<\/a><\/p>\nWell, once again, my favourite X Factor <\/strong>act gets the boot out of the competition, and I think I speak for almost everyone when I say that Nicolo Festa <\/strong>shouldn’t have gone so quickly – especially after some utterly horrible performances by the likes of Diva Fever<\/strong>, Wagner<\/strong>, Belle Amie<\/strong>, Storm<\/strong> and Katie Waissel <\/strong>over the weekend on X Factor<\/strong>. I got a bit of flack for supporting at times the “weird”<\/em> personality of Nicolo Festa<\/strong> but you know what – that boy could fucking sing. Nothing grips my core more than a boy who can bare his soul in powerful torch ballads and has the courage to “not” <\/em>change the gender when performing songs that were specifically written for women (take note Paige<\/strong>). Hearing Nicolo Festa <\/strong>sing about losing his man to another woman named New York at judges houses and how he can’t find his man at the club while busting out Gaga’s “Just Dance”<\/strong> is well, pretty fearless to me.<\/p>\n <\/param> <\/param> <\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\nTruth be told, Nicolo Festa <\/strong>was never the right fit for X Factor<\/strong>. His odd personality and straight-up honest reactions to the show was really refreshing. When being booted off the show last night, Dermont O’Leary <\/strong>asked him how he felt and in classic Nicolo Festa <\/strong>style he didn’t say, “oh it’s a huge opportunity and thank you for listening, I’m gonna keep trying!”…he simply stated the truth – “I feel like crap”<\/em>. And something has to be said about that kind of honesty. <\/p>\n <\/param> <\/param> <\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\nWhen I first heard that he was going to perform “Just Dance”<\/strong> by Lady Gaga<\/strong>, I was a little worried. It didn’t seem like the right fit for him and perhaps instead of putting on a massive production, Dannii Minogue <\/strong>should have had him perform something more subtle that showed off his incredible voice more – but what’s done is done and regardless, I enjoyed the spectacle and will keep watching the train wrecks get through each week on X Factor <\/strong>and the talented people being shown the door. I just do hope that Nicolo Festa<\/strong> doesn’t give up on music. He’s got an amazing talent that shouldn’t go to waste. If I owned a record label – I would most definitely sign Nicolo Festa <\/strong>on the spot. It’s not every day you uncover a talent like Nicolo Festa<\/strong> who has the courage to spit in the face of media training and tell it like it really is – all the while being able to charm the pants off of anyone with that voice.<\/p>\nNicolo Festa <\/strong>– you may not be an X Factor legend, but you’re a legend here at EQ.<\/p>\n <\/param> <\/param> <\/param><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, once again, my favourite X Factor act gets the boot out of the competition, and I think I speak for almost everyone when I say that Nicolo Festa shouldn’t have gone so quickly – especially after some utterly horrible performances by the likes of Diva Fever, Wagner, Belle Amie, Storm and Katie Waissel over the weekend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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