Alexandra should win this year; Simon chose the wrong one in the cute boys stakes - the dark haired kid had the better voice; Bat For Lashes (?) were good especially the girl who wore the hat Saturday - great voice; JLS are very good; Austin has a good voice...

It's Bad Lashes.

I only caught the closing credits. Are Bad Lashes and Hannah still in? I think someone said Liam went out (15yr old dark haired boy with the best voice of all the boys). Shame if he's gone out. Possibly means they have already chosen the winner and so had to get Liam out of the way. If it follows the pattern of Britain's Got Talent then Alexandra will win it. (I know what I mean by that. )

Speaking of X Factor - the 82yr old guy who auditioned playing the spoons, because he thought it was Britains Got Talent, took part in the Great North Run this morning. 82 and still not out of breath when they interviewed him.

Alexandra is good, but she needs to sort out her phrasing.

Bat For Lashes was a joke!

Yup, Liam should have stayed in.

Hannah is out too and should have stayed in.

If the winner has already been decided then it's probably Alexandra because of her Joss Stone connections. Hanah was the best of all the girl singers, by far. I also liked Liam. I can only they guess they brought him back, following his eviction, for a touch drama. Poor kid. Way to mess with his head. I hope he gets the break he deserved.

Keep an eye on Liam, JK. Once he's 16 maybe you can open a few doors for him.

No other 4 Instinct supporters here?

Not chosen by Louis, but surely better than having two identical girl bands, one of which is useless?

Final to be between:

Rachel
Austin
JLS

As usual the better talent has been axed early on. This is around the time I lose interest. I'm not really impressed by any of those remaining. Some are ok, but none are better than what's already out there.