Judges Houses: The Over 25s

Judges comments were not done in front of the contestants at this stage. Songs were chosen by the judges beforehand rather than by the individual contestants.

Treyc Cohen
Awesome, the best performance of the entire stage.
SM: "Some tone, right?"
SC: "That was really good. But she's missing that star belief."
(Song: Linda Clifford - All The Man That I Need)

Olly Murs
This was really quite good, despite what I've said before.
SM: "Really nervous wasn't he?"
SC: "He was, wasn't he?"
SM: "Really nervous."
SC: "Yeah."
SM: "Hard song."
SC: "I really like him. But it just shows you what the nerves can do to somebody."
(Song: Leon Russell - A Song For You)

Nicole Lawrence
Song really suited her; showed her entire vocal range. She is very passionate. She is genuinely incredible vocally but I don't think she could win.
SC: "Now what do we do?"
SM: "But, I mean, she's amazing right?"
SC: "She's incredible. But d'you know, I genuinely don't know what to do now. I'd put [Olly, Treyc, Daniel and Nicole] through; we've still got two more to go."
(Song: Solomon Burke - Up To The Mountain)

Danyl Johnson
Very good but may just have stage presence and not be good in the studio. This performance was not terrible but I did find it disappointing. I had really high hopes for this guy previously.
SC: "Little bit over the top? But he is good."
SM: "Well, do you think he's somebody who some people love him, some people hate him?"
SC: "Yeah. He's marmite."
(Song: Alicia Keys - Fallin')

Daniel Pearce
Very very good, but not as good as some others in his category
SC: "He realises this is his last shot; he gave it a million per cent there. He cracked at a couple of points, but..."
SM: "But he could feel while he was doing it."
SC: "Yeah. I like him."
SM: "Oh, this is horrible. I like all of them so far. Are there any bad ones?"
(Song: George Michael - Praying For Time)

Jamie Archer
He coped with this ballad better than I thought he would, but he's still nothing special.
SC: "He felt every minute of that song. He didn't just sing it, there was more there."
SM: "So tender, wasn't it?"
SC: "I've never seen him like that. But, he's got to start believing in himself. And I'm not sure, because of all the years he's been beaten down, that he actually knows how good he could be. And that's the problem."
(Song: Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out)