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[Matthew Winn]

Well, I suppose Keisha was the obvious one to save of the two, but can anyone tell me what I am missing with Niamh and Samatha?  I just do not see what they have either vocally or performance-wise...  Surely Nancy is as much acting as singing (if not more) so why does it always have to be about the song on the night.  The panel can get the result they want just by issuing the song to the performer.  Are they scared to use MT songs ar is it pandering to a Saturday night TV audience that we have to have "pop"?

I'm sure it's pandering to the audience. Most of the audience know almost nothing about musical theatre, so the show offers them songs they can sing along with rather than stuff they've never heard.

I don't believe it when Andrew Lloyd Webber says "I'm judging it on this performance". They already know which of the contestants are inferior, so I suspect that out of sight of the cameras it's a matter of "This one has the acting talent of a spoon; if you get the chance to get rid of her grab it with both hands" or "Keep that one in whatever it takes". The whole point of the sing-off is to give the show a chance to save an otherwise promising candidate from the consequences of a poor public response, so it would be stupid to base the elimination on a single song.

[M George]

I don't believe it when Andrew Lloyd Webber says "I'm judging it on this performance". They already know which of the contestants are inferior, so I suspect that out of sight of the cameras it's a matter of "This one has the acting talent of a spoon; if you get the chance to get rid of her grab it with both hands" or "Keep that one in whatever it takes". The whole point of the sing-off is to give the show a chance to save an otherwise promising candidate from the consequences of a poor public response, so it would be stupid to base the elimination on a single song.

I agree.  Andrew Lloyd Webber we're not fooled.  

Out of the two I think he kept the right person in but I don't think either should have been in the bottom two.  Tara is a VERY lucky girl this week.

[freckles]

Jessie to win i think - with a little training and guidance she could me memorizing!!

I couldn't really understand the attraction with her, apart from "Killing Me Softly", which was very good. She is distinctive looking, and "feisty", but has an odd singing style, snarling out of the side of her mouth and sounding ever so slightly like Sean Connery! And she was dreadfully OTT in the acting task! If she can maintain her composure from "Killing..", maybe she could train up a bit, but that same night  by the group song, she was back to the snarling, face pulling and bad posture!