The X Factor 2010

[Perdita]

SIMON Cowell is furious after a list of the 12 final X Factor acts was posted on the internet.

The music mogul is now thought to be considering taking legal action over the leak.

He's said to be "very, very disappointed" at the revelation ahead of this weekend's round of the show, which is set in the judges' houses.

The episodes will see the remaining 32 acts from the boys, girls, over-28s and groups categories whittled down to the final 12, who will perform in the live shows.

A source said: "Simon is very, very disappointed.

"Simon is a complete perfectionist. This was not part of the plan. Everything is stage-managed to within an inch of its life so this will not be looked on favourably."

The acts themselves are made to sign a confidentiality agreement so the outcome isn't ruined for fans of the ITV show.

The Sun

[Katy]

Cheryls got a job on tonight!

Did anyone else see her last night, shed have been hopeless without Will.I,Am hes the one that has a music brain.

[tammyy2j]

Dear god how the hell did Katie and Cher make the final 12 even Mary Byrne messed up her song and all are in the final 12

1 Direction are crap

The surpise next week is some contestants are through as wildcards I wonder who???????

[tammyy2j]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...u-gets-no.html

She's divided opinion since her very first audition - but X Factor fans have been left furious after Katie Waissel was chosen to go through to the live stages of the show at the expense of favourite Gamu Nhengu.

Gamu's omission was thought by many to be a mistake, with more than 25,000 joining a Facebook group called 'Gamu should have got through' within three hours of the show airing.
However, it has emerged that Gamu and other hopefuls who failed to be selected at the Judges' House stage may be chosen to continue on the show as 'wildcards'.
Fail: Katie Waissel fluffs her attempt to sing Charlie Chaplin's Smile for her mentors Cheryl Cole and Will.I.Am in the judges' homes stage of 'The X Factor'
Lucky: Cheryl tells Katie that she's gone through
Tears of joy: Katie cries with relief as an emotional Cheryl tells her she's going through to the live shows

Next week's show is expected to reveal that X Factor head honcho Simon Cowell will allow each judge a FOURTH choice to go through to the live shows.
At the weekend, Waissel appeared to forget the words to Charlie Chaplin's Smile, then broke down in tears, before being allowed to start again in her performance before judge Cheryl Cole and her close friend, Black Eyed Pea Will.I.Am.
After her somewhat feeble attempt, Will.I.Am appeared to dismiss her, saying: 'She messed that up!' whereas Cheryl simply labelled her a 'drama queen.'


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Many viewers are accusing Cheryl of sacrificing better singers and picking the more divisive Katie for the sake of generating headlines for the show.

Cheryl's girls: Cher Lloyd, Katie Waissel and Rebecca Ferguson made it through to the final 12 of the X Factor; but Gamu missed out, shocking many
Many are calling the decision a fix simply designed to boost ratings and that the show's producers made the final decisions rather than Cheryl, 27.
There was also disbelief that Cher Lloyd won a place in The X Factor's live shows - even though she struggled to sing a single note in her latest performance.
Waissel, 24, meanwhile had already caused controversy and even failed to make it through her first audition on the show without mistakes - despite insisting she was going to be a 'star', an 'icon' and a 'legend'.


Rejected: Gamu Nhengu was a favourite of many, but missed out in a controversial decision by Cheryl Cole
X Factor bosses also came under pressure to disqualify her immediately afterwards when it emerged she actually had a record deal in America that she had signed earlier this year under the name of Lola Fontaine.
She was signed to a two-record deal with Chamberlain Records and was about to release a record in Los Angeles before entering the competition.
According to the rules, the hair salon receptionist from Harewood, Herts, should have been banned from continuing in the competition.
In addition to her recording deal, Miss Waissel also appeared in YouTube show Green Eyed World last year, as Katie Vogel.

But show bosses bent their own rules and Katie was allowed to scrape through to boot camp after performing At Last by Etta James, after originally fluffing her lines to Queens We Are The Champions after begging Simon Cowell to give her another chance.

Some fans are even making absurd claims that Cheryl's decision to choose Katie over Gamu was racist, using the argument that Cheryl went to court after attacking a black toilet attendant in 2003.

The star, then aged 19, was arrested after an alleged assault on a black washroom attendant in a Guildford nightclub.

It was reported that the singer screamed racial abuse at London law student Sophie Amogbokpa, 39, before punching her in the face, leaving her with a badly swollen eye.

She was found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm but not guilty of another charge of racially aggravated assault.

Chosen ones: Cher and Katie together after being put through to the live finals during a break from filming for the show
But on internet chat forum Digital Spy, dozens of X Factor fans were claiming race as a factor in the final decisions, with one fan posting under the name Boxfresh raging: 'If these decisions were made on US X-Factor, there'd be a race riot.

'I swear to god, African-Americans would go mental....way too many blatant examples of less talented white acts getting in over more talented black contestants.
'Simon really needs to make sure something like this doesn't happen on the US show, because it won't be glossed over like it will be in this country.
'(Choosing) Katie over Gamu was just shocking.'

Madonna wannabe: Katie during her first X Factor audition when she also forgot the words
Final selection: Cheryl Cole's final three for the live finals of the X Factor
However, other fans pointed out that it was Cheryl couldn't be racist as she'd put Rebecca through - added to the fact that's she's close friends with Black Eye Pea Will.I.Am, who helped her make her final decisions at the weekend, and was previously married to Ashley Cole.
The drama came as the 32 hopefuls were whittled down to 12 ahead of the live shows, which begin next week.

Ex-boyfriend: Michael Sophocles was in the 2008 series of The Apprentice

Cheryl even told Katie she was 'annoying', before putting her through.

She said: 'First of all I want to say it's been a pleasure to get to know you as a person.
'I think you're quirky, I think you're original, I think there's something very intriguing about you, but I also have to say that there's a little something that I think people could find, if I'm being brutally honest, a little bit annoying.
'Also sometimes when I'm talking to you there's always something that I don't believe.'
Meanwhile, Katie has also been branded as a fame-obsessed sex maniac who has tried to sleep her with celebs to boost her career.

Her ex -boyfriend and former Apprentice star Michael Sophocles told the News Of The World that she bedded himself and singer James Blunt in a bid to become famous.

He said: 'I eventually split from Katie after I caught her snogging dwarf Hollywood actor Jordan Prentice, full on French kissing. Her hands were all over him.'
Sophocles added that towards the end of their relationship, he took Waissel to a TV awards lunch.
He continued: 'As we sat down for lunch with comedian Jimmy Carr on my right and Katie opposite, she told me, 'Listen, I don't want people to know I'm in a relationship with you so make sure they think I'm single.
'"Jimmy Carr might want to take me out." She was desperate to get in with the famous. It was pathetic.'

Wildcard return?: Simon Cowell was spotted at the home of Diva Fever singer Craig Saggers on Saturday night - fuelling rumours he could return to the hit show as a 'wildcard' re-entry after X Factor sources promised a 'big twist' this weekend

This week's X Factor magazine
Shortly afterwards Katie dated You're Beautiful singer Blunt, 36, and didn't stop boasting about it. Michael said: 'It wasn't a big thing for James. Nevertheless, because of his fame, Katie was very into him.'

Meanwhile, online magazine Anorak is claiming that Waissel being put through was a fix as she already has links with Sony, the record label with which Cowell's Syco Music is affiliated.
However, their claims appear to amount to little more than pointing out that Waissel had bumped into a few people from the label over the years as she's tried to make it as a singer - hardly surprising in the music industry.
Katie was also the subject of an online reality YouTube TV show last year called Green Eyed World, which was an adveritising vehicle for soft drink Sprite.

It sold itself as following then brunette musician Katie as flew to New York to try and make it big in the music world.
Joining Katie in Cheryl's final three are Cher Lloyd, 17, who also failed to complete her song at the Judges' house round, and single mother Rebecca Ferguson, 23, from Liverpool, whose audition Cheryl missed as she battled malaria.



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[Siobhan]

Although I don't believe it was a race issue, the only decent choice that Cheryl made was Rebecca.. she is amazing.. Gamu should have been in the final 3.. I knew Cher would get in.. she is mini Cheryl but Katie didn't deserve to get in...

I am only happy with Mary and Matt getting in.. I think even Simon made mistakes this time.. Diva Fever, Marlon and Karl were brilliant but none of them got in...

Mary to win!!

[tammyy2j]

Diva Fever and TreyC are rumoured to be in a wildcards

[Siobhan]

Diva Fever and TreyC are rumoured to be in a wildcards

Oh cool.. what about Gamu??

[tammyy2j]

Oh cool.. what about Gamu??

TreyC Cohen is suppose to be Cheryl's wildcard so not Gamu Nhengu

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gamu-s...18598988197756

[*-Rooney-*]

i hope diva fever are not the groups wild card, i cant stand them - id like to see the reason get another try

as for the girls i thought gamu was really good

[tammyy2j]

i hope diva fever are not the groups wild card, i cant stand them - id like to see the reason get another try

as for the girls i thought gamu was really good

I know they are not everyone's cup of tea but I love them

Go Diva Fever