Peter 'no-one' - what an apt name. Surely scraping the bottom of the bottom of the bottom of the barrel, scraping through the bottom wood and into the cement floor... WHO?!

Lulu was alright. I'm actually getting used to Cat Deeley now - aboslutely deplored her at first. Didn't think Stephanie would get very far but sad to see her go before some of the less talented non-entities, Chris S, Phil Stacey...

You think that was bad, can you imagine how embarassing Martine McCutcheon week will be?

"And coaching our Idol contestants this week is a former British soap actress who you've never heard of and who once played Eliza Doolittle on stage and was awful alongside Hugh Grant in some ghastly rom-com made by the guy who made 4 Weddings and a Funeral!"

[/Cue collective shoulder shrugging across the US]

so why was chris bottom 2 if was his best perfrormance

weird

WHAT?! There's not going to me a Martine week, is there?

Also, I thought Chris R's performance was boring and forgettable (I think the majority of us on here agreed) and that's why he was in the Bottom 2.

More like 'couldn't be bothered to play Eliza Doolittle on stage'

Lulu has had several Number One hits in the USA in the 60s thru to the 80s, when Number One hit singles were h-u-u-u-ge, she was more successful in the USA than in the UK - To Sir With Love was oddly released as only a B-side in the UK, yet was #1 in America and the movie was big too. She was also married to a BeeGee and to John Frieda who relocated to NYC and is a famous hairdresser in the USA - so, though I don't think she is exactly a household name, she is part and parcel of the British scene in the US in the 60s.

Personally I thought for anyone of my age (147) the show was quite poor. Neither Jordin nor Lakisha were remotely up to the original versions of those songs, can't believe they chose them, they can both sing but the songs were just too big and profound for them - in Jordin's case she has an excuse, she is young. Melinda gave a very 'restrained' performance of hers too, these are heart-ringing ballads and she isn't really that sort of emotional wreck, is she? Curiously, I thought all the people who tried to do something a little casually offbeat were more successful, accept Sanjaya. I cringed and ate the sofa cushions.

I watched it here in the USA on a friend's giant TV screen that is bigger than my house in London, on HD. The US show is full of Coke and Ford advertising and duff competitions and a whole load of pointless crap. I can see why Cat Deeley has been imported into the UK version, otherwise the shows would be way too short with all the junk they have to cut out. Believe me she is preferable to the US bits she is replacing.

In Jordin and Lakisha's defense, you can't really top Shirley Bassey. Her voice is mindblowing.

I thought Jordin did an amazing job though.

^ I agree. They go on and on all the time on Idol about the untouchables - Whitney, Mariah, Aretha, etc. but Shirley is way up there. Her voice is insane.

And I thought Jordin did good too. Was a bit disappointed with LaKisha's effort though.

Oh definitely. After the show I watched some performances from Shirley Bassey on youtube and she is just phenominal. The power she has in her voice I think tops them all! Not as much as range as maybe someone like Whitney, but still..WOW. She's 70 now and still just as good as she was!

This wasn't too long ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdl9Y0ZOl8E

The final note in "Goldfinger".
Last edited by Ethereal : 25-03-2007 at 13:08