[joeysteele]

I agree but I think the problem is that for a lot of people they compare the performances to the originals,especially if they know those performances well.

Tamera forgot a line but recovered but really how can you forget a line or word from that song being a James Bond theme too.

I was disappointed with Sam Bailey too, somehow she didn't do a spectacular performance of Something, My Dad has a dvd of Shirley Bassey singing that and really, that is the way to do that song, no other way.

Luke I thought did good to be fair, not outstanding but better than I thought for such a well known song.

Nicholas has a great voice, no denying but this is all we seem to be getting from him. I would listen to a cd of him but would I pay to go and see him,I doubt it.

Hannah, oh dear, just didn't work for me, all we got was the chorus of the song really and barely one verse, not her best night.

Sam Callahan, I like this guy and hopes he'd do really good as Faith is not a vocally demanding song, it went a bit all over the place but I still hope he can be there next week, his vocal was better definately this week.

Rough Copy, I forget who it was but I think Simon had a group do this song some years back, they did it far better, I felt Rough Copy were one of the worst of the night.

They were too well known songs and really these acts had little scope to make any of them their own, stray too far from the original and it could be disaster, stay close to the original and that is what you will compared to.

They really need to do something with X Factor as to performances, the butchering as to running time of songs like these, spoils the songs, a slightly longer performing time to do real justice to the songs is badly needed in my view.

Less chat from Dermot and the Judges and more singing from the acts is what I'd like to see.