First of all, Happy Halloween everyone

So here we are at last at the first live show weekend for this series, it's been a long slog but we are finally there

ICYMI here are the finalists and their all but confirmed song choices

The Boys
Seann Miley Moore: Life On Mars - David Bowie
Ché Chesterman: Tears Dry On Their Own / Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Amy Winehouse / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Tarrell
Mason Noise: Sorry - Justin Bieber

The Girls
Lauren Murray: I'm Every Woman - Chakka Khan (Whitney Houston version)
Louisa Johnson: God Only Knows - Beach Boys
Kiera Weathers: Crying For No Reason - Katy B
Monica Michael: Make It Rain - Ed Sheeran

The Overs
Anton Stephans: Dance With My Father - Luther Vandross
Bupsi: You're A Wonderful One - Marvin Gaye
Max Stone: Someone Like You - Adele

The Groups
Alien Uncovered: Do It Like A Dude - Jessie J
Reggie 'N' Bollie: It Wasn't Me - Shaggy
4th Impact: Problem - Ariana Grande Ft. Iggy Azalea

Hi Richie, thanks for the thread, better get my tissues ready for Anton's performance !

So glad we are finally at the live shows. They are the best part of the show and a great thing to enjoy during dark winter nights.

No themed week, fantastic stuff. May it be the first of many.

Why are there 4 of the girls?

What did I miss?

The best song choice tonight is God Only Knows.

Thanks for the thread.

Particularly looking forward to Max's, Anton's and Alien Uncovered's performances.

there is a theme, its "this is me" , supposedly acts picking tracks they think represent the type of artist they want to be

i cant see them scrapping themes but as long as the make them fairly generic it should be ok

Me too. Thats a song that always chokes me up as well.

Hoping Anton does it justice as Luther was one of the most effortlessly perfect vocalists of all time imo and he's very sadly missed

alien's staging and choreography could be interesting considering the lyrics of the song

there could be a few songs that will have me in tears tonight , for a variety of reasons

Will there be a Halloween special for tonights live finals

I don't know the below songs so hopefully having nothing to compare the version to may be a bonus.

Mason Noise: Sorry - Justin Bieber
Kiera Weathers: Crying For No Reason - Katy B
Monica Michael: Make It Rain - Ed Sheeran
4th Impact: Problem - Ariana Grande Ft. Iggy Azalea

I've got a very open mind tonight and prepared to give everyone a chance to impress me

Monica is the wildcard for this year

i usually check out the songs i dont know on spotify or youtube just to get an idea , and i dont think you are missing much

Indeed.

I'm expecting to be doing these faces at various points tonight

Though I could surprise myself and do this at some point but that will probably be the alcohol

The song choices are almost all current so the acts have no excuses tonight.

half and half tbh

6 of the songs are from the 60s, 70s and 80s

I was puzzled by this. Lots of talk about the final 12 this week then on ITV news today they started talking about the final 13. I thought eh?!!

Max's Someone Like You could be epic or a disaster. Hopefully it will be the former as Simon is the mentor!

Wildcard Monica

Evening all, and thanks for Thread Rich. Going through a massive shake at present, so having sweet stuff until it settles. But, still here, and as you said Rich, long slog it was to get to this point, and glad it's over

Good movie on telly now, The Monkey's Paw in Black and white, early days of actors we came to know over the years

Wanna see something scary before the show starts, and yes I know this has nowt to do with X Factor but wanted to share these from last week

So, guess who dressed at Batman (or should that be Fatman ) in these videos from last week's convention in Cardiff

https://youtu.be/s7jx6JmWPac - 1.11 to 1.21 walking into shot
https://youtu.be/hpiPGDicF4s - 0.02 to 0.07

louis walsh has let himself go since he was sacked

So that's what you were doing Guess what someone's just let off fireworks!

Evening all

So I've got a Chinese on order, the painkillers handy and I've locked the doors. Have I missed anything?