Did You See That

It was Big Band week on X Factor, and usually that means the usual selection of swing standards, and that was there to some extent but also they threw in some curve balls like Pink’s “Get The Party Started” (performed by Rhydian)  and Madonna’s “Hanky Panky” (performed by Hope).

FutureProof performed “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”, which according to Simon is an Andy Williams classic. Hello? How about some credit for the original recording artist to have a hit with it, Franki Valli.  Louis was in particularly scathing mood, saying the middle three of the five-piece group were OK but he didn’t like the “two book-ends”.

Rhydian’s performance was magnificently over the top. Sounded to me like a few bum notes but I’m probably not qualified to say for sure. Alicia at last managed a performance that had some life about it and was rewarded by not being in the bottom two for the first time.  Same Difference were their usual happy selves with a rendition of “Reach”. They’re always bright and bubbly so its hard form an emotional connection with their performances. Louis said they were destined for panto. I’d say Butlins would be closer to the mark.

Andy did a great job with the Bacharach classic, “This Guy’s In Love” - which Louis oddly called “obscure”. He seems more and more detached from reality each week.

Beverly and Niki made sure the over-25s were well represented with two great performances although Beverly got the better comments from the judges.

Simon said earlier in the night that Rhydian’s performance has the best series so far, but then went on to say Hope’s Hanky Panky was his favourite of the night, which must have meant that was his new favourite of the series. It seemed the public didn’t share his enthusiasm for it because Hope were in the bottom two along with Simon’s other group, FutureProof.

Louis and Sharon both voted to keep Hope before Dannii voted to keep FutureProof. Call me cynical but I’d suggest she did solely to put Simon in the position of having to choose between the groups. He looked like the decision pained him but I think he knows this about making a good TV show more than anything else, and he eventually came down in favour of Hope, thus consigning FutureProof to the history books.