Lisa Ajax – Unbelievable

“I… I have an issue with that chorus.”

Tim: We’ve already looked at the lovely X Factor victor this weekend provided us with; the previous weekend, though, gave us a Swedish Idol victor. This one, to be precise, with this winner’s song.

Tim: And what an excellent winner’s song that is, although the probably superfluous phone sound that appears just before each chorus got me very confused the first couple of times I heard it.

Tom: I… I have an issue with that chorus. “-lievable, -lievable, -lievable” makes me cringe in a way that most broken words in songs don’t. I can’t explain why: perhaps it feels like that should be done with an echo effect rather than actually having her sing it? Mind you, that’d probably sound worse.

Tim: Really? Because I have no issue at all with that, I think it sounds fine. This is a powerful song, a celebration of being brilliant, and everything is wonderful, with that triumphant key change just an extra bit on top. As for the runner up, Mollie Lindéns – unlike Fleur, her performance of this was, well, basically identical to the winner, aside from getting a bit screamy after the key change, so you’re not missing much.

Tom: Crikey, you’d think they’d arrange them two different ways at least.

Tim: Basically, it’s a great song, worthy of any winner. Congratulations Lisa.