X Factor 2008

[Lesley Bee]

I forgot to mention JLS they were amazing last night, Aston has such a gorgeous voice

[Zetti]

I really hate Rachel. She just annoys me. I dont think Austin should have gone, it should have been Daniel and Rachel in bottom two. Laura and JLS rocked last night and I love Alexandra more and more now :0

[I love music]

For various reasons, I've missed most of this year's series and only seen parts here and there. From what I've seen, they don't have a world class star like Rhyddian but Diana (that is the name of the small blonde girl, right? ) is very, very good and deserves to win.

[HeavenForbid]

Austin didn't deserve to go last night. I'm just watching it now and wow! He did great on both of his songs. Louis your an idiot.

[claire_louise]

I wonder who would have gone if it had ended up in deadlock...

The problem with Rachel is that despite having a great voice she just isn't very likeable. I know it's a singing contest and not a personality contest, but to be successful as a popstar you have to appeal to the public, and personality has a lot to do with that. Obviously she's been through a lot in life and that's toughened her up, but the result is that she can come across as hard-faced and, much as I hate to say it, a bit obnoxious. She might be perfectly lovely in real life, but it's how she appears on screen that will make or break her on the show.

[champagne_char]

Go Diana. I think shes amazing and her talent is so unique. I would buy her album becaUSE I love the sound of her voice and it doesnt sound like karaoke

[rachel&kim]

I thought Diana's performance on Saturday was by far her best. It was really really good, I thought that was a really good style for her.

I too agree, Daniel should have gone last week, Rachel should have gone this week. And I know this might be a really unfair comment but I just get this feeling that half of Louis reason for getting rid of Austin over Rachel was because Austin was in Simon's category and he wanted Simon to be in the same position as him in the competition. But that's just my opinion.

[LAURZY!]

^^^ i couldnt agree with you more, i think Louis voted for Austin just to get at Simon! - just my opinion

[Slade]

To be honest the general public get to vote before the judges do. The whole reason why those two were in the bottom was because they simply hadn’t amassed enough votes. Period. If more people wanted Austin to stay then they really should have picked up the phone and voted for him. Although we can see that the whole process for deciding which contestants progress is a revenue making process, in terms of actually selecting talent I feel that it is fundamentally flawed. Quite often some of the better more talented singers don’t actually win or progress. Leona aside, look at G4, Rhydian, Ben losing the final spot to Ray, Maria not getting further when Lois picked the Irish girl group (Remember the “Irish Mafia” comment) etc etc. The main problem is previous series show that a lot of viewers will pick people they like or have warmed to rather than those who are actually talented.

[mk1diva]

I wonder who would have gone if it had ended up in deadlock...

The problem with Rachel is that despite having a great voice she just isn't very likeable. I know it's a singing contest and not a personality contest, but to be successful as a popstar you have to appeal to the public, and personality has a lot to do with that. Obviously she's been through a lot in life and that's toughened her up, but the result is that she can come across as hard-faced and, much as I hate to say it, a bit obnoxious. She might be perfectly lovely in real life, but it's how she appears on screen that will make or break her on the show.

I have to say I agree with you. The way she comes across on screen is obnoxious and I for 1 wouldnt buy her single or album because of that very reason maybe I'm being shallow there but thats the way it is!

The one thing I will say about this years show is how the girls seem to be on top and apart from Leona we havent had many of them recently so good on them! I love Diana think she has got an amazing voice yeah its different but I think thats what gives her the edge and Laura well she's just got a strong powerful voice that can belt out a ballard or 2 but I'm not sure how she would fair in something a bit different!

JLS are very talented but I think we have enough boy bands nowadays with the likes of Take That, Boyzone and New kids on the Block all getting back together I dont think they are in the same league as them!

Just my opinion tho!