X FACTOR- This week's tenuous theme is 'Guilty Pleasures' - so, anything goes! *** Sat 8.35/Sun 8pm**

[Raahh]

No Hallowe'en theme for X Factor, oh, no. Unless they do it next week

This week, the song choices are:

GIRLS
Bella Penfold – Diamonds Are Forever – Shirley Bassey (w/ Kayne West rap)
Molly Scott – Little Do You Know – Alex and Sierra
Scarlett Lee – Always On My Mind – Elvis
Shan Ako – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word – Elton John

GROUPS
Acacia and Aaliyah – Surprise on the night
LMA Choir – Proud Mary – Tina Turner
Misunderstood – Close to You – Maxi Priest (w/ original rap)
United Vibe – Party in The USA – Miley Cyrus

OVERS
Danny Tetley – Crazy For You – Madonna
Giovanni Spano – Surprise on the night
Janice Robinson – Show Me Love – Robin S

BOYS
Anthony Russell – I Want To Know What Love Is – Foreigner
Brendan Murray – Believe - Cher
Dalton Harris – I Have Nothing – Whitney Houston

Going off that list, I'm not sure they get what a Guilty Pleasure is. Surely it should be something like 'Agadoo', or Renee and Renata.

And it must be the 8th outing for 'Proud Mary' this series.

Bit worried about A and A- I think they are being shafted, and i suspect the 'surprise on the night' will have been because they were asked to do something odd.

And since when did 'Diamonds are Forever' have a rap??

I'm going to need a lot of wine

Oh dear.

I don't like her anymore

I have NO ONE else I like!

I know the chicken song word for word. God bless you Smash Hits!

Dana!

Now, she used to do a religious kids programme at 9am on a Sunday morning, with her brothers- it replaced Bagpuss. My sister and I were not happy.

80s paint your left knee green

My dad is called Keith . He actually got cross whenever the Chicken Song came on.

80s Sham is right!

@Roussette Dalton was good last week

nancy I'm falling around laughing at the BoneyM admission!

I'm an Abba fan big time
met 2 of them once in 1978

Piggy therein lies one of the pitfalls of novelty songs, poor dad.

Ayda has used the Babyliss Big Hair tonight, or borrowed her mum's heated rollers.

Oh, yes, Melisma.

I'm still waiting for someone to call an X factor thread child Melisma.

Or a pet.

Has simon been on the babycham? That was so boring I’ve forgotten it already

The chicken song people on top of the pops
dressed as Mrs T etc ! It's a classic. She has
Big earrings : such humble hoops!

Humble bragging again.

At least this week we old uns know the songs. Thus far.

I love the circus dillite

Tetley is cannon fodder - he's not getting near the final. And there's something about the Irish lad I don't like and can't put my finger on

Roussette the sad thing is I’m not even ashamed when Dd annoys me I make her watch Boney M videos on YouTube

My loyalty is now with Dalton

I can switch just like that

Roussette see, pre- 1991-ish it was embarrassing to like Abba. Then the Abba Gold hits album came out, Erasure did a cover EP, and they were massive again. And I don't think they have gone out of fashion since.

But I hate the Mamma Mia films.

rousette speaking of ABBA, I was at work one day, we were listening to an audio through click share and then as soon as the audio stopped the iTunes went on to play the next song in the playlist. ABBA's Dancing Queen. Audio was being played by this super serious, super important barrister

ABBA are a class act : love or loathe them you always have to admire the lyrics the musicality and the longevity!
I'm a fan.

Eat a Renault 4

My mum had a gold Renault 4

Sam Fox "Touch Me" there's a proper guilty pleasure

nancy that's what we do! My DDs endure big time

I wouldn’t even put ABBA in the embarrassing category!

Sam Fox was awesome on that song.
She gave it some welly !