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Our Bottom Two were prime examples. Lloyd battled his way through ‘I Kissed a Girl’ – I won’t lie, I spent most of the song clinging fearfully to my housemate wondering just how painful his lyric change would be to make it ‘suitable’ (“I kissed a boy?” “I hope my girlfriend don’t mind it?” Oh, the awkwardness!). But even ignoring the lyric-sidestep, watching a meek 16-year-old attempt a sexuality-driven song was just too uncomfortable.
We finally waved bye-bye to Rachel, who took the rather beaten-down Mary J. Blige path. Even though she hit every note out of the park in her survival song, I still found it totally believable that she was there yet again, but working out why was the tricky part. Whenever I watched her perform, I felt a wall between her and the audience – she just couldn’t connect with the emotions of her songs. On top of that, she yo-yoed between musical styles and fashion choices, only underlining her indecision to the kind of ‘artist’ she wanted to be. I mean, John and Edward may be appalling, but at least they consistently deliver high-energy crappy dance tracks. They know who they are, and this girl just didn’t.
Somebody who finally found themselves though was Lucie. Her voice slotted surprisingly well into Axl Rose’s ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ template, but was different enough not to be copycat. Conceptually, it shouldn’t have worked – but it was so satisfying to hear her wail those glory notes and do them justice. I wish she’d let go a little more, but nevertheless the girl gets top marks.
I’m not sure what Simon’s motivation was giving Danyl ‘I Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing’, which has had any power it originally possessed battered out of it by being done to death. Danyl may have been the dullest of the night, but he avoided the chop. Jamie meanwhile, though not having landed on Planet Bottom Two yet, needs to be given something meatier than watered-down-for-the-mainstream rock tracks.
I’ll give credit to Cheryl for wisely selecting Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’’ for Joe, which is making a massive comeback this year (maybe due to TV’s new musical meets High School success ‘Glee’ which, FYI, is friggin’ fantastic!). Joe effectively pulled off the cheese the number requires, but failed to capture the infusion of 80s spirit, or even replace it with something more contemporary. I’m still not won over by this boy, to me he sounds the same in each song...yet I know in my gut he’s a dark horse.
Having said that, he’s slipped from being the bookies’ post-Danyl favourite. The new likely lad? None other than Olly Murs, who got the much-coveted Pimp Spot (the closing slot of the night) which means two fabulous things for a contestant – 1) Statistical improbability (read: impossibility) to be voted out that week and 2) Producer backing to be kept in. This guy is gaining steam each week and – dare I say it – is on an upward trajectory to win the whole thing. Then again, John and Edward got the Pimp Spot last week. Why that is, I’ll leave you to ponder for yourselves.
Gooooooo Jedward!
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