{"id":4123,"date":"2011-12-01T19:57:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2011-12-01T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T01:06:57","slug":"the-x-factor-final-7-performance-recap-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/12\/the-x-factor-final-7-performance-recap-videos.html","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor final 7 performance recap (videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aYQDgDpyt8s&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\n

I think Melanie had the best performance of the night, tied with Drew<\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nhDxPtfrq-U&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\n

If you missed last night’s episode of The X Factor, you missed a tribute to Michael Jackson, complete with Michael’s mother Katherine, his brothers Marlon, Tito and Jackie, and his kids Prince, Paris and Blanket in the audience. Had I not been overwhelmed by dogs, dogs, dogs over here I would have given you the play by play.<\/p>\n

But in short: Josh overproduced and under sang; Marcus did another corny caberet extravaganza; Drew soared (even LA liked it); Astro finally had fun; Chris Rene connected; Rachel was a little ray of sunshine; and Melanie stole the show.<\/p>\n

In fact, I’m going out on a limb: I think Melanie might take the whole contest. We’ll find out if she has a shot, because tonight two contestants are headed home. And I think one of them is going to be Marcus. Here are the rest of the final 7 performances:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y38bBIbkLWg&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tgJMw8spLtQ&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Db7tSX61oLQ&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rTUdUJC8O_0&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mF4DKG_6CH0&feature=channel_video_title<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I think Melanie had the best performance of the night, tied with Drew If you missed last night’s episode of The X Factor, you missed a tribute to Michael Jackson, complete with Michael’s mother Katherine, his brothers Marlon, Tito and Jackie, and his kids Prince, Paris and Blanket in the audience. 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