Sunday, October 08, 2006

And so it begins ...

The X Factor finalists are -

16-24s (mentor - Simon Cowell)

Ashley - he does appear to have a remarkable voice, also seems to be a bit of a character.
Leonna - not sure, she is certainly striking to look at but if she goes all warbly Whitney then she'll drive me mad.
Nikitta - I love this girl, it didn't hurt that she did the Sarah McLachlan song Angel in Miami - yeah I like her a lot.
Ray - what's not to like? He has a lot of potential I think.

Overall, I think Simon got it right - I am glad we don't have to listen to cry-boy for the next however long.

The Groups (mentor - Louis Walsh)

4Sure - they seem very slick and could get to be very good.
Eton Road - high risk but they do have that really quirky looking guy.
The MacDonald Brothers - well Journey South they ain't - can't see them getting too far.
The Unconventionals - they'll have strong appeal across a large age range - I hope they do well because they'll be good at the X-factor gig next Feb.

I don't have any major issues over Louis choices - although I would have picked Eton Road over Avenue in the first place - they were JABB.

Over 25s (mentor - Sharon Osbourne)

Ben - totally unsure about this guy - he seems really nice, but he needs to get a bloody hair cut and I might be able to focus on his singing if he stopped that right hand shaking over his groin thing.
Dionne - big mistake in my view, I don't like her at all. She'll probably go and win the bloody thing now I have said that.
Kerry - I think she has a reasonable voice - but if they keep playing on her disability I think it will backfire and turn people off her - which will be a shame because she is probably top 6 material.
Robert - I think this guy has an incredible voice, could be the dark horse of the competition.

Too early to say who's gonna win clearly - but Simon looks to have 4 solid singers, Louis looking OK too - Sharon is gonna struggle to win it this year with a rather motley crew. I can't believe she sent home the young chap that cares for his Mum - I liked him a lot.

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