Did anyone else notice that he wasn't quite so vicious? His Mr Bad act isn't working is it? The problem with him seems to be that in the case of Simon Cowell; Cowell is basically a nice man (OK he hides it well) but Gardiner seems to be one big bitch though and through and comes across as mean and nasty. Let's hope he can temper his comments because some of them are constructive.

He was so Much nicer..it was quite freaky to see.

There was a noticeable difference and I'm sure the programme was more enjoyable for many as a result. He had to put Melinda's (according to him) 'prosthetic legs' in, which added little or nothing, and a hilarious -not- dig at Nicky, but overall, a big improvement.

His admission that there had been 'no love lost' between him and Roxanne revealed that the past weeks have been less than professional and this is an area he should be working on now.