▁sub - C eline ▁D ion ▁tor ch ers ." ▁An ▁entertain ment . ie ▁critic ▁said ▁that ▁Mc Man us , ▁whose ▁vocal ▁performances ▁" ne ver ▁rise ▁far ▁above ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁a ▁very ▁average ▁club ▁singer ", ▁made ▁fellow ▁reality ▁television ▁music ▁competition ▁w inners ▁Will ▁Young ▁and ▁Alex ▁Park s ▁" look ▁like ▁world be aters ▁by ▁comparison ." ▁ ▁Mc Man us ’ ▁native ▁Scottish ▁broad sheet ▁press ▁were ▁not ▁sympath etic . ▁Leon ▁Mc D erm ott ▁of ▁the ▁Sunday ▁Her ald ▁called ▁the ▁music ▁" sing ular ly ▁un remark able ." ▁Pra ising ▁her ▁strong ▁singing ▁ab ilities , ▁he ▁said ▁that ▁she ▁can ▁" b elt ▁it ▁out ▁like ▁a ▁particularly ▁ade pt ▁fer ry ▁singer ;" ▁but ▁that ▁it ▁la cks ▁" em otion ▁and ▁anger , ▁love ▁and ▁regret ." ▁In ▁conclusion ▁he ▁said : ▁" she ' s ▁compet ent , ▁but ▁sounds ▁like ▁a ▁prof ic ient ▁k ara oke ▁singer ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁b ona ▁f ide ▁pop ▁star ." ▁Her ald ▁journalist ▁Beth ▁Pear son ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁" t in ny ▁production ▁and ▁synth s ▁imported ▁direct ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ", ▁made ▁for ▁a ▁" th or ough ly ▁b oring , ▁un amb it ious ▁debut ." ▁While ▁The ▁Sc ots man ''' s ▁F iona ▁She ph erd ▁delivered ▁a ▁track - by - track ▁assess ment ▁of ▁the ▁record ▁in ▁which ▁she ▁critic ised ▁the ▁quality ▁of ▁the ▁material