Rikky Loney gave his first live performance on the X Factor last night, singing Amy Winehouse's “Back to Black”.
The fourth contestant to go on stage (and the first of the boys category, who are all mentored by Cheryl Cole), Rikki's performance was a little bit mediocre to be honest. There was nothing that really stood out about the way he sang the song, which is a shame because he could have really stamped his authority on it.
Maybe it's a confidence thing. This is the third time that Rikki Loney has entered the X Factor competition after all, so maybe he doesn't actually believe he can go all the way even though he's never got this far in the competition before.
Well, he now needs to step up a gear if he wants to progress through each week of the live finals. He's got this far, so there's no reason why he can't go further.
The judges' comments about Rikki's performance last night were mixed. Louis Walsh told Rikki that once he gets his confidence he can give an awful lot more to the competition and Danii Minogue told him that she loved the jazziness of his voice but qualified that by saying he is currently at level one but needs to get to level 10. Simon however, told it as he saw it. To a chorus of boos, he said he felt it was a bad song choice, he didn't like Rikki's styling and he felt the performance was wet and lacking in star quality, adding that he could see why Rikki had been singing in pubs. A bit harsh maybe, but probably fair given that Rikki's rendition of the Amy Winehouse song just wasn't that great.
So come on Rikki Loney. If you get through tonight's vote, just believe in yourself a bit more and take command of that stage next week on the X Factor!
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