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  • That should have been rachel in the final

  • Sam, Niamh and Rachel were my favorites...I was sad when Niamh, Rachel and Sam were eliminated

    But now I'm SO glad that they didn't win..Because be Fleck in Love Never Dies(Niamh), be Elphaba in Wicked(Rachel) and be Eponine in Les Miserables(Samantha) IS SO MUCH BETTER than be Nancy in Oliver

  • @MileyThropp omg yeah! at 3:40 I see Wizard and I, at 3:51 I see No Good Deed and at 4:01 I see the end of Defying Gravity! <3

  • Personally i thought Samantha was better. Rachel seemed...fake. But its all a matter of personal opinion.

  • it's a shame Rachel didn't go far.. -rolls eyes-

    I mean, she only played Meat in We Will Rock You, and is now an amazing Elphaba in Wicked (which I saw the other day, incredible!), she's obviously not gone further than most people on this show anyways.

    I don't know what you're all upset about! :P

    (I LOVE RACHEL)

  • Poor Rachel :( I love her.

  • poor rachel. but she got good roles becuase of the show. I think she suits the role Elphaba way more than Nancy. more dramatic. And that's what Rachel is good at.

  • I love Rachel but I'm so glad she didn't win because she is an amazing Elphie in Wicked!!! 

  • Is it just me , or at the end of the not he , and through needs , and at the very end when she moves her arms , you can see the elphie in her ??? :P xx

  • i'm glad rachel didn't win cos meat in we will rock you and elphaba in wicked are far better than nancy in oliver, so she did better for not winning :S

  • @tashzillion shes playing elphaba in wickard in the westend now

  • They were both amazing and i was sooo glad that i wasn't Andrew Lloyd Webber

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  • It lookslike Andrews gonna lose it at 0.18, or bust into tears

  • my two faverouites!!!! :( Rachels in WICKED which i will go and see but i dont know where Caberet is for Sam? :S anyone know x (how do you spell favourites)

  • @1stMaleElphaba sams now eponine in les miserables, she's absolutly amazing!

  • I wonder if Andrew Lloyd Webber regrets this decision? Either way they've both done really well, Samantha and Rachel. I think Rachel would haev ended up as Elphaba even if she'd gone on to win to be Nancy. She's amazing and one of ym idols, I admire her so much! :D

  • Rachel was better off not winning, she got better parts in the west end meat in WWRY and now Elphaba in Wicked, miles better than Nancy to be honest.

  • Samantha should have one xxx

  • Oh, poor Rachel! She was SO close, and took it really well, especially as she actually got more public votes.

  • When rachel and jodie sing you can feel her emotion the other two were so holloow and fake! well look who has the career now lol

  • RACHEL SHOULD HAVE WON

  • nah, i prefer her as Meat, if she'd won she;d be in Oliver instead

  • i loved her caberet, i think this was the best goodbye song... she sang it the best out of everyone.!

    makes me crryy :(

  • This was amazing. Rachel was better, everyone knew that but for some reason she wasn't getting the public vote. Just look at the emotion in her eyes, Sam seems to be approaching it as if she's angry. I'm glad Jodie won after Rachel left though.

  • I CRIED!

  • when is saw this i predicted rachel but andrew gone for samatha,

    but i think i was andrew's fault for rachel singing cabret

  • OMG! This STILL makes me cry months after it aired! Rachel is a much better all rounder and though Sam is good I think Rachel was more suited to the part. Well done Sam for winning Sally in cabaret! and Rachel shouldn't have gone but shes a Leading lady now!!! I'm going seeing her- FRONT ROW!!!!

  • Tactical, he knew that Rachel could not win the final and thought the NI vote may switch to Jessie, his favorite

  • I WAS ACTUALLY IN TEARS WITH THIS

  • Rachel should have won, shes fucking amazing to be honest :|

  • i miss this show ha.

    apparently Jodie used her ex-fiancee to win, which is unfair but even without all that i think she would've won.

    This performance was the best sing off ever.

    Rachel should of been in the final :)

  • Could Northern Ireland vote? Rachel's from Belfast, so if Northern Ireland could vote, then I guess they were behind her. It's Jessie that was disadvantaged by the fact that Rep of Ireland couldn't vote.

    Am I right? Sorry...I'm a bit confused by the last few comments. Rx

  • Yes, Northern Ireland could vote. Although her family said in the paper that it was quite hard for Rachel to get a lot of votes because Belfast is very close to Bangor where Niamh is from and its a small country, so the northern irish votes were shared between those two.

    The was a really great singoff, but not as good as Week 8 in my opinion. =)

  • the republic of ireland couldn't vote.

  • samantha's acting is awful here.

  • completely agree!

    eurgh, so stage school-ish.

  • ireland is in the UK whichever idiot said that! its in the "United Kingdom"

    loads of irish people voted, but obviously not enough as rachel didn't get through.

  • People in Ireland COULD NOT vote!! it was only UK

  • Cameron dont look happy at 2.28

    should have won!!

  • Also check out her eyes and emotion at 0.06 seconds, she looks like a young girl.

    And you believe what she's saying, amazing.

  • Rachel was the better actress and mover, and I know her voice didn't have the amazing range Samantha's had but she still had a much smoother and heart wrendering tone I thought.Andrew made a huge mistake, I loved her all the way through. It makes me cry everytime I watch this video. Plus her version of "As Long As He Needs Me" at the end was better.Gutted for her, but no doubt she will be a legend one day, as she is for me now.

  • I agree with everything you say, except one thing...Sam doesn't have a much better vocal range than Rachel (their strengths are different). Sam is weak in the lower range, where Rachel is strong. Another reason why Rachel was so much more suitable to the role of Nancy n should've been saved - Nancy's songs are written in the lower-to-mid range. Anyway, totally agree with you in every other respect - Rachel was my Nancy too! Rx

  • I did much prefer Rachel to sam.

    but andrew was right

    if people had put rachel in the bottom two after a bloody amazing performance like she did on that night

    then there was not much point putting her through

    saying that

    she'll be much better off with work

    no doubt there

  • i wish rachel was saved :(

  • samantha sings this with an angry face. not good.

  • look into rachels eyes

    then sams

    rachel should have won!

  • Oh poor Andrew! He looks devestated!

  • samantha was WAY better than rachel im agree with the panel 4 saving her!!!

  • Sorry to say you and andrew were definitely in the minority. When you say the 'panel', you can tell John and Denise thought it was the wrong decision (facial expressions at the end) and Cameron was angry with Andrew for making the 'wrong decision'.

    Rachel was my Nancy from the start, she'll be a massive star!

  • rachael showed so much more emotion than samantha.

  • well i heard this song when i saw it at the regent theater at stoke and i whistled it but now again i cryed. a bit, but andrew made a good choice, but i think it was his fault that andrew made her do cabret, but in west end, she.rachel would do cats

  • sam didnt show as half as much emotion then rachel did in this! it should have been Jessie Jodie + Rachel in final.

  • imagine if he said

    "im going to have to save samantha oops i mean rachel"

    lol

    sorry i just pictured that

  • rachel showed WAY more emotion there

  • andrew and cameron had a huge row after rachel was kicked off! cameron felt that rachel was the one most suited to nancy and that he made a bad decision saving samantha instead!

  • i thought racheal was outstanding! i don't know why the public didn't vote for her much =S

  • we did vote 4 her but her lines were always shut no-one could get through there was a big kick up bout it xxxx

  • I didnt think so,i think she has a gr8 voice

  • I really wanted Samantha 2 win :(

  • she was crap Lol.

  • She really means business in this performance. The best in the series bar Jodie.

    I wish Rachel had stayed in for the final.

    Good luck to her in the future.

  • Can i just mention, to that guy who said jessie is staying in because she has the irish vote, voting wasnt allowed from the Republic of Eire, and she had the Northern Irish vte and cleary most of the rest of the UK, is a disgrace the republic werent allowed to vote!! ALW and Cameron both wanted jessie to win! jodie was consistant but she never gave an outstanding preformance! wont be going to see the production! disgraceful!

  • Shame. I'd love to have seen you there and give you some spelling lessons.

  • your comment makes no sence to anything i said! was it you who said she was only in because of the irish vote yeah? get a life (-:

  • I forgot that only Irish people in Ireland could vote. Not those living elsewhere in the UK?

  • Samantha is hot

  • but i wanted sam or jessie to win so i'm not too pleased..... but still well done jodie!

  • samanther should have won. she would be the best nacy.

  • urgh she was crap man!

  • rachel was amazing and im glad sam went shes crap and thats that

    your the dickmunch and alw even said he made the biggest mistake of his life letting rachel go and camron went nuts cuz rachel went he wanted her to play nancy !!!!

  • because Rachel was bloody amazing and she should of stayed. I'm so chuffed alw realised his mistake and this hoepfully means he will give Rachel a role.

  • Samantha has never had a really bad comment

  • actually she has had a few, lol, not that i'm moaning, coz i think everyone needs a few bad comments, because when john said she had nothing behind the eyes he worked with her and his work improved her performance loads! after that she was brilliant.

    yaaaay jodie won! :D

  • rachel could be in cats ----- she has got the nose

  • I love this song... gives me goosebumps!

    This is the final I wanted right from the start... Sam, Josie and Jessie. Gonna be amazing I want Josie to win, though!

  • Rachel was my fave of the two, and ive just read an article that says Cameron Macintosh was very angry with ALW for choosing Sam cause he rightly wanted Rachel for Nancy!!!

    Good luck to Rachel, hope she gets a good part, she deserves it!!!

  • ALW saved samatha because he knew that if he saved rachel then she would be out the next week as she had already been in the sing off 3 times-he can't keep saving her if the general public keep not voting for her then it just proves they don't think she's nancy

    Go Sam!!!

  • someone else watched Jonathan Ross i see :)

  • yaaaaay. thats what i said! ha ha

  • DEAD

  • i dont care anymore who wins as i was voting for sarah!

  • so was i she was the best

  • Samantha is the best, the others are clowns! Rachel is not singing but shouting! Sam rocks, the others suck!

  • She was robbed! Jessie and Sam don't have the maturity and Jodie is a complete joke!

    typical!

  • rachel looks in pain

    jesie to win :)

  • i dont think samantha wouldve been in the sing off, i think she was in it because the Manx phone lines were down!! Neither of these 2 shouldve been in the sing off!! Sam 2 Win!

  • well, based on last weekend's performance i would pay a lot of money to go and see rachel, but not any of the others although they're all good in their own way. i think rachel's got great passion and a fantastic voice - i would pay to see her in concert or on a cd... i must say that sam leaves me rather cold...

  • sam looks so smug all the time. IF YOU HATE JESSIE OR SAM VOTE JODIE.

  • I completely agree with 20Rosie07

    I find Jessie apalling. She shouts to show emotion. She moves like a hunchback. She squints her eyes. Its not a pretty sight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    She should have gone out Week 1.

  • But the public vote still put Rachel in the bottom two even though she received a standing ovation from ALW and the audience. Jessie should definately have been in the sing-off based on her acting alone. Dreadful attempt at cockney accent. Still I wish all 3 finalists good luck on Saturday night but I'm afraid I won't be voting for any of them.

  • Plastic Rachel...please!!!Throughout the competition she was professional, slick, phenomenal, outstanding and by far the best one to play Nancy. It's a disgrace that she is not in the final. Shame on you Great British Public. Most of you wouldn't know true talent if it hit you in the face! Well done, Rachel. You were amazing and I look forward to seeing you in the West End soon.

  • I agree.

  • Jodie is my fave to win, always has been.

    But for Jessie to be to the final... mmm

    The British Public are insane.

    The girl's talented, there's no denying that, but she is not Nancy, she has yet to get a cockney accent, and there's always Irish slur in her singing.

    No one can speak out against Rachel's 'As Long As He Needs Me' rendition. It has been the best by far!

  • rachael looks evil when shes singin this song lol

  • Well I jumped off the sofa and cheered when plastic Rachel went - her terrific performance in Cabaret just wasnt enough - (though really Jessie shouldnt be in the final)Ive backed Jodie from the start - she will be a fantastic Nancy

  • Andrew was right to kick rachael off from those two, but jessie should have gone.

  • Look at the effort Rachel put in.

    Her singing was beautiful.

    Her acting was sophisticated.

    Her movement was stylish.

    What went wrong? the general public voting for Jessie.

  • This show is losing my respect week by week. First we said goodbye to Francesca, then to the fantastic Sarah Lark and now to the outstanding Rachel. Rachel has been consistent, every performance her cabaret blew me away and her As Long as he needs me was the best ever. I think the public should be ashamed by putting Jessie through. Lets hope if Jessie gets the part, the word Macbeth will be said in the theatre.

    Samantha or Jodie to win. If theres any justice.

  • i didnt think francesca was that good, acting, i mean. her singing was ok though. jessie had that one amazing week, and then she went rubbish again. rachael deserved to go through tha week. shes so good. SAMANTHA TO WIN

  • I TOTALLY AGREE! madness isn't it! I was shocked when fran went, then the lovely sarah lark! THEN THE TRUE NANCY RACHEL?!!! I think the public is M-A-D! how could of rachel ended up in the sing off 3 i said 3 times! she was just "simply the best!" Jessie i think should of won after that maybe sam????

  • i cant believe some people here :S calling rachel and sam bitches? why are they bitches? in my opinion i preffered sam over rachel (she makes scary faces when singing) but i ddint expect a result like that, i thought jessie would go out, even though she is one of my favs, now i want jodie 2 win i liked her right from the start :) but i dunno how the final will come out :S but remember nancy isnt the main character in this musical, i do believe that most of the girls have a huge carrer now :)

  • I think people r starting to believe the editing they r fooling u with the song choices ive been screaming at the tv for weeks Jessie is a class act and deserves better.

  • jodie or jessie should have been out. rachel is beautiful and her performances were good week on week. samantha is gorgeous too but also talented :)

  • Jessie should have been voted out. She does not deserve to be in the final. Not being able to dance and having limited expression should not get you through. Clearly the Irish vote helped. Shame, as like all things like this, it ends up a popularity contest. Not a talent contest.

  • Obviously the irish vote helped shes from ireland! thats like sayin the english vote is helpin jodie! dont be stupid!

  • Jodie is so irrtating, these two are bes.t Cant have a blackpool chav winning

  • What a jumped up idiot you are. Where you from?

  • sorry again your calling jaeswp266 a jumped up idiot for saying about blackpool, you've just said about ireland! biggit anyone?

  • a blackpool chav thats funny she isnt a chav at all, shes talented funny and so sweet she gives it her all week after week, and it just goes to show that even when you aint a size zero you can still get somewhere in life she's done so well and shes given me great confidence in getting back on that stage thanks babe, cant wait for you to win xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • JODIE TO WIN!

    I love them all but I never connect with Sam when she performs...There can be miracles is one of my favourite songs but Sam didn't convay the emotion.

    Rachel's performances were stunning! Carabet was so good and in the sing off I could see her becoming the role of Grizabella, she's got an amazing ability to act which I personally think Sam lacks.

    Love them all though!

    xx

  • Sam is the best =]

  • Sam wohoo she's thru 2 finals yey Sam and jessie 2 win!

  • I dont see how they can say Rachel is dead behind the eyes, id say Sam was more than her in this song

  • After Jessie, Rachel and Sam had been my favourites from the start, but I do think that Sam deserved to go last week based on the the sing off and Rachel gave an amazing performance of Cabaret that was way better than Sam's version of When You Believe. But I'm sure Rachel will land a West End role soon.

    I never thought there was tension between Rachel and Sam before, but Sam was grinning throughout as long as he needs me, whilst Jessie and Jodie were barely holding it together lol.

  • Ansolutely loved Rachel, soo sad she went out!

    Jessie or Jodie to win

    Though Sam is good

  • Whoo go Samantha!!!!! LUV U!!! Sam to win!!!!

  • there is a big difference between singing a song and acting a song.

    I do like sam but love rachel!

  • ok i dont understand why people are saying rachel was better with the better voice...

    so why didint you vote for her? and why has she been in the bottom 2 three times?

    Its all a contradiction

    Sam For NANCY!!

  • it sounds like rachels singing it too slow?

    N that face with the high notes is freaky!!!

    Sam to win!

  • It wasnt rachel who got the least votes it was sam!!

  • SAM TO WIN !

  • I think rachel should've stayed.

    She shows amazing emotion and Sam's only emotion is smiling. Sam is still great though, she could be a popstar

    Its a great shame

  • to be fair samantha sang more of memory than rachel

  • rachel easily should have stayed in.

    everyone keep saying sam's amazing, but how easy have her songs been compared to rachel's? could sam sing 'i will always love you' or 'cabaret'? highly doubt it. and she cant convey anything like the emotion rachel could. ive hardly seen any acting at all in her performances...

    fair enough, sam's probably the only other one who could dance well, but rachel had the full package. the others all had bits and bobs of it.

  • i think that rachel should have won! she was the best for the part! x

  • I don't understand the pornstar comment...but yeah Sam should join a girlband or go and be in Hairspray...she isn't for Oliver

  • i like sam,she dosent look like a pornstar,she looks like a normal 16 year old,thats the way the bbc make her look! leave sam alone!

    sam 2 win!

  • JESSIE WILL WIN!

  • i agree rachel should have won this , big mistake andrew

  • The wrong decision was made, i wanted rachel to win!

  • great decision - Samantha is a star and will suit the role more so than rachel

  • Sam manages to look like a PORNSTAR when she sings and she can;t move people with her sining. A TRADGIC DECISION ALW!!

  • oh come on to say she looks like a pornstar is HORRED!! it i bet she has more talent then most ppl!! yr just jelouse cos she is so pritty and yr faverout went out!! i liked niamh but i dint go round slagging off rachel!!

  • omg londongaylad ... what part of Sam is a pornstar?? do u know how stupid you sound saying that?? Just because your favourite person didn't get through!.. Sam is only 17 for God's sake... she is very talented for that age... londongaylad, you are pathetic for saying that! =/

  • Andrew was thinking with his pecker when he chose Samantha.

    Rachel is going to be a star in the west end...she deserves to be.

  • Samantha to win! shes amazing

  • Rachel, when she sang this song, she made it amazing, and it was the best one.

  • i knew he'd save sam.. but racheal is so much better! i just think her emotions took over.. racheal will be big in the west end soon im pretty sure of it.. her voice is to powerful to go unrecognised...

    and jodie to win now.

  • I bet he will need Rachel!....I cant believe Samantha was chosen over Rachel...Samantha will be the first to go on Saturday, then Jessie and Jodie will win, but It should have been Rachel

    The best Exit yet!

    I think maybe Nancy is too small a roll for Rachel, i bet she would make a good Mary Poppins, or Velma Kelly!

  • sam is no WAY a bitch! shes so damn nice, and if she cant sing then why is she there?

    that was a stupid comment.

    and amiee, shes not smug.. just glad she got through! i know if i did, i wouldnt be crying for the other person id be effing glad i didnt get out!

  • i agree you can't blame anyone for that after performing your socks off you will be glad if you are still in the comp. you'd be completely relieved so of course ur gonna be smiling!!!

  • I think the choice was CM's not ALW. they definitely find out the result before GN announces it to the girls.

    Samantha is the most suited to the role, especially now that Rachel is out.

    It is clearly not a casting competition anylonger. I would have gone to see the show with Rachel as Nancy, as I will if Samantha wins. Unfortunately I think it'l be jessie!

  • i am so upset rachel should Not have gone at all !

  • rachel was the best in the show than the other 3 and i think every1 will agree.

    So now i would love jodie to win cause i h8 the other 2

  • Andrew at 0.24 look s so sad bless him :)

  • sam so should have gone she is a bitch and she can't sing

    jodie or jessie to win

  • Sam at 3.34 no sincerity what so ever. It's obvious the two nerver got on.

  • it seems like she is so happy that Rachel is gone, she looked smug. i really dislike Sam as a person she seems really Bitchy!

    Jodie to WIN.

  • WRONG CHOICE!! WRONG WRONG WRONG!! I think he'll regret that later. After that amazing performance of "caberet" and "memories" in the singoff I don't know how he did that?! Sam is NOT nancy. ...Jodie to Win now.!!

  • What a horrible choice. Rachel sang as long as she needs me amazingly, wrong choice.

  • if was down 2 public vote y samantha U BITCHES SAMANTHA IS MY GIRLFRIEND SO DONT KI HER OUT OF THE COMPETITON GO SAMANTHA and randomsupergirl she couldnt sing as long as he needs me right its best for her she get a part in a play

    1-Samantha

    2-Jodie

    3-Jessie

    but i think jessie will be 2nd samantha 3rd and jodie i think jodie will win and rachel U BITCH GRAHAM SED WHO DO U WANT 2 ROOT FOR U SED NO ONE U BAS

  • calling people bitches isnt gonna get any votes, rachel is not a bitch she probably didnt want to say who she didnt want to win!! And if i got put out i would be upset and not say who i wanted to win either after giving the best performance of the night.

  • Isarru69067 D-O-N-T YOU CALL RACHEL THAT!!!! SHE WAS SAYING THAT BECAUSE SHE D-I-D-N-T WANT TO UPSET ANYONE AND FOR A FACT STOP PRETENDING TO BE SAM'S "BOYFRIEND" AS IF she would go out wiv someone who says those things about the only true nancy rachel is the comp!

  • How can you say Samantha has no emotion?

    She puts her heart and soul into every single performance she give.

    .. Just because Rachel is crying because she knows she's going doesn't mean Sam doesn't show feeling in her performance.

    SAMANTHA TO WIN!

    x

  • jack- whyyyy?????? Her and Rachel were the only ones who understood 'As Long as He Needs Me' in that task!!

  • i think sam is emotionless and rachel was the best that night with caberat

  • SAMANTHA 2 WIN!!!!

    Dont forget that rachel has been in the sing off 3 times so she can't off been that popular n good. Although i do think that rachel and samantha should have been the last 2 in the final cs they are the best in the comp!! any1 else agree?!

  • did anyone notice how Samantha had more to sing than Rachel?

  • I've never been a huge fan of Racheal, but Cabaret was fantastic. She should of stayed instead of Samantha- I burst into tears watching her go.

  • jessie...i'm sorry! great voice! bad actress.

  • Rachel should have stayed.

  • Also- why is everyone slating Jessie's acting ability? I know what a good actress is having worked in professional theatre, and she's the only one who seems to understand the words!!! Sam is wooden, Jodie is a great singer but isn't gritty enough to be Nancy, and Rachel was the only other one with the emotion needed to nail the part!!!

  • Jessie should win, Sam should have gone she has absolutely no emotion

  • UH oh ALW mite neva do a show like that agen coz the wrong peeps r going in the sing off!! ahhhhhhhhhh

    GOOOOO!!! chester u rock well done 4 getting into les mis!! xxxxxx

  • Rachel completely outshone Samantha in 'memory'.. and 'Cabaret' was the performance of the series for me, just beating Jessie's 'The man that got away'.

    Apparently Andrew really did regret his decision and im not suprised. Her 'as long as he needs me' was superb!

    I so wanted her to win it. Gutted!

  • I can't believe Rachel is gone :(

    xxx

  • what andrew have to do is the hear the song that is based but rachel is nice a would've been a good nancy but i belive jodie will be nanch

  • i hope andrew lloyd webber regrets his decision! samantha wont be a very good nancy, she's too young

  • shes amazing

  • Samantha should have gone, I've never really liked her. Rachel should have stayed and gone on to win it, she's by far the best, the whole package. Her performance of "As Long As He Needs Me" is the best we've seen yet, just a reminder that the Lord made a mistake.

  • i agree 100%! she even did as long as he needs me as nancy! and i just think she should have won it ... by far the best!

  • Sam shouldnt go she is far better than the whole lot but Its my opion, rachel is good but her movement wasn't good in the last 2 weeks. Her facial expressions, may i add are f*ckin fantastic !!!:)

  • rachels too arrogant and aggressive!

    jodie to win!:)

  • Rachel's from where I live, so my mum voted for her, but I really want Samantha to win, she has Nancy quality. Get Jessie out, she's crap..?

  • sam was only ever gona win it