I wasn't particularly impressed - her voice sounded terrible in the lower register. A very difficult song to pull off I thought - difficult to keep in tune.

I felt sorry for her asking the Dorothys not to judge her too harshly!

I didn't like her performance. I think she has a more operatic voice so was not particularly well-suited to that song.

I thought some of the Dorothies were better than her

I think she knew she wasn't amazing, but being fair it was her first performance in four years, first time performing the song live and the first time doing it after judging six girls on the same night. I think she just need sto get back into the swing of things.

i thought it was awful! the song didn't have any clear direction, it seemed like a load of random words and notes put together at the last minute. and the less said about her terrible outfit, the better.

MY OH said it was the worst performance of the night!

It wasn't just me then? She sounded very uncomfortable in the lower register to me. But she handled that really tricky major minor note change beautifully.

was not impressed

Aw , I have grown fond of Charlotte , I think she a great judge and mentor ,It was her first time in ages , aww

It's no problem, she'll have autotune/melodyne on the album.

She's Charlotte Church, not Cheryl Cole.

Really?

Well, she was wearing one of her outfits, no joke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQf5EYLpuhw

it was pre recroded
she did it three times

It was way too low at the start.

And I agree, not a very well written song.

OMG I thought it was just me. IT WAS DIRE. I hated it.

Steph sings better.

According to (admittedly 2nd or 3rd hand information) from the spoiler thread, Charlotte was wasted after the show,and seen collapsed drunk outside the studio by a member of the audience. She probably knows that she was pitchy, rangy, and frankly cr@ppy.

I was cringing for her. If she was on any other show i would think that was not bad but she was just commenting on young girls trying to win a singing compitition and then sang worse than any of them. It was a bit embarrassing.

I felt really embarrassed for her, it was a bit bad, imo any one of the would be Dorothys would have sang it better. She is an ok judge though.

So dreadful we switched to the shoppers for two thirds of it. Our Jack Russell started howling as soon as she tuned up so we had to do something before the neighbours complained

Spot on. I actually didn't listen to the whole performance because I habitually avert my eyes (and ears in this case) from car crashes. I had to leave the room.

Just because they are talented sopranos when younger doesnt mean they are good singing pop/mor songs. She isn't . Same with Aled Jones, average singer. Good when young but thats it.

Her performance the other week was much better.

I've never enjoyed Charlotte's attempts at pop.

I think she usually has a really beautiful voice, but she was very mediocre yesterday evening. Maybe it takes time to get back into the swing of a performance, and nerves got to her a small bit?