Jennel Garcia sings I Kissed A Girl and comes across well, maybe a little less sparkly than she had been before but, as she says, this is the one that counts. She needs the big stage and all the extras that the Live Show teams will provide for her and to smile, smile, smile as she sets the place alight when she does.
And a another smile from Willie Jones who gets another shot at Nobody Knows. Boy, does he do a good job of that, too. He comes across as such a nice guy and this was a very impressive performance, relaxed and yet passionate too. I like this fellow. Nick says he's a star but needs to sort out whether he's R&B or Country. I'm not so sure - he can sit astride both and that'll do no harm at all. This is one talented category!
Jillian Jensen is looking so much better after the few weeks between Boot Camp and now. The tears and screwed up face have gone and Nick Jonas thinks she's sexy (which makes you wonder what on earth he'll say about Cece!) For the second time out of just three, Demi is worrying about having made them switch off their emotions a bit too much. It struck me as odd advice at the time. Jillian sings beautifully with both harsh and soft tones in Gravity. Listening to Demi afterwards, though, you sense that she's already getting ready to give her the news she's not going through. In this category, though, coming 4th equal is not all bad.
Nick Youngerman hasn't had much screen time and I didn't even recognise his name.He's a cheerful chap and raps well with the Tik Tok track, clearly enjoying himself and thinking he's done well. I don't know - his range was pretty narrow and I can't see him making it any further.
Paige Thomas never smiles or seems to look happy about anything. She's done really well to get this far and should be proud but it seems the reverse sometimes, with shots of her looking worried or even a bit bothered, especially by almost anything Cece says or does. She does a nice version of Turn Up The Music and doesn't oversing or try too hard and that works well. She seems to put an awful lot into the image and I can't imagine what the Live Show teams will be able to do - there's not much left to tweak!
Cece Frey has sung brilliantly but hasn't connected with viewers from what I can gather so far. There's something about her attitude and determination that makes her seem untouchable and certainly I wouldn't want to try to argue with her as she comes across as really intelligent, smart and self-confident. Demi has a word before and seems to break through a barrier which also does a lot of good and when she performs I'm Sexy And I Know It it's not a statement but fun. In a very short audition I think she simply blows the others off the stage, or the carpet in this case, with marvellous tone and movement. Faultless and I have started to warm to this girl more. I have always been an admirer and if she does manage to pull off the 'likeability' thing then she will do very well. If not, no matter how well she sings and performs and looks, she'll simply not get the votes which will be a shame.
Now for the groups. We really haven't seen much of these at all so far - and with three manufactured ones here that's not exactly surprising! So let's see what Simon's been constructing. He would simply love to get another group out there and there is a feeling that, following 1 Direction's success in the States (and Little Mix winning X Factor UK), there is some renewed interest in the category which was usually seen as an unlikely winning one.
First is Playback. I'll add the names that Simon rescued later but owen takes the lead to start and you'll recognise the others even if you don't recall who they are. They clearly enjoyed themselves, possibly more than anyone I've watched at Judges' Houses in two years, and were pretty competent with a fun version of Rich Girl. Marc Anthony didn't think much to their performance, which, I suppose, wasn't anything fabulous but Simon definitely likes them and that'll be good news for these five lads, I'm sure.
Next one of the original, actual 'groups' who were seen being a bit heavy on the confidence side in the auditions but weren't at all bad for all that. It had good and bad. Good harmonies but I got the feeling that the first lead was trying a bit too hard to sing 'properly' and that didn't work for me. The rap-type guy was good and they all managed to pull it together to put on a reasonable performance that Marc actually preferred to the previous group. These guys would work hard and could be reliable but I'm not convinced they'd get teh votes they'd need to last long. Difficult decisions ahead, for sure.
Three lovely girls make up Sister C. If each had applied individually then there's a good chance each would have got through but as a group I don't know that they come across as anything special. They can certainly sing but guys don't punch out numbers on a phone in the Live Shows as much, indeed, anywhere near as much as the girls and they tend to vote for the one girl at that. So they'd be really unlikely to win and, whilst gracing the stage and our ears wonderfully, that might only be for a week or two at most. It's sad but that could be the last we see of these.
Lyric145 is the One4Five duo with the considerable added benefit of Lyric da Queen. Now this is not the prettiest group in the room and, whilst one of the guys had ditched the wicked reverse colour lens in his eyes, Lyric still wears a bling eyepatch. An eyepatch would be OK but a bling one? But, appearance? Who cares when they can sound as professional and confident as these three do together. I'm no fan of the rap or hip-hop or whatever this genre is called now but it sounded like something that would sell and could appeal to kids today. Will those be the kids who'll vote? No, possibly even less so that for Sister C with the audience profile of X Factor USA. Simon and Marc, though, both seemed very impressed and I can see them going through.
Lylas is a group comprising five girls who had shone at Boot Camp. Some good singers and performers in there. they sound smart too. Dinah doesn't look anything like she did in the auditions. There's one that seems a bit weak, Normani, I think, who starts off but three are outstanding vocally and the way the one in the middle looks at Simon when she's singing is powerful. They come together remarkably well after what only have been a few days. They'll definitely be chosen above Sister C, that's for sure.
As Simon and Marc say at the end, though, this is going to be one tough decision. I guess Lylas, Lyric145 and Playback. there's no intelligence on this either - the Spoiler I got hold of being very vague on the Groups so I'm going out on a limb here. We'll know soon enough. In fact, Stateside readers probably know already and can see how wrong (or right) I've been.
And a another smile from Willie Jones who gets another shot at Nobody Knows. Boy, does he do a good job of that, too. He comes across as such a nice guy and this was a very impressive performance, relaxed and yet passionate too. I like this fellow. Nick says he's a star but needs to sort out whether he's R&B or Country. I'm not so sure - he can sit astride both and that'll do no harm at all. This is one talented category!
Jillian Jensen is looking so much better after the few weeks between Boot Camp and now. The tears and screwed up face have gone and Nick Jonas thinks she's sexy (which makes you wonder what on earth he'll say about Cece!) For the second time out of just three, Demi is worrying about having made them switch off their emotions a bit too much. It struck me as odd advice at the time. Jillian sings beautifully with both harsh and soft tones in Gravity. Listening to Demi afterwards, though, you sense that she's already getting ready to give her the news she's not going through. In this category, though, coming 4th equal is not all bad.
Nick Youngerman hasn't had much screen time and I didn't even recognise his name.He's a cheerful chap and raps well with the Tik Tok track, clearly enjoying himself and thinking he's done well. I don't know - his range was pretty narrow and I can't see him making it any further.
Paige Thomas never smiles or seems to look happy about anything. She's done really well to get this far and should be proud but it seems the reverse sometimes, with shots of her looking worried or even a bit bothered, especially by almost anything Cece says or does. She does a nice version of Turn Up The Music and doesn't oversing or try too hard and that works well. She seems to put an awful lot into the image and I can't imagine what the Live Show teams will be able to do - there's not much left to tweak!
Cece Frey has sung brilliantly but hasn't connected with viewers from what I can gather so far. There's something about her attitude and determination that makes her seem untouchable and certainly I wouldn't want to try to argue with her as she comes across as really intelligent, smart and self-confident. Demi has a word before and seems to break through a barrier which also does a lot of good and when she performs I'm Sexy And I Know It it's not a statement but fun. In a very short audition I think she simply blows the others off the stage, or the carpet in this case, with marvellous tone and movement. Faultless and I have started to warm to this girl more. I have always been an admirer and if she does manage to pull off the 'likeability' thing then she will do very well. If not, no matter how well she sings and performs and looks, she'll simply not get the votes which will be a shame.
Now for the groups. We really haven't seen much of these at all so far - and with three manufactured ones here that's not exactly surprising! So let's see what Simon's been constructing. He would simply love to get another group out there and there is a feeling that, following 1 Direction's success in the States (and Little Mix winning X Factor UK), there is some renewed interest in the category which was usually seen as an unlikely winning one.
First is Playback. I'll add the names that Simon rescued later but owen takes the lead to start and you'll recognise the others even if you don't recall who they are. They clearly enjoyed themselves, possibly more than anyone I've watched at Judges' Houses in two years, and were pretty competent with a fun version of Rich Girl. Marc Anthony didn't think much to their performance, which, I suppose, wasn't anything fabulous but Simon definitely likes them and that'll be good news for these five lads, I'm sure.
Next one of the original, actual 'groups' who were seen being a bit heavy on the confidence side in the auditions but weren't at all bad for all that. It had good and bad. Good harmonies but I got the feeling that the first lead was trying a bit too hard to sing 'properly' and that didn't work for me. The rap-type guy was good and they all managed to pull it together to put on a reasonable performance that Marc actually preferred to the previous group. These guys would work hard and could be reliable but I'm not convinced they'd get teh votes they'd need to last long. Difficult decisions ahead, for sure.
Three lovely girls make up Sister C. If each had applied individually then there's a good chance each would have got through but as a group I don't know that they come across as anything special. They can certainly sing but guys don't punch out numbers on a phone in the Live Shows as much, indeed, anywhere near as much as the girls and they tend to vote for the one girl at that. So they'd be really unlikely to win and, whilst gracing the stage and our ears wonderfully, that might only be for a week or two at most. It's sad but that could be the last we see of these.
Lyric145 is the One4Five duo with the considerable added benefit of Lyric da Queen. Now this is not the prettiest group in the room and, whilst one of the guys had ditched the wicked reverse colour lens in his eyes, Lyric still wears a bling eyepatch. An eyepatch would be OK but a bling one? But, appearance? Who cares when they can sound as professional and confident as these three do together. I'm no fan of the rap or hip-hop or whatever this genre is called now but it sounded like something that would sell and could appeal to kids today. Will those be the kids who'll vote? No, possibly even less so that for Sister C with the audience profile of X Factor USA. Simon and Marc, though, both seemed very impressed and I can see them going through.
Lylas is a group comprising five girls who had shone at Boot Camp. Some good singers and performers in there. they sound smart too. Dinah doesn't look anything like she did in the auditions. There's one that seems a bit weak, Normani, I think, who starts off but three are outstanding vocally and the way the one in the middle looks at Simon when she's singing is powerful. They come together remarkably well after what only have been a few days. They'll definitely be chosen above Sister C, that's for sure.
As Simon and Marc say at the end, though, this is going to be one tough decision. I guess Lylas, Lyric145 and Playback. there's no intelligence on this either - the Spoiler I got hold of being very vague on the Groups so I'm going out on a limb here. We'll know soon enough. In fact, Stateside readers probably know already and can see how wrong (or right) I've been.
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