Notes On The X Factor #4

It seems, as Daniel Evans finally takes his forced leave from the competition, that PM’s predictions are becoming slightly more destined. After a severe backlash (also predicted) that saw Evans fall from slight student joke to washed-up pool cleaner with dubious familial entanglements, the Great British Public decided that enough was enough. Speaking of enough, [...]

Notes On The X Factor #3

PM’s predictions were, again, proven to be misplaced on Saturday night as Laura White shockingly was eliminated from the competition. While White’s performance was not as stirring as fellow sing-off competitor Ruth Lorenzo’s Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door and she deserved to lose, the fact that she was in the bottom two alone shows an interesting [...]

Notes On The X Factor #2

This week’s disco-themed X Factor, contrary to PM’s prediction, concluded with Daniel Evans still a participant in the competition. His version of Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes’ Don’t Leave Me This Way (above) could have been an excellent choice of song – considerably more upbeat than his previous song choices, and [...]

Notes on The X Factor

This Saturday’s X Factor live heat threw up two interesting and equally indigestible examples of the power of, respectively, the wrong attitude and the wrong approach.
 
Firstly, Rachel Hylton’s performance of the Nina Simone standard Feelin’ Good  (above) was billed as an expected return to form for the reformed drug addict and [...]