Hey Everyone welcome to the First Hocks Reality Check
This week we are going to focus on +XFactorUK as this years series started this weekend.
Saturday saw the first show where we met the new judges Rita Ora and Nick Grimshaw who have joined regular judges Cheryl Fernandez Versini and Simon Cowell
So far this line up of judges has had mixed reviews and The Hocks have to say so far they haven't really impressed us. in our opinion the judges just don't seem to click together like previous panels, especially the year of Louis, Sharon, Simon and Danni Minogue.
As Rita Ora was so good on rival competition +The Voice it seems a little disappointing that her performance so far is not the same on X Factor (In fact in our opinion we think she is being a little irritating!)
As for Nick Grimshaw we feel that he has just been a bit boring and hasn't really done anything that can either annoy or impress us. He just seems a bit out of place
Here is Hoping they gel better as a panel as the series goes on.
Also New Were Presenting Team Olly Murs and Caroline Flack who replaced legendary and popular X Factor presenter Dermot O'Leary. everyone expected his shoes to be hard to fill as he had presented the show for so long and was fantastic and again the new duo so far has not impressed us Hocks! Their Performance presenting just seemed over staged and a little bit awkward. However the Hocks do believe that they will get better as the series goes on as they were so good presenting the Xtra Factor last year and it was just New Job Nerves!
Now to the Contestants, and there is no denying that this year is so far excellent for talent, however we are not keen on the new concept of allowing backing dancers on the stage as it takes the focus off the persons voice. We also would have liked to see the Rooms Auditions remain as this gives the judges a true opportunity to really hear the contestants voice with out all the audience and other unnecessary noise in the background.
First Contestants we are talking about were Filipino Girl band 4th Power. At first they seemed very shy and gigly however this all changed when they started to perform and were excellent and very polished. However since the show has been aired it is a bit annoying that it has come out that they are famous in their home country and make several TV appearances. We believe if you are already a successful artist you should not be allowed on the show as the idea of the show is to find new talent and give people who haven't already had the opportunity a chance.
Next to talk about is Jennifer Phillips who completely surprised us with her rendition of Mary Mary's Shackles. We really were not expecting her to be as good as she was and is one of our tips already to make the Live Shows
Next up in our review is Seann Miley Moore who use to live in the UK then went over to Australia and has now returned to the UK. He is your typical case of never judge a book by its cover as when he walked on every bodies faces dropped as he was dressed very unusually. When he started to sing however he had everyone in his arms as he was absolutely fantastic and as some Hocks have said look at the likes of Freddie Mercury and Lady Gaga, Weird but Wonderful!
The Last contestant hitting up our Reviews this week was Josh Daniel who sang Jealous by Labyrinth. He managed to stir up some feelings from the Judges and had them all in tears as he told them that the reason he had chosen the song was because his best mate had died 2 years earlier and the song reminded him of him. During Filming a few days before Josh Auditioned Simon Cowell's mother had sadly passed away meaning Josh's audition particularly upset Simon Cowell. We think it is very good that Simon didnt have this softer side of him edited out of the show and we genuinely send our best Wishes to Simon and his family
That brings us to the end of this weeks Hocks Reality Check post and we hope you will join us next week in our review of the start of this years +Strictly Come Dancing
Don't forget that Hocks A to Z has now been moved to Wednesday and this week we are up to the Letter M! Find out what that stands for on Wednesday
