Cheryl has also said the twins should be out by now so it isn’t just Simon. Maybe once Dannii loses an act to the force of the twins, she too will realise how silly it is getting. It reminds me of Strictly Come Dancing last year where everyone kept John Sargent in when he couldn’t nice because he was entertaining. Only, unlike SCD, this competition could actually change someone’s life [whereas SCD is for charity and thus lots of people voting, even to keep someone 'bad' in, is good in relation to the money it raises].

Fingers crossed something will be done to let us see the back of the twins – and sooner rather than later!

I think Simon’s reaction is partially an overreaction after getting so much criticism for turning Susan Boyle into the 8th Wonder on Earth and then the ensuing hoopla when she didn’t win “Britain’s Got Talent”. Heck, I’m still hearing about that one from my mama. I think that Americans would have caught onto Susan anyway through the magic of YouTube, but before that point Simon had never given a standing ovation, ever. After her I’ve counted three on BGT and at least one on the XF.

Add to that the Cheryl Cole factor and him very unfairly blaming her for Olly’s subpar performance last week (which frankly I thought was okay and better than Miss Frank’s) and the whole blowup on Dannii the week before, and I agree that Simon’s become a bully. I remember one week last year where he came thisclose to coming to blows with Louis, and I wonder if it might actually happen off-stage in coming weeks. Not to mention him getting in a screaming match over song choice with Jamie this week. Has a contestant ever quit the show over their mentor? I know Rachel Hyland threatened to over Dannii last year, but I wonder about contract obligations if it actually happened.

I actually wasn’t surprised that Danyl ended up in the bottom. I find him creepy, I don’t like his vocal technique and I don’t think Simon’s assault on the other judges has helped. I think a lot of voters probably voted for the other acts out of spite and Simon needs to reconsider how dirty he should play this. I think the fact that J&E stayed in another week and Danyl was in the bottom 2 is evidence that the public is fed up with Simon. On last year’s X Factor he wasn’t nearly this brutal, and I remember remarking to my husband that he wasn’t nearly as nasty to his own countrymen as he is to people on American Idol. I think he has brought that American Idol attitude to the X Factor and it is backfiring on him big time. The thing I don’t get is that he is going after the judges instead of the acts themselves. Usually I agree with his critiques of the contestants, I just don’t get the point of turning it around on the judges.