Well I dont see it being controversial at all, the reason why we have a bottom 2 is to stop any silly decisions being made by the voting public, it had been controversial that far better singers had gone because they had let it get to deadlock previously.

Both the twins and Lloyd should have gone earlier instead of being saved, by the judges letting these two through via deadlock.
This in my opinion changed the show immeasurably, particularly so in the case of Rachel who was one of the better singers in the contest.

I dont think it was anything other than Danni being the only honest judge there tbh, she seems to be the only one who holds to her convictions.
The twins were hopeless, simple really.Danni did what was required.

I'm intrigued to see where Jedward finished from week to week and if they ever made an impression on the voting public.

I'm curious to see how Lloyd polled too and how big the teeny vote was for him.

I totally agree with this. If Lloyd and Jedward were voted out by the judges in weeks 4 and 5 instead of the deadlocks we got, the top 6 (Joe, Stacey, Lucie, Rachel, Danyl and Olly) would pretty much be as good as this series could have gotten based on the finalists.

Simon Cowell ruined the whole series in those two weeks in my opinion. Rachel and Lucie were a million times better than those they went out too.

Oh and also, I think Jedward fans shouldnt even be complaining if they were actually above Olly that week. They were so unbelievably lucky to have made it past Lucie in the first place.. if Lucie had been Jamie, they'd have gone home.

If Olly did get the least votes then goes on to win it will be quite conterversial

I dont think it would be.. If the judges showdown was introduced this series, then perhaps it would have been, but that possiblity has always been there since Day 1, and I it probably will happen one day.

Joe gets at least 20% more of the votes than his nearest rival on a weekly basis. I don't expect everyone to believe/accept that but it'll be revealed after the show's finished like last year.

I think that could be the case, but to be fair, without a source, your right, nobody will believe you.

Dont see why it should be at all, the judges have been given the final say, if they were supposed to take the view that they should vote out whoever got the least votes then they would not need a final two sing off.

I'd say the order went....

Live Show 1 -
Lloyd (unfortunately)
Danyl
Lucie
Joe
John and Edward
Stacey
Jamie
Olly
Miss Frank
Rikki
Rachel
Kandy Rain

Live Show 2 -
Stacey
Lloyd
Jamie
John and Edward
Joe
Danyl
Lucie
Miss Frank
Olly
Rachel
Rikki

Week 3 -
John and Edward
Joe
Lucie
Stacey
Jamie
Lloyd
Rachel
Olly
Danyl
Miss Frank

Week 4 -
Joe
Olly
John and Edward
Stacey
Danyl
Jamie
Lucie
Lloyd
Rachel

Week 5 -
Joe
Danyl
Olly
Stacey
Jamie
Lloyd
John and Edward
Lucie

Week 6 -
Danyl
Joe
Stacey
John and Edward
Olly
Lloyd
Jamie

Week 7 -
Joe
Stacey
Danyl
Lloyd
John and Edward
Olly

Week 8 -
Stacey
Joe
Danyl
Olly
Lloyd

Week 9 -
Joe
Stacey
Olly
Danyl

*saves this post to check it when the percentages are released*

I think Jedward were above Olly when they went.

I doubt Olly was that low for Fool in Love (week 2) and I also doubt Danyl topped the vote on Queen week (6) (Joe or Stacey I am certain). Also think Olly may have been higher in week 8 due to rebound vote. Also seriously doubt that Joe topped the vote on rock week (4). If anything Danyl will have due to rebound/sympathy vote (was in bottom two the week before that).

Nice to see people with lots of views, and will be very interesting for us all to see the final voting figures.

Pop Idol 2 when the figures were released was a complete eye opener, it proved who I thought was topping the voting had in not fact been doing so.

I think it has been close this year, I would say in my opinion, and it is just that an opinion, Danyl may have got the most votes on Purple Rain week, I think he may have polled the second highest behind Jedward the week after Big Band week where he has been in the bottom two.

So I therefore do think Jedward polled the highest one week at least, the week Dan sang the Aerosmith song, not sure what Jedward sang.

I do not think Lucie was polling high, and I think the week she went was soley down to older people not knowing the song, as I did not know it.

Lloyd I think may surprise some of us, as I do think he was all over the voting, up down middle etc.

I know some of you do not think it matters whether Olly or Jedward were last or second to last, for me it does matter, simply as other acts had been sent home on Jedward and Lloyd being in the bottom and it being put to the public vote, so I seriously do think it should have gone there that week, who do I think was bottom I have a feeling Olly was, which would have changed the outcome of this show drastically, I am not saying Dannii was wrong however I am saying they should never have gone to the public on so many occassions as they did, and as they had they should have done that week also.

We may also find Olly was in fact miles ahead of them but we will have to wait and see.

You tend to forget poor old Rikki and Rachel, but will be good to see just where they fared as well.

My interest will be to see who wins and to see just how often over the early weeks that person was anywhere near the top as in fact if it is Joe one week I think he was very close the bottom two.

All good to discuss without any nasty vibes or about favs, just about how we see the land laying over the weeks up to this weeks final.

GG

Please feel free to save this alongside it. (I'm sorry, I'm not giving a source otherwise I'll never get them again).

Week 7
Joe McElderry 42%
Stacey Soloman 18%
Danyl Johnson 12%
Lloyd Daniels 11%
Olly Murs 10%
John and Edward 7%

Week 8
Joe McElderry 41%
Stacey Soloman 19%
Olly Murs 17%
Danyl Johnson 12%
Lloyd Daniels 11%

Remember there was the same sort of pattern last year with Eoghan until Alexandra blew it all to bits in the final

WEll thank you I have in fact saved those to my PC to check them out at a later date. I take it you have none of the previous weeks in such depth?

Certainly never doubt anyone who comes on here with such a huge gap between first and second, will see if your source is now right, would love to see the two previous weeks as would account for SCs turnaround on backing Mr Joe Eldrerry.Would appear also Olly won his place and Jedward were in fact out.

GG

All things considered, I think J&E went at the right time for them.

Its unlikely they would have won, so it was a good time to go. They were in the show long enough to build up a following and they came out of the show with time to do some gigs, photo shoots, Jingle Bell Ball etc. They would have missed all of this if they were still in the show.

These are my ideal statistics! Any word on Week 9?

I've got Week 6 but nothing prior to that anymore I'm afraid (I.E. I'm too ruthless with my Deleted Items folder):

Stacey Soloman 37.5%
Danyl Johnson 16.4%
Joe McElderry 10.7%
John and Edward 9.6%
Olly Murs 9.1%
Lloyd Daniels 8.4%
Jamie Archer 8.3%

I don't know the reason for Stacey's popularity or in fact what the theme/songs were for this week.

That was what I said - Queen week, she did Who Wants to Live Forever

This doesn't surprise me in the least! I would have been astonished had she been anything, but first. It's a shame Joe was so low though at least hes making up for it now!

Not yet but will post here when I get them (usually Wed/Thur after the show)

Do you remember anything significant/of interest from the ones you deleted?

That's brilliant! *Crosses fingers that Joe will top it this week*

Just out of interest have you any idea of voting figures.

Just very rough maybe rounded up to 200,000 votes, 1 million etc

Thanks

I thought she murdered that song. Don't get the Stacey love at all.