Simone Battle - He Likes Boys

In honour of the X-Factor, and so I can work in another X-Factor recap, here is the first single from an eliminated contestant. Let's start by saying that there was a reason why Simone got kicked off the X-Factor. She was one of the less interesting contestants with average talent, as L.A. pointed out, it was a surprise that she made it as far as the live shows.

"He Likes Boys" isn't helping Simone's problem; like her, it's boring. The tune offers absolutely nothing new, there's nothing special at all put into this song. Then there's the lyrics. This song makes Katy Perry look like an advocate for homosexuality. The idea seems to be, how many gay stereotypes can fit into this song? And there's no meaning behind it whatsoever. It's just like a story about a girl who's boyfriend is gay...that's it. What it seems to be telling us is: A) You can tell if a guy's gay if he listens to Lady Gaga and watches Deseperate Housewives; and B) Real straight boyfriends can't be tender and sweet. Completely pointless and boring, no effort was put into this song.

After that downpour of disappointment, let's move onto the X-Factor. In the first of the Live Shows the judges had to reduce their groups to three each. Most of the decisions were pretty predictable, with a few that I don't agree with. I feel like Phillip Lomax got screwed; earlier they tell him he's good but he needs to stop sounding like Frank Sinatra if he wants to sell, so he does a pop song and they say that's not him and he gets kicked off. He was bound to lose eventually anyways, but they could have given him a better chance. Best moment of the show was when L.A. siad that the reason he was proud of Stacy Francis was because she wasn't crying. Ha, yes! My new favorite act is inTENsity, they're so adorable and actually really catchy sounding. But for my actual prediction of who's going to win, I'd say it's probably going to come down between Chris Rene and Drew Ryniewicz. Drew is obviously the leading favorite and she's a young, white, female pop star so I'm guessing that she's got a big market waiting for her.