Too emotional!

Tonight has been one hell of a roller-coaster of a show for me on a personal level. First up I was sooooooo childishly excited to see the Muppets open the show with Olly, childhood memories came flooding back, oh and by the way, they should be on every week. What a highlight! Missed Kermit though, bet he wasn't happy to see Olly flirting with his woman mind, Olly I'd watch your back if I was you....

Then the beautifully amazing Jessie J sang my favourite song of the moment, moved me to the core in a wonderful warm way. 

Next up came the charity song, but before that we saw a VT that personally I was not prepared for and lets just say it was extremely close to home, therefore left me a blubbering wreck. Shameless plug here but I don't care, Together for short lives is an amazing charity please support and download the song, even if you don't like it, it's 99p that will help families like you wouldn't believe. Please.

Ok so back to the results, although after crying like a bi-atch then I thought I wasn't going to be as bothered anymore......I was wrong. Nerves set in again and I started to panic, no one in particular of course ;-P and I certainly didn't scream like an insane crazy mad woman when I heard a particular act read out, of course not! That would've been biased and completely unprofessional on every level! *tries to keep straight face*

When it came to be Janet and Misha being in the bottom 2, I know I shouldn't have been happy, but I was elated, ONLY because I had predicted it and I NEVER get it right! Big moment for me! Not such a big moment for Janet and Misha though and I really shouldn't have been celebrating - shameful.
Anyway, personally I thought Janet's save me performance was one of her best of the season, great come back. Like I said in my previous post I don't get Misha so wasn't that fussed about hers, but I could understand why the judges saved her. As a performer she has always been better than Janet, however this is now Misha's 3rd time in the bottom 2, not many people get saved that many times, lucky lucky lucky.

I was feeling better about not being backstage this morning, up until the big Muppets moment and then the bitterness kicked back in, fingers crossed I'll be happier next week......if not then be prepared for more ANGER!!!! :-) Miss you #twitterguy!

Double songs, but not double WOW!

Prepare yourselves for a rather twisty, wailing and god awful review of this weeks show, a bit like some of the acts! OUCH I didn't just go there did I.... oh yes I did! No seriously, I'm in a terrible mood because this week I wasn't behind the scenes and yes I'm feeling VERY bitter about it. Therefore I have been sat at home like an old woman twisting at everything.....so please, PLEASE enjoy my review :-D

As there's only 5 left, I'm not going to categorise them into YAY NAY and Hmmm, I'm just gonna review each act independently and give my honest opinion, maybe too honest at times.... lets begin!

It may be a good idea to get the worst out the way first and I'm sorry in advance as this may get a bit messy......Janet Devlin. Starting with her messed lyrics, hmmm, now once is bad enough on the show, but twice is just not on, not this far into the competition and certainly not on 2 occasions in the same song! Fair enough she said she wasn't feeling well, but still, she totally killed Mmmbop and not in a good way, NEVER in a good way! So needless to say I was hoping she would come back with her 2nd song and smash it, however I was asleep through most of it, so if she did smash it then I missed it! Not good Janet, not good at all! Hopefully it's because she was unwell, IF she gets through to next week IF then fingers crossed she's feeling better and she sounds better. IF

Fan Girl MANIA!!! Yes I was a geek!

Right, so unless this is literally your first time reading my blog - HELLO, WELCOME, where you been?? Then you will have heard that I got an amazing opportunity to go backstage and see how it all goes down, and well it all goes down PRETTY DAM AMAZINGLY!! Needless to say I was honoured to be there and tried my best to be cool calm and collected, though it probably didn't show, HA - Geek alert!

Ok so for those of you interested, I'm gonna give you the low down of my trip, as much as I can without getting my head chopped off *looks around for man with axe* looks like the coast is clear, phew! Where should I start, hmm well on Thursday night we packed and g........what? Too early, ahh I see, you want just X Factor related information, ok, not interested in my life huh, I get it. Pffft! :-P
The excitement started before I even met up with #twitterguy, and it was totally unplanned. Just happened to be walking past the studios scoping the area and saw all the contestants pull in, impeccable timing huh! Anyway I then went to meet the Legend behind twitter, and I must confess it was like meeting the superhero under the mask. Exactly like you hoped it would be FAB-U-LOUS! As was the entrance to the studios, past the paps and fans straight through, coooooooool!
Fast forward through the studio tour, and general introductions, to casually sitting in on Little Mix rehearsing, wowzers, yea I used that word, and I probably said it out loud too! Rightly so. Hearing them on the show at home is one thing, but hearing them right in front of you is another. Words can't describe it.
Not long after this TwitterGuy offered me the chance to sit in on the dress rehearsal for the live show, and I got to sit in the front row, which never happens! Haha! As I'm writing this I can't help but think it doesn't sound a smidge as exciting as it was at the time, seriously, to the average Joe like me, sitting in on a dress rehearsal and taking pics for #twitterguy was an experience and a half, and a privilege might I add! So any lack of enthusiasm here is sooooooo not intentional, read every word with a high pitched excited voice please! :-) So yea, the dress rehearsal was exactly like the live show except I didn't have tickets to the live show, so wouldn't be in a nice comfy seat, chatting to the camera guy - who by the way thought I was part of the media team, oh yea, clearly I blend in well.....! Seeing all the contestants perform right there in front of you is just mind blowing, you don't appreciate how hard they work and how well they sing when your sat at home on your settee, respect!
The rest of the day was pretty much filled with production room mania, seeing how #twitterguy controls everything, selecting TXFSigns and trying, not always successfully might I add, to retrieve them - this is a great time to point out to all those trying for TXFSigns, please please please understand how hard it is, I never realised how difficult it is for Twitterguy to actually get them, he works his butt off to try and keep everyone happy but unfortunately there's 600k followers, about 400 millions requests per minute (this may be exaggerated) and only 5 contestants now. Maths just doesn't stack up.

In between collecting TXFSigns I cheekily managed to get a few personal snaps from the finalists: Marcus, looking very handsome as always. Not forgetting the enviable beauty of Miss Amelia Lily.....

During my time running around helping Twitterguy (and I use the term 'helping' VERY loosely), I managed to come across some amazingly lovely people, firstly I met the man you may know as X Factor voice over guy - Peter Dickson, really top bloke, had a nice chat. Next up we bumped into Ian Royce, always up for a giggle. Saw the ever beautiful Caroline and Olly a few times and amongst all these wonderful faces I bumped into this chap, not sure if you know him......

DERMOTRON!!!

Now you would think meeting all those famous people would be enough for one weekend, well it was, but luckily for me it didn't end there! I can see the shock on your faces, and the whispers between you all.....who possibly could I have met! Well let me tell you now, the legendary #twitterguy some how - powers are unbeknown to all - managed to make this happen............are you ready, it's a good one........seriously I'm not playing around, it's HUGE, you can even see the stress/sheer amazement on my face.....ready.....BOOM!

TULISA!!

Meeting Tulisa was the highlight that I never expected, I still can't believe it happened if I'm honest - but it did and I've got proof WHOOP! Luckily I managed to stay calm and not say anything too ridiculous, although I do vaguely remember muttering the words I love you at one point.....oh dear! Fangirl Geek moment! She was lovely though! So was Gareth! (Tulisa's PA for those of you who aren't a Tulisa geek like me!)

Although meeting all these amazing stars of the show, the biggest shout outs and thank you's have to go to the people that made me feel welcome and let this happen - Steve, you are amazing! Not forgetting Olivia, Emma, Lucy and Dave who were all very professional but absolutely lovely with a total stranger dropping in for the day! Thanks for making this weekend beyond amazing!

Late but rightly so....

As promised here's my round up on this weeks performances, as I may have already mentioned, I was backstage this weekend, did I mention that? Hmmmm not sure, anyway just for safe measures I'll mention it again, I was backstage this weekend! YAY! Therefore I got to hear and see the true magic of each performance, but just for the interest of this blog, I also had the show recorded and watched it back today so I'm gonna review based on what you guys saw and heard just so we are all on the same level!
Same process as usual, lets get this shiz done....

Lets start with the NAY category this week, pretty easy one to start with as it's empty, yes you heard me right EMPTY! I genuinely didn't think anyone deserved to be in this category this weekend, good start eh.......hmmmm we'll see...moving on....

Next up the Hmmm category, now this is where the fun starts because this category is BOOMING this week. Now to be fair, all performances on Saturday had moments of fabulousness but some just lacked something, cue Craig Colton. Vocally he was flawless, really really amazing, but as this week was Movie Theme week, you would think Gary would've picked something a lot better than Licence to Kill. Not to say it isn't a good song, just out of ALL the songs available to showcase Craig's voice, I wouldn't have picked that. I had to agree with Louis and Tulisa. Also had to disagree with Gary, song choice is always important, get the song wrong and your in trouble......you saw the result right??? Ahem moving on....
Janet was another 'good but not amazing' performance, as for song choice I thought Kelly nailed it this week, totally suited her perfectly, but as with most Janet performances I switched off again, all other contestants build up to a big moment in a song but with Janet I always feel like she lacks in the 'Finale' department if you get what I mean. Vocally she was really strong this week but a bit boring.
Amelia next, yet again another great vocal, she done well with what she had, but what she had wasn't the best. Lovely girl though with a beautiful voice.
Lastly we have Misha, personally I was cringing at the beginning, thought it sounded really pitchy, but as she got into it she really started to smash it, but then near the end it started to go shouty again which I'm not a fan of. Brilliant song choice, performance looked beautiful but just sounded off to me in parts.

Now then lads and lasses, we have the fabulously gorgeous YAY Category, now I know there seems to be a reoccuring theme but I can honestly say that I base my comments 100% on my own opinions from what I see and hear, I can promise it's all genuine and not biased in any way shape or form. Just thought I'd best clear that up for any doubters :-)
Ok lets get back to business. Amazing performances from this weekend, you probably already know what's coming, and if not then WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU WATCHING! Marcus and his amazing choir, wow, what a performance to end the show, he was awesome, you could tell he enjoyed it too, like Kelly said - I felt like I was physically lifted off the ground from the buzz! Awesome Marcus.
Lastly the fabulous foursome Little Mix, this week they showed they aren't just 4 bubbly girls who come out and jump around to a happy pop song, dam those girls can sing. I loved how they stripped it back this weekend and I look forward to more vocally challenging songs next weekend. Joint best performance of there's, with E.T. woo yea!

So that's the round up, and as I'm behind this week it's pretty pointless giving my predictions.....or is it....hmmm lets see.
I think the bottom 2 will be Amelia and Craig, and Craig will go after deadlock. Wooooooo how cool am I getting it absolutely right! (shhhh don't tell anyone I cheated ok, it's between me and you)
To be honest, although it was a HUGE shock, it actually wasn't that much of a shock. Craig was amazing and didn't deserve to go, but hey, no one does really.

Up close and personal! WOW

Now this weekend, for those of you that follow this blog, I've not reviewed anyone yet, or given any predictions, or pretty much said anything about The X Factor all weekend, fear not little X Factor minions, it's not through lack of interest or boredom, the exact opposite in fact. This weekend I got the amazing opportunity of actually going backstage and working with Twitter Guy, yea that's right THE #twitterguy (hash tag and everything) I got to see how everything works, rehearsals, I got to meet the contestants and get a real feel for the atmosphere and the buzz around it all. As a huge fan of the show you can imagine I was extremely honoured to be there and pretty much walked round with mouth wide open and glazed eyes all the time! I will review the show properly tomorrow just wanted to give you guys a quick behind the scenes up date!

Firstly I can't tell you certain things like behind the make up Little Mix are actually Jedward, and Twitter guy is actually Pamela Anderson (both of which are completely fabricated and are clearly untrue in every way possible) but what I can tell you is that the backstage team are all really amazing people that seems to be a huge family of complete nutters in the nicest sense. The contestants are all amazing, really genuine and down to earth, I never saw any bad feeling between anyone, and I was around during the most tense times. And dam they can sing, all of them, even those I wasn't 100% on previously, like Janet, her vocals in rehearsals were bang on. I got goosebumps pretty much all day long, and I was lucky enough to catch a random sing along in the corridor with Mischa, Little Mix and Amelia not long before the results show, AH-MAY-ZING!
Being back stage really makes you appreciate how much hard word goes into a show as big as this, they really don't stop, it's pretty much constant all day. At home it's like 'yea they sing a few songs and send one home, big deal' but seriously from now I will be watching with a completely different attitude. I've had such an amazing time and can't wait to actually watch the show back, post my reviews and post some pics!

Just a quick word on Craig, his sing off song was 'hairs on back of the neck' material, he really nailed it. Total shock to see him in the bottom 2, and from my experience alone I think he will be hugely missed back stage. Genuinely lovely guy with such an amazing voice!

Panic Stations for a minute there!!!

Ok, gotta make this quick, I'm A Celeb has started and I'm missing it.... Kitty Left. Goodnight.

HAHA, yea as if I'd go without blabbering on about it first!
So the palm sweats started quite early tonight, given the history of the bottom 2, there's always been a shocker and for some reason I was panicking for my girls, yea MY GIRLS, Little Mix! I was actually sitting on the edge of my seat, no really I actually was, clasping my hands waiting for their name, I could've kissed Dermot I was so happy when he said they were through! PHEW!

I was expecting Kitty to be in the bottom 2 as I said last night, and although I wasn't surprised, I still wasn't really expecting Mischa to be there. She wasn't very good last night, and from what I've heard and read quite a few people didn't like the fact she stole Kitty's song. Not sure the reasons behind it but either way, she was in the sing off. I was hoping Kitty would be saved, just because I was growing to like her more, and I seem to be growing to dislike Mischa, however Mischa was the better singer, not by much though, again too much wailing for my liking. I think Kitty was expecting to go as she wasn't crying like in previous sing off's, and then took to singing Born this Way, scaring the hell out of Dermot, but proving that in fact, she should have sang it last night! Never mind, what's done is done, Good Luck Kitty!

Finishing words: Wow, the Gagatron nailed it tonight didn't she! BOOM!

Own up, who forgot to pay the electric?

So there I was, pen in hand ready and waiting dead on 8:15pm, and there I was pen in hand STILL ready and waiting 15mins later, but I didn't complain like the bazillion twitterers on my timeline, I just had a giggle at Goldie wrapping her legs around Gary's head, never gets old that does it! I can honestly say, hand on heart, that it never crossed my mind that the delay was on purpose or had any other reason than a power cut! People are so cynical, lighten up! Not everyone is out to get one over on you, these magical things called mistakes do happen sometimes!

Anyway, one power cut later and we were enjoying the Dermotron smashing the Lady Gaga paws pose! Whoop gotta love me some Dermot Dancing!

Queue montage from previous week, and let's be honest, WHAT a week it's been, finally we wont need to suffer Hairy beast boy no more! Various tabloids have claimed they know the truth but only Frankie and those involved will ever truly know, I just hope he sorts himself out, he couldn't sing but that doesn't make him a bad person. Don't become a bad person Frankie! Anyway, one out meant one back in and despite the rants and raving from most people, I thought the way X Factor done it was totally fair, Johnny and The Risk had their shot with the public and lost, the original 4 were dropped before they even got a chance. So we 'The Public' had to pick from JonJo, James, 2 Shoes and Amelia, clearly it was a 2 horse race between Amelia and 2 Shoes, with the almighty Amelia smashing the vote WHOOOOOP! If she wins I hope her first words to Kelly are 'In your Face'

Ok so that's the drama of the week dealt with, now let's discuss the contestants:

Starting the YAY category this week is the newest member of the ever decreasing contestant family, Amelia, and let me just say, WOW!! Kelly I hope you are ashamed, Amelia belongs on that stage, she is so talented and as Tulisa said, she came back in at week 6 with the same stage presence as those contestants that have had 5 weeks doing it. Well done Amelia.
Next up the ever improving Little Mix, as usual they were ace, these girls never fail to impress, HOWEVER, and it's a big however, I partially agree with Gary, not that they are predictable, but that I would like to hear them sing a ballad or something slower, just so we can truly appreciate their voices. Still got my vote though!
And lastly we've got Craig with the slowed down version of Paparazzi, for me that was his best performance of the series, he nailed it, I don't use this word very often but it was BEAUTIFUL really really beautiful! The old Craig I loved was back last night, and I hope he sticks around.

Next up the very short but sweet Hmmm category, only one act this week, and its a shocker. The normally YAY Marcus just failed to wow me last night, no denying his talent, his voice is amazing but as a performance it just didn't blow me over. I agree with the judges the jazzy route he took with the song was just too soon after last week and definitely too Bruno Mars.

Next up we have the NAY category, now I previously complained the acts were being too good, I guess they took notice and this week decided to go down a notch instead of going up, either that or I just wasn't in a very good mood last night - which I don't remember!
Lets start with the up and down Kitty, this week I genuinely felt sorry for her, as soon as I heard it was Gaga vs Queen week I expected Kitty to sing, and nail, Born this way, but when I heard she wasn't I was totally shocked, but then when I heard Mischa B was singing it, lets just say I wasn't so shocked! Hmmm moving on...
Kitty's performance was just a bit boring for me, despite the whole theatrics of it, I just wasn't on board.
Then we've got Mischa B, I guess this was another one of those performances that sound better in the studio than at home, the judges were raving about it but I just thought it sounded poor, a lot of shouty wailing and not much else. Out of all the songs to pick, she could've done something better, make of that what you will...
Last but not least little Miss Janet, I've always had mixed reviews of Janet, but this week I totally lost interest when she was singing, it was so dull and boring, that song is an anthem, and shouldn't be sang like that, I hope I'm wrong when I say this because I like her but that performance may put Janet in a dangerous position in the vote off.

That's this weeks round up pretty much done and dusted, my predictions for the vote off tonight, hmmm if we base it on talent then I think it will be between Janet and Kitty, but if we base it on popularity then I think it will be between Kitty and Janet......see what I did there!! But I'm just a nobody with an opinion, this competition is so wide open this year I have no idea which way it's going to go! Vote, then complain if it doesn't work out your way, if you don't vote, you can't complain!

Week 5 controversy at it's best!

Words are failing me tonight, I have no jokes, or nice things to say. I am literally in shock with tonight's results. Ok I'll try a few light hearted jokes now and again, but please know that it is forced! :-)

I may upset some people saying this but lets be honest, neither The Risk nor Johnny were gonna win the show, but having said that they definitely had a good few weeks left in them! In an ideal world, Frankie would've got the least votes and we would all be sitting at home happy with a nice cup of tea, instead of raging and punching walls with anger at the idiots out there voting for him, by the way, who are you, let yourself be known...actually has anyone checked Frankies phone bill recently?!?!?
Any way the hairy drunken karaoke expert got through, lets move on. Hmmmm, it's not that easy is it! I CANT, IM TOO ANGRY!!!! OK, seriously I'm not wasting any more of this post on it.

The Risk weren't the best in the competition, and clearly didn't get the votes so we lost another group, bless Tulisa you could see she wasn't expecting that at all. Then the sing off was between Johnny and Kitty, and out of the 2 performances, Johnny was better by far, I loved it, but agreed with the comments from the judges regarding the future, and who would sell more records, although saying that Louis knew the kind of artist Johnny was before he put him through so it was a bit of a lame excuse from him. I wouldn't buy music from either Johnny or Kitty, if I'm honest. But I'm still totally gutted to see Johnny go, he was a true gem!

A quick word to 'The Public' please start voting for real talent, and those of you who insist on voting for the non talent, please lose your phones! Good Night! PS I'm in a bad mood!

Club Classics, Avoided disaster....almost

I have to start this week with a rant about the media, I tend to do this now and again and after this week I feel the urge! I know any press is good press when it comes to stuff like The X Factor because it's going to get people interested, and talking about it, but my head is done in with the amount of different things I've had to ponder over in one week! Kelly is back and Tulisa is ill, Tulisa and Kelly make up but then fall out again. Tulisa has the flu and may not make the show. Louis given the nod from Simon to axe one of the other Judges in place of Cheryl. The judges getting categories swapped around. ARGH!!! Information overload! Now until I read it straight from Twitter Guy himself them I refuse to believe anything ever again, ever, EVER! Done, rant over!

Now then, as Gary said 14 million and a half times, Club Classics week is always the hardest for the contestants, especially for those that have a specific style already. It will either make them or break them. Pleased to say that quite a few surprised me tonight, in a 'just found a tenner in an old coat' kind of way! YES! One act tonight has actually made me change a category name, instead of 'YAY' 'NAY' and 'Hmmm' we've now got 'YAY' 'FRANKIE' and 'Hmmm' you'll have to wait until later to find out who inspired the change though....

First up I'll discuss the Hmmm's
Likkle Ikkle Janet Devlin, how I loved her knew look, the hair was fabulous, but she lost her way tonight. At first I was impressed at her efforts, and spirit, she took the challenge and embraced it, but she just lost it in the middle then for me she seemed to fall apart a bit. Bless her.
Then we've got the ever glittery Kitty, hey that rhymes, kinda, now she left me a bit disappointed, and I blame her VT, (for those of you who don't know what that is, it stands for video tape, ooops wrong programme!) in it they went on and on about all the big things she wanted to do for her performance, so here I was expecting her to ride in on a Giraffe walking along a tight rope above the judges! Now that would've been amazing! But she didn't really do much, and I felt robbed. She sang ok though and had a little boogie so it wasn't all bad news!
Then lastly we've got Mischa B, I think this week image wise it's the best she's looked, I don't like the big shoulder pads and Rhino horn hair look, she looked more natural tonight and I liked it. Her performance, as good as she is, just didn't really do it for me tonight, I actually found myself looking through the blinds to see if I could still see the bonfire from along the street, that's never a good sign!

Yet again this week the YAY category is at maximum capacity, people need to start being rubbish just so I can spread them out a bit :-)
As ever we've got the fabulous Johnny, I have no idea what was up with Gary tonight, as I thought Johnny was great, especially the second half. Just fab! I really don't care that it was slightly predictable either, Johnny is unique and for that I love him!
The Risk and Craig were both great tonight, vocally strong and performance wise they both done a great job, nothing bad to say about either, well maybe the start of The Risk performance was a bit dull but from the Rap onwards I loved it.
Hats off to Marcus, he really knows how to perform, and enjoy it. He never looks scared or nervous, he just does his thing and blows us away. And tonight was no exception, he nailed it, but I disagree with Gary saying it was performance of the season. Little Mix still own that title for ET!
Which perfectly leads us onto the fab 4, Little Mix, who again done a fabulous job. I really don't have a bad word to say about these girls. And I won't hear any either la la lalala la la *fingers in ears* I can't hear you! I love it when they do the dance routines, and they each have amazing voices! Plus 2 of them are Geordies.....biased much! WEY Not likely! :-D

Finally, we have the newly renamed category FRANKIE, and I know you are all dying to know who could have inspired me to change the name, and it may come as a shock to you, in fact I have to insist that you are sitting down and actually holding onto your seats when I reveal it, are you? are you holding on tight? Ok here goes...... the only act in the FRANKIE category, and the inspiration for the name is........Frankie! I know, shocker right?? Sorry Gary but how on earth could you justify the comment to Johnny about him making a mockery of the show, knowing full well what was coming from Frankie! It was like a random drunk had just been let on stage to have a mess around with a mic! I don't know him as a person and still disagree with the boos (even though I boo'd at home, shhhh though) but based on his ability to sing and perform on the show, I'm not a fan! Sorry to those that are!

With the odd exception, tonight has been the best night so far, everyone did appear to up their game. Even Kelly was throwing her crazy wavey arms around, and saying a bit too many of her wacky American phrases!
Double elimination tomorrow must be on everyone's mind and they were clearly trying to impress to avoid the chop, if it was my decision it would be Frankie and Kitty, and honestly, I think that's what the public may sway towards. We'll see.

Quote of the night "At least I'm here every week" HA me too Louis! Hard core we are!!