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Cheryl was mint !
i love love loved the song, thought she look great and sounded perfect her outfit was amazing.
Loved her performance and i think shes awesome as a solo artist.
Why take the time to come on this website if all your going to do is be a hater ??




- Shannen, Swindon

Cheryl is a media puppet. How can the reporter say she BRAVELY sang the first verse she is supposed to be a singer for christs sake. It just shows you that image is everything and natural talent is scarce. In her prime Whitney Houston would have blown her off stage and done it all live. Everyone feels sorry for her because of the way Ashley Cole allegedly treated her and that's fair enough but she would not be in the position she is in if it was not for him as football has such a high profile. She has got where she is on the back of him.

- Paul O'Brien, Nunhead, London

she sang the first few words live, the rest was all pre-recorded..... so again fake, just like the hair extensions, and she promotes hair care products.... absolute joke is all i can say. Nice girl, but has a gobby attitude....... she needs to get real.... she only trusts her mother and dog.... get real girl...... why stay married !!!! Delerious, but bless her, she is pretty, but take away the amount of slap she wears she is your average jo !!

- La La, london

I really liked Cheryl's performance, she was great

- Sebastian Peacock, Haywards Heath, United Kingdom

She is judging a live singing contest - therefore, she should have sung live - the whole song. She's a hypocrite.

- Jk, London

How many songs did she sing? Did she write and arrange the music? Did she choreograph the dance routine? If she did all for one song then you could say congratulations. But if not, why all the fuss? Doesn't quite match Springstein's legendary 4 hour long concerts.

- Dannyp, Egham

Please don't put our artist down, her performance was brilliant and different for a change, we Brits are good at slagging our own , she was good such a pretty girl too..

- Annie, croydon

OMG Cheryl performance was THE BEST on TV ever.. very proud keep doing.. at least someone who works hard deserves compliments But it seems that the tabloit twised averything or what Cos she is untoucheable xx

- Laura, london

Come on, Cheryl has never been the great singer and it's not her voice everyone's so crazy about. She's a nice girl who got lucky to get into good producers' hands, but one has to face it - she remains quite down-to-earh and lovely and she's made a long way to be where she is now. It was an okay performance, especially considering the stress she was put under. Dancing was great, though. Best of luck to her.

- Ellen, London, UK

Hey why cant people just keep their mouth shut...is only in the UK people talk stupidly,do you guys think is easy to get to the level Cheryl or Whitney is?Most of you guys writhing here are lazy ******* that just sit at Home watch tv and wait for benefit to be paid...they are fat and ugly but when they see people all they do is to laugh at them...i hate alot of things the British people are doing..lazy ********

- Slam,Evil, cardiff

I think this must be the 'kings new clothes syndrome'. It was awful not flawless. Cheryl was no better than the female singer who came last albeit she survived. Simon was definately patronising her. As for Whitney, she looked totally exhausted and somewhat confused by Dermot questions. Only the people working closely with the show thought is was marvellous for fear of professional reprisal!!!!

- Barbara, Bournemouth, Dorset

mmmm watch Barbra Streisand on Jonathan rOSS 68 !!! SOBER FREE FROM DRUGS AND THE ONLY ARTIST TO HAVE A NUMBER ONE ALBUM IN FIVE DECADES AND CHARGES AT LEAST £500 a ticket and sells out all you so called divas will you be top of the tree at that age? the answer clearly NO

- Tim Clark, broadstairs kent

Surely it would have been more of an inspiration to the contestants if Cheryl had sung her song completely live, as they have to. Both song and performance were mediocre at best. Cheryl is better sticking with Girls Aloud, although her profile is at such a high level it is obvious to try an cash in by going 'solo'. I wonder what the rest of the girls think? Could it be the beginning of the end for the group? As for Whitney? Shambolic, she looked liked she'd just got up out of bed, or came straight from a long session in the bar.

- Jamie Bremner, Dingwall, Scotland

Cheryl was fantastic! All you haters, try judging and performing and dont hide behind the computer and condemn. Come and show what you've got! Cheryl is hot, talented and had shown she has a right to be a judge after a perfromance like that. Watch this space. Hollywood will beckon soon with loads of jobs for this 26 year old woman. Cannot compare her with Victoria Beckham or Sharon Osborne.... You go girl....We are waiting for you here in Hollywood xxx

- Friar Maria, Hollywood, USA

It is a good thing that her reputation proceeded her. On the night it wasn't as bad as I had imagined.

- Dan, Manchester

the twins were much more entertaining than cheyl and whitney

- Ed, London

Thankfully I don't watch the Zero Factor. On Friday evening, I was being enthralled by true musicians with honest talent at the Leeds Piano Competition on BBC4.

- Cally G, Essex, UK

Seriously what is wrong with people. She sang live. She looked stunning. Her dancing was flawless leave her alone. Theres far more important things going on in the world to talk about that did Cheryl sing live - which she did.

- Laura, Glasgow Scotland

Both performances, Cheryl and Whitney, were just terrible. Cheryl looked tired and overwhelmed with the whole performance. She lacked energy and it all seemed rather manufactured. Whitney on the other hand seemed stoned and unable to string a sentence together. It was all a sad state of affairs.

- Guni, London

what a wierd performance. I was also wondering how the singing magically improved, it was when the live singing stopped! cheryl should stick to the day job and then her voice would not be noticed in the group. why on earth did she let herself be persuaded she could could sing solo? she has been performing since 2002, surely she would have realised by now that she has a weak voice!

- Tony, london

good heavens,
if milk toast and Janet Jackson had a baby, this would be it

- Jvc, NY, NY

I note that she was introduced as "performing live." Shame that performance didn't include the singing!

- Bleeding Heart Liberal, London

Having watched her performance on Saturday all I can say is mediocre at best and whoever her wardrobe adviser is I would sack them immediately. Whitney Houston was not willing to comment on the rest of the mediocre contestants, I would also sack her wardrobe adviser. Simon Cowell was very diplomatic with the truth.

- Stephend, London, England

Weak in the extreme - how did she get into Girl's Aloud in the first place.... it's all looks oriented. If that was a contestent they'd be booted out sharpish

- David, soton

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