17 year old Cher Lloyd first auditioned in Birmingham and it was one of the most memorable and diverse auditions in the shows history, instead of opting for a nice ballad to show off her vocals or rocky number to get the crowd on side, she chose the Keri Hilson version of ‘Turn My Swag On’ and blew the audience and judges away with how different she was to all the other auditionees.
She proved her style was a force to be reckoned with as a boot camp she sang Coldplay’s ‘Viva La Vida’ in a way that was she thought was true to herself.
She got through to the ‘Judges Houses’ stage and although she had a bit of a disaster when performing her song choice to Cheryl and Will.I.Am, she still managed to get through to the live shows, this is where she would either fall to pieces or completely blow everyone else out of the water.
In the first of the live shows Cher did her version of ‘Just Be Good To Me’, as the theme was Number 1’s, which reminded the judges and audience just who she is and what she is about and earn herself a place in the second week of the live shows.
For live show 2, the theme was Heroes, Cher performed ‘Hard Knock Life’ and got praise from Simon Cowell ‘I see future here...you’re interesting, you’re different and I pray to God you are here next week. ‘
She got put through to Week 3.
The next live show was Guilty Pleasures week and Cher performed a mash up of ‘No Diggity’ by Blackstreet and ‘Shout’ by Tears for Fears. On to the stage she bought a gang of dancers (choreographed by Brian Friedman) and added in some diva attitude. Cheryl said ‘You’re everything a popstar should be.’
With that she would be in week 4.
The forth week was spooky as it was Halloween, therefore the theme was Halloween. Instead of the attitude, dancers, production and rapping, it was kept simplistic for Cher’s rendition of the Shakespeare’s Sister hit ‘Stay’.
The performance made not only Cher cry, but the judges, studio audience and the viewers at home on their sofas did too.
Simon said that it was the performance of the series.
Undoubtedly in to week 5.
The next week was week 5 and the theme was American Anthems. She brought back the production, attitude and stage presence in a big way, along with her rapping with ‘Empire State Of Mind’.
However due to the amazing performance from last week not all of the judges were thrilled by her performance, but she still got through to week 6.
Although Sir Elton John has said a few times that he may not think X Factor is good, the show chose week 6 to be Elton John week.
Cher sang ‘Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word’ and threw in a bit of ‘Mockingbird’ too. It was the perfect mixture of vocal and rap for that week, meaning she got through to week 7.
Due to The Beatles now being on ITunes, Week 7 was Beatles Week.
Although it was a Lennon hit(not The Beatles), Cher sang ‘Imagine’ on ‘The Staircase to Heaven’ that Simon didn’t think was necessary, however it was likely that Simon just wanted something to pick at, seeing he couldn’t find a flaw in ‘Imagine’ he lashed out at the stairs instead.
However this was the week that Cher saw herself in the Bottom 2 and singing for survival against Paije. The judges sent Paije home and sent Cher through to Week 8.
The next week was Rock Week and after seeing what it was like to be in the Bottom 2 and in the sing off, Cher knew that she would have to bring it this week, especially as all the acts had to now do 2 songs. Cher performed Avril Lavigne’s ‘Girlfriend’ and Aerosmith’s ‘Walk This Way’. Both were a huge production and won the audience and the judges over as she walked in to week 9 – The Semi-Final!
The Semi-Final week was Club Classic Week and a song which the act would think they would get in to The Final with.
The first song Cher chose was B.O.B’s ‘Nothin’ on you’ and then her second performance was ‘Love the Way You Lie’ which is perfectly suited for Cher’s voice and style, rapping and singing. However on Sunday Cher was yet again in the Bottom 2 along with Mary Byrne. Cher chose to cover the Britney Spears song ‘Everytime’ and the judges put her through to The Final!
Since the start of this years X Factor Cher Lloyd has come a long long way. Yes she has had quite a few bad comments about her in the press but Cher has never changed who she is despite what the judges and the public may have thought.
She has brought something very unique to the competition as I said before; we have never seen an act like her.
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