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"Normally, the idea of a Big Band Week on a television talent show would have us running for the hills. But somehow, The X Factor USA made it utterly bearable, with every single act putting in a pretty spectacular performance. We struggled narrowing it down to just five - even though there are only eight acts left. But we did it - let us know below if you agree with our choices! Jeff Gutt We&amp;#039;ve not really got Jeff Gutt up to this point. While he has an undeniably interesting voice, he&amp;#039;s always felt a little dated to us. Not any more - after his belting performance of &amp;#039;Feeling Good&amp;#039;, we&amp;#039;re finally feeling good about Gutt. He took complete control of the song, which gave his rock vocal a chance to shine, and by the end we were practically punching the air because we were so caught up in it all. Nice work, Jeff.      Josh Levi We would be getting tired of putting Josh in here every week, but we can&amp;#039;t help it when he&amp;#039;s just so consistently good. He picked a perfect song this week with &amp;#039;Treasure&amp;#039;, and finally got away from the Bieber styling (OK, by wearing a Bruno Mars-style hat, but we&amp;#039;ll take it). His dancing is always good fun, his singing is really quite impressive, and he seems to be totally enjoying himself - the moment where he gave his hat to a girl in the audience was nothing but smooth. Then, he melted Demi&amp;#039;s heart by being a good boy and praising his grandmother. We do think Josh could go far.      Lillie McCloud One of those moments where we&amp;#039;re pretty sure Mr Simon Cowell doesn&amp;#039;t have a clue what he&amp;#039;s talking about. He complained that Lillie was too restrained with her take on &amp;#039;Summertime&amp;#039;, but we couldn&amp;#039;t disagree more - she took control of the song, performed it effortlessly and the runs slipped off her tongue like treacle. She looked stunning, sounded great, and prepared for her final belter of a note by putting her hand on her hip like it was the easiest thing in the world. Just so good.      Alex &amp;amp; Sierra This is definitely a case of love it or hate it. Alex &amp;amp; Sierra are consistently one of our favourites, but even we weren&amp;#039;t sure when they took to the stage to perform a swing version of &amp;#039;I Knew You Were Trouble&amp;#039;. Basically, it was a totally different song - completely impossible to compare to the original. But by the end - the brilliant end, where the duo harmonised and stared into each other&amp;#039;s eyes - we couldn&amp;#039;t help but sing along. There&amp;#039;s definitely something about Alex &amp;amp; Sierra.      Ellona Santiago It&amp;#039;s hard to fathom that we weren&amp;#039;t really thinking much about Ellona before the live shows began, because she&amp;#039;s quickly become one of the most exciting performers in the competition. Her take on &amp;#039;Mamma Knows Best&amp;#039; was thrilling; once again, Ellona proved that she can take control of the stage like the best of them. The amount that she moves - and the fact that her vocal never suffers - is easy to take for granted. But we should take a moment to recognise just how talented Ellona is - and how much stage presence and charisma she has.      The X Factor USA airs on Fox. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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