Well the first thing to notice, is the fact that the standard is well down judging by the performance by last year’s winner Leonna, judging on her appearance on Saturday night’s opening show..
What a motley crowd of singers…
Same Difference and Rhydian are this year’s MacDonald Brothers and Chico.. How the heck Rhydian is now trading at 8/1 on
Betfair is a joke. It’s actually embarrassing to watch Simon actually praise these two acts… However I did say that neither would go out on Saturday because of their ‘novelty factor’..
Just as big a joke is now 3rd favourite Niki Evans..Ok I did back her to be eliminated..(oops…As soon as I saw what she was singing and the old ‘dead dad’ routine wheeled out, I knew the bet was down..)
Interesting, the conspiracy theorists have always been on the fact that Simon wants, nay demands a group wins this year, and of course both Futureproof and Hope are praised uniformly even though as far as I’m concerned, neither were exactly great. Hope are as comparable to Pussycat Dolls as Sheff United are to Manchester United.. And they’re favourites?? WTF??
Of course it’s not sour grapes by me – of course not..
Although my 3 tips pretty much bombed.. Alisha didn’t show her proper potential admittedly, but she has a serious attitude problem "sisterrrrr.."and I can’t see even a great performance endearing her to the audience..Beverley had a shocking choice given, although given the right song next week, her odds should rise again.. Andy Williams my other choice, didn’t have a great start, but the potential is there and I think he should be there or thereabouts at the end..
Still not a good start and it looks like the antics of the judges over the next few weeks should overshadow how crap generally the singers are this year…