Helping Haiti
Here’s the video for the Helping Haiti single ‘Everybody Hurts’, featuring 21 artists including Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Take That, Kylie, Robbie Williams, Cheryl Cole, Susan Boyle, Michael Buble, Mika, James Morrisson, Alexandra Burke, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt, Jon Bon Jovi, Westlife and JLS.
‘Everybody Hurts‘ is out now, you can order it here – or simply donate here.
Helping Haiti is composed of 21 artists including Leona Lewis, Rod Stewart, Mariah Carey, Take That, Kylie, Robbie Williams, Cheryl Cole, Susan Boyle, Michael Buble, Mika, James Morrisson, Alexandra Burke, Miley Cyrus, James Blunt, Jon Bon Jovi, Westlife and JLS.
Don’t forget to pre-order this cover of REM’s ‘Everybody Hurts‘ here (it’ll be in the shops from February 8th) – or simply donate here.
Lady GaGa borrowed Simon Cowell’s bathtub for this interesting X Factor performance of her current single, ‘Bad Romance’.
The X-Factor judges
We no longer have a reason to leave the house at the weekend now that the X Factor is on both Saturdays AND Sundays. For those who did bother to go out, here’s a short round up of all that happened.
Saturday was the first night of live performances and to prep the contestants they were given some friendly advice by Robbie Williams. So what happened on the show? We had Dannii and Cheryl bitching on Kandy Rain, because they were dressed too provocatively, Dannii continued by questioning why Danyl had changed the lyrics to appear he was singing to a woman rather than a man (after he said he’s bi-sexual) – around the 3 minute mark.
And here are some other noteworthy performances:
Stacey Solomon – The Scientist (original by Coldplay)
Lucie Jones – Footprints in The Sand (original by Leona Lewis)
Joseph McElderry - No Regrets (original by Robbie Williams)
On Sunday all the contestants opened the show with their version of Black Eyed Peas’ ‘I Gotta Feeling‘. We also had a fierce performance of ‘Bad Boys‘ by last year’s winner Alexandra Burke. Even Flo Rida turned up
Robbie Williams made his comeback with a ropey performance of ‘Bodies’, but looked a bit ‘wired’ (too many Red Bulls, Robbie?)
Rachel Adedeji and Kandi Rain were in the bottom two, and therefore had to battle it out to stay in the show. Rachel decided to sing the Pink ballad ‘Nobody Knows‘. Kandi Rain tried to show us they were fighters, but their rendition of Christina Aguilera’s ‘Fighter‘ was just a little painful. They were the ones to leave the how this week.
He's not laughing anymore...
Sony has dropped 2007 X Factor winner Leon Jackson, reports The Sun.
Jackson’s one and only album Right Now charted at number three and shifted a worrying 130,000 copies – in start contrast with Rhydian, a runner up from the same series, whose eponymous debut sold 500,000 copies. Seriously, who is buying Rhydian records?
A source close to Simon Cowell gleefully reports: “He thought the most talented person should have won. That was never Leon and what has happened since has proved him right. Leon’s a good lad, but he’s definitely not set the world alight.”
Leon has said: “I had a great year and learned so much recording and releasing my album. Every artist knows these things can go either way. I’m really looking forward to my tour and doing more writing.”
That last sentence is heart breaking, isn’t it? Half-empty bingo halls, Leon Jackson is coming your way!
ps.Do you think Dannii Minogue is even aware of this?
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