X FACTOR - It's the semi final- and hurrah!- they are singing CHRISTMAS songs!

[Raahh]

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.

Please no one vote for fleur. Do it for her sake. The poor woman does not want to win this and release an album of covers.

Thought it was good actually.

Prince documentary was v good I agree.

I really want to see The Hobbit.

I'm not sure the world wants a new Janet Jackson. Nor that fleur wants to be it.

BOF His favourite ever was Same Difference. I bet you.

Rudy- you could be right

well, I think the Great British Public may be a bit bemused by Fleur, and her mariah was shit- so I think she may go. Which is probably why Simon was bigging her up so much.

I sometimes feel a bit out of place on this thread as I often quite like a lot of the performances ( easily pleased)

Still like that last song tho ( and proud)

The Hobbit annoys the shit out of me.

1. Martin Freeman is in it
2. How can they make 9 hours of flabby self indulgent cinema out of quite a slim children's book.

I like your sunny attitude WholeLotta, you hang on to it!

Couldn't agree more, Squoosh.

Naah I think Lauren was weak tonight and will prob go...

I couldn't make it all the wAy through the first hobbit film, and I haven't tried with the other one. Even DS1 doesn't care about the hobbit (and he should be their core demographic: geeky teenage boys).

I do like the Waitrose ad with the shy biscuit girl.

Got my ticket for opening night of Hobbit. It at Dec when I'm fecking broke or I'd go 30 times.

Lauren was appalling tonight but she's been appalling many weeks (I loved her auditions) - and somehow no-one has once given her a brutally honest comment.

Squoosh but then I'm bitterly disappointed every single year when participants that I liked don't become successful pop stars. Kills me!

Andrea should only appear in novelty jumpers.

I usually dislike that sort of stuff, but both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were filmed so well, IMO, that I love them.

squoosh- I agree about the stretching the book bit (Quite like martin). I haven't watched LOTR, or the Hobbit.

Pugsy could be in danger now- since his last one was poor- and now he has a terrible song

That's a really shit tree with some poundland decs. I have one like that in my garden.

Is this where Pugsy pretends to have a conversation with another contestant that doesn't involve shouting at them for eating his tiramisu?

Raah Fleur has been middling to shit so many times and still been voted through, so I reckon Simon's Jedi mind tricks have been working and she's going to end up in the final. Sadly.

If only he was swinging nekkid on a big ball! I might get off me arse and vote. .

Cal -I agree!!

Not a Christmas jumper in sight.