Melinda's in a whole different league to anyone in the X Factor this year, but I agree that Niki is like her in the sense that she is the most professional vocalist of the finalists.

I don't think Niki is a letdown. Her only bad audition was at boot camp, and she was very good on Saturday. She has a good vocal range, great control and her voice sounds great.

I agree that Melinda is in a different league.

Niki has the control to be able to sing anything and make it look easy.

Defo, like someone siad, she made that song look effectless. She will be able to sing anything and pull it off. She defo was the best on Saturday.

I don't think she's a letdown at all. But like somebody said earlier, I think she's peaked too early.

Good news, Niki fans - she's now the second favourite to win. :bigsmile:

Yeah :bigsmile:

Hope is 1st ent they? I want either of them to win, but mainly Niki because she is a better singer then anyone.

1. Hope.
2. Niki.
3. Futureproof.

The semi-finalists according to the bookies (at this stage).

I don't think she was a let down, i think far from it, she was one of the best on saturday.

Oh right, I really hope she wins, or at least comes 2nd! On Oddschecker she is 3rd fav 2 win, Futureproof is 2nd fav. They are rubbish! Niki is a million times better singer then them!

She could be Andy re,eber his best was the first show and he kept gojng sown each week yet he came 2nd.

Yeah he lost by 1 ponit. We all know Shayne only won because of his looks.

I think Niki could defo make it to the final.

I know what you mean. She is great at ballads, but I do wonder if she will be good at up tempo songs. Im sure she will. She has an amazing voice which hopefully will be good at all types of song.

I think she will, like Leona last year, I am sure Niki could sing anything.

Hate to drag up old threads, but I was kinda riiight

She had two great performances first two weaks. I thoguht week 3 was OK and last weeks she was one of the best again. She's going to in the mix.

Niki is very overrated i think she has had only one really good performance so far which was her first one the rest has been crap she is going down and down as the weeks go by.

She was flat and out of tune last week

... then why did all the judges but Dannii give her good comments? And even still Dannii's comments was only to say it was the wrong song choice.

Her confidence is growing each week and we are always seeing a different side to her. The rest of the acts bar Rhydian are safe week in week out.

I don't really think an Alisha fan can call Niki rubbish ... :bigsmile:

Niki definately peaked too early ;; technically, she was awful last week, I'll never understand the judges comments.

And I do quite like Niki, so I'm not being biased. I can't see her being great this week, but maybe she'll proove me wrong.

She can really only sing ballads. She might struggle again tonight if she doesn't sing it right.

Actually an Alisha fan can. Alisha was better than Niki last week, Niki was out of tune, and flat.

Niki's definitely not been as good as her first performance, but she's not been bad either. She's been consistently better than at least some of the other acts each week, ergo she's still in.

Alisha on the other hand is absolute cack, and is only still in because Sharon only has her left and they like to make sure each of the judges has an act left going into the final two weeks.

Didn't Leona win it last year by only singing ballads?

Niki's strongest performance was in the first week. I agree, but she's got the vocal ability to win this competition.

Alisha is boring and forgettable. They are not giving her bad comments because they don't want Sharon without an act just yet, and some people are voting for Sharon, not Alisha. Some people will vote for her yes, but she has been at the top of the odds to go and the bottom of the odds to win lists, and if she was actually good and was better than Niki, then Niki wouldn't be second favourite to win.

Niki also has her own style whereas Alisha is a poor mans Corinne Bailey Rae crossed with a carbon copy of Gabrielle. Her performance last week was very Stars in their Eyes.

Because of You is a very hard song to sing.

LOL@Stars in their eyes.

I agree. Alisha does carbon copies of the songs she's given. Her Valerie the previous week was sung with exactly the same inflextion as Amy Winehouse