X Factor is back, and even before the live shows started, I picked my favourite contestants. Rebecca Ferguson was quite forgettable, and Matt Cardle, well let’s not talk about that song choice.The saving grace was an absolute shocker of a performance by a certain Wagner (according to the show, he has no surname…apparently). Ok, so his vocals were not exactly up to scratch, but his bongo playing and performance of “She Bongs” (sorry, bangs) was the most entertaining of the night.
I did enjoy Aiden’s version of “Mad World”, but he looked like he was about to jump out of the telly and kill someone. And seriously, why dress the poor boy like a vampire stuck in the 1800’s?
Sunday’s results show on the other hand, well that was something else all together. The group performance was ridiculous. The obvious pre-recorded vocals and silly choreography made it look like a cheap episode of Glee.
When the results were announced, I was shocked but secretly slightly happy that Wagner survived to “sing” another day (he really is another Chico). This time there was a bottom three as two acts were going to get the boot. First to go was Nicolo, the Italian “diva” who didn’t even get to sing a survival song. Gotta love that he told Dermot O’Leary that leaving the show so early on “feels like crap.” Woo a curse word on a family show.
Left to battle it out for their place on the show was boyband FYD and Katie Weasel (sorry, Waisell). The outcome was obvious once they had sung (Katie was a lot better than FYD), but it would be silly to get rid of the most controversial contestant this series anyway so FYD’s time was up and all the judges apart from Simon Cowell voted to save Katie.
So, that meant bye bye to Nicolo Festa (no relation to Uncle Fester) and FYD. Who goes next, I guess you decide... urgh, now I sound like the Big Brother announcer! See you next week...