November 30, 2009 – 9:07 am

Little Lloyd Daniels, the ‘baby of the group’ – to use Cheryl Cole’s monicker for her parping Welsh entrant – became the eighth act of The X Factor 2009 to be sent home last night. And this time it was purely down to the public vote.
When it came to the crunch, Lloyd’s parping through Elton John’s I’m Still Standing and his honk around Gary Barlow’s A Million Love Songs weren’t enough to win him the votes required.
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By swineshead
Posted in Newsgush
Tagged Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue, Danyl Johnson, ITV, Joe McElderry, Lloyd Daniels, Louis Walsh, Olly Murs, Simon Cowell, Stacey Solomon, Television, The X Factor, TV
November 28, 2009 – 6:02 pm

So few contestants are left as we approach the latter stages of this run of The X Factor, that we reach the part where each contestant has to sing a couple of songs every Saturday. If you’re so excited about tonight’s episode that you can’t wait till it goes out, Unreality TV have helpfully released the rumoured details early again. What larks!
So here’s the list of the Take That and Elton John songs on tonight’s agenda:
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By swineshead
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Cheryl Cole, Elton John, ITV, Joe McElderry, Lloyd Daniels, Louis Walsh, Olly Murs, Simon Cowell, Stacey Solomon, Take That, Television, TV, X Factor
November 23, 2009 – 9:57 am

Oh!
Jitterbug!
Jitterbug!
Jitterbug!
Jitterbug!
If The X Factor failed to put a boom-boom into your heart this week, then you’re probably no fan of Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou – or possibly you are a fan of Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, you just resent his songs being covered live on the telly by a bunch of youthful pretenders.
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By swineshead
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue, Danyl Johnson, George Michael, ITV, Jedward, Joe McElderry, John & Edward Grimes, Lloyd, Louis Walsh, Olly Murs, Simon Cowell, Stacey Solomon, Television, The X Factor, TV, WHAM!, X Factor