And The Winner Is

I couldn’t make up my mind between Matt and Rebecca all through this series of The X Factor so I was happy Matt won, but I found myself rooting for Rebecca in the final show.  She’s going to have a great career whatever happens, so I doubt she’ll be too disappointed at coming second.  Such a classy girl; look at her in her first audition:

She was never less than beautifully dressed, but didn’t give the impression that she was obsessed with her looks.  A lovely girl, inside and out.

Monday Music

We’re starting with The Kane Gang.  I always loved this song but I haven’t heard it in fourteen years; a Facebook friend posted it yesterday.  Only trouble is, those mean people at Sony say I can’t share the video with you, so here’s the audio version:

Everyone on Facebook says it reminds them of the British summer of 1984 but it reminds me of video tapes and that I was in South Africa.  Another reason to resent my parents.  Oops, sorry: I’m on the wrong blog.

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Another week, another episode of the X Factor.  I was sorry to see Katie Waissel go, her pornographic grandmother notwithstanding.  I thought this was her best performance:

I loved Rebecca Ferguson this week; I think she’s fabulous but it was all becoming a bit samey so it was good to see her liven up a bit:

But the performance of the night for me came from Matt Cardle:

Matt’s Got The X Factor

I was sorry to see John Adeleye go out last night; he has such smiling eyes and seems so genuinely nice that I wanted him to do well. 

  

Aiden was brilliant again:

I like Rebecca:

But Matt is still my favourite, and this is why:

This is my 500th post so here’s a Blondie song to celebrate: