[shaz20]

Count me in, got to support the local lad! Anyway he is great and should get to the finals, if not the winner

[MarkWaldorf]

Have you voted yet?

[CaraRawr]

umg i love the joe support<33

how amazing was he last night? i've managed to make him my mum's favourite :'D

and he looked so effing qt omg

[CaraRawr]

my new title <3

[MarkWaldorf]

omg lucky gurl

GO VOTE PEEPS

[MarkWaldorf]

Oooh!

Prior to Saturday night’s live show performance, we caught up with teen heartthrob Joseph McElderry at the Wembley studios, to discuss his hopes and expectations going into the first live show.

“We checked out the set for the first time today and it’s amazing! To see it up close makes everything seem so real!” he continued: “I’m proper excited about my performance, because I’m confident with the song – my preparations have gone really well and hopefully that will shine through.”

According to Joe, his mid-week appointment with Robbie Williams proved a massive help when it came to practicing his song, No Regrets, made famous by the man himself.

“Of course it was nerve racking meeting Robbie, especially as I was singing one of his songs, but he was so nice – and the advice he gave was great… he’s so down-to-earth.”

Robbie’s advice to Joe was to ‘do all you can to connect with the song’, but as Joe himself pointed out: “I’m only 18, so I haven’t got too many regrets from my life so far, but Robbie told me to think of a situation where the lyrics might apply, and then perform the song through my eyes.

“He said I can portray all the emotion the song needs through my eyes, ‘just stand there and let the audience come to you’, that’s what he said to me, so hopefully I can put his advice into action when I get out there and perform.”

Joe admitted that the prospect of people voting for him was a little daunting but added he’d heard through the grapevine that support for him was ‘quite good’.

Good enough to earn him a place in next week’s live show? Was Robbie’s advice enough? Watch tonight’s results show to find out…

[CaraRawr]

omfg why so qt <3

[MarkWaldorf]

IKR! *goes to vote again*

[setanta]

He's an excellent singer and has a lovely character about him. So funny how much people underestimated him on this forum when the reality is he's the only good one that Cheryls picked.

[MarkWaldorf]

^I agree! I'm glad he shocked people.

[setanta]

Do you remember how people on here questioned her putting him through? I said that was insane when you consider the other two she has. Totally knew he's shock alot of people here on the forum. He was excellent last night.

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah! Everyone wanted Duane (?) through instead. He's the strongest in her catergory so hopefully he sticks around for a while!

[setanta]

Well I would have chosen Joe, Daniel and Duane - more versatility there. Lloyd and Rikki are inferior versions of Joe.

[Chels]

He shocked me last night!
Was kinda good.
I don't agree with him being the darkhorse though... I have a feeling his performance was a one off.

[MarkWaldorf]

^Like Cheryl said, he's been one of the most consistant of the boys. So I think he can get better.

[CaraRawr]

omg he looked gorgeous tonight and my mum agrees :') <3

[MarkWaldorf]

I was so scared! LOL

[CaraRawr]

Same, I screamed when he got through LOL

[MarkWaldorf]

haha

they showed a clip of him on xtra factor last night preparing for next week. he was singing 'where do broken hearts go'.

[CaraRawr]

umg<3

[Firewire]

I'll join!

[CaraRawr]

Originally Posted by Firewire

I'll join!

yay!<3

[MarkWaldorf]

Welcome Jonathan!

[MarkWaldorf]

yayay!

POP Idol Will Young is betting on Geordie hopeful Joe McElderry winning this year’s X Factor.

The chart-topper says he believes the South Shields teenager will be the dark horse of the competition.

Will helped put Joe, 18, through to the final 12 of the X Factor when he joined the contestant’s mentor Cheryl Cole in Morocco as the final six ‘boys’ were whittled down to three.

Now Will, 30, says he is going to lay on a bet that Joe will walk away with the £1m recording contract before Christmas.

The first of the live X Factor shows is broadcast on ITV tonight and the Pop Idol winner is confident Joe, right, will sail through.

“He is my dark horse,” Will told the Chronicle in an exclusive interview.

“I just think he’s got something. He was really nice and was very good. He had a few things he needed to work on, but I hope he listened to what I said to him.

“Watch him! I’m even going to put a bet on him – oops, I shouldn’t have said that!”

[MarkWaldorf]

Joe is now 3rd most viewed on the XF YT channel!