I Grew up with the girl, she really loves singing and deserves it


Heres her myspace
www.myspace.com/bmarika

Joined.

Loved her. You grew up with her? She seems really nice.

Is she the girl who sang Amazing Grace? She stood out to me tonight. I don't know if I liked the audition itself that much, but she seems to have a brilliant voice and I'm looking forward to hearing more of it. Probably my favourite auditionee so far.

That's great, Yeah she does have a unique soulful voice, and she's always wanted this! She also writes her own songs and is a LOVELY girl

Definitely one of the highlights tonight. Great voice, and she was really pretty too. Could be one to watch I reckon

Arrgh, double post. Sorry

We didn't see much of her, but I liked her voice.

Yup, I really liked her tonight, she had an amazing tone to her voice, and also was completely adorable.

I really wish we had seen more of her than what was shown tonight - I sincerely hope that isn't a sign of what's to come later in the series @ bootcamp / judge's house.

I almost got the "Leona" feeling with her - something I've not felt with a contestant since Leona herself. I wish her all the best

I'm also disappointed we didn't see a bit more. She didn't have a sob story though and that's why.

I hope she goes far in the show. We only saw her for about a minute but she completely blew me away.

When do we know if she's through to the judges homes or not?

I too like Marika she was brilliant...

i thought she was great a pretty, talented girl, be interestin to see how far she gets

I agree Am's Wonder what she'll be singing for us at bootcamp?

She's the only one so far who has made me sit up and pay attention. She has the likeability factor as well as the voice, and I thought the "eyes watering, looking away and touching hair" stuff was a sign that she was completely overwhelmed by the compliments. I hope she gets through bootcamp...

Here's her audition on youtube, I was looking for it;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZrVHD-2-so

Shame the clip was so small but hopefully we'll see more of her. And I agree with you Peeves watching the clip again, I didn't pick up on how overwhelmed she was the first time.

Little Interview With Marika!
http://xfactor.itv.com/videos/video-...tem_200093.htm

Thanks posting!

She's so sweet. I'll be furious/gutted if she doesn't get to the final 12!

Please tell me she's through to the final 12. I just read something I didn't like....

Ive been told by a few people that she isn't

! OMG!!

I'm gutted if that's true. She was the only one I liked!!

Well, it seems she's out before she even got a chance. Unfortunately there's alot of compitition with the girls this year, even though i'm not keen on Alexandra. Hopefully she'll re-audition next year, even.

Sorry for another shameless bump. Marika posted a new blog on MySpace....

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...ogID=435631355

Well, to be honest I didnt expect Boot camp to be like this!!!??...

I expected hard core vocal training and even dance training, I expected early morning starts to prepare and warm up the vocals. I didn't expect, early morning starts waiting around to be filmed and interviewed about things you've experienced in your life!!... Surley I'm not hear for that.

Seeing the judges again was yet another surreal experience, Simon Cowell has a presence and special aura about him which tells you that his arrived..His somewhat like Matthew Knowles in that respect!...

Cheryl and Danni are just like you see them on the screen sweet and petite, and as for Louie Walsh I dont know about you but for me I just can't take the man seriously at all! He makes me chuckle. Bless him.

Before the boot camp stage all successful auditionees were given a list of songs of which I chose 2 of them, Duffy: Mercy and Roberta Flack: The First Time Ever I saw Your Face.

I chose to perform Duffy because in my first audition the judges were unsure of my level of confidence and as Duffy is a playful song it felt right for me to perfrom it.

I was one of the last auditions to perfrom on the 02, Indigo arena stage, infront of the judges and once again just like the first audition, my heart was beating 10 to a dozen my hands were heavy and my knees were weak! But I pulled it Off! and the result was a Successful one of that! PHEW!! but as for my own judging I know I can do better!

Marika

xxx