All black female sout artists do not sound the same. That's just a sweeping generalisation to make.

I never said all black female soul artists sound the same

I said she sounds like pretty much all the stereotypical diva singers who have been on X Factor (Maria, Treyc, Alisha etc.)

I don't get why everyone is going crazy over her voice at all, she sounds so generic.

Ariana Grande is like a mini Mariah and look at how well she is doing in the charts

That's like the weirdest comparison ever.

I really don't like the second half of Tamera's Stay. D:

Hannah's actually won me over a lot with that performance, though. I wasn't too fussed with her in the auditions this weekend.

Love Hannah's voice!

Hannah is easily my fav so far. If she does make it to the final i hope that they will give her suitable material to sing, which they fail to do with a lot of contestants.

The link to these recordings seems to have been blocked.

Its working again now.

Sorry pal, I have many albums from black female R+B singers/neo soul artists in my huge collection and a lot of them have very distinctive vocals in their own right. A few may sound kind of similar but trust me, they don't sound the same

It's different though. When they're making their own albums then sure, there's going to be a lot of difference and variety in the sound. The problem is on the actual show when they're doing the same covers of the same artists every year (Mainly down to the producers/mentors) then it gets very samey and comparisons are inevitably made.

I think that's where the real problems lie, which is why people assume they sound the same but clearly they are not.
I can give you 100s of R+B female singers on top of my head from the 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s and they all sound different.

I can say the same about Hannah...

Hannah has a distinctive voice of her own, and does not sound the same to other artists that have been on the show.

Tamera is actually awful singing Stay. I think she had potential but she doesn't have any control. half of the song is out of tune, the other half is screaming and there are way too many ad libs. How can anyone say that was a good performance, it isn't even a matter of opinion. It was just not good.

Totally disagree here - different types of singers mate!!

Fribblet, please can you post Riley's recording (or Reily, or whatever her name is, the one that was through to judges houses)? She's the only one out of all the acts that we haven't heard sing before.

She's on the trailer for this weekend's show singing 'Don't You Worry Child'

Where can I watch this trailer???

No she didn't but another girl did.

https://soundcloud.com/fribblet relley's, melanie's, jade's, abi's and amy's recordings are all up now

Great audition from Relly on here, and good to see they put her through despite struggling in tonight's arena audition.

Abi Alton sounds AMAZING! Love that arrangement!

Relley and Jade also did a great job!

Love this song by Abi Alton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spTZt0tiNb0

I love Melanie's....

Melanie sounds great on that song, I hope its her year and she makes it all way to the live shows. Looking good so far for her.