G4 singing Nessun Dorma on X factor Final

[HELENKAGOONER]

memory lane they are so talented the blond singer Jonathan Ansell is going on tour soon look on his offiial forum for tour dates September onwards

[PURPLEBEATTIE1]

Would love them to re form . They are great.Its funny how on x-factor the final is often won by the weaker act.Rhydian Roberts springs to mind.This group are without doubt the best act ever to come out of x factor.Brilliant

[scotland6]

loved this group..best on the x factor ever..wish they could get back together

I believe they had bad management

[DazBradyLM]

Definitely should have beaten Steve Brookstein. He was awful. They were really good. Sad how they split up. Very sad indeed:(

[64Fabby]

the best group ever on xfactor

[JamesParkersVideos]

The approach to entertainment has really changed over the past few years.

If we had this today, people would be cheering stupidly loud as soon as they got to the good part, but they didn't do it in this 6 year old video.

[margitakarl]

It´s so sad that the groupe split up a few years ago. I really liked them. You´d have to listen to Jonathan Ansell, his Canto della terra is s good!

[gareth1101]

christ u people get touchy on here, they sang it well,y the fuk do u all wana argue and slag everything off, grow up!!!! if u dun like it, dun watch it!! if u like it then watch n enjoy! simple as!!

[CHADEO1]

they were wicked i bought both their albums. so original for an unoriginal show. should of won by miles. shame they split up already

[barbieley]

Paul Potts was better when he sang it

i think the blond one was good but the other 3 killed it they wasn't needed

[TheTradge]

@barbieley Unfortunately Paul Potts is nowhere near as technically secure as these guys, G4 trained at Guildhall school of music, one of the top music schools in the UK, and I'm not sure Paul Potts studied music.

[gerry4339]

@barbieley please dont waste your life listening to paul potts and g4 they really are just club singers. have a listen to franco corelli on utube if you want to hear a real singer

[gunsnroseskickass]

4 years on and im still bothered that they didnt win

[jamesbooker89]

@gunsnroseskickass 7 years mate but i feel the same

[simonacdcwright1]

@gunsnroseskickass who did they lose to, i forgot

[gunsnroseskickass]

@simonacdcwright1 I think his name was Steve

[marsuse6]

@simonacdcwright1 Steve Brookstein

[OxShadyyCrazyxO]

did they win and who were they facing in the finals ?

[Davidik3]

they lost to steve brookstein

[jamesbooker89]

they shoud have won the guy who won was shit

[gerry4339]

@jamesbooker89 thank god they didnt win they are awful it shud have been called g1 . coz the other three are awful

[jamesbooker89]

@gerry4339 fuck off

[gerry4339]

@jamesbooker89 u obviously dont know anything about classical singing if you think these jokers can sing

[jamesbooker89]

@gerry4339 well i do actually and the guy that won steve shit head were is he now simon sacked him best thing he ever did they sold more albums and had more success than him. They were together for three years and he only lasted eight months before he was dropped by the record label. so get lost!!!

[gerry4339]

@jamesbooker89 yes you are right the one who won was crap. but these guys wernt much better. listen to corelli or bjorling or pavarotti if you need to hear real classical singers. not these awful buskers. were are the other three now if they are that good? they were hardly il divo were they? embarrasing british crap

[OlirockCP]

@gerry4339 G4 are a very clever act. I don't think they are very talented apart from the main guy but the harmonies OWN big time...

[dfan]

Didn't win, and was against Steve Brookstein, who won.

[momentumV2]

Steve Brookstein, and no - they lost.

[angus4463]

wow-Ansell is incredible..

[TheTorchwoodHeroes]

they so should have won after this performance

[MUSEGuitarist]

lol yeah I thought I was wrong XD. Thanks for the clarification =P.

[luvluv1996]

wot does G4 stand for?

[AfghansWorld]

guildhall 4

[luvluv1996]

thank u

[AfghansWorld]

u welcome

[VerucaSaltines]

Wow, I was not expecting that to be as lovely as it was. Personally I like this interpretation slightly better than Potts', but the two singers are in the same league. Singers can not be compared objectively against each other, because everyone is different. It's all a matter of preference. However, most people agree that the people here and Paul Potts both have some training to go before being in league with someone like Pavarotti. I can't wait to see how it works out.

[fvshkatie]

Oh my god! Amazing!

[ScottishThunder2k8]

the won the first series

[wachsel]

bravi.

[alabam5]

Who won that year. I can't remember.

[MUSEGuitarist]

Steve Springstein...at least I think that was his name.

[DarkBandicoot]

Steve Brookstein, though my opinion is that he wasn't really that good & G4 should've won after Tabby Callaghan came third who was my favourite.

[NextRonJerremy]

This guy can sing!!!This is one of the best interpretations of this song!

[NextRonJerremy]

Paul should be taking classes from this guy!They aren't even comparable!!!

[trukkina4ever]

davvero bravi ^^

[Parkild]

What a great voice Jonathan had at 22 years old.. But you need to listen to him now at 27 years old - how much it has matured particularly in his lower range. Jonathan in a high tenor so his natural range is 'higher' than Pavarotti as a lyric tenor. He is still so young - as he recently said his voice is 'work in progress'. & won't be fully mature for another 10 years. His vocal idol being Florez another Leggiero tenor.

As for Paul Potts - Pavorotti impersonator/karaoke singer.

[ilduv]

i didnt realise these guys came from the x factor they are amazing !!!

[sophieharpur]

he has done a duet with hayley westenra its pretty good.

[drpedics]

Holy shit, who's the lead singer? I listened to him do Bohemian Rhapsody, and damn he sounds good no matter what genre he's in. I know that there are better singers in the world, but I just want to listen to more of that guy!

[jdroker]

that was pretty good actually.....

[WillCarruthers]

Very average. Listen to Pavarotti, or even Paul Potts doing this. Much better.

[fortheir45michael]

Dont even dare put Paul Potts name in the same sentence as pavarotti.Paul potts sucks.G4 are way better than him

[jennisinful]

I am sorry, but Paul Potts has a great rang and depth in his voice which, mind you, is completely untrained. He has a wonderful vocal growth to develop.

Pavarotti is in a league of his own, there is no question about it. However do take into effect that he has been doing this much longer with training.

[racc90]

luciano sei un mito!!!!!bella canzone

[POOMOOSE]

They should have won instead of that fuckin 4by 2 whose now a pub singer!

[fortheir45michael]

I knoiw steve wanker brookstein who couldnt sing.Personally I wanted Tabby to win.

Up the irish

[LightTruthLove]

The 3 backing singers SUCKED. They sounded like they were mumbling. The main guy was good though.

[skwikibamz]

fuck g4 got beatn by an alki!!! wtf!!! thats inane!!! g4 r so good thay gave me goosebumps! shame they broke up..tsk2...

[chantelle2903]

To be fair sophie i think we all know that jonathan is beeter on jhis own thats why hes singin solo now. G4 were good but u sayin u defend mike on every single commentary of g4 songs just makes ppl want to say it more to nnoy u lol.

[zenxfactor]

Although Brookstein won the series his mentor Simon Cowell later admitted that G4 (mentored by fellow judge and rival Louis Walsh) were the real winners and they are of x 2004

[F1KillerQueen]

They SHOULD have won. WE LOVE G4

[CHADEO1]

G4 are legend

[weedywolf]

hey lads i`m italian.i heard this song trough my childhool thousand of times,bcause of my mother and what i think it`s that the blond one,i don`t know is name,anyway the one that sing alone he could have done better without the 3silly friends,they must shut theyr mouths...and tell the one in the middle to take out the hand from his pocket while the performance,,but i`ve been impressed from the blond one,,bravo bravo....luciano r.i.p.

[6066sophie]

oh shut the fuck up will yhuu u no nothing jonathan dus sound good on his own they all do and i get very deffensive over mike so shut up about him and all of them .. .peace :)

[konaldoo]

he sounds like pavarotti

[mr230889]

fucking stupid thing you said man

[kiababyleeds]

johnathan ansell is HOT HOT HOT and he has the most beautiful singing voice xxxxxxxxxxx

[lhealy1985]

never fort they cud reallly do owt till i watched this!!

[latest280]

wow amazing

[Zpevacek15]

BRAVO!

[Joncooke11]

Just to set minds at rest, 'G' stands for Guildhall, as in the music college. So there is at least some training there.

[spudywoody]

jeeeez there really are some knob heads on here . with comments like amateur etc , really do you think that the blonde guy has had no training ? these classical purist always trying to keep this genre for themselfs , well got this - classical music is for everyone not just purists who "think" they know it all . get over it singing is singing and as long as its in tune then its valid

[Sqid101]

Good God, spudwoody! Are you trying to tell us that beautiful singing is beautiful singing even if it doesn't follow the exact prescription of some peculiar old-fashioned Italian type of singing that sounds like animals screaming in pain? The rule is that if it is popular and moves millions of people it must be rubbish. If it sounds like a cat with its tail in the wringer, and appeals only to a small group of snobs, it is high art.

[Sqid101]

Good God, spudwoody! Are you trying to tell us that beautiful singing is beautiful singing even if it doesn't follow the exact prescription of some peculiar old-fashioned Italian type of singing that sounds like animals screaming in pain? The rule is that if it is popular and moves millions of people it must be rubbish. If it sounds like a cat with its tail in the wringer, and appeals only to a small group of snobs, it is high art.

[hoogestefan]

...That comment is rubbish.

Who says it sounds like a cat with its tail in the wringer certainly hasn't ever listemed to good singers.

Although I agree on the fact that the so-called 'popular' singing can be beautifull too. It's just that a lot of wannabe-singers (like Britney Spears par example) ruin the image.

[Sqid101]

On a good day - when I haven't been savaged by too many rabid purists - I might concede that some opera singers have reasonable voices. Not everyone likes opera though, and it may be related to their producing much of their sound energy in the same range as the human scream. It's a fact they do this. It is what enables them to project over an orchestra. But I'm opposed to what I see as snobbishness rather than opera per se, Hoogn. and don't think I have any real beef with you.

[musicmaker2010]

Soooooooo tired of amature singers trying to sing this aria. The only version worse than this one is probably Paul Potts.

[tamearaisaris]

oh grow up... bloody snob

[KameronKhaos]

HAHA! tamearaisaris you said exactly as i was thinking!

[SweetDaddyMJ]

QFT.

[Sqid101]

You haven't heard the version I sing in the bath.

[TheTradge]

The funniest thing about this stupid and inaccurate comment is that you don't know how to spell "amateur" =] you don't seem to understand that performance of a piece of music like this is more about interpretation than anything, and this is beautifully interpreted!

[musicmaker2010]

It's not all interpretation. You need to have at least a little talent. And I think they do, but not for this. Their Circle of Life is great and I first heard it on Pandora, which is why I looked them up on youtube. But they really shouldn't be doing this kind of music.

[katykat2008]

How cute is the little blonde one waggling his trainers at 1.02.

I could just pickle him and bring him out for cuddles. He's gorgeous.

[aznpwr9900]

the blonde guy is the best for me

[hotqueekboi]

Technically beautiful, but it just has something about the performance that is very underwhelming. Probably the harmonies: they aren't weren't very rich, expecially for (what I hoped for) strong voices.

However, at least the blonde guy who sings the lead of this sounds better than over half of the real opera singers I have seen performances of on Youtube.

[jimmyjazz9090]

is one of these pavarotti?

[Virgil37160]

Absolutely not.

[SYLVANA999]

i love the blonde guy, he is the best

[xxmissposerxx]

i loved it it gave me goosebumps i love g4

[karlobarlo]

Bloody aweful......what the hell was that. Wasnt even close to being in tune and the pitch was gone. Im not even being overly critical because I wanted it to be a good effort........but it was cack!

[tubeguytommy]

It was opera..that's what the hell it was.

[Ebrithil1991]

Hey hey the blond singer can hold the notes on this one, but I don't like the bassists very much.

[airborneUK]

Can you sing as good???? I doubt it so SHUT IT, asshole!!!

[katykat2008]

Hahahahahaaaa!

fantastic!

[sam51291]

great. but doesn't give me goosebumps like Pavarotti or paul potts

[avinelson]

AGREED AGREED AGREED! I believe the bassists far outshine the blondie femme.

[womanpilot]

I good goose bumbp all over me. Simply great.

[fifimac2007]

THEY ARE THE REAL WINNERS OF X FACTOR

[garfieldUSA]

DID THEY WIN? IF NOT, WHO DID?

[123pegs123]

Steve Brookstein, who slid into obscurity shortly after. They should have won, even cowell said so, and steve was his contestant. G4 aren't really operatic enough for this song though- compare it to the hair-raising effect when say, Pavarotti really let go!

[sam51291]

theys eriously should have won

[1jammot]

Oh dear. I really used to like these guys. Not my favourites by any stretch of the imagination, but I liked them.

Why on earth did I do that? The standard of talent shows has definitely risen a whole load. That was nearly terrible.

[forgetmenot1937]

You are joking - that dreaful pol pot (how I think of him) tried to sing this and couldn't even hold onto his notes let alone hit them.

G4 - fantastic version enjoyed by millions since the first time they sang it.

[missl1976]

thanx again for adding this. great memories

[pipsqeak99]

awesome!! 5 stars!