i have to say that is by far the best season ever of the x factor, Stacey,  outstanding but needs elocution lessons, sorry stacey, Jamie, born to rock, Joe, sorry Cheryl, but he will knock you off number 1 spot for xmas, Danyl one of the best performers ever on the show and not a bad voice either, Lucie, made Whitney Houston proud, olly is up there with the best ever, including Frank Sinatra, and now the bad news, LLoyd, im sorry but you cant sing and to be honest, you should have went home and not rachael, wow, she has an unbelievable voice, and sorry Louis, but John and Edward are the worst act I have ever seen in the live shows. Dont know what you were thinking, maybe you just wanted someone to represent our fair country *(im irish aswell) but Jesus we got some fantastic singers and i think Simon should bring the show to Dublin next year, and then allow the irish public to vote. all they do is embarrass us week after week, they are like an annoying version of ant and dec

does anyone else look at cheryl cole and think she is hiding behind alot of guilt when she watches x factor contestants sing songs she couldn't dream of singing!   if she was in this joke of a competition she would be out by now...rachel sang a song to stay in the show which was probably the best performance of the weekend,and the mere thought of cole singing it makes me shudder...she needs 46 dancers plus over the top dance routines to mask her lack of talent...very sad!!

I agree with  'brianinodeorain' on most of what is mentioned, except for John and Edward - Please don't compare them in any way with Ant and Dec, who are professional, funny, and have the most natural talent that just oozes out of them. of course being Geordie helps.. ha!

I cringe every time John and Edward appear... simply CANT SING!

well i agree with what kittyme says but can i add i needed therapy after last week they ruined a magic song by queen please do us all a favour GET RID OF JEDWARD !!!!!!! they are garbage

I don't think in a singing competition that the contestants should mime as they did in the opening song tonight with all the x-factor contestants.

The production of this show need to be careful that they don't overstep the "artistic" delivery. It's the raw singing that we all want to see and if you lose that then what is x-factor.... a glorified high value show not a talent contest needs to be balanced.

Keep going x-factor .....

I'm guessing that you are NOT in the music business!!!!