Strange fuzzy tributes to start the programme. Better any day than a sing-a-long, however. Ah, it's something called 'Thanksgiving' across the Pond this week. Do they get two turkeys then? One now and another at Christmas?
Tate appears without a hat and looks quite different. Vino looks rough and tough, especially with a beard and moustache growing rapidly at a rate that doesn't seem to have applied to the rop half. Cece looking cool and pretty again. Paige also seems to have sacked the extreme make-over guys and was actually cute, not the hard girl image we've seen so far. One thing that struck me was that I couldn't tell which was Carly Rose and which was Beatrice! That's crazy. I can easily spot them, surely, but those shots fooled me.
We're going to get some dragged out soft and gooey bits as each act spends longer dedicating their performances to mum, dad or whoever than actually on the stage.
Tate
All good solid sruff again from the current vote leader, I'm Already There is a modern classic Country sound and he performed it pretty well. He did wobble a bit at the end which i guess we can put down to emotion but he seemed just a bit average this week, That's maybe being a bit harsh but the standards have been exceptional so far and he'll need to keep up there.
He will be there next week, though, for sure. Memories of Scotty's run on American Idol haunt me - and Tate seems to have zero competition and where he hasn't got the teen vote he may even more than make up for it with the older Country folk who haven't anyone else to vote for.
Nice fellow. Not exactly 'X Factor' though.
She has struggled to win votes to date and is, indeed, only here now because Simon brought her back. That ought to win over some more supporters but I actually thought she was better last week so that might make her vulnerable. Difficult call. Let's see how the others do.
Sounds like a Taylor Swift number. Probably isn't. Tell Me What You Want To Hear or I'm Going To Give All My Secrets Away. Excellent and really quite professional performance. A bit commercial and gooey - something you can imagine 1D doing - but that will definitely gather in some more girls' votes should there be any left. A good solid job by a group I am sure we'll be hearing more about.
Long wait for this guy as we here in Brtitain get some silly ads for a store with models holding snowballs and throwing them either side of the camera which just doesn't work at all. Then Peter Andre telling us about yet another flaming series about his life and kids and girls and tans, As if that wasn't enough we get the dedication to his brother and more on the Normani front just to keep the girl fans interested. Chat about man love. Oh boy, get on with it, please.
The song's Enrique's Hero. One very cool song. Good choice. The only problem is he's not Enrique who is also still pretty young and desirable to his voters. This is virtually a copy with a bit of open mouth croak on the I but nothing like as good as the main man. Nice job. Notes all there. Better than he's done so far. He'd fly through the UK contest with this but he needs far more, something special. The judges are fair and maybe even a bit harsh. You have to feel a bit sorry for him but, to be fair, he can't out sing several others in his on category, never mind others.
This girl needs another exceptional performance tonight as, despite her remarkable success last week, I reckon even she was a bit surprised. She is coming across on the screen so much better. Love the girl. Just hope and pray it works.
The Wind Beneath My Wings - the other one - but, oh dear Cece, this was very sad. She breaks down at the end in real-looking emotion. I am not so sure that she wasn't upset because she really did not get the notes at the start and even messed up midway too. Her strength was when she let go and she hit the high notes well. She could be brilliant but that was a deciedly poor version of that track, which is pretty tedious and very much overdone these days anyway.
If, as the judges assumed, and could well be the case as it is a very sad story, Cece simply was overwhelmed with emotion for her sister and having her family in the audience at last then perhaps the same public that put her in 5th place last week will save her again.
I have to wonder, though. As things stand, she'd be a dead cert to go tomorrow. I hate to say that but I can't imagine any of the others messing up enough to avoid her going. Especially as two go again this week. Coming 8th is her best hope but even that's a tough call.
God gets the thanks from the girls. Camilla is missed out but seems to agree so it can't be a religious thing. I may have missed her tribute but don't think so as she is the strongest element and I tend to look out for her. Oh well. I'll check the recording again.
Lauren starts once again. And has trouble with those low notes again. Dinah second in I'll Stand By You. Solid. Normani 3rd. A bit thin. Ally 4th, Cool and engaging and you almost expect her to start dancinga round but this isn't that sort of track so she holds herself back. Choir 5th. Dinah again. No Camilla spot? Strange. Quite a bit was wobbly from Lauren but that was a good version of quite a tedious track. They're talented and attractive. I would still put Ally and Camilla out front on the next number, or have Dinah do gospel big time with all four in the background. It's still just a little average and that song is a drag.
Will they get through? I think they've got a good teen vote going for them and may also have some older admirers now as they're so personable. I'd say yes, just.
This girl really does have to hit the vote market today. Chasing Cars is Britney's choice. She is so good at selecting tracks. If Beatrice does that well then it would stand out on this otherwise tedious track night.
Beautiful start and so natural. She's great. It went slightly wrong as she spotted her sisters in the audience and nearly broke but, unlike Cece, she got through with style. That wasn't quite a stand out but it would be very sad if she doesn't get the votes. I would keep her, definitely. She's up against the split support with Carly, though, and even a bit of Diamond, maybe. Perhaps she may need to sing off tomorrow, Hate to say that but unless there's a poor performance coming up that could be the way it goes. She won't be bottom, though.
Better with the white T shirt and he's ahd a shave of sorts. God Bless The USA and let's support the soldiers and be proud to be American. All good patriotic, well, the ultimate patriotic number really. That was one smart choice for an emotional night. Both Britney and Demi seem to have changed their mind about him this week. No-one can argue with that trump card of a song, especially as he also did perform it well, which we shouldn't forget, after all!
Nice job, Vino. You're well and truly safe. Tell the union boys they can take it easy on the phone bosses for a week.
That's interesting. Another near break down but this time Paige showed that she could power herself out of trouble and use the emotion to move the song as opposed to the other way round. It wasn't good and she didn't look that good this week either. This was a Britney song but I didn't recognise it, not that that matters. The judges were pretty down on the song choice and not as 'understanding' as they had been with Cece.
Paige is very likely to be in the bottom 3 tomorrow. Last week she was excellent but still only just scraped through so that doesn't bode well for her. She wouldn't be my choice to leave but she may well have to fight again. She may also just have rescued Cece, although a Paige v Cece night again is a distinct possibility.
Oh boy. Somewhere Over The Rainbow! Britney is amazing. This will put her at No. 1. Even before I hear it. Despite the Vino anthem. Despite everything. Perfect.
Now I have watched her performance. Marvellous. Absolutely marvellous. What else can I say?
Tate appears without a hat and looks quite different. Vino looks rough and tough, especially with a beard and moustache growing rapidly at a rate that doesn't seem to have applied to the rop half. Cece looking cool and pretty again. Paige also seems to have sacked the extreme make-over guys and was actually cute, not the hard girl image we've seen so far. One thing that struck me was that I couldn't tell which was Carly Rose and which was Beatrice! That's crazy. I can easily spot them, surely, but those shots fooled me.
We're going to get some dragged out soft and gooey bits as each act spends longer dedicating their performances to mum, dad or whoever than actually on the stage.
Tate
All good solid sruff again from the current vote leader, I'm Already There is a modern classic Country sound and he performed it pretty well. He did wobble a bit at the end which i guess we can put down to emotion but he seemed just a bit average this week, That's maybe being a bit harsh but the standards have been exceptional so far and he'll need to keep up there.
He will be there next week, though, for sure. Memories of Scotty's run on American Idol haunt me - and Tate seems to have zero competition and where he hasn't got the teen vote he may even more than make up for it with the older Country folk who haven't anyone else to vote for.
Nice fellow. Not exactly 'X Factor' though.
Diamond
She's looking much older than 13 and performs really well some choir-backed anthem. You Gave Me Strength or something like that. Lots of good efforts at notes and style. Quite a few missed but she gets a lot of appreciation from the judges. Diamond certainly made a good effort and is a delight to watch, very safe on stage. I still say that she needs a couple of years to refine and mature a bit and then she could be truly unstoppable.She has struggled to win votes to date and is, indeed, only here now because Simon brought her back. That ought to win over some more supporters but I actually thought she was better last week so that might make her vulnerable. Difficult call. Let's see how the others do.
Emblem3
Sounds like a Taylor Swift number. Probably isn't. Tell Me What You Want To Hear or I'm Going To Give All My Secrets Away. Excellent and really quite professional performance. A bit commercial and gooey - something you can imagine 1D doing - but that will definitely gather in some more girls' votes should there be any left. A good solid job by a group I am sure we'll be hearing more about.
Arin
Long wait for this guy as we here in Brtitain get some silly ads for a store with models holding snowballs and throwing them either side of the camera which just doesn't work at all. Then Peter Andre telling us about yet another flaming series about his life and kids and girls and tans, As if that wasn't enough we get the dedication to his brother and more on the Normani front just to keep the girl fans interested. Chat about man love. Oh boy, get on with it, please.
The song's Enrique's Hero. One very cool song. Good choice. The only problem is he's not Enrique who is also still pretty young and desirable to his voters. This is virtually a copy with a bit of open mouth croak on the I but nothing like as good as the main man. Nice job. Notes all there. Better than he's done so far. He'd fly through the UK contest with this but he needs far more, something special. The judges are fair and maybe even a bit harsh. You have to feel a bit sorry for him but, to be fair, he can't out sing several others in his on category, never mind others.
Cece
This girl needs another exceptional performance tonight as, despite her remarkable success last week, I reckon even she was a bit surprised. She is coming across on the screen so much better. Love the girl. Just hope and pray it works.
The Wind Beneath My Wings - the other one - but, oh dear Cece, this was very sad. She breaks down at the end in real-looking emotion. I am not so sure that she wasn't upset because she really did not get the notes at the start and even messed up midway too. Her strength was when she let go and she hit the high notes well. She could be brilliant but that was a deciedly poor version of that track, which is pretty tedious and very much overdone these days anyway.
If, as the judges assumed, and could well be the case as it is a very sad story, Cece simply was overwhelmed with emotion for her sister and having her family in the audience at last then perhaps the same public that put her in 5th place last week will save her again.
I have to wonder, though. As things stand, she'd be a dead cert to go tomorrow. I hate to say that but I can't imagine any of the others messing up enough to avoid her going. Especially as two go again this week. Coming 8th is her best hope but even that's a tough call.
Fifth Harmony
God gets the thanks from the girls. Camilla is missed out but seems to agree so it can't be a religious thing. I may have missed her tribute but don't think so as she is the strongest element and I tend to look out for her. Oh well. I'll check the recording again.
Lauren starts once again. And has trouble with those low notes again. Dinah second in I'll Stand By You. Solid. Normani 3rd. A bit thin. Ally 4th, Cool and engaging and you almost expect her to start dancinga round but this isn't that sort of track so she holds herself back. Choir 5th. Dinah again. No Camilla spot? Strange. Quite a bit was wobbly from Lauren but that was a good version of quite a tedious track. They're talented and attractive. I would still put Ally and Camilla out front on the next number, or have Dinah do gospel big time with all four in the background. It's still just a little average and that song is a drag.
Will they get through? I think they've got a good teen vote going for them and may also have some older admirers now as they're so personable. I'd say yes, just.
Beatrice
This girl really does have to hit the vote market today. Chasing Cars is Britney's choice. She is so good at selecting tracks. If Beatrice does that well then it would stand out on this otherwise tedious track night.
Beautiful start and so natural. She's great. It went slightly wrong as she spotted her sisters in the audience and nearly broke but, unlike Cece, she got through with style. That wasn't quite a stand out but it would be very sad if she doesn't get the votes. I would keep her, definitely. She's up against the split support with Carly, though, and even a bit of Diamond, maybe. Perhaps she may need to sing off tomorrow, Hate to say that but unless there's a poor performance coming up that could be the way it goes. She won't be bottom, though.
Vino
Better with the white T shirt and he's ahd a shave of sorts. God Bless The USA and let's support the soldiers and be proud to be American. All good patriotic, well, the ultimate patriotic number really. That was one smart choice for an emotional night. Both Britney and Demi seem to have changed their mind about him this week. No-one can argue with that trump card of a song, especially as he also did perform it well, which we shouldn't forget, after all!
Nice job, Vino. You're well and truly safe. Tell the union boys they can take it easy on the phone bosses for a week.
Paige
That's interesting. Another near break down but this time Paige showed that she could power herself out of trouble and use the emotion to move the song as opposed to the other way round. It wasn't good and she didn't look that good this week either. This was a Britney song but I didn't recognise it, not that that matters. The judges were pretty down on the song choice and not as 'understanding' as they had been with Cece.
Paige is very likely to be in the bottom 3 tomorrow. Last week she was excellent but still only just scraped through so that doesn't bode well for her. She wouldn't be my choice to leave but she may well have to fight again. She may also just have rescued Cece, although a Paige v Cece night again is a distinct possibility.
Carly Rose
Oh boy. Somewhere Over The Rainbow! Britney is amazing. This will put her at No. 1. Even before I hear it. Despite the Vino anthem. Despite everything. Perfect.
Now I have watched her performance. Marvellous. Absolutely marvellous. What else can I say?
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