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Paije 4/10 - I hope he goes. He's not shone at all on the live shows; the male diva persona Dannii's tried to cultivate isn't working and he's done three wailingly awful performances now. I predict bottom three.
John 5/10 - I like John, but he really needed to show some variety tonight and he didn't manage to do that at all. Good vocals, but he was extremely forgettable. In danger of bottom three... It's also obvious they want him out; on early yet again...
Rebecca 8/10 - I really liked her performance, she looked great and sounded great too.
Cher 2/10 - I didn't get it. She sounded awful to me; you could barely hear her at points, she kept tailing off on notes... One thing I will say though is that she did look like a popstar promoting her song on the X Factor like Simon said, just a pity it was utter cack!
Matt 8/10 - I cringed when I realised it was Baby One More Time and hoped it was a sick joke when I read that rumour. He pulled it off though and it sounded fantastic IMO; I just hope that Dannii gives him a proper song for next week because so far it's been three very cringe worthy song choices.
One Direction 4/10 - This is a criticism aimed at most of the song choices tonight but I'm saving it especially for their performance - how is P!nk a guilty pleasure? Moreover, how is Nobody Knows a guilty pleasure? That song is a masterpiece, and Pink is a credible artist. Anyway, it started off well until the boy who can't sing started with the silly ad-libbing, and it went downhill when the loud backing track predictably kicked in. Clearly their harmonies are nowhere near good enough to be heard properly, so they've masked them with the imposing backing track.
Treyc 7/10 - That was a nice bit of variety; I was expecting a clichéd shouty ballad again! She sang it well for the most part.
Mary 8/10 - I'm in two minds about this one... It was good; near enough perfect, but... She's done it before. It's always a mistake to perform something you've already done on the X Factor at any time before the final, because you can only be criticised for it being worse than the first time, or be slated for doing it again and it sounding the same. Also, that's her third week of doing a big samey number, and then when she was called out on it she showed no interest in changing it up - that's not a good sign.
Aiden 6/10 - Redeemed himself from last week and he's got the nervous shaking under control which bodes well for him. It wasn't great but it'll do.
Belle Amie 2/10 - Awful. Their time is up. Louis was totally spot on when he said Simon's been investing all his time into One Direction, and I think everyone knows it but Simon would obviously never admit it and the girls wouldn't have the balls to agree. Hot brunette girl can get into my bed though. Bottom three.
Wagner 4/10 - It was entertaining; I hope he stays another week, there are still a few acts that nobody really cares about that can leave over Wagner this week.
Katie 6/10 - I really liked it, I thought it showed another side to Katie. Despite the first week being a total blunder, she's actually been the most versatile contestant so far, she's done three very different performances so far and I hope she avoids the bottom three this week.