Balsamic

Totally agree. I think she will be bottom 2 again next week and I doubt if she will be saved a 3rd week. She is unpopular with the public without a doubt - you can have the best voice ever (not that she has - I find her vocals cringeworthy) but if you haven`t the personality to connect with the audience and have the likeability factor it`s no good. That is why I think Matt will make the final - he has both in abundance (and more importantly across the age range).

From seeing the songs for this week I reckon Belle Amie a dead cert for bottom two with either Paige/Trayc joining them.

It`s also No 7 in Amazon`s download album chart. It`s a brilliant album and the band are unsigned (not for too much longer I would have thought)

Someone on another forum has posted the actual popularity bars on ITunes in terms of downloads over the last 3 weeks rather than just ratings - not sure how accurate it is (as I thought that information was blocked by Simon Cowell) but surprised to see Katie above Rebecca :unsure: 1) Matt (by a country mile) 2) Cher 3) Aiden 4) Katie (I know, I was suprised too) 5) One Direction 6) Rebecca 7) Mary 8) Wager 9) Paige 10) Bel Amie 11) TreyC

Week 3 ITunes ratings By Ratings Tally Name/Ratings Tally/Avg Stars Matt Cardle 672 5 Cher Lloyd 545 3 One Direction 210 4 Aiden Grimshaw 196 4.5 Wagner 175 3 Rebecca Ferguson 164 4.5 Katie Waissel 145 3.5 Paije Richardson 122 4.5 Belle Amie 94 2.5 Mary Byrne 85 3.5 TreyC Cohen 65 3.5 John Adeleye 59 3.5 By Avg Stars Name/Ratings Tally/Avg Stars Matt Cardle 672 5 Aiden Grimshaw 196 4.5 Rebecca Ferguson 164 4.5 Paije Richardson 122 4.5 One Direction 210 4 Katie Waissel 145 3.5 Mary Byrne 85 3.5 TreyC Cohen 65 3.5 John Adeleye 59 3.5 Cher Lloyd 545 3 Wagner 175 3 Belle Amie 94 2.5 The bottom 2 equated to how the voting went pretty well. And I would guess that Matt is also ahead in the voting.

The one certainty is that Matt will not be doing the one he really wanted (ie Thriller) but is happy with his song choice this week apparently (fingers crossed it will be Creep but have a feeling Danni will give that to Aiden). Any guesses who will get Thriller ?

Not surprised that Matt is the most viewed but whatever happened to poor John ?

Matt - the only credible musician in the competition.

If Paige does not perform this week I reckon his reserved bottom 3 place will go to Katie.......bottom 3 - Belle Amie/Katie and John (but hopefully Wagner somewhere in the mix) <_<

I agree with the ones who will go over the next 2 weeks but I would add Katie into the mix - she is living on borrowed time. Shock eviction nearer the end will be either Cher/Aiden or Mary I reckon. I can see a final of Matt (almost guaranteed), Wand Erection (unfortunately) and Rebecca.

ITunes ratings update from Saturday`s show By Total Name - Total - Avg Matt Cardle 706 5 Cher Lloyd 518 3 One Direction 218 4 Rebecca Ferguson 202 4.5 Katie Waissel 197 3.5 Aiden Grimshaw 181 4 Mary Byrne 135 3.5 Wagner 102 3 diva fever 100 3.5 TreyC Cohen 89 4 John Adeleye 80 4.5 Belle Amie 75 3.5 Paije Richardson 70 4 Storm 60 3

I`d hardly call this "dull and nothingy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=171_WdD4ryQ

Or perhaps they recognise she is a one trick pony with dodgy vocals who looks constipated on stage ?

Hardly surprising given the huge ratings. I`d like to see them expand the group section to bands who play instruments - then perhaps we may get some credibility and not be landed with people who have never sung together in their lives (and badly) :rolleyes:

Personally I find Rebecca a down market Corinne Bailey Rae/Norah Jones clone with a rather bland personality.

01. Matt Cardle 02. Rebecca Ferguson 03. Mary Byrne 04.. Aiden Grimshaw 05. Treyc Cohen The rest

You need to check out his band Seven Summers album - you may just change your mind. His vocals are flippin fantastic.

Totally agree. I want to see Matt play his accoustic guitar

True but in a show like X Factor you have to be likeable as well as talented, and face it Katie is probably the most disliked one this year - she comes across as arrogant and pretentious. I predict she will be out in the next 2/3 weeks.

Yes, it sure was dreadful and she is a one-trick pony. Will be interesting to see what she does come big band week............probably a rap version of Mac the Knife :rolleyes:

First night nerves seemed to affect most of them in some way..............Aiden in particular - I got the feeling that the angst and intensity of his performance was unintentional - you only had to look at his face when the song finished before he heard the judges comments. He thought he`d blown it. I think he will prove to be a one trick pony and Danni is going to have to take him out of his comfort zone, like she did with Matt (who after a shaky start, totally pulled his song off) even thought the backing track was way too loud.

I disagree - Katie seems to be very unpopular on all the forums and I doubt she will be around longer than 3 weeks. Cher will split the teen vote with 1 Direction and she will become a one trick pony after about 2 weeks. It`s pretty obvious SC will go all out to make sure his bland little put together boy band will win :cry:

I think the alleged bullying story in the Sun yesterday could be very damaging for Cher. Anyone can see the girl is emotionally and physically very fragile and she should have been told to come back next year. I honestly think she thinks she is better than she actually is.

I hope he does an accoustic version of the song like this.......... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L5ZSCVGviU