Live Shows: Week Two – Diva Week (in more ways than one!)
If you thought that last week’s X Factor was good, this weeks was even better. With Whitney’s wardrobe malfunction and Cheryl bursting into tears, the weekend’s antics will definately go down in X Factor history. But enough about that – bring on Diva Week!
Lucie Jones was up first and in honour of this week’s special guest, Ms Houston, she sang ‘How Will I Know’. For me, Lucie wasn’t that great this week, but then again, it’s only week two. Simon felt that she ‘made an attempt to be younger’ and looked more like a pop star, but added that she would never be Whitney Houston. Meow Mr Cowell!
Then it was the turn of Olly Murs, who sang a Tina Turner song that I’d never heard of until now – ‘Fool In Love’. This was one of my favourite performances of the night. Cheyl thought it was the best performance he’d done so far.
Miss Frank were up next with their own version of Whitney’s ‘All The Man I Need’. Again, for me this week, the girls weren’t on the same par as last week. However, considering Louis was away, they can be forgiven. Simon wasn’t in a very forgiving mood tough, saying: “I thought it was mainly terrible”. I know it’s Diva Week, Simon, but there’s no need to take it quite so literally!
Then it was Rachel Adedeji’s turn. After being in the bottom two last week, Cheryl thought that she came back fighting this week when she sang Beyonce’s ‘If I Were A Boy’. I agree, Rachel was a lot better than last week, she just needs to bring her personality out a bit more.
Joe McElderry was next with another Whitney classic – ‘Where Do Broken Hearts Go’. This was another of this week’s performances that I really enjoyed. Simon said: “If you can sing like that at your age, you’ve got a great future ahead of you”. Here, here, Simon!
There was some controversy surrounding Danyl Johnson’s performance last week. This week, Simon took another big risk with him, by choosing a Whitney song that no one had ever heard before – ‘I Didn’t Know My Own Strength’ from her new album ‘I Look To You’. This made me question Danyl’s chances this week, but he seemed to pull off another great performance. Dannii thought it was flawless.
Lloyd Daniels was next to take to the stage with his version of Leona Lewis’ ‘Bleeding Love’. I wasn’t keen on this at first but, the more I’ve listened to it, the more it’s grown on me. Lloyd got a bit of stick from Simon, who said: “If I’m being honest with you, that song would have worked if it had lasted 15 seconds”. This upset Cheryl, who started to cry, but Lloyd rushed over and gave her a hug – bless.
Just when you thought their performances couldn’t get anymore bizarre, John and Edward performed ‘Oops I Did I Again’ by the diva that is Britney Spears. They even did the talking bit in the middle of the song, which was weird to say the least. Cheryl said: “I have to say, when it comes to a Saturday night, the act I’m always most looking forward to is you two”. Awww, that’s nice!
Next was Rikki Loney, with the Aretha Franklin anthem ‘R.E.S.P.E.C.T’ I thought Rikki made a great job of this, but Dannii didn’t think so. She said: “Vocally, it kicked in towards the end, so you’ve got to make sure that you grab us right from that opening line”.
Jamie Archer was next, putting his slant on Christina Aguilera’s ‘Hurt’. This was another of my favourite performances from Saturday, Cheryl liked it too, saying that he made the song his own.
Last but not least was Stacey Solomon, singing Beyonce’s version of Etta James’ ‘At Last’. Once again, I thought Stacey was fab and Cheryl agreed saying: “It sounded like you totally got into the zone”.
The Results
On Sunday’s show, after a great performance from Mrs Cole…
…and an equally great performance (which included a wardrobe malfunction) from Whitney Houston…
The results were in. Despite a good performance this week, Rachel was back in the bottom two along with Rikki. Simon had the deciding vote this week and it ended up that Rikki was sent home – I wasn’t expecting that one.
It’s Big Band Week next week, one of my favourite bits of X Factor. Comments and views on this weeks antics would be very much appreciated.
Ciao for now!
