Carlito Olivero took the stage on THE X FACTOR USA for his Top 8 live performance and Big Band Week. Carlito Olivero sang “La Copa de la Vida” by Ricky Martin. On tonight’s show the top 8 performed live in front of coaches Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland, Demi Lovato and Paulina Rubio for America’s vote and to make it to the coveted “Top 6.” Did you watch tonight’s performance show? We did and we recapped it here for you.
On tonight’s show the theme for the evening is Big Band Week. The Top 8 Finalists will perform their song choices for the judges and America’s votes when the voting lines open immediately after the show. This week is a double elimination week, so the finalist have to bring their all to stick around another week.
Judges’ comments: Carlito Olivero “La Copa de la Vida” by Ricky Martin – Kelly said, “It finally looked like you were having fun. You were not in your head, you just let yourself free. Do it even more.” Demi said, “That was amazing and probably by far my favorite performances you have ever performed. You have a real place in the market. Paulina nailed it – you need to stick to this.” Simon said, “After a few weeks of dodgy performances you now showed us you are a great performer. It takes guts to come back fighting and I am proud of you.” Paulina said, “I love the way you have been performing. I love the advice Simon gave you last week. I love you.”
If you want to see Carlito make it another week, you have to vote for him. Carlito took to his twitter to ask his fans to vote, “Remember!Every person that votes more than 1,000 times and an snapshots it gets a call from me to thank them personally!Lets go #teamcarlito“
Canadian vocalist Michael Bublé is scheduled to be a guest performer Wednesday and Thursday on The X FACTOR. This soulful crooner has been topping the charts for the past 10 years. He’s won three Grammy Awards, an American Music Award and a stunning 11 Juno Awards. Michael Bublé won’t be the only international superstar to take the stage on this week! The X Factors very own Demi Lovato will also perform live on Thursday.
Check out the video below and let us know what you thought of Carlito’s performance? Was it enough for him to make it through for another week? Did you miss any of the other artists performances? If you did, you can see them all HERE! Sound out in the comments below and let us know your thoughts.