty's a curious one. Obviously bat-shit crazy, and not as talented as she thinks she is- but talented nonetheless, and a confident performer. You just KNOW she'd slit someone's throat if meant winning.
TEAM GARY
8. Frankie Cocozza - Rocks (Primal Scream)
Car crash #3, obviously. We see a charming VT of Frankie being a disobedient, unprofessional prick before walking on stage via b/w rockumentary footage. So THIS is what Gary Barlow sees in Frankie. He's a rock star in the boozy, womanising arsehole kind of way. Instead of, you know, singer. And, to be fair, he has that rock n roll swagger. Unfortunately, there's no vocal talent there to back it up. Gary's wisely chosen a song with little actual singing in it, so Frankie's tuneless skwawking almost fit the song. I'd rather see him fit into a meat grinder, I'm sure it'd be audibly superior for a start.
TEAM TULISA
9. The Risk - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
With guitars, obviously. So that's why Tulisa's been on the offensive tonight. I she had a third act, they'd probably perform a Timbaland song. With guitars. I actually quite liked the rockier arrangement, and their harmonies are definitely improving.
TEAM LOUIS
10. Johnny Robinson - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
God help me... Okay, so he got some of the words wrong, bits of the vocals were off, and the stage presence was... well, inappropriate. That was so many kinds of wrong, but just a little bit of right! He really can SING! Predictions of a car crash were premature. And Gary really should know better than to get into a cat fight with a queen. BOOM! Bitch goes down again!
TEAM KAREN
11. Misha B - Purple Rain (Prince)
Misha B-yond Thunderdome! Channelling Tina Turner in attitude and costume, Misha delivers the best vocal of the night. Meanwhile the judges argue about backstage bitching and bullying. Time and a place, people. I'm getting flashes of Sharon Osbourne's finale speech to Steve Brookstein. I miss Sharon.
So, in summary:
Stars: Johnny, Misha B
Good: Marcus, Kitty, The Risk
Disaster averted: Janet, Sami, Craig
Pile-up: Rhythmix, Sophie, Frankie
RESULTS SHOW
Bottom two:
TEAM LOUIS - Sami and Kitty
Sami Brookes - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
Frankly, she should be eliminated just for choosing this song, given how she's moaned about Louis's choices of cruise ship karaoke covers. The only song I can think of that's a greater example of a cruise ship karaoke song than Natural Woman is I Will Survive. That said, her vocal was absolutely flawless.
Kitty Brucknell - The Edge of Glory (Lady Gaga)
It also irritates me when people drag out their audition piece on their survival song, as Kitty has done here. However, she does give that song her own twist in a way that doesn't date it or her. You know she means business.
Gary sends home Sami.
Kelly sends home Sami.
Tulisa sends home Kitty.
Louis sends home Sami.
Whoever is voting for Frankie out there, STOP IT. It's not big and it's not clever.
1. Marcus Collins - Are You Gonna Go My Way? (Lenny Kravitz)
If you're offering, Marcus. He gave it his all and was clearly out of his comfort zone; more glam rock than rock; more diva sass than rock n roll. But bless him he turned it up to 11 and sang it well.
TEAM KELLY
2. Janet Devlin - Sweet Child O Mine (Guns N Roses/Taken By Trees)
Taking her cues from the latter version, Janet does her "thing", i.e. copycat cutesy covers of cutesy covers. It's not exactly in the spirit of rock week, but was actually the best her voice has sounded. Although bits made me cringe, I didn't hate it. However, her VT made her look far from a sweet child o anybody's, and a bit of a petulant bitch, so I ain't buying. Loving how Louis commented on how she wasn't over-stylised with the hair, when she looked like Rebekah Brooks meets Crystal Tipps.
TEAM LOUIS
3. Sami Brookes - If I Could Turn Back Time (Cher)
Firstly, I love this song, but to deny it's become a cruise ship/karaoke classic is, at the very least, naive. So Louis Walsh continues to torch the career of his acts, and again turns to the charts from three decades ago. Sami's timing was out at the beginning, having missed out the second line, but I seem to be the only one who noticed. Including Sami. She did her best to over-sing it like a true rocker would (?!) and there were glimmers of a rock edge to her voice that could have been better served by a different song. As it was, Sami cruises on for another week. Hopefully.
TEAM TULISA
4. Rhythmix - Tik Tok/Push It (Ke$ha/Salt n Pepa)
Yes, rock week. Tulisa justifies it by adding guitars. For starters, they missed a trick by not doing Eurythmics for the pun alone; which isn't exactly rock, but is thrash metal compared to Ke$ha. Adding guitars to a pop/RnB song does not a rock song make, especially when mashed up with a 2nd RnB song. Their vocals were, at best, ropey anyway, so this is the first true car crash of the night. Prepare for a bit of a pile-up.
TEAM KELLY
5. Sophie Habibis - Livin' on a Prayer (Bon Jovi)
Ouch! And I thought Marcus was out of his comfort zone tonight. Sophie does her "thing", i.e. suck the life out of a breezy anthem, and the "woah-OH"s on the chorus were not pretty. Pretty awful, one might say. But I wouldn't stoop so low. Car crash #2.
TEAM GARY
6. Craig Colton - Stop Crying Your Heart Out (Oasis)
Again, I love this song. I was retweeted (and replied to) by the one and only X Factor legend Rowetta for pointing out that she was the only one to successfully pull off a cover of this song. Even the mighty Leona Lewis managed to turn it into a dirge. On that front, this version managed to outdo Leona's. So Craig does HIS "thing", i.e. facial gurning and pointing angrily whilst over-singing in way he clearly thinks makes him sound like the male Whitney. He's not emoting, he's acting. Badly. And not singing much better. Not quite a car crash, but there are definite skid-marks.
TEAM LOUIS
7. Kitty Brucknell - Live & Let Die (Wings)
Kitty seems to be the only one to have understood rock week. But, let's face it, she'd have probably given the same performance if it had been ABBA week; all rawk screeching, pyrotechnics and DRAMA!!! Kitty's a curious one. Obviously bat-shit crazy, and not as talented as she thinks she is- but talented nonetheless, and a confident performer. You just KNOW she'd slit someone's throat if meant winning.
TEAM GARY
8. Frankie Cocozza - Rocks (Primal Scream)
Car crash #3, obviously. We see a charming VT of Frankie being a disobedient, unprofessional prick before walking on stage via b/w rockumentary footage. So THIS is what Gary Barlow sees in Frankie. He's a rock star in the boozy, womanising arsehole kind of way. Instead of, you know, singer. And, to be fair, he has that rock n roll swagger. Unfortunately, there's no vocal talent there to back it up. Gary's wisely chosen a song with little actual singing in it, so Frankie's tuneless skwawking almost fit the song. I'd rather see him fit into a meat grinder, I'm sure it'd be audibly superior for a start.
TEAM TULISA
9. The Risk - Crazy (Gnarls Barkley)
With guitars, obviously. So that's why Tulisa's been on the offensive tonight. I she had a third act, they'd probably perform a Timbaland song. With guitars. I actually quite liked the rockier arrangement, and their harmonies are definitely improving.
TEAM LOUIS
10. Johnny Robinson - I Believe In A Thing Called Love (The Darkness)
God help me... Okay, so he got some of the words wrong, bits of the vocals were off, and the stage presence was... well, inappropriate. That was so many kinds of wrong, but just a little bit of right! He really can SING! Predictions of a car crash were premature. And Gary really should know better than to get into a cat fight with a queen. BOOM! Bitch goes down again!
TEAM KAREN
11. Misha B - Purple Rain (Prince)
Misha B-yond Thunderdome! Channelling Tina Turner in attitude and costume, Misha delivers the best vocal of the night. Meanwhile the judges argue about backstage bitching and bullying. Time and a place, people. I'm getting flashes of Sharon Osbourne's finale speech to Steve Brookstein. I miss Sharon.
So, in summary:
Stars: Johnny, Misha B
Good: Marcus, Kitty, The Risk
Disaster averted: Janet, Sami, Craig
Pile-up: Rhythmix, Sophie, Frankie
RESULTS SHOW
Bottom two:
TEAM LOUIS - Sami and Kitty
Sami Brookes - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman (Aretha Franklin)
Frankly, she should be eliminated just for choosing this song, given how she's moaned about Louis's choices of cruise ship karaoke covers. The only song I can think of that's a greater example of a cruise ship karaoke song than Natural Woman is I Will Survive. That said, her vocal was absolutely flawless.
Kitty Brucknell - The Edge of Glory (Lady Gaga)
It also irritates me when people drag out their audition piece on their survival song, as Kitty has done here. However, she does give that song her own twist in a way that doesn't date it or her. You know she means business.
Gary sends home Sami.
Kelly sends home Sami.
Tulisa sends home Kitty.
Louis sends home Sami.
Whoever is voting for Frankie out there, STOP IT. It's not big and it's not clever.
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