X-Factor / Eliot Pollak / 11 November 2010 /

Cheryl made a series of massive gaffes last week - but one of her acts could benefit from the madness, says Eliot Pollak

Like a Kinder Suprise egg, front page newspaper headlines often give very little indication of what is inside. Take this morning's Sun for instance. No, literally take it from me - I've seen enough. The lead screeches, 'Dermot: It Was Rigged.' Now I'm no scholar of English literature but reading between the lines, one might expect from the headline, that the host of the X Factor had sensationally revealed that the saving of Katie Waissel last week was, like Sunderland AFC, over-reliant on bent tactics. Alas not. Save your 20p - suffice to say, O'Leary said nothing of the sort.

The fall-out from the opt-out does continue however. Is the reign of Cheryl as the new Diana now over? Like the moment when the small child pointed at the Emperor and remarked that he could see his genitals, Cheryl has finally been shown up for what she is. Media stories that Treyc would have stayed had it gone to deadlock has only added fuel to the lynch mobs' torches.

Not only this, but rumours are flying around that she flounced off to America before last weekend's show, leaving her girls stranded and unsure of what to sing. Rumblings have been heard coming from Cher. But then it might be her stomach of course. Cheryl is now [2.88] to be the winning mentor, and [9.8] to be the first mentor eliminated.

The winner of this fiasco, was of course Katie, who finished off her weekend by saying 'sod this' and sitting on the floor - the kind of live meltdown which might thrill voters into liking her. Yet her continued presence in the sing-off hints at a future performance where she simply drops the mic and starts shouting at the audience. It isn't a big surprise that she is evens to be the next out on Sunday evening.

And what of old Wagner, this column's rebellious favourite. Well the tabloids now suggest he now cuts a weird, lonely figure in the communal house. This is partly because - like all old people - he gets up at around 5am, then complains about being tired all day. He is now at [50.0] to win, a price that continues to shorten as the weeks pass.

Dull Rebecca by contrast, is drifting, now out to [3.35] - does she even do anything away from the show? A waste of a place quite frankly - to think poor old Gamu could have been on the show instead of her...

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