The sixth live performance night of The X Factor Philippines happened September 8, 2012 at the PAGCOR Grand Theater in Paranaque. The X Factor final 7 took on songs from the 80s and gave their own renditions of these past hit songs.
Allen Sta. Maria wowed with her own version of The Police's Every Breath You Take. Allen brought back the swagger in her and perhaps this is Allen's next best performance after her cover of Carol Banawa's Hanggang May Kailanman last week. Gabriel Maturan gave his own touch on Kenny Loggins Forever which the judges found refreshing but they wanted him to come out of his shell more on stage.
KZ Tandingan was again in her element but there's some issues on her soft high notes while singing. Heavily favored by fans, KZ is one front runner since auditions. Meanwhile, Jeric Medina sang the controversial George Michael hit, Careless Whisper in a different arrangement which somewhat took the song's sexy appeal. The judges said that it's Jeric's best performance, making the song less associated with the scandal it carried years back.
Daddy's Home did a heartfelt rendition of a Chicago's hit and dude, that was 80s! The blending and harmony, according to the judges was fantastic. Kedebon Colim improved a lot in his performance of Eye of the Tiger which was full of energy though he still cannot perfect those high notes (Kedebon's birthday wish was to at least hit those notes).
Joan Da closed the night with MJ's Billie Jean a la David Cook but with soft vocals. This could be at par with her Alanis Morissette performance but fell short a little. Joan however looked good tonight and impressed the judges well.
Here are the list of songs performed by The X Factor Philippines Final 7 (in order):
- Allen Jane Sta. Maria - Every Breath You Take (The Police)
- Gabriel Maturan - Forever (Kenny Loggins)
- KZ Tandingan - Eternal Flame (The Bangles)
- Jeric Medina - Careless Whisper (George Michael)
- Daddy's Home - Will You Still Love Me? (Chicago)
- Kedebon Colim - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor)
- Joan Da - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)
To vote for your favorite, just text XF <space> name of contestant and send to 2331 for Globe, TM and Sun Cellular subscribers or 231 for Smart and Talk N’ Text subscribers. You can also vote using ABS-CBN vote cards. To vote online, log on to xfactor.abs-cbn.com. To show support to your favorite contestants, you may also vote on our poll. Just click here.
Here is our ranking of the best performances of the night:
- Allen Jane Sta. Maria - XF ALLEN
- Daddy's Home - XF DAD
- Jeric Medina - XF JERIC
- Joan Da - XF JOAN
- KZ Tandingan - XF KZ
- Gabriel Maturan - XF GAB
- Kedebon Colim - XF KED
Tomorrow, September 9, one finalist will again be eliminated on its 6th Results Show so vote for your favorite and don't miss the sixth elimination night Sunday after Sarah G Live.
