Onto Series 8, I actually think that the rewatch of this series helped improve my opinion of this series compared to when I watched it the first time around as I got to just listen to the performances rather than get aggravated by the judges comments and OTT nastiness that befell Misha B and Janet Devlin throughout the series, Sophie Habibis and Frankie Cocozza didn't get it too much better either sometimes.
Anyway there were a lot of strong performances throughout the series, and a few iconic bad ones too.
Anyway here's my rankings of the performances from each Live Show.
Live Show 1:
1. Janet Devlin - Fix You
2. Misha B - Rolling In The Deep
3. Sophie Habibis - Teenage Dream
4. Craig Colton - Jar Of Hearts
5. Kitty Brucknell - Who Wants To Live Forever
6. The Risk - She Said
7. Little Mix - Super Bass
8. Amelia Lily - Billie Jean
9. Sami Brookes - Free
10. James Michael - Ticket To Ride
11. Marcus Collins - Moves Like Jagger
12. Frankie Cocozza - The A Team
13. 2 Shoes - Something Kinda Ooooh
14. Johnny Robinson - Believe
15. Jonjo Kerr - You Really Got Me (potential but that particular performance was really awkward)
16. Nu Vibe - Beautiful People (the song choice didn't compliment them imo)
Live Show 2:
1. Kitty Brucknell - It's Oh So Quiet
2. Misha B - Would I Lie To You?
3. Janet Devlin - Can't Help Falling In Love
4. Marcus Collins - Russian Roulette (a flawed performance but an interesting performance for me)
5. Sophie Habibis - Wherever You Will Go (again a flawed performance but in this case I do just like Sophie's voice, even when she's not sounding her best)
6. Little Mix - I'm Like A Bird
7. Craig Colton - Best Thing I Never Had
8. The Risk - Just The Way You Are
9. Sami Brookes - I Will Always Love You
10. Johnny Robinson - Can't Get You Outta My Head
11. Nu Vibe - With Or Without You
12. Frankie Cocozza - The Scientist
Live Show 3:
1. Sophie Habibis - Livin On A Prayer (I honestly don't get how she came third from bottom with this performance)
2. Marcus Collins - Are You Gonna Go My Way
3. Misha B - Purple Rain
4. Johnny Robinson - I Believe In A Thing Called Love
5. Kitty Brucknell - Live And Let Die
6. Janet Devlin - Sweet Child O Mine
7. Craig Colton - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
8. Sami Brookes - If I Could Turn Back Time
9. Frankie Cocozza - Rocks
10. Little Mix - Tik Tok/Push It (what a Rock tune)
11. The Risk - Crazy (again what a Rock tune)
Live Show 4:
1. Little Mix - E.T
2. Kitty Brucknell - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
3. Craig Colton - Set Fire To The Rain
4. Sophie Habibis - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
5. Misha B - Tainted Love
6. Janet Devlin - Every Breath You Take
7. Marcus Collins - Superstition
8. Johnny Robinson - That Ole Devil Called Love
9. Frankie Cocozza - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
10. The Risk - Thriller
Live Show 5:
1. Marcus Collins - Reet Petite
2. Misha B - Proud Mary
3. Kitty Brucknell - Like A Prayer
4. Craig Colton - Heaven
5. The Risk - A Night To Remember
6. Little Mix - Don't Stop The Music
7. Janet Devlin - I Want You Back
8. Johnny Robinson - Hung Up/You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
9. Frankie Cocozza - I Gotta Feeling (no offence to any of his fans, but what were you guys smoking when voting for him after this trainwreck lol?) By his standards this was way below par.
Live Show 6:
1. Amelia Lily - The Show Must Go On
2. Craig Colton - Paparazzi
3. Janet Devlin - Somebody To Love
4. Little Mix - Radio Ga Ga/Telephone
5. Marcus Collins - Another One Bites The Dust
6. Misha B - Born This Way
7. Kitty Brucknell - Don't Stop Me Now
Live Show 7: I'm prepared for some controversy on one of my placings here as I'm definitely in the minority on who won the night.
1. Janet Devlin - Kiss Me
2. Little Mix - Don't Let Go (Love) (this performance is insanely popular for LM I know, but I just prefer Janet's performance more)
3. Misha B - I Have Nothing
4. Amelia Lily - Think
5. Marcus Collins - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
6. Craig Colton - Licence To Kill
Live Show 8 First Round:
1. Amelia Lily - China In Your Hand
2. Marcus Collins - I'm Your Man
3. Misha B - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
4. Little Mix - Baby/Where Did Our Love Go
5. Janet Devlin - MMMBop (definitely not Janet's finest hour sadly)
Live Show 8 Second Round:
1. Janet Devlin - Under The Bridge
2. Amelia Lily - Since U Been Gone
3. Misha B - Killing Me Softly
4. Little Mix - Beautiful
5. Marcus Collins - Lately
Live Show 9 First Round:
1. Amelia Lily - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
2. Marcus Collins - My Girl
3. Little Mix - You Keep Me Hangin On
4. Misha B - Dancing In The Street
Live Show 9 Second Round:
1. Misha B - Perfect
2. Amelia Lily - I'm With You
3. Little Mix - If I Were A Boy
4. Marcus Collins - Can You Feel It
Live Show 10 First Round:
1. Amelia Lily - Ain't No Other Man
2. Little Mix - You Got The Love
3. Marcus Collins - Hey Ya
Live Show 10 Second Round:
1. Amelia Lily & Kelly Rowland - River Deep Mountain High
2. Marcus Collins & Gary Barlow - She's Always A Woman
3. Little Mix & Tulisa - If I Ain't Got You
Live Show 10 Third Round:
1. Little Mix - Don't Let Go (Love)
2. Marcus Collins - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher
Live Show 10 Fourth Round:
1. Little Mix - Silent Night
2. Marcus Collins - Last Christmas
Live Show 10 Final Round:
1. Marcus Collins - Cannonball (I thought that the song suited his voice more personally)
2. Little Mix - Cannonball