X FACTOR! 13/9- Tonight we are in the ARENA!! (spoilers, and all that, just in case...)

[Raahh]

Sadly, it's not the type of ARENA with lions and men in skimpy loin cloths.

Instead, we have contestants we have already forgotten, singing again (probably with a loud backing track and auto tune).

The acts will be singing:-

BRADLEY DENHOLM
Let Me Entertain You- Robbie Williams

BABALOLA EHIDIAMEN
It Will Rain – Bruno Mars

JAMES GRAHAM
I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt/Adele

JALE ANTOR
Crazy Stupid Love – Cheryl ft. Tinie Tempah

THE COURTESANS
Delilah – Tom Jones

REBECCA JONES
Moon River – Andy Williams

CHARLIE BROWN
All I Do – Stevie Wonder

STEVIE TENNENT
Feeling Good – Michael Buble

PAUL AKISTER
Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye

LAUREN PLATT
How Will I know – Whitney Houston

INDIANA Ifill
I’m Going Down – Mary J Blige

LOU BOU
Pretty Hurts/Partition –Beyoncé

KIERON WINTER
Let her Go – Passenger

AMY CONNOLLEY
Greatest Love of All – Whitney Houston

We have Mickey Bubbles!

And some one daft enough to sing a Chezza song (which was bad enough to start with).

And not one but TWO Whitney songs!- We are being spoilt this week.

Bring and and and ear plugs.

Definitely ear plugs!

Whitney songs are always a bit ambitious at this stage!

There's a contestant called Charlie Brown? If he isn't having an existential crisis whilst wearing a yellow jumper I will not be impressed!

Oooh I have ! Weirdly excited about watching this year though I didn't even watch one episode last year.

Evening.

I've read through the list over and over and can only remember Paul and Amy because they've been on before!

I can't remember any of them. I try to wipe it all from my memory between shows. It's the only way to survive really.

I have wine. And cookies. Both DS1 and DH got destiny for the PS4 during the week, so neither of them are getting any of the cookies.

(They'll be upstairs playing destiny, btw. I'm not withholding cookies because they spent silly money on videogames earlier in the week)

20 bloody minute crossover with Dr Who again. pfft.

Woooohoooooo

It's ARENA time, in an ARENA and some of the contestants will be only FOURTEEN, FOURTEEN YEARS OLD. Yes, you heard FOURTEEN and in an ARENA

Oh I'm so sorry, I don't know what just came over me.

Excellent, where there's Witney songs there's usually pleather.

Hot

At least one of us is excited. That's one more than last week. .

Can there be that many Plows left in the world? Surely the world's resources of Pleather have been exhausted? I feel sorry for Plows.

We should start a 'Save the Plow' Campaign.

Where there is Whitney, there is also shouting of lyrics, and over emoting. Gotta love Whitney.

It's time someone did a JL Ad version of a Whitney dance classic. It's long overdue.

Cal- we have to ration the excitement, or we wouldn't make it to Tenuously Themed Love Songs beginning with 'H' week.

I'll have a pint of whatever Hot has had today!

Especially not when someone does a jazz number beginning with I during that week and the judges don't comment because it's one of their favourites. We need to save some enthusiasm to get through that bit,

I can cope with the Tenuously Themed Love Songs beginning with H week, it's the Songs Featured Fifth During the Closing Credits of Films No One Ever Saw week that I struggle with. That's a double-bottler week that is

I reckon we'll get some good poo squats with the Witneys too.

I don't drink sorry .... And now you know why. If I'm like this sober imagine what I'd be like under the affluence of incohol

SirNoel- you have a point there.

There is also 'Songs only Louis has heard of' week.

watching

I nearly caved after nearly 6 months and bought alcohol.

I have monkey nuts and de-caf coffee.

Rock and Roll.

I would have wine if DH would go and get it from the fridge.....

I need to find a decent de caff bean.

Well beans, one wouldn't be much good.