The X Factor 2012: Club Classics Disaster Week! Top 11 Chart
After the glimmer of hope offered by last week’s incredible week X Factor live performances, Club Classics week was D.I.R.E. One of our followers on Twitter even tweeted “Just aged years watching that cr*p!”
And while nobody was horribly out of tune – probably for fear of a good beating from Gary Barlow – the interpretation of “Club Classics” currently floating around Fountain Studios seems to be “take a great dance tune and slow it down to a crawl”. So what should have been a night of blisteringly great dancefloor anthems became a guided tour through Dullsville as the X Factor contestants turned Dance into Depressing.
So, how did we rate the acts tonight? It wasn’t easy. And we even gave ourselves a headache trying, readers. But heroically, we always deliver the goods. And here they are:- Ella Henderson – You’ve Got The Love: Ella’s usual levels of brilliance were in full effect tonight, but the Club Classics theme actually worked in her favour, displaying a different side to her personality and talent. I thought she came across as really sassy and her voice was throaty and powerful on this Florence And The Machine track.
- James Arthur – Sexy And I Know It: Interestingly, an X Factor USA contestant, Cece Frey performed a very similar version of Sexy And I Know It. Cross-Atlantic plagiarism aside, James gave a sound version of the LMFAO track, adding his own little soulful flourishes. One of the stronger performances of the night, even if it was a little too downtempo.
- MK1 – Pass Out: Finally playing to their strengths as an urban act, Nicole Scherzinger rightly praised the two for being true to themselves. They picked their own song, and it sounded much better as a result. I still wanted to hear a grittier edge to the track, so they need to be more edgy yet again. But a good start.
- Kye Sones – Save The World: Was there any doubt that Kye would blow away all memory of his miserable performance last week? After a verbal kicking from Gary Barlow over his flat notes, Kye came out this week and wowed us with a Swedish House Mafia track performed from a piano on top of a bonfire(!) He gave his most impressive performance in weeks and possibly overtook Christopher in Barlow’s overs category.
- Lucy Spraggan – Titanium: I’m glad Lucy didn’t bow to overblown staging or dance-ified versions of songs. She took a brilliant dance track and brought it into her ballpark. And did it brilliantly. It was an understated performance, enhanced by the lovely backing singers, but Lucy remained the star of the show. Well done.
- Jahmene Douglas – Say A Little Prayer: Testament to the fact that Club Classics is the worst theme ever, Jahmene gave this legendary track his best attempt. He was note perfect the whole way through, but I was bored to tears. Simply put, a horrible song choice. Not Jahmene’s fault.
- District 3 – Begging: Another drastically improved performance this week, putting District 3 back in the game. The harmonies were tighter, the performance was livelier. Our one complaint was that the mash-ups of songs are becoming messy (and this goes for Rylan too), with too many tracks being touched on. Mashups are always fun and clever, but make them too complicated and they become a turn-off.
- Union J – When Love Takes Over: Well, One Direction’s stunt doubles performed a decent, atmospheric version of Kelly Rowland’s When Love Takes Over. Things looked shaky with tuning issues at the beginning, but things improved a fair bit after that. We’ve still got a problem with them being styled as 1D clones, but Gary and Nicole pointed out the lack of energy in the performance and the lack of harmonies.
- Jade Ellis – Free: Struggling with DRAMATIC VOCAL PROBLEMS this week, Jade’s singing was not up to her usual standards. Renowned psychic Louis Walsh predicted that Jade will be in danger tomorrow.
- Christopher Maloney – Waiting For A Star To Fall: Earning a classic insult from Tulisa, who accused Gary Barlow of “churning his own stilton” with Christopher, this may have been the first disaster of Club Classic week. To be fair, Christopher gave the song his best shot, but the styling and even the backing track were abysmal. This week’s theme may cost Gaz Barlow his third act in a row.
- Rylan Clark – Please Don’t Stop The Music: Train wreck or light entertainment? We’re never quite sure. The truth of the matter is that Rylan put on a show for us, while everything else tonight has been quite tedious. But on the other hand, these big spectacle performances are becoming all fur coat and no knickers.
Also, tonight’s X Factor was clearly brought to you by the theme of “which contestant had the worst week”. Kye got scolded by Gary Barlow for being flat, which has to hurt. The Spraggan got kicked out of her hotel for being lairy or something. Jahmene had to deal with horrible revelations about his father in the press. Jade Ellis had a sore throat. Rylan’s beard fell off. I think that may have all contributed to the general air of doom and gloom on tonight’s show.
Quote of the night goes to Tulisa Contostavlos, who accused Gary Barlow of “churning his own stilton” after Christopher Maloney’s cheesy performance. We lol’d!
Anyway, how did YOU rate tonight’s acts? Leave us a comment in the box below!
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jahmene 6th are you having a laugh? the best vocalist in the comp and your nit picking this is about the voice not the song choice,its also so painfully obvious that the producers are pushing ella to be the winner but when in reality Jahmene is a better singer that her.
Gav, I know you’re a big fan of Jahmene, but I can’t rank someone simply based on them being “the best technical singer in the competition”. He’s very good, and I’ve warmed to him a lot in recent weeks, but 1) the Club Classics theme didn’t work in his favour and 2) the performance wasn’t exciting.
For me, based on this week’s performances, Jahmene was sixth. There were better performers, and acts like MK1 improved immensely.
Mk1 weren’t that good 2nd half of the song was dreadful,and Lucy was just plain boring she’s losing public support week by week and if leaked voting figures are true with Chris topping the voting with Jahmene 2nd and Ella 3rd both Lucy and mk1 are close to the bottom,all reality singing shows are abit the voice,the production value is just a small part of it,Jahmene and Ella like a lot of artists out there today just stand and sing abs that’s all they need,Ella’s dance moves looked like she’d nicked them off Peter crouch very robotic.
I agree Jahmene is Very good but you can’t deny Ella is very strong also and has proved it in recent weeks
And regardless of the outcome Both Ella and Jahmene will go on to have recording contacts and be in the charts.
i agree jahmene joint second and sorry lucy was not good as i will say every week
Gav, I agree Jahmane is good. Would have him higher and kye a lot lower.
Slight correction though…
X factor is about finding someone with the X factor. The voice, is about finding someone with a good voice.
Britney and Lady gaga have the X factor, Mary Byrne has the voice, Leona has both!
This chart is so biased…. You always put the favourites first Ella was briliant but it wasnt the best performance…
I’d go 1) James, 2)Ella, 3) District 3, 4) MK1, 5) Lucy, 6) Jahmene, 7)Kye, 8) Union J, 9) Jade, 10) Rylan, 11) Chris
Jahmane was all over the place. Way too much vocal gymnastics difficult to hear if he was even close to the right key.
1) James 2) District 3 3) Jahmene 4) MK1 5) Ella 6) Lucy
7) Kye 8) Jade 9) Chris 10) One Direction 2.0 11) Rylan
Ella Henderson stole the show again because at least she kept within the theme of club classics and she didn’t play safe. Other artist did too many slow versions making it more like ballad week. Ella proved how versatile she is and that is why she will be a world wide star! It doesn’t matter if Ella wins or goes home Sunday she is just incredible for only 16 years old!!!
Jahemne is just really annoying
JJ needs to go and have the wax taken out of his ears.
Agree this was not a great song choice for Jahmene but
there are still a number of weeks to go to bring out more of his enormouse talent. I personally did’nt really like Ella’s performance but then I don’t like the song either.
James Arthur didn’t plagiarise the song from Cece Frey as he actually sang it before her, it was his second song from the judges houses, shown on the xtra factor. i think he is amazing!
i love Jahmene but even i thought he struggled badly with that song.It seemed as if the events of the week had taken there toll and he was just making it up as he went along. Too many warbly notes once again oversinging. Last week he was fantastic sang the song perfectly saving a high note for the end.Did the nerves get to him last night,he sounded stressed. Still my fave though!!!!!
jahmain was all over the place last night. Probably due to the intro that was played prior to him singing. Ella was again superb and took to the theme of the evening well with a good song choice and a good performance. Lucy was plain old boring and whilst people loved her audition, that ia all she offers and I wouldn’t want to sit for an our of the same stuff over and over. James Arthur was great and is a great find. Union J get better week on week. D3 are limited and are now desperately over doing it.
As for Chris Maloney. Underneath the cheese and false fascade is a voice with a good range however, he has picked up too many bad habbits and certainly does not have the x factor. People big up Rylans performances on stage too much. What he does is prance around on stage murdering songs.
There is talent on this show this years show, but that is limited to Ella, James and Jahmaine.
Ella to win – that is what I hope.
Jahmane needs to pick a song and sing it more simply. A great voice needs little embellishment to show it off. There is a saying K.I.S.S. Keep it simple, stupid. He needs to let his voice to the talking not make it so difficult to listen to and keep track of.
Rylan chris or mk to go
“You Got the Love” is a 1986 single by the band The Source and Candi Staton… How quickly the originals are forgotten..
I find christopher maloney soo annoying, he’s crying all the time and he just bothers me. Can’t wait for him to go…
James Arthur did a great job, but come on this is for a record contract and I’m sorry but Lucy is the female version of Bob Dylan for the new day. She has it all and if you truly listen to the rest of them (Ella has a wonderful voice by the way), it’s still the same old, same old. Lucy all the way! And yeah so she pulled Rylans pants down…. and BTW Why is he still on the show?
I don’t agree with that ranking at all! :/ District 3 and Ella were by far the best! I’d rank them:
1) District 3 2) Ella 3) Kye 4) MK1 5) Jahmene 6) James 7) Lucy 8) Union J 9) Jade 10) Rylan 11) Christopher
It is an absolute joke that Rylan is getting through. Every time he goes through, a good act is getting sent home! Who the hell is voting for Christopher as well? The old grannies!? :/ District 3 are also way better than Union J. Union J are only in it for the looks whereas District 3, yes they have good looks (fittiess!) but they also have amazing voices and harmonies!!!