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Old 04-12-2011, 20:47
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Seriously, I can't understand some of the clowns here criticising Kelly's performance. She was singing LIVE and performing some seriously complex choreography as well. She didn't sound perfect, but when you consider the difficulty level of what she was doing, she did a fine job.

Usher tried to dance and sing live when he performed on X-Factor last year, and he sounded terrible. Kelly should be congratulated for not copping out and doing as well as she did. For me, the only acts that have appeared on X-Factor who could actually sing live and do choreography that complex to a higher standard than Kelly are our very own Alexandra Burke and Beyonce.
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Old 04-12-2011, 20:51
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:09
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:13
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I hope you are watching Beyonce on ITV ... you may change your opinion on Kelly ....
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:17
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I hope you are watching Beyonce on ITV ... you may change your opinion on Kelly ....
Huh

I've already said Beyonce is a stronger live performer than Kelly (and she always has been), as is Alexandra Burke. Beyonce being better doesn't mean Kelly isn't excellent when contrasted to the majority of her peers.

But beyond them, Kelly is generally better than the majority of singer/dancers out there who are mega-stars. Katy Perry or Rihanna could never put on a choreography performance of that standard, singing live.
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:30
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Kelly did something Cheryl Cole could not do - sing LIVE and dance!
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:32
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I hope you are watching Beyonce on ITV ... you may change your opinion on Kelly ....
Kelly was singing live. Beyonce is doing a pre-recorded TV special that can be edited if she makes any mistakes.

Kelly was excellent, she sang live, danced well and put on a good show, and showed why she is the most credible judge on the panel.
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:32
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Kelly was brilliant
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:32
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Kelly was brilliant
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:36
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Kelly was singing live. Beyonce is doing a pre-recorded TV special that can be edited if she makes any mistakes.

Kelly was excellent, she sang live, danced well and put on a good show, and showed why she is the most credible judge on the panel.
Good point about Beyonce's show being pre-recorded and edited, so she can be made to sound as good as possible.

While I still think Beyonce is stronger live than Kelly, the ITV show isn't really evidence of that. There was no post-production manipulation for Kelly's performance. It was actually LIVE. Beyonce's was pre-recorded and likely edited for mistakes.
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:39
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whoa!!! someone has the nerve to say a good thing about Kelly? LOL
She was outstanding, and she looked HOT!!!
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:41
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To suggest that Kelly was rubbish because Beyonce is so good is just stupid. Beyonce's talent is rare. She makes it look incredibly easy.

Kelly was competent, put on a good show, showed some personality, sang well and danced well. I don't know what else people could want from her performance.
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:45
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Kelly was very good tonight and well done on her doing it live with the amount of dancing she had to do.
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:51
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Lady Gaga can sing and dance live too.


Dunno why we are saying 'dance live' its not as if people can pretend to dance...
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Old 04-12-2011, 21:58
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To suggest that Kelly was rubbish because Beyonce is so good is just stupid. Beyonce's talent is rare. She makes it look incredibly easy.

Kelly was competent, put on a good show, showed some personality, sang well and danced well. I don't know what else people could want from her performance.

Wow, i bet she'd love to read that!
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:00
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I thought all of Destiny's Child were sick dancers?? Kelly wasn't tonight.
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:01
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Wow, i bet she'd love to read that!
I'm sure she'd like to know that someone thought what I said in the whole sentence, actually.
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:02
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I thought Kelly had a good performance, that sort of music isnt really my thing, but she sang and danced well and was very sexy
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:05
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Agreed that some of the other threads ridiculing her are beyond silly tbh. She did great tonight and to compare her to Beyonce is silly - that's like comparing Nadine to Cheryl in Girls Aloud - Nadine is clearly the better singer but Cheryl is the better dancer.
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:06
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Lady Gaga can sing and dance live too.


Dunno why we are saying 'dance live' its not as if people can pretend to dance...
Sing AND dance live, with the and being the operative word. It's extremely hard to deliver acceptable vocals and dance like Kelly did at the same time. It takes years of training to perfect which is why many singers mime or use very heavy backing tracks when dancing.
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:10
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Sing AND dance live, with the and being the operative word. It's extremely hard to deliver acceptable vocals and dance like Kelly did at the same time. It takes years of training to perfect which is why many singers mime or use very heavy backing tracks when dancing.
She's had years of training though, and because of that it just seemed pretty lackluster.
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:11
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Sing AND dance live, with the and being the operative word. It's extremely hard to deliver acceptable vocals and dance like Kelly did at the same time. It takes years of training to perfect which is why many singers mime or use very heavy backing tracks when dancing.
It is, but people who perform in the West End or Broadway have to do it night after night. I don't see the cast of Chicago miming. People somehow think that musical theatre is a rubbish career compared to pop.
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:11
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She was worse than horrible
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:15
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You lot make it sound like these people found a cure for cancer or stormed a Taliban machine gun team with a stick.

They're poxy singers for cliff's sake. Wake up !!
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Old 04-12-2011, 22:18
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Thumbs up to her for singing live, not many artists have the guts to do that and I thought it was brave of her. However, I thought it was pretty bad, even more so at the start when she hadn't even started dancing yet (the Love Takes Over part), her vocal was all over the place, didn't sound in tune a lot.

She actually got better on the second song and once she started moving, she wasn't good but at that point she had an excuse because she was dancing and it's not easy to sing and dance at the same time, not at all.

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