X FACTOR - It's BIG BAND week! And we've got Mickey Bubbles..sort of...

[Raahh]

Just look at this song list

Andrea Faustini
Summertime (by Ella Fitzgerald)

Lauren Platt
Smile (by Nat King Cole)

Only The Young
I Wanna Be Like You (From The Jungle Book)

Stereo Kicks
Still TBC!

Ben Haenow
Cry Me A River (by Michael Buble)

Fleur East
Bang Bang (byJessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj)

Jay James
Empire State of Mind/New York New York medley (by Alicia Keys/Frank Sinatra)

Stevi Ritchie
Mambo Number 5/ She Bangs medley (by Lou Bega/Ricky Martin)

I'm sure an orchestra might be involved somewhere, but most of this list is frankly rubbish. Twice.
Someone got 'Bang' and 'Band' mixed up.
The best one there is 'TBC'

They are all going to be drowned out by the brass section, aren't they?

See you later.

Bring nibbles.

HaHa,Rudolph, I said she looked like a generic Eastenders barmaid!

only the young are getting more cbeebies every week! Bless..

Just googled S Club. Oh dear. Paul is looking like someone else, can't put my finger on it.

Pleather. She could have been on The Voice. Do they wear Pleather on the Stenders?

Pleather is a bit posh for Walford.

I think in the minds of the producers, music comes in pop, rock, and big band.

So what is the jungle book is all about jazz: big band. Mambo/She bangs might be Latin music, but it will still be filed under big band.

It's going to be shit. As always. Tbh, I hate big band week (from reading the guardian live blog, it appears Stuart heritage does too).

BBW used to be vaguely swing/rat packish tho

Done properly, I love Big Band- and really, they've always used songs that aren't really 'Big Band'- I remember Rhydian's version of 'Get this party started ' (the Shirley Bassey version from the M and S ad) it worked very well.

But on the whole, it is shit. And shows up how weak the vocals are without the backing. I'm thinking only Pugsy and possibly BigHair will be able to be heard.

Rudy- that's what it should be, imo. A nice bit of 'Mack the Knife', that's what we want.

Evening! How is everyone? Is it on yet? I'm watching Strictly and trying not to fall asleep. Got soaking wet and freezing today so am fighting of sleep like a shitty fly.

It's starting after the break, dillite.

We went to a comics convention today, because we're a big old family of geeks.

Big Band used to be my favourite week.

This intro sequence makes no sense.

Evening everyone. I've stopped knitting to do this thread, I couldn't watch it without!

Apo- me too. Then they ditched it.

And now they do it, but badly.

No, no, no, no no no hot water bottles, please! I am cooking alive in here as it is.

Why are they doing 20s deco style theme for BBW? It's always been more 50s Vegas before now. And tbf this week it promises to be nothing like either.

Clunt has a really weak voice- please let him go home.

i think i miss Flobbie- he'd have done a good Robbie-from-his -Swing-album version of something.

I found out yesterday that my mother finds Clunt sexy. We obviously do not have the same taste in men.

Ladies in pants, there's a nice change!

Evening all, this week I am relying on a supply of jam donuts to get me through to the end of big band night, i may need more than one

Oh look, ladies with sweaty crotches are surrounding Dermott.

Women who forgot to put in their trousers and dermot tonight.

They've reused the set from last year.