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Although calling Take That the kings of pop may be a little overblown, they certainly have a good selection of songs - ideal for a week of the UK X Factor 2008.

Alexandra Burke opened the show with a sultry, then growling soul version of Relight My Fire and certainly set the bar for all the others to match. Both Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell said Alexandra had one of the best voices they'd heard in the UK.

Following advice from Gary Barlow, Ruth Lorenzo added some lightness to her delivery, creating contrast so her huge voice could shine at the big moments. Doubt that Love Ain't Here Anymore has been sung with such power and passion before! As Simon says, absolutely sensational.

Just to prove and underline how great the girls are this year, Diana Vickers received warm praise from Gary and Mark of Take That and turned in a skillful version of Patience. Diana has an unusual voice and her difference is worth supporting.

After a shaky start, Eoghan managed a reasonable version of Never Forget although his voice is not mature enough yet. Maybe another year or two will help, because half the time he didn't really sing but just accompanied the choir.

We suffered another terrible performance from JLS who are just not good enough. Too many people have told them they are okay, and they are not. No strong voice, harmonies well out of tune, and zero personality. They couldn't even get one love song to an acceptable level - sure don't want to hear them destroy a million others!

Also struggling is Rachel, who continues with attitude rather than talent.

The sing off for Live Show 06 of the X Factor 2008 was a refreshing change. Two of the poorest singers - Daniel and Rachel - were in the bottom two. Not a great surprise the judges chose Rachel to stay.

For our money, Alexandra, Diana and Ruth are the strongest contenders. Whether the public vote will support that remains to be seen.

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Alexandra Burke was superb last week and just as good this week. Her voice is a wonderful instrument and imparted a richness, smoothness and polish to that wonderful classic, You Are So Beautiful. If she recorded it I'd buy it tomorrow.

Ruth Lorenzo had a shock last week and pulled out the stops to deliver a powerful version of Angels, so hopefully the whole package will save her this week - great song, great voice, great presentation. Just a slight crack in one of the high notes prevents a perfect 5 in our chart.

Not far behind Alexandra in terms of vocal talent is Diana Vickers and it was great to hear her back with another unique and appealing version of a current classic. As Simon says, Diana is a fantastic talent and deserves a great career in music - irrespective of hidden public votes on X Factor.

Starting a Best of British theme with It's Not Unusual is rather obvious, and that was the problem with Daniel's version - obvious and karaoke. And straining and struggling.

Meanwhile pretty boy Eoghan got all sorts of comments about how attractive and sweet he is. He looks good and sings flat.

Also struggling is the constant and tedious snippets of families of the contestants. Grandmothers are important to their family, as of course are children. But neither matter to a singing contest. So Rachel is a mum, and a shouter, and has yet to sing well. So it was no surprise her version of Amy's You Know I'm No Good was so poor.

The Beatles had to be included, and the best you could say about JLS is that it was a good schoolboy attempt. They have no power or colour in their voices. Look, the Beatles were fantastic and JLS are pathetic. Embarrassing.

So that's it. Another week, another win for the remaining outstanding girl singers. At least the shock of last week appears to have roused the public to start voting about singing ability rather than sympathy appeal.

The problem with X Factor (and other shows) is secrecy. For example, anguish about Laura being ejected from X Factor 2008 is a direct result of the show HIDING the results.

If the shows revealed the true results there could be no complaints.

We pay money and vote. Therefore the TV companies have a moral obligation to reveal the true results. Only then would the competition become honest and fair.

Also the contestants and their families would be spared the DISHONEST results process. There is nothing more dishonest than when the show presenters say:

"in no particular order"

which is a lie - of course it is in an order. The point is, which order?