X Factor 2009, Week 4 – The Unreality TV Chart, Rock Week
Yes, as we sit here in judgement of the contestants tonight, we must also lament their inability to rock convincingly. Seriously, we’re not gonna discover the next Axl Rose or Caleb Followill on this year’s X Factor.
So Rock Week was a bit of a bust. We witnessed the toppling of Danyl Johnson with a very stilted performance of an Aerosmith song, and guys like Joe McElderry and Olly Murs came out strong with good, albeit safe performances of rock songs.
So who were the pick of tonight’s acts and who were the dregs? Here’s the Unreality TV chart – and a note to the flamers, these are our opinions. You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’ll be wrong, but you’re entitled to them anyway. Tell us your favourites in the comments section!
- Rachel Adedeji – Rachel continued her winning streak by giving an almost flawless rendition of U2’s One. Performing the Mary J Blige version gave her a modern edge while allowing her to show a brilliant vocal. Not sure about that dress though.
- Lucie Jones – Lucie stopped singing more mature songs and tackled a GNR song in the style of Avril Lavigne. The judges praised her for becoming relevant and contemporary. Not only did she look great tonight, she gave a lively and confident performance.
- Jamie Afro – Despite Jamie being the contestant with the rock chops, Louis criticised him for lacking authenticity, saying he was a cheap Lenny Kravitz impersonator. In fairness, Jamie gave a strong performance but didn’t do much to distance himself from the label of ‘pub singer’.
- Olly Murs / Joe McElderry – It’s not often we do joint positioning, but Olly and Joe pulled off the same trick tonight. Neither were going to be much cop as rock singers, but they took their respective songs, sang them well and remained safe. Their performances were passable, more an effort by both of them to stay safe and get through to next week!
- Stacey Solomon – Stacey is starting to come across as the poor man’s Leona Lewis. Her vocals tonight were weaker than usual and the choice of a dull Keane song did nothing to excite us. She has a great voice under normal conditions, but despite what the judges said, her performance was still lacking. She walked? Is that enough to win the competition?
- Lloyd Daniels – To be fair to Lloyd, he did improve his performance this week. The singing was a dodgy as ever, and Lloyd was completely out of control. Uncomfortable to watch, but then I’m not the one who keeps voting him back each week!
- Danyl Johnson – I don’t know if Danyl really was that nervous tonight or if it was a bit of a sympathy play. Either way, his out of tune singing and stilted performance were a massive disappointment. Is he really that affected by criticism? I don’t know.
- Jedward – These tuneless buffoons are clearly there to pull in the votes and make Simon a fortune. As Sinitta said on Xtra Factor, no-one will buy their records, and that’s a fact. They didn’t know the lyrics, their performances are shambolic to say the least, a smokescreen for their lack of singing ability.
Phew, that’s our tuppence worth folks. It was a hard chart to make tonight, and we had some issues over placement. We’d really like your input – who were your favourites tonight?
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Joe was a fantastic show opener. Best tonight I think.
I thought Joe was the best. He’s my fav anyway. You ask me he always gets sidelined by the “frontrunners” who are not a one of them actually great. Shame since imho, he’s the best one.
I agree, Rachel was the best tonight.
Danyl was better than Lloyd, surely.
Lucy, Jo, Olly, and Rachel were top. Jedward were a bit of fun & entertainment for the huge young audience at home, and did a really good job all things considered. I mean Stacey was praised for WALKING so how would she, and some of the others cope with their kind of choreography, so give them some credit. Stacey, Jamie and Danyl were middle of the road. Danyl would have been down at the bottom had he not saved himself at the end of the song. Lloyd was the weakest of the bunch tonight. Taking things as a whole the twins outdid both Lloyd and Danyl vocally and performance wise. But Danyl looked like a broken man, it was upsetting to watch. I don’t know why ppl have 2 be so hateful, & where did Hitler come in to it?! He seems like a genuinely nice guy.
I AGREE RACHEL WAS FANTASTIC HANDS DOWN THIS WEEK AND STACEY WAS OKAYY AND LUCIE WAS STUNNING TOO. ALL THE GIRL WERE GOOD. JOE WAS AS GOOD AS THE GIRLS TOO. LLYOD SHOULD LEAVE THIS WEEK he was out of tune but i think hes going to make it next week cuz all the girls adore him. which i think its rubbish coz x factor is about singign and hes avergge. i love jedward. I HAT DANNYL AND JAMEIE UGHHH
Stacey was Fantastic… better than Lucie.
It would be a dull show without Daniel’s amazing performances he deserves to win.
Cheryl should go, she’s trying to turn all the attention to herself with all her silly costumes.
Heloo im cheyenne im 13 years old i really love sining my dream is to become a superstar
All the girls, Joe, and Olly were really good last night. I thought that although the twins havent got great voices, they are entertaining, and deserve to go through with the stick they take off people, when its the public that are putting them through! Danyl was a joke! Oh boo who, he was in the bottom two last week, Rachel normaly is, but she comes back every week and FIGHTS for her place in that competition! He just didn’t look like he was trying, and hardly moved, and when he did actually move he was just dragging his feet, and he was standing like he had papped his pants! He has to go this week!
I thought Joe was incredible and he was the best. He was miles better than anyone. No wonder he is the favourite to win. Although i am a bit biased since he has been my favourite since day 1. I absolutely love him. I was left speechless from his performance. I don’t think there is anything he cannot do. JOE TO WIN!!!!!
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