After slagging him off for weeks, now Louis all of a sudden decides Maloney can make albums and sell records.

Producers obviously felt the judges critisism was gaining him public sympathy and votes.

These ****ers are so transparent its unreal. I really hope he wins just to piss them off.

You're right. Louis' "you'll make a great record" was particularly lacking in subtlety.

It turned out to be a back handed compliment after their criticism of his second performance.

The narrative for tonight basically went- you're good at the old fashioned numbers but you're totally out of your depth with current music.

of course they've been told to do so! the show is really desperate to get rid of maloney....

http://tellymix.co.uk/reality-tv/the...r-maloney.html

Well it worked last week when Gary finally praised Rylan. It's one of Simon's favourite tricks. Hopefully we'll get the same results with Christopher.

But didn't Tulisa say 'How many of these old classics are you going to keep destroying, it doesn't work' or sumthing like that.

Unprofessionals contradict themselves

Ps I miss Kelly

Is it a subtle kind of bullying by any chance?

No. It's reverse psychology.

Said in the paper that Simon had asked them all to be nice to Christopher otherwise the public will vote for him which he cant afford to happen as he doesnt want to give him a recording studio.

it's so fake and didn't last long either...

You know what to do, vote him to the finals.

Simon & co think the voting public are so guilable its pathetic

Simon, louise, tuloosa and producers are absolute losers....watch their faces next week when Chris takes the crown for real!! Folks don't like to be told who to vote for when it means a win-win situation for simon most of the time!!! Poor chris, he didn't ask for this koind of 'treatment' to be thrown at him...he only entered a singing competition to sing and gain recognition from the experience too.

It looked so obvious that they decided to stop it after the 2nd song. I knew they would praise him. Been slagging him off for weeks and then just decide to praise him.

Also, Louis Walsh, what on earth was he on about? I thought he hated him?

Same sort of comments as in week 7 and yet he still made it through the next week.

All the sneaky tactics haven't worked so far and won't once again this week.

Gary did it with Rylan

I had a feeling this would happen, especially after listening to mention of "sympathy votes" on Friday's "This Morning", with Kian (Westlife). Unfortunately, the Wyrd Sisters on the judging panel just couldn't keep it going to the end of the show. In fact, even their praise sounded a bit over-rehearsed and stilted.

Doubt Christopher's fooled by any of it either.