She messed up several times during audition / bootcamp yet they kept singing her praises to the max, this girl seems not to be able to do anything wrong.

To me she just sounds like an average singer like one of the best ones you would see on a karaoke on a Saturday night, nothing special, seems Cowell has prior knowledge of her outside the show and wants her through.

No - they are all plants, all of them talent scouted, all of
Them skipped producer auditions and all of them were chosen long before judges house! She's there coz she is a brilliant singer - Deffo not average, I don't know how you can think she's average when she has a bigger vocal range than 2 octaves which is what a average singer has!

Not a plant anymore than the others but itv are obsessed with the Essex thing it's bordering on ludicrous . I know she's technically not from there but she has the whole Essex vibe about her and it's as if they got to have one in the show every year lately .

She's an ITV Z-leb in waiting. Every talent show needs one nowadays.

I believe this girl can really sing. At Bootcamp, almost everyone sounded great (whether tuned, modified or whatever!), but at the first Live show, the real voices were revealed!

Lauren, in my opinion, sounded the best among the entire 13. She sang a really big song and hit every note - very impressive!

Nobody skipped producers auditions for your information, all have two producers auditions on the same day that were scouted and told within a couple of weeks if they were going in front of the judges. So even the scouted ones had to be seen first, I don't blame X factor for doing this as most contestants wouldn't even bother entering if they had not been scouted, because most are too good or simply could not be bothered with the long process of waiting weeks and weeks to find out if you have made it through just to the judges part. Anyone who was scouted and thought they had a good chance would maybe give it a go, do you blame them, and also for your information most of the good contestants have been scouted from year dot

It's a bit like can you imagine an X factor type football show to find an amazing footballer, don't you think most of those would be put forward by someone to take part, scouting has to take place to a point to get the best

I think she's runner/intern in the ITV studios. They heard her singing "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" when she was making 6 cups o' cha for the production staff. They put her in for a laugh to highlight how daft the whole process is.

I think Max's inclusion proves this is rubbish

Its his/her opinion just like its yours not to like certain acts.

I like Lauren, she's got a great voice.