by producers telling contestants what act to do /what song to sing...


by the judges "picking the judges choice" when they had already decided who to put through

by putting "favourites to win" on last each night.

I'm encouraged to see that Britain has learned to resist the blatant attempts at manipulation by the likes of S Cowell and A LLoyd Webber, and is choosing its own winners despite being force-fed the favoured acts of TPTB. Good on you, Britain!

But George wasn't on last tonight.

on the semis i meant

I am no conspiracy theorist, but George was not exactly behind when it came to lavish praise from the judges. He got another glowing reference tonight and Cowell actually said that his doing the same routine again was more difficult due to the pressure of doing it twice and gave him more praise than Wednesday. I don't think they will be displeased with his winning the show. He faired very well from the pane, as did every act from Andrew J onwards.