Well, I don’t think this was the best week really; nobody truly and utterly stunned me, except Olly who could stun me just by reading out his laundry list.

That said, Danyl did do a fabulous job of Careless Whisper, even if the start was a bit uncertain, he soon picked up the singing ball and ran with it.

I did think it was a bit of a downer that George Michael wasn’t there and didn’t mentor anyone, however, that’s not really anything to do with our chart. So, moving swiftly on, here’s our run down of this week’s performances…. Read more & comment »

Well, that could have gone worse, couldn’t it? Queen week was always going to be a difficult one – Freddie Mercury is a hard act to follow. We’ve actually had a hard time deciding placement this week.

1. Joe McElderry – As I said in the liveblog post, Joe gave a George Michael style performance which suited his own personality and we really enjoyed his stage presence tonight.
2. Stacey Solomon – A classic diva version of Queen’s atmospheric Who Wants To Live Forever. Stacey shone with an impressive vocal that showed a power in her voice I hadn’t heard before.
3. Danyl Johnson – After his butchering of Purple Rain in a previous week, Danyl won back a lot of respect tonight with the most authentic rock vocal of the night. And the judges held back their acid tongues this week. A great production number that may have brought a few fans back to Johnson!
4. Jamie Archer - Jamie underwhelmed slightly, as he always does on rock tracks. We always have this expectation that he’ll be amazing, but he was wobbly on the vocals while he didn’t go far enough with the performing part.
5. John and Edward – Yeah, I’m going to say it: an entertaining performance this week. The boys – to their credit – really raised their game on both the performance and the vocal levels.
6. Lloyd Daniels – A marked improvement for Lloyd this week, but the feeling remains that Lloyd is completely out of his class. I liked him a little better tonight, but he’s still not my candidate for a record deal.
7. Olly Murs – Sorry, but I’m rating Olly lower this week. For my money he’s veering into more light entertainer territory than recording artist. I don’t dislike him – for the record – I just can’t see him selling records. I feel like he’s being railroaded into an impossible position.

Like I said above, a difficult week, especially among our top three – I keep changing my mind. If you fancy dropping a comment, tell us who was you top and bottom act tonight…

Hello again, lovely blog readers! It’s that time of the night where we sit back and reflect on the performances that we saw. And yes, we sit in judgement, because we don’t trust everything that Louis Walsh says, and we know that Simon will give his own acts the highest praise.

But really, who were the best and the worst of X Factor’s Movie Week? Well, let’s review (and you can give your own opinions in the comments, as always!)

1. Jamie Archer – Jamie sang a version of Crying from a little-known movie, but excelled by giving an emotional and powerful performance. He showed yet again that his strength might actually be outside of the rock style the show has lumbered him with.
2. Lucie Jones – A relatively unknown song choice for Lucie tonight, which might cost her in the phone votes when people don’t identify with it. However, she managed a great, fun and confident stage presence tonight, which definitely bested her category-mate Stacey’s performance.
3. Stacey Solomon – Stacey isn’t too far behind though. She looked sexy tonight and definitely put more effort into her routine, which deserves praise. A good vocal, but certainly not the best of her X Factor career.
4. Joe McElderry – A safe performance from Joe tonight, but didn’t work for me. I got a terrible Gareth Gates vibe from him tonight which made me question whether he can cut it as a recording artist. Gates isn’t relevant today, so would Joe be any different?
5. Olly Murs – Another fun performance from Olly, slightly on the cheesy side, but enjoyable. I almost placed him alongside Joe because he raises similar concerns: good performer, but can he sell records?
6. Danyl Johnson – Ah, Danyl. I was totally prepared to give him a second chance tonight. But although his performance was confident enough, his rendition of Purple Rain was overwrought and horrible to listen to. It was almost an emotionless, 3rd rate boyband version of the song and a huge disappointment.
   
7. Jedward – Enjoyable, but utterly pointless. Louis Walsh is going to have to face facts soon – if these two win the competition, The X Factor will have to change the prize (a record deal, in case you didn’t know).
8. Lloyd Daniels – Lloyd’s doe eyes are keeping him in the competition, which is a constant reminder that the voting audience don’t much care for talent (or in Lloyd’s case, lack of). I always feel bad criticising this guy, but ultimately he’s drifted out of his depth in the competition and it would be better for him to leave.

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Yes, as we sit here in judgement of the contestants tonight, we must also lament their inability to rock convincingly. Seriously, we’re not gonna discover the next Axl Rose or Caleb Followill on this year’s X Factor.

So Rock Week was a bit of a bust. We witnessed the toppling of Danyl Johnson with a very stilted performance of an Aerosmith song, and guys like Joe McElderry and Olly Murs came out strong with good, albeit safe performances of rock songs.

So who were the pick of tonight’s acts and who were the dregs? Here’s the Unreality TV chart – and a note to the flamers, these are our opinions. You’re entitled to your own opinions. You’ll be wrong, but you’re entitled to them anyway. Tell us your favourites in the comments section!

1. Rachel Adedeji – Rachel continued her winning streak by giving an almost flawless rendition of U2’s One. Performing the Mary J Blige version gave her a modern edge while allowing her to show a brilliant vocal. Not sure about that dress though.
2. Lucie Jones – Lucie stopped singing more mature songs and tackled a GNR song in the style of Avril Lavigne. The judges praised her for becoming relevant and contemporary. Not only did she look great tonight, she gave a lively and confident performance.
3. Jamie Afro – Despite Jamie being the contestant with the rock chops, Louis criticised him for lacking authenticity, saying he was a cheap Lenny Kravitz impersonator. In fairness, Jamie gave a strong performance but didn’t do much to distance himself from the label of ‘pub singer’.
4. Olly Murs / Joe McElderry – It’s not often we do joint positioning, but Olly and Joe pulled off the same trick tonight. Neither were going to be much cop as rock singers, but they took their respective songs, sang them well and remained safe. Their performances were passable, more an effort by both of them to stay safe and get through to next week!
5. Stacey Solomon – Stacey is starting to come across as the poor man’s Leona Lewis. Her vocals tonight were weaker than usual and the choice of a dull Keane song did nothing to excite us. She has a great voice under normal conditions, but despite what the judges said, her performance was still lacking. She walked? Is that enough to win the competition?
6. Lloyd Daniels – To be fair to Lloyd, he did improve his performance this week. The singing was a dodgy as ever, and Lloyd was completely out of control. Uncomfortable to watch, but then I’m not the one who keeps voting him back each week!
7. Danyl Johnson – I don’t know if Danyl really was that nervous tonight or if it was a bit of a sympathy play. Either way, his out of tune singing and stilted performance were a massive disappointment. Is he really that affected by criticism? I don’t know.
8. Jedward – These tuneless buffoons are clearly there to pull in the votes and make Simon a fortune. As Sinitta said on Xtra Factor, no-one will buy their records, and that’s a fact. They didn’t know the lyrics, their performances are shambolic to say the least, a smokescreen for their lack of singing ability.

Phew, that’s our tuppence worth folks. It was a hard chart to make tonight, and we had some issues over placement. We’d really like your input – who were your favourites tonight?

Well, at the end of the third live show, the notoriously difficult Big Band Week! Who were your favourites and who disappointed you the most? Like we do every week, here’s our chart of who we thought were the best and worst of tonight’s X Factor!

Louis Walsh has just said on Xtra Factor that his three favourite performances were Danyl Johnson, Miss Frank and Lucie Jones. We’re going to beg to differ slightly…here’s our top ten.

1. Danyl Johnson – They say he’s cocky and overconfident, but tonight Danyl Johnson proved that he’s got the performance chops and the vocal ability to go all the way to the finals. Danyl carries himself like a fully developed artist already.
2. Joe McElderry – Joe impressed us tonight with his version of Sway, even though he looked a little uncomfortable at the start. We think he’s got great potential and he’s definitely the Under 25 males’ answer to Danyl.
3. Olly Murs – Big Band showed Olly playing to his strengths, playing the jack the lad character and generally vibing it up on stage. The cheeky chappie persona was a great fit to the theme of tonight’s show and we hope he can manage to adapt to the other theme weeks just as well.
4. Lucie Jones – Lucie put in her best performance of the entire series tonight, so we rank her higher than her category-mates, Rachel and Stacey. She still needs to work on the performance skills, but she gave us a glimpse of a very capable voice tonight. Nice one Lucie!
5. Jamie Archer – What to say about the Archer? Well, despite a cheating the theme by singing a U2 song, Jamie proved himself as quite the showman and cemented his ‘rock voice’. We’re still undecided about his long-term prospects in the competition though.
6. Rachel Adedeji – Rachel managed a brilliant transformation, looking far more feminine than in previous weeks, and gave a storming rendition of Proud Mary, another not-really-swing song. Hopefully this’ll propel her through to the next week and another impressive performance.
7. Stacey Solomon – We kind of felt that Stacey phoned in her performance this week. It was to her usual standard, but like Lucie, Stacey needs to give something more in her performances or she’s going to be a very one-dimensional ballad singer. We need to see something more.
8. Miss Frank – It may have sounded better in the studio, but Miss Frank were a disappointment for us for the second week running. The sound quality was poor, and sometimes their singing sounds like a lot of unappealing noise. I think they need a lot more work.
9. Lloyd Daniels – For our money, Lloyd’s a goner. He might be able to hold a tune, but overall he’s underwhelming. We have nothing else to say. Sorry kid, but you’re not making the grade.
10. John and Edward – What can we say – a total balls-up. We know there are numpties out there who’ll vote for these two, but really, they’re a novelty act. Vote them out, they’ll release a novelty record anyway and everybody’s happy.

Right, over to you lot – give us your top ten contestants tonight!

Diva Week. A tough week, as Cheryl repeatedly lamented, but only because boys aren’t great at diva material and she’s mentoring…the boys. But now that the performances are over, how well did the X Factor contestants do?

Well, here’s the return of the Unreality TV X Factor chart for our opinions on the best and the worst of the crop tonight. You can fight it out with us in the comments!

1. Jamie Archer – A surprise top position for Jamie Archer, but well deserved. Jamie showed soul and delivered a fantastic, sensitive performance. Certainly a depth we honestly didn’t think he had! Well done Jamie!
2. Joe McElderry – In contrast to Jamie’s experience, young Joe still manages to impress with a beautiful singing voice and more stage presence than the peers in his age group.
3. Olly Murs – Formerly couldn’t stand Olly (on a charge of smarminess – he’s been caught red-handed), but his performance tonight was the most ambitious from a choreography point of view. The vocal wasn’t too shabby either and showed that Murs is taking the competition seriously.
4. Stacey Solomon – A beautiful performance from Dagenham Stace, who looked gorgeous onstage. What’s holding her back from a higher position is an obscure song choice and a general lack of movement on stage.
5. Danyl Johnson – The highly anticipated possible winner of the competition took on a previously unheard Whitney song with many strings pulled by mentor Simon Cowell. Shame that the song was so dull. He worked well with what he was given though, but it wasn’t up to his usual standard (although it wanted to be).
6. Lucie Jones – Lovely Lucie made a valiant attempt at a Whitney song, but ultimately it was too big for her and kind of brought out some of her weaknesses as a performer. Though she looked great onstage, she showed that she might still have a lot of work to do on her act.
7. John and Edward – It says a lot when the worst singers of the night weren’t the worst act. John and Edward succeed at entertaining an audience. They’re the Chico, the Same Difference of the competition. A bit of a joke, but at least they can engage with the audience – something the lower acts have a problem with.
8. Rikki Loney – Even ditching his ridiculous hat collection couldn’t make Rikki shine in this competition. Notably, Simon said to him that “you went from a pub singer to a wedding singer in one week”, perhaps showing him exactly what he thinks of him.
9. Lloyd Daniels – Otherwise known as “poor poor Lloyd”, this kid is utterly lacking in stage presence. We almost feel sorry for him with the ‘rabbit-in-headlights’ look in his face. The girlie vote will probably keep him in longer than necessary though.
10. Rachel Adedeji – Oh Rachel! Terrible. I had such high hopes, but she started singing on her back on the stage and it sounded awful. Song choice hit her hard as well, and it looks like Dannii is struggling where to place Rachel as an artist.
11. Miss Frank – I know a lot of people thought this was a good performance. It wasn’t. I just thought it was a noisy mess and I wouldn’t be surprised if they lose votes tonight. Another of Louis’ acts on the chopping block this week?

Well, readers, what do you think? Are we on the money or do you have a different chart?

Well, tonight’s X Factor was an epic battle, was it not? As some contestants’ fortunes improved, some lost ground. Severely.

I’m about to tell you who I thought were the best and the worst performers of the night were, and I want you to tell me what you thought of tonight’s show.

1. Alexandra Burke – Now the frontrunner in the show, Alex has proven she’s a versatile performer, confident, sexy and most importantly a powerful singer. In fact, she’s such a brilliant performer, Cowell must be rubbing his hands together in glee at the number of records this girl can sell. Watch as he starts bigging her up at every opportunity.
2. JLS – Yes, I know I should have Ruth in here, but her slurring bothers me. JLS on the other hand were relatively slick tonight and Cookie/Aston is showing his prowess as an excellent lead vocalist. They’re still a bit too bland for my tastes – but I didn’t have as big a problem with their first song as Simon and Cheryl did.
3. Ruth Lorenzo – There’s no doubt about it, Ruth is hot stuff, and she can rise to the occasion when the song demands it. But on the bad side, she mumbles when she sings low, and that’s not acceptable in a pop star. Also, she’s made no effort to improve her diction as the weeks went on. She’s a good performer, but her singing leaves me underwhelmed.
4. Eoghan Quigg – The Quiggmeister was rubbish tonight, even attracting a mediocre comment from Simon. In both performances, he looked shifty and nervous and his vocals were weak both times. In fact, the second song was a complete whitewash, because he was drowned out by the chorus, and surrounded by dancers taking care of the performing part for him.
5. Diana Vickers – I can’t work out if I’ve crossed the line between loving and hating Diana. In the first four weeks, she was my favourite contestant until the laryngitis thing. She’s been back three weeks now, and not a single performance has impressed me. I’ve been optimistic until now, hoping there’s be a return to form, but Diana’s struggling now, and I’ve just about given up hope.

So, basically what I’m saying is Alexandra wiped the floor with everyone tonight. Who impressed you tonight? Share your own chart here.

Can you believe that we’re more than halfway to the X Factor final for this year? Wow!

As you already know, tonight’s X Factor was themed around songs by Take That, so there was a range of classic British pop to choose from.  Now, if we can forget the phenomenal bickering between judges this evening, let’s try and work out who was the best act on tonight’s show:

1. Alexandra Burke – Alexandra has established herself as a frontrunner in this year’s competition. She’s leapfrogged Diana in terms of performance, confidence and singing ability. Tonight’s performance (and show opener) has proved that she’s going to be a really slight pop star after this show.
2. Ruth Lorenzo – Ruth normally reserves her best performances for when she’s in the sing-off, but tonight she gave a passionate rendition of Love Ain’t Here Anymore that got some good feedback from the judges. She still needs to deal with the poor diction when she’s singing softly, but otherwise a powerhouse performance.
3. Eoghan Quigg – Eoghan’s confidence is growing week after week. We thought he’d stumble with the Take That song, but he put on a strong show on Never Forget.
4. JLS – As we said earlier, Louis dresses these guys up in Westlife’s hand-me-downs. He’s trying to package quite a funky act as a traditional boyband, like a square peg in a round hole. While their performance wasn’t bad, they were outclassed by the three above this week.
5. Diana Vickers and Rachel Hylton – Now, this one will be controversial. The former darling of the competition, Diana is joint bottom with Rachel who has been almost universally bad throughout the competition. For the second week in a row, Diana has tried to sing a song which doesn’t suit her distinctive vocal style. Rachel’s performance was a huge improvement, but was marred by her seeming to shout more than sing.

Well, that’s our verdict on tonight’s show – over to you for your opinions: are we right, or are we wrong? And who’s going to end up in the bottom two tonight?

If I can offer one more comment on Diana – she has a voice that people either love or hate. Unfortunately, when she tries to sing songs that don’t suit that singing style, it isn’t just bad, it’s horrible. I think this mostly comes down to song choice, but it’s very late in the competition, and I think Diana and Cheryl need to play it safe.

Rachel has suffered from exactly the same thing throughout this competition, which leads me to ask more questions about the format. Rachel has shown that she’s got ability, but the song choices (largely as a result of the themes each week) have limited how much she can show off her individuality. What a shame. And while they seem to be slowly starting to get it right, it may just be a case of too little too late.

So, this week was the Best Of British on X Factor, and with a ginormous catalogue of songs to choose from, did the contestants capture the vibe?

Some of our favourite acts were not so strong this week, Diana due to illness, Alexandra suffering because I prefer to see her dance. On the other hand, Rachel Hylton made a good comeback singing one of her songs from audition. Eoghan’s getting better each week too. Here’s how we ranked the contestants tonight:

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Wow, tonight’s live show was amazing wasn’t it? We missed Diana Vickers, and hope she gets better for next week.

Laura shocked us by coming on and playing piano, and Rachel continued on her losing streak with an horrific version of Against All Odds. Incidentally, that was the song Steve Brookstein released after winning the first season of X Factor. Will the curse of Brookstein strike tonight?

Anyway, we’re here to rate tonight’s acts, so without further ado, here’s tonight’s X Factor chart.

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Tonight’s X Factor chart, when we look back on it, makes it look bad for the old folks – ALL of Dannii Minogue’s acts are at the bottom this week. For a mentor who’s frequently in the dance charts, you’d think she’d have an appreciation of disco music. Apparently not.

On the other hand, we’ve rated ALL of Cheryl Cole’s acts right at the top. Those girls are destined for pop stardom! Let’s look at the Unreality TV judging panel’s comments…

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For the first time in this competition, we were stumped when it came to writing this chart. The standard of performance tonight was just amazing for everybody concerned.

If you were watching, the judges gave standing ovations to a number of acts tonight, something that’s almost unheard of. Especially when you consider that Leon Jackson and Ray Quinn virtually ruined the name of Big Band routines in this competition.

Anyway, read on for our X Factor chart (and remember to tell us your favourite acts in the comments):

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Tonight’s theme was Michael Jackson. Not that you’d know it since 50% of the songs chosen were technically Jackson 5 songs.

Now, someone should tell ITV that Jackson isn’t called the King Of Pop for nothing. With the exception of two songs, every tune was turgid, slow muck. Where was Smooth Criminal, Bad, Thriller and Speed Demon?

1. Diana Vickers – An improvement even on last week’s performance, Diana has become much more confident and her individual style makes her our favourite this week. Can she keep the standard high throughout the competition?
2. Eoghan Quigg – As the man with the flat hair and high waistband said, it was an honest performance from Eoghan, and while he may not be the strongest voice in the competiton, he’s a natural on stage.
3. Alexandra Burke – Alexandra suffered from boring song choice. Despite a strong vocal performance, I’ll Be There couldn’t properly let Alex showcase her voice.
4. Austin Drage – The Drage pulled off a daring reinterpretation of Billie Jean which impressed the judges on our sofa, I can tell you. Austin may have put a bit of distance between himself and arch-nemesis Scott tonight.
5. Laura White – Laura fluffed the first part of her performance of You Are Not Alone, singing like she had a mouthful of sweets. Despite a good recovery in the second half, it didn’t do her any favours tonight.
6. Scott Bruton – Scott had to improve on last week’s performance, but despite all that, Eoghan and Austin seem to have more of a following. Of all the under 25 males, Scott is the one we least expect to see in the finals.
7. Ruth Lorenzo – Should she sing Spanish or should she not? We think that would be a bad move for the hot senorita – she needs to find an identity, but flogging bilingual cover versions isn’t a way to sell records. Does anyone else think Cowell is saboaging Ruth with that advice?
8. JLS – The boyband we love to..er…like. They got lucky with an actual good Jacko song, but muffed it with some bad tuning. Funny though, that the judges happily overlooked that little problem in favour of bigging up the boyband.
9. Rachel Hylton – Rachel picked her own song tonight, and Dirty Diana was an inspired choice. Unfortunately, the microphone coming from the roof limited her movement and she ended up stuck on top of two Marshall amps. Not the rockin’ performance that the song deserved!
10. Daniel Evans – Apparently you aren’t allowed to address Daniel Evans without saying “You’re a really nice guy, but…” and the “but” will mostly be followed by “why are you wasting your time on this competition”. Daniel is a lovely guy (see?), but in the name of Brookstein, who’s going to buy his records?
11. GirlBand – The Girl Band who should have gone last week come bottom of the chart this week…just for existing. Not really, it’s just that they’re not much good. If all’s right in the world, they’ll be going home this week.

…and the honourable mentions…

Best cover of a cover of an original song: Austin Drage, with props to the producers for trying to suggest he was putting his ‘own interpretation’ on Billie Jean, then Louis and Simon outing it as based on the Chris Cornell version from a couple of years ago.

Most irritating judge: Dannii Minogue, for managing to say absolutely nothing of consequence to any of the acts. They should just pre-record her saying “it was a fantastic performance”

The Bruce Forsythe award for being doddery: Mr Simon Cowell for managing to forget yet another contestant’s name. Nothing makes people feel more special than when you forget their name on national TV.

Best barefoot performance: Diana Vickers cements that quirky, hippy image by taking to the stage in her bare feet.

OK, we’ve watched the show and heard from the judges. Now, it’s the Unreality team’s turn to judge the contestant’s from tonight’s X Factor.

Join us as we write our first X Factor chart of the 2008 series…and stay tuned at the bottom of the chart for our new ‘honourable mentions’ section!

1. Alexandra Burke – This girl’s got the complete package – the looks, the voice, the confidence. She gave a stunning rendition of Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody and almost got an apology from Louis Walsh for rejecting her three years ago.
2. Laura White – Despite some styling issues, Laura’s performance was amazing. She’s definitely the best singer of the competition so far and the strongest vocal performance of the night. We’re marking her down slightly for not looking as much like a pop star as Alexandra.
3. Diana Vickers – Diana’s unique delivery makes her one of our top contestants tonight. OK, the Kate Bush hand movements were slightly off-putting, but her stunning cover of With Or Without You tonight blew us away. Top marks.
4. Eoghan Quigg – The young Derry lad deserves an honourable mention for the maturity of his performance (he’s only 16!) and the fact that he managed to pull off a version of Imagine where other X Factor contestants have failed before him!
5. JLS – Described by Simon and Louis as the best group they’ve had on X Factor so far, JLS started off a little weak, but recovered quickly with a triumphant version of I’ll Make Love To You by Boyz II Men. Maybe next week they’ll get a more contemporary song to showcase their individual talents.
6. Ruth Lorenzo – A solid version of Take My Breath Away from Ruth, but not so wonderful that Simon got her name wrong in his critique! She strikes us as filling the Niki Evans vocal type from last year, and we think we even saw Niki wearing a similar dress last year too!
7. Bad Lashes – A disappointing performance from the girl group that Louis described as like ‘a bunch of hairdressers’. Not that it was the worst performance of the night, but I had higher hopes for them and they didn’t deliver. In fact, they were on a par with…
8. Girlband – The girl group that does exactly what it says on the tin. For me, there’s just nothing special about this group, and even described by Simon as sounding like Girls Aloud rejects. They just don’t do it for me.
9. Austin Drage – Crybaby Austin pulled off a decent version of Every Breath You Take by The Police – at least that’s what the judges thought. In our living room it sounded pretty mundane, certainly nothing to get excited about.
10. Scott Bruton – Poor Scott, he basically got shafted by poor song choice by Simon Cowell. Singing some obscure tune that had the double whammy of being completely rubbish, poor Scott burst into tears after hearing the judges comments. The thing is, we’re not sure how strong a singer he is, even if he’d had a decent song to sing.
11. Rachel Hylton – In the liveblog post, I described this performance as ‘brutal’. There’s nothing much more to add here. Rachel’s stomping, shouting performance lacked any sort of finesse, and the only reason she’s not at the bottom of the chart is because we reckon she’s got talent if she get’s the right song to showcase it.
12. Daniel Evans – They say the nice guys finish last. That’s definitely true for Daniel, who seems to be a lovely bloke, but utterly lacking in star quality. A lukewarm performance of I Wanna Know What Love Is was enough to show that he’s the token over-25 male in the competition, and has absolutely no chance of winning.

We’d be surprised if Daniel Evans doesn’t go out tonight. Here’s some prizes we’re awarding to the contestants and judges after tonight’s show:

Most tragic song choice: That Yeh Yeh song Simon gave to Scott Bruton, far worse than Louis’ choice of Build Me Up, Buttercup from last year.

The Sharon Osbourne award for most pervy judge: Danni Minogue, who felt the need to comment on the sexual prowess of virtually all the male contestants….even Eoghan Quigg. Yikes.

Most spine tingling performance: Diana Vickers for an unusual but beautiful performance of U2’s With Or Without You. This girl has a great style that can only get better as the competition progresses.

Biggest costume disaster: It’s got to be a tie between Rachel Hylton’s awful shapeless grey suit and Laura White’s unflattering dress and hair.

Most pointless performance: Ruth Lorenzo for continuing to sing in Spanish because Simon remarked about it once in a bootcamp episode. Alright, you’re Spanish, welcome to Blighty, now let’s move on, eh?