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Artist weeks are pointless - they should only be considered in the latter stages of the competition when there are only a few acts like (say 5 or 6) and there are a huge selection of popular songs to choose from (so artists like The Beatles, Madonna, Elton John etc who have a huge back catalogue) but even then it can really ruin a contestant's hopes if they get a crap choice of song, because I really believe that in themed weeks, the song choice itself can pick up a lot of votes, especially in the early stages. It'd be better if they just let them sing whatever they liked; clearly with Cher Lloyd last year they let her sing what she liked 'cause IIRC she was always singing modern songs, or at least doing mash ups of songs that allowed her to include a modern one. It then became unfair that she was doing that but other contestants were rigidly sticking to themes, IMO, but that's just a perception thing... I think it'd be better to do that though, for everyone.