Last week's X Factor

Rachel Hylton - I thought her first performance was pretty good, but clearly the public disagreed. Fairly average sing-off but she deserved to stay over the boring Austin. Amusing to see her 'sack' Dannii as her mentor this week, only for them to make up the next day. She claimed that Dannii was given her poor songs, but the one week whe Dannii let her pick her own, it was pants. She needs to stop trying to be a rock chick and stick to soul, as Dannii suggests - 4/5, 3/5

Austin Drage - Louis was right and Austin is history. Huzzah! - 2/5, 3/5

Diana Vickers - OK, so it wasn't a disco track, but who cares. Diana wins again! - 5/5



Daniel Evans - inexplicably, he remains. Well, its not the inexplicable. Louis and Simon are so against him that the public are voting as a reaction against them, rather than because Evans is a good singer, which he clearly isn't. But still, it's kind of nice to see him progressing because he's a good guy, but surely he has to go tomorrow - 3/5

Laura White - ever-reliable - 4/5

Eoghan Quigg - really starting to hate this sickly sweet kid - 2/5

Ruth Lorenzo - not the nest singer, but her confidence and passion takes her a long way - 3/5

Alexandra Burke - another polished performance. Really, out of all the contestants she seems like the most ready-to-go artist - 4/5

JLS - Dannii was spot on when she cautioned against them allowing themselves to be swallowed up by the backing harmonies because it's those harmonies that flattered them this week. Their own vocals are a bit weak - 2/5

Tomorrow night, it's Mariah Carey night. Plenty of scope for good performances from most of the acts. Pointless trivia: I bought Mariah's first album when she was a complete nobody. If it wasn't for me...