Tim: Ready for this? X Factor 2010 graduate number 4, she is, and although she finished second, to be honest I’d pretty much forgotten about her.
Tom: Bit of a strange time to release a single, given that the new series is on. But let’s see what she’s got…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LysJJVWX5j8
Tom: That’s a decent Radio 2 middle-of-the-road track, is that. Can’t see it lighting up the world in a year or so’s time, but it might just get playlisted.
Tim: Now, this annoys me. Because, man, as a contestant she was dull. I mean, bor-ing, and one I really didn’t didn’t like all that much because of it. Sure, she kept getting through, because she was a good singer – bloody brilliant singer, actually – but she was a Mariah Carey stand-there-and-look-soulful type singer, which was great for a ‘hey Grandma, I bought you a CD’, but not much for a Saturday night entertainment.
Tom: It’s not a singing contest, though; it’s a popularity contest, and stage presence counts for a lot of that.
Tim: BUT THEN, ten months passes, and now she does this, which, let’s be honest, is great. Isn’t it? And I hate that.
Tom: Calm down, Tim.
Tim: Hate it.