Louis gets the Boys. Sharon gets the Overs. Gary gets the Groups. Nicole gets the girls. She's happy.
Dermot welcomes us to Boot Camp, well, in Dermot voiceover form, that is.
Apparently, last time Louis had the boys he won. (That was 2005 with Shayne Ward.)
This is always an emotional time and the producers lay it on pretty thick from the start. In fact the first ad break kinda hits you just as Stephanie was tearfully walking away and both Nicole and Sharon were looking as if they were about to burst out crying as well. We didn't get to hear more than a bar or two so have no idea how those, like Amy Mottram and Melanie McCabe who did get through compared to those who didn't. In previous years this has been a disastrous round with people put in groups and told to do stuff at short notice and that has certainly messed up the chances of some potentially good contestants. I'm hoping the new format will be a bit fairer and less annoying to watch too.
That on stage selection, I guess, was to sort out the 100 or so down to 50 and now we get to putting people on 1 of 6 chairs to make a final 24.
An ad for the Fifth Judge App. Wish that worked on something other than a phone or Android tablet.
Karen is first girl to make the Top 6 but she could be kicked off again later if there are better.
Lydia has a great 'Essex' personality but doesn't sound so good to me. She tries hard and the crowd seem really to go for her. I'd still say no. Nicole lives for a bit longer.
Hannah Sheares is one of my favourites. Doing River Deep Mountain High almost acapella was brave and I thought it worked but Nicole didn't. Now that's interesting as anyone who looked at my spoiler Top 24 would have seen the name 'Hannah' there and I thought it was her. Is there another Hannah? Or will there be some drama later? Surely not - doesn't make much sense.
Siana something fails on the vocals.
Crissie Rhodes goes. She'd been good so far.
Jade Rendle neither looked nor sounded the part.
Nicole goes and tells the remaining girls to grow some balls. I'm not sure they all understood that (or could).
Temera Foster is next. She'd better get it right this time, says Louis. I think we can rely on her to do well. She is one of those girls who looks completely different every day. She is very original and starts the Rihanna track in what was as close to being off key, off beat, off everything and yet, somehow, she brings it round and has some star quality about her. I can imagine she'll be hell to manage and may annoy us with some tracks later in the series. Oh, yes, she'll be around for a while yet.
Relley C is next. Dermot says she's 26 so the Overs must be over 28s. She makes the top 6 but we don't hear why. She does seem more Overs than Girls but never mind.
Jade Richards is back again. She's a big girl and puts a lot of passion into her singing. Takes a seat and may have the chance she needs.
Sheena McHugh plays guitar and sounds cool. Better than both of the first two Nicole gave a seat to. Again I disagree with Nicole's choice. I feel she'd painted herself into a corner in this format. Wow. Nicole changes her mind. That was the right move. She can still change her mind. So there are six full seats. Some real talent - two potential winners in my book! - to come.
I am fascinated to discover who the missing 'Hannah' is. Could it, indeed, be a misheard or badly scribbled 'Sheena' after all?! I would ask the spy if I knew who it was. It all adds to the comparative excitement. This is a bit like Judge's House round. Far better than it was before.
Ah, this is Hannah. I don't remember her. Something odd about her mouth or make-up. She is not easy viewing at all. But she can sure sing and she'll definitely get one of those six seats. Looks like Sheena, Karen and Lydia will ahve to make way for this Hannah and a couple more.
Abi. She's cute and this will be emotional but she can be relied upon to perform.
'She's so good!' whispers Melanie McCabe to herself. That was brilliant. See the video here (Until it apears on YouTube).
Nicole is pretty good at deciding, not helped much by the others. I can imagine some previous judges struggling with this and wonder just how well the others will do. I guess they will decide their top 6 beforehand and play the rest by ear on the night. For all we know this may well be exactly what Nicole has done as well!
Last but not by any means least is my own equal favourite with Abi; Melanie McCabe. She is quite the opposite to Hannah in most respects. Pretty, slender, gentle-looking and with a delicate touch to her singing. She didn't do that good a job of The One That Got Away but may have done enough to pull through. She takes Karen's spot. I think it should have been Amy but they've got to be whittled down to three in a while anyway.
Now it's the Overs turn.
Sam Bailey is the rough and ready woman who kicked off the series this year. She is excellent and I would say a sure-fire Live Show entry. With her version of Clown I didn't see anything original but she seems to appeal to people generally and is one of not many Sharon can choose from.
Souli Roots looks fun but no Maloney time this year.
Jayson Newland sounded good but has his public behaviour already ruined his chances. He gets sent home. Wow. Straight away. Wasn't expecting that. Good decision, though. Well done, Sharon.
Sabrina is quite impressive - better than the young Hannah that went through. She gets a seat. I get the feeling Sharon has made up her mind already.
Joe Whelan has to be though this year after all the kid stuff and emotions so far. He's also pretty good and a nice change. Bit over the top on his singing characteristics but they may be able to train some of that out of him.
That's as far as the show goes tonight. More tomorrow!
Dermot welcomes us to Boot Camp, well, in Dermot voiceover form, that is.
Apparently, last time Louis had the boys he won. (That was 2005 with Shayne Ward.)
This is always an emotional time and the producers lay it on pretty thick from the start. In fact the first ad break kinda hits you just as Stephanie was tearfully walking away and both Nicole and Sharon were looking as if they were about to burst out crying as well. We didn't get to hear more than a bar or two so have no idea how those, like Amy Mottram and Melanie McCabe who did get through compared to those who didn't. In previous years this has been a disastrous round with people put in groups and told to do stuff at short notice and that has certainly messed up the chances of some potentially good contestants. I'm hoping the new format will be a bit fairer and less annoying to watch too.
That on stage selection, I guess, was to sort out the 100 or so down to 50 and now we get to putting people on 1 of 6 chairs to make a final 24.
An ad for the Fifth Judge App. Wish that worked on something other than a phone or Android tablet.
Karen is first girl to make the Top 6 but she could be kicked off again later if there are better.
Lydia has a great 'Essex' personality but doesn't sound so good to me. She tries hard and the crowd seem really to go for her. I'd still say no. Nicole lives for a bit longer.
Hannah Sheares is one of my favourites. Doing River Deep Mountain High almost acapella was brave and I thought it worked but Nicole didn't. Now that's interesting as anyone who looked at my spoiler Top 24 would have seen the name 'Hannah' there and I thought it was her. Is there another Hannah? Or will there be some drama later? Surely not - doesn't make much sense.
Siana something fails on the vocals.
Crissie Rhodes goes. She'd been good so far.
Jade Rendle neither looked nor sounded the part.
Nicole goes and tells the remaining girls to grow some balls. I'm not sure they all understood that (or could).
Temera Foster is next. She'd better get it right this time, says Louis. I think we can rely on her to do well. She is one of those girls who looks completely different every day. She is very original and starts the Rihanna track in what was as close to being off key, off beat, off everything and yet, somehow, she brings it round and has some star quality about her. I can imagine she'll be hell to manage and may annoy us with some tracks later in the series. Oh, yes, she'll be around for a while yet.
Relley C is next. Dermot says she's 26 so the Overs must be over 28s. She makes the top 6 but we don't hear why. She does seem more Overs than Girls but never mind.
Jade Richards is back again. She's a big girl and puts a lot of passion into her singing. Takes a seat and may have the chance she needs.
Sheena McHugh plays guitar and sounds cool. Better than both of the first two Nicole gave a seat to. Again I disagree with Nicole's choice. I feel she'd painted herself into a corner in this format. Wow. Nicole changes her mind. That was the right move. She can still change her mind. So there are six full seats. Some real talent - two potential winners in my book! - to come.
I am fascinated to discover who the missing 'Hannah' is. Could it, indeed, be a misheard or badly scribbled 'Sheena' after all?! I would ask the spy if I knew who it was. It all adds to the comparative excitement. This is a bit like Judge's House round. Far better than it was before.
Ah, this is Hannah. I don't remember her. Something odd about her mouth or make-up. She is not easy viewing at all. But she can sure sing and she'll definitely get one of those six seats. Looks like Sheena, Karen and Lydia will ahve to make way for this Hannah and a couple more.
Abi. She's cute and this will be emotional but she can be relied upon to perform.
'She's so good!' whispers Melanie McCabe to herself. That was brilliant. See the video here (Until it apears on YouTube).
Nicole is pretty good at deciding, not helped much by the others. I can imagine some previous judges struggling with this and wonder just how well the others will do. I guess they will decide their top 6 beforehand and play the rest by ear on the night. For all we know this may well be exactly what Nicole has done as well!
Last but not by any means least is my own equal favourite with Abi; Melanie McCabe. She is quite the opposite to Hannah in most respects. Pretty, slender, gentle-looking and with a delicate touch to her singing. She didn't do that good a job of The One That Got Away but may have done enough to pull through. She takes Karen's spot. I think it should have been Amy but they've got to be whittled down to three in a while anyway.
Now it's the Overs turn.
Sam Bailey is the rough and ready woman who kicked off the series this year. She is excellent and I would say a sure-fire Live Show entry. With her version of Clown I didn't see anything original but she seems to appeal to people generally and is one of not many Sharon can choose from.
Souli Roots looks fun but no Maloney time this year.
Jayson Newland sounded good but has his public behaviour already ruined his chances. He gets sent home. Wow. Straight away. Wasn't expecting that. Good decision, though. Well done, Sharon.
Sabrina is quite impressive - better than the young Hannah that went through. She gets a seat. I get the feeling Sharon has made up her mind already.
Joe Whelan has to be though this year after all the kid stuff and emotions so far. He's also pretty good and a nice change. Bit over the top on his singing characteristics but they may be able to train some of that out of him.
That's as far as the show goes tonight. More tomorrow!
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