Singing prison warden Sam Bailey is continuing to look like the front runner and this week transformed into a disco diva. The 35-year-old was hailed as the star of the night for her flawless rendition of the Donna Summer/Barbra Streisand floorfiller No More Tears (Enough Is Enough).
Meanwhile, Hannah Barrett dazzled with Jocelyn Brown’s club classic Somebody Else’s Guy while fellow teenager Nicholas McDonald excelled, despite being outside his balladeering comfort zone, with Michael Jackson’s Rock With You.
While 17-year-old Luke Friend didn’t look entirely comfortable with Wild Cherry’s 1976 smash Play That Funky Music, the judges loved it with Sharon Osbourne declaring him the competition’s dark horse.
Meanwhile, Hannah Barrett dazzled with Jocelyn Brown’s club classic Somebody Else’s Guy while fellow teenager Nicholas McDonald excelled, despite being outside his balladeering comfort zone, with Michael Jackson’s Rock With You.
While 17-year-old Luke Friend didn’t look entirely comfortable with Wild Cherry’s 1976 smash Play That Funky Music, the judges loved it with Sharon Osbourne declaring him the competition’s dark horse.
Rough Copy had the judges and studio audience in raptures with Earth, Wind & Fire’s September while bespectacled Abi Alton turned things around after a bad couple of weeks. Her effective piano arrangement of karaoke classic I Will Survive seems to have put her back in the game.
But one act caused a disco inferno for all the wrong reasons. Sam Callahan has been frequently accused of coasting on his looks rather than vocal ability, though he does seem more convincing as an actual pop star than some of this year’s bigger voiced contestants. The Essex boy performed Dan Hartman’s Relight My Fire - a song famously covered by Take That - but it left Gary cold.
Within a few seconds of Sam opening his mouth to sing shakily, the camera panned to an open mouthed Mr. Barlow clearly not enjoying the show. The Take That frontman ‘hated’ the rendition, stating that everyone else in the competition was better than Callahan, much to the anger of the 19-year-old’s dad. With judge Nicole agreeing that his voice sounded smaller and more nasal it seemed as if Sam might be facing disco disaster.
But one act caused a disco inferno for all the wrong reasons. Sam Callahan has been frequently accused of coasting on his looks rather than vocal ability, though he does seem more convincing as an actual pop star than some of this year’s bigger voiced contestants. The Essex boy performed Dan Hartman’s Relight My Fire - a song famously covered by Take That - but it left Gary cold.
Within a few seconds of Sam opening his mouth to sing shakily, the camera panned to an open mouthed Mr. Barlow clearly not enjoying the show. The Take That frontman ‘hated’ the rendition, stating that everyone else in the competition was better than Callahan, much to the anger of the 19-year-old’s dad. With judge Nicole agreeing that his voice sounded smaller and more nasal it seemed as if Sam might be facing disco disaster.
But a shock twist saw boy band Kinsgland Road and hot favourite Tamera Foster squaring up to each other in the sing-off after their respective performances of Blame It on the Boogie and Wishing on a Star were deemed the least impressive by the public. With Tamera’s take on the Rose Royce ballad praised as classy and elegant, her appearance in the bottom two came as a surprise.
And so it was the likeable Kingsland Road were sent packing after losing in the Sunday night sing-off. A shame really, as the slick five-piece brought a lot of much needed energy to this series and while they may not rival One Direction, they are likely to generate some chart action in the future.
And so it was the likeable Kingsland Road were sent packing after losing in the Sunday night sing-off. A shame really, as the slick five-piece brought a lot of much needed energy to this series and while they may not rival One Direction, they are likely to generate some chart action in the future.
