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X Factor viewers will of course be aware that Christopher Maloney was not a part of last night’s conclusion to the weekend’s final, and this morning, most tabloid newspapers are carrying the same story as to why…

And in a nutshell, it’s been reported that he first turned up drunk for rehearsals in Manchester on Sunday morning, and then, having been told he only had one line in the group ensemble, he reportedly stormed off, saying he was quitting and wanted nothing more to do with the show.

During the afternoon yesterday, an X Factor spokesperson said, “Chris decided he no longer wanted to be part of The X Factor Final and has gone back to Liverpool.”

Meanwhile, in what became a series of contradictory tweets, Chris first sent a blistering tweet to Gary Barlow which read, “@TheXFactor @xfactorpress @GBarlowOfficial can’t believe all the bull yet again! this is a witch hunt for defo. the show is over xx” Continue reading »

Fans of EastEnders will know that back in April, poor struggling single mum Bianca Butcher was caught stealing, and market inspector Mr Lister insisted on calling the police to Bianca, despite her pleas for him not to…

She of course was, at the time, still on probation after her last stint in jail – for battering Connor Stanley, who had been Whitney Dean’s boyfriend before he had an affair with Bianca’s mum Carol – so she knew that one more whiff of criminal activity, and she’d be locked up.

And sure enough, she was, but she’s now out again and trying her best to make a go of things, including having got a job at Booty.

However, when Mr Lister comes in for a trim, and starts lecturing Bianca on turning her life around, she finds it increasingly difficult to keep her mouth shut.

But she does, and is feeling very proud of herself, however, things go very much the way of the pear when Lister comes back into the salon, saying he was robbed while his jacket was hanging up during his haircut!

He immediately points the finger at Bianca, who’s totally innocent, but can she keep it together to keep her job? Continue reading »

Plus, Rhona rejects Brett when he tries to kiss her, but is she secretly fed up of Paddy?

Fans of Emmerdale are anxiously waiting to find out if newlywed Katie Macey makes it out of the mineshaft alive…

But judging by video footage of an upcoming episode, it’s looking more and more likely that the disused mine is to become Katie’s grave as the search and rescue team pack up and prepare to leave, telling Katie’s distraught husband Declan that they can’t find her and doubt they ever will!

We have a clip of Declan getting that bad news for you in a moment, however, for now at least, as we’ll see in tonight’s visit to Emmerdale, Katie is clinging to life and the hope that she can find a way out of the perilous mine…

We’ll see her drifting in and out of consciousness while above ground, the villagers start searching the moors, just in case she’s managed to crawl along the underground tunnels far enough to have reached one of the mine’s other entrances.

However, by the end of the week, with still no sign of her, hopes are truly fading that she’ll ever be found, and the villagers go to the pub to hold a candlelit vigil for her… Continue reading »

Fans of Emmerdale will of course know that Katie Macey plunged down a mineshaft this week, and, injured and terrified, she fell yet further when her husband Declan ordered Andy Sugden to back the tractor further towards the edge of the mine so that Katie could reach a rope he’d attached.

However, the weight of the tractor caused a further collapse, and when we left the village on Friday night, the search and rescue teams had just turned up, but nobody had heard Katie crying out for quite some time…

And in teasers from ITV about the rest of November’s episodes, as we go into December, Katie still hasn’t been found!

So has she perished all alone in the mineshaft? Click ‘Continue reading’ to find out more about the drama up to December… Continue reading »

Whodunits are a staple of the soapy diet, and usually, I love them…

However, the Who’s Doing The Hole of the Moon plotline – to wit, who’s having an affair with Kat Moon – has gone on since God was a lad, and I stopped actually caring who her lover is quite some time ago.

But that said, my interest in it has been reawakened now that it’s been poked with a stick by the revelation that over Christmas, and during a row in a pub full of customers, as you do, Kat will tell Alfie “You’ve got the wrong brother!” after he attacks one of the Branning men…

Only Jack, Derek and Max are now left in the affair frame, and of course, as Derek is due to die at Christmas, one can’t help wondering if he’ll turn out to be Kat’s lover, and if that fact will seal his fate.

Andddddd then we have another whodunit in the form of who killed Derek, with Alfie obviously being front and centre as the prime suspect… Continue reading »

Should the judges have a veto or Save My Act card for use once per series?

The X Factor has had possibly the worst year ever in terms of controversy and viewing figures, and as fans will know, last night’s elimination – which saw Ella Henderson leave the contest – made it The Farce Factor, prompting fury on Twitter…

Many of those who expressed outrage at the result, which of course saw Ella and James Arthur battling it out to remain on the show, claimed that for them, it was the last straw and their days of watching the show were over.

And indeed, it was ridiculous, which Ella’s mentor Tulisa kept repeating, but as terminology goes, it’s as good a word for it as any.

That two of the most talented singers this year were even in the bottom two is and was ludicrous, and though I know a number of fans are hugely upset that Rylan Clark remains in the contest, I just can’t feel badly about that… Continue reading »

Plus Amira’s back in Walford, and she tells Syed she wants Yasmin back!

The Sun today carries pictures of the cast of EastEnders filming scenes in which Lola Pearce’s daughter Lexi gets christened, so for one thing, that might well be an indication that the baby is back in the Mitchell fold, either with Lola and Billy or with her grandfather Phil and his pretend fiancé Sharon…

However, what’s also interesting about the images in the paper is that fact that characters Alfie Moon and Roxy Mitchell are spotted holding hands as they make their way into the church for the baby’s christening.

That could well be significant because very soon now – thank god – we’re going to find out who it is that Kat Moon’s been having an affair with…

The storyline seems to have been running since God was a lad, and as such, has – for me at any rate – become really rather tedious.

I’ve stopped caring which of the Branning brothers Kat’s bonking, but I think it’ll most likely turn out to be Max or Derek…

No offence to Kat, but I don’t think Jack would touch her with someone else’s, and he has a history of being a lover of blondes. To wit, Ronnie and now Sharon Rickman… Continue reading »

Last night was of course the first live show of the 2012 series of X Factor, and there were a few surprises along the way, beginning with the fact that Christopher Maloney won the Wildcard vote…

I know of course that he’d been tipped as the favourite to win the vote almost from the get go, and while I don’t argue that he has a great voice, for me, Chris is something of a one trick pony.

Yes, he has a powerhouse voice, and yes, he’s incredibly likable, however, in terms of what he can sing and while I concede he can probably sing most songs, I suspect that everything he sings is going to sound pretty much the same…

For me, Chris is – as Louis Walsh bitchily pointed out last night after reports surfaced that Chris formerly worked as a singer on a cruise ship – your typical cabaret act. I can imagine he’d go down a storm in Benidorm. Or indeed, on a cruise.

But can he sing ballads? Can he sing anything from the post 1970s era? I fear not. And though the judges heaped praise on Chris last night for his first live performance, aside from the range of his vocal, I found the whole thing rather mediocre. What did you think? Continue reading »

PLEASE NOTE, THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS VIDEO FOOTAGE & IMAGES OF A REAL SUICIDE – READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED

As you may be aware, yesterday, Fox News were broadcasting live – albeit with what should have been a five second delay in transmission – as a car chase turned tragic.

In a nutshell, the show’s helicopter had been following a police chase in Arizona which began when the driver of the stolen vehicle abandoned it and took flight on foot.

The cameras followed him as he fled into a field, and in a horrifying short motion, the suspect stopped and seemed to stagger a little before putting what was evidently a gun to his head and firing it.

The man is seen slumping to the ground, obviously dead as horrified Fox News anchor Shepard Smith yells at the production crew to stop the footage.

Here is that footage, but be warned, we do see the suspect killing himself so if that’s likely to upset you, don’t watch the clip… Continue reading »

Plus see spoilers and clip from this weekend’s shows

As you’re probably aware, in this weekend’s X Factor shows – which air both tonight and tomorrow night – we’re off to Judges’ Houses as each judge has to whittle down their acts to just three who will go forward to the live shows.

However, as The X Factor bosses announced last week, each judge has chosen one act each to return to the show out of those they previously sent home…

These ‘Wildcards’ will be revealed tonight – they are apparently currently in hiding at the Corinthia Hotel in London alongside the acts who made it through to the live shows – and their identities are being kept a closely guarded secret.

However, as soon as the Wildcards are revealed, we the viewers will then get to vote on who we want to see reinstated and go on to the live rounds.

So the big question is of course, just who are these Wildcards? Continue reading »