'(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction' by The Rolling Stones - 7/10 - Hannah landed in the bottom two for the second time last week but was saved against Abi Alton. She's not sure what is going wrong, I think perhaps Hannah is quite hard to connect to because she's confident which often comes across as cocky to the British Public. Put simply, confidence isn't something that the British public seem to like. Anyway, this is probably the weakest vocal performance that she has given in the competition so far, it starts off well and finishes well but the middle is very rusty, her intonation and pronunciation is poor, at times she's very shouty and the vocals are just good, nothing special. However, this is the first week where I feel that she put on a show, she actually showed some sort of performance skills for once which impressed me. Best performance, audience interaction wise that she has given but I don't think that even that will save her, I think the public have their minds made up on Hannah which is a shame as she's better than a few of the acts still there.





'Your Song' by Elton John - 8/10 - Luke has a bad week last week after taking on 'Moondance' by Van Morrison. Thankfully, he was saved so he's hoping to bounce back with an Elton John classic. Well first of all, the song choice is rather rubbish. This track has been sung so many times before that I feel like he won't really be able to put her own spin on the track. That said, he actually does a reasonably good job of it despite the disappointing song choice, there are a few bum notes but his tone is really unique and interesting and I love his spin on the song. Luke has a great voice, he's easily the most interesting boy in the competition but I have this fear that he will be the first boy to go.



'Something' by The Beatles - 9/10 - Sam is a great vocalist, one of the best that the show has had in the last few years. My fear with her is still that she won't have much of a career after the show because Sharon keeps giving her very old-fashioned tracks to sing. This week is no different, she's taking on a song covered by Mary Byrne a few years ago on the show but her performance of it is a lot better than Mary's cover a few years ago. Her tone sounds very soulful and bluesy tonight, it was a great performance and a very strong rendition of the song. I loved the performance, Sam sounded a little cabaret for my liking last week but this week she sounded great. There's no doubt that Sam will be through to next week after that performance.


Rough Copy - 'Viva La Vida' by Coldplay - 7/10 - Rough Copy has a great week last week with a unique take on 'Hit The Road Jack'. However, they want to continue to develop and so this week are singing Coldplay's classic 'Viva La Vida'. Well vocally it's very good as usual, they hold their harmonies together very well and they sound pretty consistent throughout even if one of them appears to go off the timing of the song near the end. That said, it was a pretty boring performance, Nicole describes it as 'vanilla' and to be perfectly honest she's kind of right, it was a good performance but there was nothing memorable or standout about it. I prefer it when they sing songs that allow them to show off their personalities, like last week's performance. This wasn't a ballad yet it felt totally lacking in personality and charisma. I'm being harsh because at this stage, everyone is putting in decent performances but I wasn't blown away I must admit.



'Faith' by George Michael - 5.5/10 - Sam continues to get average comments but his fanbase are still right behind him and voting him through each week. I'm not going to dwell on that because I can't complain if his fans are voting for him however his performances still aren't improving any. This song choice is pretty cringeworthy to be perfectly honest, I don't like the original a lot so I'm not holding out much hope for Sam's performance. Well on the plus side, he at least seems to have some sort of charisma on stage for once. His personality isn't particularly standout but he does seem like a nice guy however to be honest, the vocals aren't anywhere near good enough, they're just so weak as they always are that I can't overlook it. I reckon Sam will probably be safe again although the judges seemed a bit more positive this week so perhaps his fans won't be quite as frantic in their support for him if they feel like he's less at threat of going. We'll see on Sunday night.