Superstar - Live Show #7

...has it finished yet...? Seems to be going on forever now, this process...

I've read Tamsin's review and having played catch up by watching the last episode online I have to agree with everything she has said wholeheartedly. Lovely pretty Jeff will have a fab career - providing he gets some vocal lessons and gets comfortable with his 'musical' voice, which could become as effective and good as his Rock voice. Because lets face it, he has the potential to be magnificent!! Jon could also do MT easily as long as he doesn't insist he can sing Rock (and he gets that vibrato under control...) so as much as neither is in the running for this particular prize any more, chances are we'll see them popping up in shows somewhere down the road.

I do, however, have just one more gripe I need to get off my chest before this evenings' show starts. I hate it when performers, any performers, when receiving their applause after doing their 'thing',  do the 'I have nothing left to give' show. You know the one,  the exhausted, barely able to stand up, looking 'too emotional for words', barely able to look anyone in the eye, 'I want to be alone as I have given you all I am...' show. Well bollocks, is what I say. David did it in the last show and I almost spat my coffee out. Silly, stupid boy! Even Jason said during one show that they weren't saving lives, and no matter how long/hard a working day might be in theatre, the audience doesn't buy that malarkey, instead thinking you don't know when to stop acting, if anything at all. Too annoying for words. Anyway. Time to move on...

My money is on Nathan to win (I hope)!!!
And tonight, I think, is Roger's turn to get voted off, probably...let's see, shall we?


Rory is confident he could be Jesus. Well who knew! Since you put it like that...


Out of the contenders left I only rate Nathan and at a push (an extremely large shove over the edge) Rory if necessary. David, Ben, Roger...not for me. 


Nathan - He has lovely blue eyes. And has become more likeable now that he forgets to be arrogant...oooh! Nathan sings Lady Gaga!!! 'Born This Way' is one of my favourite gym songs (when I get that far...a rare occurrence nowadays but eh...). Anyway. Vocally very good. Very. Brilliant!!!!!! Not sure I like this arrangement much but I can't fault it vocally. And he performed it well. Dawn says he is 'mind blowingly talented' and thinks he would make a great Judas (Tamsin said that ages ago!!!!!)...met with a stunned silence...Mel is wittering without saying anything constructive. ALW thinks Nathan' needs to love his song more than he loves himself'...something about his tweets...must look it up later...he tweeted himself with a crown of thorns...? ALW is furious. I think Nathan has just lost the competition. Bloody hell. ALW does not want him and I think Nathan knows it. Evil ALW! Crikey. Ok. Just looked at his twitter page and...he seems to love himself a bit. Or he's young and excited and a bit of a silly arse and he'll grow out of it and he got carried away. Either way, I don't think we'll be seeing a Norse Jesus if ALW gets his way. Bloody hell.


Roger - I have never denied he's not handsome, or that he hasn't got a great voice. Quite the opposite, he is and has both of those things. But this is not a Soul part. It's a Rock part. Now I sound like a broken record! 'Handbags and Gladrags' is another Karina favourite (and I dare say, as a Stereophonics  fan a Tamsin fave) and he sang it well. Jase loves it. Dawn says a 'goodness and integrity  shines through' from him which is a requirement of the role. Which is a direct jab at Nathan. Ok already, point taken, now leave Nathan alone...ALW not 100% on all his acting choices, but on the whole he's done...good. Fine. Another prediction I have got wrong...Roger will stay probably.


David - He is not the strongest vocally. And he has a slight lisp (which I don't suppose matters on the whole). Effing Mel C will you quit that infernal chair dancing!! It doesn't make you more 'real' or 'intense' or 'rock' or edgy or LIKEABLE. Just bloody stop!!!!! Alright performance but just not my cup of tea. He 'inhabits his performance', says Mel. A bit too much so, if you ask me. Dawn said the same but in different words. ALW said he was out of tune but blames the staging...who knows. Maybe he just isn't all that. I sound bitter and angry again now...


Rory - Is it fair to make him sing Queen??? How can he survive comparisons with the one and only, great and amazing, gone but never forgotten Freddy Mercury?? Especially as this is passable but by no means amazing. And the dancers wearing little Freddy outfits is in incredibly bad taste IMHO. I think his voice was too thin for this. You need a huge voice and massive charisma to carry off this song. Jason says it was the performance of the evening. Really? Mel C could listen to him all day. I have discovered I can't watch her when she talks. A very biased ALW wants Rory to go through and all but says so. No bias there then, eh ALW, not at all.

Ben - I'm still not feeling the 'remarkable talent' that is Ben. Now he just looks stoned. I know he's probably supposed to be sad but nope, his acting choice with this song screams 'stoned' to me. And the audience whoops and cheers and Dawn says it's like a James Bond theme tune...naaaah, I don't think so. Apparently that was the 'confident performance of a champ'. Jason says he makes us 'feel the emotion'. Mel loves him (you don't say) and he is Mel's Jesus. ALW wants a Ben/Rory final (I reckon) and witters on about plumbers. This is utter rubbish.

I still think the best singer is out (Nathan) if ALW gets his way. And I must say I'd be inclined to stop watching if he gets voted off because the bias that ALW is showing is phenomenally obvious. And as Tamsin has just put it in text to me, the sycophantic way the judges are sucking up to ALW's favourites...I've actually lost a little bit of respect for ALW in this process. Not because he doesn't like whom I like, but because he is being downright nasty. Why go through this process if he knows who he wants?????

Nathan has just tweeted 'I feel hated by ALW, I want to show I can do it, I want to be here tomorrow...'. Not sure that is the best way to calm the Good (?) Lord down, Nathan darling.

But now we have a Gary Barlow interlude, which can only be a good thing!!! Good old Gazza. He never fails to deliver.

All five are standing around in their tuxedo's while Amanda Holden shouts her way through another bridge. I'm starting to wonder why I started watching this process as it has resulted in nothing  other than  raised blood pressure and my anger management issues. And I'm the most placid person in the universe (she says)!

The votes are in. Any surprises?

Ben - safe.
Roger - in the bottom two
Rory - safe
Nathan - in the bottom two
David  - safe

It's good bye Nathan as ALW will vote him out.

'Love Changes Everything'. What a song to choose!!!!! Come on Nathan!!!!!! Nathan looks nervous for the first time ever and his voice sounds oddly breathy...to be honest neither was designed to sing this song. But Nathan steps up a gear with the key change...more so that Rog who still sounds a bit off key at times...it's almost painful to watch. Nathan though, just gave a KILLER last note!!!

Right, ALW...choose well and right. Roger is saved. Goodbye Superstar Nathan - I'm not impressed. And I think everyone knows that this is a bloody set up, catering to ALW's whims.

Shameful. Utterly shameful. And very gracious in his defeat, is Nathan. I am furious. Hope he gets that part in Rock of Ages everyone says he is perfect for...show them Nathan, you can do it!!! I know he wasn't my favourite from the offset but he has proved himself to have the most talent and adaptability, which is now being completely ignored in favour of thin, non-descript voices that you can barely tell from each other. I have the feeling that what ALW wants, ALW gets. What a manipulative, underhand way to control things. He's a proper puppet master.

Right, I'm signing out now as I am  speechless and I'm not sure I will be commenting on any more of this process. I can't abide injustice in any way, shape or form.
Absolute shocker.


And from Tamsin... more of the same I'm afraid. See, we do think as one.
So! We are back! Refreshed and looking forward to... ah lines open already. This is so stooopid. David has annoyed me, just in the phoneline clip. And Amanda mixed up Rory and Roger again...

Group song... We Are Young. Rory and Nathan sounding best so far, David looks like hes watching himself on the monitor and SHOUTING. He's also gesturing a lot to the ceiling during the line "Brighter than the sun"...see what he did there? Ah yes.... THE ACTOR.

Nathan -
Can he beat Fridays performance? Are they going to let him sing a ballad to see what he can do? Ah nope. Born this way...are they hoping he'll hang himself with this one? Can I think of any more questions? He's killing it again - he can definitely sing the part, that's for sure. Yep, he still gets my vote... it will be interesting to see if they give the others more emotive songs to sing and prove they can act.....
Oh Dawn, Judas has been cast. Mel - perfect song for you she says.... but not for this role. ALW - setting Nathan up I think. Sounds like he's been waiting for him to do something stupid. ALW can be very biased on these shows, and quite nasty when he wants to be. I hope Nathan wins now just to spite him.

Roger -
A gift of a song this....Handbags and Gladrags. See what they did there???? God, Im becoming a conspiracy theorist. Slicky done, not as good as Kelly Jones, but then who is? Ouch, Dawn, a little dig there? ALW coming up with meaningless trivia again...aah, and yes. He likes Roger. Lucky old Roger.

David -
Ugh. Im not looking foward to this... but will try to remain objective, unlike a certain someone.
Oh Mel, stop chairdancing. Mel thinks it was a brave song choice (not that it was his..), Dawn, composed is not the word I would use for him. ALW thought he was a tiny bit out of tune, but was all soft and smiley...still happy with him then. (sorry, I really can't get over the finger pointing. Hmpfh.)

Rory-
Under pressure. You're not kidding. Rory has gone down for me, I do like his voice, but I still don't think he has the presence to fill an arena. He's doing a nice job of this. If Nathan goes (which he will, if ALW has a chance), he's my understudy. Judges lapping it up. Maybe he'll steal some Davidvotes with that performance, one can live in hope.

Ben-
Can he get any better, said Mel. I JUST DON'T GET IT. Aaah, a nice power ballad for Ben, how predictable. Im sorry, I just find him boring, and this is so clearly weighted in his favour it is really bugging me. I'm not sure I can keep watching as its winding me up. Amanda can barely hold back her emotion. The judges love it of course. He is so pipped to win now (or is it pimped?) it's ridiculous. Oh yes, of course from the VT we can all see he's a sweetheart Mel, unlike...erm...
Oh shut up Andrew.
So, I am annoyed. Really annoyed. Not because Nathan is my favourite, which he certainly wasn't to start with, but because of the blatant manipulation going on here. I hope he goes through, just to see the look on ALWs face. He couldn't make more of a fool of himself trying to humiliate Nathan than he did tonight, but I for one would love to see him try. In a way, I'd love Nathan to get the role then tell ALW to shove it where the sun dont shine.
Aw, Gary Barlow... this might cheer me up. Ouch, Ben is flat then.... Ah!!!! I've just realised who David reminds me of.....Cameron! Cameron!! Ferris Buellers best mate!!! (Showing my age.)
No wonder I can't take him seriously.
So who is in the sing off? (notnathannnotnathannotnathan)
Is it me or did Gary's face just scream "Shut up Amanda"?

Roger is in the bottom two....
Nathan or David... please David....
Oh thats it... Nathan is out. Silence from the crowd... He knows it too - we all know the sing off is meaningless, but Nathan, give it a vocal up yours.....

Dear God, they are singing love changes everything. I wonder what excuses ALW will give for getting rid of Nathan? Roger of course has the more classic voice, and this is right up his street not to mention more in his range. Nathan is making a good job of this, not that it matters. Great job by both in a pointless sing off.

Not easy????????????? My arse ALW. Just try and keep the smile off your face for a bit longer, show some grace at least.

Nathan goes.
So predictable. 

I think that's it for me. I have lost all respect for this show, and quite a lot for ALW.
Nighty night.

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