DK X Factor - Live Show III

First of all, a big thank you to the people of Denmark for being among my most loyal readers - and thank you for the nice things you've been saying about my posts. I would love to visit your country some day, and I really look forward to it. Not only do you have decent taste in music, you all have decent taste in blogs...even if I say so myself!


I am really into this year's DK X Factor, and my favourites are Rasmus, Patricia, and of course, Sarah. The only thing I find disappointing with this year's competition is that while there are some good-looking guys in it, I don't really fancy any of them...shame! Remember Lucas from series two? Yes, he's too young for me, but if anyone can pull off geek chic, it's him; he was cute. There was also Kasper Spring Ehlers of Alien Beat Club who is hot, and last year's winner Thomas Ring has a hotter arse! Sarah from the current series is beautiful; if I were a lesbian, I'd date her. But my biggest DK X Factor crush happens to be series two's Claus Lillelund. As most of you know I hate facial hair (what's the point in having a face if you continuously hide it?), but if he proposed tomorrow I'd happily except him, beard and all, but it looks like he's already been taken. How come all the guys I like are either taken or gay...or both?


This week the contestant sang entirely in Danish, which means that this week the whole show was in Danish - a challenge for me as I am not a Danish speaker, but hey, you know what they say, music is the universal language of the soul; real music has no boundaries, and as the forth judge of DK X Factor, I found that some of the performances were moving, although some performances were better than others. I'm glad that Ercan has gone though - what were they thinking when he was chosen, because seriously the guy was less than mediocre. So long, Ercan! And this week, so long JR!

Babou's song of choice this week was "De Første kærester På Månen", and let me tell you, Sarah and Patricia should really watch out because this young dude is really getting better - in fact, he's beginning to frighten me! His voice sounded soft yet powerful at times; even the audience clapped along despite the fact that he was singing a ballad, and when he hit those powerful notes, he brought the house down! He should stick to this type of singing in future, but then this is the X Factor and he needs to display versatility. All the same, well done Babou - Justin Bieber would be proud!

JR also surprised me this week, and I believe that this is the sort of music they should specialise in - Up-tempo dance...or whatever it's called. I wish there had been dancers in the background during the performance, but that's what I like about DK X Factor - they pay the most attention to music, as opposed to technical back-up (Jedward and Wagner from UK X Factor, take note!) However, the styling is still bad - this week they resembled two nerds trying to be cool in their father's high school outfits. SACK THE STYLIST!

Last week she played the piano; this week it was the harmonica. The beautiful Annalouise has had a slight change of image and looks absolutely stunning. I think she feels more comfortable singing in her mother-tongue, and it showed during her rendition of "Splittet Til Atomer". She has a future in music, but at this stage of the competition I don't think she will win.  Another person who had a slight make-over was Rasmus. Dude, if you ever go back to blond hair, I'll fly over to Denmark and slap you myself; that dark hair made you look really handsome - not that you were ugly before!  Rasmus didn't have the usual accent issues this week when he sang the rock-influenced "Superliga" (don't ask why!), and boy did he rock!  

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for 'female Jedward' Rikke & Trine - just as they were beginning to get it right, they went back to singing in unison. It's not as if they can't sing, because they can, but they aren't working hard enough.

Before I continue, can I just say that it has long been established that Sarah is gay, and being gay is not the same as being male, and those sex-change comments were uncalled for. She may be only 15, but she deserves a medal for being so mature because she acted with grace; if I was Sarah, I probably would have stormed off the stage in a huff, but she didn't. That guy wouldn't have made those comments on the British version of the show, because trust me he would never have lived it down. Or maybe they do things differently in Denmark; correct me if I'm wrong. The name of the competition is The X Factor, not Spot the Lesbo, so that judge should act his age - not his willy length - and get over it. Sarah is really talented, with the right image to match. Voters seem to love her as well- what more could the producers want?  All homophobes should go to hell, if they have a problem with law-abiding gays singing on their box, they should simply change the channel.


That aside, last week I heard Rasmus sing "...working for penis" as part of the song "Drive My Car". This week, Sarah sang something that sounded very much like "...f***ing star" when she sang Engel" (Isn't it supposed to be a family show?). Sarah played the guitar and the song sounded folksy, which shows how versatile she is. Still one to watch...

Patricia looked like Jessica Rabbitt on the night, and sang even better than the cartoon character; her voice can be best described as quiet power. You go girl!

Finally, Cutfather, you are supposed to lead by example. What are all those contestants going to think if they saw you dressing like that?


Got to go, Farvel!
Jemma