Cher - five star bet for elimination this week

That's true Cider...I was just thinking that if 1D do not win, they are free to sign with whoever and Simon won't want to run the risk of them going elsewhere. Just my opinion!

I agree that Mary is way too short - but does no-one see value in Rebecca and One Direction?

None of the Cher stuff is "new". That seems to be who she is, but she also seems to have been the one that Cowell has been riding the most in the competition.

Rebecca has received a lot of pointed criticism recently and she's always received #2 treatment behind Cher. Is that likely to change from now?

One Direction supposedly have the teeny vote. However, the past two weeks have seen them rumoured to be struggling with the vote and public votes have them way behind - although Cowell will do all he can to get them home and they almost certainly will close the show.

Personally, I think Mary is way underpriced - and whilst Cher is a decent cover bet, the real value lies with Rebecca and One Direction.

It could TRM.  A variety of factors could come into play tonight and it's important not to be "forgettable".

Mary was in the sing off last weekend, has been ill during the week and she has said The Way We Were is her Mother's song which she has been wanting to sing all series.  If that is her second song it could be very emotional for her, so with all these factors it doesn't look like she will be "forgettable".

Matt has really been struggling with illness so assume that is going to be apparent tonight, so drama surrounding him.

Likewise for OD.  Harry has been ill, and Zain has had to return home because of family illness/problems so they will be a 4 piece tonight. 

Less going on with Rebecca and Cher (apart from all the stuff in the press about Cher's strops) so they could conceivably fall into the "forgettable" category if there is no drama around them and/or if they don't excel big time with their song selections.

Cheers shrewd - nothin like puttin a man under a bit of pressure.Have self inflicted financial pressure well and truly exerted already, mate [;)]

I was immediately interested at the start of the week once prices went up. When Fig confirmed through Louis' radio interview that it was a straight PV (on Weds iirc) this became potentially one of the bets (if not THE bet) of the series for me. Realistic B2 Cher/Mary. With the prices simply being wrong. Hope I'm right. If not, blame Shrewd + Squares for their ridiculous rants  +

Yeh, me too - just got stuffed on goals markets with Ipswich Swansea banging in 4 goals after 0-0 at HT, could have closed for an easy profit too...

Also one other thing I haven't seen mentioned is that it's pretty awful weather over here in Ireland, and tonight will be easily the biggest viewing figures of the series over here which should help Mary, as her strong bloc will be out in force.

Did The Star print the numbers to ring today? It was too cold to leave the apartment to check!

Cher's songs

Nothin' On You - BoB ft Bruno Mars
Love The Way You Lie - Eminen ft Rihanna

two very recent, quite similar tracks.

Not going to appeal to a wide range of XF voters unless SCowell does the works about being current and relevant, etc.

Was minding kids today Tiger and pretty much under house arrest also, so can't answer that one. I like Cher's song choices though - thx Sq.

Bound be a gurn or four in there! [;)]

iNX down with the kids

Mary and Cher bottom 2 which is a given. Matt and Rebecca will not end up there. So, you are betting on who the judges choose to leave out of Cher and Mary. Louis will vote for Mary and it is odds on that the rest will vote for Mary. If for any reason it goes to the votes then it is 50-50.

no judges vote this week Green.

All in Cher then!

Cher's price is coming in...

Cher was only bottom 2 when she did that horrific Imagine

Never been bottom 2 doing the yoof rappy thing

Think she might be ok.

SO who else will be in the bottom 2? Not Matt, Not Rebecca and not One Direction.

you just have to avoid being the bottom 1

I think she has the beating of Mary

Rebecca the goner?

Sq - iNX down with the kids

Minding my own kids, I hasten to add mate!

chav girl has to be a gonner

terrible

With her demolition of Rhiana's song you'd like to think so, but the outrageous ramping by some of the judges would suggest otherwise.

Mary's legit emotion and her age and a bit of Paddywhackery and ya never know [;)]

Can you update us on any of the media effort over there to save Mary please nxrbl think she will need some help tbh, though it is still closer than the market suggests imho

I wasn't out to get papers today so don't know on that front mate. Roads treacherous here in places, plus I was minding the kids.

There has certainly been a huge push for her. Will put an extra effort in tomorrow AM and put an update here

RoI voters, to vote for Mary Byrne dial 1513 711 302

Cheers think there is a massive uplift in voters at the semi final stage most of whom will be matt/becca voters cher being an aquired taste will not have gained support but mary defo needs an uplift to get past her.

Agree with you. The sub zero weather and driving conditions mean people would watch and may vote. Her emotion will resonate with the Irish viewing public

NXRBL - I think your analysis failed to take into account Cher's biggest asset...  Mary.

She was simply dreadful tonight.  If she fails to be eliminated after that abysmal performance, then I'M Westlife's Auntie!

Thx Dizzy. Six of one, half a dozen of the other. Both were p1ss poor if you ask me. Good luck if you lumped on Mary

I'll agree with you there!

Won't be sad to see either of them go...

Braved the elements to bring you this ladies 'n gents...

Irish Sunday papers update:

Sunday World front page:
A pic of a shook lookin Mary with a hot drink...
FRAIL MARY SINGS FOR HER LIFE
Story inside of how she's been sick and was unable to rehearse this week. That we as a nation should be proud of her and vote for her to get her through to the final.
+ Numbers to vote for Mary and 1D inside

Irish NOTW front page:
MARY: AXE CHER NOT ME
Inside Louis plea:
PLEASE EXORCISE 'LITTLE DEVIL' CHER
Story of how she's stroppy, a nightmare off set and a dislikable person
+ Numbers to vote for Mary inside
NOTW Editorial states the following:
LET'S CHEER ON MARY
Irish X Factor hopeful Mary Byrne has helped us through the doom and gloom of the last few weeks.
The Dublin Tesco worker is a truly down-to-earth woman who has lifted our spirits with her heart-warming story and amazing voice.
Let's return the favour of making her dreams come true by picking up the phones tonight and getting our favourite till lady to the final.
(iNX: The above was actually underlined)

Irish Mirror front page:
MARY: MY FAMILY FEUD HELL
Inside a story of Mary's heartache at her ex partner who walked out on her and her little girl 23 years ago and how his family turned on her after she dedicated her U2 song to him, All I Want Is You.
+ Numbers to vote for Mary inside

Irish Star Sunday front page:
MARY: MY FLING WITH A WOMAN
Inside a story how in desperation she turned to the affection of a woman for support when her partner walked out on her, leaving her a single mother in hard times. She goes on to stress it was a mistake and that she's not a lesbian.
+ Numbers to vote for Mary inside

While on my Mission Impossible task set by Topper I also caught a snippet of the main 2fm Sunday morning breakfast show with Baz/Lucy. They urged the country to get behind Mary and vote for her and gave the number 1513 711 302!

Went in to Tesco to get a couple of bits and the check out lady (40 something) said it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Mary would go from the judges last night.

As I've always maintained, if Mary doesn't make it through, it won't be for the want of trying.

Might be a bot of life in the auld dog yet!

* bit of life

last story = a bit too much info imo

nice work tho iNX

Yes good stuff NXRBL  if you back into Tescos can you ask the manager if theres a management instruction to vote for Mary only kidding cheers

Flicking through the Independent (which I bought) there's a story on page 23 by a journalist Andrea Byrne (snooty middle class @r$ehole, I think is the phrase my father would use to describe her).

Thought it was mildly amusing...

Headline: One Direction for Mary may just be the boot.
Story then of how she has been a good distraction, is really not that good, she's definitely not a star. 1/4 page pic of Mary on XF with underneath: MABY, IT's CURTAINS: Dubliner Mary Byrne could be knocked out of tonight's X Factor semi-final but it remains to be seen whether judge Simon Cowell signs her to his record label.

Her story states that unless one of the other four contestants is ousted for having close relations with a) Sep Blatter or b) Vladimir Putin, that Mary's journey will come to an end tonight.

She says the final will be Matt, Rebecca, 1D. Matt's bookies' favourite, but she thinks 1D will shade it. He was much more appealing in the audition stages. He wasn't made to wear wife beater vests and sing along to dodgy backing tracks by a clueless Danni Minogue.

She goes on to say:
"If there's one act I hope doesn't remain in the public consciousness post X-Factor, it's Cher Lloyd. Other than her permanent scowl. Vicky Pollard-esque chic and over-zealous use of her tweezers, what's most grating is her bloated ego. She's already a diva, God only knows what she will be like when she actually achieves something in life. Yes she can hold a tune, bust a few moves and rap a couple of 'ring-a-ding-dingas' but that doesn't necessarily make her a star. It was heart-warming to hear her booed last Sunday."

She then predicts Mary Cher B2 with judges saving Cher as the tantrum would be too much.

iNX: I hope to **** there aint a sing off. That would be the last koont of an act that Cowell could pull. Cert Mary outpolled the scroat if so!

Nada in the Times gents....

Lot less confident now, but still hopeful over this one. Will be close I reckon, but I've left my bet with Cher to go as a lot of Mary's vote is a core vote that won't be put off by anything that happened on the show, and I don't think Cher will have appealed widely with her two slots yesterday - here's hoping.

Alot of her vote? We talking about the mass amounts that had her rock bottom last week? Ta-ra Mary.

Thought Katie was rock bottom last week? oh well

RMB never lets facts get in the way of his drivel

RB + 1.

A1 done his small nuts on Mary I take it

Thanks for contributing to my profit though, going to be very hard to beat is our Mary

RMB - and is cher's vote all that strong as she was B2 a couple of weeks back (Mary above her vote)?

Have just watched the replays and Cher was FOOKING AWFUL.  If it's a singing competition she GOES tonite.  3.5 is MASSIVE

good work NXRBL, thanks a lot, corroborates my view that her vote may be mobilised sufficiently to get her into 4th place rather than 5th.....

I would of thought that the Irish papers would of had more important things to put on their front pages at the moment, but I do hope that that Mary gets thru

Lets get this right....

Getting through is nothing to do with singing ability or last performance.

This is a guessing game of Cowells twist and turns and media hype.

As a show its got worse as seasons have gone ny and is now utter dire.But as a betting medium it is a right little cracker.

View it this way....They all have on left bar Cole...take one out and they all have one each,all bleating on abd barking uo their act..

Cole wont go into final with two and as many judges as poss to have a live prospect to hype.


Rebecca or Cher...thats your choice this week...and chav biitch is history.


On another point..Personally cant believe the so called public voting.....But if the Irish gets behind the battle axe...Oh and they will.....and if some of her phones cant accept calls ..like they did when leon got into and won the final...
Then that country will put her in the final.

all you lot that said there was no sing off - F U C K YOU!! Lying cheating CNUTS I curse the lot of you

Blame Louis Walsh.

Ta-ra Mary, and thanks for the money.

Feckin easy this game at times.

On a personal note I'm pleased the fat useless cabaret singer is out, and to think George and FLL said she'd be hard to beat and had the best voice (to P and O ferries for you chaps I think lol)

Well, probably the most crooked result they've ever had on x-factor had to be used to beat this bet. It took that much effort on their part to down us, so no shame in this one fellas. I have a feeling ITV won't be hearing the end of this for some time, as they've contradicted both announcements on the show, and on their website. Madness.

What annoucements on the show and what announcement on the website? The statement on the website is open to interpretation.

show me all the years in the past where there has been a sing off all the way to the finals please.

GreenFortune is technically right

I suggest you stop p0ncing off the opinions and hard work of people on here in future and do your own grafting.

Well said shrewdbury.

Did drop a few hints with the dead cert bits but couldn't be arsed to save the rest of you as you're all colluders.

My original opinon that I shared with everyone on this forum was that Mary was going. I did my hard work - it was undone by Simon being a bent CNUT and listening to crap on here.

Didn't listen to a thing on here, and from what I gather he wasn't the one that was that bothered.

Well said shrewdbury a case of do as your told danni or fúck off

oh ok il árse lick just for you simon

GreenFortune - Stop crying ffs.

I am annoyed with the rampers/liars/misinformers on here. I am expressing it. I aint crying.

That's all they ever do, ramp and collude. It's poor, really poor, but a real slight on them as characters (few are bullies with anger issues too - future wife beaters? which is a sickening thought ).

The REAL debate should have been whether or not there would be a sing off...  I think people missed a trick by getting sucked into backing Cher.

I totally agree with the basic premise of NXRBL's analysis - namely that there was not much between Mary and Cher, and certainly enough to suggest that Mary might not finish bottom of the public vote.

But this was discounting the level of manipulation that goes on in the show to ensure they get the final line-up they want.

Mary was the sacrificial lamb, her face didn't fit in the final - and hey bingo wings, the sing off miraculously reappeared to get her out.

If you bet on someone else's information it is still your own responsibilty. Try blaming yourself if you can't accept losing.

By the way, was anyone REALLY surprised to see a sing off - after last week's double elimination made a return to get rid of Wagner?

This year the rule book has gone out of the window - wild cards, random double eliminations, erratic running order, outrageous ramping, repeated pimp slots, and now the sing off in the semi.

But before we get too wound up about it, surely these are all the same reasons why there's money to be made in second guessing all of the above?!  I know that's why I love it...

This is the first time that we've had five acts in a semi final, first time that four will be in a final - so there was always going to be a good chance they would move the goalposts.

I can accept losing. And yes it was me who put they bet down. Never denied either of these things.

Well what do you expect,load of bollocks isnt it
Like the matt choo choo train,ramping.
fact 1.They made it 4 in the final to get cher in,theres never been 4 in a final before.
fact 2,Simon made Danny vote for Cher,because she has the most promise,and wants to give her every chance to shine,after last nights retalliation,would you have voted for Cher?think about it.
Fact 3,Simons not lying when he says its a tough call,it could swing a few ways,not one of the acts stands out,rebecca probably the one on vocals,although not my cup of tea,like taking a trip in the tardis back to the 60's,sorry,been there done that and seen better.
fact 4,rebecca is miles ahead on the voting now,think about it,clean living softly spoken shy mum,beer swilling,smoking,self confessed bum,mmmm,didnt take long did it?.
fact 5,Rebecca is the only act not to receive any real harsh criticism,apart from it being mentioned she looked nervous on one occasion.
It will be interesting if Cher tries something new again,thought she sounded a bit different in that sing off,not a one trick pony,credit where its due,but poles say Rebecca.

what do hungarians say?

btw i wasnt ramping - i was under the strong impression, as most of us were, that it was lowest goes. i have lost money through being naive and believing that cowell would not go to those lengths to see cher into 4th rather than 5th

and despite 247lol's protestations, we all know matt will win, esp as his voters will be even more encouraged to vote after his trial this week

Glad I missed this tonight, as Castle iNX would be minus one TV.

Is this Cowell's lowest stunt yet? Especially when you consider the stage at which the competition is?

Absolutely no point whatsoever in a single person voting in this charade in future. Just let the judges decide each week. Cowell making it up as he goes along. Thought with his ridic ramping that he'd bury Mary, Ooops.... Plan B: He does what the **** he wants!

Gonna be a lot of irate Irish people when they discover after next weekend that Mary shudda been in the final by a straight forward PV.

Just to be clear, my info was correct and not some ridiculous ramp. It's very easy to corroborate it. I lost. No shame in that. I'm a big boy and can take my losses. My backs were a Cher elim at 15/8 Laddies. Not on betfair.

Good Luck to Cowell trying to ship this to the Yanks. Even they're not daft enough to swallow all this load o b@ll@cks!

Louis is gonna look like one spare Pr1ck for all his PV nonsense on radio and in the Sunday papers. He could get a serious backlash here for that. Mary Byrne was of the same opinion that it was a straight PV. Papers had it billed as that here. Mary V Cher. To axe Cher => Vote Mary.

Be interesting what pans out (if anything) of this...

GL all. Run good!

sick telling u all pv does not matter a fcuk

Thanks for all the info nxrbl although it cost me a packet it was genuine info posted in good faith, I do hope the papers kick up a storm Cowell should not be allowed to get away with this.

^ What Cider said. Nobody tried to mislead you Green. People just reported what they saw written and discussed it - a very useful feature of this forum.

some years ago I backed two people to be eliminated. Then for the first time a "judges Decison was announced" my two bets were the bottom two. Betfair voided the market. I thought the market was clear, I was betting on who would be eliminated, I "won". There seems to be a randomness in betfair's decisions.

Same here J.O. Would be a lot of families at the mo happy with what I lost on it.

FWIW outrage in the papers here today.
All and when I say all, I mean ALL the papers carry the story.

Irish Mail front page.
Irish Sun front page: "Fans cry Fix as Byrne gets boot in semi"
Irish News front page.
Irish Times front page
Irish Indo front page
Irish Mirror front page: "It's a FiX - Mary Stitched Up"
Irish Star front page: "Mary AXed. Fury over FIX Claims"

Red tops going to town on the fix angle and how Cowell changed the rules at the last minute to 'fix' the final. Broadsheets a more Bye Mary approach.

The coverage is akin to the Roy Keane Saipangate saga. Topic on everyone's lips this AM is it was a disgrace. Blah Blah Blah...

To be honest 1 D could win this by a landslide (with Niall) and they won't get a fraction of the coverage that Mary has. I imagine the papers feel cheated in the sense that they too were misled by the Show and Louis and in turn were made to look as though they misled their readership.

I've a sneaking suspicion that Cowell has gone one step too far this time...

I think they'll calm down, she got a massive ramp all week in Ireland and only got to 4th out of 5 at best.

True Henry.
That's all they wanted, though. Oh well, dough done... Next plz! [;)]

NX - for once I think we could well and truly say 'we was robbed'.

Cheers for the excellent info NX.

Only a simpletopn could describe it as ramping.
Unfortunately there were alot about this week and I suspect we'll have even more during the final

anyone catch Mary on Lorraine Kelly and TM?  I caught the end of both.  On TM I heard them say something like "so you only found out about the sing off on the day of the results show".  Mary was pretty vague, saying she wasn't totally sure/couldn't remember.  They might have been given the songs on Saturday but didn't work on them until Sunday.

Jeff B said something about Cher duetting with Cheryl??

Reason for the sing off - something about because there were still 5 left in the competition!!

Also, from the way they were talking it sounded as if all 4 will be doing duets.

jesus cowell is doing everything in his power to give cher a career isnt he. quite plausible cher duets with cheryl actually...

i feel totally outraged about sunday, but you should have seen the look on my wife's face when i said 'cowell's gone too far this time'. it was a look as if to say 'get a life you sad f ucker it's only bledding x factor' - brought me down a peg or two

no way cheryl will sing live...just will not happen.

will help rebecca's vote - if cole was stupid enough to go with it.

LOL nick

confirmation of what Mary has been saying:

Mary Byrne has revealed that she was only told the night before that there would be a semi-final sing-off.

The former Tesco checkout worker, who was eliminated by the judges last night, admitted that it came as a surprise to the contestants when they found out their fate wouldn't solely be down to the public vote.

Speaking on This Morning, Byrne said: "I'm not sure if I found out Saturday morning or yesterday morning, I can't remember. It's because there was five... normally it would go to the public, but because there was five they had to do it that way apparently.

"I didn't know... although I think it was Saturday actually. Well we were given 'save me songs' on Saturday but I only practised it yesterday."

However, Byrne was not critical of the changes to the format, arguing that it was a waste of time worrying about it.

"I don't know about being penalised - I think they had to change it because of the way there was four in the finals. Do you know what I mean?" she said. "So I mean, they made a decision and it was done and there's not a lot more you can do. I was just so happy to be there."

Meanwhile, the Irish singer also hinted that Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell had begun planning a debut album for her. "I have the tour coming up and apparently I'm going to be making an album - please God I hope!" she said. "The album has been mentioned twice by Simon and Louis, so I don't know... it's just exciting."

Nick - often at times like that you can feel torn between two issues with the missus. If you let it go and say, yes it doesn't really matter love, but are secretly seething that it was much more serious as you just did your bollaxx.....or you can tell her how much you've just done your bollaxx in monetary terms...and then face the wrath of 'what the hell were you doing putting that much of our money on a silly show' etc etc....can't win!

Figgy, Squares et. al.

For the benefit of those of us who are newer to the forum, please continue to 'out' the genuine rampers in the final week.

I think we have a pretty good handle on most of the culprits, but where multiple accounts are used sometimes it can still be a bit misleading.

Cheers...

Oh and Nick - believe me, I've had THAT look on more than one occasion!

My other half just about tolerates all of the betting that goes on, but it starts to wear thin come Sunday night in-running sing-off trading...

Even though punting on this has virtually paid for Christmas the last three years running she still thinks I take it all WAY too seriously and need to get a life!

i didnt mention the 700 quid i had had stolen off me, but she made me realise that i am taking this pantomime very very seriously. over seriously in fact.

from now on, we know to factor in these possibilities into our betting, but if we really think our outrage will cause cowell a shred of concern then we've got another thing coming...

Red Tops still all at it here. zzzzz
Star front page: Gag on Mary
Story: X Factor Star Mary Byrne has admitted that she has been gagged about allegations that the results on Sunday were fixed.....

In a related Star story "MaBy is a ratings champion"
Dubliner Mary Byrne's dramatic exit from X Factor smashed all ratings figures for TV3 - as over 911k viewers tuned in. Bosses celebrated as ratings hit the highest in the channels 12 year history.....

I can't wait to see the actual results post XF. My guess is that Mary may have won the PV by quite a margin. I'm thinking by a couple of points, rather than the ludicrous Cher landslide win some fools predicted.

No such gag here...

The Mirror front page: They Fixed It For Me To Lose
Dumped mary lifts lid on new X Factor scandal
Mary Byrne last night accused X Factor bosses of rigging the show to get rid of her.
She claims show chiefs knew before the sing-off the public had voted for her but wanted "more marketable" Cher Lloyd to stay in. Mary said: "It's a fix. The public voted for me to stay but it was obvious Simon Cowell didn't want me." Big development of the story.....

Then there's a separate related piece "Was the Sing-Off a sham: The evidence"
The Mirror can reveal a growing catalogue of evidence that points to the sing-off being a last minute introduction brought in to save Cher Lloyd from being kicked off the X-Factor.
What Mary says:
Speaking about the decision to get the bottom two acts to perform, Mary Byrne told the Mirror she found out at the 11th hour about the move. She said she found out on Saturday about the sing off, and later told TM the contestants did not practise their songs until Sunday, such was the lateness of the arrangements.
What Dermot said:
Angry fans pointed out that DOL had told them on the show "it's you alone" who decided who went through to the final, suggesting there would be no sing-off. Halfway into the show just after all the acts performed their first songs of the night, Dermot said: "The vote is now open, and will close in tomorrow night's result show. It's now all in your hands."
What Simon said:
In an interview a week ago after Wagner Carrilho was given the boot, Cowell appeared to suggest all deciosions were down to the public, he said: "There were people trying to derail the show. What has happened tonight is we've put the show back in the hands of the public."
What Louis said:
Irish fans of the show also claim that Louis Walsh said on RTE Radio One last weel that the act with the lowest vote would leave and urged people to vote for Mary.
What XF website said:
The XF's official website stated that the act with the lowest vote would leave. The Mirror was contacted by dozens of Mary fans yesterday asking for their money back.
ITV and the X Factor were last night still insisting that the sing-off was planned well in advance but did not give a specific date.

My regular Newsagents didn't have the Sun this AM. Simon Cowell robbed them. Just like Mary.

I won't bore the forum with any more of this, gents.... My last update on the matter.

Not boring NXRBL - fascinating.

Keep it coming.  Wish the British press were pushing this with the same passion and determination!

SCowell can't lie straight in bed.

But speaking exclusively to The Sun, show boss Simon said: "We haven't done anything wrong."

He added: "All the artists knew there was going to be a sing-off.

"Mary and Cher were told last Monday to prepare a song for a sing-off if necessary."

And the producer said the format could not have been changed due to Cher coming bottom of the public vote - because he has no idea of the rankings.

He explained: "I genuinely do not know the exact placings of the artists - who is top and who is bottom. I never know those details until the series is finished."

And he said the confusion is due to next week's final having four acts instead of the three always featured in previous series.

He said: "There has always been a sing-off when there are five people left in the competition. This is a lot of nonsense about nothing."



Re: last paragraph.  There has been a sing off where there are five people left in the competition twice in the past 6 series, once was the first year which only had 9 contestants and then again in series 3 when Eton Road got the boot over Ben Mills

Meanwhile, ITV says ONLY the public vote will decide the final results of the series this weekend.

As an aside here and maybe noteworthy is that any possible transfer of Mary regional support to 1D is now foooked! This may not have been huge, but 400-500k votes can't be sniffed at.

No way the Niall kid will get any support other than from his hardcore locality, which is an inconsequential little town called Mullingar, circa 10k population.

good work NXRBL, your digging is most valuable, thankyou

NXRBL, surely Ireland is too aggrieved to bother voting much this weekend?

That's what he's saying bunny.

Regards that last paragraph squares, I'd love one of us on here to get through to the Xtra Factor phone in and ask Cowell about the 4 times it has been straight public vote with only 5 contestants left because the dopey British public will believe him when he says that.

Bunny, ^^ what Johnny says above mate. No Irish vote after this.

I defo propose Sq for the phone-in to give Cowell the Gestapo treatment!!