This year I reckon Dannii stands a real good chance of maintaining her title as the winning judge.

I know theres been a lot of speculation as to how well the final 12 will do, but logically:

Rachel, excellent singer - has a strong likeability factor, stood up to Simon (remember what it did for Will Young on Pop Idol) and listens to feedback. I think the public will root for her.

Equally, Danny could have the same success as Steve Brokstein - very likeable guy who will defo get the housewife vote!

And Susie, although we havent seen that much of her, comes across really well and sounds awesome.

Dannii works hard with her acts - she proved this last year and as long as she gets her song choices and arrangements right, I believe she will win again!

Im not blown away by any of the groups this year!

GO DANNII!

nope think Cheryl has the winner

I think she has the worst category actually. Daniel is average compared to the other males and he doesn't really have a future as a recording artist so I doubt Simon will want him to win. Suzie had no coverage until last night and people pretty much vote for people they are familiar with. Rachel will put people off for obvious reasons , unfortunate and wrong , but true.

Need to see more of Susie but I do also think Rachel is the winner. Have done since her first audition plus part of me wants Dannii to win again just to piss off the nasty people who always slate her looks.

Think she has a decent category but maybe not the best...however I do think Dannii has the ability to make her acts go far

Is 'success' the right word to use with Steve Brookstein in the same sentence?


Danni has 2 very strong contenders. Rachel is magnificent, there is an older woman..I cant remember her name - shes in her 50s I think - but shes ace too!

Its between Danni and Cheryl I think. Although Simon might get lucky. I really dont think a group will win this year.

Talk about faint praise...

I said this in another thread. Whether people agree or not it was Dannii's mentoring that made Leon winner and got two of her acts in the final.

Her biggest strength has been her managment.

I meant in the sense that the public liked him enough to vote for him - however short lived the career was!

I would like to see Dannii win again, but I really don't believe Rachel can win it despite what a lot of people are saying.

Will have to wait and see who she picks.

Cheryl or Simon will win.

I saw The 411 live a few years ago back when Suzie was in the group, and they were awesome. All sung live and Suzie was really impressive.

Although we've not seen much of her, she's definetley a really good singer and seems like a nice girl, too.

To be honest I think it's really hard to tell who is the best singers until the first live show. For me all the under 25 girls sounded flat bar Alexandra so I'm not sure how well any of them will do. I think Austin will be a love or hate him character and the groups don't have a cat in hells chance. I think girl bands are jinxed on X Factor.