Because the producers have made it clear that she can't win again. Jade's been sabotaged, Lucy hasn't a chance, and Ella's recent song choice makes me think she'll be destroyed soon too.

Perhaps the reason Nicole is always so ecstatic is because she knows something - maybe the producers have planned it for one of her acts to win?

Tulisa's probably miserable because all the attention is on Nicole.

You look to much into it, just chill yeah but anyway i do hope nicole does win with james & nicole deserves all the attention she's gorgeous

Jade hasnt been sabotaged though. Freak Like Me wasnt a disasteous song, and, as a massive Jade fan, she didnt sing it very well.

I thought Jade looked stunning but the song wasn't good. Her vocals were off, and I am a fan.I don't think Tulisa is particularly miserable.

She was 100x more miserable last year...

Maybe it's because she has been upstaged by Nicole this series ...

i agree with you op. i think the judges know exactly what the producers have planned but tulisa is not hiding how she feels. i know it sounds like a silly conspiracy theory but trust me there is something not right about this show.

Tulisa has had issues with the producers - and also, clearly, with Gary Barlow. She isn't the sort of person who likes to be told what to do and what to say, but I strongly suspect that someone is trying to do both and of course she won't like that.

I think she's in the sort of trap that lots of people fall into. Sounds like a great job, sounds like a fantastic opportunity to have an input into what you want to do and to leave your mark, and it pays well too, but when you get there you find you are expected to be a mindless puppet. You're not a mindless puppet, you become disillusioned and unhappy, but you have a contract you can't break and bills you have to pay. I expect that's what's happened to Tulisa. She's stuck in a job she thought she would love, but it isn't what she thought and doesn't feel comfortable in it. They probably think they've bought her soul and she has other ideas, so there is probably a lot of friction That sort of thing happens a lot in all kinds of employment and all income levels. It happened to me quite recently and I've gone back to my old job now. I hope Tulisa can find a way to live her life and be true to herself without selling her soul. Correction, I know she will and I look forward to reading her revelations once she's left XF

Conspiracies DO happen in the workplace. I don't think Tulisa's too happy towing the lines she is probably thrown. She's too independant minded and doesn't like to be told what to do or say. But I said all that in my last post, so I won't repeat it any more...

She went into this saying she would 'keep it real' and wouldn't let them make her over. Then she wears all the clothes they like to put her in and calls her acts 'muffins' and 'cupcakes' - keeping it real!

Even worse, she gets exposed as a dirty little slapper having allowed herself to be filmed sucking c()ck.

She started off moody and now she has been shown to be a true and irredeemable chubby chav; of course she is going to be miserable.

What?! the british public vote producers cant fix that.

But she hasn't been upstaged by Nicole? Nicole is good, but I can't believe Tulisa lacks the confidence to believe in herself anyway. They are there to offer something different.

I suppose it might be true that Tulisa may feel intimidated by Nicole's level of education and training, or perhaps the ladies have had words. I think it far more likely that it's to do with what's going on behind the scenes than what we see on our TV screens.