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So why is it that so many people are not quite getting Alex?

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She's a gorgeous girl with a great voice, seems like a really nice person from what we have seen, and she sings with real emotion and great technique.

What's missing? Something seems to be, because so many people on here are saying that, good as she is, she is not their favourite.

Why? Can we put it into words? I'm asking because I'm not sure I can at the moment.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,066
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    I agree. She's a fantastic singer but it doesn't hit the spot somehow. Hard to explain really. She was far and away the best tonight but I've still voted for someone else.
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    jules1000jules1000 Posts: 10,709
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    She's great and nothing is wrong it's just she is not unique in anyway and that will be her downfall. Unfortunately. People have seen it all before a hundred times over.
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    I <3 TweetyI <3 Tweety Posts: 8,286
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    Her performances are faultless, but she doesn't blow me away. I don't know why. Sorry.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,298
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    Her performances are too clean cut, too 'perfect', and I think they lack some emotion, and she does not imo connect with the audience. In fact, I think despite having a very good voice, she is very forgettable. Not a single performance of hers sticks in my mind.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 215
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    I know what you mean i like Alex but agree something is missing maybe that special ingrediant which makes someone have the x factor

    Thought her performance was great tonight though
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,774
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    dunkan wrote: »
    Her performances are too clean cut, too 'perfect', and I think they lack some emotion, and she does not imo connect with the audience.


    That could be it Dunkan. It's almost as if she is singing in a bubble.
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    Al Murray fanAl Murray fan Posts: 536
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    I thought her performance tonight was very good! She hasn't hit the heights yet, but if she wants to win the competition then she's got to produce week on week!
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    Official DivaOfficial Diva Posts: 6,792
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    I don't think it's people not getting her I think it's her not making an impact the way she should.

    I'm worrying for her tonight. I have a bad feeling she maybe bottom two with Ruth. :(
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    whackyracerwhackyracer Posts: 15,786
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    I think they are, she's never been in the bottom 2 once. Louis doesn't know what the hell he is talking about!
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    roth30roth30 Posts: 3,264
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    I think her performances are great. If you watch them on youtube,she would be great in concert. I think the main problem is that the producers have made so much of diana,laura,rachel that alex as been left in the shade. But think know as the other girls are going she will come through to the front.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,298
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    froglet wrote: »
    That could be it Dunkan. It's almost as if she is singing in a bubble.

    Yup, good image. She could actually be singing in her bedroom on her own and through the use of technology she 'appears' on stage.
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    Arsene wengerArsene wenger Posts: 4,766
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    Dunno.Like with a lot of singers some will get her and some won't. Fortunately, a lot of people do get her.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 3,774
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    whackyracer wrote: »
    I think they are, she's never been in the bottom 2 once. Louis doesn't know what the hell he is talking about!

    I hope that you are right because she does deserve to still be there.
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    Imogen MImogen M Posts: 4,337
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    jules1000 wrote: »
    She's great and nothing is wrong it's just she is not unique in anyway and that will be her downfall. Unfortunately. People have seen it all before a hundred times over.

    You've nailed it. She is very good but there is just nothing new or interesting about her.
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    rated_2000rated_2000 Posts: 2,610
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    shes not original, shes like so many before her and like so many others out ther
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,891
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    Her songs are usually so boring, but I can never fault them much. She may be missing that unquantifiable X-Factor.
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    roth30roth30 Posts: 3,264
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    when people say others before her who do you mean.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 99
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    She has a great voice, one of the best on X factor. But there's something oddly 2 dimensional about her. I never get a sense of a personality - or connection to the listener- behind the voice. It's a strange thing.
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    bananasplitbananasplit Posts: 1,871
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    I <3 Tweety wrote: »
    Her performances are faultless, but she doesn't blow me away. I don't know why. Sorry.
    :eek: I read the thread title, and came in to post exactly that


    she's a great performer, but, hmm, I sort of read a magazine when she's on
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    Sudoku-JoSudoku-Jo Posts: 2,703
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    She's one of my favourites.

    Funnily enough, she's one of my favourites despite her not having a new baby sister / dead wife / children in care / a sore throat / the "likeability factor" (one of Louis' criteria, apparently)....I just love her voice! (Yes, very strange of me, I know.)

    As for not connecting with the audience - yes, I know exactly what you all mean - I feel that, too - but it doesn't annoy me with Alex, whereas it did with Leona. I'm not sure why......
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    werdna67werdna67 Posts: 496
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    I've nothing against her, but every week apart from Candyman, I find myself trying to remember what she sang. I can't remember what she sang tonight!
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    werdna67werdna67 Posts: 496
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    Sudoku-Jo wrote: »
    despite her not having a new baby sister / dead wife / children in care / a sore throat / the "likeability factor" (one of Louis' criteria, apparently)....

    She does keep mentioning sharing a bed with her sister though.
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    Sudoku-JoSudoku-Jo Posts: 2,703
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    werdna67 wrote: »
    She does keep mentioning sharing a bed with her sister though.

    Oh dear - I can't remember her saying that - perhaps I was reading a magazine at the time....? (hangs head in shame).
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    werdna67werdna67 Posts: 496
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    Sudoku-Jo wrote: »
    Oh dear - I can't remember her saying that - perhaps I was reading a magazine at the time....? (hangs head in shame).

    She's mentioned it a few times over the weeks. Said it tonight when she went home.
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    XadXad Posts: 1,964
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    I heard that too about the bed -- did she mean she shares a bedroom? Or did she literally mean she shares a bed?

    If it's a latter, there's no excuse - she's old enough to make money and buy a frikkin' bed.

    She's a good singer, but her performances never excite me. I guess she just doesn't have the x-factor. She's somewhat generic rather than different like Diana, Rachel etc.
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