Andrea has refined taste and never over-ornaments to the point where it grates. However much we love him, there are bound to be some songs that we prefer to others. To be honest, when SCowell made the remark about oversinging I think he was just being nasty.
The only time I have ever heard Andrea add extra notes was when he sang Oh Holy Night and then SCowell trotted out his tired old statement about not liking it but loving it. He was totally inconsistent and insincere. I prefer to rely on Andrea's knowledge of music than SCowell's. The man's a muppet. I know it's so because diabolo said so and he's the Ninja who sees all from the shadows. Are you all counting down? Don't worry , there's a little time to go. Stay vigilant!

LOL you know me far to well Hilda!

Well! Mention your name and you appear. Are you constantly lurking? I suspected it. You're waiting for the moment to strike. Watch out ,Sammi! The shadows are gathering.

Oh I'm always in the shadows, even if I don't post for a few days I'm still lurking, reading, counting and so on...

The conversations between you and Hilda always make me laugh Keep your eyes on that post number because I want that 4000th post

I never found that he over sang any of her performances. Maybe as there wasn't anyone with Andrea's vocal range all his little extra notes and trills stood out amount other acts.

I may have been out enjoying the weather while it's nice, but I'm always watching

What devilish form will you take, then. It seems that the females of the Andrea loving species will need to arm themselves with all their feminine allure and siren ways to lead you away from the target. We have ways of making you fail in your evil quests. Secret eyes are watching.
Watch out Ninja, you have a rival!

Me too I've already ordered two CDs (one for the house, one for the car, of course).... But I won't be able to wait for them to arrive on the day... No way...

Interesting observation about the link with RCA and SBTV - that happened directly after his sing off with Stevi - which is when we know RCA were definitely talking to him....

I like an album to be a journey, like a story, I like to listen to albums from beginning to end and feel like I have been taken somewhere. There should be light and shade, quiet and loud, intense and relaxed. Variation. I hope that they do this with Andrea's album - and it isn't just a procession of big belters... He is collaborating with several songwriters so I hope that they can tie it all together into a good, coherent whole...

I liked the SBTV performance for the passion and the rawness, but I couldn't take a whole album like that in one sitting (oh god, I'm not turning into Scowell with the 5 doughnuts comment am i??! )

Hi Jessika. Have you had any interesting suggestions about celebrating June 1st? We're thinking about sending our photos or videos PARTYING to the website. Are you setting up a special page for them?

I totally agree that Andrea is looking much happier and more relaxed since he got to go home and spend time with family and friends. It must be lonely being in a different country, away from friends and family - plus it must have been a second wrench when he lost his 'X Factor family' too, as he was very close to them..... He looked really strained in that photo of him just before he went home at Starbucks

Perhaps we could think about doing something in the evening of the album release, so that Americans/Canadians can join in, and so that we have all had a chance to listen to it and get our initial emotional reactions out of the way first? Leaving us free to relax and enjoy the album with everyone else? Happy to try and find a compromise that works for everyone ??

I definitely agree with this - they have to try and show everything that they can do in 2 minutes a song for only a few weeks, whilst also trying to impress people enough to get them voting... It is an artificial situation. I do hope that there is some plain, sincere singing as well as some 'vocal gymnastics' - I'd be happy with a bit of both

Nice to have you back dbarnz

Well said, Jessika but `i'm hoping for one or two real Andrea tea jerking ballads. Am i naff? You betcha. I claim one of the few privileges of my ancient status. Old folk can be as naff as they like. `it's expected.

Hey - I thought you were the gentleman

I wish he or RCA would name drop some of the songwriters, it would at least give us a clue at what the material could sound like I remember Fleur name dropping who she was working with pretty much as soon as she got signed. But I guess RCAs plan is to keep it all very under wraps for the time being!

Why thank you x

What a nice idea HildaLG, yes I will definitely do that

I think although he was totally aware of the hard work and homesickness when he entered this journey, it must get overwhelming at times. I get home sick just being at university so I can't imagine what it must be like for him! But I do think equally that he's had the best times of his life through this experience and he must be so thankful that he decided to audition that day. As are we

I think probably the easiest thing may be for us all to have our initial listens whenever we receive the album (I'll be downloading it as soon at its on itunes ) and then collect our thoughts on each song together after?

I assume though that we'll have the debut single to listen to/talk about first though

They don't seem to be giving any clues do they? Unless we've missed them. Andrea tweeted to be calm, patient, focused and determined. My reply was, 'Calm? No. Patient? No. Focused? Yes. Determined to PARTY ON JUNE 1st. ANDREA DAY. YAY!

I'm surprised we haven't even got a little hint yet, usually something gets out somehow. I'm sure we'll hear something before the album comes out, maybe when he gets back and starts working on it again.

Perhaps we should declare June 1st national, no wait international Fanstini day.😄

Good idea, JazzyJaney.

Love it can't wait!!

The thing about hints is you're never sure whether you've got them correctly.We might have had hints already. How about a Spice Girls number, an acoustic number, a song in his own language, a duet. We can have fun guessing.