X Factor Semi Final 5th December 2009: Joe McElderry 'She’s Out Of My Life'

Joe McElderry was second on the X Factor stage tonight and after I got past the distracting bum fluff above his lip, I thoroughly enjoyed the performance.

Joe is by far the strongest vocalist left in the competition and the tone of his voice tonight was uber smooth. Joe brought the emotion to the song as well as the voice and I don't know how he manages to overcome his nerves so well week after week.

What did you think of young Joe tonight? Leave your comments below.

Louis: As Simon said, you’ve an amazing tone to your voice. You have the talent, you obviously need the votes.

Dannii: You have just clocked up another superb performance. I could hear you all over the radio – you have to be in the final.

Simon: You’re just getting better and better and better. I’ve heard a lot of versions of that song before – the latter part where you changed the tone of your voice, I’m really proud of you Joe.

Cheryl: I think that was even better than anything you’ve done before.