Live Shows: Week Six – Louis Gets The Rule Book Out Again
The remaining X Factor finalists had to make sure that they were on their game this week, as they were joined by rock royalty. Yes, this week was all about Queen (that’s the band, not the monarch, as Jedward correctly pointed out!) and it was time to find out whether the remaining acts would rock our socks off.
Jamie Archer took to the stage first, with his rendition of ‘Radio Gaga’. Once again, I thought he made the whole thing look effortless, Dannii thought that although he rocked the crowd – he didn’t perform to his full potential.
Lloyd Daniels was next, singing ‘Crazy Little Thing Called Love’. I wasn’t that blown away by Lloyd’s performance, but Simon felt that he was starting to lighten up and thought he was better than last week.
Next up was Olly Murs, who sang ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. Despite breaking his finger this week, Olly didn’t seem to be phased by it and I enjoyed his performance. Louis compared him to Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow and Will Young, adding: “I think you’ve got it all”.
After his rather musical-like performance last week, Joe McElderry sang ‘Somebody To Love’, which I think is one of the hardest Queen songs to sing. He made a great job of it though, but Louis felt that the choir in Joe’s performance ‘helped’ him. This caused Simon to mock Louis, which was highly entertaining.
Then it was time for the return of John and Edward, who sang ‘Under Pressure/Ice Ice Baby’. I thought they did alright with this song, although their rapping seemed to be a tad out of time in certain parts. However, Cheryl congratulated them on making the most of this opportunity (in other words, enjoy it while it lasts!) Calvin Harris also stormed the stage during their performance – only on X Factor eh?!
Stacey Solomon was next up, singing ‘Who Wants To Live Forever’. I must confess, I’d never heard this song before Saturday, but thought that Stacey hit all the right notes. Simon said: “That was, by a mile, the best performance of the night so far”.
Danyl Johnson closed this week’s show with ‘We Are The Champions’. In his VT, Danyl worried about being perceived as cocky or arrogant during his performance. Louis reassured him by saying: “There’s nothing wrong with being arrogant and confident at all, if you’ve got the talent to back it up, and tonight – you proved that you’ve got it all”.
The Results
On Sunday, we were treated to great performances from Shakira…
…and the 12 X Factor finalists who are releasing ‘You Are Not Alone’ to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
After that, the results were in. We saw Lloyd and Jamie in the bottom two this week, and the result of that was another shocker – Jamie was gone.
And, as if that wasn’t enough, next week we will be in the presence of two divas – Mariah Carey and Susan Boyle! Can’t wait!
Ciao for now!
