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.

Chezza will be pissed off as she has no act in the final. That hasn't happened to her before. She will be on the reject bench with Louis.

I really don't want Fleur to win. I don't like her she is too big for her boots.

What is there to say about that red trouser suit?

Poor lozzas parents. I hope its 50 /50 on the dresses she wore ..

Nigel Farage won't be voting for Pugs.

Come over here- win OUR X Factor. Not right that.

Fleur, love. You might think you want to win now, but really, really, you do not want to win. You want Ben to win or pugsy, the. They'll have to release the hideous album of covers and the undoubtedly shitty winner's song single.

Bet they're round the back now scraping Lauren off a bus.

Pugsey just does not have the X factor.

I wouldn't want to use the coach toilet after Pugsy.

Chezza's top didn't leave much to the imagination when she was on stage - good tape and no sudden movement.

Great - 3 coaches to avoid if thy come our way.

I dont like Fleur either.

Remember when they used to send Andi Peters to that cd factory in Blackburn or somewhere, ready to 'press the button' when the winner was announced?

I don't want Fleur to win because Simon's been attempting to engineer her victory for about the last 6 weeks. And she's not good enough.

They won't come here, we haven't even got a MaccyD's!

Coach trip, wheres Brendn? Its a long way to Italy

Pugsy winning will annoy both Crowell and farage. That's a no lose situation for the rest of us!

Wtf is all that putting them on coaches thing? How crap.

And I'm still annoyed that lozza wasn't out on the public vote alone. At this stage it isn't fair to show us who is third in the public vote by having a sing off.

Yes, andi peters, all downloads now of course.

I don't like fleur either. But I never like any of the contestants so I'm not sure my opinion matters. I'm just here for the hating!

Fairy, went in a mc ds today after a few years off, still crap.

Do you reckon the buses Ben and Andrea got on actually had their names already on the side? Or did Simon only do Fleur's up in advance cos either she is so far ahead in the vote or he had told the judges she must be saved if in the sing off.

Andi peters in the cd factory was undoubtedly the highlight of the whole series in the past. Now we've just got chezza looking glum and mingehead looking even more smug than usual.

Yeah, no wonder Lozza looked unhappy, she went out for a look and her name wasnt on a coach .. She twigged then it was curtains

I'm certain only fleurs will have been dne because simon decided there was no way she wasn't in the final.

No wonder the others are pissed off.

I'm watching some weird shit about freak shows on fox, and it all seems less exploitative than xfactor.

Somene give them the guardian article with steve brookstein.

Frozen

well- next week, it's the final. My day's of having a life and Christmas do's to go to are over, so i will be here.

it's going to be ... predictable