X FACTOR- It's the SEMI FINAL- It's ABBA night! Will the 'Winner take it all' or will we be sending out and 'S.O.S' ? ****Sat/Sun 8pm****

[Raahh]

As well as the Abba songs, each act is singing a 'Song that will get them to the final' a.k.a tenuous reason to just sing anything.

And I think Robbie is back. Have we missed him?

Girls
Scarlett Lee
This Is Me by Kesha
Winner Takes It All by ABBA

Groups
Acacia & Aaliyah
Blinded By Your Grace / I Win by Stormzy / Lethal Bizzle
Money, Money, Money by ABBA

Overs
Danny Tetley
This Is My Life by Shirley Bassey
Thank You For The Music by ABBA

Boys
Anthony Russell
Livin' On A Prayer by Bon Jovi
Name Of The Game by ABBA

Brendan Murray
Run by Snow Patrol
I Have A Dream by ABBA

Dalton Harris
Feeling Good by Muse
S.O.S. by ABBA

A mixed bag- I think Dalton will have a good stab at 'Feeling Good' (not really sure why it is attributed to Muse, the arrangement is very similar to the original on their version).
Simon might be sulking, but 'Winner Takes it all' could be a, erm, winner
I can't stand TTT or Bon Jovi, so that's a no, and Brenda is going end up sounding like the Westlife version of 'I had a Dream'. Only as if a breathless little girl was singing it. (I hope he gets a stool for the key change ).

I need lots of snacks.

Tiny Tooting Tony

Nancy I imagine they all look like Uhtred over there. Yes, yes, 21st century and all that, but a girl can dream, dammit!

Oh good- an act in just her knickers.

That's unusual.

That outfit would be much better if her trousers weren't see through

This girl is v pretty!
Washboard tummy. Unlike mine which resembles a mangle!

Is this like the Cube, with Philip Schofield?

Oh look, a young woman singing in her glittery bra and pants.

Glad it’s not just me grumble about her outfit.

Ha ha, was just thinking what I’d look like in that outfit - if you picture a whale cought in a fishing net you’ll get the idea

Yes, yes, Zara, you do have lovely pert buttocks. Thank you for sharing them with us all.

Majorette wands!
She has Brigette Jones pants on.

This act will catch her death.

XF changes over the years but you can always rely on there being a Sunday night act featuring a woman in her pants.

What a load of monotone dross

Can anyone tell me why some female singers, these days, have to perform wearing as little as possible? Does the nakedness detract from the fact the singing ain't great??

The standards of pop songs and popstrels today

I'm clearly getting old

Wendy It's empowering, innit.

I thought that was dreary.

Lucky: she will.

To be fair, if I looked like that I might be tempted to go out in a pair of big spangly knickers & not much else

She won what? When?
Zoned out

Sweden's Got Gobshites

Oh bloody hell. Are we going to have to hear the girls and TTT murder some more songs?

You know, I don't understand this whole empowerment business- why is it empowering looking exactly like each and every sexist man's idea of what a woman is supposed to look like?