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…