After three weeks of elimination favourites being sent packing, punters are hoping Jack Walton continues the trend and they don’t get a Halloween fright when the bottom of the vote is revealed tonight.
Producers have shown no more than nominal interest in Jack from the off: a wildcard choice who was put in the Strictly overlap for weeks 1 and 2, and whose staging has progressively worsened. Spoilers revealed by Heisenberg and other commenters suggest that trend will continue. He fully deserves his place at the head of the market, though he’s a bit too short for us to tip given the switch away from the expected single elimination format.
His song choice ‘Bleeding Love’ may be difficult for him to pull off. It’s been a popular choice for the show, covered by the likes of Matt Cardle and Sam Bailey. Lloyd Daniels was even more limited than Jack in his vocal range and got away with it, but was given helpful staging, vocals on the backing track, overly harsh criticism from Simon, and tears plus a hug from mentor Cheryl.
The rationale behind this week’s twist of an immediate Saturday-night elimination followed by a traditional Sunday-night singoff, is first and foremost a ratings ploy, but it also gives Cowell a chance to clear the show of some of its dead wood, having criticised some dreadful performances. Based on what we’ve seen so far, producers have no interest in keeping Jack around for week 5, but punters are now relying on him propping up the phone vote tallies.
Next up in the elimination market are Only the Young, singoff survivors from last week but singled out for criticism for their tuneless rendition of ‘Winner Takes It All’. They are relying on the fun ‘Monster Mash’ this week, which they know well. It puts them in with a chance of bouncing out of danger, but an unhelpful production could undo any perceived advantage.
It will be interesting to see how much their VT focuses on the vocals from last week’s singoff. If there are highlights of the worst moments, and the mocking it received from Cowell and the press, it won’t be a good sign. Their last two VTs have been incredibly negative, with the focus on moaning and bickering.
Someone else Cowell singled out for criticism last Sunday was Lola Saunders after her disastrous performance of ‘When You Believe’. He had been more honest than the other judges on Saturday night, so it was a concern for her that he returned to the subject on Sunday. Her regional vote and tears on stage may have seen her vote hold up reasonably well, but she’ll have to redeem herself tonight in the eyes of producers and neutral viewers.
What works in her favour is that the two acts mentioned above have been softened up over the last two weeks, and the competition is rather male-dominated, but the pressure is on for her rendition of ‘Crazy’.
Paul Akister has also shortened in the elimination market this week despite recent positive treatment. Producers may want to cut him loose at some point but he’s served a couple of uses up till now: he fishes for votes in the same pool as Andrea Faustini; and he’s one of the better singers left. Up till now, his VTs have suggested he has some way to go in a journey of coming out of his shell. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s a suggestion that ‘Bat Out of Hell’ represents the end of that process.
Jay James has been cited as another possible singoff contender, even though his coverage has also been overwhelmingly positive for the last few weeks. His song choice of ‘Mad World’ plays to his style of singing, whether you love or hate his shtick.
At similar odds, it makes more sense for Stereo Kicks to fall back into the danger zone given that they are coming off a sympathy bounce from week 2 singoff survival. Fellow boyband Union J bounced and fell for five consecutive weeks back in 2012. Obviously, producers have done their best to promote the idea of rebooting the eightpiece experiment, and that seemed highly successful last week.
They are going to have to make just as much effort this week. ‘Everybody’ is a popular and fun Halloween tune, though it will be interesting to see if they change the repeated references to original artists The Backstreet Boys in the lyrics.
The one act I haven’t yet come to who features prominently in elimination markets is Stevi Ritchie. Given the evidence that he can deliver ‘Music of the Night’, I’m not seeing it as his ‘Creep’ moment – the song given to novelty equivalent Wagner to finish him off in 2010. Rather, I think producers will go all out to keep him in the competition for a while longer. His Harvester date with Cowell this week should provide some VT gold.
Of the others, I’m very interested in the treatment of Ben Haenow after last week’s mixed messages. Song choice ‘Highway to Hell’ suggests he’s in a holding pattern right now. ‘Relight My Fire’ has been used to deramp in the past, and is a tricky one for public favourite Andrea Faustini, whilst I’m expecting nothing but positivity to surround Lauren’s ‘Dark Horse’ and Fleur’s ‘Thriller’.
It should be an intriguing show indicating how producers long-term hopes are evolving. Do keep letting us know your thoughts below.
Jack will def be the main target tonight. I agree with the rest too, Only The Young and Lola are in danger too. Stevi should be safe as he knows that song but maybe it will bore people?
I just get the feeling that they’d like to get rid of one of the overs too at this point. Everyone has already lost an act and with Jack probably going today or tomorrow all other mentors will only have 2 acts left bare Simon. I’d say that Stevi won’t be targeted and same for Fleur.
I’ve said it before but I think they werer testing who polls better between Jay and Ben, both had the pimping slot and both got mixed messages. Ben more, even his mentor critisized him for the song choice last week. Highway to Hell will prov feature lots of fire and that can be dangerous (remember Kye Sones’ Save the World?).
So I could see a deramp of Ben and maybe shock exit.
Lyrics alert:
Like a bat out of hell I’ll be gone when the morning comes.
No one remembers the “like a sinner before the gates of heaven I’ll come crawling on back to you” part. And I think the song is too big for him. He’s sweet. The song is not. It’s about running away from a dead end town, crashing a bike and dying in a ditch.
Re Lola, I think they won’t give up on her just yet, even only for the simple reason of not creating a cock fest with only Lauren and Fleur left amongst all the sausages.
On a first thought this makes sense but on the other hand you could think the same in 2012 when last girl Ella was gone leaving 5 male contestants.
Yup and I can’t imagine they want the 2012 shambles again!!
I think Ben is on a deramp. They’ve chosen a ‘dad rock’ lane for him it seems. It could have been so easy to make him more accessible – vocally he’s quite similar to luke friend. Although he couldn’t pull off that same act as age isn’t on his side, he’s better looking and not-quite-over-the-hill-yet. He could quite easily be switching up songs to suit his style ala JJ but instead he’s lumbered with dated songs from the same genre. It seems like producers are firmly with JJ and with ‘Highway to Hell’ I can’t see that changing any opinions.
Good write up – all signal, no noise
Regarding win market, I spoke to people at work. Gemerally they like Lauren and they love Andrea. Attempts to deramp seem to have failed.
It was never going to be achieved over a few weeks
The deramp is ongoing though, there’s still weeks and weeks for it to take effect. I really don’t see him being that difficult to take down, once it gets to the final they could easily big up the Italian vs Brit thing and bring out the patriots to vote for Lauren to win.
Yeah cos lauren is the only one that can beat him :s
I think it’s a Janet Devlin style deramp with Andrea – a slow burn rather than a quick kill. I await his rendition of Mmm Bop with interest.
Jack appears to be very much target number one which, in turn, surely means they’re relying on Stereo Kicks to provide the young eye candy (so I expect Barclay particularly to be pushed forward a bit more).
Target two is less clear – Lola has a difficult song which she could struggle with but personally I agree with those who say it’s Ben v Jay. Ben would be a shock exit but I’m not sure whether they would back Jay over him? Jay has had a chance of sorts and failed to succeed in the record contract world so why would he fair better this time around?
Jack is clearly the main target this week – the only question being if they get him tonight or through the sing off tomorrow. I backed him to be next to go earlier in the week, and whilst it seems most likely I’m not risking topping it up yet.
OTY have been given a song they know well and should be fun – but the question is whether they can pull off the vocals live. If they do they should be fine, but if they don’t will the comments refer to the fact that they should have done much better because they know the song? Given their performances last weekend anything less than good could be jumped on.
Next at risk is Lola. Given the song choice I don’t think that they’re aiming the bus at her, but this must be the last chance. She has quite a soulful voice, so the song choice might suit her, particularly if they go for a slightly slower tempo and stripped back arrangement. Lola of course could step out in front of the bus.
Is Stevi actually going to prove that he can sing better than he has been letting on? Presumably people have been voting for him as a joke act that can’t sing but is entertaining. If he suddenly starts singing to reasonable standard are the wider audience going to start questioning what on earth is going on? He might get away with it on the flash vote tonight but this could open up a real can of worms.
I would expect SK to lose some votes after Jake Sims drug tweets on the front page of the Sun. Whether it will push them b2 is a different matter but it may encourage tptb to actively target elsewhere.
A good point made on ds about Bat Out of Hell – it’s an eight minute song. Is it possible to cut it down to 90-120 seconds without ruining it?
I’m looking forward to hearing what he does with it but if he trirs to do it like the original then he may have some problems.
Simon’s sing off comment and Only the Young out of tune shown in the introduction…
OT but that’s some frock Cheryl’s wearing.
Ben first then. But the performances and judges scoring have finished on Strictly.
Last three are OTY, Stereo Kicks and Stevi, which is surprising and worrying for Stevi.
Ben Haenow:
Lola Saunders:
Fleur East:
Jack Walton:
Jay James:
Andrea Faustini:
Lauren Platt:
Paul Akister:
Only the Young:
Stereo Kicks:
Stevi Ritchie:
Interesting running order.
Well Ben’s safe. That rocked. Loved it. Much better than his soul and blues. Mel is right. He was seriously sexy.
Definitely a green light for Ben there. Good performance, great comments and on-message VT.
Actually think being in the middle is the best placed to be but much better being earlier than later too. Ben was very good but his lighting was all over the gaffe, but aside from that very positive.
Other than being in the death slot there’s no sign of a deramp for Ben. Great VT as reiterated by Simon with him ‘going’ home, strong staging, vocally he was on point plus Simon pleaded for votes.
Big time reinforcement of the “looking after mum” angle from the VT in the comments there. Can’t see Ben at any risk.
Ben should be fine after that. 4 judge standing ovation, and 2 judges ask the audience to vote for Ben. I think being first has to be an advantage for surviving the elimination tonight as well.
Ben first, Fleur third – could Lola be favourite sandwiched now?
Very possibly. Not sure this performance is really going to help her either.
Interesting that Lola and Jack are sandwiched between 3 big hitters in the Ben, Fleur & Andrea. Could see them being in danger?
Spider web t-shirt for Lola. Is she a target this week?
Such mixed messages from the producers. Lola had a very good VT, but this is awful, and she’s the one wearing the cobweb top. A back up incase Jack escapes?
Ben great, Lola struggling here and song seems light, no soul
Spider’s web bodice for Lola. Lots of long shots. She didn’t crash the vocal but not great though. All the geordie’s shout from Louis and flannel from the judges. Should be enough.
Louis did his usual all Geordies will vote for you to Lola, but aside from that more positive for Lola too.
Lola firmly back on script. Great judges comments. Nice regional vote namecheck from Louis. Major anticipation in the VT. Boyfriend shot = check. Mic pack fail = nailed. Green light.
“you’re confident now” “you’ve got your swag back” “like a true pro” #journeyover And she’s wearing a spider’s web.
It was considerably better than last week but still audibly shaky. She was great for the first 20 seconds but after that the vocal was unclean.
#cherylsideboob
My mom was all praises for Lola and kept saying how much she loved seeing the shy, geordie girl “command the stage”. Whatever they did, it worked.
I see this as a positive week for Lola before being disposable next week
Judging by numbers going on tonight. VTs tight and focussed and judges scripts being kept
Oh, and “Geordies *are gonna* vote for you” = they’re already voting. Compare and contrast with the invocation for people to pick up the phone and vote for Ben (this week in leather – phwoar).
Is it just me that thought lola was terrible? I know alongside the glowing vt and perfect judges comments it will mean very little but that performance was giving me boot camp vibes from her again. I’m not understanding why they want her to do so well at all.
Loads of people on Twitter thought it was bad, I just did a quick qualtitative sentiment analysis, reactions are about 60-40 on the side of bad.
“Hardest working” comment for Fleur. The home videos are being hauled out early aren’t they??? Could Stevie come off worse as everyone is visiting their families except him… whose going to a Harvester with Simon.
I’m not buying the confident now narrative though. She’ll crash again.
Thriller is too much for Fleur I think personally
I thought that was VERY average. Don’t rate her voice at all….
WOW. Shit just got real. Mel a little off script there?
Fleur’s vocal was a little exposed for me. It was alright, but imagine what Misha B would have delivered with it (and probably still come bottom regardless)…
Louis’ comments were so positive but Fleur vocally was not great so could end up being slightly negative. The rest of the judges comments were good though and more truthful
I was glad when she started dancing because the singing was very average
Fleur’s vocal was poor.
Cheryl calls her an entertainer. Ouch.
Good dancing but….
Simon smells danger.
“I’m praying the public will agree with me…” – didn’t go quite as far as ‘vote for Fleur’ from Simon but close.
Poor Fleur. She’s not MJ. First week I don’t like her, but in fairness she had an awful lot to take on. Is that going to be a problem for her, or is her performance going to save her? I honestly don’t know.
Jack’s waiting to connect like he did in the auditions… the ‘journey completed’ alarm is going off.
No family link either for him.
Jack. Northern, northern, northern.
Red and Blackjack. I’ll give you that for free as a headline.
She’s got the x factor. Only one left in with it. The voters will appreciate that performance even though the vocals were not great
Red and black for Jack. I’m not 100% confident they’re going to knock him out tonight though, so I certainly don’t intend to get involved in the betting for tonight’s elimination.
That was Nuking By Numbers. Bye Jack.
This is poor all round for Jack. VT makes him look like a whinger, poor performance, poor comments.
Jack the best for me so far, certainly in terms of making an emotional connection – despite red and black, he had a lot of close-up time, his eyes were accentuated, he looked great, I liked his vocal (compare to Lola and Fleur) and I think the unbalanced criticism will motivate votes…
Maybe over the top nuking?
OK, they’re not going down ‘journey completed’ route. Messy staging, bizarre dancer, going in completely the wrong direction… slight argument between Mel and Simon.
“I want EVERYBODY NORTHERN to vote tonight!”
Stuff the Southerners, then.
Yes Jack was actually decent compared to Lola. I liked his comments at the end too
Ooooh jack having a little rant!
TPTB won’t like that. Probably knows he’s getting the boot.
I always wondered how aware are the acts of TPTB’s intentions
Poor (cute, northen and 1D-friend) Jack… I felt second-hand embarrassment while that girl was biting him
I’ve already put money on Jack. I hope I haven’t become arrogant.
Jack’s off.
Whining about mobement on stage to Ben, who moved on stage. Poor performance, unsuitable song, blah blah blah. If not tonight then tomorrow.
Jack did get a typical nuking – not too sure whether it came over as too much with three judges laying into him but they were nice-but-not in turn. Not sure how it will come across to be honest – from a personal point of view I think he was better than lola and fleur.
Hmm, Jay getting the dad edit? Though they’re really pushing the navy angle and spoke to his wife prior to Simon’s introduction for a family link.
I’m too unsure about how the fact that someone is getting eliminated tonight is going to mess with the dynamic of the voting that I really could not bet on Jack at this time. I’m going to wait until that is done and bet on the more familiar bottom 2 format that I think I understand very well.
I don’t buy into the too much theory. They went nuclear on overload
That was a terrible twist on Mad World. Truly terrible idea.
I actually liked Jay’s performance
Jay going all John Newman. Plenty of army checks on the VT. Always a bonus as we approach Remembrance Day. Positive comments apart from Cheryl getting her rule book out. Amber.
Cheryl chatting scripted rubbish sadly. That was for me one of best performances this series!
Well, the uptempo switch off came from absolutely nowhere. Interesting we had an argument between Cheryl and Simon over song choice and whether Jay can be ‘placed’ as a deflection and the eye was slightly distracting. Simon reminded everyone he failed before but then appealed for votes.
I think Jay’s safe tonight, but that was a terrible version of Mad World.
I hated Jay’s twist and then I atually really liked it. Now, I’m feeling confused. Also, his ears looked huge in the close ups and he didn’t look quite as dilf as usual. But I suppose the shout-outs may help him.
Andrea being memory-holed by Lauren? That’s my interpretation of at least what they’re trying to do.
And the problem with Jay’s uptempo “twist” was that the lyrics are and were completely inappropriate for such a twist.
I’m not sure – emotionally madness can actually result in lashing out and panic; i.e. a faster feel to movements and actions. For me it added to the desperation tone of the song.
Yeah there was nothing to suggest they want jay to do anything but well. Personally I wasn’t feeling it, jay doesn’t suit this faux-d&b nonsense they’ve pushed on him a few times but I’m sure he’ll be safe. His vt was endearing and the only negatives were the rule book.
The giant eye motif is from the director’s cut of Donnie Darko and, according to Richard Kelly’s theology of the film, represents a God-like force directing the events of the film from the future. (All of Richard Kelly’s three films to date – Donnie Darko, Southland Tales and The Box – are based on a distinct underlying theology that he developed, different in each case but with strong thematic overlaps, and in all of them, the characters are essentially puppets directed by an unseen force. Bit like X Factor.)
Liked it until it went drum and bass. Jay James doesn’t impress me as a singer though.
People on Twitter are not happy with Cheryl for associating mental illness with “crazy” and “scary”
Andrea’s VT: I’ve got all these fans. You don’t need to vote!
did they go over the top with Jack?? They might have, not getti ng heavily involved, PP are on live cash out tonight. Long way to go in this show yet tonight, they really hyped the early acts, maybe few needed it??
Show started strong has come down now, Jay performance bad.
Anyone still doubt Andrea’s getting deramped?
Poor Andrea.
I’ve just spat my takeaway out! This is the sort of thing I’d expect from Stevi! There’s deramping then there’s a full on nuke…
CANNOT BREATHE
#andrea
They are throwing everything at Andrea this week but he came up with a very good performance.
And that’s how you deramp!
Simon’s comment was 100% scripted and 100% genius again!
LOL, they are roasting Andreas, oh my God,!
It’s sad really because Andrea vocally is so good so they decide to assassinate him by design.
What the actual…
Fire. Dancing with devils i.e. Hell. Terrible song choice. Face painted hideously concealing identity.
Gary Barlow – not exactly loved for The X Factor – namecheck. Cheryl and Mel argue over the golden look. Simon breaks out laughing so he can’t critique: ‘one of those candles on my table at Christmas time which sings’.
Dermot goes down the ‘what does your mother think?’ line.
They’re certainly not helping him. Can they take him down this week?
Lol god this is crucifying
Suspect Andrea f-ed them up there. They threw him under the bus and he sang his way out of it. Hence the lack of judgment from Cowell his script didn’t work
He’s great at belting out notes but it’s all over cooked too much. I think he struggles in the lower ranges
I want to cuddle Andrea and protect him from Simon and TPTB’s nuking. And I don’t even like him that much.
Andrea still nailed the vocal. Deramp aint working. People love him.
Yeah Andrea was vocally as good as the song would allow him to be but that was horrific. I feel sorry for him
Lauren’s eyes!
There’s water pouring out my eyes, that the funniest thing I’ve ever seen them do to de-ramp. Poor Andreas in all fairness.
Id be furious if id invested in Andrea. Thank the Lord i haven’t
I think Andrea was the cowardly Lion, or the Tin man, or maybe both.
I’m not even sure Andrea was a deramp. It was super-entertaining and it’s gonna be the show’s water-cooler moment. All the hell iconography was camp, kitsch and fun rather than dark, bleak, threatening etc. It’s not comparable with e.g. Janet’s hellmouth staging or Misha’s Tainted Love (not a deramp but very dark and fierce). I do think it’s important to be contextual about these things. And spraying someone *gold*, a winner’s colour, isn’t a deramp when you consider it would’ve been more logical for them to spray him red.
I do wonder if they’re looking to switch Andrea and Stevie’s voting audience over tonight.
Dermot reminds everyone of the mauling Only the Young got in the sing off.
Simon laughing his arse off at how he looks while failing to say anything positive about the song isn’t a deramp?
No, I agree with you on that – all of it served to distract from his excellent-as-usual vocal.
See they couldn’t ese that deramp tactic on Maloney cos he was orange already.
People will be talking about him, but more about how ridiculous it was rather than how great he is at singing like they would have been a few weeks back. The gold thing is true though. Either way you look at it, context or not, if they were trying to help him that was a strange way to do it.
Really unsure what to make of Lauren. Not a performance that lived up to the teary VT. Why no family? Judges happy mind apart from Simon getting the rule book out. Safe, but definitely polishing a turd this week.
Pimping for Lauren still plan A and I’m even more sure. Personally, didn’t think it was that great but nice to see her do something a little different.
Andrea just blew Lauren off stage. Those comments won’t change opinions of him. He should top the vote tonight.
Yes definitely Andrea is the best vocally by a margin but Lauren is the potential ‘pop star’ Simons words
Ha ha you’ve obviously got money on him. He won’t past another 7 weeks of that I can assure you. They’ll have him signing the birdie song in the final if need be
Or I’m blue dabbadeedabbada or whatever it was lol
I’m sad I haven’t got any money on him. I see they’re trying. I don’t see the public playing ball.
I like Lauren and I enjoy her every week, but I can’t shake off the feeling that I’m not just watching my next-door neighbour getting up on stage rather than a “superstar”, and I think that’s going to catch her up in the end. She reminds me so much of Sophie Habibis but unlike Sophie, the show are persisting in giving her a helping hand.
Gold Andrea was meant to be compared with more tasteful and appropriate golx for Lauren but Andrea embraced it and Lauren didn’t. They gave her ridiculous platforms again too.
Andrea’s winning this battle.
I don’t get the Andrea fuss by the way. Is he that good? I know a lot of people who watch X Factor casually who also don’t get the fuss. Of course he’ll survive this week but Simon doesn’t want him and Simon will get his way.
Paul being slaughtered in the VT – the dress down from Mel is akin to headteacher speaking to misbehaving school child. No family in sight yet again.
Paul didn’t even sing and I’m already sorry for him.
Red And black on Paul’s eyes and the girls’ costumes here…
Oh jeez this is painful for Paul. That vt was shocking, he looks unnerving and the song does nothing for him. He could indeed be gone gone gone.
What I’ve noticed today is they have made the show much more entertaining. Bravo for that at least. Even Paul getting his groove on
I love Paul and I thought that was reasonable, but did he look at the camera once during the performance?
“Embracing the opportunity…”
Until we nuke you. Bye bye.
So we’ve gone from Paul feeling uncomfortable and down to Only the Young having fun. Bit of a juxtaposition there.
Standing ovation from three of the judges.
They’re letting Only the Young bounce.
And they go bouncey-bouncey… Great performance. Had they not been B2 last week I’d call that a bit of an ET moment.
Oty safe as houses
Is it possible that only the young just memory holed paul? I eat all my words about that song choice, that was fantastic.
Thank you, Mel (aka Paul’s mentor), for pointing out how fun OTY are after Paul looked as depressing as possible
How many times did they mention ‘fun’ after that performance? I swear they were going for a world record.
“That’s a judge that will go the extra mile for his team…”
We get it, Dermot. 😉
That was damn excellent my fave performance of series so far defo. I have really enjoyed tonight so far
Tonight’s been brilliant so far. How can production get it so miserably wrong some weeks (like week 2 in particular and, to a lesser extent, week 3) and so good other times?
Great great performance – exactly why I love Only The Young. Of course it was nothing that they haven’t done before, but I don’t think that was mentioned!
I have my second biggest green on OTY from early in the series & have been singing along to their version on youtube all week. That was a good a performance as you’ll see this series. It’s just a shame they haven’t performed at that level every week or they’d be the alpha group!
That was always gonna happen. They were safe the second the song choice was revealed. The problem is they won’t keep to that level for long. They are very easy to nuke
Fleur could b2 tomorrow.
It is turning into bit of a lottery I think. Lauren can sing, Paul did well with a difficult song, OTY looked off putting I thought at the start but warmed into it. SK time to sink or swim. Tempted at the odds, Am on SK and Lola with Jack as cover at the minute. Not confident enough they have done for Jack at the price.
Show has been good so far for audience retention. votes another story though.
A good half hour ahead hopefully.
Now, for real, is Simon mentoring Louis-from-1D to become the next him? Because the lad is live tweeting and on VT’s every week? Or are they just desperate for views?
Always thought he was the smartest of the five, so it could make sense.
Positive VT for SK
Red and Black for Stereo Kicks?
Ah that well renound halloween classic every body by bsb’s
The (renowned) video is Halloween-themed.
Octospaff’s vocals are SO exposed.
Not too keen on the performance or staging though
‘Backstreet’s back’ changed to ‘Guess who’s back’.
Lol I noticed that. Been some funny moments tonight. Im happy with jacks odd at the moment. Gotta be him to go
tbh I feel sorry for Andrea. That’s the second time Simon made fun of Andrea’s LOOK. The fun part is that the audience wasn’t laughing but dead silent so I think Simon overdid it and some could even call it mobbing. Dangerous path they are trying to go.
I love how Dermot mentioned all the negative things about Jack i.e. the biting women, the blood just to remind everyone how crazy it was 😀
ROFL Louis forgetting to stand up to clap his own act when Simon leaps to his feet. 😀
Honestly found SK boring tonight judges going OTT to keep them out the danger zone.
“It’s been his life dream to sing this song…”
Warning sign for Stevie – another completed journey.
Oh absolutely, this always smelled of completely journey.
*completed
This Stevi VT is cringeworthy
Oh that was quite good really, they shouldn’t have any problems this weekend. Nice vt, glowing comments.
Worrying vt for stevi!
Empty restaurant around Stevie and Simon… flash of Sophie Habibis in the pub.
Stevi can go and Andrea can be the new Stevi from the looks of it
Stevi had an weirdly endearing VT
“James, you’re the main man”. I also notice that in the VTs, the Irish guy tends to speak a lot, reminding the Irish that one of their own is in the band, trying to get the regional vote it seems. As for Stevi, end of the journey vibe and “Stevi in a pub”
Possible vote topper right there
That really was good from Stevi. He can sing
Jesus Christ……. That just happened!
And if anyone still doesn’t think Stevi is in on the joke, that should prove it once and for all.
This isn’t end of a journey for Stevi. This was his journey. But next week back to Wagner-lite
“You got to do your dream which was to sing that song and you did it.”
The laughter might have been slightly over the top, Mel.
I thought stevi would be in trouble after that vt but if his performance doesn’t get the votes, Mel laughing at his life long dream will.
Lola & Jay should go this week, they were the two most boring acts. I thought Simon was disgraceful in how he took Paul down. Of course Paul is happy to be there – he wouldn’t have come back from last year if he didn’t want to be there.
So who’s in trouble? Jack and Lola?
Jack definitely the one they want to go. I feel for bottom 3 Lola and Paul look a bit ominous. Perhaps Jay too given he didn’t get a great comments.
In Paul’s recap they made sure to put the bit he says he’ll be gone, like 5 times…
And poor Jack, the boy is doomed.
It’s almost as though everybody was boosted to alienate Jack. If he survives tonight’s vote then they’ll be at least confident of nailing him tomorrow. Lola and Paul seem to be set up for a shock bottom two tomorrow?
Best show of the series by a country mile, though.
Jack 1/2 to go. Bookies ain’t been wrong yet 🙂
Jack to go tonight, Lola vs Paul in a sing-off tomorrow. Paul saved & gets a bounce next week to help in the Andrea deramp? That would possibly be the perfect result for me…
They’ve shown already how they can swing a miserable moaning outlook into an upbeat positive outlook with Only the Young so it’s possible.
Jack to go tonight. Honestly cannot call a bottom two for tomorrow. Paul and Lola if i was pushed.
Jack, Lola, Paul, Fleur all in danger imo.
JJ delighted his demo and imo will stay.
Fleur is in no way shape or form in danger. Topping the face book likes
Excellent show tonight. Id say jack going tonight, paul and lola bottom two tomorrow but fleur wasn’t fantastic either.
Actually, would love Fleur to find her way into the B2 but I just can’t see it somehow.
Same, for both. I’ve been saying she should be bottom two for most weeks and she hasn’t so I’m reluctant to say she will be this week.
2014 the year someone with the x factor won the show
Jack is well short to go now, Most likely will if there to be a shock Lola.
Bye Jack.
they are running well over time… this will be rushed..
Will they leave Andrea till last?
Andrea polling badly! Great news!
He is?
They weren’t necessarily the bottom three – Jack was bottom but the other two picks are at random. Or as random as they can be with this show.
Reveal order:
Lauren
Only the Young
Ben
Stevie
Fleur
Paul
Stereo Kicks
Jay
Leaving Andrea at risk while revealing Jack has left. Interesting.
Perfect take down.
Interesting slip from Dermot there? “Andrea, we’ll see you NEXT WEEK.”
Well done anyone who had money on Jack! Maybe I should’ve had more guts on this one.
I just had enough doubt about Lola to keep me off him.
“Andrea, we’ll see you next week; Lola, we’ll see you tomorrow…”
Hmm…..
lumbered jack 😉
Andrea, see you next week, Lola see you tomorrow. Slip or deliberate ?
They are putting us punters tickers through it this series with the order of the last few names. Hit the road Jack 🙂
The deramp continues… Dermot: “This is not the bottom 3″…”Andrea see you next week, Lola see you tomorrow” They are gunning for Andrea right now aren’t they 🙂
Andrea, we’ll see you next week, Lola we’ll see you tomorrow.
Oopsie! 🙂
Boom. Thinking a Lola/Paul singoff, with Paul sent home.
I(‘d like to) think Paul has more support than that at this stage, though I was surprised how negative Simon went on him. He needs to make eye contact with the camera though.
Louis Tomlinson @Louis_Tomlinson 1m1 minute ago
What a fucking joke
Andrea might not be polling badly – Dermot said “you are NOT the bottom 3, but one of you have the least votes”. He could be getting the most votes for all we know.
Making the public think he is safe. You wouldn’t make a slip up like that – that was scripted surely!
What was that Dermot said?! Andrea we will see you next week,Lola we will see you tomorrow. Lola bottom 2 tomorrow for sure. I think Paul will join her.
“Lola, see you tomorrow”
I’d be scared.
Jack-O-Lantern, obvs.
Kick up the Jack-side?
Hit the road, Jack.
Andrea has fans. If they think he is in danger that will motivate them. I’m sorry guys but I think you’re as wrong on this one as you were when you suggested Lola was secret plan a despite being a wildcard.
That was a pretty tidy job the producers did. A relatively easy night. Tomorrow a bit trickier. I’m only in this for a quick buck for as long as there are obvious acts in need of an exit.
Stevi pulled off a coup though.
Why did I not top up my earlier bet on Jack to go?
Mission accomplished – Jack was the clear target. Such an interesting and entertaining show.
Loved the fact that the gargoyles in Stevi’s staging were covering their ears.
Very interesting with Andrea – another Versace top and he was portrayed as a faun, not a devil… So an Roman (Italian) type of strange creature. But at least that meant he was gold and not red!
Did Dermot let slip re Lola for tomorrow? They really took Andrea to pieces tonight right down to the very end.
Well done to all who got well on Jack to go.
Good show tonight.
So SK now all dressed the same and their initials to pick them out J this and J that etc..
A thought from tonight Adam Lambert and Queen, they’d never get Queen for Ben in the final? This rock thing is a new vibe and they praising it. Meat Loaf is on Epic also.
One way to halt Andrea focus also.
Ladies and gentlemen of conspiracy theory wonderment… The voting closes tomorrow so Dermot’s see you tomorrow/next week can only be a slip up, nothing more sinister.
Face book likes you know the ones that have correctly predicted the act at the bottom of the vote has fleur at the top. But yeah she’s in big trouble tomorrow. Funny stuff. And before people ignore that little fact and say it has meant little in previous years, in previous years we haven’t had free app voting
Stevi now tops the list. As I said earlier I believe he tops the vote this weekend
i’m sure that this wasn’t a slip up. They want to motivate Lola fans to vote and make Andrea Fans feel that he is safe. Probably Lola has scored to few votes.
They’ve clearly targeted Paul earlier.
Xtra felt really awkward a moment ago when this issue was brought up and Mel B delivered another bad acting performance.
But who knows.