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Notes On The X Factor #6
This week (also, it should be pointed out that PM’s predictions have become pretty damn near spot on in recent weeks and, though there’s no real proof of this ‘cos our recent holiday scuppered any posting, you can rest safe … Continue reading
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Notes On The X Factor #5
It seems futile to continually harp on about how Rachel Hylton was literally incapable of delivering a thoughtful and appropriate performance of any of her songs, so these notes will ignore her from now on. She’s gone anyway, so we … Continue reading
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What Is It About Leona’s ‘Run’ That Makes It So Good?
In a frankly lame week for The X Factor, by any applicable distance the finest performance and performer of the night was the only one that didn’t come from a contestant – Leona Lewis. Her incredible performance of Snow Patrol’s Run gravely … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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