[Tom]

I think it started in series 3 when he put The McDonald Brothers through and they became the joke act, then with Jedward in series 6, Wagner last year and Johnny & Goldie this year. He's actually got a really good track record if you look at his contestants and their success after the show but these days he (rightly) treats it all as a bit of fun knowing it could be his last and that it isn't actually a serious singing competition. But a lot of people aren't clever enough to realise he works very tongue in cheek