But just when we were thinking that we had seen it all before, the closing act was like nothing we have ever seen on The X Factor. Her vocal was so sultry and sexy – the song I hadn’t heard before but it nearly didn’t matter – it was like hearing something fresh and new. “I’ll give ya nasty!”
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Bupsi Brown was also given a track she had no clue about which was panned by the judges as even mentor Simon Cowell admitted it was the wrong song for her to sing.
With Simon branding her a “rough diamond”, Nick added: “I am so happy you are back, you have fire and you have serious conviction in your performance”.
Anton Stephans sang Dance With My Father and Rita thought the former backing singer had created a bond with the public. “I’m glad you had the guts to come back on the show, you are so talented and you deserve to be here”.
While most of the acts hit the right notes with the judges, it all seemed just a bit overwhelming for Kiera Weathers.
“You could get stressed about it and I was telling Mason [Noise] that as well as he has been getting a few stick, so I said you can’t really live or die by it because it’s not real”.
“What a talent, what a voice!” cried Nick.
Filipino siblings 4th Impact made a big impact with their rendition of Problem by Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea.
Reggie n Bollie, originally from Ghana, had the crowd dancing with their raunchy rendition of Shaggy’s It Wasn’t Me.
Obviously that’s bound to change tonight, because tonight’s episode is two and a half hours long, and I’m coming into it cold, and I’m having an abnormally crap day, and I’ve just eaten enough ice cream to make me fully hate myself and at a few point before I’ve finished all the lights and noise and colours and idiocy will make me legitimately lose the will to live.
Singing Do it Like a Dude, Alien Uncovered had a great performance, with a pink boxing theme.
Meanwhile the doll of judge and BBC Radio 1 breakfast presenter Nick Grimshaw is dressed in a speckled Topman creation. It makes you think, ‘Bring it on.
“This is so annoying because that was so good!” said Simon.
Hosts Olly Murs and Caroline Flack introduced 2014 victor Ben Haenow who performed Second Hand Heart.
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On a night of returns, the ITV show also welcomed back announcer Peter Dickson.
