Beverley Knight has admitted that she worries about The X Factor’s younger contestants.

Speaking on Live From Studio Five, Knight explained: “Any of the bits I’ve watched have been on a catch-up thing. I’m never home to watch the show properly.”

She continued: “The thing that worries me about these shows is you have kids who literally go from serving over the counter to arenas. Everybody knows them. How on earth do you cope? How do you prepare for the adulation and the fame? How do you actually prepare for making music?

“You’re not prepared at all. You’ve got to build. What happens is, you get a lot of kids who kind of model themselves around one or two singers and they’ve got that down, but they don’t know their own voice, and that only comes through the little gigs and the building up. It’s a quick ascent, but to stay there – that’s the thing.”

Brendon Cole and Beverley Knight once again opened the evening with a spectacular performance as was their second song which was even more outstanding.   They have never failed to entertain us with their versatility, dancing and singing so it was no surprise when they made if through to the final two duos after getting two tens for one of their numbers

 

The first shock of the evening was when Mark Butcher and Sarah Brightman were voted out as they were a favourite to win after astounding us with their very professional performances night after night.  Hannah and Marti have been the weakest of the three couples throughout the competiton, earning the lowest scores and been very boring at times so it was the biggest shock of the evening when they won the series.  Admittedly their second song was surprisingly beautiful and near perfect but can you win a six day series on one song? 

 

The evening ended with a disappointing final song from the trophy winners, Hannah and Mark 

 

 

Some one had to go but how sad that it was the very entertaining John who surprised us all night after night with his versatile singing.  He and Jocelyn will be missed tonight at the final.

Hannah Waterman (ex Eastender) and partner Wet Wet Wet Marti Pellow were first up tonight with full approval from all the judges for an outstanding performance.  Hannah had enthusiastic support from her father, in the audience. The judges gave them 27 out of 40 emphasising Hannah’s improvement and growth of confidence. 29 for their impressive 2nd song.  With 56 points they are 3rd on the leaders’s board.

Strictly Come Dancing and Love Island, Brendon Cole and singer Beverley Knight disappointed the judges with their first song but their dance routine was great.  Not Brendan’s best due to bad choice of song but still earned a good 26 points. They earned 32 for their second really great performance.  True country and more Brendan’s style.  The dance routine that went with the song, was outstanding. They are second on the leader board with 58

Cricketer Mark Butcher and singer Sarah Brightman greatly impressed the judges with a very moving performance earning remarks such as ‘I want a copy of that’ and ‘I was all choked up.’  Mark looking his usual cool and confident self, gave credit to the magnificent band.  The judges congratulated Sarah for allowing Mark to show his full potential by the choice of song. They received a well deserved, magnificent 35 points out of 40. Their second number was also very good, earning 29 and first place with a total of 64 points.

Eastenders John Bardon and soul singer Jocelyn Brown had the audience on their feet and the judges impressed saying that John was a true singer and congratulated him saying ‘you remembered the lyrics and actually sang tonight.’  John has shown the greatest improvement throughout the series with a surprise for us night after night with his versatility. 27 and 26 for their second song which the judges loved, calling him a rapping, punky rock and roller and a stallion of many tricks. They are lying fourth with 53 points.

We were entertained by Jocelyn and Beverley while the public votes came in leaving Brendon and Beverly, John and Jocelyn and Hannah and Mari in the bottom three with Brendan being saved by judge Stewart Copeland who said he did not think he was doing them a favour, although they deserved to go through, as every time someone was saved by a judge they were voted off the next time round.  This proved true when the viewers voted John and Jocelyn off (saved by judge Tito Jackson last night) after the bottom two had sung to be saved.

Tonight is the final with Brendan Cole and Beverley Knight, Mark and Sarah and Hannah with partner Marti.  We are sure to be highly entertained with the best performances of the six day series.  Who will be walking off with the trophy???

 

 

After a very exciting, warm and humerous evening it was sad and a surprise to see Luke and Natasha voted out by a combination of the judges scores and public votes. Tonight the contestants had to sing country and soul songs.

 Luke and Natasha sang first, lighting up the studio with their joyful performance and brilliant dance moves.  They were placed third by the judges with 23/40

Top of the judges’ leader board was Strictly Come Dancing Brendan Cole with very talented R&B Singer Beverley Knight who entertained us with their heartfelt performance.  The judges were impressed enought to give them 25/40 putting them top performers for the evening. Judge Ce Ce later said she felt should have scored them higher.

Cricketer Mark Butcher and singer Sarah Brightman who have tied for top place for two nights running started badly as Mark could not hear the music due to the audience’s rowdy enthusiasm but on his third try gave us a beautiful perfomance earning the surprisingly low score of 19 even though Mark carried on like a trooper after his shakey start.

Ex-Eastenders’ Hannah Waterman and Wet Wet Wet’s Marti Pellew gave such a boring performance that judge and vocal coach Ce Ce Sammy stated that she nearly fell asleep during their performance as it was so boring.  They received a surprisingly high score of 22 putting them tie for 4th place with John and Jocelyn.

Watchdog presenter Julia Bradbury and singer Tony Christie wowed us once again with their very professional performance for which the judges rightfully gave them 24 points putting them second on the leader board.

Eastenders John Bardon with partner soul singer Jocelyn Brown gave a performance which brought a standing ovation from an adoring audience.  John is obviously much loved with an ineresting voice and is a great entertainer. He has an enermous fan in Tito Jackson (Jackson five fame) who always scores him higher than the other judges.

We were entertained by Marti and Sarah singing a very romantic and breathtaking Summertime while the viewers votes came in and were counted to be added to the judges ponts.

Judge Ce Ce had to choose the duo to be saved from the bottom three and she chose Julia and Tony leaving John and Jocelyn and Luke and Natasha to sing for further votes from the viewers with Luke and Natasha, sadly saying their good byes to us.  We will miss them and their very talented performances.

 

 

Just The Two Of Us is the BBCs new show which pairs professional singers with familiar celebrities for a series of duets.

Singers include

*Beverley Knight
*Soul star Alexander O’Neal
*ABC singer Martin Fry
*Disco diva Jocelyn Brown,
*Jazz singer Curtis Stigers,
*Ex-S Club’s Jo O’Meara,
*Ex-Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton,
*Russell Watson

Celebrities Include

*Hollyoaks hunk Chris Fountain,
*Ex-Cutting It actress Sian Reeves,
*Actor Mark Moraghan
*Presenter Matt Allwright.
*GMTV Newsreader Penny Smith
*BBC Newsreader Fiona Bruce.
*Gaby Roslin, who recently starred in Chicago.
*Presenter Nicky Campbell

The show will be presented by Tess Daly and Vernon Kay