because they didn't last year, or the year before. And for once, I think Pugsy has got totally the right song (am biased because it's my favourite, and i think it will suit him). His second song, however, I am less happy with. 
Here are the songs-
Andrea Faustini
O Holy Night by Mariah Carey
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus
Lauren Platt
Stay Another Day by East 17/Girls Aloud
Story Of My Life by One Direction
Ben Haenow
Please Come Home For Christmas by The Eagles
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Fleur East
All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey
Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson
'Stay another day' for lamenting Lozza is inspired- dirgy enough to slow it down to snail's pace, and lots of puffa jackets, 80's fashions for the dancers/ choir.
I'm not sure about Ben's at all- but at least they haven't attributed 'Hallelujah ' to Burke.com. I like the Eagles- but there are so many great Christmas songs to choose from...
Fleur has Mariah- not really her style. And the Mark Ronson track is very new, so the audience might not know it. It is ok, though.
Ohh it's getting exciting. wonder what Louis will be saying, now he doens't have an act, and doesn't care?
See y'all later. 
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Raahh · 06/12/2014 11:31
Frozen- he is a bit of a spare part, isn't he.
I wonder if they will do the singing with the mentor thing this year? Probably not this year, with Simon having two acts left
. And 'singing' is pushing it with Chezza And Mel anyway
Louis will say exactly what Simon tells him to say, just like Chezza and Mel do. You can almost see the puppet strings behind the three of them .
I thought, at the start, that Mel would be good on this, but, as time goes on, I find her tiresome.
Jill- having seen what Mel was like when she was a guest judge- where she went all out to 'mean' and he criticism was for the sake of it, rather than constructive, I thought this would be the year i would be put off watching. I couldn't stand her as a guest. But she hasn't been nearly 'mean' enough, and when she has tried to be critical, it has sounded false, and scripted. But last week, I actually agreed with her a couple of times.
And she used far too many stooopid buzz words. Like 'On point'.
She's far preferable to Chezza. Who is too far up Cowell's behind to be taken seriously.
Interesting fact- on the the b-side to 'Chocolate salty balls' by Chef from South park id the Cartman version of 'O Holy night'. Maybe Pugsy could dress up as Chef. or Cartman.
it was 1998. and the last Christmas I worked at Virgin/Our Price. I spent Christmas eve selling Southpark dolls and copies of 'Goodbye' by the Spice Girls.
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