3rd March:

NICK KNOWLES – With a little help from my friends – 

Richard - - - - - - - - - - "shouted" "mimicking Joe Cocker" "belting it out" "gravel voice" "That's okay"  

Carrie- - - - - - - - - - - -  "voice is gravely" "disciplining himself"  

Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - -  "better than last couple of attempts"

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - -  "tuning improved" "voice is window to soul, your soul is ok but you need to clean the windows"

KONNIE HUQ – Kids from America –

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - - -  "frustrating for teachers" "top notes are your best notes" "range needs serious work" "tuning awful"  

Craig - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - "crucified the song" "out of tune" "confidence was fantastic, way confident"

Richard - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - "How can somebody so lovely sing so badly?"

EDITH BOWMAN– Natural Woman –

Craig - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -  "would have liked more passion" "fantastic" "adore your voice" 

Lesley- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "you so understand the sound you need to make"  

Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "slow start" "very very good"

REGGIE YATES – It ain't over – 

Richard- - - - - -- - - -- - - - --  "I tried to like that" "awful" "out of tune" "I know your trying but you haven't got a voice"

David - - - - - -- - - -- - -- - - -- "developmental" "better performance tonight"  

Craig  - - - - - - - - - - - - --  -- - - - - - -"uninteresting, dull";

JON CULSHAW – From Russia with love –

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "you have so improved" "out of your nose"  

Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "sorry, shaken, wasn't stirred"  

Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "colourless" "static"  

Jon then comments "I'm very surprised the two of you (Richard & Craig) heard anything from so far up your own bottoms!"

GINA YASHERE – Vertigo – 

Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  "energy amazing" "rough"

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "most committed performer" "shouting needs to be in tune" "diaphragm needs freeing"

KIM MEDCALF – Jump –

Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -"last night effected your performance" "you gave nothing" "why the nerves tonight?" 

Craig  - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - -  -"more attack physically" "I am starting to like the sound of your voice" 

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "vocally most accomplished" "voice has interesting colours"

DAWN STEELE – Ironic – 

Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "sung pretty well" "worked for you";

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Kim most accomplished, Dawn has the natural gift" "fantastic" 

Craig - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "really great performace" "folkiness"

CHRIS COLQUHOUN – Lovely Day – 

Richard  - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- -  - - - --  - -"I had a monitor installed here at my feet so I could tell if you really hit the notes" "during the long notes you were out of tune"  

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  "last night, stiff & wooden" "tonight loved the performance"

DEBRA STEPHENSON – Thinking of you – 

Craig  -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "mediocre" "for the strut you need to learn to walk in those shoes" "you look fantastic, your face is worth a fortune"

Lesley - - - - - - - - - - -- -  - - -- - -  - -- "showed off your voice perfectly"

ADRIAN EDMONDSON – Turning Japanese –

Richard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I remember a Danish wedding I once attended where everyone got up and sang" "punk in the 80s" "rubbish"  

David  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "one of the performances of the evening".

Order in which they were saved  was: Dawn, Edith, Reggie, Debra, Jon, Nick, Adrian and Kim. 

The judges vote Craig – Gina, Lesley – Chris. Richard voted for Gina saving her from the student vote. 

Student vote:  Dawn – Chris, Edith – Chris, Reggie – Chris, Debra – Chris, Jon – Chris, Gina – Chris, Nick – Konnie, Adrian – Konnie , Kim voted for Konnie. 

With six votes to three and returning to the Academy it was Chris.

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