Amazing. Now, for our fourth judge. This person is actually no stranger to The Chance Factor. In fact, he is the only returning judge from the previous series. He's had an act in the final every time so far, so y'all better watch this space. Ladies and gentlemen, it's the one and only:

There we have it, folks. Please give it up once more for your Chance Factor judges:

Jack_Jones9
jackamakka
NarutoFan100
Barry_John1

Now, I am sure you're all dying to find out which category you'll be mentoring this series. Before I reveal anything though, I would like to ask those of you who are here which category you would love to get. Note that everything is set in stone already, this is just promoting a bit of discussion. For reference, here are the acts in each category:

THE BOYS: Paul Akister (11), Andy Williams x2 (4), Rikki Loney (6), Frankie Cocozza (8), Jack Walton (11), Jahmene Douglas (9), Mason Noise (12), Eoghan Quigg (5), Austin Drage (5)

THE GIRLS: Lauren Platt (11), Laura White (5), Lucie Jones (6), Stephanie Nala (11), Lola Saunders (11), Kiera Weathers (12), Emily Nakanda x2 (4), Jade Ellis (9), Monica Michael (12)

THE OVER 25S: Fleur East (11), John Adeleye (7), Kitty Brucknell (8), Wagner (7), Niki Evans (4), Jay James (11), Mary Byrne (7), Jonjo Kerr (8), Rachel Hylton (5), Daniel DeBourg (4)

THE GROUPS: The Risk (8), Bad Lashes (5), Stereo Kicks (11), 2 To Go (1), MK1 (9), Only The Young (11), 4th Impact (12), 2 Shoes (8), Miss Dynamix (10), Alien Uncovered (12)

Very interesting. Well, I suppose I'll put all of you out of your misery then. You've waited long enough.

Let's start with the first of our Jacks. This could get very confusing, so henceforth I will refer to Jack_Jones9 as Jack and to jackamakka as Jacka. Oh, Naruto, is there anything you would prefer to be called instead of just a part of your username. It always feels odd to put all these usernames in my posts. Anyway, the category Jack will be mentoring is:

Next up, it's Jacka. As a the panel's resident veteran, he has mentored most categories once before on this show. However, as I assigned the categories randomly with the good old RNG, assuming that he will get the one category he's never mentored only has a 25% chance of being correct. The category he will be mentoring is:

This leaves us with Naruto and Barry as well as the two remaining categories. Who will get which?

Naruto, the category you will be taking under your wing this series is:


Which means Barry automatically has:

Okay, is everyone ready to find out why The Chance Factor is called The Chance Factor?

As much as I'm sure you would all love to pick your acts directly from the current list, that's not going to happen. No, I will use a random number generator to randomly generate a set of acts you must pick from. Don't let that deter you though, people have come very far on the back of dire act selections.

Before I get to that though, there are two things that will impact the acts I'll throw into the RNG. Firstly, I'm giving all of you the chance to eliminate ONE act from your category. My advice would be to eliminate an act you absolutely do not want to risk getting picked by the RNG.

Secondly, there's the matter of the twist. To make your lives a little easier, I will personally add one act from the list directly to the four acts you'll get to pick from. You don't have to take this act through to the live shows, it's still fully up to you. Oh, and don't bother trying to score brownie points with me, it won't work as I'm a neutral host who doesn't vote on his own games.

Jack, the act I am adding to your potential picks is Lauren Platt. I have only seen her mentored once before, and she went out way too early on that game. She has a very interesting voice, and I am sure your magic will work wonders with her.

Jacka, I am adding Stereo Kicks to your list of acts. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe I've ever seen these mentored? I'm also interested to see how you would differentiate them from the other dozen or so X Factor boy band, should you pick them of course.

Naruto, the act I'm adding for you is Jack Walton. I may be starting to sound like a broken record here, but I've only seen him mentored once and it wasn't very well. I think you could do much more with this lad.

Barry, the act I'm adding to your list is Fleur East. Now I have seen her mentored very well in the past, but everyone loves a bit of Fleur and after hearing Sax I need to see this powerhouse mentored once more - if you'll have her of course.

So that's Wagner and Andy Williams gone from their respective categories. Hopefully Jack will be here soon to pick the girl he is cutting from his category.

Jacka did PM me his pick though, he is eliminating 2 to Go.

Time to fire up the RNG and see which acts will be joining our series 11 superstars Lauren, Stereo Kicks, Jack Walton and Fleur East in their mentors' shortlists.