well said green goddess
what his mum had at the end!
it was contagious..
i had a lump in my throat too

exactly GG, im sure my mother and father will be impressed wen i take nicholas home to meet them for the first time :P

im glad this was on 2nite then maybe people will warm to him a bit more than they have done! he does have a personality, he's just shy!

God, this show gets worse every week.

Was not impressed with the soundchecks tonight. Shayne may have sounded good, but my face was red with embarrassment watching him dancing. And what have they done with his hair?!

It's as if he's trying to be a clone of JT. He is nowhere near as talented as Mr. Timberlake. It looked like a Stars In Their Eyes performance to me, but we'll wait and see what happens tomorrow.

I didn't think I knew the song that the Conways were singing, but I do. It's a really good choice for them actually. The beginning sounded great, but as others have said, it fell apart a bit. I wish them the best of luck for tomorrow, but I think they'll 100% be in the bottom two.

Excccccuuuuuuusssssseeee mmmmeeeee!!!!!

I am a Yorkshire girl and my accent is fine thank you.

Apparently ours is one of the warmest accents, strangely in call centres we are not allowed to call customers 'love' which is very hard to do as it's in common usage in our sentences.

He may be a nice guy, but that's not what this show's about. Unfortunately, he's still not a very good singer.

I totally agree, it's the first time i've noticed him. To be honest i was never a fan and i went by the image he projects which (IMO) is totally different from the one i watched tonight. He was absolutely lovely and you could see he was shy and genuine. Also for someone i voted as leaving this week i liked the little snippet of him trying out his song and now i don't think he will be going anywhere if he sounds as good on Saturday. Hopefully he'll give the "I'm a cool dude" image a rest for a while and just be himself.

I'm still a JS fan but i now wish Nicholas all the best.

i agree the conways will be bottom 2 if they sing 2moro how they did 2nite.

i think nicholas has an amazing voice. one of the critisicms (sp?) i read a lot on here is that he has no personality and he is dull which is what i was referring to when i sed i hope people warm to him. people liking him as a person and not just performer cant hurt his ratings

its reallys annoys me when all the guests go on about how gorgeous MAria is, it must be annoying for the other female acts who are just as pretty IMO and i really dont think Maria is all that.

Yeah going on todays show i thought Nicholas came across the best,
Shayne did sound good in his soundcheck so im looking forward to his performance tomorrow.

melanie34 - As a Yorkshireman in exile I am sensitive to such things - hence my challenging thms. I also think that Chenai's broad accent is POSSIBLY one of the reasons that people don't like her voice, so that just makes it worse, for me.

Well, do you know any popstars who are a size 12? I know it's cruel, but he is speaking the truth. I don't agree with it. I think they actually look pretty good, but in this world, it's a sad fact, that you need to have a decent figure to be in the pop industry.

From day one with this lad I saw something a shyness then everyone kept on about belt.. he is showy.. get real the most unshowy lad in the comp for me.. he is laid back.. no he is not and Nicholas will prove his doubters wrong as tonight we saw what he really is.. A DAMN nice guy... he has something about him I cannot put my finger on and THAT is always good.. when I can see oh yes you are another clone.. Shayne.. another DIVA Brenda.. someone in disarray.. Maria.. then I see a lad that many have actually missed....bottom 2 I hope not Nicholas as you can sing and boy can you move.. for me.. you may just split my vote tomorrow.

GG

Conways GO HOME please.. that was not good at all what was he raving about.. can sing.. really.. I was in the bar after one song on the Westlife tour... so was everyone else.. most annoying I had to queue

Sadly, size 12 is fat by pop standards...
You have to be a size 8 to be seen as viable.
Chenai lost weight didn't she between the boot camp and live rounds and i don't think it was her choice...

Me too I get sensitive about it I can't help the way I talk but there is no need to be insulting about it, isn't thms Scottish that's one of the hardest to understand. I'm not trying to disrespect Scottish people but I have a friend who's Scottish and every sentence I have to ask him to repeat 3 times before I can understand him.

You could be right about Chenai but I really don't think her accent had anything to do with it, I think it was other factors that did it, well it was for me anyway

i wasn't paying attention to the tv because i was popping in
and out of the kitchen, melanie34..i couldn't make out much
it was due to her accent..i couldn't make out maxwell on bb
sorry to everyone with accents...my accent is just as strong

yeah exactly.
I mean can you imagine girl alound being as popular as they are if they were a size 12?
Its a shame how the industry works but the guy was right

Let you off then, only 'cos you're funny though

Do you know, i SWEAR that one day i'm going to put together a girl band made up of normal looking ladies of all ages and i'm going to FORCE them on the music industry.
I'm a size 12 and i'm SICK of being made to feel fat and not quite pretty enough. Who's with me?

Hey, I'm only a size 8/10, and sometimes, I feel quite inadequate. These people have all the money in the world to get themselves looking perfect, so don't sweat about it.

(((((((big hugs)))))) from bonnie scotland to yorkshire

I'm not. I'm happy with the way i look but i wish 'perfect' was defined in qualities other than 100% looks....

What I would like to know is if all the magazine editors said the readers were mad for Shayne, Nicholas, Maria and Brenda why is Andy second favourite to win

I don't know which magazines were involved, but consider this . The time slot for the x factor is associated with dross such as Stars in Their Eyes and other terrible "family viewing". Some of the audience may not have the discernment shown by those in this thread . How did Michelle McManus manage to win a similar contest? Because the public developed a soft spot for her over several weeks.

WELL no I think not on that with Michelle as I think people were backing her weight.. and Simon and not her.. a little like last year they all think Simon is SO clever really where are they all that he bigged up... GONE GONE GONE.....

Well I think we are making similar points. The public latched onto her. The media latched onto her, and that was the start of the Michelle bandwagon.
And yet the idiotic voice coach for CS tonight, not only insults women with curves, but then he states this "this is a singing contest". No it is not Sunshine. It is the x factor. The winner will be the person that captures the public's imagination. And that person may not be the best remaing vocalist in the contest. Go for it Chico.

I'm beginning to like you you think Chico is cool

And I got your name wrong