I can’t believe that the end is so close!! X Factor Final w/e is here!!! How are we going to manage without out weekly fix of Dermot O’Leary? Or Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole?? Not to mention the finalists?
Tonight was the first of the finals and we saw Stacey Solomon, Joe McElderry and Olly Murs. Each of them sang their first audition song, then they sang their duet with some of pops finest and lastly they sang what was credited as being their best song of the series.
So who sang what? Well Stacey sang ‘What a Wonderful World’ first. She then sang the best duet of the night with Michael Buble, a cover of Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’. Her final song was Queen’s ‘Who Wants to Live Forever. Olly’s sang ‘Superstition’ followed by a duet with Robbie Williams singing ‘Angels’ and finally ‘Feel Love’. Joe McElderry sang the schmaltzy ‘Dance with my Father’, followed by a duet with George Michael singing ‘Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me’ and finally Elton John’s ‘Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word’.
Overall, Olly was in my opinion, the best overall performer on the night. His two upbeat numbers were just outstanding. Fantastic. He’s everything a popstar should be and more. Stacey has an amazing voice but lacks a star quality. Joe has an amazing voice, is sweet but is no popstar.
The public voted and Stacey came bottom of the three. Gracious as ever in her defeat, and speaking as quickly as ever in her strong Essex accent, Stacey thanked her fans and said: “I’m really proud. I came third in the X Factor, that’s really good. I’m really proud.” Her mentor Dannii Minogue said it had been an “incredible journey”.
Both Murs and McElderry paid tribute to Solomon and said any one of the trio could have gone out this evening.
So now its a head to head between Olly and Joe for the title, a recording contract and, in all likelihood, the Christmas number one tomorrow night. I can’t help but feel that the judges are pushing for Joe to win. It smacks of a fix. I’m hoping against hope that Olly pulls it out of the bag tomorrow night. I don’t think I could handle Cheryl winning for a second year running. COME ON OLLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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