X FACTOR - It's the semi final- and hurrah!- they are singing CHRISTMAS songs!

[Raahh]

because they didn't last year, or the year before. And for once, I think Pugsy has got totally the right song (am biased because it's my favourite, and i think it will suit him). His second song, however, I am less happy with.

Here are the songs-

Andrea Faustini
O Holy Night by Mariah Carey
Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus

Lauren Platt
Stay Another Day by East 17/Girls Aloud
Story Of My Life by One Direction

Ben Haenow
Please Come Home For Christmas by The Eagles
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

Fleur East
All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey
Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson

'Stay another day' for lamenting Lozza is inspired- dirgy enough to slow it down to snail's pace, and lots of puffa jackets, 80's fashions for the dancers/ choir.

I'm not sure about Ben's at all- but at least they haven't attributed 'Hallelujah ' to Burke.com. I like the Eagles- but there are so many great Christmas songs to choose from...

Fleur has Mariah- not really her style. And the Mark Ronson track is very new, so the audience might not know it. It is ok, though.

Ohh it's getting exciting. wonder what Louis will be saying, now he doens't have an act, and doesn't care?

See y'all later.

Why do they keep picking songs for her that she can only sing the middle bit of?

Well, she hit that note. Shame it's never the right one, innit?

Bad....thats all I can say

She sings through her nose, bless

I why is there a sing off tonight? Weren't the sing offs supposed to stop around the tour cut off date, and it all be about the public vote?

Clearly mingehead doesn't want to let the public decide. There'll probably be a sing off for a final with him deciding the winner.

Lozza is shit toinight. Too low for her.

I hope they tell us how old she is, because it's hard to tell.

And tonight they've tried to make her look older.

Poor Lauren. And her only twenty seven,

What is he wearing?

Didn't the semi-final used to be public vote only - no sing-off?

Actual LOL at the bomber jacket
Didn't Mary Berry have that on Bake Off?

Doing what he does best: wearing Pat Butcher's cast-offs.

Pugsy's jacket is horrible.

And he's making horrible growls noises, like he's got phlegm in his throat.

Can someone explain how Lauren got this far? Her voice is awful - I mean actively unpleasant.

what is Pugsy wearing?

What has he got on his feet?

He's still better than Lauren, even if this is one of those obvious songs he is fond of singing.

MelB with her contrived 'testify' face. Urgh.
The cotton headed ninny muggins.

Better than lozenge.

They pick songs with too big a range and she can't do the whole thing without straining through her registers. Anyway, Andreas is going through

Those man cardigans are awful

Cowell wants Fleur. End of. I thought being a dad had softened him up .. But no

We just need Jarvis Cocker to come and bare his arse and this would be perfect.

Rudy- YES!!!! Mary Berry! I knew I'd seen it somewhere

These are both awful. I think the singing ferret is worse

I am genuinely annoyed that there's a sing off tonight. Clearly simon wasn't certain enough that fleur would make the final.

Sam bailey sounds good compared to this lot
on a more serious note, iv cracked open a box of lidl deluxe shortbread and the biscuits are all broken! I shall still eat them tho, just in bits

I can honestly say I couldn't give a monkeys which one goes through. I bet it goes to deadlock anyway.