In the third terrible result of the series Jamie Archer has been voted off the X Factor.

As Jedward sailed through to the next week, Jamie found himself in the bottom two with young Lloyd Daniels. Before the pair even sang their final song, Louis Walsh made it clear that he would be saving Lloyd because he has more ‘potential and appeal’. In effect it didn’t matter how Jamie sang ‘The Show Must Go On’, because Louis’ vote for Lloyd and Dannii’s subsequent decision to vote for the actual best singer, forced the show to deadlock. The public vote was consulted and Jamie Afro was sent home.

Simon almost predicted the result earlier today. At this point I must agree with Leona Lewis. X Factor is no longer about the singing, it is a mere soap opera.