The X Factor is a popularity contest where the judges are free to make unpopular decisions.
It’s a competition where a cute smile and gorgeous dimples go a long way and being the “hated judge” only raises this jury member’s profile. And if we believe social media, judge Daniel Bedingfield certainly wasn’t a popular man last night.
But before the outgoing act was revealed, the audience was treated to some homegrown talent.
Host Domenic Bowden, with the enthusiasm and dress sense of an insurance salesman, first introduced special guest Annabell Fay.
To some rocky riffs, clad in the tiniest of silver dresses (more a shortish shirt, really) she stomped on the stage like a sailor with a song that even in the naughties would have sounded a bit dated.
It might have been called Warrior but sounded a bit like Worrier and I don’t really understand her stage show: She woke up a gaggle of sleepy party-goers who subsequently joined her on stage, uncontrollably shaking their limbs, while a marching band drummed along in the background.
“My goodness, what a production,” said Bowden. Indeed!
The second star performance was from Smashproof, who had one smash hit with Brother about four years ago.
Now the boys from the mean streets of south Auckland, including Young Sid who’s not young no more, are all grown up and rapping about family and stuff.
They have hired Drew.Neemia (who you might remember from this) to do the singing and the background singers left me wondering if their lyrics were really ”I don’t like a pancake”. Probably not.
All up not a bad performance but it doesn’t help when you’re all mean and Accountant-Bowden towers over you while you’re addressing the crowd.
