It could well be the joint best and worst thing to happen in the history of television.

Rachel was one of my preferred contestants but the gurning certainly did get a bit too much. It’s interesting that, between us, we’ve written off just about all the acts!! I’m struggling to see any of them as pop stars, although you never know. Perhaps Lucie does have potential if they can find the right sound for her. Despite not really rating the contestants I’m still really enjoying the series, which just about says everything you need to know.

They could have quite easily have made it Bon Jovi week; perhaps they would have done if they had been doing a masterclass.

Danyl ‘Sad Face’ Johnson was a mystery this week. One of my pet theories on the reasons for Danyl’s lack of popularity is that he hasn’t been on a ‘journey’ and so viewers are failing to relate to him. If I had my cynical head on I’d say that he was doing the miserable thing so that they can play up the ‘coming through the adversity’ angle. But I’m not really one for conspiracy theories…or am I?

There have been a few X Factor horrors over the years, Kameron, but Chico and the twins are probably the worst. Strangely, the judges actually liked Eoghan, so I’m not sure he fits quite in to that category. Last year there was also Daniel, a 40-year old karaoke singer who got through mainly because his wife had died. He did his best though and it wasn’t his fault that they put him through. There were also the McDonald Brothers a few years ago who were pretty awful but stayed in a while – they were the genesis of the Scottish Block Vote myth.

I don’t want to sound at all sleazy, but you could always move over here as our age of consent is 16. Ok, that does make me sound sleazy.

I keep forgetting Lloyd is only 16. Sadness ensues as I remember I have to wait till he’s 18 for my steamy romance novel dreams to be legal.

Now with all this talk about Chico and John & Edward, does The X Factor have a long history these horrors getting far in the live shows? let alone get to the live shows? I have seen Eoghan Quigg clips, eeekk.

Man I wish I could vote/ see these shows in real time.

Poor Lloyd. I’ve been criticising him for weeks, and I still think he’s nowhere near ready to be a singer yet, but I had the same reaction as you, Kameron, when I saw his face when he was in the bottom two and he tried to sing his song. All I could think was “Aw bless. He’s only little.” Why did the screaming teenage girls desert him? Fickle wee madams! All Cheryl’s fault again – that song was ridiculous. There are literally thousands of songs he could have sung, why can’t she pick one of them? Poor wee Lloyd. (Stop me any time, people. PLEASE.)

Regardless of who she was up against though, I thought it was definitely time for Rachel to go. I agree, she wasn’t the worst contestant, but she was a nonentity in terms of star quality. All the gurning and fist-pumping and stupid outfits…not my cup of tea at all.

I thought Olly was great, best of the night, but my knees held up fine in the face of the shirt-ripping. Everyone else was either far too musical theatre (Joe and Lucie can sing fine, but they’re not popstars, they’re West End show types), boringly mediocre (Jamie and Stacie) or just embarrassingly bad (Danyl and J&E). The “sadface” stuff in particular from Danyl was way OTT – I wondered if he was putting it on as well, Sherby, but then I don’t suppose he’d deliberately fluff up the words. Or WOULD HE?

(Do you suppose they’ll quote me on next week’s show, now?)

On a side note – I too was disappointed at the lack of a Bon Jovi masterclass. And the lack of Bon Jovi songs! “Always”, “It’s My Life”, “This Ain’t a Love Song”, “Livin’ On A Prayer” – they would have been X Factor GOLD.

My Quick Notes on The X Factor | Live Show 4:
http://kameronaloud.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/quick-notes-on-the-x-factor-live-show-4/