X-Factor Live Show: Week 8 Review

The News in Haiku #25…. “The end of the show, Is fast approaching. Thank God. No more Wagner, please” Don’t worry everyone, there’s only two more weeks of the X-Factor left to go. Tomorrow is a double eviction, and next week (when only five acts will remain) will be a “semi-final”. I assume that means [...]

X-Factor Live Show: Week 7 Review

You thought I was going to miss out of the X-Factor this week, didn’t you?! Sorry, but I’m back for more… <insert evil laugh here>. Having just witnessed the eviction (is that what it’s called?), this following review is based on my tweets during a recording of the main show that I watched earlier this [...]

X-Factor Live Show: Week 6 Review

The News in Haiku #14…. “Somali pirates, Release British hostages. Who gets the film rights?” Last night’s X-Factor Review (you thought I’d forgotten didn’t you?!). Here’s a little game for you to play at home, when the judges walk out on to centre stage at the start of the show and after Cheryl has done [...]

X-Factor Live Show: Week 5 Review

“We are down to the final 10 acts”, so proclaimed the announcer before the start of this week’s X-Factor as if we had reached some cultural milestone of great importance. Strangely, she gave the impression that she couldn’t quite believe that we had reached this stage already, which, given that the series feels like it [...]

X-Factor Live Shows: Week 4 Review

“If this world is wearing thin, And you’re thinking of escape, I’ll go anywhere with you, Just wrap me up in chains.” Shakespeare’s Sister, “Stay”, 1992 Last night I was out on the town, so missed my first X-Factor of the series. However, I tuned in to the speeded up highlights on Sky+ as I [...]

X-Factor Live Show: Week 3 Review

“Now I’m the king of the swingers, The Jungle V.I.P. I reached the top and I had to stop, And that’s what’s bothering me.” Louis Prima, “King Of The Swingers”, 1967 The time has come for another X-Factor review. We are only in week three of the “live shows” but thanks to the ridiculous build-up [...]

X-Factor Live Show: Week Two Review

“When I see your face, there’s not a thing that I would change, Because you’re amazing, just the way you are.” Bruno Mars, “Just The Way You Are”, 2010 With my plentiful supply of Guinness to hand, I have sat down in front of ITV1 HD to put myself through the ordeal of the X-Factor [...]

Traffic

“There’s traffic in the sky And it doesn’t seem to be getting much better” Jack Johnson, “Traffic In The Sky”, 2003 Last night we saw the first eliminations from this year’s X-Factor. First out was the rather odd character of Nicolo followed by the completely “meh” F.Y.D., which, while not the people I would’ve banked [...]

X-Factor Live Show 1 Review

“All around me are familiar faces, Worn out places, worn out faces, Bright and early for their daily races, Going nowhere, going nowhere” Tears for Fears, “Mad World” 1982 The show began with the not-so-big twist that the judges had each been given a “wildcard” entry meaning that the twelve contestants had become sixteen, which [...]

X-Factor Heats Up

“We’re leaving together, But still it’s farewell, And maybe we’ll come back, To earth, who can tell?” Europe, “The Final Countdown”, 1986 It’s time for my annual contestent review of the final twelve X-Factor finalists. I say it’s “annual” but given that this blog is less than a year old, it’s true but misleading. First [...]