After 2 live shows you can usually see who the producers/Simon are favouring for the long haul. Who do you think is going to get the hype, good songs and performance slots this year?

To early to say- Che, Louisa and 4th Impact and possibly Lauren

Reggie n Bollie. Absolutely massive hype, standing ovations, endless mentions of their kids, One Direction members bussed in to give their approval, big expensive productions to make them look fun etc

The impression I got from the show this week is that Lauren, Che and Reggie n Bollie didn't do as well in the vote last week as they were supposed to- hence the big effort to hype them all this week. Meanwhile, Anton and Monica did too well. Think they were trying to dampen Seann a bit too, which ended up working a bit too well.

Can't figure out their attitude towards 4th Impact.

I honestly think just Louisa. I'd have voted 4th Impact as well last week, but they were screwed over big time by production this week.

Lauren got a good slot this week, but she's basically had the same push Hannah Barrett did on season 10. Opens episode 1, closes episode 2, ultimately still the beta female to the producers plan A (Tamera/Louisa)

I highly doubt they'll want Che to win. Great voice but I doubt they'll have a clue how to market him. Same with Max and Anton.

And I don't think anyone else is really worth mentioning. Reggie n Bollie will be fun for a while, but there's no way they're going to win.

Louisa which is why I don't think she'll win the show.

Lauren - nothing more than a shouty shouty karaoke singer with a Towie accent.

My one little niggle about Louisa being the chosen one this year is Simon's comment last week.
He said 'you want to win this, I like that' (something like that), this sort of attitude is more popular in the US but doesn't go down well here, apart from that she seems to certainly be a front runner.

Che, definitely not and Nick is in trouble as I genuinely believed he would go straight after Mason, in the next week or two, obviously they didn't want Seann as he would have gained some support to see him through further, unlike Mason.

Anton and Max, they won't want another older guy winning.

Monica probably did too well in the voting, hence the stitch up, another no.

Lauren, is a bit of an unknown and something just seems really off about her, can't work it out, maybe a Louisa/Lauren final with Reggie & Bollie in 3rd is their plan.

Very much doubt they want 4th Impact to win but they may well have a shot.

They love:

Reggie n Bollie
Che
Lauren
Louisa
Mason

They don't like

Anton
Monica

They are indifferent to/hedging their bets with

4th Impact
Max

It's quite clearly Louisa. Might be one of the reasons I struggle to warm to her.

Given how poorly Mason sang in the latest 'sing off', and how little the judges were even prepared to comment on his unquestionably dire singing, it's perfectly obvious that the producers are backing him.

That being said - watch out people ---> coming to a screen near you: "...how the much misunderstood Mason was bullied at school, and how he actually loves rescuing abandoned dogs, plus helps grannies cross the road, in his precious spare time..."

Face to the palm - Oh dear - What is this world coming to?

Agreed. I don't find her special; a good singer but nothing I haven't seen many times before.

Louisa definitely.

I thought they would try to pimp 4th Impact but they got a bad song choice and death slot this week.

They want Mason to do well but he has zero chance after the bootcamp thing.

On the opposite side, Anton is blatantly doing well in the voting and they want to mess up his chances as much as they can.

Cowell was praising Che, Louisa and Monica on Twitter last week.

This week he was hyping Reggie and Bollie, while also praising Che, Louisa and Lauren.

He doesn't mention his own acts ( or 4th Impact even though everyone seems to think they are favoured)

Monica she's had a good slot singing so far she just went wrong with the dress if the stylist let her wear something else it'd be better. And since she was brought back as the wildcard Simon is always saying good comments about her she's the one they love . Keira was the one that the producers didn't like.

Louisa he's always praised Louisa from the start.

Che he knows Che can sell records with his voice.

4th Impact they've been praised so much from the start the same way Louisa has.

The rest are just fillers Mason they want to make into a male performer.