I'm complaining that everything these days is advertised as being like the second coming.
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Does Beyonce have a portable wind machine that she takes around everywhere with her? I don't think I've ever seen her perform without looking like she's in a wind tunnel.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
She's nothing without Dave Arch And His Fantastic Orchestra.
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
But she has proper rock chicks being all rockin' and that. They've got dreadlocks and everything, in case you didn't realise how rockin' these chicks are.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
That is the cheapest Les Paul copy I've ever seen...
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
If Michael Underwood has any sense, he'll have got out of that hall before they announce Eoghan is third and a riot kicks off...
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
"could be the Christmas #1" - O'Leary you know nothing about the music industry and advance orders...
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Now it's "let's see who ruins Hallelujah least".
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I smell key change.
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
And a gospel choir!
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link
it was OK up until this point...
Does this song actually have lyrics anymore? I honestly can't tell.
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
surprisingly they sung the "shoot someone" verse
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
I can confidently predict that Alexandra will introduce several extraneous vowels and syllables into the word Hallelujah at least twice.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Aston is starting to fancy this solo lark.
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, he was kind of inaudible at the start.
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Halalalallalalalaleee-eee-ee-eeeee-lu-oo-oo-oooo-oo-jah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Remarkably restrained thus far. The wibbling can't be far off.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:14 (fifteen years ago) link
overthrew ya-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa-aa
Oh God STOP IT. MAKE IT GO AWAY.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
This feels like a far right rally directed by Riefenstahl
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Odd - BBC's already got a report up on Eoghan finishing third, but nothing on Strictly...
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretending it didn't happen, and they didn't cock up?
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Simon Bates advertises the Mail on Sunday? Whoever would have thought it?
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm quite pleased with myself for getting this far without a WHAT THE HELL IS ALEXANDRA WEARING comment. But I can't hold back any more. She's wearing a fucking gold lamé blanket held on with gaffer tape.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm still distracted by her hair...
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
I never want to hear her version of Hallelujah ever again, so might have to throw my telly and radio out of the window.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Alexandra is determined to throw ALL of her dignity away tonight, right?
― Take You Down (I know, right?), Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
And Alexandra has won. She can't form any words at this moment in time.
― William Bloody Swygart, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:44 (fifteen years ago) link
She is actually unwell, I think.
it's like she's NEVER SEEN A CD BEFORE and this one has her face on it and THAT'S BLOWING HER MIND
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
She can sing and cry at the same time, nearly! That's a talent right there.
...oh, maybe not.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Last chance for the twelve finalists to get their mugs on TV...This is what they call "cognitive dissonance" - it looks like something big is happening, but really not much is happening.
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Well hopefully I never have to hear anything about this ever again.
― Take You Down (I know, right?), Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Cowell thanks everyone from the bottom of his wallet...
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:49 (fifteen years ago) link
who will join me in applying to enter this yr???
― Take You Down (I know, right?), Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
There's a interview that John Peel gave in 1986 where he said "If people are any good, they're going to become public property eventually anyway, so all you can do is either accelerate or retard that process". The problem with X Factor is that it gives an enormous boost to people's careers, that most of them then can't follow through with because they've been put in a position where the expectations are much higher than what they can achieve in a reasonable amount of time. What goes up slowly comes down slowly, because a foundation is built underneath it. But this is the opposite.
― snoball, Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Cheryl's breasts are making a break for freedom on ITV2 just now.
― ailsa, Saturday, 13 December 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
This was playing - silently - on every pub that had tellys this evening. I thought theat the Ewok had won at first, but a number of girls squealing later on told me the girl won it.
― DavidM, Sunday, 14 December 2008 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Shock X Factor voting patterns revealed
Sun Dec 14 12:05AM by TV Editor
Now that Alexandra has been crowned this year's X Factor champion, ITV has revealed the voting results for each week of the show - and it's a shocker.
The votes reveal that Eoghan Quigg, who finished third last night, won six out of the ten weekly live shows while Alexandra had won only one of the weekly heats before last night.
During the first four shows Eoghan had won comfortably with over 20% of all votes cast while Alexandra had trailed behind many of the other acts with less than 10%.
However, Alexandra's popularity had grown so much over the past few weeks that she triumphed in last night's final vote with a comfortable 58% of all votes cast.
Here is how the final 12 scored in each of the weekly votes...
Show 1 Eoghan Quigg 21.19%Scott Bruton 19.48%Laura White 16.99%Diana Vickers 7.35%Daniel Evans 7.21%Alexandra Burke 7.20%JLS 5.03%Rachel Hylton 4.77%Austin Drage 3.63%Ruth Lorenzo 3.47%Girlband 2.17%Bad Lashes 1.51% (Deadlock)
Show 2Eoghan Quigg 26.77%Diana Vickers 16.24%JLS 9.21%Laura White 8.99%Austin Drage 8.98%Daniel Evans 8.23%Alexandra Burke 7.15%Rachel Hylton 5.01%Scott Bruton 4.17%Ruth Lorenzo 2.95%Girlband 2.30% (Deadlock)
Show 3Eoghan Quigg 20.73%Diana Vickers 15.13%Rachel Hylton 12.21%JLS 10.81%Ruth Lorenzo 8.93%Alexandra Burke 8.83%Laura White 7.53%Austin Drage 6.22%Daniel Evans 5.94%Scott Bruton 3.67% (Judges)
Show 4Eoghan Quigg 19.81%JLS 17.00%Diana Vickers 15.24%Daniel Evans 10.83%Ruth Lorenzo 10.25%Alexandra Burke 8.82%Laura White 7.38%Austin Drage 6.86% (Judges)Rachel Hylton 3.81%
Show 5 Eoghan Quigg 27.39%Alexandra Burke 18.35%Daniel Evans 13.77%JLS 13.26%Rachel Hylton 10.39%Laura White 9.90% (Judges)Ruth Lorenzo 6.94%
Show 6Diana Vickers 31.30%Eoghan Quigg 19.56%Ruth Lorenzo 13.91%Alexandra Burke 13.31%JLS 9.91%Daniel Evans 7.53% (Judges)Rachel Hylton 4.48%
Show 7Eoghan Quigg 31.79%Diana Vickers 18.94%Ruth Lorenzo 16.07%Alexandra Burke 14.97%JLS 11.75%Rachel Hylton 6.48% (Judges)
Show 8Alexandra Burke 24.53%JLS 24.34%Eoghan Quigg 19.58%Diana Vickers 16.32%Ruth Lorenzo 15.23% (Public)
Show 9JLS 35.03%Alexandra Burke 31.04%Eoghan Quigg 21.14%Diana Vickers 12.79% (Public)
Show 10 (Final) – At vote freezeAlexandra Burke 44.02%JLS 30.65%Eoghan Quigg 25.33%
Show 10 (Final) – Final ResultAlexandra Burke 58.34%JLS 41.66%
― jed_, Sunday, 14 December 2008 12:46 (fifteen years ago) link
so glad tht little freak didn't win
― challops in sheep's clothing (cozwn), Sunday, 14 December 2008 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link
too crepey
― challops in sheep's clothing (cozwn), Sunday, 14 December 2008 13:00 (fifteen years ago) link
with his bubble face
http://www.lepconnie.com/pics/starwars/swi62c.jpg
― DavidM, Sunday, 14 December 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
interesting that Burke polled mostly midtable until the final weeks
her constant blubbing has softened me up - the Beyonce bit was awes
― Kramer vs Balearic (blueski), Sunday, 14 December 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, we were welling up at her all night
― Manchego Bay (G00blar), Sunday, 14 December 2008 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
hadn't watched more than a moment of this this year but the blubbing was v OTT and seemed v v put-on and was v v v annoying and v much put me off her. having not seen the earlier stages she seems quite boring and mediocre but far and away the best of the final three and the only one that makes any kind of sense singing hallelujah too but only because the others were much more annoying and weird
― conrad, Sunday, 14 December 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
her signing the fourth the fifth the minor fall the major lift was well rubbish though
― conrad, Sunday, 14 December 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― Nikon/Icon/Nikes On (I know, right?), Sunday, 14 December 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
"but you don't really care for music, do you" LOL THE IRONING HAHA DO YOU SEE COWELL, DO YOU?
― ailsa, Sunday, 14 December 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link