The battle between Fleur East and Ben Haenow is on as the countdown to the X Factor final begins.
Andrea Faustini is also still technically part of the competition, but he’s been clearly relegated to outsider by his powerful competitors.
I can't stop watching Fleur on ITV catch up, she is absolute fire 😍 girl!!!!
— Rosie (@ROSIEKINSELLA_) December 7, 2014
Xfactor final is going to be exciting….close call….will it be Fleur and Ben 👀👀👀👀
— Nina John (@NJohn1994) December 7, 2014
Lauren Platt was rather unsurprisingly booted off the show after failing to recover from her the confidence knock of being voted in to the sing-off last week.
It means her face will be scraped off the side of the personalised tour buses arranged in anticipation of her going through to the final. An awkward moment for anyone.
If I was Lauren Platt I'd demand to see my battle bus and get a lift home on it. #xfactorsemifinal #xfactor
— Scott Reid (@scottreid1980) December 7, 2014
Today has been horrendous, worst hangover to date and Lauren platt left the X factor 😩
— Cait (@caittedwardsx) December 7, 2014
It's the driver of Lauren Platt's Battle Bus who faces redundancy at Xmas who I feel most sorry for tonight. #XFactor
— Adam Postans (@couchpotatoadam) December 7, 2014
Simon Cowell’s USA girl band Fifth Harmony left a few viewers stunned as they listened to the group repeat Michelle Obama’s name throughout the song.
Fifth Harmony just shut the UK X-Factor stage all the way DOWN!!! That's how you do your first… http://t.co/IF1ADKwNJe
— Sean Bankhead (@itsSeanBankhead) December 7, 2014
Michelle Obama??! Was the middle girl called Norman? Awkward judges standing up too early. So many wtf moments. Hilarious.#xfactor
— Vicky Nunes (@VickyNunes) December 7, 2014
WHY DO THEY KEEP SAYING MICHELLE OBAMA. WHAT IS HAPPENING. #xfactor
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) December 7, 2014
Fifth Harmony are singing about Michelle Obama, right @LittleMix, time to write a hit about Cherie Blair.
— Elysia Fenton (@Elliewiththecam) December 7, 2014
And despite her typical strong vocals, Sam Bailey’s new song didn’t create quite the same buzz.
Do you think this is how they punish the prisoners? 'Keep that up and we'll have Sam Bailey come and sing at you!' #XFactor
— Jaxx (@JaxxNelson) December 7, 2014
Well Sam Bailey was enough to send me to sleep. #xfactor
— Sophie Perks (@___sophieperks) December 7, 2014
Sam Bailey is one million per cent better than this year's semi finalists #xfactor
— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) December 7, 2014
The show was topped off with a surprise duet from Michael Buble and Frozen singer and Glee actress Idina Menzel, who had never performed together.
What could go wrong?
Baby It's Cold Outside rendered with all the sexiness of selecting some anti-freeze at a service station #xfactor
— Mic Wright. (@brokenbottleboy) December 7, 2014
Buble and that bird off Glee look like they stumbled out of the pub and onto the X Factor stage. #XFactor #XFactorResults #awkward
— Samantha Bye (@sannby) December 7, 2014
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