Same Difference
Jedward
Wagner
Honey G
Chico
Johnny Robinson
Rylan Clark
Diva Fever
Stevi Ritchie
2 Shoes
Blonde Electra
The Unconventionals
Bratavio

Bratavio - 1


I wouldn't class BIB as joke acts as they were reasonably good singers. The Unconventionals especially were very good in their auditions, but were given a song that wasn't suited to their style.

For me, the worst joke acts from the highest worst (1) to the lowest best (11) .

I'm going to rank only the ones that I remember, suffice to say the others were probably dire or seriously thought they could sing and were deluded idiots not joke acts, and I've ranked them in terms of who was the most entertaining-slash-amusing for the longest amount of time:

Stevie Ritchie
Chico
Honey G
Wagner
Rylan (who won't be happy to be dubbed a novelty act, but his own OTT dramatics turned him into one)
Jedward
Probably all of the others here
then local cats caterwauling outside your bedroom window at 2am here
...and then Bratavio

I don't think 2Shoes were joke acts cause they could actually sing...

Yeah I agree 2 Shoes weren't a joke act. Same with The Unconventionals both these groups could sing.

How dare you put Same Difference in the same category as losers like Rylan and Wagner

I disagree with a lot of that list, the only true joke acts were:

Chico
John & Edward
Wagner
Rylan
Stevi
Honey G
Bratavio

They all fit the typical 'novelty act' edit, whereas the likes of 2 Shoes and Diva Fever didn't. They were more like fodder than anything else.

Then you had Frankie who was just pure shite. Give me the joke acts over him any day.

I'm surprised Frankie Cocozza is not on that list, he was dire.

Would say Johnny Robinson is the best one out of all of them as his singing wasn't that bad.

I'm not sure Johnny was really a joke act, he was a better singer than most who have been 'serious' acts this series. The show did present him as a joke act with the staging and so on though, so its difficult.

In terms of an act that didn't take it all too seriously and threw themselves into it to just enjoy the experience, then Wagner and probably Jedward would be top of the list.

Wagner knew he was crap, he did his performance every week and they had him do some tragic things really looking back, but he always smiled. Hes probably the best joke act, I think jedward took themselves a little more seriously, but they did well out of it, can;t fault them for it even if I didn't like them myself.

Honey G is by far the worst they have had, too serious, tragic in terms of talent, no charm, no humour at all in any show.

That's a good point. I was thinking he probably was deemed a joke act because of the silly styling, staging, etc. but he did actually have a decent voice.

Why were the Unconventionals a joke act.

I started watching on season 9, so I don't really know about the joke acts before that, but from the few I got to know I would rank them:

1. Rylan Clark.- I genuinely enjoyed most of Rylan performances. sure, he doesn't have a particularly strong voice, but most of his vocals were fine, plus the way he performed made up for that. Definitely the most entertaining act of his season, and I like the fact that he reached until top 5.

(Gap)

2. Honey G.- Second place mostly because of all that she has achieved, and I actually like her performances as well, they were fun. Sure, there were a lot of more talented contestants that should've gone further than her, but that doesn't take away some of the creativity she had and how catchy some of her performances were just by spelling her name.

(Gap)

3. Blonde Electra.- I liked their audition. Sure, they were really annoying, but they were fine... I guess. Plus, they didn't last enough to really annoy anyone.

4. Stevi Ritchie.- I never liked Stevi, but he was ok.

5. Bratavio.- Just no.

Best to worst -

Honey G
Rylan Clark
Johnny Robinson (He can sing but they turned him into a joke act)
Wagner Fiuza-Carrilho
John & Edward
Bratavio
Stevi Ritchie

1. Jedward
2. Wagner
3. Chico (Chico Time and Da Ya Think I'm Sexy were epic)
4. Same Difference
5. Reggie N Bollie
6. Stevi Ritchie (coz you gotta cut loose)
7. The Unconventionals
8. Diva Fever
9. Blonde Electra
10. Johnny Robinson
11. Honey G
12. Rylan Clark
13. Bratavio
14. 2Shoes (these really grated on my last nerve)

I don't like the joke acts, although that could be aimed at about 10 of the finalist tbh.

Honey G....by far the best entertainment this year...will miss her over the next couple of weeks. ..hope she gets the record deal she deserves, just need a few months to fine tune her rap lyrics an she wwill be a sensation

Jedward. ..
Chico
Wagner

Rylan....just before he was sent home

Stevie.....the worst. ....he was just so creepy and not much better in CBB!!!

RandB wasn't a joke act imo......They made it to the final at least, so many took them seriously

Where's Frankie C amongst the list OP?? Really was the joke during Misha's year....that was Gary Barlow's only slipup in picking him

Jedward! I love Jedward
Johnny Robinson
Blonde Electra
2 Shoes
Chico
Rylan Clark
Wagner
Stevi Ritchie
Honey G
Bratavio

Can't remember Same Difference or the Unconventionals, or Diva Fever enough to rank them.