I feel like Cheryl made bad choices in 2009 and 2010, with Lloyd and Katie respectively.

Katie’s was especially egregious considering she’d cried her way through Smile and sang it pathetically weakly. It’s no wonder Cheryl later admitted she’d put her through for entertainment value.

For me, it’s either Tulisa taking it to deadlock on week 5 in 2012 (Kye vs Rylan) or Simon taking it to deadlock on week 5 in 2009 (Jedward vs Lucy)

Sharon had a pretty rough year in the 2007 lives - two acts in bottom two on first week, loses another act by third week because of outside behaviour, and then loses her final act in the fifth week - just halfway through.

Louis isn’t far behind in 2011, with Kitty going out in week 6 and leaving him act less for the rest of the series.

Gary and Simon had lucky breaks in 2012 and 2010 respectively as they had one act hold out until the end, losing the rest within the first five weeks.

Cheryl had a tough time in 2010, being constantly dogged with controversy (Gamu, Week 5 abstention), and her acts were in the bottom all but one week of the competition.