The X Factor - Live 2 - Michael Jackson/Jackson 5 songs

[Abbie]

something like that, it has some dude from the crap band that say the pizza hut song

Yeah! I watched that

[Bad Wolf]

it was disturbing, and seemed to indicate that some people will make a complete **** of themselves to be on tv, it was painful to watch

[Perdita]

Beyoncé has been approached to appear on the final of this year's X Factor, reports say.

The 26-year-old singer would duet with one of the finalists should she take up the offer. Take That are also in talks to appear on the ITV show.

A source told The Daily Star: "Simon Cowell wants to end the series on a high with two of the world's biggest pop acts. Last year we had Kylie and Katherine Jenkins performing duets with Leon and Rhydian, and this year we want Beyoncé and Take That. It’ll be the hottest ticket in town."

Britney Spears is also reported to be making an appearance on the contest later in the series.

[Perdita]

Who'd want to be Louis Walsh this morning? After Bad Lashes were sent home last week, another of his acts, the honestly-titled Girlband, were eliminated on Saturday. Worse still, Simon Cowell called the group's performance "gimmicky" and claimed there was no connection between the girls and their mentor. Intrigued, we called Girlband's Tita to find out whether Mr Nasty had a point.

How are you all feeling today?
"We were a bit down yesterday but we've all picked ourselves up now and we're just really excited about what's to come. We're all really upset but we know there are still so many good things to come from this."

Did you expect to be in the bottom two again this week?
"Um... we didn't really know. I think there's so much talent on this year's show that anyone could end up in the bottom two. It's going to be a shocker every week I think."

It's two weeks into The X Factor and both girl groups have already been eliminated. Why do you think they struggle on the show?
"Well, Louis told us it's very difficult for girl groups to do well on The X Factor because not a lot of people pick up the phone and vote for girls. A group's never won before and hopefully that will change, because I think the industry really needs a good, fresh band at the moment. Hopefully we could be that band!"

Simon said your performance of 'Heal The World' was a bit "gimmicky". Do you think he had a point?
"Well, the production team actually wanted a children's choir to come on-stage with us holding rabbits and gerbils and hamsters and stuff. We were like, 'Nooooo!' Just imagine what he'd have said if we'd had all of that too! Actually I think Simon has a bit of a soft spot for us, he just gives out a lot of banter. We all think he's really funny."

He also claimed there was no connection between you and Louis. Is there any truth to that?
"No, we absolutely love Louis. He spent lots of time with us in rehearsals telling us what we needed to improve on and he always called and texted us during the week to find out how we were. He actually texted us just a second ago saying 'Hi' and asking how our interviews were going."

Do you think he's the best judge to mentor a girl group? Would you rather have had Cheryl?
"No. I think he's very, very good with boybands but he tried his best with us and we tried our best with him. You know, he did really well with Girls Aloud when he was managing them. I think we had the best mentor for the band and I wouldn't have wanted it any other way."

Did you hang out with Girls Aloud at all on Saturday?
"We watched them rehearsing and they were really lovely, smiling at us and asking how we were and stuff. We didn't actually get to see their live performance but when we were watching them rehearsing we were like, 'Oh my God they're amazing!' They're very inspiring to us."

Louis has said that Girlband need a fifth member to become a "great, great girl group". Is this on the cards?
"Well, we've actually got to have a meeting with Louis to talk about the future. Could we recruit a fifth member? Hmmm... well it's quite possible, we could go on a nationwide hunt! We'd be looking for someone fun and happy and fresh. We're all best friends anyway so we'd love to have another girlfriend, but obviously it would help if they can sing and dance a bit too!"

The X Factor continues Saturday at 7.45pm on ITV1.

[lizann]

Beyoncé has been approached to appear on the final of this year's X Factor, reports say.

The 26-year-old singer would duet with one of the finalists should she take up the offer. Take That are also in talks to appear on the ITV show.

A source told The Daily Star: "Simon Cowell wants to end the series on a high with two of the world's biggest pop acts. Last year we had Kylie and Katherine Jenkins performing duets with Leon and Rhydian, and this year we want Beyoncé and Take That. It’ll be the hottest ticket in town."

Britney Spears is also reported to be making an appearance on the contest later in the series.

I could see Beyonce dueting with Alexandra

[lizann]

It has been reported that Beyonce has been approached to appear on this year's 'X Factor' final.

The claim is made in the Daily Star which says the singer would perform a duet with one of the finalists if she takes up the offer. It is also claimed that Take That has been approached to appear.

The source said "Simon Cowell wants to end the series on a high with two of the world's biggest pop acts. Last year we had Kylie and Katherine Jenkins performing duets with Leon and Rhydian, and this year we want Beyoncé and Take That. It'll be the hottest ticket in town."

AdvertisementIn other 'X Factor' news judge Dannii Minogue has refused to respond to comments made about her last week by Noel Gallagher. He said that Minogue was not a good judge of talent.

Speaking in Closer, Minogue said she hoped he was just looking for publicity and that is was a joke.

[Abbie]

Beyoncé has been approached to appear on the final of this year's X Factor, reports say.

The 26-year-old singer would duet with one of the finalists should she take up the offer. Take That are also in talks to appear on the ITV show.

A source told The Daily Star: "Simon Cowell wants to end the series on a high with two of the world's biggest pop acts. Last year we had Kylie and Katherine Jenkins performing duets with Leon and Rhydian, and this year we want Beyoncé and Take That. It’ll be the hottest ticket in town."

Britney Spears is also reported to be making an appearance on the contest later in the series.

I could see Beyonce dueting with Alexandra

Ooo! that would be good

[LostVoodoo]

does anyone know what this week's theme is? hope its good, all last week's showed was how awful Michael Jackson's back catalogue is!

[DaVeyWaVey]

This week's theme is Big Band. Next week's theme is Disco.

[*-Rooney-*]

what exactly is big band