Hey guys, just thought I would stick my head around the door.

I wanted Leon to win from the first audition. I love him.

Ah, why wouldn't you?

Oooo, me too, Heavenly.

You just knew in that first audition that nothing, not even nerves, could stop that voice.

I'm just listening to Stargazing ........ & melting ............ sublime .......

It was a great performance, and still is. My fave out of his uptempo numbers.

Yeah, Leon has come so far since then and as Michael Buble said ' There's still more in his tank'.

Definitely. I love listening to Leon singing live. He is such a great live singer.

Hey there. Welcome....have seen you about the other XF threads. Do keep popping in.

I am in such agreement with YL...having seen Leon live a good bit over the last year....it's safe to say the kid has really emerged as a fabulous live singer.

Hi yorkielass.

The measure of real talent, being a great live artist, I'd say.

Well, I spent the evening with Dermot Mulroney yesterday (I wish ). I watched The Wedding Date with the three helpings of Michael Buble on the soundtrack. The closing credits roll to 'Home' which was odd because I now think of that as Leon's song. . And much as I adore Mr Buble, I prefer Leon's version with his strong, more assertive vocals. Well, the two of them at Wembley is probably my favourite version - Wow.

LOL That is how I first 'found' Michael Buble. I was watching The Wedding Date and heard this great voice singing these gorgeous songs in the background. I could hardly wait for the credits to roll and find out who it was and went straight on the net afterwards to look him up. haha I bought the album not long after.

I have to admit as much as I love Michael, when Leon sang home and lost and some of the other songs from the album I much preferred them sung by Leon, and I still do. In fact anything Leon covers is always the best version to me.

On saying that I still think Michael is a great singer and am
very much looking forward to seeing him on tour in May.

LOL I think we both have great taste in music & films

For me, I was sort of, stunned into submission after watching Mr Buble performing 'Fever' some years ago and have been fairly hypnotised ever since!


I completely agree. Leon is really something special.

To me, his voice, is loaded with soul, passion, honesty, strength, masculinity, protectiveness.... sorry, waxing lyrical a bit, but its difficult to articulate.

There's a few videos of Mr Buble & Leon performing Lost (I'm sure you've seen them all - many times ) but my favourite is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-u18...eature=related

I just love the way the audience explodes with love & appreciation as soon as Leon starts to sing. .

And I adore watching the unspoken communication between the two of them as they work out the harmonies, Leon asking for the lower part on the first chorus & then going for the higher one in the second chorus - fabulous!

Mr Buble is wonderfully supportive & Leon just shines - knockout.


Oh wow, you're going to see him on tour! Fantastic. I will be hoping for a full resume, please .


Its great to see Leon has visited his myspace page today and jiggled around the tunes a bit.

I hope he's pleased with the viewing figures. There's oodles of love out there for this special guy.

Awful performance of CLTCL tonight IMO. Leon has that one in the bag by a mile.

I agree, yorkielass.

Leon's CLTCL crown remains very firmly in place! .

No comparison whatsoever. Very similar BF 'dance' routine. When will they get rid of that guy?

Entirely agree. Lloyd's a nice person, but when you compare his version of both FMTTM and CLTCL with Leon's... well, there's just no comparison really. Leon's are far, far superior. Lloyd's voice just is not good enough. Having said that, it was his best performance (vocally and dancily) so far, but then when you look at just how good he was tonight, its just not enough, for me anyway. I think that he should have waited a couple of years and had some vocal coaching before entering.

A bit unfair on Lloyd as no one is going to better Leon anytime soon.

hello guys - just popping in to say hi. I keep forgetting this thread is here - not sure moving the Appreciation Threads is such a good idea. What's the latest on Leon? Any live performances coming up?

Reason I love Leon? I love Mr Buble....and I saw that immediately in Leon. Loved seeing Leon singing Home with Michael, he really held his own there.

Am seeing Michael Buble next year at the 02, cannot wait.

Not at the moment RS. Other fish to fry by the looks!

Hey guys long time no see hey!

Just thought i would jump in here about Lloyd for what its worth i think the kid has a nice tone - quite unusual but its way underdeveloped far more than Leons.
Its taken me a while but ive come to the conclusion that as fab as Leons voice is and his tone which is devine his voice needs development as does he as a singer.
I hope he sticks at it because in a few years this guy could be amazing.

Hi RS,

I don't like the appreciation threads being stuck in a separate forum. I don't look at the main XF Forum as much as I used to. It's full of threads with daft titles and only a few posts in each. Some are quite funny to read, but I still preferred it when the appreciation threads and the longer, more serious 'discussion' threads dominated the main forum.

Btw, I know.

Just to be clear on my previous post I was stating that i hoped Leon stuck with it as I think with development he could be amazing in a few years.
That development would never have happened with Cowell so its all good as far as I can see.

I totally agree TP. Although I thjink he is prety amazing already. LOL But yeah, when he has had time to fully develop he is going to be awesome for sure.

Hello , just letting you guys know that Leon is coming to the Cafe Continental to do a gig in December , its a small venue in Gourock on the west coast of Scotland about 30 mins from Glasgow , i will post again when i find out date , keep supporting Leon,cheers.

Well thats cleared that up

Thanks for letting us know vic26a.