Live Shows: Week Four – Rollercoaster of Rock
After the comedic chaos of the previous show, I felt that this week was a lot more tense. At the start, when I saw Cheryl wearing ‘that dress’, I knew that this week was bound to be an interesting show.
Joe McElderry was up first, singing ‘Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey. I wasn’t too keen on Joe’s performance this week, purely because I didn’t think the rock style suited his voice. And as for those dancers, what was that all about?! Dannii thought his voice was exceptional and said he was an absolute star. Shows how wrong I can be, eh?
Lucie Jones was next, with one of my mum’s all time favourite songs, ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’. I thought that Lucie’s performance was great and brought out her younger, edgeier side. Louis said: “You’re one of the most versatile, consistent and professional performers in this competition”.
Then it was the turn of Danyl Johnson singing ’I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing’ and boy, was I worried for him this week. I’ve been a huge fan of Danyl’s quirky performances in the past, but this week I thought he was a shadow of his former self. Dannii thought that parts of his performance were out of tune, and I had to agree. So, I think it’s safe to say that this week was one of Danyl’s ‘off weeks’. Hopefully next week he’ll be back on track.
Now, after last week’s debacle of Simon picking a rock song on Big Band Week, you’d have thought the other judges would have learnt a lesson from it, right? Well this week, Cheryl chose the song ‘I Kissed A Girl’ for Lloyd Daniels. I felt this song was totally wrong for him and wouldn’t even class it as rock. Although Simon wasn’t too keen on Lloyd’s performance, he thought it was “a million times better than last week”. I think that’s a compliment coming from Simon!
Stacey Solomon was up next and she was finally given some movement! I thought her version of ‘Somewhere Only We Know’ was really good and Cheryl agreed, but wants to see more personality coming from Stacey during her performances. Good call, Mrs Cole.
Then it was the turn of soon-to-be rock legend, Jamie Archer. I thought he seemed really comfortable on stage this week as he sang ‘Get Your Rocks Off’, not everyone agreed though. Louis said: “There are a hundred guys singing what you do in pubs tonight, you’re like a Lenny Kravitz impersonator”. Oh dear!
Rachel Adedeji was next, singing the U2 classic ‘One’. Her performance was a lot more mellow than last week’s, but I still thought that she did a good job of it. Simon thought that Rachel had turned into a clone of Dannii this week and Danni fought back saying that Rachel had tried to get her hair like his, but “there wasn’t enough hairspray!” Touche, Miss Minogue!
It was then time for probably one of the most talked about groups in X Factor history – John and Edward. They sang ‘We Will Rock You’, complete with fire and masses of guyliner. Dannii said: “I do look forward to seeing you every week, but I’m not sure that I would look forward to hearing you on the radio”. Well said, Dannii.
Last but not least was Olly Murs. He sang ‘Come Together’ and exposed a bit of flesh in the process – whey! Louis was full of praise for Olly saying: “I think you’re in the final three”. Bold words there, Louis, but I hope your prediction is right!
The Results
After truly rocking performances from Bon Jovi…
and the return of X Factor faves JLS…
…the results were in. This week, Rachel and Lloyd faced elimination and the judges vote was sent to deadlock as they couldn’t make a decision. The contestant with the fewest public votes was Rachel, meaning that we had to say goodbye to her. After being in the bottom two for the third time, this girl had certainly been through the mill, but I hope it won’t be the last we see of Rachel.
Right I’m off to psych myself up for next week’s show but before I go, I must congratulate Cheryl for being number one in both the single and album charts – you go girl!
Ciao for now!
