That surely excludes One Direction's new BFF & X Factor's Golden girl Louisa.

Lauren I would be happy with as she gave one of the most complete performances at the weekend, and has since been character assassinated by Cowell's media friends.

This is how I made my choice

I went with 4th Impact, I think they would be least affected by Cowells money making machine and they're just really good

I think Che will do well regardless and might get the final vote on the night

Would be happy for Lauren to win also

Louisa probably has a deal already with Cowell which is probably why she sings like she just doesn't really care

Of course R & B and Mason are still around for loads to vote for to attack Cowell, Anton has no chance

Lauren.

It's quite good that there's seemingly no runaway 'peoples favourite' this year. It's up for grabs.

Lauren. Or at least I hope she stays until the end so I know there's at least one good vocal performance to look forward to every show.

Also increases the likelihood of 'shock' exits - as a very small sway in voting numbers will mean an actual contender could just as easily go out as one of the so-called rubbish acts! However, I'd be surprised if there aren't about 3 acts who are getting a decent chunk of votes and are essentially safe week to week at the moment. Of course, we won't know this until after the final, but I'd guess Louisa, 4th Impact and one or two others (Che, Lauren perhaps?) are regularly above the rest of the pack. At this point in the competition, it's unlikely that someone who's been voting for, say, Louisa for the past few weeks suddenly stops voting for her and switches to someone else. It's just a case of whether an act like Lauren can start picking up more and more votes as her competition exits, in order to creep up the voting order. After all, Monica's voters have to go somewhere, and I'd expect them to split between the two remaining girls.

they are rubbish! no need for improvement coz they're already a crap act. go home where they belong! done.

Certainly not my favourites that's for sure. Once signed by Cowell they are at his mercy, the good ones who get signed by other labels do better.

Yeah those are my top 3 as well. Louisa is my number 1 choice atm but if either of those 2 edged her then I wouldn't complain.

My top 3 would definitely be Lauren, Louisa and 4th Impact.

Mason. The best performer by far and also the most likeable singer because he's a nice person and he isn't afraid to speak his mind.

GO MASON!

Ditto, Mason is so under rated on here. I'm glad he is much more popular on social media. The guy is actually so talented and he's not given credit for it. Plus he seems like a really nice guy, despite the narrative the show created for him. My top 3 are Mason, Lauren and 4th Impact

This is a joke, right? He's one of the least likeable people that's ever been on the show, in my opinion! The only reason he's suddenly become "nice" is because his arrogance throughout the audition shows (not just the mic drop incident but all his spouting about how he's the best and has a talent he needs to share with the world) made him so disliked by the public that he's had no choice but to reign himself in.

Pretty obvious the producers have been trying everything they can to turn this opinion around (the VT with his Dad was a cringeworthy attempt to make him seem down to earth).