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On this board because I am more interested in betting on it than watching it.  If it should be moved, ok. Have usually made decent money (in % terms at least) in previous years, backing 2 or 3 that will go a long way in the final (and laying off slices as they shorten) and also a small dabble on a longshot as a punt.

This year I think Lucie, Stacey and Jamie are all locks to have a decent run, altho unfortunately thats how the market sees it too.  Not such a strong feel in the longshots (I backed Ruth last time at a decent price) but am having a punt on Rikki at a mammoth price.

What strategies do people use on these TV specials?  Outright punts, locking in all green markets, laying a few short prices?

And who is going to win?

I normally trade the eliminations on the night.

Thanks to a bit of inside info I managed to get 40/1 on a woman being eliminated when Louis decided to save a stupid girl group because the sang at West Life's wedding once, or something along those lines.

I personally reckon Lucie will come through but I think they will want a non female winner this year after Leona and Alex and Simon is very good at getting what he wants.

X Factor is way tougher to play than Big Brother or the Eurovision imo.
They've shown in past series they won't just keep, say, one group in to keep that judge involved deep into the competition.
There's an element of tactical voting in the early eliminations but these are often hard to peg down in my experience.

gogogogo Miss Frank

how did the  2 twins get through ,there a must lay .

not in my book!

[ ] Louis's faith in the double-take brothers is well placed

70s on betfair.  No chance of winning, but the only way I can afford to do it in any kind of size is to lay 4 or 5 others at the same time - they can't all come in!

Are Miss Frank the best group? If so, they could be a trade at around 22 innit? Liable to shorten over time.

I think they'll do ok, similar to that sister/brother combo that were awful

Ive had a bit on Olly @ 13 and Lloyd @ 22.

A friend of mine does X Factor betting for a betting firm and has said that they really don't want a female winnar this year.

yeh but these should`nt even be in the last 12 ,these must be the worst singers left in .
total shite ,i cant believe lou even put these through.

Irish, young boys. lol obvious why. he wants to shag um.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Best group by a mile. I've backed them.

Please let Ricky be the first one out.

Stacey, Danyl & Olly in the final 3 for me.

+1

lucy is the winnerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Come on Ricky Loney!

Glasgow boy all the way!

Clearly Gay tho

Nooooooooooooooooooooo,

He is so fkin irritating Dave, clearly in there as a ringer. Been a farce from his audition all the way to getting through to the last 12.

Get him out!!

Miss Frank @ 22's for me - abs hate the show but with 2 teenage daughters dont have much choice but to watch it.
They are the best group by a mile and should cruise through the first 4 or 5 weeks.

i actually didnt think i cared about this program, but them someone pointed out, why are you spending time writing about it. so the obvious answer is i hate it. I have no time for the contestants, the presenters, or the judges (apart from Cowell, who is an obv marketing genius).

he is from Glasgow and been through this three times now, he'll get my support all the way till the end, the stupid stripper group should be first out, them the irish twats!

stripper group ?

u sure you are watching the right channel ?

yip mate, there is a group of 4 girls called 'Candy Rain' or some shit like that, they are all ex strippers who worked together in a strip club.

they are fuckin annoying, and not nice looking at all

They're easier on the eye than Ricky!

[X] They are fucking annoying
[  ] I have never paid an uglier woman for a titty dance

you defo going to the wrong strip clubs!

ha, the Blonde girl and the Indian girl are ok, but i see what you mean.

Im big on Olly @ 12/1 and hes now at like 8.4, lets gogogogogo.

Anyone but him, at least if he wins I can include him on this  

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=43400.0

lol why, he seems like a nice bloke.

He probably is, just something about him grates me    :D

on olly also, also on stacy solomon

Def agree with those who said that a female winner isn't exactly what the xfactor wants this year. Am sure what simon wants, simon gets, and think the females actually look pretty weak this year.

The groups look appaulling while the over 25s seem to be the category with the most promise, all 3 are capable of being winners. The boys group seems low on actual singing talent but again if simon believes one of em can make him gazillions they will be shown in the best possible way to gain votes. Read books like ben elton's chart throb on how they manipulate the public-nice punting tool in reality markets.

I think danyl at 8.0 on betfair is a great price and will be backing this with a veiw to trade. Lloyd dsnt seem able to sing at all, but is in the final 12 and obv a fave with the judges, and will most likely fight joseph for the young girlie vote. As joseph is 12s and lloyd is 27, id have to back the latter purely for value, again with a veiw to trade.

As for week 1 i've backed miss frank and rachel both for elimination and both at 12s. I dont see either act catching the publics imagination massively and am only worried that candy rain may be diskliked more, esp as ex strippers. But they dont represent value for me at 7-4.

And i like every other bloke only watch this cos of her indoors...honest!

nice post, i think kandi rain are gonners on saturday, but its folly betting on eliminations before you have seen the performers, esp in week one where we dont know who will crumble under the pressure.

Agree with this 100%, not that the performances always matter too much.

I think Lucy will win this but I've not had anything on as the prices I have seen lack value.

Ricky must be a decent outsider if he can secure the scottish vote and the gay vote.

Yep very diff to get right,..but really hope the twins are going to be in the bottom two......... totally %&$* and Cowell is going to tear them apart!!
(will they get the young girly vote?...evens to be in the bottom two)

havent watched any so far but decided to give it a go tonight

LOL @ cheryl cole the dirty northen slag trying to dig them birds out for being a bit tacky!

Oh well, no need to watch the rest of the series, Lucie wins, that is all imo

I can't decide with the annoying double-take twins. They are terrible but the public will either love them or hate them.
So tempted to unload at evens about them being bottom two tonight but can't pull the trigger.
It's a watcher imo...

Astonishing television those twins

As much self awareness as an Ikea catalogue.


Much watch- can't watch conundrum

Hmm, there's a bit of 4-1 around about Kandy Rain and Rikki being the bottom two, will see what I can nick there

Interesting first elimiination angle.

If it is Kandy Rain v the twins, the voting from the panel will go 2-2.

If the twins have been voted in the bottom two, then the public hate'em, not love'em, ergo they go.

2-1 if it plays out the way the market says if probably a fair price.

Uncanny lookalike...

What was the judge trying to do trying to out that fella on TV?


V Strange IMO.

lol

SHOWBIZ LATEST: World record largest bouquet received this evening by Dannii Minogue. Sender believed to be a Mr Du Beke

wp sir, into 4.9

Thought he was v v v good tonight

only heard the last performance and the comments but did Danni Minogue just "out" someone on live television????

danni,louie and cheryl know that danyl was the best of the night thats why they gave the comments.i didnt think he was cocky at all

danyl or jamie ftw

she said "if the papers are to be believed"

tbf if he didnt want to be outed in front of 10 million people on live t.v then he shouldnt be a gay.

Pardon?!?!?

lol you nutter

lol....don't tell me you fell for that?

I really don't see the point in getting that close to Cheryl Cole and being gay - such a waste.

who did she out?

ffs she said the newspapers had said it

he does have a lot of will young sort of manerisms

who?

fck knows it was the first night ive watched this series i dont know all the names, sort of half cast guy in simons group that can really sing

I believe he admits to being bisexual.

The 2 stand out performances were of course Danyl and Joseph but the market reflects such.

I think Olly did well and don't think he should have drifted to as big as 12s.

I thoguht Stacey was poor.

I don't want John and Edward to go, i thought they were funny and not totally totally awful tonight and i wana see them again.

a mixed race bisexual singer/teacher, ffs pick something!!!

he'd be useless on the this or that thread

Didn't rate Josesph. Surprised Olly drifted but Danyl was pretty awesome tonight.

Dannii probably got herself out of a job tonight. Sure is need for that sort of comment on a singing contest show.

of course it is, fuck the contestants, if they want to do that sort of reality t.v then after it having been about for over 10 years now they should know the turn out, the boundaries are being pushed, the average public watching are being corrupted and conned, society is changing on such a big scale because of this sort of disposable t.v show that goes with the facebook, W.A.G.S, generation and if you want to exploit society to get your 5 Min's of fame then expect in turn to be exploited, it's a reciprocal arrangement out of with a very few people other than the elite benefit, good guide for the way the world works really, dont feel sorry for them thats for sure.

This is all just bs Mr pp. I respect that you say what you feel and are a very straight talker and i usually like your views on things but i think you've overcomplicated this one. If somebody wants their 5 mins of fame and our modern day society wants to dig all the dirt up on them then thats going to happen. The media will take care of that because that's "what the people want".
Simply this is a judge on a singing contest. Somebody that gave a great performance and the comment he got back was a hint that he might be gay. WTF??? Just doesn't fit in with the show. It's not about feeling sorry for him it's just a useless comment hence there being no need for it.

Just doesn't fit in with the show

lol come on m8, of course it fits wit the show, its a freak show, a media freak show, it has to be to maintain its popularity, it mightve been a singing contest when it was new, like pop idol etc but now its ridic, 3 times in their comments tonight one judge or another said that(this is after the first round tonight remember) that the act they were commenting on were already superstars, disgusting!!!!!! you KNOW that theyre never going to be heard from again, im not saying its not always been bollox but you used to be able to ride on the back of a good run on a reality t.v program, now even if you win it you probs wont be heard of again after a year, its such a fucking wind up now, you can tell the Judges could not give a shit, Simon gets 8 pay cheques for being a judge, owning the show, the record company, being a producer on the show etc and he's so over the top with his comments its like he cant even be botherd to con the public into believing that he gives a shit, louis walsh cant believe his luck about how much he's being paid and being on primetime t.v, that northen idiot is loving playing up to the vacuous stereotype of t.v show panel Judges that cry and spout shit, its like its her lifetime dream to be a complet fucking idiot and its all gone to danni minougue's head, get it right it is NOT a singing contest, its a format for a very Small group of people to get even wealthier at the expense of everyone else

So at the start it was joe public's chance to be a star and now it's a show where people make alot of money and joe public have 5 mins of fame. But what you're saying makes the comment even less appropriate for the show. Simon knows how to milk this cash cow and like you say is making ridic amounts of money from it.
The daft comments of "your a star" at week 1 are daft but they're put in to try and build compeition where it isn't and people perceive it to be a really close thing that anyone can win. A couple of years ago we could have given the contract to Leona on week 1 and we all knew it but had to go through 10 weeks of trying to pretend there was still a contest. This comment will get people talking about the show but it's hardly a wise move given that it could have offended part of its viewing audience and risk viewer numbers going down. Whether you want to view it as a money making machine or simply a singing contest i don't think the comment had any place in either.

i understand what you're saying but i think theres an inherent implication now with reality t.v that it will be tacky and inappropriate, you have to factor that in when you go and accept when something like this happends, reality t.v by definition doesn't have parameters.

they should be more socially aware now when saying the "already a superstar" stuff, you had that 8 year old girl crying her eyes out and the winner of Britain's got talent losing it it just shows that people cant handle the comedown and the pressure, its morally wrong for their own purpose to say that shit, but like i said its a quid pro quo situation where if you know its like that but still go on and let it affect you thus then fck them for being idiots imo.

ffs people, if you are going to write such long posts at least use paragraphs please!

how am i supposed to have a rant about the fabric of society coming undone using paragraphs ffs!!!!!!

the long continuous diatribe denotes indignation!!!!!!

that being said i could use paragraphs and just put this smiley at the end  ;grr; , i like my way better though.

(also Mantis has ripped the arsehole out of using paragraphs)

whats a paragraph?

It's like a lie detector but detects if you're a schizophrenic

FYP

The guy with all the hair murdered 'Get it on' and they all had a mini rave about it, eh ?

Also, the builging eyed 'are thee kind o ghey ?', I'll spell my name wrong for cool points, bloke. Why he so liked ? Puffed up, annoying, not really a singer but his facial expressions would go down well in stage shows where even from the back you could see his eyes a bulgin' and his face a grimacin'

Who was that lad who did the Timberlake number. Can't sing, won't sing - truly dreadful.

Thought Olly and Lucy were alright and Stacy ? (coldplay girl) was OK till she spoke (-9 pts for speakage, and what a wierd outfit - looked like a plumber in drag)

Danyl was awesome, I can't believe they were giving him a rub down and what Dannii was doing is just beyond belief.   Thought the kid from South Shiels was amazing two, definatley the top two of the night from me.  I quite like Miss Frank too, best of the groups.

WTF OBV u have never dated a transexual plumber!!!!!!!!!!!!

So no Louis tonight....with prob two of his acts in bottom two.

Maybe no judges vote?...just go on the public vote?.

It appears Danyl has been upseting everyone behind the scenes, telling Kandy Rain that they have no chance of winning and driving them to tears.
That would probably explain why Dannii did what she did.
Danyl must therefore be max lay material at 4.5.
Louis seems to dislike him, Dannii has attacked him, and he just isn't likeable imo.
Agree with snitchy that Jamie Afro ain't up to much.
Simon's best chance for me then is Olly.
Therefore, I've...

Laid Danyl at 4.5
Backed Olly at 12

Im on Olly at 14;s for trading purposes.

On actual singing talent id say danyl is diff gravy, joseph also peformed well last night but the market reflects this. Ill be keeping my bet/trade on danyl@8.0 tho as i can see him shortening quite a bit more in the next week or so. Id like to ditch my punt@26 on lloyd though as he really cannot sing at all. Hopefully he'll drop back to this mark in a couple of days, in hindsight jospeh at 12s was a spot of value, oops.

Ive laid john and edward tonight for the bottom two at around evens, at 9-4 for them to go tonight id say if i thought they would be as unpopular as the market indicates id rather back that, as if they r in the btm two its pretty much a certain early bath for them.

However, i don't think they'll be anywhere near the bottom two, with rachel, rikki, kandy rain and the vastly overrated miss frank all struggling to pick up more than a handful of votes, irish vote will save em for a few weeks id say. 

yeah, heard he was going to Majorca...not really the right time to go on holiday though, if you ask me.

no calls from ROI this year

just getting round to watching it this week

just heard the twins

they were terrible

B.E.P. song....I really used to like that as well.

Will have to start leaving the room again whilst the Mrs watches this...it tilts me WAYYY too much.

june, that start was incred!

i dont care about start the singing was just tez

worse than my play with 72o utg and 400 bbs

Just had a small bet on rikki at 7.6 to go tonight, outa tune. Not that others weren't, just don't see him beating many ppl in the btm two bar the twins, whom i dont think will be there tonight.

how wired was robbie on tonights show?! rehab sure has done the trick

Hes to sober... Hes loving life and all that shit! Get a stiff drink down him!

Olly ftw.. on at 11's!

Nico, I'd defo trade out of Danyl early given the chance. Think he's very risky to hold on to without greening up if you have the chance.
I've taken a chunk out of him at 4.6 and had a fair lump on Olly at 12. Like that as a starting position.

sigh predicted they would go, anyone know price for them to leave on Sunday? doubt it would have been big.

5/4

ok my views on weekends show:

Shite - Twins, Kandi Rain
Average - Rikki, Rachel, Jamie, lloyd
Good - Joe, Stacy, Olly, Miss Frank
Shit Hot - Lucy
Amazing - Danyl

Danyl should win this by a country mile!

rikki to make 3rd or 4th since he's from glasgow

Bloody Hell, I hate X-factor, however I saw Alexandra sing her new song and thought she was brilliant helped by a good cheesy pop song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv0ZtnwK2-c&feature=related

wow it's taken a while to get going, maybe theyre really putting in the effort with her turning out a half decent album

I think its deliberate to be honest, they did the same with Leona Lewis. They take they away from the public eye for a while so people don't get bored with them and to make them appear in demand.

At the time, when saw this i thought she was really good.

But Middys just listening to Radio1's re run from this morning with Cheryl on & i caught the end and they're saying she was miming it on Saturday.

Wondery why? hmm.

Surely that isn't great for this years contestants trying to win to see.

Oh it was obvious she was miming it, you can't dance like that and sing you'd be out if breath. In fact at the end of the clip when she talks to Dermot you can she how out of breath she is. Its all about making it look good on telly with the dancers etc which all worked well I thought.

yeah, just watched it back now, pretty obv.

But yeah worked well. Just dont think she should be miming with everyone else watching, who have to come on and perform live themselves.

Britney mimed ...

These guys have made it, they are guesting on the show now, trying to flog a record who cares if they mime, they have done their stint at performing live.

I thought it looked like more forgotten words, or arrangement, than miming at the time. You could here the backing track of her voice and she was just repeating one line over the top randomly that sounded live. Might have to watch again though, she looked pretty hot.

Just watched the utube clip, sure it didn't look like that on tv.

Any value in Miss Frank given that Simon put them together?  If it comes to the judges vote, surely Louis and Simon are going to vote to keep them in?

Yea

how much did john and edward get paid to wear the britney outfits wtf

their performance was the worst thing I've ever seen and the worst thing I've ever heard yet strangely entertaining and really quite funny

yeah was so good to watch though.

Rikki goes this week imo, 3.2 a fair price on Betfair.

Stacey favorite at 4.7 WTF !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laying this quite happily

Very low....but she is very likeable.

Is it just me or was the black girl(rachel i think)absolutely terrible tonight, they said she was good but she didnt hit a note, she was awful wasnt she?

Think Miss Frank should go, they were 8's before performance now around 5/2.

Had [  ] a lot on at 8's.

Just wanted something to rail.

John & Edward are comedy, i want to see them again.

Rikki should go probs, but he has the Scottish vote.

Reckon Rachel might bite the dust this week.

Miss Frank to go this week for me.

I thought Rikki was good tonight.

Jamie performance of the night.

Please let Rikki go tomorrow.

rikki and racheal maybe maybe miss frank for bottom 2, think its gg rikki

Agreed..................but didn't she look gorgeous.

Geo

No, she looks like a man - and she does the Rocky thing with her mouth!

More Grace Jones than Tom Jones imo.

Geo

i am sorry but the acts are getting drowned by the backing tracks

you cant hear the singers properly not sure if they always like this

or if it just this year as there is some dross they are trying to tidy up

fame acedemy exposed there singers much more than x factor is doing

 :hello: dorry

A few insiders are saying this is the best year they have had with regards Talent! lol

Clearly not mate:

Is everyone coming around to the Olly side of life... The lovable essex lad, reasonable enough talent, not a d*** like that Danyl fella.... nice few pennies at christmas for the win! Not much fuss being made about him at the moment though, maybe a good thing.

i like stacy personality wise she is much nicer than most
and singing wise she has a voice

i actually cant believe it same girl that sings and talks with that mouth though

no, he is a twat

Danyl is the nuts, deserves to win it.

I found her quite funny to begin with, but to be honest i think the producers have told her to play on her Dumbness for get the sympathy vote, as she is 10x worse now than she was at the start. Its getting fuckin annoying now, its starting to grate on me when she opens her mouth.

how do those 2 we gimps keep getting through? incred

ricky is blowing this

lol. comedy sing off at the end. rachel was so bad but saved by the fact that rikki was even worse

yeah both terrible didnt care who went

grease, theyre hilarious.

gogogog John & Edward!

Rachel was so fuckin bad at the end and Rikki sang far better than her!

Simon says "im going to base this choice on those last songs" then does the opposite lol GG Simon you Twat.

Scotland should be ashamed of themselves for letting this happen.

get  grip rikki was so bad in sing off he made claw look good

are you serious? Rikki was so much better at the end than Rachel, she is totally cracking under the pressure, where as he sang very well (albeit he sang a very safe song.)

he sang toally wank hence my post half way through his song saying he was blowing it

he just needed a poor performance to beat racheal in sing off but he didnt even muster that

he sang so poorly that if he sang like that at first audtion he wouldnt have made boot camp

Trannies 2 is in Rikki's all time top three films, too

Had to go, horrendous

I disagree. that last song was better then his two live show songs.

Is this you declaring your fetish for Transgender Pornography now?

dave lets work this out

you think

transformers 2 best flm of all time
rikki's last song was better than rachelals
ufc is better than wwe
celtic is better than aberdeen


ok worked it out you have no taste

Looks like Whitney has stayed off the drugs. LOL

Maybe Robbie left something in the dressing room.

Wich reformed junkie are they pulling out of the funny farm next week?

jacko

got it right on the bottom 2 and elimination for the 2nd week on bounce.

Big band week next week, and theres no way that the twins will be bottom 2. Bottom 2 this week will be racheal AGAIN, and miss frank. Racheal to go cus it will go to public vote.
she isnt that bad, racheal but she just hasnt got a group that she appeals to. And we all know a third black female in three years won't be winning again.

racist!

lol, definitely right person out of the playoff went. Rachel sung better than Rikki at the end and thats what mattered.

Just got on Jamie to win at 8's so I can have a proper sweat.

+1

Yip, hated them at first, can't sing worth a damn, but so so funny. The show will be poorer once they do go.

why are you sorry, is it your fault?

yeah this

Rachel was acting too much like that tard Stacey there.  Greasefire Rachel!

just said the same thing, stacey does my fuckin tits in with the way she acts, she is totally playing on it now!

+1 Think she'll be in the bottom three just cuz of that ridic played up outburst

please stop quoting the bad word

you'll never know if she will be in the bottom 3, cos the first 8 people through are in no particular order

Wasnt impressed with Jamie

If Stacey could sing her spoken stuff to camera she'd have a much better chance.
Yikes, that speaking manner tilts me so bad.

No problem with the performance but as for within the category !!!

Sandy

obv meant bottom 2 :)

it'd also help if the makeup girl stopped trying to make her look like a drag act

ZOMG lucie, abs unbelievable

yeah, incred. blew everyone else out of the water

^^

My fave from the very start, really want her to win it all

Not sure if she can beat the likes of Danyl or Joe though :(

Looking forward to John & Edward.....

+1

Ricky Martin i think..

lol wtf

Lucie was awesome. Simon wrong imo, which is very unusual.

These idiots MUST go tonight

Nowhere near as bad as normal.

Sandy

John & Edward >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the rest

whose gonna lay me a bet.  on lloyd and J&E not being in the bottom NEither of them.

lol @ louis having to name zig and zag to find a group they are better than

pmsl bolt, i liked it tho.

6/4 is about the correct price here Mr T.

Isn't Louise being a bit hypcritical? How is Ricky Martin big band week?

+1

Simon getting worried another female winner.

who is she?

No way I'd lay this bet, I am pretty sure both will be safe.

Just stumbled across last years voting pattern for those interested!

Show 1: Mentor's Choice

Eoghan Quigg 21.19%
Scott Bruton 19.48%
Laura White 16.99%
Diana Vickers 7.35%
Daniel Evans 7.21%
Alexandra Burke 7.20%
JLS 5.03%
Rachel Hylton 4.77%
Austin Drage 3.63%
Ruth Lorenzo 3.47%
Girlband 2.17%
Bad Lashes 1.51% (Deadlock)



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Show 2: Michael Jackson Week

Eoghan Quigg 26.77%
Diana Vickers 16.24%
JLS 9.21%
Laura White 8.99%
Austin Drage 8.98%
Daniel Evans 8.23%
Alexandra Burke 7.15%
Rachel Hylton 5.01%
Scott Bruton 4.17%
Ruth Lorenzo 2.95%
Girlband 2.30% (Deadlock)



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Show 3: Big Band Week

Eoghan Quigg 20.73%
Diana Vickers 15.13%
Rachel Hylton 12.21%
JLS 10.81%
Ruth Lorenzo 8.93%
Alexandra Burke 8.83%
Laura White 7.53%
Austin Drage 6.22%
Daniel Evans 5.94%
Scott Bruton 3.67% (Judges)



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Show 4: Disco Week

Eoghan Quigg 19.81%
JLS 17.00%
Diana Vickers 15.24%
Daniel Evans 10.83%
Ruth Lorenzo 10.25%
Alexandra Burke 8.82%
Laura White 7.38%
Austin Drage 6.86% (Judges)
Rachel Hylton 3.81%



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Show 5: Mariah Carey Week

Eoghan Quigg 27.39%
Alexandra Burke 18.35%
Daniel Evans 13.77%
JLS 13.26%
Rachel Hylton 10.39%
Laura White 9.90% (Judges)
Ruth Lorenzo 6.94%



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Show 6: Best Of British

Diana Vickers 31.30%
Eoghan Quigg 19.56%
Ruth Lorenzo 13.91%
Alexandra Burke 13.31%
JLS 9.91%
Daniel Evans 7.53% (Judges)
Rachel Hylton 4.48%



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Show 7: Take That Week

Eoghan Quigg 31.79%
Diana Vickers 18.94%
Ruth Lorenzo 16.07%
Alexandra Burke 14.97%
JLS 11.75%
Rachel Hylton 6.48% (Judges)



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Show 8: Britney Week

Alexandra Burke 24.53%
JLS 24.34%
Eoghan Quigg 19.58%
Diana Vickers 16.32%
Ruth Lorenzo 15.23% (Public)





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Show 9: Contestants' Choice

JLS 35.03%
Alexandra Burke 31.04%
Eoghan Quigg 21.14%
Diana Vickers 12.79% (Public)




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Show 10 (Final) – At vote freeze
Alexandra Burke 44.02%
JLS 30.65%
Eoghan Quigg 25.33%

Show 10 (Final) – Final Result
Alexandra Burke 58.34%
JLS 41.66%

interesting, but trying to see the relevance of any of that on this years show.

Defo interesting. I was shocked when Laura got kicked out last year but every week her percentage (relative) dropped, so not the surprise it seemed at the time I guess.
If only this year's were available.

they will be if u pay a lot of money imo

confirms young "good looking" boys do consistently well with the girly vote?

well SOMEONE has it and is using it.

same difference ftw

Please be Rachel that gets the boot.  I am still tilted by her antics last night.

please be Twins/LLoyd/Jamie/Miss Frank/Stacy

This.... Great comments from the judges, giving voters influence to vote for her.... Ruined by her being an absolute d***!!

How hot does Cheryl Cole look.  Hubba bubba!  I think I'll go and make love to my hand.

I liked them

not as much of a D*** as Stacey FFS

she looks like a racist northen slag

She is fuckin amazing!

One of the most stunning women i have ever seen!

I know what type of girl I want then.

X factor dressing rooms must be stocked with something for the weekly guests.

Perfect.

so did i

Good call, No offence to Essex but is she for real.
Note -  I do like her

i want stacy to make final apart from the ones in simons group she has the best talent

lol rachel through!

lol J&E through!

I didnt think Rachel was that bad, annoying yes, but she's ok singing wise.

bye bye Miss Frank

wow miss franks are out

WOW Danyl is easily the best this year but won't win now.....

OMG!!!!

thought they were the best 2 last night

they will send danyl home what a joke imo

its not even going to be close danny is a favourite by all the judges

Un'Fuckin'Real how Danyl is in the bottom 2!

Bets person on the show by a mile, and im counting Cheryl and danni too

Norrrrrrrrrr

Please let the bi-sexual frog look a like go!

Has anyone notices he has an abnormal sized tongue?

Norrrrrr, there isn't a market for bi-sexual teachers with abnormal sized tongues.

I hope he gets booted.  I think he could go out of spite.  So obvious that Louis and Cheryl don't like him.  Much of this will rest on Danni's shoulders.

i have just taken a small bet on danyl to win outright at 6.6 once he walks the judges votes he will surely come right back in

sigh, dave was right, gave it his stamp of approval as well, bad day for the betting tips board, might never recover

It'll go to deadlock I reckon and Danyl will go

Could be Danyl out, Cheryl and Dannii both dished out negative comments recently.

danni and cheryl will keep miss frank in,they dont like danyl

he may well stay in but i dont think the price will contract that much, he was in the bottom two and this far in is surely a huge worry, especially as he wasnt bad at all last night.

-EV bet imo

ok took some on miss frank at 100.0 just in case

Ridic. He should have been saved outright.

Yesssss!

you fuckin beauty!

come on danyl my son

The Great British public are perverse. 

ok danyl has come back into 5.0 going to wait a couple of weeks as i think he will go below 3.0

Everyones loving Ollie.... 12/1 2nd show is looking pretty tasty now.

I really enjoyed seeing dan arrogant in the botty 2,

i didnt.
i dont think he's arrogant at all. How he came out and sung to stay in with his final song, he was full of beans, not like miss frank, who missed thier words and looked frightened.
Danyl stepped up to the plate and delivered under pressure. He's just very confident in his own ability and seems pretty humble to me.

The Judges got upset with him in week one when he told the girl band they had no chance of winning.

Fuck me, i never thought id say this, but i agree 100% with Big Tits here.

I agree with this toio.  The only looks like this when he's singing which is great, he's amazing.  When he speaks to the judges etc, he's really down to earth sounding and appreciates being there.

A mate layed £5 @ 480/1 Danyl to be eliminated..

He really enjoyed the singoff :D

bet you he hated when it went 2-2 and moved to the vote of the public then

There are some real quality acts in this years X Factor

By far the best line up ever.

Unfortunately the British public is in charge of who stays and who goes, and we all know that the British Public are morons.

I have happily watched every saturday night and been entertained but I wont bother picking up the phone to vote? How many of you reading this thread actually do that?

I now think the winner will be Joe McElderry who is playing the grey man perfectly.

To win this you have to stay slightly in the background and be ready to peak at Christmas. Very much like Alexandrea did last year.

My favourite act Is Danyl but he has already become contorversial, and may have peaked to soon?

I wont be having a bet on either of them though, but sit happily on a healthy lay of Stacey who has a good voice but limited talent (does she ever move) and should fade
when the dumb blonde appeal wears off.

I also like Olly who I wish I had got on when he traded at 1around 10-1.

Disagree think the line up is quite weak actually

Chris sorry, but just LOL at you watching that bollocks, didn't think you were the type :P

Agree with George here, only a few acts that I like, Olly, Lucy and Jamie is growing on me, can't sing but likeable - oh and John & Edward are pretty cool too. Still no one outstanding though and I think there have been outstanding acts previously

I just don't get men waxing lyrical about the singing style of someone like Danyl - he just aint that good and he looks like a frog on speed. He was better than Miss Frank with the ridic rapping - but that's really not saying much.

Each to their own I guess but the warbly, quivery belting out a song in Diva stlye, look ever so pleased with myyself but then say Fankyoo a lot, from the likes of Danyl just leaves me cold. Guess i'm in the majority based on the teh voting too.

Yes sad I know but since my mother moved back to Jockland we cant seem to sort a baby sitter and Xfactor is less painfull than the poker at the mo.

I would love to know what line ups were better than this years.

last years by a country

i also wanna know what people who say " your sad watching xfactor" watch. Its abs compelling TV trying to find a star and the trials and tribulations that go with it.

lool. Disagree completly, this years line up is by far the best ive seen.

Joseph, Olly, Danyll, Lucie, and Stacey and Jamie to a certain extent, are all incred.

Jamie FTW

+1 last 2 years have been much stronger imo

danyl is by far and away the best singer on this years show.

i dont particularly like him or want him to win but if it was judge on pure singing talent he would win hands down.

but we all know it isnt hence why those annoying talentless tone death irish twins are still in!!!

John & Edward received the highest % of the public vote!!

Didn't read any of the thread as I haven't been watching it this year but I agree with Turny

is that your household vote or the public vote?

It's true... it was in The Sun.

the sun sure know voting figures

i didnt think the voting figures were a secret

but then again i am always wrong

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL OK!!!!!!

Do you have you're own brain or are you just quoting one of the judges because you do realise they say that every year?

I can think of FIVE acts from last year that are better than ALL of these contestants.

I'm afraid youve been swept up in all the hype.

I have completely switched my position. I've traded out of Oily and put the profit on John and Edturd.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if what was read in the Sun is correct on this occasion.
Happy to chance it at 25-1

even if people are voting the twins at this stage still makes them very unlikey to win

look at eoughen (sp) last year when he won the vote nearly every week then was first out n final

mind you at 25-1 you should be able to make a good trade if they get to semi

Five acts better from last year...

looooooooooooooooooooooool

What like JLS get real

Last year only had 2 decent acts Diana Vickers and the Alexandrea

Ahh yes the beautiful Alexandrea

(http://chss2.montclair.edu/rennert/images/fort-qaitbay-alexandria-egy229.jpg)

25-1 a defo trade price. Can't see them leaving within the next month, after which the novelty will prob start to wear off.
Louis knew! Can't knock him for picking them.
Rachel, Danyl, Lloyd will all go before talentless and talentlesser imo.

last longer? ill take danyl vs the twins?

they were 55/1 that weekend

70/1 the weekend before.

Backed Olly at 12/1 at the beginning... hes now into 5/1... Is it Disco Week coming up? Olly will own that!, Price should definately drop more to Lay it off for a nice few pennies..


Pretty sure everyone will get bored of them soon, definately wont make the semi's..

That was a nice quick trade, backed at 25, laid at 18.5. The market was slow to adjust to the currant bun story on this one.
Don't think Oily has the potential to drop much lower than his current price for the time being myself. I think he's the right price now to be trading back.

Agree about olly chomps, and as for j&e, i think they will only get shorter. Of crse some of us got on ew at 66s mate:)

This week should be interesting, although i think rachel should def go and would almost certainly do so if she was in the bottom two, she may still be riding the sympathy vote from last week and before. Ive dabbled at the 28s on lucie and am tempted by jamie at 12s. If i had to predict the order of voting this week id say the bottom 4 will be :

Lucie,
Jamie,
Rachel,
Danyl.

Now although im hoping danyl fans will now vote for him as he was in the bottom2  last week, im not certain he won't again struggle due to ppl not liking him. Crazy imo as he's the class of this show by a mile. But if he's up against any of the above 3 i could see him staying anyway, simon's a shoo in vote and louis would most likely fall into the cowell line. But tbh it looks a tricky one to predct and i'll just have a couple of small value bets.

I think my main bet this week will be the usual lay of j&e in the bottom 2 again, it's keeping me in beer right now!

I will be backing Danyl to go at current prices.
I'm convinced the judges want him gone, so it could be another 2-2 verdict.
I'd defo dump off any outright bets on him. Still can't have him winning it in a million years.

Only 1 judges's opinion counts, the others do what they are told. Cheryl only let it go to deadlock last week im sure due to them knowing the dire miss farnk wld leave on votes cast. Danyl is the class in this group and will be there for weeks to come. Those like me who think he's the best singer might actually vote this week due to last weeks close shave.

I Think this week will throw up another few surprises.

I think the Danyl fans will come out and phone for him and he should sail through. ( but what the xxxx do I know!)

Had a punt

Stacey bottom 2 @ 10.0

Stacey eliminated @ 38.00

wtf

your having a laugh

she will make the top 5 atleasr

Rachel got her sympathy votes last week. . . . . 1.82 easy money for bottom 2!! She was such a dk after her performance! I hate her, you hate her.... Ill take that in £20 notes please!

Lloyd and Stacey bottom two this week.

well there goes my bet.... anything Rookie touches turns to gold! Hes the opposite to any Bok! God damn you Rookie!

rubdown of the week.

It sure does Stribling. Excellent rub.

lloyd gota be bottom 2. katy perry when the fuck has that been rock?

I think katy Perry rocks

Lucie's awesome :)

Lucy is in danger of going out after that performance, she is amazing but cant sing rock

Behave

+1 sung a tough song well

enough please, it's time to give up now

lucie absolutely outstanding. completely owned that song

dave obv tone def as well as a shit tipster lol ;D ;)


joe was awesome too

who's going to be in the bottom two?  I dont really like the show but want to pretend i'm watching...

Lucie obv a performance that will split opinion then.

That G&R cover put me completely on tilt. Abs terrible.

GG  Danyl.

Killing the song imo.

Think Danyl has cracked imo.

That was like watching Roland de Wolfe doing Karaoke with a gobstopper in his mouth.

why's he just mumbling his way through it? could well be bottom 2 again

+1

Deserves bottom two this week, that was terrible.

he lost the plot at the beginning think the pressure getting to him. the end of the song was very good imo

i reckon he's playing humble for a week as if he shows he's been hurt the judges will keep him in for another week

That was a bit dodgy

Meh Cheryl and Danni don't like him, If it comes to bottom two it will no doubt come to vote's..

Louis makes good points about the twins getting horrid press imo.. Stop acting like a baby Danyl.

Honestly don't think he's enough in control to be doing that sort of thing. The public won't like him whatever he does. Zero humility. Bottom two pretty much nailed on imo.

agree and dont think he done himself any favours after when interviewed and during the judges summing up

shame as i agree with simon hes the best singer left in the competition

I've got an idea, lets vote for those annoying twins every week and hope they win.

That way then, Simon Cowell will bugger off to America and we won't have to watch this again.

LOL @ this.

gg lloyd

Lloyd sure has plenty of talent

oh dear llyod and danyl in bottom 2 so far

LLoyd - ummmmmmmmmmm

Twins could be safe again due to others being bad

OMFG!!!  GG Lloyd

dear oh dear oh dear. gg lloyd

Thing is, I got told that Lloyd had second most votes last week (behind Olly) - and I thought he was dreadful last week too, seems he has plenty of fans..

Twins will defo be safe singing We Will Rock You - great choice by Louis.

Abysmal, the only Welsh person that can't sing lol

i'm not even watching it properly and i can tell that was shite.

Lloyd. Complete lack of talent. Several keys out of tune, horrific backing singers.

Out, please

I liiiiiiiiike this.

awesome!!!

Keane are rock now? Phumph, they don't even use a guitar!

louis a dick

Just shut up love LMAO

Lets gogogooggo Jamie FTW

and whats wrong with coming from dagenham  ;nemesis;

Nothing - she would just do herself a favour if she didnt speak

i disagree- i think the public love her for how she is. robbie williams " i love stacey, every family should have one"

What are you on about, the reason she is so loved is because of the way she speaks and her excitement.

Nope, the reason she's still in is because of her singing. If there was no speaking/interactive stuff, she would now be favourite imo. With Blatch on this one.

afro sails through

Come on, just get the twins on please.

LOL. WTF is Louis on about?!

i think your both wrong.

just because she is scatty and doesnt speak with a plum in her mouth like most stage school spoilt singers makes her a breathe of fresh air.

Nice rub from Cheryl

id like a nice rub from cheryl

wouldnt we all

* cough

not all of us!   rotflmfao

wtf u st8 or summink????lol

Louis in a cardigan ftw Laxie?

wouldn't do him with yours

not a bad start

Rachel is massively improved the past fortnight imo and prob deserves to stay on that.
John and Edturd to come but at the moment it's Lloyd and Roland de Wolfe in the bottom two for me.

that could be enough

Ive gone in heavy on Danyl to go

I thought the start was awful. nailed the end though

Lloyd wont be bottom two.

Price pls Chomp?

think you wont be far wrong as he blew it tonight

+1, I was about to take the piss at start, but was impressed with finish.

disagree unless the little girls save him

Price pls?

Lloyd

8/11 not to be in the bottom two
5/4 to be in the bottom two

I'm on Danyl at an average of 17 and a bit and haven't traded back yet. I prob will but sort of can't bring myself to pull the trigger.

And FWIW these two wont be bottom two either.

freddie must be turning in his grave lol

This is good!

Gimme 4/5 not in bottom two and bet limit.

missed words
out of tune
not fit enough for dance routine

still be safe though

is it fuck. everything going on around thems good but just hiding how shit they were!

Price these not in bottom two pls.

so, so bad. love it. no way they're bottom 2

Rooks, you can lay 5/6 on betfair about Lloyd being in the bottom two. Not really up keen to lay him in truth, as my market revolves around Danyl.

TY

This guys so cool.

sailling through

he da man

didn't think that was going to work but he was immense

You traded back yet Blatch?
I traded out at 8, which was obv not a good move, but still can't have him as a winner.
If it's not enough that his poor old mum has to wash and iron his shirt, she now has to sew a few buttons back on. FHL.

Not yet, I reckon we could see an Alex type reaction in a few weeks where his price halfs after one exceptional performance.

Danyl was awful, Rachel was awesome, as was Stacey .. Lloyd's voice is as weak as piss, but the girly vote will keep him in.

Jamie was decent enough, Olly is a bit wooden, but steady enough without being anything out of the ordinary... the twins just need putting down ffs GTFO PLEASE.


If there is any justice the twins will go, but we know they wont .... tbh Danyl should go, because he was just shite !!

You not on the night shift tonight ??

twins and lloyd should be bottom 2 but have a feeling they will be kept in by there tone deaf fanclubs.

so il say danyl and rachel for bottom 2

Wish she wouldn't sew them back on tbh  Pity about his hair cut though.

aah now we find out what does it for laxie a nice essex boy lol

No, buses stopped running ... too many little fkers chucking eggs and spraying silly string, so I went back to the depot to watch telly :)

ffs, cheers kev. my nan keeps calling me to say she's stuck outside the gala bingo in town cos the 89's not showed up. I'm gonna have to get her a cab now

Go pick her up yaself ... just make sure she has a fire extinguisher in her handbag :D

Ha, had some eggs chucked at our door here. Luckily the pikeys that are in were having a fag outside and chased em off.

Remember people who have backed people to get eliminated they have to win the final two vote aswell.

Im on Danyl at a very big price but think he can only get eliminated if against Llloyd in final 2.

If twins make bottom 2 they gone, if Rachel does she is gone so hopefully its a Lloyd vs Danyl contest and then Danyl goes and Blatch collects weeeeeeeeeeee

If Danyl gets bottom 2 with Rachel, he will still go ... although it will be an injustice if Rachel is anywhere near the bottom 2 ... hers was best performance of the night imo.

If Danyl gets bottom two, it will be a split decision and go to public votes.

I don't think Danyl will go. He wasn't great but even if he's in the bottom 2 he sings again, destroys the competition and i don't think they'll get rid of him.

Danyl is an amazing performer however played the wrong card tonight.
He went for the sympathy vote and went in the huff hoping the public will vote for him, but it's just not going to happen.
If I was his mentor I would have told him to go out there, smile and take over the stage like he always has, then at the end give a big smile and a bow and basically say THATS HOW YOU FUCKING DO IT
Bounce back because that's what the UK public like to see, not someone down in the dumps because of what's been said about him.
I really hope Danyl stays because he is the best there and he has the potential to go very far as a performer if he wins.

As for the twins I think today showed what a genius Louis Walsh really is, he turned those two little twats into a show, it could have easily been a scene from a rocky horror production, with lights, flames, dancers, guitar solos. And it was such a good show it drowned out the two kids and they were basically singing along with the backing singers, people will vote for this because they enjoy seeing such entertainment.
So the attention is taken off the fact the kids can't sing, people see an awesome production and two characters they like running around.

The others got it way wrong too, the guy who did Primal Scream didn't interact with the audience or what was on stage and he would have performed the same if the dancers hadn't been there, he was acting like he had been told to do everything and was just doing it for the sake of it rather than wanting to do it.

Jamie is pish.

+1

However crap Lloyd and the twins are they have armies of voters behind them so won't be near the bottom two.

I reckon it'll be two from Rachel, Danyl, and Jamie.  Hopefully it'll be the two guys as have them both at massive prices so will save me having to balance the book  :)

your off your chunk if you think danyl missed his words and put in a bad perofrmance on purpose.
What i found tonight...
danyl's mojo/confidence/balls gone from being in the bottom two, he looked scared, and vulnerable,
like, maybe 2 songs tonight were actually "Rock" songs, rest were indie/alternate tunes.
worst week in terms of entrtainment.
olly was the star, made it look simple, effortless and cool.
worst of the week obv was llyold and danyl.
^^ saying the above though i can only see two possible winners, olly and danyl.
lucie is a good singer but she just bores me to death, no personality, no surprises.

getting deeper in the comp, is when it starts to become a singing contest as opposed to a
popularity contest.

top 2 performances tonight for me were
olly
racheal

bottom 2

lloyd
danyl

gg lloyd

weeeeeeeee, just got back in from night out...obv insta watched replay of Xfactor.

Thought Lucie was awesome (incred, has been since very first audtion), Joe good as usual, Stacey, Jamie and Danyl standard, although Danyl wasnt as into it as usual, it was still a good performance.

Really think Lloyd and J&E should be in bottom 2, usually enjoy the latter performance but today was just awful imo.

Hopefully Llyod goes though.

It's not about who "should" be in the bottom two though.  It's about the strange people who actually bother to text/ring in and vote for this nonsense.

Therefore (assuming it's not rigged) we're gonna be stuck with Lloyd and those twins for a while yet, although the market is bizarrely but brilliantly out of sync with that fact.

yup. Will be good to see whos in bottom 2 2mo.

Anyone who votes for those idiot twins should be arrested for abusive phonecalls imo.

Lloyd was ridic bad. Even the twins can sing better than him

Best part of X Factor last night was the weetabix ad in the first break with the Jockey winning the horse race :D

Enjoyed the performances from Olly and John & Edward the most, duno what on earth Rich is on about ^^^.

All the girls were good.

Suprisingly Jamie isnt as good as i hoped.

Lloyd is terrible and should go, but he might get the votes mehhhhhhhh.

Why are you lot so in to this shite?

dunnooo, was pretty bolloxed. Will have to re-watch later.

lloyd was terrible as was the twins danny wasnt much better but the bottom 2 will be rachel and jamie

Have you banged your head?

Danyl's pitiful face will have folks flocking to vote for his rivals.

Massive +1. I rarely find ads funny but I was PMSL at that

As for Action Man, You have just fallen for Danyl's act.

He is deliberately trying to look weak to get votes. He looked down in the dumps even when people were trying to vote for him. He literally made no effort to smile or look like he was going to try to win.

you mean this one

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANzDO9ZqppY

would of been better if he put the horse on his back

 Pre show id backed lucie to go at 28s and rachel at 5-2. Also usual lay of j&e for btm 2 at 5-2. Was originally tempted to also back jamie to go at 11s but bottled it when i realised it was a rock week. My long term positions include danyl to win the show, j&e ew at mass odds and simon's category to win for a chunky bet. Keep meaning to bet stacey for best girl as she looks nailed on, but don't want to tie to much money up longterm and at the skinny price it would have to be a very large bet to be worth it.

Afer the show last night i realised danyl is in grave danger of going this week. Agree with trigg that he looked like he's lost his mojo, unlike olly who seems to grow in confidence each week. Tbh, if i didn't think danyl was by far the biggest talent in the show i'd have to get on him leaving at 7-1 with boylesports. Gotta admit i think he's value at that price. Problem is his peformance this week was so bad compared to his usual standard, i cannot see how he'll pick up votes. And unless up against lloyd-who i doubt will be btm 2, or the twins-who WON'T be bottom 2-i'd be pretty certain bar simon he'd be voted off, although as simon controls it all, then whatever he decides will happen. Just gotta see through all the smoke.

Im still not liking rachel at all and have topped up on her leaving again at just under 4-1 on betfair. If she's up against either lucie or jamie i'd be pretty certain they'd vote her off. And despite lucie looking great and sounding okay, she won't pick up votes and could easily be up against danyl or rachel this week. Problem is i think she'd probably get kept in against either of those, but that's why she was a big price to go.

Joe didn't have his greatest week, jamie seems to be unable to truely sparkle, stacey looks a keeper without winning-she'll get a chat show, and lloyd just cannot sing. This competition looks like it could be set up for an olly v twins finale right now, go twins! :)

To use a Gallowayism, I'd rather slam my cock in a door than watch this

Best advert ever imo.

so does that count as a win or do the jockey and horse both have to cross the line? I know that a horse on its own can't win

Gatso !!  Dave is the king of the level on this forum, please do not embarrass yourself by trying to compete ;)

Stacy sure can lip-sync

Anyone finding Dermot O Leary REALLY annoying?!?

nah, i think hes good.

Rachel in the bottom please!

LOL ... a fantasy of yours ??

My prediction:

Bottom 2:

Danyl
lucy

To go home:

Lucy

Danyl/Loyd

Danyl to go.

That did make me chuckle... wp sir!

[ ] Im good at this

Bullshit ... how is Danyl through

And those freaky pair of planks







If there is any justice Rachel will be saved .

Danyl is through cos he is the best on the show Kev


Bottom 2 : Lloyd and rachel

Please Please sent Llloyd home!

gogogo John & Edward.

gtfo Lloyd.

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Lloyd will go.. but they need to get rid of rachel, No one clearly likes her

Im liking the fact Lloyd is 1.53 on BF to go now

W0w WP Rachel, that was superb

Some judge politics may come into pl here so Dannii and Cheryl keep two acts rather than Cheryl having one and Dannii having 3

If they judge this on singing, no contest ... see ya Lloyd.

gg Lloyd

I actually feel sorry for |Lloyd now, with his lost voice!

Bullshit Cowell ... the show is a sham.

No balls

[  ] withdrew my winnings and didn't put it all on Lloyd at 1.38 for a few more pennies.

FML!

Lloyd was 1.5 right up till dead lock then just to 1.8

The viewers Like the guy and he'll be in for a few more weeks now after that scare

What a joke!

This year's show is a travesty really.

Yup, thats me done with it ... wont be watching again this year.

Face it

its a popularity contest NOT a talent contest !!!!

OMFG, I'm fuming, I'm literally steaming.

That was very very unfair on Rachel, Simon knew that Rachel was competition and had to get rid of her IMO

Rachel outclassed Lloyd in every way and was one of the most entertaining performers in the competition, and her version of Stop Crying Your Heart Out was a pleasure to watch.

It's always been this way. There's always a few mis-justices a series.

Judge politics FTW

I agree with this, but at the end the judges should be choosing the talent. And Rachel was best hands down

Rachel was never gonna win this, neither will lloyd, so no matter who went really. Bar those who bkd her to leave of crse:)

Nice to see danyl saved by the public from the bottom 2 this week, reckon he'll go on for a few more weeks now, might even win it. Of crse that's providing the twins don't, which really does seem a big possibility right now, loadsa money on betfair for them earlier at 12s, looks like they mighta topped the polls again this week. I reckon that they were only the last mentioned act to be safe so as those kids keep voting 4 them.

Next week will be interesting, lloyd clearly hasn't got much of a girlie vote going on, but may get a few sympathetic votes after this week's close shave with his bad voice an all, i've a feeling lucie will struggle soon.

lol, you really don't rate lucie.....but IMHO not only is she very good and likeable....but prob has most of Wales voting for her!?

She already is, she was so shite at Rock week last night.

Tbf they were all pretty bad last night. Worst single episode of x factor ever.

She's okay I guess. But nothing special imo, might have a few fans in wales but doubt very much that whole nation is voting for her.

She comes accross a little conceited to me, i don't see the young female demographic group voting for her, for a start she's nice looking which probably dsnt go down too well. She can't seem to take any criticism, something rachel seemed guilty of too.

I just think somebody like stacey will be much more popular with the public, regardless of talent, and anyways she's no superstar. Against the real pacesetters so far of joseph, olly and even the twins-she stands no chance in terms of the public vote.

I don't really dislike her tbh, just think she is consistently value in terms of being in the bottom 2 and thus being voted off. Lloyd was something like 5-2 fav to go this week and she was 28s, imo thats value.

Very True, id Stick it right in her Ass!

lol

if those farkin twins win, I will stop playing poker!
Neither will happen IMO 

That weetabix advert is so com. Best thing in this thread atm.

I dont know why but I hate Lucy. I want Danyl to do well, J+E obvvvv..

Theres no way someone like Jamie will ever win the X factor, wish he'd just go now, same goes with Llyod, I actually really dislike the guy. He can't sing? He cant dance? He just stands there? He isnt even THAT good looking? wtf?

Also I hate deadlock, it's so shit.

1st Judge (judge of one of the acts) - votes for their act
2nd Judge (votes for one of the contestants)
3rd Judge (judge of one of the acts) - votes for their act
4th Judge - votes for the act with 1 vote. Absolute cop outs, just be honest ffs.

Getting rid of Rachel was a tactical decision by Simon

tactical? She was NEVER gonna win. Neither was Lloyd. He voted for Rachel because:

It would leave Cheryl with just 1 act. Louis with 1 act and Dannii and himself with 3. He just wanted to even it up a bit

Maybe Jamie will go next week so they have 2 each and Louis has 1

How is it tactical - There was always more chance of Lloyd winning than Rachel,even though a deaf man could tell she is better than him.

The voting public didn't like her and if the public don't like you then you cannot win.

Still very surprised Lloyd was in the last 2 though.

They should make public the exact amount of votes each contestant got imo.

It was probably tactical to make the public think their vote counts more and encourage them to vote more so he gets more cash.

I don't think the people who vote on this are capable of thinking on this level judging by who some of them vote for!

They do, but only at the end of the Final, when its all finished.

Of course it was Tactical, the whole show is tactical and full of mind games

I think the four judges should have to do a weakest link style choice, so they cant see who the others have chosen.

+1

Getting rid of someone who has been in the bottom 2 3 times?

Why would he want her in, if she can't win votes she won't sell records or tickets and won't make him money.

Because the person with the most talent deserves the chance

Apparently there is a "free vote site" running that passes your vote on to the x factor. Its results are below:

Obviously not gospel....but 10,000 should give a fairly good match to the real vote.


X Factor results (voting week 4) 
1. Danyl Johnson .....35%
2. John & Edward ....30%
3. Olly Murs
4. Lucie Jones
5. Jamie Archer
6. Stacey Solomon
7. Joe McElderry
8. Lloyd Daniels
9. Rachel Adedeji

Source: Free2call.tv (based on 10,000 votes)

were they free because they are deaf ?

Thats the only comprehendable reason for Danyl getting most votes.

Jedward might just be the greatest.

This^

Also Lucie was heaven. Danyl and Olly v good too.

lol, jed just the best

lucie and olly incred

gg lloyd

The start in the car was exceptional :-)

Quite liked the lad Joe as well

How is Stacey doing .... she is the best .

Who will be in the bottom 2 (Lloyd a given)..

You sure are a good judge :-)

sure is

wouldn't be surprised if she's bottom 2 this week

Aye

Bottom two Stacey and Jamie.

Lloyd was the worst on the night though IMO.

Gogogogo Jedward!!!!!

Yup, think it could be Lloyd and Stacey bottom 2.

Lloyd was tez

stacey FTW

Somebody stop Lucie from hanging around with Stacey.

Wtf was that all about. Does she not know the nation wants to slap Stacey when she speaks ? FFS a welsh accent is so much better.

Sandy

just watched last nights show

thought joe,olly and especially danyl were great and i hate to say it but enjoyed jedward too

lloyd and stacy or lucy bottom 2 imo,think stacy is deffo overrated but she looked the best she ever has last night very sexy ;)

if its to become a singing contest which its suppose to be the bottom 2 must be jedwood and lloyd they are so much weaker than the rest.

personally i thought jamie was very good this week and danyl,oly,stacey and lucie were pretty decent too so i think the public might just get it right this week.

gota give credit to louis he has created great energy and support around john and edward to try a disguise the fact that they cant sing.

gogogo stacey ftw!

Stacey was pretty good last night but her accent still gets on my wick. I like Lucie.

Jamie was awful last night but strong enough other weeks.

Lloyd is horrendous and worse than Jedward for me. Neither can sing but at least they are entertainment of a sort where as he is dull as dishwater. He should have gone last week.

Olly is the strongest so far. 2 weeks of very strong confident performing.

Sandy

i couldnt take jamie serious last night as i had just finished watching the episode on ukgold of only fools and horses where the guy couldnt pronoucehis r's

GG Jedward

how is lloyd not bottom 2? I can't work out who'd vote for him

sadly jedward have to go, lucie's far too good to leave

Would love it if Dannii stuck it right in Cowell's eye and voted for Jedward to send it to the phone votes.

EDIT: - obv not Dannii as she is Lucie's mentor - got my mentors mixed up. Cheryl will do what Cowell tells her.

Lucie was heaven yest, i don't get it. Lloyd was tez, but obv ppl voted for him this week because he was in bottom 2 last week.

If it goes 2 public vote, Lucie could defo go. Ridic if she does.

With Lloyds luck he must be 1 of the 2 winners from Friday.

The only consolation is Jedward can't sing and will be out.

Sandy

jedward are gone judges vote simple as simple be

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die Lucie.

sick

i hate Simon, no balls and just tactics as he sees her as a threat.

So nearly got a last minute bet on Lucie....  lol

One of the firms put up 14/1 but didn't last long enough. Grrr

correct

atleast it means stacey will be in final as we cant have an all male final can we?

This

GG X farce.

Im sure she was 22s on Betfair yesterday

Outrage = publicity.

Simon wins because a few people saying that he is a @~?>*& is water off a ducks back to him.

Danyl to win as he'll be the next Steve and Simon deseves that.

Sandy

ridic. either scrap the judges vote completely or have secret votes

but on the bright side jedward are back next week

Olly ftw.

wtf is this show about ,not singing thats for sure .
cowel is a proper dickhead.

this

Refuse to watch this shit anymore what a farce, Lucie hasn't put in a bad performance and was the only hot chick left in it. Seriously just die John & Edward, Cowell has hated them from day 1 and turns down the opportnity to GTTFO. Horrible how they are now some kind of ratings winner car crash tv obv.

Making money.

John and Edward are the only reason to watch the show, everyone else is just dull.

Just looked at Facebook and all it is x Factor Comments, its a load of shit promoting crap music and was done years ago with New Faces, Opportunity Knocks, without making mostly talentless muppets rich! nice work if you can get it!

this

yeah. still entertaining tho!

finding all the blaming of simon really funny..its not his fault she was in the bottom 2 its the VOTING PUBLIC

i agree they should scrap judges vote and just leave it to the public to decide

That could be true Mr Brent, but its a bit tilting when you are in Spain, and everyone is on about X factor including the Spanish, Dutch, even the Afghans!!! im all in with 34 off and its "omg the mo fkin twins are still in"....gees!

don't play shove with 34o then   ;D

Think secret votes is a good idea

I was bluffing tho... 8), and he had a turban...

This and Cowell is an absolute genius, he knows fine well he has pulled off a master stroke tonight in maximising publicity for the show this week and boosting the number of votes polled next time.

what does a turban have to with anything?

My Indian housemate at uni said never ever mess with the Turbanators...

funny really the scottish accent get right on my wick to, must be where we come from lol

This is true just wondering where the random reference came from!!!

LOL sledge in slightly racist comment SHOCK!

lol I'm not saying it was racist. Just wondering if people in turbans are easy to bluff????

When i get my money in against them i find they've always got a wrap.

Lol @ the voting public, jedward do their best performance and end up in the bottom 2.

Yeah seems like Simons tactics on Sat night paid off by saying they were good.

Which yeah was best performance, but still shud gg gtfo over Lucie.

gogogo Olly.

Which one ?

Sandy

Yes Vinny, but they were still shit!
How can Simon Not take the opportunity to put them out??????????????!
 

because this makes him loads more money...he is saying "Vote for your favourite because if you don't they'll get knocked out by Jedward" @£1 a pop

I think it's hilarious myself..Simon doesn't give a shit what anybody else thinks, he's just counting the millions rtolling in.

The X factor is now on a par with late night phone in quiz shows.

Blatant cash exploitatiion from a puppet master pulling all the strings.
 
 

Public now needs to make sure Jeward win.......so  Cowell has to give them million pound recording contract, to make him a laughing stock.

more love plz

i think it was always thus....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-a7DYz-cs

happy to be of service

Queen week this week. Rumour has it.

Jedward - Under pressure/ Ice ice baby    Lets only do a small part of a queen song because we can't sing anyway.

Stacey - I want to break free          Hard week for her but may these are the days of our lives,  it's a hard life, or love of my life would be better

Joe - Somebody to love             I'm going slightly mad, save me,friends will be friends would be better for him.

Lloyd - Crazy little thing called love          Don't know if he has a strong enough voice for any queen song but love of my life or good old fashioned lover boy might have been a good choice

Danyl - We are the champions      Should manage although surprised it's not somebody to love.

Olly - Don't stop me now        Good song but Mcfly covered and it's overplayed.   Spread your wings is better or hammer to fall.

Jamie - Seven seas of rhye              Not so sure. Hammer to fall or tie your mother down.


Stacey and Lloyd for bottom ?

Sandy

Stacey will not be bottom 2 ... GG Jedward this week.

Public will turn on them after Cowells actions last week.

Is this 100%? I only ask because there have been a few "late changes" in recent weeks. Also FWIW I agree with Kev, however much I'd like it Stacey will not be bottom 2 if anything the elimination of Rachel and Lucie will strengthen her position as she is the most likely to pick up hte extra voters imo.

MUSHROOMS !

Many thanks.


 I will punish myself appropriately for failing to read the post correctly.

Jedward should sing another one bites the dust imo

Not bet on X Factor this year but I have had a score at 9/4 on them going this week

Fyp

Sandy

Even I nearly applauded Lloyd there.

2 performers and Lloyd is a long way 2nd despite being better than normal.

Sandy

Olly not at his best there singing wise I don't think.

Olly was great for me but Joe just kicked him in the nuts.

Sandy

Jedward just pwn.

Pains me to say it, but J&E's best performance so far.    It's watchable!

Was com when they came through the paper thingy at the beginning and nearly fell through!

Jedward and Lloyd have both done their best performances of the finals. Still worst 2 to perform so far tonight.

Danyl should be in his element so it is up to Stacey to keep them from being bottom 2.

Sandy

+1

Jamie is in DEEP trouble this week imo. If I can nick some 5 tonight I'll lump it.

did i hear mic squeal towards the end of stacys song

surely they cant fck up with the sound during this program

Stacey was decent but what was the ott judges comments all about ?One of my least favourite Queen songs so maybe i'm a bit biased but still.

Joe is king tonight so far.

Sandy

Jedward were rather great tonight.

Jamie was poor, Lloyd should still be bottom 2 imo even though he was better than normal, but, we also know its unlikely he will be.

Still don't get Danyl. What am I missing ?

So Jamie and who else for the bottom 2 - very hard to predict this week

who on earth is celvin harris who jumped on stage with jedward and was ejected?

seemingly he was a guest on xtra factor i have never heard of him

ok just found out calvin is a singer song writter who went on a twitter rage when he didnt get a gig on gmtv
had a pop at x factor contestants

then they invited him to the vip section of the show
and onto extra factor
seemingly he had a coconit on his head and mooned the auduance
so 1990
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2009/10/22/calvin-harris-launches-attack-on-gmtv-after-they-ban-him-from-show-115875-21765710/

GG Jamie

Wide open this week could be anyone in the bottom 2.

Ive had a punt on Danyl bottom 2 (5.0) + Danyl eliminated (20.0)  this week.

I think he performed well but I dont think the public will vote for him.

Calvin harris is the man, listen to 'I'm not alone' before you next head out for a night out, magic!

Just seen Jedward from last night.

They just get better and better every week.

Please let them stay in again.

Stacey and Lloyd bottom 2.

GG Lloyd

Stacey was head and shoulders the best last night ... She should NOT be in bottom 2 ... Danyl and Llloyd probs, and if thats the case, GG Llloyd.

How do you know this mug? You stated last week you were never watching it again? :-)

I know ... I didnt watch last Saturdays out of protest ... (I was at DTD ;D )   but I was weak last night and watched.

stacey will win the whole thing

she is great and she is the only one that doesnt know it

She doesn't really know much....

yep she is that thick she reminds me of that guy called kev that lives in portmouth and goes by the name of colchester

It SHOULD be bye bye Lloyd ... BUT, the other judges could just stick it right up Simon and Jamie could be a goner.

GG Jamie.

Louis doesn't like Jamie. It's 2-2 at least and if Danni get's revenge then it's all over.

Sandy

Both are these were due to go so i don't think it's a big deal that he's gone. He's had a good time but was never a winner.

Would love to screw simon and see the twins win after he has played everything so tactically.

For eg he cudda got rid of lloyd but its bit him in the arse. Same with the twins

I'm sure he'll be crying all the way to the bank.

The show is  joke now , its suppsoed to eb a singing contest and the best singer keep geting voted out , i hope the twins wins and  they dont make the show again

wow i missed joe stacey and olly getting voted out

its the public that vote if the public dont like acts then the act has to go

Nah the show is great... At christmas time it gets you easy money because the winner goes Christmas No. 1... Last 4 years its happened so its worth a bet again this year... Not sure if that will happen if the twins win though...  :dontask:

i heard it throught the grapevine that cliff will have the xmas no1 this year if the twins win the x factor

Interest ebbing away here?
Unless Lloyd is really bad this week I think the twins are finally a goner.

are you on some weird time delay? lloyd's already been. first time he's been any good

Oops, flicking between Wolverhampton and X Factor.

was def lloyd's best performance. seeing as the public have voted for him when he's been terrible can't see him going this week

i am watching this on sky + just seen llyod looks, is it me or does he look like le knave did back at bB1, ie younger and slimmer and a bit boy bandish

gtfo two little fags just GET OUT

Stacey or Lloyd to join them in bottom 2 others were too good.

Jedward not bad

stacy will win

If Joe was ever going to win this - tonight just did it for him

(wish I had a tenner on him from day 1!)

GG Dan this week.

Nowhere near the worst but the public do not like him and his weakest performance yet.

huge over-reaction by the bookies, cutting joe to 15/8 on the back of last nights perfrmance. The kid is destined for musicals and tin-pan alley. He's far too cheesy to win this. Still delighted with my position of olly being my only winner.

This week.

1. Joe
2. Stacey
3. Danyl
4. Ollie
5. Jedward
6. Lloyd

imo.

Please get rid of Lloyd, he's ran so good to get through so far he should have been 1st out...

I can't see Joe winning either. Imagine him against Olly in the final - Olly charisma and appeal means there would only be one winner.

Now I'm wishing I had more than £10 on Olly!!!

Lloyd is getting better but still well short of being good enough - every song he signs sounds the bloody same!!!

I like Danyl but didn't like him last night, he might be bottom two but should survive.

i think the writing is on the wall tonight for

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I watched them all through again and feel that Stacey could be in trouble, I then looked at her price to go and can't believe it's 60/1!

I backed her to go with a view to lay if she is in bottom two, better than backing bottom two at 6/1 imo.

I have a feeling it could be Stacey and Lloyd bottom two - meaning it will go to public votes.

If not then Stacey and Jedward bottom two - meaning Jedward go.

It can't go to the public vote again.... there would then be no point at all for the judges to be there. They have to show some power tonight.... Lloyd in the bottom, hes gone... Jedward... there gone, no chance any of the big guns will go tonight.

My moneys on Lloyd but now think its jedwards time up. Pleae leave Lloyd so I can play the 10.15 mansion!

Lloyd to go... one time...

GG Jedward

yup they must go this week ffs ... I dont think it will go to deadlock.

I like Olly but it'd be great retaliation to vote against Simon.

Sandy

Yup - they can't fix this one

pi$$ of Lloyd... the only decent thing to do is come back on the stage and leave!!! You little piece of sht!!

+1

THIS

gg Jedward

About time

THIS

Someone call the polis.

Murder.

Sandy

Wow - thats the worst they have sung

LOL this

Olly can win by doing a mime act.

sandy

No, thats the first time you have been able to hear them sing... usually the backing tracks drown them out.

+1

Such a joke they got this far with voices like that, i'm tone deaf and would murder that song less.

you can still back the twins at 1.09 to go - even this must represent value

Pardon ?

Sandy

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OUTTTTTTTTT!

gg, 3 weeks too late.

Although they were sometimes com to watch, glad theyve gone.

I dare say they will still be the most successful from this years crop

just seen the xtra factor on itv2 think the group checkout that failed at the auditions were mre in tune than jedwood proberly would of been more entertaining too

Didnt enjoy it tonight as my two favourites went head to head and i knew one had to go.

In the end i wanted Olly to go through as have money on him @ 10/1 since the start of the live shows.

I disagree with Ironside, John & Edward were thoroughly entertaining and the shows will be duller without them imo, wp to them, they had a great run.

Surely Lloyd will go next week, and then it will be upto the big 4 to fight it out. I think theyve been the 4 best singers all along, although Lucy briefly threatened to make it a big 5.

got to agree they were more entertaining than the rest

but they couldnt sing

and i think the duo on the xtra factor tonight could of been more entertaining

It's one Elton John and one Take that song this week, here they are:

Stacey
Something Abut The Way You Look Tonight - Elton John
Rule The World - Take That

Joe
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word - Elton John
Could It Be Magic- Take That

Lloyd
I'm Still Standing - Elton John
Million Love Songs - Take That

Danyl
Your Song - Elton John
Relight My Fire - Take That

Olly
Saturday Nights Alright For Fighting - Elton John
Love Ain't Here Anymore- Take That

Olly's choices look a bit suspect.

Danyl's got two good songs

GG LLOYD!

yeah seems olly and stacey got the later choices this week

wasnt impressed with standard this week, maybe just hard songs to sing but wte. No judge votes, I think Llyod may stay ust because the girls all really like him, Stacey to go imo.

OMG!!!  You MUST be joking!  Lloyd's 'performance' surely caused bleeding ears all over the countryside tonight.  Beyond awful.  Even my 14 year old daughter (who's had a HUGE crush on him since the start) thought he was brutal. 

Danyl was very good this week

Olly a bit weak

Stacy and Joe are yawnsville

GG LLOYD! Final 5? GTFO

First time I've sat down and watched all of a Saturday show this series.

Is that genuinely Stacey's normal speaking voice?

Joe/Danyly/Olly for final 3 imo.

As much as I hate it, Stacey is a shoe in for the final along with Joe. Next week between Danyl and Olly will be interesting as it really should be GG Lloyd this week.

Lloyd was horrific

Danyl was out of tune

Stacey's second song was coma inducing

Olly passable, Joe good

Goodbye Lloyds please, at last.

Yep - like (a less talented) Amy Winehouse in that respect

joe is so gonna win the lot

I dont get danyl - never have

stacey - i think she is great  - tried too hard tonight - ruined one of my fav songs too (elton)

olly - -gonna run it close with joe

gg lloyd

Whats with the hate just because she comes from a different part of the country than yourself. FWIW I think you speak like a very very posh boy Andrew.