'X FACTOR- It's BIG BAND week- and for someone, it's time to face the final curtain... ***Sat 8.10pm/Sun 8pm***

[Raahh]

Here, in case extra alcohol or earplugs are required, are the song choices-

GIRLS
Bella Penfold - Strong by London Grammar
Scarlett Lee - Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli
Shan Ako - Summertime by Billie Holiday

GROUPS
Acacia & Aaliyah - Act Our Age (Original)

OVERS
Danny Tetley - My Way by Frank Sinatra

BOYS
Anthony Russell - Beyond The Sea by Bobby Darin
Brendan Murray - Say Something by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
Dalton Harris - Listen by Beyonce

Now, I used to love Big band, and it's not unusual to use 'modern' songs with a big band twist. But it has to work- I said last week, Rhyd doing Shirley Bassey's version of 'Get the Party started' - that worked.

I fail to see how 'Say Something' is going to work with a big band. It's a really hard song, and even Christina, with lungs the size of a Zeppelin, sometimes sounds lost in the mix. Brenda will just vanish with a Big Band.

I'm cross TTT is doing 'Beyond the Sea' one of my favourites- Will Young on Pop Idol did a great version.

I think A and A- still without a proper mentor - have been hung out to dry. The original song is a cop out- no-one has bothered to find a decent song that suits their style.

And bloody 'Listen' - Beyonce. Again. Really?

So, see y'all later!
(It's only an hour and half- we can do this!)

Good grief.

Simon's face

Good grief everyone’s having a bloody hysterical fit when they get voted through!

Well, good look with TTT on the tour.

Hope no more 'revelations' come out.

So A&A are out then

Who's going then?

In fairness, I'm his only fan on here and I'm not even voting so no idea how he's getting through!

FFS SHAN is in the bottom 2???

Aww, good old Creosote. I do quite like her.

A and A will be off I bet.

Can’t see them saving the girls again. Shame, at least they offer something different.

Now watch the judges kick Shan off.

Gotta be those 2.

Remember , Brendon has Ireland voting him through.

I'm sure Anthony will be a model of decorum on the tour

The girls will go, they won’t save them over Shan ( who I think is quite forgettable tbh)

A and A have two votes in the bag. It's down to Louis.

I really like Shan, but she doesn’t just tackle the song, she wrestles it to the ground, kicks it in the ribs and stamps on its glasses. I wish she’d dial it down a bit.

Well it's obviously going to Shan who goes through.

Robbie will return to no acts

Anthony and his phone on tour!
Mind boggles.

This sign-off has got deadlock written all over it.

I think that was done on purpose, there's no way Shan would get kicked off the show and they needed someone who is a much stronger contestant than her against A&A to make it a no-brainer

Will Robbie bother coming back at all?

I agree with pavlovian. This is not a foregone.

So, they took 2 young girls, who didn't know each other, made them in to a duo- and then totally failed to do anything else with them.
Obviously they were never going to be suited to half the tenuous themed crap that they do on X Factor. (Though they should have just ignored the theme every week, it's worked for some).