We have been inundated with complaints from X Factor fans today, most of you objecting to Cheryl Cole  and Louis Walsh’ decision to save Rachel Hylton on last night’s show.

At the start of this series a new twist to the show was revealed in which the bottom two acts each week were to sing a different song of their choice, and then the judges were to choose a singer based on their final performance.

However, on last night’s show, both Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole saved Rachel Hylton on the basis of what she had yet to give and not on the song she just sang. In fact in the shows spinoff, Xtra Factor, Cheryl admitted that Austin Drage was a superior vocalist to Rachel, but that she wanted to keep the mohter of five in and give her the chance to show us the full range of her talent in the upcoming weeks.

Many of you are up in arms about this decision, and most seem sure that if Louis had abstained from deciding, forcing the decision to be based on the public vote, Austin would still be on the X Factor and be practising his best Mariah Carey song right now.

So what do the rest of you think? Is anyone out there backing Rachel Hylton or do we have a consensus that Austin was wrongly voted off X Factor last night?

As always, leave your comments below.