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The X Factor 2008

I thought Rachel gave a better performance in the sing off but Simon was right, it was her third time in the bottom 3 so she was never going to win because she didn't have the public vote
 
Miss Potter said:
I thought Rachel gave a better performance in the sing off but Simon was right, it was her third time in the bottom 3 so she was never going to win because she didn't have the public vote
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She did give the better performance. In fact, she's tons better than the by bland. But then those judges love that kind of pap, so hardly surprising. Not that I think Rachel lived up to her promise or anything, but she's better than those boring mannequins.
 
Morning. I watched this at 3 am when I was far too pissed to post.

Alex was amazing. Without wanting to sound like eyebags-she looked and sounded like a star and they're right, she doesn't get enough credit. She hasn't had a bad week since it started unlike everyone else.

I love Diana and I thought her version of patience was really good. Sorry but I think she's great and her and Alex for me are the only 2 that have a chance of a chart career apart from the cheesy covers album market that J20 and rock chick chicky rock will appeal to.

Egham was ok ish but the choir did completely drown out all the tough notes so we have no idea whether he can hit them but I suspect not. :rolleyes:

Rachel was crap and I'm glad she's gone. J20 or Egham next please. :cool:
 
I also watched this drunk at 3am and thus am now having to watch it again to remember what happened/see the results that I fell asleep for. I thought they all did pretty well - maybe that says more about Take That's songs than the people in it though. I can't stand the foetus boy though, his eyebrows make me angry. I like Diana and Alex the best.

Seeing Same Difference again was like a recurring nightmare coming back after you thought it had gone for good. I had blocked their existence from my mind. I would have loved it if Louis had said after their song that he still thought they were shite.
 
sparklefish said:
Is that because you like him or because you think he'll win? Surely Alexandra would win over him, she was fantastic last night. :confused:
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No, I don't like him and I agree Alexandra should win, because she is by far the best, but the best doesn't always win. Eoghan has the Irish vote and the old granny vote (now that Daniel has gone).

Apparently he has been getting the most votes each week (someone said earlier on this thread).

Look how Leon Jackson won last year, and the year before that (when Leona won) Ray came second. The public seem to like young cute male singers.
 
Geri said:
No, I don't like him and I agree Alexandra should win, because she is by far the best, but the best doesn't always win. Eoghan has the Irish vote and the old granny vote (now that Daniel has gone).

Apparently he has been getting the most votes each week (someone said earlier on this thread).

Look how Leon Jackson won last year, and the year before that (when Leona won) Ray came second. The public seem to like young cute male singers.
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:( You're right, I just don't want to believe it. :(
 
Geri said:
No, I don't like him and I agree Alexandra should win, because she is by far the best, but the best doesn't always win. Eoghan has the Irish vote and the old granny vote (now that Daniel has gone).

Apparently he has been getting the most votes each week (someone said earlier on this thread).

Look how Leon Jackson won last year, and the year before that (when Leona won) Ray came second. The public seem to like young cute male singers.
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Yeah; and with Gary Glitter's finger on the re-dial button.
 
Ha! I am the pop picking maestro!
X Factor finalists furious over choice of winner's song

The remaining X Factor finalists are reportedly angry about the song which has been selected for the winner of this year's series.

It's been leaked that the winner will record a cover of Leonard Cohen's single Hallelujah, which has already been performed by Diana Vickers during the early stages of the show.

After her performance Louis Walsh said that she had 'made it totally her own' which has led to accusations of favoritism.

Diana has already caused controversy after she was allowed to skip a week of the competition due to illness. Simon Cowell also told guests at a charity dinner that she was his choice to win the series.

An X Factor insider told the Daily Mirror: "Tempers are running high. They feel it is just the latest in a series of stunts that have left them wondering if the competition has already been won.

"Many suspect producers are paving the way for Diana to win and there is nothing they can do. They feel even if the public put her in the bottom two, the judges will always save her."

Yahoo news
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She sang that song magnificently and it's a sure fire hit, pop-pickers
 
Better than the usual shite they sing, but a bit depressing for a Christmas Number 1, no?

Alexandra has been growing on me and I'd like her to win it now (she's never put in a bad performance and she seems more fun / interesting than Leona ever was).
 
Tactically, Diana winning is good for the show because it shows that they can produce something different from the usual mainstream warblers.
 
I see Alexandra doing Kylie-style gigs. She doesn't need a last name, just 'Alexandra'.

Diana is a little bit like Kate Nash. Entertaining for a few weeks, but then it's a bit get this off of my ipod before I attack the person sitting next to me on the bus. And would she please comb her hair already. I reckon she thinks she's Cassie from Skins.
 
Hallelujah is so copying Jason Castro from American Idol.

That is really crap that they're using something Diana has already sung, seems really unfair. I'd protest. This is making me actually want to vote. :oops:
 
catrina said:
Diana is a little bit like Kate Nash. Entertaining for a few weeks, but then it's a bit get this off of my ipod before I attack the person sitting next to me on the bus.
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Agree. Thought she was great to begin with but the Dolores Cranberries voice is coming through more and more each week and the bare feet/hand gestures are really starting to iritate me now :mad:
 
I'm disappointed they're gonna have Hallelujuh as the winners song, tbh. I really really love the song and can just imagine how overplayed it's going to become and I don't want to end up hating it :(

And yeah, of course it's totally geared towards that bloody scarecrow screecher Diana winning. It's not really a song for someone with a big voice is it - can't imagine Alexandra or Ruth singing it.
Eggham maybe.
But i reckon it's gonna be them to in the final anyway - Diana and the eggman. Hurrah :rolleyes: :(
 
editor said:
Tactically, Diana winning is good for the show because it shows that they can produce something different from the usual mainstream warblers.
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hmm. although Cheryl did set up quite a good image for Diana (original for X Factor, but basically Peaches Geldof-esque look used by 50% of UK schoolgirls), it has progressed nowhere and actually has ended up limiting any development. so not only is she completely boring now but also unbelievabaly irritating - with her crap 'i'm out of Midsummer Nights Dream' hand movements and strangled Cranberries voice
 
maximilian ping said:
hmm. although Cheryl did set up quite a good image for Diana (original for X Factor, but basically Peaches Geldof-esque look used by 50% of UK schoolgirls), it has progressed nowhere and actually has ended up limiting any development. so not only is she completely boring now but also unbelievabaly irritating - with her crap 'i'm out of Midsummer Nights Dream' hand movements and strangled Cranberries voice
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I preferred Diana at the beginning before they start fiddling about with her image.
 
I can imagine the repertoire Diana should have, and it isn't Yellow or that U2 song, both of which showed up how far she strays from the key centre of the song in her ornamentations. She doesn't have the range of Kate Bush, but that's the sort of genre she should be in. Not, sadly, the repertoire she'll be given.
 
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