After being on our TV screens for almost four months, X Factor 2010 is finally over. And I have to say, even though Matt didn't bring his 'A' game in the last couple of shows, he was the most consistent contestant and he did have the two best performances of the series (Nights in White Satin and First Time Ever I Saw Your Face). 1 Direction may have been more exciting and loveable and Rebecca may have been more unique, but Matt is a talented guy and not an unworthy winner. To be honest, I was more happy for Dannii than Matt when Dermot read out his name - she has worked hard and acted with such dignity throughout this travesty of a series, and while Cheryl's and Simon's approval ratings have plummeted, she has quietly won the public's respect and admiration. Also, she looked stunning on Sunday in that shimmering, white, plunging gown. Go Dannii! Nice power!
As far as Sunday night's performances are concerned, I thought all three acts did a fairly good job. Matt's version of Firework was quite good, even if he was wearing tight, lime green trousers and there wear scary, blue-clad dancers on stage who were wearing rugby headgear and trying to do synchronised swimming out of water. (Seriously, what goes on in Brian Friedman's mind?).
Rebecca's performance of Sweet Dreams was pretty cool - I loved it when the beat kicked in! It carried on from where Show Me Love left off and I thought it was a smart song choice.
I thought she looked great in that short, gold dress, but I wasn't sure about her dark lipstick and Queen Amidala hair. I suppose they were going for a futuristic kind of look...
1 Direction's final *sob* X Factor performance was a great one. Natalie Imbruglia's Torn was the song that they sang at their judge's house and, yet again, Harry shone, giving an emotional performance . It was a brilliant last performance and though I was gutted (and shocked!) that they didn't make the top two, I've no doubt that they'll go on to pop superstardom (on this side of the Atlantic, at least).
Anyhoo, you know the rest: Rebecca and Matt sang their X-Factor-winner-sounding X Factor winner songs and Take That sang The Flood. Again. But while last night's show wasn't that exciting as X Factor final's go, some very interesting things happened after the show on Xtra Factor. First of all, Konnie Huq revealed who Nicole Scherzinger, Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell predicted who would win the show back when they were in bootcamp and Nicole and Simon both picked Gamu! Cheryl Cole's expression said it all; it was as if she had been kicked in the mouth. PRICELESS. Konnie then went on to announce the contestants who had placed first and second after each live show this year and, excluding the first week when Mary Byrne got the most votes, Matt was top every week. Interestingly, 1 Direction were never in the top two and Katie got the second highest amount of votes the week before she sent home (people must have really liked her new hair). It just goes to show that teenage girls aren't as silly as we thought; they might scream themselves hoarse for 1 Direction but they don't spend all their credit on voting for them.
Best and worst of X Factor 2010
Anyway, with the recap of Sunday's show over with, I thought I'd give out some awards to the heroes and villains of this year's competition.
Best judge: Dannii Minogue
Worst judge: Chermon (the super-smug, two-headed beast that sits to Dannii's left)
Olly Murs-style surprise fittie: Matt Cardle
Biggest fittie: Zain (with Aiden Grimshaw a close second)
Cheekiest chappie: Harry Styles
Least rideable member of 1 Direction: Niall Horan
Least loveable member of 1 Direction: Liam Payne
Best performance by a contestant: First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Matt Cardle
Best facial expressions: Niall Horan
Contestant I'd least like to meet in a dark alley: Cher Lloyd
Contestant most likely to end up in an insane asylum: Katie Waissel
Contestant who ate all the pies: Paije Richardson/Mary Byrne
Contestant for whom I'd most like to make shepherd's pie: Niall Horan
Contestant who I'd most like to make me shepherd's pie: Mary Byrne
Brian Friedman's best stage show: Barbara Streisand, Diva Fever. Homoerotic beach party on a family show? Genius!
Brian Friedman's worst stage show: Don't Speak, Katie Waissel. Horrific. Well, in fairness, that was the week Katie took creative control (and the week she should have been sent home).
Best celeb performance: What's My Name, Rihanna. I respect a girl who just gets naked when she wants to.
Worst celeb performance: Nothing to rival Whitney's shambolic turn last year or Britney in 2008, but The Wanted's dodgy dodgem routine was pretty fucking weak.
Biggest injustice: Gamu not being chosen as one of Cheryl's girls
Second biggest injustice: Aiden being sent home in place of Katie in week 6
Sky's the limit: 1 Direction
Going, going, gone: Cheryl Cole
I'm going to leave you with a choice quote from a friend of mine who summed up this series of the X Factor beautifully: "Simon and Cheryl think they are the show but really, they are the worst thing about it."
On that note, goodbye!
Hope you've enjoyed the X Factor posts!
Mwah!
Xoxo, Robinita ;)
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