The X Factor

It's a double audition show next weekend, bringing those to a close. So boot camp likely to be 25/26 September, Judges Houses 2/3 October. Live shows starting weekend of 9/10 October ?

First live show confirmed as 9th October 2010.

Interesting too both next weeks shows are billed as concentrating on Manchester exclusively - seems unlikely when apart from London, all the other cities have just got 45 minutes. Usually the final audition show is a tour around the "best of the rest" (I.e. the people who shined at boot camp but we haven't shown you yet!) - and can't see them having two shows without Cheryl at all.

Anyhow - talent wise is it a bit thin on the ground this year. The only person I can really recall from the first four shows is Cher.

And only because she was sh*t too.

How crap was Pixie Lott? That inane smile with too many teeth was just incredibly awful, especially when telling people it was a no.

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Katy Perry been the best so far, though Nicole looks very promising next week.

This year they seem to have featured a city each week plus a selection of the London auditions every week, obviously because they wanted to feature 1 guest judge a week. Cardiff auditions were rubbish - didnt see one good person. Hopefully Manchester will be better.

Well thought Nicole was the best guest judge by far and she certainly had more to say than Cheryl does.

I agree, she was definitely better than the Danni replacements there've had.

Best show so far tonight, seemed to have the humour of the old audition shows and I agree Nicole was very good.

Completely agree - by far the best judge. And just for the sake of it, I think I'd put Katy Perry 2nd, Natalie Imbruglia 3rd (just), Pixie Lott 4th and Geri Halliwell 5th.

Also think we had a couple of potential finalists tonight too - think it was Aaron or Aiden (the 18 year old who did Kanye West) and Rachel.

Well Geri was always going to be last in my eyes too!

I agree with the"Aaron or Aiden" being a finalist - can't remember his name too!

Also according to The Daily Star's ( i know!) Showbiz person James Ingham's twitter, who's apparenly at Cheryl's "judge's houses" ( which is apparenly in the UK, mabye to do with th malaria etc) - will.i.am of the Black Eye Pea's is her "helper". I know it's to do with the star but if you check out his twitter it seems like it's true ( pics etc)



Also according to him - "Natalie imbruglia helped dannii not Kylie!"

Is it just me of have they basically dragged Cheryl's illness into every episodes "next week" segment, only for it never to really be part of the programme?