{"id":7738,"date":"2014-09-29T20:34:43","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T20:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/195.21.21.161\/epop\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2018-06-04T16:07:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T15:07:17","slug":"x-factor-boot-camp-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2014\/09\/x-factor-boot-camp-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"X Factor Boot Camp 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It was Friday night and I settled in front of the TV again for 3 whole evenings of the X Factor with a bottle of wine and a jaundiced eye – Yes I agree – It’s above and beyond the call of duty.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The competition has now moved on to the boot camp stage and the remaining contestants must fight like gladiators to stay in the competition. Poor Cheryl, you would feel a little sorry for her as the ultra-tense version of musical chairs played out to a highly charged crowd. 6 singers were chosen to take a seat if Cheryl thought they were good enough but here’s the rub – if she thought subsequent performers were better, then someone had to lose their seat. Every choice that Cheryl made was greeted with hysterical booing – my son wondered if the audience had been paid to over-react – I thought, maybe they’d been given drinks spiked with speed. Just to complicate matters, Cheryl felt she had eliminated Emily Middlemas in error and when we thought the final 6 had been picked, decided to change her mind and bring her back. Between the jigs and the reels, I felt that she chose the right 6 – Chloe Jasmine, Emily Middlemas, Kerrianne Covell, Lauren Platt, Lola Saunders and Steph Nala. I just hope she checked under her car before she drove home!<\/p>\n