Straight in to the second show and Josh shows us just why he had to be brought back in. He sings beautifully I Want You To Stay. That was marvellous. I am not sure of the format of this show but it looks like each act gets to sing again, Mario calling it their 'survival songs'.
Rachel follows with a nice, gentle God Is Great song which has dodgy words but goes along nicely. I am wondering whether this is what they had to do because there was a problem with the first show when the voting went wrong. Perhaps we are getting the revised show instead where they are all getting to do their 'survival songs' which normally only a couple would have to do.
Confusingly, Simon says Rachel was great 'tonight' but had been awful 'last night' when actually 'last night' he had said how good she's been compared to the previous 'week'.
Carlos does Stones well. He has lots of feeling in this modern track. As one of those I regard as at risk, he needed that good performance.
Mario talks of this as a tough challenge - another hint that we're seeing the rerun.
Restless Road do Don't You Wanna Stay. Nice job. Nothing like as good as the previous show but I still can't see that making much difference - these guys will be very popular out there, with only Rachel and, possibly, Tim, competing in the Country section where there's that vast vote to collect. Tate cruised through on that wave and never really had to try, just banging out nice tracks and looking like a nice dad. These guys appeal to kids too and can add a nice extra dimension to tracks too. And they have the Scotty fans too. So they really shouldn't be sent home just yet unless I am totally misreading the audience.
Ellona attempts the annoying Titanium. I was not very impressed until she seemed almost to realise that she was making a mess of it and started to try. She is a good performer but just needs some more practice. Some notes came and went. Quite weak really in too many places and she was trying too hard too obviously to correct the situation. She could be vulnerable still.
Jeff's song is In The Air Tonight. This is excellent - one of the best vocals but I still wonder whether he'll survive. A scary set, lighting and black and white scene weren't necessarily in his favour. I like the guy a lot now but worry that voters won't.
I wonder whether there should have been a star of some sort on the show? That's what normally happens in a Results Show. Throwing all 13 acts in again, in what I guess had to be the same time scale, must have meant something had to be cut. Or did the first Results Show go out, with the star performances, and America saw both that and this.
Alex & Sierra do Give A Little Time, a number I don't know but which they sing fantastically well together, Sierra has a Karen Carpenter look and sound and was very accurate and pulled the track along. But the clothes! Oh dear. Awful shades of brown and blue for Alex and a strange dark olive fat trouser thing for Sierra. Oh well, they'll survive, no worries.
Khaya sings the beautiful Duffy number. Distant Dreamer is one of my all favoutire songs and so I was prepared to be very critical. I have to say that she performed this brilliantly. A little desperate in places, lacking the crisp, dreamy notes that Duffy found but very very good for all that.
Carlito has If You're Not The One from Daniel Bedingfield. It suits him down to the ground. A very difficult track with amazingly high and low notes which few could even attempt. This guy does very well. Impressive stuff. This is a good programme with everything proceeding at a great pace and very little commentary. It's like speed dating says Mario!
Lillie has a chance to get everyone back on board. Who Wants To Live Forever is a strong track. She knows exactly what she's doing with this track and it sounds like it's one of her staples, perhaps in bars and clubs or wherever she has been performing. That should help her a lot as it had no mistakes, she looked good and nothing to pick fault with at all. She might have lifted herself out of the risk zone with that.
Sweet Suspense
That Should Be Me worked. It wasn't anything particularly memorable but a competent performance and they still should be safe as houses through to next week.
Rion
Now this is one person who can only benefit from another performance. Born This Way is so good. In some ways this was better than Lady Gaga's original. This performance will not only keep her in but may well send her flying through to a final. It's the moment of the night and one that will be played and replayed for some time yet. Brilliant.
Tim
Still such rubbish clothes for the man on this show. Tim's in grey jacket and blue jeans. Disaster. The song is the predictable I Believe I Can Fly which so many have done before. His version is up there with the best but it does nothing for me still. For all the wrong reasons maybe, I feel that Tim is the most vulnerable this week.
The show just ends. It's like it was just one to show the acts singing again. So does that mean there'll be a real 'Results Show' next? There is absolutely zero guidance on this.
Rachel follows with a nice, gentle God Is Great song which has dodgy words but goes along nicely. I am wondering whether this is what they had to do because there was a problem with the first show when the voting went wrong. Perhaps we are getting the revised show instead where they are all getting to do their 'survival songs' which normally only a couple would have to do.
Confusingly, Simon says Rachel was great 'tonight' but had been awful 'last night' when actually 'last night' he had said how good she's been compared to the previous 'week'.
Carlos does Stones well. He has lots of feeling in this modern track. As one of those I regard as at risk, he needed that good performance.
Mario talks of this as a tough challenge - another hint that we're seeing the rerun.
Restless Road do Don't You Wanna Stay. Nice job. Nothing like as good as the previous show but I still can't see that making much difference - these guys will be very popular out there, with only Rachel and, possibly, Tim, competing in the Country section where there's that vast vote to collect. Tate cruised through on that wave and never really had to try, just banging out nice tracks and looking like a nice dad. These guys appeal to kids too and can add a nice extra dimension to tracks too. And they have the Scotty fans too. So they really shouldn't be sent home just yet unless I am totally misreading the audience.
Ellona attempts the annoying Titanium. I was not very impressed until she seemed almost to realise that she was making a mess of it and started to try. She is a good performer but just needs some more practice. Some notes came and went. Quite weak really in too many places and she was trying too hard too obviously to correct the situation. She could be vulnerable still.
Jeff's song is In The Air Tonight. This is excellent - one of the best vocals but I still wonder whether he'll survive. A scary set, lighting and black and white scene weren't necessarily in his favour. I like the guy a lot now but worry that voters won't.
I wonder whether there should have been a star of some sort on the show? That's what normally happens in a Results Show. Throwing all 13 acts in again, in what I guess had to be the same time scale, must have meant something had to be cut. Or did the first Results Show go out, with the star performances, and America saw both that and this.
Alex & Sierra do Give A Little Time, a number I don't know but which they sing fantastically well together, Sierra has a Karen Carpenter look and sound and was very accurate and pulled the track along. But the clothes! Oh dear. Awful shades of brown and blue for Alex and a strange dark olive fat trouser thing for Sierra. Oh well, they'll survive, no worries.
Khaya sings the beautiful Duffy number. Distant Dreamer is one of my all favoutire songs and so I was prepared to be very critical. I have to say that she performed this brilliantly. A little desperate in places, lacking the crisp, dreamy notes that Duffy found but very very good for all that.
Carlito has If You're Not The One from Daniel Bedingfield. It suits him down to the ground. A very difficult track with amazingly high and low notes which few could even attempt. This guy does very well. Impressive stuff. This is a good programme with everything proceeding at a great pace and very little commentary. It's like speed dating says Mario!
Lillie has a chance to get everyone back on board. Who Wants To Live Forever is a strong track. She knows exactly what she's doing with this track and it sounds like it's one of her staples, perhaps in bars and clubs or wherever she has been performing. That should help her a lot as it had no mistakes, she looked good and nothing to pick fault with at all. She might have lifted herself out of the risk zone with that.
Sweet Suspense
That Should Be Me worked. It wasn't anything particularly memorable but a competent performance and they still should be safe as houses through to next week.
Rion
Now this is one person who can only benefit from another performance. Born This Way is so good. In some ways this was better than Lady Gaga's original. This performance will not only keep her in but may well send her flying through to a final. It's the moment of the night and one that will be played and replayed for some time yet. Brilliant.
Tim
Still such rubbish clothes for the man on this show. Tim's in grey jacket and blue jeans. Disaster. The song is the predictable I Believe I Can Fly which so many have done before. His version is up there with the best but it does nothing for me still. For all the wrong reasons maybe, I feel that Tim is the most vulnerable this week.
The show just ends. It's like it was just one to show the acts singing again. So does that mean there'll be a real 'Results Show' next? There is absolutely zero guidance on this.
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