My views on last night's programme:
Gareth - Sang both his songs well, but I thought his voice wasn't strong enough against the backing of a live orchestra.
Darius - His best week yet. The Tom Jones song was fantastic, not so keen on his version of the Atomic Kitten song, but again he sang it very well.
Zoe - Oh dear. After being fabulous last week, she rather lost the place. Went off key a few times and tended to shout rather than sing at times. Definitely the weakest for me.
Will - Didn't like the Eurythmics song much, but his version of Night Fever was tremendous. Seemed to have lost a lot of his sparkle.
All in all, I felt the right person went. As Janette said, Zoe has won the public's vote as female Pop Idol, and I'm sure we'll hear a lot more from her.
Last night really brought home to me the enormous pressure these young people are under, when Kate Thornton (another terrible post-show interview on ITV2, incidentally) said Will had revealed to her he'd had enough. It must be unbearable for them sitting waiting to hear who's going and, unlike Big Brother, everyone is up for eviction every week. it really made me appreciate Paul's strength of character having been nominated so many weeks in a row. Brian, Dean and Elizabeth really had it easy, didn't they?
I hope Will gets his zest for singing back, because he is the one for me who really has something special.
Next week will really be nailbiting stuff. I just hope the judges pick songs that bring out the best in the final three.
