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What Simon Cowell would say: Top marks for the dancing/gesturing, and I can’t have too many complaints about the lip-syncing either.
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What Simon Cowell would say: It’s a cover version of a fairly overplayed song, and it’s far from impeccably executed, but then again, it’s for charity, which pretty much excuses anything.
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What Simon Cowell would say: Anyone covering Bob Marley is practically asking for trouble, but you’ve done it quite well.
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What Simon Cowell would say: You sound like a dodgy karaoke singer performing at a 50th birthday party… Oh, wait!
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What Simon Cowell would say: Top marks for the crazy hairstyles and general bravado. Pity about the song though.
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What Simon Cowell would say: Come back to me with something a little more mainstream.
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What Simon Cowell would say: Please, for the love of God, stick to basketball.
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What Simon Cowell would say: You’re a good singer, not a great singer.
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What Simon Cowell would say: I’m going to have to stop you there.
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What Simon Cowell would say: You don’t have the best voice in the world, but the audience clearly love you.
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What Simon Cowell would say: Ugh, too 80s.
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What Simon Cowell would say: It’s the kind of thing I could imagine may nan liking.
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What Simon Cowell would say: NEXT!
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What Simon Cowell would say: I’m not sure I’ll survive after that performance.
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What Simon Cowell would say: There’s plenty of passion there, I’m just not sure about the delivery.
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What Simon Cowell would say: This will never catch on.
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What Simon Cowell would say: I’m sorry, NO!
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17 sports personalities who wish they were playing Electric Picnic this weekend
1. Simon Zebo and Paddy Jackson – ‘Otis’
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What Simon Cowell would say: Top marks for the dancing/gesturing, and I can’t have too many complaints about the lip-syncing either.
2. Andy Reid – ‘Cannonball’
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What Simon Cowell would say: It’s a cover version of a fairly overplayed song, and it’s far from impeccably executed, but then again, it’s for charity, which pretty much excuses anything.
3. Shane Long – ‘No Woman No Cry’
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What Simon Cowell would say: Anyone covering Bob Marley is practically asking for trouble, but you’ve done it quite well.
4. John Barnes – ‘Rappers Delight’
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What Simon Cowell would say: You sound like a dodgy karaoke singer performing at a 50th birthday party… Oh, wait!
5. Toni Polster (of scoring against Ireland fame) – ‘Walk On’
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What Simon Cowell would say: Top marks for the crazy hairstyles and general bravado. Pity about the song though.
6. Cian Healy – DJ Set
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What Simon Cowell would say: Come back to me with something a little more mainstream.
7. Shaq – ‘Who Dare to Wake Me?’
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What Simon Cowell would say: Please, for the love of God, stick to basketball.
8. Eamon Dunphy – ‘Stardust’
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What Simon Cowell would say: You’re a good singer, not a great singer.
9. John McEnroe – ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
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What Simon Cowell would say: I’m going to have to stop you there.
10. Robbie Keane – ‘Ole Ole Ole’
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What Simon Cowell would say: You don’t have the best voice in the world, but the audience clearly love you.
11. Chris Waddle and Glenn Hoddle – ‘Diamond Lights’
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What Simon Cowell would say: Ugh, too 80s.
12. Kevin Keegan – ‘Head Over Heels in Love’
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What Simon Cowell would say: It’s the kind of thing I could imagine may nan liking.
13. Caroline Wozniacki – ‘Oxygen’
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What Simon Cowell would say: NEXT!
14. Serena Williams – ‘I Will Survive’
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What Simon Cowell would say: I’m not sure I’ll survive after that performance.
15. Ronan O’Gara – ‘I Want to Break Free’
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What Simon Cowell would say: There’s plenty of passion there, I’m just not sure about the delivery.
16. Andy Cole – ‘Outstanding’
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What Simon Cowell would say: This will never catch on.
17. All of the wrestlers – ‘Land of 1000 Dances’
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What Simon Cowell would say: I’m sorry, NO!
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