X FACTOR- It's time for the FIRST LIVE SHOW! Saturday 8.20pm...Simon will be missing, they are ignoring Hallowe'en, there are wild cards...

[Raahh]

and the new twists etc are all a bit of a mess- so listen very carefully

I will be out (out) so to cheer myself up, I am starting the thread a bit early.

And the new format is a bit confusing.
Simon has definitely washed his hands of it all- so the Great British Public will be responsible for all the votes, no judges votes at all.
Someone will leave on Saturday, and Sunday as well (I think). There will be no deadlock.

And the top two acts get to sing again to compete to win great prizes (I think Simon has been watching Crackerjack (crackerjack)).

The categories are split over the nights - I think.

Told you it was confusing.

X Factor 2017 song choices - Week 1
Groups
The CutKelvins
What About Us - Pink

Sean and Conor Price
Strong - London Grammar

Rak-Su
Mamactia - Original Song

Girls
Grace Davies
Too Young - Original song

Holly Tandy
Hollow - Tori Kelly

Rai-Elle Williams
Doo Woop (That Thing) Lost Ones / No - Lauryn Hill / Meghan Trainor

Boys
Spencer Sutherland
Who You Are - Jessie J

Sam Black
Faith - Stevie Wonder ft Ariana Grande

Lloyd Macey
City Of Stars - La La Land

X Factor Overs

Kevin Davy White
Stay - Rihanna / Mikky Ekko

Matt Linnen
Scars To Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara

TracyLeanne Jefford
Written In The Water - Gin Wigmore

The wildcards haven't officially been announced, so don't know what they are singing. And I'm sad about the lack of Hallowe'en songs.

Some of the song choices are very odd- and I think the ones who sing original songs are at real disadvantage with the GBP.

Anyway. Off to watch dd1 play football in the rain. Will check in later, before I go off to my party.

TTFN

This sounds like a mishmash of Michael Ball and that Alfie Boe.

Seriously, other than his Nan, who would buy a fat Aled record?

dillite You'd think they'd have enough money to pay cleaners.

Michael Bolton is watching his back, I guess.

I went to see the tour many years ago when that dustbin guy was on it. It was great!

This has to be the worst series yet.

It's like a b-side record from some shitty Disney movie

If those Lloyd Webber progs were still on, he'd get to -what?- week three?

Cringe cringe cringe

Inigo Andy Abrahams? Those were the days...

I remember dustbin guy! Saying that makes me realise how disposable they all are. It's just TV pap

I also reckon Bear could well be a fake name for show. A few years on we'll find Chezza went to register him alone and he's actually called William or James.

Piggy That's what he needs to be on I'd do anything it was called wasn't it?

the dustbin man was called Terry Winstanley. Embarrassed to know that.

Aw, he seems like a nice enough wee bloke though.

music why pay cleaners when you can have your mum clean your house and look after your child whilst you make sure you are camera ready and do whatever the fuck it is you do when you don't have a job to go to? Wonder whether it was Chezza that started that 24/7 live in robot nanny thread?

Yes Andy Abrahams, I even bought his cd....

Annabelle yep, you're not wrong there!

The bin man did Eurovision. He was a good singer.

I thought that the dustbin man was Andy Abraham? Who's Terry?

Are they voting out tonight? Confused

I'd Do Anything was the search for Nancy... not sure he'd be on that..

The Lee Mead one was called Any dream Will Do.

Fat Aled is no Lee Mead.

So what’s going on now? I zoned out there - they’ve finished but we’ve got another half an hour?

I remember Kate Thorton telling Andy he wasn't rubbish when he got voted off

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