Things you need to watch – a musical interlude.

I’m rather enamoured with a few of the contestants on XFactor UK 2012. Here are my favourites:

1. Lucy Spraggan:

– because this song makes me think of my folks –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBlPQpo6H4]

– because this is a hilarious summary of a time gone by –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i3qeErUaFo&feature=related]

2. Christopher Maloney:

– because some idiots told him he wasn’t good enough once, and they were entirely wrong –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1T9-I3wx8I]

3. Ella Henderson:

– because she made a dance song a ballad –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTbcO9qaE5g]

– and is clearly rather talented in the songwriting department too –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k9cK_n1mlg]

4. Jahmene Douglas:

– because he’s a chronically shy dude, with insane talent –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-xndZZjM4A]

5. Joseph Whelan:

– because this version made me cry –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qfGphh9Aig]

6. James Arthur:

– he puts an interesting twist on a song that has annoyed me since I first heard it –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFoFtIqvkGE]

7. Melanie Masson:

– because she’s a real life fairy, with an amazing voice –

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RCxJPVo4Ws&feature=relmfu]