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Mary was actually pretty good the first four weeks... |
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Mary was actually pretty good the first four weeks...
Watching back over her performances, I think she was actually one of the best each night in the first four live shows.
I know I'm going to get the 'shouty shouty' responses but I think she lost it in Week 5 and never really brought it back from there unfortunately. You can hear from the audience's responses how crazy she must have sounded from inside the studio. Week 1 - This Is A Man's World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr4Zfhox3t0 Week 2 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuE4bzBaum4 Week 3 - I Who Have Nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsrTcPgKwcI Week 4 - Could It Be Magic? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD6L1PswEI0 |
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Then after that people clocked it was the same type of big belters every single week and it just got boring. She'd of been better off on BGT where you only get 2/3 performances.
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Week One she hit the heights and peaked. The it all seemed a bit the same but other acts suffer from that too.
She needed a mentor ro re-invent it all for her but LW is particularly limited in that way. By re-invent I sort of mean the thing Rick Rubin did for Johnny Cash, get some really good songs and re-do them. Wouldnt have to do that every week, a couple of times would have worked to change it, show a bit of spark and versatility. |
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No wonder Simon was so worried and stopped commenting on her performances/giving her endless graveyard slots/ given her poor staging/inappropriate songs/ blocking her from reaching the final
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I think repertoire or lack of was her undoing really and her apparent determination to sing the songs she has always sung.
Reprising 2 tried and tested songs just made her seem even more limited in her repertoire. Surely there are songs she could have sung that we hadn't heard her do. Good luck to her in the future. |
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The first week of hurricane Mary was enough.
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Cowell started on a campaign to discredit her from Week 3 onwards.Calling her "pub singer-ish" and karaoke was very damaging to her prospects.
By contrast,nobody else was being called a karaoke singer (I noticed a top record company boss saying at the weekend btw that "Matt,Mary and Rebecca are three good karaoke singers"). |
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When she did her audition song again I think that's when a lot of the casual viewers realised she was a one trick pony. Plus her peformance of that faith hill song was arguably the worst performance of the entire series.
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Cowell started on a campaign to discredit her from Week 3 onwards.Calling her "pub singer-ish" and karaoke was very damaging to her prospects.
By contrast,nobody else was being called a karaoke singer (I noticed a top record company boss saying at the weekend btw that "Matt,Mary and Rebecca are three good karaoke singers"). |
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Lot's of acts are one-trick ponies though. I think the panel and some of the public were being quite unfair to Mary. If that's the sort of music she performs well, then why not do it.
You don't see Subo is latex, rapping on stage and doing backflips surrounded by topless men. |
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You do see Subo with an extensive repertoire though.
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Then after that people clocked it was the same type of big belters every single week and it just got boring. She'd of been better off on BGT where you only get 2/3 performances.
Some of her performances were a bit cheesy but she had a great approach to the show
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She was just another karaoke act IMO.
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If Mary had actually been given some staging, some dancers or something it might have helped. That was all entirely out of her control though. Every week it was just her standing on the stage alone in a black dress.
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If Mary had actually been given some staging, some dancers or something it might have helped. That was all entirely out of her control though. Every week it was just her standing on the stage alone in a black dress.
I have a sneaky suspicion that she polled very highly in the first few weeks and then Cowell started giving her the graveyard slot and rubbish songs with no production. |
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Agreed. She came out and did the best she could with her songs. It wasn't her fault they gave her rubbish productions and dancers.
I have a sneaky suspicion that she polled very highly in the first few weeks and then Cowell started giving her the graveyard slot and rubbish songs with no production. |
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The rumour I heard is that Mary topped the poll in week 1 and finished 2nd in weeks 2 and 3.
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I don't care what other people say, they can diss her as much as they like but the thing is she is a really good singer even Simon said that. The way she sings is her style and she knows it, unlike Cher or Katie. To try and change that can be dangerous. The only week I though she was poor was week 5 with the American Anthems. The first two weeks were Mary's best though. It annoys me when people call her boring, etc. Look at Leona, she didn't dance around and is very samey but she won. For Simon to say Mary isn't marketable is a disgrace as well. It would have been better if Mary was in the final as it would have had acts suited for ALL age ranges.
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Cowell started on a campaign to discredit her from Week 3 onwards.Calling her "pub singer-ish" and karaoke was very damaging to her prospects.
By contrast,nobody else was being called a karaoke singer (I noticed a top record company boss saying at the weekend btw that "Matt,Mary and Rebecca are three good karaoke singers"). |
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Mary was also undermined with her placement in the running order. I think that Cowell was determined to keep her from getting to the Final because she was too popular at the beginning of the lives and he was afraid she would build enough momentum to possibly win or finish higher than 1D.
Throwing her on early every week and doing everything to discredit her in the eyes of the public (calling her a "one trick pony" etc) was very telling behaviour from Cowell. |
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Mary was also undermined with her placement in the running order. I think that Cowell was determined to keep her from getting to the Final because she was too popular at the beginning of the lives and he was afraid she would build enough momentum to possibly win or finish higher than 1D.
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I'm looking forward to seeing Mary's percentages from the live shows especially vis a vis in relation to 1D and Cher in the earlier weeks.
Throwing her on early every week and doing everything to discredit her in the eyes of the public (calling her a "one trick pony" etc) was very telling behaviour from Cowell. Such a shame he'd rather have Cher in the final over Mary. I think the final would have been much more interesting as we wouldn't have known the bottom 2 from last week so as far as we know, the final could have been anybody's game. |
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I liked Mary and loved a lot of her performances. When in her zone doing her thing she was terrific. I accept that she was to a degree a one trick pony but if it is a great trick, that isn't a big problem.
On a note about her character. I admire her for her attitude to the soldiers and her mentioning them in the way she did when she was leaving. That is not an easy thing to say coming from where she does and I hope that she doesn't suffer for it. Good luck to her
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Mary's week 1 performance was one of the best X Factor performances I can remember.
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I liked Mary and loved a lot of her performances. When in her zone doing her thing she was terrific. I accept that she was to a degree a one trick pony but if it is a great trick, that isn't a big problem.
On a note about her character. I admire her for her attitude to the soldiers and her mentioning them in the way she did when she was leaving. That is not an easy thing to say coming from where she does and I hope that she doesn't suffer for it. Good luck to her ![]() In any event,nobody in Ireland seems to have had the slightest problem with her meeting the injured soldiers a couple of weeks ago. |
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And to be fair to Mary, despite her constant early slots and rubbish comments, she still managed to hold off being in the bottom two till Week 8 - which is bloody good. She must have had a strong fan base.
Such a shame he'd rather have Cher in the final over Mary. I think the final would have been much more interesting as we wouldn't have known the bottom 2 from last week so as far as we know, the final could have been anybody's game. |
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