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.

Poo squats and pleather. My life is complete.

I wasn't going to watch this series because of Biffa, but I caved due to this thread. I'm not doing it sober

Do not attempt a poo squat wearing pleather

I'm watching Last Night of the Proms beforehand as if it'll somehow act as some kind of vaccination against the tackiness onslaught from 8pm onwards.

Then I realised what a tacky bunch of fuckers those Promenaders are and I'm extra looking forward to the Whitney Warblers

Noel

Aaaaaw, your love for your XFactor buddies is stronger than your principles. That's so heartwarming

DS1's head teacher told me that they'd had no less than 3 boys split their (new school) trousers during the first week of term. One of them was DS's friend, who went on the school trip to a nearby museum regardless and his the gaping hole in his trousers under his bag.

I don't drink either. I've got some fizzy ribena.

In all honestly, I practically never drink. I have a glass of wine watching xfactor (maybe two for obscure album tracks from bands only Louis has heard of week) and that is it. And sometimes I don't fancy it so I have a glass of the finest northumbrian tap water instead. Living it up!

Noel, I de-flounce every year for this thread. You can woman up and watch the bloody programme.
I say BRING BACK THE GROUP PERFORMANCE AT BOOT CAMP.

And Big Band week.

Loved Big Band week

I bet we get One Direction week...

Deeeeermoootttttttt!

Here we go folks.... ARENA!!

So they had in front of the judges, then arena, then bootcamp, then judges houses? Am I getting this wrong?

Weird intro sequence this week.

Did someone just say ARENA?

The arena bit is just stupid really.

It's like legoland. Just lots of queuing and not much else at the moment.

YY, is odd to have ARENA before bootcamp. Against nature.

She didn't do her hair and try to look like a pop star for the first audition.

11 minutes in and still no singing

Mel b looks terrifying for the ARENA.

How come I'm five minutes behind the rest of you?

Good to know I'm missing nowt

There'll be an ad break soon....

It's the sort of look my goth-inclined sister might have contemplated in 1997.