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  • The X Factor – Who Wins?

    We’re down to the final three. Based on last night’s show, I have them ranked this way:

    1. Melanie Amaro
    2. Chris Rene
    3. Josh Krajcik

    I think Josh is a much better singer than Chris, but he lacks what Chris has; charisma. Charisma is what gets people to the phone to text in their votes. But when it comes down to it, Melanie is just so far head and shoulders above everyone else that she has to win this thing.

    We’re going minute-by-minute style tonight.

    8:04 – Mr. Anti-charisma promised Justin Bieber, Leona Lewis, and 50 Cent tonight. And during duets last night we got Avril Lavigne?

    8:05 – The final 12 are back singing Lady Gaga’s Edge Of Glory. It’s fun to see the Stereo Hogzz again. Stacy Francis was on the screen for less than 5 minutes and I think she cried twice.

    8:07 – They decided to really sex up Drew in a super tight blue dress. Thankfully, cutie Rachel was wearing stretch pants. Let them be kids!

    8:14 – Melanie Amaro is about to tear up All I Want For Christmas Is You. Do we get the Bieber duet?

    8:17 – No Biebs! LA says that her voice is the best friend a song has ever met. Yep, he said it with a straight face. Nicole says all she wants for Christmas is a Melanie album. Paula called her beautiful. And Simon says she’s been an absolute pleasure to work with. And he called her Mel. They must be friends.

    8:19 – It’s time for the Melanie friends and family montage. Grandma is the one that made her cry the hardest. I had my money on baby sis. Damn!

    8:25 – It’s Chris Rene’s turn to sing a holiday song. He’s doing Young Homie Christmas. Okay, maybe not. He’s singing Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

    8:29 – Nicole thanks Chris for being part of the competition. Thirsty Paula says he’s the most original. Simon says he admires him. LA says he can change the world.

    8:31 – It’s time for Chris’ friends and family montage. He’s crying so much I thought he was Stacy Francis. 2nd Stacy Francis crying joke! Let’s see if I can get up to three Stacy jokes.

    8:37 – As beautiful as Nicole looks tonight, she kept her streak of being annoying alive. She’s like the Joe DiMaggio of annoying.

    8:40 – It was Josh’s turn to perform. LA says he was so good that he’s almost at a loss for words. Paula says he’s a joy. But she’s not thirsty for him like she is for Chris. Simon says he’s going to sell a lot of records while seeing who can show the most chest hair. Nicole says he’s her flippin’ love. Flippin’?

    8:43 – Well, if Josh was going to cry, they hit him with the two best ones in the end. His mom says that his dreams are her dreams. And his daughter says she doesn’t tell him that she loves him enough. His daughter made him cry! Yes!

    8:50 – It’s Justin Bieber time! If Ellen and Eminem ever pro-created, the kid might look like Justin Bieber.

    8:51 – Stevie Wonder is singing The Christmas Song with him. Stevie doesn’t look anything like Ellen or Eminem.

    8:53 – Justin just grabbed his crotch. I wonder if that was for thirsty Paula?

    8:55 – He brought out Drew to sing with him at the end. She’s absolutely beside herself. Selena Gomez might get mad.

    9:03 – And the person who finishes in third place is … the Young Homie himself, Chris Rene. Well, I guess there are more Josh fans than I thought.

    9:17 – And, the show has come to a halt. Leona Lewis is singing a very sad song. Maybe it was for the Young Homie himself.

    9:28 – Derek Fisher, fresh off the NBA lockout introduces 50 Cent who isn’t even pushing an album. He’s pushing a mixtape. And thanks to national TV, half the song is muted. I think 50 is lip-rhyming.

    9:29 – Ok, this just got great. 50 brought out Lakers bench players including Steve Blake who looks like a deer in headlights. Matt Barnes is out too. Nicole better watch out. She might end up with Matty tonight. At least Astro got to rock out with 50 a bit.

    9:38 – Pitbull and Ne-Yo are on stage together. After watching Ne-Yo, all I can say is, Avril Lavigne? And is it just me or is Pitbull just a guest on all of his songs? Marcus Canty came out in the end and he was happier than Drew was in Justin Bieber’s arms.

    9:53 – And the winner is … Melanie Amaro! That girl is 5 million dollars richer.

    9:55 – Melanie is singing Listen yet again. She can barely get through it.

    9:59 – Melanie is crying so much, she reminds of … Stacy Francis (fist pump)! I got one more in. Until next year, Seacrest out! Whoops, wrong show.

  • The X Factor – Who Makes The Top Four?

    I didn’t find Wednesday’s show all that noteworthy. You could maybe say that it was the first time all season long that Josh Krajcik looked like he could go home. Also noticeable was the pandering all the mentors did so that their finalists wouldn’t get kicked off. Simon nearly outright said that Paula and Nicole wouldn’t vote for his female finalists if they were in the final two so that America needed to vote for them. It was quite odd, but probably truthful.

    Based on last night, here’s my top 2 and bottom 2:

    Top 2
    Melanie Amaro and Chris Rene

    Bottom 2
    Josh Krajcik and Marcus Canty

    Chris Rene is either pulling the wool over our eyes, or he really has something. His vocals are average at best, yet he comes off so sincere and likable, which is carrying him through this season even though it might be slightly undeserving.

    Lenny Kravitz opens the show. My man is 47 years old, yet looks like he’s in his mid-30s. I love it when artists play their new single which gets tepid applause because no one knows it, so they have to sing one of their more popular songs so that they get that ovation at the end. Lenny did that one perfectly.

    It’s always sad when Mr. Anti-charisma introduces the mentors and their finalists and Paula has to sit at the mentor’s table all by her lonesome.

    Let’s get to it. The first person through to next week is Josh Krajcik, so last night didn’t hurt him at all.

    The second person through to next week is Chris Rene. Every time Chris goes through, Simon gives a face that says, “I can’t believe this guy is still around.”

    Rachel says she’s not confident, but she loves her fans. Marcus says he’ll just have to step up if need be. Melanie is really nervous and doesn’t know exactly how to feel, but is confident that her fans will keep her around.

    Let’s break this down for a second. Simon is worried that if Marcus is in the bottom two that Nicole and Paula will vote him in no matter what. But if it’s Rachel and Melanie in the bottom two, he loses one anyway. He must be pissed right now.

    Mary J. Blige is on stage and I’m not sure if you know, but she’s good y’all. And her new album is pretty darn good as well.

    Melanie Amaro is through to the top four. So it’s down to Rachel and Marcus. Rachel has so much darn composure for being so young.

    How can your heart not bleed for Rachel right now? As much as I like Marcus, he better not boot out Rachel!

    Marcus is singing I’m Goin’ Down. He’s doing it for Mary. Marcus is putting tons of emotion into this song, but again, the vocals are lacking and he’s doing lots of screaming. He really needs to find three other dudes and put together a new Jodeci. He’s got K-Ci Hailey down pat.

    Rachel is doing it. If Paula and Nicole vote her off, they really need their heads examined.

    Of course, LA chooses Rachel to leave and Simon chooses Marcus to leave. Yet again, it’s up to Paula and Nicole. If Simon was truthful about his feelings Wednesday night, he thinks they will send home Rachel. Paula chooses to send home Marcus. Nicole won’t make a decision and is overly dramatic like usual so she kicks off Rachel just to deadlock them. How pitiful and cowardice. Way to not do your job Nicole.

    Mr. Anti-charisma reads the act who received the lowest number of votes and Rachel Crow is going home. She breaks down in sobbing fashion. Nicole Scherzinger is an idiot.

  • The X Factor – Who Makes The Top 7?

    Last night, Mr. Anti-charisma, Steve Jones said there would be two eliminations tonight. And the judges will only be able to save one. The contestant (or contestants if it’s Lakoda Rayne) who has the least amount of votes will automatically be eliminated. The contestants with the second and third lowest amount of votes will be in the bottom two and have to sing-off for their lives.

    I have two worries tonight. One is your young friend and mine, Astro. I lambasted Simon last night for his treatment of Astro from last week on my Popblerd! column. I fear that Simon sabotaged his chances to go any further. My other worry is Drew. She’s in the crossfire between Simon and LA Reid. Simon can’t take it when Reid bags on his contestants, though he’s quite fine bagging on everyone else’s.

    But it’s turning LA Reid from a smart judge of talent into someone who is simply trying to get Simon back, and throwing Drew under the bus in the process.

    Since the field is narrowing, I chose a top and bottom two, rather than three for last night’s performances. So far, during every week, one of my bottom three went home. We’ll see if I can continue the pace.

    Top 2
    Josh Krajcik and Melanie Amaro

    Bottom 2
    Lakoda Rayne and LeRoy Bell

    Kelly Clarkson opens up the show with her new single What Doesn’t Kill You (Stronger). Not a bad little ditty, but there wasn’t much to her performance.

    For their group performance, everyone is dressed like a circus performer, and if I was Marcus Canty, I would’ve thrown some punches before they put me on stage like that. He looked like a short-haired girl. I guess the circus theme equated singing Pink’s So What.

    Mr. Anti-charisma asks Lakoda Rayne and Drew to come to the stage. One of them is going home and one of them is going through to next week.

    Lakoda Rayne is going home. Drew made it through the fire. What the heck does Paula do now?

    Bruno Mars is singing It Will Rain from the Twilight movie Breaking Dawn. Sadly, Kristen Stewart isn’t there glumly staring at him like he’s a pasty vampire.

    Chris Rene is through! He’s the Teflon Young Homie.

    Rachel Crow is also through to next week. As is Josh Krajcik. Well deserved for both.

    Melanie Amaro is going through. The last three are Marcus, Astro, and LeRoy. If LeRoy makes it through, we have quite the conundrum for LA Reid.

    Astro is in. LeRoy and Marcus have to sing for their X Factor lives.

    Marcus is singing first and he’s singing You Lost Me from Christina Aguilera’s much forgotten recent album. I wouldn’t imagine that ballads would be his strong point, but he has a K-Ci Hailey from Jodeci kind of voice for them, without all the rasp.

    LeRoy is next up singing Don’t Let Me Down and he did his usual job, which is decently in voice, but just lacking of any confidence whatsoever. I’d guess they’re keeping Marcus, but I’m not confident in that pick.

    LA is trying to make a case for his boy Marcus, selling his possible star power. He’s going to send home LeRoy.

    You know Nicole is going to stick with her guy. It’s going to be decided between Simon and Paula.

    Paula sends home Marcus because she thought LeRoy’s performance tonight was better. I think Simon sends home LeRoy and leaves it up to the vote. We’ll see.

    And, that’s exactly what he did. It’s up to the votes now. LeRoy Bell is going home. Nicole is down to one act, but damn, she might have the winning one.

    By the way, I hit on both eliminations tonight. I’ll gloat now because it will be impossible to predict from here on out.