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"There are only six acts left. Another one will be thrown on the X Factor scrapheap tonight. But who is it going to be? Christopher Maloney will once again have to defy the odds to ensure that he isn&amp;#039;t in the bottom two, where he would surely end up as toast. His best chance of survival would come in a Rylan/Union J-shaped sing-off - will fans of the cheesy Liverpudlian get their wish? Digital Spy will be bringing you live updates on all the action this evening - which includes a guest performance from Olly Murs (imaginative booking) - and our own verdict on the final results.   21:10Goodnight! See you next Saturday. 21:09Oh, and Tulisa - don&amp;#039;t tell us how to vote, dear. That&amp;#039;s what you get for saving Rylan. 21:09That&amp;#039;s all, folks. Make sure you leave your suitably angry and outraged responses to tonight&amp;#039;s results at the bottom of the page. 21:08The result means that Nicole has all three acts in the quarter-final (an X Factor first) and Jahmene is suddenly the runaway favourite. Only Jahmene and Maloney have not been in the bottom two. And Maloney couldn&amp;#039;t win. Could he? Could he! 21:07In summary, Ella Henderson, former show favourite, has been sent packing. She squealed some high notes in the sing-off and lost out in Deadlock to James Arthur. She came bottom of the public vote, against the likes of Rylan, Union J and Christopher Maloney. We guess she can&amp;#039;t ever have been that popular. 21:06Apologies, my computer just crashed at the worst time possible. It was almost as if my laptop fainted in horror at the results. 20:55Tulisa gives us a lecture on who we should vote for. Shush your mush, Tulisa. We&amp;#039;ll vote for who we want. 20:52James Arthur performs a cover of Alicia Keys&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Fallin&amp;#039;. He howls and barks like a good &amp;#039;un. If you like James Arthur, you&amp;#039;ll have loved that. One of his best performances on the show. He edged it for us over Ella with that sing-off. 20:48Ella&amp;#039;s performance is generally strong, apart from when she reaches for some notes that are approximately 456 times too high for her. 20:48Tulisa has her best sulky pout on as she introduces Ella Henderson. She then wheels out the big guns and sheds some tears. 20:46Would Nicole Scherzinger feel at all guilty if she lost James Arthur ahead of Rylan? Surely a teeny bit. 20:42Well, as the judges always say, you can&amp;#039;t complain if you don&amp;#039;t vote. 20:42Ella Henderson is taking on James Arthur in the sing-off. Christopher Maloney defied the odds once again. Incredible scenes and significant booing from the studio audience. 20:40OMFG! 20:40Jahmene is through as well. As expected. 20:39Rylan is safe. *Bigger shock face*. 20:39Union J are SAFE. *shock face* 20:38Going home, in no particular order, stupidly long pauses... yadda yadda. 20:37Before the final results, we&amp;#039;ve got time for a cheesy montage sequence. Ella doesn&amp;#039;t want to go back to school. Chris Maloney has a nan. Jahmene doesn&amp;#039;t want to go back to ASDA because he used to feel &amp;quot;lost&amp;quot; and he&amp;#039;s doing it for his mum. Rylan is happy being on TV. Union J don&amp;#039;t want to go home. Blubathon. 20:34Final chance to make a bet on who is going home? If I was a gambling man, I&amp;#039;d go for Maloney. But I&amp;#039;m not and I&amp;#039;m usually wrong, so who knows? 20:29Alicia Keys stands out like a diamond in a dog turd compared to this year&amp;#039;s X Factor acts. How we long for someone with similar passion as Miss Keys. Not just timid teens and media-trained bores. 20:27It&amp;#039;s Alicia Keys guest slot time. A real touch of class on the show. Finally. 20:26Dermot has a quick chat with the acts backstage. Union J giggle. James Arthur mumbles about &amp;quot;really wanting to get through&amp;quot; and Chris Maloney does his best &amp;quot;thanks to all the people&amp;quot; plea. Ella and Jahmene are &amp;quot;growing as people&amp;quot; and don&amp;#039;t sound at all media trained. *Harry Hill sideways looks to the camera* 20:22We&amp;#039;re already a little teeny big excited about the idea of Christopher Maloney surviving AGAIN. He couldn&amp;#039;t? Could he? 20:19Olly Murs has a chain attached to his trousers. That must be what he keeps an X Factor booker locked in his basement with. That&amp;#039;s the only explanation. Oh, and we guess the fact people keep buying his records helps as well. Tsk. People. 20:16Olly Murs is singing. Cheeky chappy Olly Murs. Doing cheeky hip wiggles. Cheeky leg flicks. Cheeky lady dancers. Oh, he&amp;#039;s so cheeky. 20:14Following the regulation awkward and truncated chat between Dermot and the judges, it&amp;#039;s time for the first guest act of the night. Who is it? It&amp;#039;s Olly Murs, of course. A tricky booking. I wonder how they persuaded the Xtra Factor host to appear? 20:11The judges appear to be backing James Arthur. The bookies are backing Jahmene Douglas. Ella has been in the running from week one. It&amp;#039;s a three-way battle for the title this year, right? 20:09And now it&amp;#039;s recap time. Just in case you missed it yesterday. Which I&amp;#039;m sure you didn&amp;#039;t. 20:08Chris Maloney has come dressed like a maths teacher at a Christmas party. 20:07Ah, the group performance. A chance for the final six acts to look as uncomfortable as a cat sat on a porcupine. 20:04Here come the judges. Louis dressed in black and looking dour. Tulisa gives her cleavage a wiggle and the audience a wink. Nicole Scherzinger has her tummy and leg out and blows us all a kiss. Gary just looks confused. 20:03Let&amp;#039;s take this rare moment of calm to salute Dermot O&amp;#039;Leary. Amid the screaming, the tears and the ludicrous panto drama, we often forget about cuddly Derm. He&amp;#039;s been a beacon of light and cheeky humour amid much mediocre dross this year. 20:01Special guests tonight? Alicia Keys - yay! Olly Murs - meh! 20:00Strictly just had Richard Arnold in tears, Kylie Minogue doing &amp;#039;The Locomotion&amp;#039;, and Girls Aloud. So, even with Rylan and Louis Walsh in the house, there is no way The X Factor can be the most camp show on TV tonight. 19:59Evening all! How you diddling? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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