X Factor: Live Show 4
Posted on Tuesday, 4 November 2014
11 are now 9! Read all about the halloween themed performances, 'shock' flash vote on saturday night and sunday nights elimination below!
BOYS:
Another vocally perfect performance from Andrea. It was nice to see him moving away from ballads although he seriously needs to work on his dance moves, with a bit of practice we think he could be really good. The gold devil look we're unsure of but we still love him either way.
Paul's performance was our favourite for sure here at LGC, we both agree he killed his performance and made it his own. Even though he wasn't a fan of his song choice and kept complaining it was too cheesy he needs to learn to trust in himself that he can pull off these different songs and make them his own. We love that he's pushing himself out of his comfort zone and getting more loose on stage!
We saw a more emotional performance from Jack this week with his rendition of 'Bleeding Love', however it was just an alright performance, we just weren't feeling it here at LGC HQ. We understood the whole biting of the neck but god that was awkward, and we have to say it must have been off putting for poor Jack. We want to know where audition round Jack went...bring him back!
GIRLS:
We loved the slowed down start to Gnarls Barkley's 'Crazy' and seeing Lola get her groove back when the song started to speed up. It was nice to see her confident again although we did find some of her choreography a bit forced, it was also good to see her carry on with her performance even though her mic pack fell off.
Lauren was put right out of her comfort zone this week with 'Dark Horse' and dancing. Poor thing looked very uncomfortable and awkward 'dancing' and her vocals weren't the best overall but we still enjoyed it. She is definitely an Adele and not a Beyonce!
OVERS:
We have to give it to Stevi this week! He really surprised us. After finding out what song he was going to sing we were slightly dreading his performance, but we loved how serious he took it and vocally it wasn't that bad- not amazing but defo could have been worse. We love that it was his dream to sing this on stage and we're happy that he managed to achieve this.
We think Fleur has the whole package and her performance proved it. She took on the task of doing the original choreography (complete with mid performance transformation). She was one of Sophie's favourite performances of the night. Although we feel she needs to work on her vocals and getting them stronger if she's gunna keep doing dance routines in her songs.
Jay's song choice is a personal fave here at LGC, but once again it seems Jay had a rough start. It seemed like he was trying to hit his notes too low which shook the song a bit, but in true Jay fashion he managed to pick it up. We aren't exactly sure how we feel about the mid performance upbeat tempo shakeup. It was an interesting move but for us this song is meant to be slow and haunting. Snaps for trying though Jay.
Ben opened this weeks show with AC/DC's classic 'Highway to Hell'. We felt it was another safe song for him but enjoyed that he was moving around on the stage more. We feel though he needs to push himself more and get out of his comfort zone a bit. However this was one of Krizia's favourite performances of the night.
GROUPS:
The 'Monster Mash' performance was fun-if you're under 10 years old, we're so sick of the cheese! but we have to give the group props for sounding a million times better than their shocking vocals last weekend. Since they released a recorded version of the song already it was disappointing to see them not push themselves to try something different or at least make some changes!
We love that this performance of 'Everybody (Backstreets Back)' should've been cheesy but it wasn't, the boys really want to prove that they're fighting back and you can see it. We loved their entrance running through a Stereo Kicks banner and how they're changing up their choreography even more, some vocals weren't as good as others but overall we loved it!
ELIMINATED
LGC are so upset to see our favourite go! Jack was eliminated Saturday night after receiving the lowest number of votes during the flash vote. We feel like he definitely left the competition way too early. Sunday night saw Lola and Stereo Kicks in the sing off, we were really expecting to see Stevi go this time but somehow he's still safe! Both acts sung pretty well overall. Lola did sound like she was pushing herself too much to reach some notes and she almost had a little hiccup towards the end but managed to save herself before coming in too early with the wrong line! Stereo Kicks were sounding a lot better compared to how they sung in their previous sing off (again some vocals need more work than others) and we were even treated to a bit of rapping! (WHY have they not used this on the show before?!?). In the end the voting was taken to deadlock which we didn't see coming and we were certain it was the end of the road for Stereo Kicks, but we're pleased with the outcome because Lola was starting to bore us a little and we love our boy bands!
What did you think of the double elimination?
S. & K.
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