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Performances that turned it around/won it for the contestants.
goroos1994
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Which performances turned it around/won it for each of the winners? I would say:
Leona Lewis - Bridge Over Troubled Water (I think Leona was already the favourite at this point, but this performance strengthened her position in the competition)
Alexandra Burke - Listen (Alexandra was the dark horse at this point in time - she pulled this one out of the bag when she needed to)
Joe McElderry - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Matt Cardle - None in particular/Rebecca's (Cheryl's) poor song choices perhaps?
Little Mix - E.T
James Arthur - One?
Sam Bailey - Enough Is Enough
If I haven't mentioned a winner, it means I haven't watched the series in full. Feel free to fill in the gap
Leona Lewis - Bridge Over Troubled Water (I think Leona was already the favourite at this point, but this performance strengthened her position in the competition)
Alexandra Burke - Listen (Alexandra was the dark horse at this point in time - she pulled this one out of the bag when she needed to)
Joe McElderry - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Matt Cardle - None in particular/Rebecca's (Cheryl's) poor song choices perhaps?
Little Mix - E.T
James Arthur - One?
Sam Bailey - Enough Is Enough
If I haven't mentioned a winner, it means I haven't watched the series in full. Feel free to fill in the gap
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Let's Get it On.
Her first 2 weeks had been OK but she hadn't really connected and was by no means a clear favourite until this performance in week 3.
Little Mix I'd say was Don't Let Go. and James Arthur was Lets Get It On which seemed to turn him into some guilty pleasure heartthrob for a few weeks.
Over The Rainbow (which I think was in the final) was probably what tipped it for Shayne Ward in a very close year.
Not a song as such but Leon being obliterated by Simon in week 1 for his awful performance set him on the road to victory in series 4.
Cardle's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" was a big bounce back from "Bleeding Love" although that itself followed "Baby One More Time" which arguably pushed him to the front. In truth, I think Cardle, like McElderry before him and Bailey last year, was cruising from early on,
Matt won every week except week one - so he didn't need a bounce back from Bleeding Love, as he won that week too, despite it being Cher's big moment with "Stay". I think it could be argued that his Bootcamp performance of First Time set him on the road to victory. Joe was getting 2nd and 3rds mainly for the first 6 weeks, but came in 1st for the last 4 weeks including the final, so "Don't Let The Sun Go Down" was the song that pushed him to the front. I can't comment on Sam Bailey, as I didn't watch at all last year.
James Arthur: Let's Get it On. After that, he felt like someone who can actually take Maloney down.
Little Mix: Don't Let Go. This landed them at the top of the vote for the first time, and while Amelia Lily topped the following week, it was more due to a bounce rather than broken momentum.
Matt Cardle: He was never really threatened, but you can argue that The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face or Knights in White Satin helped hold the others off for the weeks that came after.
Joe McElderry: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me. He topped the vote for the first time that week and never looked back. This is probably the clearest example of how a performance can win a series.
Alexandra Burke: Listen (redux). She topped the vote for the first time with the first rendition, but the duet with Beyoncé sealed the deal.
Ray singing 'My Way'. Ben Mills had been bottom 2 in week 7, but Ray with 'My Way' on week 8 was when his vote support really picked up. Ben had a rebound and overtook the McDonalds (who till then had been unstoppable), but not enough to stop Ray :cool:
JLS with 'Umbrella' - the first and only week they topped the vote.
Ruth with 'Purple Rain' - people still talk about that performance
EDIT: Those years I was voting for Rhydian, Ray and JLS ;-)
Yep Knights in white Satin was the performance that sealed the deal for matt, he was never gonna lose after that
Sam Bailey - nothing, she and Nick stayed way ahead of the pack all season.
Little Mix - E.T. is what got them into contention, Don't Let Go won it.
Completely agree on this. Loved this performance.
I seem to remember the week he did this was supposed to be a big week for 1D (did they do a slow song or something?) and Matt was possibly nobbled a bit with this choice of song to allow them to come first. Didn't happen though.
Genuinely gutted that Matt hasn't had a better career than he's had. He is brilliant. Outshone and outclassed 1D week after week - it was obvious that Dannii and Cheryl were massive fans of his.