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As a usual defender of Katie, even I had trouble making a case for her semi-final spot. Between a messy ‘Sex on Fire’ where her body flailed about aimlessly and a spliced ‘Everybody Hurts’ that came off as too desperate (particularly on those big notes that Michael Stipe usually delivers to chilling perfection), Katie’s voice was just not on par with her competitors’. At least it was comforting to see her accepting her fate quietly with seeming understanding, unlike past weeks where she’s been nothing short of hysterical.
Wagner’s ‘Addicted to Love’ was more of the same we’ve grown accustomed to, but the first song… at first I cried “travesty!” with the opening notes of ‘Creep’, but at least there was some pleasure to be taken in the aptness of the lyrics he delivered – not about being a ‘creep’ and a ‘weirdo’ that others referred to, but the (obviously effective) subliminal message: “What the hell am I doing here?/I don’t belong here”. Indeed, Wagner.
As for Mary, she certainly earned her bottom three spot for a double-bill of dull-and-dreck (sorry U2 and The Pretenders); neither ‘All I Want is You’ nor ‘Brass in Pocket’ best represent their respective artists’ excellent musical catalogues, but this was made worse by Mary’s pub-singer execution. I am glad though that we’ve uncovered Mary’s voter threshold – up until now, I was partly concerned that being Irish and working at Tesco was enough to win.
But let’s move on to our potential X Factor winners! Cher bounced back from her sing-off as the only act whose two performances were both equally outstanding. ‘Girlfriend’ was so fun and energetic, and yet never felt like it was drowning her out (although that rap-to-song key change was heinous) while ‘Walk This Way’ was another opportunity for her to showcase her phenomenal stage presence and confidence – not to mention some unique and vocally spot-on runs.
One Direction meanwhile went to two extremes – from ‘football chant singing’ in ‘Summer of ‘69’ to poor Niall and Louis getting short-changed in ‘You Are So Beautiful’ not singing a single lyric. At any rate, they rather convincingly are coming across as actual friends now, rather than just five boys who wish they had Justin Bieber’s career. As for Rebecca, making ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’ sound like a mid-nineties M People record was not a recipe for success, and she was just so out of her element on ‘Satisfaction’ that it made her sort of uncomfortable to watch. I’m just ready to hear her record rather than sit through two more weeks of awkward ‘deer-in-the-headlights’ performances.
While Matt’s first rock number ‘I Love Rock and Roll’ had me shouting “why are you doing this to yourself?!” at the TV, all my annoyance magically withered away by the time his second performance came around. I had never realised just how beautiful of a song ‘Nights in White Satin’ is, and his delivery was just…so…goosebump-inducing. For the first time all series, I actually felt like getting my virtual butt down to iTunes and clicking download. Brian Friedman, take note – sometimes all you need is a guitar, some atmospheric smoke and a killer voice to make the most memorable X Factor Moment.
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