I think it's a great choice too. And not just because the chorus only has seven words
Haha, had a listen to some of the originals on the way home and was just thinking the same thing.
I reckon the song choices this week give us the best indication yet of how they would push each of the artists should they win.
Sam Bailey's is an absolutely perfect fit - there's no way she can fail with that. Will also be a big winner for the older demographic, as well as anyone's who's ever been to a wedding/birthday party/bar mitzvah/dance floor.
Tamera's is a bit more interesting. In theory it's one of the biggest pop songs in recent years. However it is very dancey, very current - will it put the older part of the audience off? In my head I have the quick disappearance of anyone who's ever given Swedish House Mafia a shot on the show. It should work, however. It does help that Rihanna's vocal on the original isn't the strongest - it's the production of the song that carries it. Tamera may actually be able to outsing her.
Rough Copy? Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Incredibly cheesy, incredibly dated, and a megamix? If they weren't coming off a bottom two appearance, which normally results in a voting boost, I'd say they were guaranteed goners. They're either being thrown under the bus or the producers genuinely don't know what to do with them. She's Got That Vibe on its own perhaps, but Every Little Step? Also, wasn't one of the possible jukebox choices End of the Road? Subtle.
Luke - Mumford and Sons? Meh. I've never got the Mumford & Sons thing myself, but it's not about my tastes. I do wonder what the wider audience will think of it. Is it the sort of song you would hear on Heart or Real Radio? Whereas the One Direction cover was perfect for him - winning the 'real artist' and 'One Direction' fans demographics, this could be a bit trickier.
Nicholas - Greatest Day. Danger zone again. First of all it invites Take That comparisons, and we saw what happened the last time someone tried a Take That song. It's very current and that's not what he's best at - he's the Mother's Day CD contestant. And Rule The World would have been a far better choice if they really wanted to get a great performance out of him.
I initially thought it was inevitable that Luke and Tamera would finish bottom two. Logically that's how it should go but this selection of songs, and the unknown of what's been picked in the jukebox, throws a bit of a spanner in the prediction works.
Love Tamera and RCs choices, hate Sams. She says she wants to to contemporary songs and yet she chooses anothers stuck in the 80's one. Ok, Whitney is her hero but why not something like Million Dollar Bill?
Don't know Lukes song so can't comment and Nick might as well just crawl up Garys backside with his choice. Again, if TT are his heroes, there are far better songs he could have chosen
Love Tamera and RCs choices, hate Sams. She says she wants to to contemporary songs and yet she chooses anothers stuck in the 80's one. Ok, Whitney is her hero but why not something like Million Dollar Bill?
Don't know Lukes song so can't comment and Nick might as well just crawl up Garys backside with his choice. Again, if TT are his heroes, there are far better songs he could have chosen
You do realise they dont get a choice in their song choice, right? They are GIVEN it!
She does want to be contemporary but when it's heroes week you could hardly expect that.
Hardly any of them have sung contemporary songs this year, and Sam B has sung more contemporary songs than Tamera, RC or Nicholas.
I wonder if Luke will do the little mix version of I will wait they did on BBC live lounge rather than the original version., its a bit slower with some bigger notes put in there.
I think "Tamera" will finally be revealed to be the faker she is if she tries to take on Rihanna. People don't realise how weak this will make Tamera's voice look. No doubt she will attempt some sort of copycat style and she's just not as good as Rihanna. Can't wait to see that car crash,
I think "Tamera" will finally be revealed to be the faker she is if she tries to take on Rihanna. People don't realise how weak this will make Tamera's voice look. No doubt she will attempt some sort of copycat style and she's just not as good as Rihanna. Can't wait to see that car crash,
Oh yeah, rip it to pieces and spit it out. and make a compete mess of it with that liability he calls a voice. ridiculous.
And here's an interesting problem for Luke.
His songs are a bit niche, a bit indie, a bit 'authenticity' this week. People who like those songs don't necessarily watch The X Factor, and the people who do may well compare him unfavourably to the original.
Meanwhile Rough Copy are going a bit cheesy. And that went so well for Kingsland Road...
If they're trying to keep Tamera out of the bottom two then they're going the right way about it. In theory Rough Copy should avoid the bottom two as they were there last week, and that tends to galvanise voters, but the song choices are so dodgy.
Well, Tamera is singing one of my all time favourite songs, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
As with Sam B apparently not being able to touch Leona Lewis last week, I can promise everyone here that Tamera, likewise, will not come close to Leona or Roberta Flack (still the best one) this week.
His songs are a bit niche, a bit indie, a bit 'authenticity' this week. People who like those songs don't necessarily watch The X Factor, and the people who do may well compare him unfavourably to the original.
Meanwhile Rough Copy are going a bit cheesy. And that went so well for Kingsland Road...
If they're trying to keep Tamera out of the bottom two then they're going the right way about it. In theory Rough Copy should avoid the bottom two as they were there last week, and that tends to galvanise voters, but the song choices are so dodgy.
As I mentioned earlier, I did wonder if Luke will do the arrangement of I will wait Little Mix performed in the live lounge. it would probably fit better although I'm not sure he could match their vocal range.
I don't think Tamera's choice is anywhere near as good as people think, The first time ever I saw your face is ALL about the emotional connection to the lyrics, Tamera simply cannot do that in any performance I have seen from her, its too subtle for her ability.
I think first time is a bad choice for tamera as matt cardles version is still fresh in people's minds and it pretty much won him the show so she may be unfavourably compared to him. I do not understand why the show keep giving songs to acts which are associated strongly with other acts. They gave tamera listen when beyonce and Alex's version is pretty much impossible to beat and is still talked about 5 years later. They gave rough copy DLG despite the fact that played a big part in little mix winning as it got them a lot of older and casual voters so it is hard for rough copy to live up to it. Just because the song worked well for one act does not mean it will have the same effect for another act.
Hate I believe I Can fly. The only bearable version I have heard recently was the version Carl did on the voice and it was danny who arranged that so I doubt itv will be able to use that version.
The rest of the song choices seem decent although I am not sure tamera can give we found love the euphoric feeling rihanna does. For me personally that plays a big part in me liking that song. I personally think she should have sang only girl in the world. It is hard to pull off big dance tunes live which involve a lot of belting so if she pulled it off it could have pushed her into the final.
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Haha, had a listen to some of the originals on the way home and was just thinking the same thing.
I reckon the song choices this week give us the best indication yet of how they would push each of the artists should they win.
Sam Bailey's is an absolutely perfect fit - there's no way she can fail with that. Will also be a big winner for the older demographic, as well as anyone's who's ever been to a wedding/birthday party/bar mitzvah/dance floor.
Tamera's is a bit more interesting. In theory it's one of the biggest pop songs in recent years. However it is very dancey, very current - will it put the older part of the audience off? In my head I have the quick disappearance of anyone who's ever given Swedish House Mafia a shot on the show. It should work, however. It does help that Rihanna's vocal on the original isn't the strongest - it's the production of the song that carries it. Tamera may actually be able to outsing her.
Rough Copy? Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Incredibly cheesy, incredibly dated, and a megamix? If they weren't coming off a bottom two appearance, which normally results in a voting boost, I'd say they were guaranteed goners. They're either being thrown under the bus or the producers genuinely don't know what to do with them. She's Got That Vibe on its own perhaps, but Every Little Step? Also, wasn't one of the possible jukebox choices End of the Road? Subtle.
Luke - Mumford and Sons? Meh. I've never got the Mumford & Sons thing myself, but it's not about my tastes. I do wonder what the wider audience will think of it. Is it the sort of song you would hear on Heart or Real Radio? Whereas the One Direction cover was perfect for him - winning the 'real artist' and 'One Direction' fans demographics, this could be a bit trickier.
Nicholas - Greatest Day. Danger zone again. First of all it invites Take That comparisons, and we saw what happened the last time someone tried a Take That song. It's very current and that's not what he's best at - he's the Mother's Day CD contestant. And Rule The World would have been a far better choice if they really wanted to get a great performance out of him.
I initially thought it was inevitable that Luke and Tamera would finish bottom two. Logically that's how it should go but this selection of songs, and the unknown of what's been picked in the jukebox, throws a bit of a spanner in the prediction works.
I have a dilemma now - I vote Luke each week but if I throw a vote to RC aswell, am I negating my vote for Luke??
Don't know Lukes song so can't comment and Nick might as well just crawl up Garys backside with his choice. Again, if TT are his heroes, there are far better songs he could have chosen
You do realise they dont get a choice in their song choice, right? They are GIVEN it!
She does want to be contemporary but when it's heroes week you could hardly expect that.
Hardly any of them have sung contemporary songs this year, and Sam B has sung more contemporary songs than Tamera, RC or Nicholas.
BIB 1 - why not?
BIB 2 - like what?
Her musical hero wasn't going to be Aviccii, Pitbull, Ke$ha, Rihanna and so on now, was it? :rolleyes:
Make You Feel My Love, Listen, Clown and Bleeding Love. All of which were the highlight of the week.
Then when someone like Tamera sings something contemporary like Impossible.....it doesn't work, yet she is still this relevant girl. Hmmm....
Thanks for asking those questions.
All of Sam B's "contemporary" songs have been turned into a cruise ship performance anyway.
Give me 'cruise ship' over half an instrumental any day!
Exactly it's one of the biggest and most well known songs of the last couple of years.
This will finally be her moment
Oh yeah, rip it to pieces and spit it out. and make a compete mess of it with that liability he calls a voice. ridiculous.
And here's an interesting problem for Luke.
His songs are a bit niche, a bit indie, a bit 'authenticity' this week. People who like those songs don't necessarily watch The X Factor, and the people who do may well compare him unfavourably to the original.
Meanwhile Rough Copy are going a bit cheesy. And that went so well for Kingsland Road...
If they're trying to keep Tamera out of the bottom two then they're going the right way about it. In theory Rough Copy should avoid the bottom two as they were there last week, and that tends to galvanise voters, but the song choices are so dodgy.
As with Sam B apparently not being able to touch Leona Lewis last week, I can promise everyone here that Tamera, likewise, will not come close to Leona or Roberta Flack (still the best one) this week.
This is gonna be a horror show.
As I mentioned earlier, I did wonder if Luke will do the arrangement of I will wait Little Mix performed in the live lounge. it would probably fit better although I'm not sure he could match their vocal range.
I don't think Tamera's choice is anywhere near as good as people think, The first time ever I saw your face is ALL about the emotional connection to the lyrics, Tamera simply cannot do that in any performance I have seen from her, its too subtle for her ability.
Hate I believe I Can fly. The only bearable version I have heard recently was the version Carl did on the voice and it was danny who arranged that so I doubt itv will be able to use that version.
The rest of the song choices seem decent although I am not sure tamera can give we found love the euphoric feeling rihanna does. For me personally that plays a big part in me liking that song. I personally think she should have sang only girl in the world. It is hard to pull off big dance tunes live which involve a lot of belting so if she pulled it off it could have pushed her into the final.