Wow, what can I add after that impeccable review, Feefs!
Not having had the previous good fortune to have been at a live concert (
), I was looking forward to this programme immensely.
I thought Korben was very good, and certainly got the crowd going . It must be difficult to be 'first on' but he did extremely well. Not sure about the dodgy hairdo, though!
Jessica has a lovely, mellow voice but it's just not 'different' enough to allow her to stand out from the crowd. Still, I enjoyed her song, and I hope she does well at the Eurovision Song Contest - I love the song she'll be singing.
Aaron was good, but yet again I was disappointed - his singing seems a little lacklustre. He was excellent in the Final 50 programme but never seems to have recaptured that spark.
Laura has personality by the bucketload, but I'm afraid her singing voice can't quite match up to it. Rosie kind of comes into the same category - very pretty girl and a potentially good voice, but all that warbling just leaves me cold I'm afraid.
Hayley was great and looked fantastic when singing her solo song - but what on earth did she do to her hair for the finale!
Zoe was brilliant at 'Get Happy', and the first duet with Gareth, but I felt that she tried to do a bit too much with the other songs and ended up either going off key or shouting the notes instead of singing them. Possibly over-confidence, but it's still hard to remember that she's still only 16.
Darius was AMAZING!
He looked fantastic, his stage presence was fantastic, the pelvic thrusts were fantastic (
) and he spoke and sang brilliantly.
Gareth's performance of Mack the Knife was great - I remember being extremely cynical at the time of the 'Big Band' week that he could sing that type of song, but he does it fantastically well. Unchained Melody I find boring - sorry - but I did admire the fact that he sang it live and it was as good as the record.
Now ................. who have I forgotten?
Oh yes ..... Will!
Our Pop Idol was brilliant!
LOVED the moves at the start of Light My Fire - what an entrance! Evergreen was impeccable as always, and Beyond the Sea was brilliant - even the 'funky chicken' moves!
But why, oh why, wasn't he given a bit more star billing? Maybe it was different at the live concerts, but my impression was that Gareth and Zoe got more air time than Will - they even had him doing backing vocals on one of their duets - HOW RUDE!
My overall impression of the concert - fan-bloody-tastic. I just wish I could have seen it live.
