I think it's been pretty good this series; entertaining, funny and David Walliams adds just the right extra element.

Loved the camp dancers in high heels - between them and button nosed James so far.

Yes, those French boys, led by Monsieur Marshall, were the most surreal act I think I've ever seen on UK TV. Concita Wurst is a very close second.

To be honest, when I first saw it, I thought somebody must have slipped some mind altering substance into my Calvados.

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Tonight - the Light guys by a mile!

They didn't make it - strange.

But what it is about these oddball acts that makes them so popular with Simon et al?

They're not doing the gay community any favours by being so weird and OTT, and will only reinforce some people's old-fashioned notions about cartoon queens. It's time (in my opinion) for them to move on and drop this in-your-face high campery!

I note the same doesn't apply to the gay women we see in the media - Clare Balding, Liz Arnold, Sandy Toksvig etc etc - don't feel the need to 'dyke' themselves up for the viewers, so why do the male ones?

The days of Larry Grayson and Danny La Rue are long gone...

I guess being asexual gives me a unique and unbiased perspective on the issue!

It's a good point FF and I never liked the John Inman type stereotypes (I laughed at Dec's remark though suspect it will have infuriated some) but I think the answer is - there's no problem that some acts/people become caricatures as long as there are others who aren't. These days you see standard, ordinary gay men (and women) who are out and proud yet not camp at all.

And the main reason this act was so popular is because they were so good. Enormously energetic, spot on, syncopated, camp yet essentially brilliant.

Yes they certainly know how to get an audience - whether they be prejudiced or genuinely fascinated by their act.