X-Factor- American Anthems

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This is the list of what the acts are singing- some may even be considered anthems...

AMERICAN ANTHEMS WEEK

BOYS

Aiden
Nothing Compares To You - Prince

Matt
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ? Roberta Flack

Paije - a mash up of:
I'm A Believer ? The Monkees
Hey Ya! ? Outkast

GIRLS

Treyc
Don't Want To Miss A Thing ? Aerosmith

Rebecca
Make You Feel My Love - Bob Dylan

Katie
Don't Worry - No Doubt

Cher
Empire State Of Mind - Jay Z and Alicia Keys

OVERS

Mary
There You'll Be - Faith Hill

Wagner a mash up of:
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis
Wonder Of You - Elvis

GROUPS

One Direction
Kids In America ? Kim Wilde

Cher , back to her old tricks, and a song hardly old enough to be considered an anthem.

And Kim Wilde is British!

They are setting Paige up for the boot then...

Didn't No Doubt do "Don't Speak"?

shite. it is after all, all about Cher! whats happened to big band week?

I agree, Paije could be car crash..

Katie's choice will give her the chance to really impersonate Gwen Stefani. Hope Wagner is wearing a white Vegas rhinestone jumpsuit.

Bit concerned that Rebecca's song may not be as well known. But Cheryl is so biased towards Cher, she may even sabotage her own acts.

Empire State of Mind is a cracker of a tune, mind. As long as she doesn't try and do the Jay-Z rap... oh silly me.

BOF- you are right about Don't Speak.. the site I got them from can be a bit hit an miss!!

I love big band week.
Can't beat a bit of Mack the Knife

I've missed all the gossip this week - who's fighting / bonking who now?

:)

gossip bit crap this week- lots of pictures of Cher and Fakie hugging and being mates...

think i read that Mary wants to move out of the house, as it is noisy.

or too far from work...she works in Tesco. But it's a rumour.

Anyway, may miss this live, as have to go and stand in a field and watch things burn. Humbug

Not sure why everyone hates rap so much, I love Empire State of Mind, Jay Z is a legend and a song doesn't have to be 20 years old to be an anthem.

The Monkeys bit for Paije sounds a bit dodgy, but I reckon he could do a good version of Hey Ya

Also, poor Aiden is going to get slated - again - for doing a song that is too intense. I really like him, but due to Dannii's shit choices of songs he is becoming a one trick pony and might get voted out this week.

Also, lol at the thought of Wagner in Elvis costume

spoke too soon

I luurrve a bit o'rap. which is why I can't bear Churr doing it

I like good rap, but Cher can hardly be called that. It's also the secon Jay-z song she has done. I love Alicia Keys though- she was really good on X-factor whe she was a guest.

There is nothing wrong with rap... when it is done well and Cher can't rap for shite.

I want Aiden to win i wish they would give him something more upbeat and a bit funky to see if he can pull it off.

Cher's an ok rapper, i've definitely heard much, much worse than her, and she proved last week that she can sing.

tits - totally agree about Aiden, something too upbeat could be really cheesy, but then again could be the making of him, if only he were given the chance

There are no words to describe what the term 'mash up' does to my soul. It aches. Like stroking a dog the wrong way.

Make You Feel My Love is what dh sings to me when nobody else is around. Which I probably shouldn't admit to.

I don't have the first clue who Jay Z is...

Rofl at all the Cher can't rap x-posts.

I really want to to see Aiden smile- he will look all brooding on this. Good song though, love a bit of Prince.

There was an absolute GEM on Aiden from last week's popbitch. I heart him.....

Meanwhile we're informed via the tabloids
that Aiden Grimshaw is "dating" one of
the show's backing dancers, a girl
called Caoife. That would be the Aiden who
turned up to bootcamp wearing an Oscar
Wilde T-shirt. And sang Diamonds Are
Forever last weekend. The song which
composer John Barry told Shirley Bassey to
imagine was about penises when she sang:
"They are all I need to please me,
They can stimulate and tease me."

Nice to see the cameras cut to Dannii
Minogue doing her best supportive face
while he got to the bit about how
"unlike men, the diamonds linger".

right, off to feed DS and bribe lull him off gently to sleep so I can eat pizza and watch the live show....

He smiled properly when he sang Diamonds are Forever... it was gorgeous.

Oh crap. Cher's going to be rapping. This may mean I need some wine.

Also wanted to add: I have nothing against good rapping; cher's rapping does not count as good. Sure, I've heard worse, but that doesn't mean I want to be subjected to it.

Cher reminds me of a stick insect wearing my grandmother's make up. She gives me the heebie-jeebies!

She's also off key 90% of the time. I just don't get it!! [digs heels in and refuses to believe it's because I'm just too old to 'get her'] She's just shite.

Although I started out wanting Matt to win, WHY is he dragging out the same song he sang at boot camp?? Not much imagination there.

I think Rebecca is the dark horse, I LOVE her voice!

Damsel I've just found a couple of cans of pre-mixed g&t left over from a picnic aaaages ago - result!

Excellent hero. I fear it will be much needed.

DH has retreated to the other room to work rather than watch x factor. Clearly he doesn't think alcohol could possibly be enough. I doubt it'll be long before he starts playing the xbox though.