What is going on - Niamh in the bottom two? Fair enough she gave a terrible performance, but she has been magnificent previously - gees one slip up and everyone turns on you. We like to think that this was her bad week of the competition and at least she’s getting it out of the way early, hopefully she’ll learn from her mistakes and bounce back to her usual top form. I don’t actually think that Keisha deserved to be given the boot either last week, it’s funny because I think it was her best performance on I’d Do Anything and she was outstanding in the sing-off. I really hope Andrew Lloyd Webber sticks to his word about helping her out and didn’t just say it out of pure anger.

On the subject of Webber - he’s getting more and more miserable as the weeks go by, the week before he gave Ashley a horrifying grimace and last week he stormed out during Keisha’s rendition of “As Long As He Needs Me”. The way things are going I think this will probably be Webber’s last reality TV star search, you can see he’s starting to crack and it’s only round five!

How did the other girls get on then?

• Samantha: I know this week was all about diction but I feel that Sam took this to the max, she practically spoke in parts. In amongst all the speaking and shouting her true singing voice was nice. I think that she is favoured by Webber, I mean he called her “Sammie” in his critique - I thought this was mean’t to be a fair competition! Her popularity this week can’t be down to the knee high boots and short skirt - surely not, this is the BBC.
• Jodie: it’s a hat trick for Jodie, I loved her song this week! If she keeps going the way she is going - she’ll scoop the prize. Jodie has bags and bags of personality and a distinctive voice, qualities I’d want to see in my Nancy.
• Ashley: Ashley wanted to show her softer side this week and I thought it was a good performance. However I fear that because she’s received such bad criticism in the past, she’ll always come under a scrutiny and always have something to prove. I do hope that she impresses the judges next week or she’ll be for the chop.
• Sarah: like Jessie and Fran, Sarah has some particular traits that always come out during her performance. I’ve noticed that she stomps around the stage with her arms spread out and she strains her mouth when she wants to emphasise a point. Apart from those few niggling bits, she has an outstanding voice.
• Jessie: a definite improvement on her movement and a little bit of acting as well! That’s the first time someone has acted during their song - hats off to you for bringing something new. I think that there was something lacking in her voice last week, it’s as if some of the passion was lost.
• Rachel: another slow song for Rachel, however her voice was not up to scratch this week and she hit some bad notes.
• Niamh: the song did not suit her voice whatsoever, this was definitely her bad week and it was shocking to see her in the bottom two. We hope she can bounce back next week.
• Keisha: this was Keisha’s best week, the song was totally right for her (despite her bad note due to illness) and it was a shame to say goodbye to her.

And the Olivers……

Eleven year old Alexander from London was chosen by Cameron Mackintosh last week to join Gwion, Chester, Arthur and Kwayedza in the semi finals. He led the boys in a rendition of Elton John’s “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” and it was beautifully executed. So only three places remain in the semi final and seven boys are left to fight it out - it’s certainly tense times in Oliver camp.

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