The X Factor: Week Six

We were misled. Next week is the semi-final, not this week....They are still really dragging this show out. But at least the judges don't have the final vote anymore, it is purely down to the public.

Tonight, each act was to sing two songs, Rowetta kicked off the show with River Deep, Mountain High, that was very good, though she had a dodgy hat on. G4 sang You'll Never Walk Alone after they had a scare when Jonathan strained his vocal chords shouting when the band got through last week. Steve sang The Sweetest Feeling, though missed his cue as he could not hear the music, and Tabby sang a ballad, More Than Words which was OK. No judges commented on the first round of singing, but phone lines opened, and they all sang again.

This time, Rowetta slowed it down to sing When You Tell Me That You Love Me, G4 did a fab version of Queen's Somebody to Love, Steve sang If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time with which he seemed quite uncomfortable, Simon owned up to pushing him into the song. Tabby livened up the audience with his version of Living on a Prayer, which was pretty good, if only for his efforts at audience participation rather than pure vocal performance.

Kate Thornton announced that there was less than 4% between the bottom acts. At the end of the painfully long second show, it was revealed that Rowetta was to go.