Did You See That

It was week four of the live finals and the theme was songs of the 21st century.

Hope gave a good performance of Back To Black. With reports of infighting, was Dannii being a stirrer by singling one of them out for praise and saying she carried the group?

Same Difference were enjoyably crazy with their rendition of “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing”. I was suprised Sharon took such umbrage at the eccentric staging. As Simon said, “it’s called entertainment”.

Alisha did a very passable homage to Corinne Bailey Rae and could easily pass for a minor pop star herself.

Leon proved yet again that he can’t dance. Give the boy a stall and tell him to stay on it. Louis told him we don’t need another Michael Buble. That’ll be why Westlife have just released a completely pointless cover of Michael Buble’s “Home” then?

Rhydian’s performance of “You Raise Me Up” was certainly the standout performance of the evening.

When the results came in, Andy and Beverley were in the bottom two.

What was up with Andy’s performance? About half way through some weird voice, like an extra terrestrial, to sing some key lines over him. I had no idea if that was deliberate or a malfunction but it sounded awful. His second performance in the showdown seemed a lot better but it was probably never going to sway the judges.

Louis Walsh was shocked Beverley was in the bottom two. I don’t know why - he picked an awful song for her. “Your Beautiful” was number one for a long time. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a well loved song. I think it’s more likely to mean it’s a song we’re all sick of.

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