Top 12 for X Factor
The X Factor judges last night announced their Top 12 singers. But there were some very surprising choices in the mix.
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The X Factor judges last night announced their Top 12 singers.
Ronan Keating bit the bullet and spared us all the trial of the Up Front twins -they were fun to watch but vocally didn’t cut it.
But there were shock eliminations, notably Natalie Bassingthwaighte eliminating singing mum, Marina.
Did Guy Sebastian make the right decision cutting young singer Trent. Like Hype, he was cut before the end for the second year in a row.
After drawn-out decisons between judges and contestants everybody got a hug from host Luke Jacobz. And then another one.
The final acts are:
Under 25 Males
Declan Sykes
Johnny Ruffo
Reece Mastin
Under 25 Females
Tyla Bertolli
Jacqui Newland
Christina Parie
Groups
Young Men’s Society
Audio Vixen
3 Wishez
Over 25s
Andrew Wishart
Mitchell Callaway
Cleo Howman
Live shows will air 7:30 Mondays and verdict shows follow on Tuesdays.
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Marina was too Australian Idol, she couldnt of handled the flashing production values the x factor shoed last year but wth is with putting the old guy though over that lady with breat cance come on nat!!
Think Luke was great choice for host. Hes friendly and shows compassion.
What were they thinking last year with Matt Newton?
This year has been good so far.
Go sexy Johnny!!
@ jaxmachine1007 – Same thing happened to me, by the time I realised that it had gone well and truly over, I had missed all of Ronan’s choices. Not happy Seven!
Thankgod Up Front went. But they did provide some laughs and entertainment and there dancing.
Mondays and Tusedays. Not sure about that. Although considering what happened last year when they went up against Junior Masterchef and they got beat on a Sunday Night i dont blame them about it. So on reflection hopefully this new timeslot works for them.
The delivery of the news was sometimes so melodramatic that the judges were more upset than the contestants. How does that work?
Like WTF! I seriously thought Trent would get it, was so devo when he got out! Really shocked that Marina got out and Hype! 🙁
Word on the street is that Johnny is one of the Hillsong church crowd, and they usually mobilize their troops to support their own, so expect him to do well.
my goodness they way they all dragged it out.. it was painful to watch. i had to record what was left and then fast forward because it was really infuriating how they would go through their positives and negatives, then do the psyche out before they f i n a l l y r e v e a l e d their top 3.
i cant say i like any of the top 12. cleo would be my top one if i Had to pick, but even then shes not very interesting.
i liked tara lynn, shame shes not going to be on the show this year.
paige was a real a-hole, will be interesting to see if he tries out again next year and comes back with his tail between his legs. that was a really ungrateful, ungraceful exit.
Look I know favourites were left out but the first time Marina sang my ears hurt. I thought it was pretty poor. Besides we only see snippets of things. Sure a favorite might have missed out but we don’t spend time with them like I am assuming the judges did. So live with it and get on with it. I am happy with the top 12. The way I see it is the the first couple of weeks we can vote out who isn’t up to scratch.
Personally I think Young Men Society are average at best and Ronan should have chosen Hype over them even though they are similar to Three Wishez.
@Cookie – Your way off lol.
Yeah no hugs or final words from Paige – everyone else had one or the other.
Paige gave Natalie the death stare and stormed off when he didn’t get through, that was rather amusing!
Even though she was clearly the best vocally Marina was just to bland. I would’ve picked Paige over Andrew though. Mitchell for the win.
Weird choices for a couple of the judges indeed. Guy’s guys were way out. They should have been Declan, Trent and the kid with the very fuzzy hair and strange eyebrows. Natalie’s over 25’s needed magical Marina. Thank God Ronan saw the light with the valley girls and sent them back down the mountain…how untalented were they? Will be interesting to see how both pretty boy Johnny and the older Andrew go…neither should be there but they will both probably harness good votes from the bascially teenage girls and/or their mums who bother voting – and who soon forget who they voted for once they win! Fun to watch but my advice: never take it too seriously….
Marina was the only real singer in the competition! Andrew hurts my ears!
Cannot believe Marina was not given a shot. (She sang Natural Woman). I was convinced she was going to win.
Some really bad decisions there … Leaving Marina out in preference for Andrew was very stupid! Also, Trent was far better and more interesting than Declan, wrong move! Thank god those revolting twins are gone … they never deserved to get that far and were just rediculous.
Johnny Ruffo all the way for me!
Some weird decisions…
Trent and Marina shpuld have got through. Declan isnt very good.
Mel B seemed to make the right call.
stupid channel 7 – schedule for 8:05pm -8:30pm , set iq to recorded to 9pm, and miss natalie choices.
Nat telling the over 25s who she was taking and who she wasn’t was bloody painful to watch.
IMO dodgy decisions by Guy Sebastian to cut Josh Brookes and Trent. They certainly should made the final three over Declan Sikes.
I reckon there’s a great top 12 this year. Better than last year for sure! Glad Marina got the boot as well, there’s no way she would have made top 5. The Nut Salesman deserves it more
Hooray!
No twins!! 😀
Who’s the kid that looks like Albert Einstein?
I want a hug from Luke Jacobz too !!
Some people seem to get near-hysterical about their faves – despite seeing very little of them onscreen. And you refer to Marina as a ‘shock’ elimination. It wasn’t a shock to me and probably thousands of others. Trent seemed to be very popular with the teen girls and we know how noisy they are. I didn’t get Trent at all. For now, I’m liking Reece, Declan, Christina, 3 Wishez and Mitchell.