Tonight has seen Simon Cowell deliberately pass on giving a credible opinion on the best performing act on the night (between some-one who could sing and some-one who could not) for their right to continue in the competition.
What is equally beguiling is that Cheryl Cole also found the same difficulty (after postulating in self congratulations) on both her chart and album success this week, with the assistance of her colleagues on the panel, and in her case, it was patently clear, that voting for the better of the two artists on the night was never going to be an option.
It is clear that if either of these individuals had a nuance of musical acumen before tonight, which personally I have doubted for longer than I can remember, the lack of it has been displayed tonight in full measure.
When are the public going to wake up to the fact that actions of both Cole & Cowell are both unwelcome and positively unfair, and that by voting accordingly we would hopefully see the back of them?