We were looking forward to Nicolo Festa’s X factor debut all this week! The witty singer has impressed us with his Twitter updates and his video diaries in recent days and we thought that he would definitely bring some personality to the show.

The Italian singer sang Lady Gaga’s Just Dance for the judges and Brian Friedman’s staging and routine were fab. However, the vocals did suffer as a result of all the action and the silly red glasses did nothing for Mr Festa. The song ended and left us feeling mightily underwhelmed.

Judges Comments:

Louis: You might not be everyone’s cup of tea but you are mine. You took Lady Gaga and made it your own.

Cheryl: I didn’t love it Nicolo. I think the one thing above all that you need is to redeem that connection and I didn’t like your eyes covered.

Simon: I actually think I’ve gone slightly nuts this year because I liked that. You obviously love Lady Gaga, it was different, you look better than you sound and I think it was much better than your first audition.

Dannii: You sounded fantastic on that. You were my big risk and I love that about you. Diva is a good thing!