I love The Jungle Book and the songs from it. I’m not, however, so keen on Katie Waissel, one of the contestants on this year’s The X Factor (UK). Put the two together and what will happen?
A work of genius, strangely enough. As Waissel unbelievably manages to pull this gamble off. I still don’t particularly like her but this has helped a little and should ensure she survives another week in the competition.
While all the other contestants chose safe, middle-of-the-road numbers for Guilty Pleasures week, Waissel (or more likely, Simon Cowell and his cronies) chose King of The Swingers, a song from an old animated Disney film originally sung by an orangutan.
It shouldn’t work, but it does. And Waissel comes across as a genuine, happy girl who can sing and has the potential to one day be a pop star. It almost makes me forget who Gamu is. Almost, but not quite.
