Firstly, before I get to the nitty gritty of the show, may I just take a moment to appreciate the legend that is Barry Humphries. If you didn’t manage to catch the show ladies and gentlemen, you missed out on some cracking lines delivered at inappropriate moments. For example Humphries uttered these gems when giving feedback on performances - “you have a touch of guttersnipe, I mean that in the nicest possible way”, “Rachel, you have the real quality of a street urchin” and “Samantha makes me want to live on the Isle of Man”. Keep up the good work Humphries - we can’t wait to see what classic comment you come up with next!

Well it’s never easy being the first to go and Amy certainly did it with a touch of class and proved she was worthy of being in this competition even if she did not win it. She gave a cracking rendition of “As Long As He Needs Me” and took the bad news on the chin before performing for the last time. It was kind of obvious that Amy was for the chop as she didn’t receive such a positive review from the judges.

I really cannot believe that Tara wasn’t in the bottom two, her version of “Suddenly I see” was utterly ridiculous, did anyone else notice she kept saying suddenly I see-aaa and throwing her limbs around as if they were on fire. It’s outstanding that she made it through, so perhaps next week we can look forward to Tara singing Duffy’s “Mercy-aaa” or Rihanna’s “Don’t Stop the Music-aaa” - who knows but hopefully she’ll watch last Saturday’s show and head to the vocal coach.

I was quite surprised to see Francesca in the bottom two considering she’s Van Outens mate - but that’s perhaps why she was put into the bottom two, the public might not like the fact she’s already tasted West End stardom. It could also of been done purposely to make us think that her prior experience and connection to the judges will not help her in this competition. Or perhaps she was just crap - lets just see how she gets on next week.

The two front runners that stand out for me are Jessie and Jodie, I definitely think that they catch your eye and certainly give it their all during performances - watch out for them in the next coming weeks.

As for the Olivers, when I watch them I can’t help but think that the majority of those little boys will be so crushed and upset in the next month if they don’t get to the final. This weeks winner Gwion and his chums looked so adorable singing Bright Eyes and it struck me that I really don’t think I can watch when they get told they didn’t make it - who knew reality TV could be so gripping!

Well that’s just about it from this week’s I’d Do Anything, so Pip Pip Cheerio Amy, Consider yourself in with a chance of winning Gwion and we’ll review the situation next week after another action packed show!

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