LAST EDITED ON 10-26-11 AT 12:01 PM (EST)So, this was "cut bait" night? We're going to lure you with these weird gimmick people and then before you can vote for them, cut them so that none of them actually make it through. Okay.
What was with all of the bizarre song choices? Why oh why, if you're going to cut the bait gimmicks anyway, make them sing awful songs? Dexter's songs? Philip's? Tiah's? Geez. Even the "Chad the Douchebag" brothers got hosed (where is mrc, is he watching this? I need to borrow his sig.) I didn't even like Philip, but dressing him like a crooner and then giving him a "I'm a Believer" with crazy back-up dancers was just doom. And Philip knew it.
The back-up dancers were obnoxious. I think I liked Josh because his gig lacked the upstaging back-up dancer posse. (I know, he had the dancers way in the back, but really, who noticed them?)
There was a kind of sweet, sad poetry in Tiah. "Sweet Dreams" in that creepy minor key, with creepy dancers, with the scary outfit. . . pretty much sums up her X-Factor experience, doesn't it? Yes, Tiah, some of them want to use you, some of them want to abuse you... but they're letting you live the dream, right? I feel sorry for her. Hold your head up, Tiah. Keep your head up.
I love Steve Jones, the Scottish Time Hammer. The first time he sharply cut Paula's blathering I said, "not smooth, not-Seacrest" but as the night went on and he kept cutting people off to keep with the clock I started laughing. I kept waiting for him to simply yell, "SILENCE!"
Stacey = blah. Glad LA Reid told her not to cry.
Please tell me why this show is so different from American Idol?