Atlanta, GA 12/15/2010 12:57:26 AM
Belle Amie's cover of Bananarama's 'Venus' has been slammed by the band as "lame"
Singer Keren Woodward explained she was unimpressed with the 'X Factor'
girlband's version of their 1986 hit 'Venus', and didn't realise it was
possible to make the song sound so bad.
The singer said: "I really hate to b***h and I hate to sort of slate
people, I thought it's really difficult to make that song sound lame,
but they kind of managed it.
"I didn't think it was possible. I mean, I do that song week in, week
out, and whatever mood you're in, however you're feeling, you can't
help but belt that one out. Anyway, I didn't know you can."
Belle Amie - made up of Sophia Wardman, Geneva Lane, Esther Campbell
and Rebecca Creighton - were eliminated from the ITV1 show after their
'Venus' performance in the fourth week of the competition.
However, Keren thinks Bananarama wouldn't have even made it through the first round of 'X Factor' auditions.
The 49-year-old star told Absolute Radio: "We would never have got
through, I'd never have got through an audition, I could barely say boo
to a goose. If you look at our early TV performances, when the camera
comes on I nudge Sara and giggle, you know.
"I could never have gone and auditioned in front of anyone, I could barely audition for the school musicals."
Bananarama are performing an exclusive gig for Absolute 80s Christmas
Party at the Clapham Grande on Wednesday 22nd December. Tickets
available from the Absolute Radio ticket store at www.absoluteradio.co.uk/tickets
