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.

linerunner yes,yes and yes!. Bloody loved the darkness Xmas song. Justin was a very funny man. dont let the bells ennnnnnnnnnd

Oh yes, remember he was gutted! Oh dear, and they won Brits too!

I'm sure darkness Justin still is a funny man. He's not dead.

Stay Another Day was Christmas no1 20 years ago! . I only know this because DS1 was born that year and is 20 next weekend.

I'm trying to eat my tea and read this thread, I'm not sure I want it now I have the image of a naked Pugsy on a Wrecking ball!

I liked East 17 until it transpired the lead singer was a drug dealer or something i think. The puffer jackets ruled in 94 !

All of E17 looking like they were about to coordinate a daring raid on Londis for blue WKD and Lambert and butler, huddled in their knock off parkas. That's what Christmas is all about.

I think the lead singer of E17 ran over his own head in a car.

I didn't know that about Justin Darkness!

They were one of those bands that were HUGE for about three months and then just disappeared. They must get a nice royalties cheque every January for their Crimbo song.

Thats right.. I cba to goggle his name .. How sad am i?

Two Mariah songs on the list. Will be interesting to watch them belt those out.

That does not surprise me the tiniest bit

Brian harvey. Thats the guy. Its all flooding back now! 20 years, i feel so old all of a sudden.

Was there a Kerry Katona connection?

Brian Harvey turned up at Downing Street recently demanding to see David Cameron over money he says the government had stolen from him.

I don't think he's very well.

Hey, there was a discussion last week on here on xmas baubles? Did anyone see compulsive cleaners on tuesday, one lady actually bleaches her ones for the tree every 3 days! My woolies retro ones would die in bleach.

He ran over his own head.

Poor Brian, poss the hit to his head was worse than they thought? Not sure about Kerry K. She married a Brian from Westlife once..

He was engaged to Daniella Westbrook. I seem to remember them being love's young East End dream at one point.

Burberry was big too in the 90s. So many memories..

Aah! I was confusing my Brians and their squeezes.

Life hasn't turned out too fabulous for any of the Brians and their squeezes.

No sadly not, drugs involved too much. The price of fame. Getting maudlin!

It's time like these you need Stevi Richie to banish thoughts of all the sad Brians.

Stevi in a elf suit. All happy again now.

Gah, no. Stevi? Pfft.
It's times like this we need PHIFF