It’s the first live show this weekend and you know what that means: It’s all about the public vote!
So, this is your chance to step up and support Graziella and MISS FRANK.
You know what you need to do! X FACTOR SATURDAY ITV1 at 8pm
Posts Tagged: Graziella Affinita
27
Sep 09
Next Factor update
So, it’s been a while since we’ve brought you some X-Factor news. Although we briefly got to see Graziella’s audition last Sunday it was all about watching X-Factor last night! We finally got got to see our lady smashing it, putting heart and soul into her performance and the look on the judges faces was a picture.
Make sure you stay glued for second half of the Booty camp special tonight ITV1 7.30pm
Keep watching and showing your support for this truly talented lady.
Click here for official X-Factor interview with Graziella:
25
Aug 09
NEXT BITING
Er, hello Daily Star….THE NEXT FACTOR eh?!
Biting my words via Twitter and blog stalking or a happy coincidence? Either way, it’s not very surprising; this is the Daily Star we’re talking about here.
I’m biting my tongue cos they have highlight Graziella as one to watch:
Ho hum, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery so I’m told.
3
Aug 09
The final NEXT Factor Daily Dose….
So, apologies for this not being posted yesterday. As our girl has gotten further into the competition it’s got increasingly hard to have contact. Yesterday, as predicted was very dramatic and drawn out, hence I’m a day late posting this! The massive news is: The 3 Buffketers, or ‘Frank’ as they now seem to now be called, have made it through Booty Camp! Due to legal reasons, I’m incredibly sad to say this will be my last NEXT Factor Daily post as they’ve made her sign some sorta confidentiality agreement as expected, and smuggling news out just aint worth the drama of getting caught. I’m kinda surprised we got this far (famous last words). Any way, I have no idea where she is or what the next round entails but I’m sure she’ll find a way of getting news out somehow. As ever, will keep you posted.
So, I leave you with her final Tweets and texts in the last 24hrs and I’m sure you are equally as excited and proud as we are. Go, follow her on Twitter as you never know what incrypted messages our lady mabe able to smuggle out!
Twitter:
http://twitpic.com/cdkj1 – Frank!! In holding suite!!!! Bored! Wana rehearse! Hope rap goes well! About 20hrs ago
Morning twitlytwoos! Judges results for who’s going to the houses are to be revield today! Stay tuned!!! 21 hours ago
Sitting in holding suite!! Interviewed with dermot filled out ‘can u handle it-or do u need a shrink” forms! 14 hours ago
From this point I’m not allowed to mention anything!! You know what that means!! WE BE FRANK!! 11 hours ago
Text: 2nd August 3:23 PM
‘Hey well basically two days ago we got put into Frank. After all that emotional bull shit! We chose to sing Rose Royce, Wishing on a star. Last nights performance (in my eyes) didn’t go very well: we were out and the girls forgot their lyrics! But I did fuck the crowd up with my rap! My vocal was well recieved too! the audience gave us a standing ovation but we found it hard to bask in because we were disapointed with the way we performed! We had it down in rehearsals but must’ve just lost the confidence on stage! Dunno to be fair! Its in the judges hands! Right now we’re conjuring up conspiracy theories about there being a final sly secret performance! Who knows. All I know is that I’m tired and I want to see my family and friends! This fucking locked up prison shit is a mind fuck! My body is always tense and my voice forever battered!’
Text: 2nd August 9:38PM
Two girl groups have fone through! Ahhhh we’re waiting out back stage the next line ups going thru! A 5 act line of soloists!!!!
2nd August 9:38PM
Got through!!! Got through!! Got through!! Got through!! Got through!! Got through!! Got through!!
1
Aug 09
The NEXT Factor Day 6
Morning folks! I haven’t heard much from our lady since learning that the 3 Buffketeers were still in the running to nail this thing. They had been considering the name ‘Frank’ but they’ve since gone back to the drawing board after discovering it was already taken. I’m presuming from Graziella’s Tweets that today is going to be another roller coaster, it’s at the point where they’re really trying to whittle them down. It also sounds like exactly what we hoped wasn’t going to happen is happening, they’re trying to tone them down and make them sound genertic. Don’t even get me started on this…..I feel a soapbox moment coming on.
Twitter:
Rehearsing with the girls!Rose Royce wishing on a star!We decided on frank as a band name but apparently it’s taken so keep comin wit names!about 22 hours ago
Fuuuuuck!! Rehearsals have just bin ruined! Vocal coach n pianist want us to sound generic!! They’ve totally changed our arrangment to soundabout 19 hours ago
.like everyone elses!! Fuck them fuck them!! They’ve just thrown us out of groove!! Gssgbcfszhasrrdhomvdjlbzxcvbnmjfrujabout 19 hours ago
Sittin in the church facing our rivals-three sisters in a band singing the same song as us! Eeeisshhhh!! I’m comin home folks!!!about 3 hours ago
I’ll be sure to update you as soon as I hear anything. In the mean time, make sure you keep your fingers, toes and anything else crossed the 3 Buffketeers live to fight another day. Keep those band name suggestions coming through on Twitter
31
Jul 09
The NEXT Factor Day 5
Wow. So, after it being all quiet on the Grazy front I finally heard from our girl last night. She didn’t sound great, it was clear she was very tired and the taskmasters were playing the old divide and concur game. She sensed from the room she and the 3 buffketeers had been ushered into that, in fact, they were on their way out. There’s no pics to go on, as for some reason she didn’t have her iphone but below is what unfolded on text.
Text:
09:44pm:
‘Feeling really tired still waiting for the judges to chose the final 50 acts. we haven’t eaten. we can’t smoke. we tried smiling and got told by itv staff that we look stupid. we need to look sad which isn’t so hard right now. Today we we’re just watching the last of the auditions. every1 did really well. miss my friend Joel (assuming he was in Boy II Men crew)…damn what a process…it’s actually quite mind fucking.’
11:59 pm:
‘we are in a waiting room back at the hotel. we’ve bin split into 4 groups of 25…and we’re left to stew in our own thought. I feel like ppl that I’m in a room with make me less confident that we’re going through. but everyone’s said they feel confident coz we’re in the room with them. Ugh…I’m comin home tonight and can feel it. sorry ppl i did try…Mils pls Twitter this. I don’t have my Iphone’
12:29 AM:
‘We didn’t get thru….we’re coming home….sorry’
But then…outta nowhere…….she finds her way to Twitter, and:
One minute we were sent home! Next minute cheryl threw us a life line! I’m now in a gal band! I’m in the final 50!!!! Cop that bitches!! 5hrs ago
Any ideas on a band name! 5hrs ago
That’s right people! Our crazy Grazy, the talent, the voice, the grandma skanker and one of the most deserving people, if not THE most deserving person, I know is in the last 50 for X-Factor this year ya heard?! After feeling incredibly gutted for her last night, this morning I have awoken to a completely different story and I’m absolutely brimming with pride. No matter where you stand on talent competitions like this, from the insight I’ve had doing this daily piece, it truly sounds like hell on every level. Graziella is one of the strongest ladies I know, the kinda girl that rolls up her sleeves, steps up to the plate and just gets shit done and this has really pushed her to the limit in every sense of the word. Unconfirmed reports in this morning that the group formerly know as the ’3 Buffketeers’ are now, only to be referred to as: ‘Frank‘.
All I want to say is: Girl, no matter what happens, we got you and we’re all so proud of you, you’ll always be the NEXT Factor to us. Word!
Watch this face:
30
Jul 09
The NEXT Factor Day 4
It’s been mighty quiet on the Grazy front last 12hrs. I think it’s most likely a case of calm before the next storm. I know they were all hype after making it through the last 3 days and all that jazz (hands). So, I think the 3 buffketeers have been resting up them fineselves after all that ‘Grandma skankin’ (Watch this will be the next UK Funky mixdown).
The only picture to go on is the the one above, it looks like the ladies have found themselves the next JLS or whatever to roll with. Either way it’s all very Destiny’s Child Vs Boyz II Men but kinda gangsta and there is some cider being thrown about (cue sponsorship from well known cider brand). Maybe they’ve been busy skanking to UK Funky in someone’s room and throwing TVs outta windows. Hmmm, on one bokle that is doubtful. Either way, we see it as no news is good news!
Twitter:
http://twitpic.com/c2uty – In the lobby wit xfactor team!! xx 7hrs ago
I’ll keep you posted as ever. In the meantime, take a moment to check out Graziella’s myspace and follow her on Twitter - I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, she’s the NEXT Factor people. We’re proud of your girl!
27
Jul 09
The NEXT Factor!
Our kid, the stupendous talent and tour de Force, Graziella has got past all the initial preliminaries on X-Factor and was shipped off to boot camp yesterday. I thought it’d be nice to keep y’all in the loop with her adventures as a way of showing support, being part of the journey (it’s all love fam) and as we here feel she IS the NEXT factor. Plus we’ve heard about nothing else for the past month! For those of you unfamiliar with the name, the voice, the ‘mild wild child’ I point you in this direction: http://www.myspace.com/graziellaaffinita I assure you, you won’t be disapointed. She’s worked with some of the biggest in UK hip hop talents: Asaviour, DJ IQ, Skrein, Foreign Beggars and more.
Now, I’m not strictly sure about the rules and regulations of her smuggling these juicy news morsals out of Camp Del Factor but, until I get in trouble or shut down, I will stand firm in my duty to be the ‘Daily Grazy’ newswire! So, make sure you check back for the daily update ya heard!
Location of bootcamp unknown. All we know is she’s residing in a hotel somewhere, she has found a crew of uber RnB homies/hotties (Mr Beat Butcha appears to be a fan), there’s a swimming pool and she has told us the food is good.
So, hold tight and here we go.
Monday 27th July:
Twitter updates:
http://twitpic.com/btdu2- The three buffketeers!! Brrapple pie slice!! Xx
http://twitpic.com/btcno - Looks like over 300 contestants!! There’s more behind me! We’re walkin into a church to do god-knows-wat?!
http://twitpic.com/bt1ri - Hanging in shanices room!! Xx
http://twitpic.com/bt0gz: Brekkie at novotel! Freee ya hurr!!! Gonna go swimming!! Xxx
Sunday 26th July:
Text: ‘Hey just settled in!! Got to the hotel as the restaurant closed! So had to go get a shish kebab (our lady is so real)! Feel really tired. Ppl were singing by a grand piano (still no hint of location there), really getting involved….nerves kicked in. Everyone’s amazing! I’m sharing a room with a nice girl but I found a clique that are in Japan (is that a hint??!!) the other side of the hotel. They gave us £10 for dinner n i get to sleep in tomorrow. I’m just drinking some chai tea readying for sleep. Will keep you posted as much as possible.’
