The Y Factor

It happens every year with these TV Talent shows. One act is so awful to such an infinite level, that they progress much much further than any sane world would normally allow. But... we don't live in a sane world do we? The proof is there for all to see.

Previous World-Class terrible acts that have featured on the X Factor have included Chico and the Cheeky Girls, but twins John & Edward, this year, have taken the art to a whole new level. When it come to the genre of awful performances, they are surely Galactic if not Universal Class.

But... they are entertaining. This is the Y Factor and they have it in huge great big spades. Each week I cross my fingers they will be voted through, just to see the car wreck they will perform the following week.

If they win the whole competition, Simon Cowell will surely break down in a flood of tears. Good Luck to John and Edward! I probably won't be buying any of your albums though.

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X Factor - Week 3, Relief for Louis Walsh, JLS through

Mentor Louis Walsh must be breathing a huge sigh of relief this week as he, at last, manages to keep one of his acts in the X Factor 2008 contest.

Week 1, he lost Bad Lashes, week 2, he lost Girlband. With both his girl groups gone, mentor Louis Walsh was just left with boyband JLS.

It was Big Band night and JLS performed the 1960 Dean Martin classic, Ain't That a Kick in the Head? Martin performed the song in the original film version of Ocean's Eleven.

The boys performance was credible. Entertaining, if not completely blowing the audience away and they deserved to survive another week.

JLS are not the best act left in the competition, but they are by no means the worst and now they have that added uniqueness... they are the only group left in it. In a year where the voting public may be numbed by act after act of fantastic female singers, JLS may be hoping they offer a refreshing alternative.

This Saturday is Disco week and that should suit them again.

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X Factor 2008 - Who will win? Week 3 odds

So, who will win 2008's X Factor competition. Here is how the market currently values each acts chances of success.

Diana Vickers 2/1
Laura White 3/1
Alexandra Burke 5/1
Austin Drage 6/1
Eoghan Quigg 7/1
J L S 9/1
Rachel Hylton 16/1
Scott Bruton 25/1
Ruth Lorenzo 33/1
Daniel Evans 66/1

Diana Vickers has become the favourite to win which makes mentor, Cheryl Cole's acts, now first, second and third favourite to win. This has never happened before in the competition and if Cheryl does not win, it will be a major shock.

Louis Walsh's sole remaining Group act, JLS, are looking vulnerable at 9-1 and Ruth Lorenzo is way overpriced at 33-1. Granted, she did finish in the bottom two last week, but her survival performance of Purple Rain was out of this world.

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The X-Factor 2008

And so, with the proper First live round complete, The 2008 X-Factor Competition is at last underway. Even at this early stage, it seems as if new mentor, Cheryl Cole is going to have easy victory on her hands. She has three of the best acts by far in the contest and is quoted at odds-on with the Bookies to get one of them the golden prize.

This year the mentors and their categories are as follows,

Simon Cowell - The Boys
Cheryl Cole - The Girls
Dannii Minogue - The Over 25's
Louis Walsh - The Groups

The Groups this year are particularly poor in comparison and Louis hasn't got a hope in hell of winning this years X-Factor. Two of his acts, Bad Lashes and Girlband found themselves in the bottom 2 of week 1 and Bad Lashes were voted off. In a poor category, Bad Lashes were probably Louis' best act. It would not be surprising if he lost all his acts within 3 weeks, but... something strange may happen to keep one of them in of course.

Here is Bad Lashes last performance which saw them booted out.



I personally thought they were better than Girlband and deserved to be kept in. Their first performance was not atrocious by any means and it is very likely that they would have improved.

This Saturday it is Michael Jackson night. This should favour Louis' groups, in particular JLS, but one suspects Mr Walsh will end up one act lighter again.

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