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So, there we have it. The BIG TWIST. Each judge had to send home an act from their own category. And, after Saturday’s surprisingly high-standard show, it seemed obvious as to who should go. Jonjo from the Overs, James from the Boys, Nu Vibe from the Groups and Sophie from the Girls. Easy. Alas, in another blood-pressure-rising weekend, this didn’t happen.
OK, so it wasn’t all bad, they did get 2 of them right. After nearly falling out with me forever last week, Louis avoided my wrath this week after he put Sami through straight away. He could have done anything after that for all I cared; I could have even coped with another “I discovered JLS” moment. Other people, however, seem to be somewhat enraged that Kitty survived. Really? She’s not particularly likeable, but Saturday’s performance proved that she can sing, even if there were a few too many bum notes. Other people also seem shocked that Johnny was saved. So Jonjo is a better singer, but wouldn’t we all rather see Johnny again? “It costs a lot to look this cheap, Gary.” Nuff said.
Gary also did well, with Craig (Saturday’s best performer), Marcus and Frankie staying in. Personally, I would have preferred Frankie to have been thrown back to the hedge that he constantly looks like he’s been dragged through, but I was never naïve enough to hope for that to happen. And, let’s face it, James is no great loss to the competition. He couldn’t even be saved by a last-minute sob story or Gary taking note of the fact that he was the only one with an instrument on stage. Come on, all he did was strum a guitar a bit. Jedward could have done that.
So, it was so far so good. Onto teary Tulisa, however, and things took a downturn. How dare she knock out 2 Shoes! She claimed that Nu Vibe sounded worse on the telly than they did in the studio. Well, our shiny boxes didn’t seem to affect anybody else’s performance. Heavens, just how good were Craig and Janet if all the performances sounded worse than they did in the studio? Adele better watch out.
Goodness, Nu Vibe’s performance was all over the place: everyone was singing in different keys, some of them sang pretty well and others just plain didn’t, and when they came together for the harmonies it was like listening to a scratched Boyzone CD. And an unscratched Boyzone CD would have been bad enough.
As usual, the Girls were left to hear their fates last and, as usual, I was left feeling a bit gutted at the decision. True, this was the hardest category to choose from, with all 4 of them being far better than most of the others. But I’m sorry, Amelia is a far better singer than Sophie, and has far more potential to be a recording artist. Kelly obviously sees something in Sophie that few others can. Yes, she’s good, but if you compare Saturday’s performance to her judges’ houses performance, it’s almost impossible to believe that they’re the same singer; she doesn’t have a clear enough style of her own. Thankfully, Janet and Misha are still in. For now.
So that’s another week over, another shock exit and another case of Dermot being dreary (is it just me who finds themselves looking round him?) Hopefully, next week, with the public back in charge, we should be in for a calmer weekend, and hopefully one where the theme is a bit better than this week’s UK v US theme; they may as well have said to them: ‘just sing a song’. Of course, even this proved to be difficult for Nu Vibe…
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