Not impressed - my dream is nearly over.

I'm afraid the third live show in the Any Dream Will Do series completely failed to impress me last night. It's not just the standard, I'm sure some of the contestants have a lot more to give than we've seen, and this is part of the problem.

A prime example of this was the prattle about the home audience disagreeing with the judges views last week. Of course this is going to happen, the viewing public are being short changed on seeing the real journey the boys are taking from one week to the next. The judges are seeing the whole thing from a different perspective; the rehearsals, what the singing coaches are saying; the dance practice and acting classes.

If you remember the first series of Pop Idol, this was one of the best things about the programme. The viewers got to see the finalists actually working, from the vocal warm-ups right through to the finished performance. This is where Joseph, Maria, Grease Is The Word - and all the rest - fail to deliver, giving instead an increasingly dumbed down experience.

Rant over, now for the quicker-than-usual review!

• Seamus - I thought he did a very good job of Start Me Up, I was beginning to warm to him.
• Lewis - not as good as last week, the song (I Saw Her Standing There) is much too karaoke-esque for my liking and didn't do him any favours
• Rob - an ok attempt at Pretty Woman, but if I wanted more karaoke I'd have gone down the local pub.
  
• Antony - sorry but it was awful. Take That would be cringing at his woeful attempt at Patience.
• Chris - average, trying-hard-not-to-be-in-the-bottom-two, performance of Tell Her About It. Don't bother Chris, it wasn't worth listening to.
• Ben - Life Is A Rollercoaster. "Best performance of the series" according to Mr Barrowman..mmm... whatever, he won't last much longer.
• Daniel - One of the best of a mediocre bunch. His number, The Lady Is A Tramp, at least gave us a rest from the now familiar, but boring, pop song direction the show has taken.
• Lee - I'm not sure about "perfection" as Bill commented, but Lee was easily the front runner with his rendition of Rod Stewart's I Don't Want To Talk About It.
• Keith - fantastic! While he might not be exactly right as Joseph, this boy really works hard and you could see a huge difference from last week. Ok, his dance moves during Crocodile Rock leave a little room for improvement, but what a voice this wee lad has!
• Craig - one word, cabaret. Not that I'm running down cabaret singers, I love them, but this is a West End audition show, and I would not be rushing out to buy a ticket if he was to win the part.

And there you have it, while the judges are doing their best to keep the interest going in this show, the public will hopefully not be fooled by the spin.

Since there were two knockouts over the course of the two shows, I'll cover them both in my results review.


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