I think Gary was bad, but managed to get away with it for some reason.

Can we have an honourary mention for Alexandra Burke.com please?

I thought Alex did OK the week she covered for Kelly.

I don't know why 'OK.com' would rile people up so much - it didn't bother me

Looks like barely anyone dislikes Kelly then....

Cowell because he is the one with the most vested in the show and therefore cannot possibly be impartial. This is the worst possible trait for any panel member to have on the show.

Cowell will drive the show so that he gets what he wants regardless of public opinion.

Very good point. He's the king of manipulation.

I found this page:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014...n_5871656.html

Not the bit about the twist

Scroll down to 'X Factor judges ranked worst to best'

They have Gary 'worst' and Simon 'best'.

And up until a few days ago there was also a poll - that HP took down because it made them look stupid - that clearly showed that Gary was the people's favorite judge with over 64% in the lead, followed by Nicole with 15% and Cheryl with 8-9%.

Where is Nicole? I would have voted her. Instead I chose Kelly.

Hated that article Nicole 2nd she was the worst followed by Gary and Kelly and Simon does not deserve first.

I agree that Simon doesn't deserve first, but I totally disagree about Nicole being the worst

BIB - Bonkers. They must be devoted Take That fans

Well, nobody stopped Cheryl's or Nicole's fans from voting as well.
I doubt only TT fans read HP - if anything, I'd bet they don't usually go near that paper.

I probably should have voted on judging ability alone since the poll says "judge", but I just thought about their mentoring ability. So I went with Kelly - dreadful choices, from getting rid of Amelia Lily to some really odd decisions at judges houses. Let's not forget "phoning in sick".

In terms of mentoring, Tulisa did a great job with LM and Ella.

Gary Barlow was a terrible judge.
I think the main reason people/his fans would vote for him as their favourite judge is because of Take That/Gary's whole story and the Take That comeback. People love that story and people have respect for it. But in terms of being an actual judge, he was no good, sorry. In fact he was actually infuriating at times.

Neither of those decisions would have been Kelly's. Apart from the phone in sick thing, all of the things you mentioned about Kelly are in the hands of the producers. Same as that Gary had no choice about taking through Frankie Cocozza and Nicole had no choice that Rylan went through.

If Gary won by 64%, it must be He wasn't even a winning mentor, even Louis has won once

As you say, that's your opinion. I know a lot of people who stopped watching the show because Gary's not on it and they're not necessarily TT fans.
For me, he was the best judge by a mile and the fact that contestants speak so highly of him after the show is a testament to his character.

Dannii "The Ice Queen" Minogue.
Simon "Manipulation" Cowell

Barlow - A tedious man with zero charisma, not to mention a tax dodger.

Cole - I liked her 1st series but after that she was glove puppet to Cowell.

Nicole doesn't deserve to be on this list. That's why she was left out.

Nicole was sweet and charming on the panel. I found her and Sharon very entertaining and endearing together last series.

Cheryl and Dannii were both terrible judges for me but at least Dannii had some redeemable qualities among being completely dull and lifeless. I also think she lacked any form of banter with the other judges. The one time someone (Louis) did try to banter with her she cried. A bit pathetic tbh. Also I think the anti-Sharon Dannii faction of this forum is misguided. Dannii was never bullied once on camera. All we have are Sharon's words against Dannii's. And someone said 'Dannii was bullied for years'...Sharon and Dannii were together on the panel for just one year!

Cherly is an easy worst for me. She is self-obsessed, dull and can't sing. Add to that the fact that she's the only mentor to actually have documented social media confrontations with her own acts and that she's a notorious thug who beats up people, where exactly is the appeal? Additionally this series, I don't think she's made one constructive comment or even smiled?

Tuloosa...hands down!!! Her recent antics with the press/ex boyfriends speaks volumes! !! And she's about to grace our TV screens yet again.......wont get any other TV work, I ssuppose! !!!

Cheryl "barrel of laughs" Cole.The most boring,dull judge ever.She has no personality and mumbles everything she says.She comes across as if shes fun and tries to have a laugh with Mel but shes just hardwork,cant stand her

Lovely to see Tulisa at the bottom.

I want Tulisia back.

Erm, she's not at the bottom, Dannii is.