{"id":4134,"date":"2011-12-08T11:16:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/?p=4134"},"modified":"2011-12-08T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:16:34","slug":"the-x-factor-final-5-perform-2-songs-each-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2011\/12\/the-x-factor-final-5-perform-2-songs-each-videos.html","title":{"rendered":"The X Factor final 5 perform 2 songs each (videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8pBIh57KS2I&#038;feature=plcp&#038;context=C28576UDOEgsToPDskJknOFzDCE5o8PvCwJEx20o\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8pBIh57KS2I&amp;feature=plcp&amp;context=C28576UDOEgsToPDskJknOFzDCE5o8PvCwJEx20o<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Chris Rene performed an original song; it was one of\u00a0 my favorite performances on a great night of music<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re getting down to the wire on this first season of The X Factor. Last night the final 5 contestants performed two songs each &#8211; the first their version of a dance song, and the second a song of their own choosing.<\/p>\n<p>It was a bit of a twist. The second song was supposed to be the Pepsi Challenge song chosen by fans, but there was some kind of snafu, so 24 hours before last night&#8217;s live show the contestants were told they needed to sing their &#8220;save me&#8221; songs instead.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone did a great job &#8211; it was actually an entirely enjoyable night of music. I even enjoyed Marcus Canty&#8217;s performance, particularly his second song, &#8220;Song For You.&#8221; If you\u00a0 missed the show, here are the performance videos. 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