Jamie will not win because there is no way the teen and pre-teen girls who vote continuously until they can’t move their voting fingers any more will vote for him; he does not appeal to that demographic, so he is unlikely to win. But he really is the virtually finished article, and will have a great career, just like Chris Daughtry from American Idol. “Winning” won’t mean the same thing to Jamie as it will to Joe. Fair enough.

Jamie’s performance of Crying was a good change of mind, then an absolute scorching, original and sincere rendition. That Jon Bon Jovi should offer a contract to Jamie for a spot on the Bon Jovi tour is a massive compliment for Jamie, and quite astounding. I think Simon should have let Jamie go and brought back one of Louis’ eliminated groups, maybe with a condition obliging Jamie to do an unpaid spot on the next X-Factor, certainly a condition that Jamie cannot tour the UK while this season’s X-Factor tour will be on the road. X-Factor would have recovered some of the respect it has lost this year. Sometimes I ask myself if a deal is not done there. I see the way Jamie thanked all his supporters as a possible good-bye, but I’m probably fooling myself. Pity!

The Grime will go, probably to re-appear on Britain’s Got Talent, whether the rules allow it or not. When that happens all the young girls among their supporters will move as one to Joe, (maybe some to Lloyd until they realise that he can’t sing anything like Joe), which will give Joe an unbeatable percentage of the vote. That’s not what I want to happen; I just see the situation like that, objectively speaking.

Flow with the ‘Fro!!!