QUEEN WEEK

As we move closer and closer to the finals, this week featured hits from the legendary Queen with Roger Taylor and Brian May mentoring the X Factor finalists.  During the run up to the show, Olly had an unfortunate boxing accident during a scuffle with a punch bag.  Olly and Jedward were messing about with a punch bag when somehow, Olly managed to crack his knuckle by landing a punch on the metal bar instead of the bag – best stick to the singing Olly!

Undeterred and sporting a wrist guard on his right hand, Olly’s song for the night was “Don’t Stop Me Now”, sporting another of his favoured Fred Perry shirts.

The judges comments were yet again favourable with Danni saying, “I think you’re the best performer we have in the show by far” although she had concerns about the song choice swallowing up his vocals.  Louis went on to comment, “That was an electrifying performance … you are the person that everybody has to beat in the competition … you remind of little bits of Robbie, Gary Barlow, Will Young, but probably better”.

Next contestant to leave – Jamie Archer

ROCK WEEK

Screened on Halloween in the UK, tonight’s X Factor theme was Rock Week.  Sporting a slightly dodgy Barnet, Olly sang one of the Beatles classics, “Come Together”.  Accompanied by 4 female dancers, Olly put his own spin on the song and pulled off another solid performance.  Towards the end of the song, Olly ripped open his shirt revealing his hairy chest.  Not a cheap shirt either, it was a DSquared2 demin dress shirt, a step away from Olly’s usual Fred Perry.

The judges unanimously gave Olly the thumbs up again with Danni commenting, “Was that your move or Simon’s move” – in reference to his shirt ripping! – “I absolutely adore you … you are hot, hot, hot” (we think it’s safe to say by now that Danni likes Olly!).  Louis stated that Olly was, “still the dark horse in the competition, I think you’re in the final three” and his mentor Simon saying, “you are progressing better than just about everybody right now”.

Next contestant to leave – Rachel Adedji