Now that Brian Friedman seems contractually obliged to appear in every single X Factor contestant training VT package, it looks like there’s no room for the X Factor celebrity mentoring we enjoyed so much last year.
But that’s OK, because in its place we get to see a string of massively generic X Factor theme nights like Love Song Night or Songs From The Movies Night, or Saturday’s 21st Century Night. Now, it might be a sign of our own age, but when we heard that X Factor was doing a 21st Century Night we envisioned silver tinfoil dresses, robot dog backing singers and cutting-edge, fiercely futuristic music. Is that what X Factor gave us? No. X Factor gave us James Blunt covers. Oh, the humanity.
Who’s going to win X Factor this year? Here are the X Factor betting odds for Same Difference, Leon Jackson and Hope. Betting odds, as ever, come from Paddy Power…
Same Difference – On Saturday’s X Factor the parts of Same Difference were played by H From Steps and the Reese Witherspoon character from Election. In a toyshop. In hell. Our jaw dropped so much when we saw Same Difference’s performance of I Don’t Feel Like Dancing that it actually dislocated, so ill-judged were all the trikes and trampolines and conga-dancing and dancers dressed as wooden soldiers and fairies that went into their routine. We haven’t even got round to questioning how Same Difference managed to get through to next week’s X Factor yet because we’re still trying to work out why everyone watching X Factor didn’t kick their TVs to splinters at the mere sight of the Same Difference boy’s “Hey, look at me, I’m so kerrr-azy!” face. Can someone please, please lace Same Difference’s drinking water with Ritalin before Saturday before it’s too late? Current X Factor betting odds – 14/1
Leon Jackson – Leon didn’t get to wheel out his “Ah’m jist a wee working class lad fra Scotland” shtick on Saturday’s X Factor because he had a sore throat, which apparently meant that singing made him feel like he was “being stabbed in the throat.” Substitute ‘throat’ for ‘eyes and ears’ and that’s a pretty good description of how Leon’s singing makes us feel too. But, anyway, on Saturday’s X Factor Leon Jackson got to sing Dancing In The Moonlight – a tough choice not only because of his ailment but also because it was almost impossible for him to do a worse job on the song than Toploader did. But, love him, Leon managed it by peppering the performance with intermittent high-pitched whoops that made him sound as if he was being goosed by a mischievous ghost throughout the song. But Leon still sailed through the voting, which will help to further boost his confidence. And you know what that means – more useless dancing next week. Current X Factor betting odds – 14/1
Hope – We’re developing an unnatural thing for Raquelle from Hope, and it’s unnatural because she’s clearly an idiot. Case in point – before Hope’s performance of Back To Black by Amy Winehouse, Raquelle took the lion’s share of the pre-song X Factor VT to say how her parent’s divorce affected her as a child and how she was going to sing ‘from the depths of her soul’ during the group’s song. Turns out that her soul only consists of vowels, because all Raquelle did during the song was go “Ooooh” and “Aaaah” while one of the other girls sang all of the actual words by herself. Anyway, Hope’s X Factor song was a clear turnaround from last week’s show when they faced elimination, because this time they tried a normal song sung normally with no slutting around. But what’s Hope without songs about bras and shagging? Vapour, by the looks of it. Current X Factor betting odds – 6/1
Tomorrow – X Factor betting odds for Niki Evans and Rhydian Roberts. But if that’s too long to wait – or you feel like making more money than you know what to do with – head right over to the Paddy Power X Factor betting odds page to see the latest, and best, betting odds.
scott says
hope u win
love scott
Ellissia says
To same Differnce
my name is ellissia and i am 7 years old I love you lods please please please WIN and 1 more thing dont lision to what loiue says.
love from Ellissia
P.s. i will vote for you evrey night
jay says
well thats a great impression of a 7 year old “Elisssia”…….NOT!!!
Louise Lamkin says
i want samediffernce to win because theydeserive it they are both talltened as you may know why i am doing this is because i want
derment o leary to annouch the winner of the x factor of 2007 is same differnce can i just say one thing and that is that simon is really cool it is going to be 34 pare sent i really wont them to win and get the i millon pound contract and i just want same differnce to win so fingers cross for them because i really want same differnce to really win i am your number 1 fan and i love you both hope you2 win
Chloe says
To tell the truth, I can’t stand same difference. They act like little 5 year olds. They are so immature! Yes, I know they can obviously have fun once in a while, but having it all the time just annoys me so much! I’m glad they got put out, because if they had won, all the songs they would publish were silly little kids songs, when we already have enough of them. And we needed a good new singer that all ages could enjoy, and with Leon winning, that has happened! I’m so happy for Leon and wish him all the best of luck for his singing career. I wanted him to win from the very start, and he deserves it more than anybody ! Well done Leon !