Rikki Loney

WOWZA!!!! What a show, it was like a rollercoster, ups & downs, smiles & tears.

First things first, the exclusive performances! First up was Cheryl Cole and her solo debut! ‘Fight for this Love’ is a catchy song, I found myself humming it throughout the show! And to put all her critics wrong, she sung live and boy did she sing…and dance! Costume was good, dance routine was immense and she showed us why she won Popstars:The Rivals and earned her place in the Biggest Girl Group in Britain. Well done Chezza!!!!!! Next up was ‘The-one-and-only’ Whitney Houston, and man was that a strange performance. Arguably the biggest star that has ever graced the X Factor stage, but something was just not right!!! The performance was blighted by her dress, not only did the strap come undone but she had to keep hoiking up her dress like a 30 year old Essex lass at a wedding! I don’t remember the song, maybe because it wasn’t very good, or maybe because I was just to preoccupied with the wardrobe malfunction, wondering whether we are gonna see more of Whitney than we expected. Then, her chat with Dermot….erm…..I thought she had kicked all that stuff??? Seems to me like a theme for the performances on the results show is ‘People who have been hooked on drugs, but supposedly have kicked the habit, but haven’t actually!!’ And is it just me or has she had a lot of plastic surgery??? I don’t mean to be so crytical about such a superstar, but it has to be said!

The group song was much better this week, I didn’t know the song, but it was a song better suited to be sung by a group, and the vocals seemed a lot more tuned!

Then the results, and unfortunately one of my predictions came true. As I mentioned in my review of Saturdays show, there is a danger of John & Edward becoming entertaining, in a John Sergeant type way, and people voting to keep them in. Obviously this happened, and on top of that somehow Miss Frank avoided the bottom two, meaning that two people were in the bottom two that should definately not be there. Rachel gave one of the best performances of last nights show but people are obviously not voting for her, and Ricky was unfortunately given a song that meant he was already coming from behind, that said he made a good job of it. In the end, both of their Survival Songs were great, but Rachel had more of a ‘I really want this’ attitude, reminiscent of Ruth Lorenzo from last year. It is unfortunate and perhaps unfair that Louis wasn’t there, as who is to say who he would have voted for, and I think if it had gone to a dead lock there is a high chance Rachel would have gone. Anyhow Rikki left us, perhaps 3 or 4 shows too soon.

Hewis Request:- Anyone voting for John & Edward, stop now, enough is enough, this is no longer a joke!

Sack the Stylist Week: What with Whitneys Dress and Danni’s hair, someone needs to be given the marching orders!

Next week is Big Band week, with performances from Westlife and Michael Buble.  Looking forward to hearing the song choices, as soon as I hear any rumours I will let you know!!