Lauren Murray voted off The X Factor

And Cheryl Fernandez-Versini was beaming as she left the studios in London on Sunday night following the nerve-wracking results show which saw Lauren Murray leave the competition.

Che Chesterman then came on and sung Bridge Over Troubled Water easily.

With a vote each, Cheryl then sent Lauren home, and Simon stuck with Che – admitting he couldn’t decide – so sent it to deadlock instead.

And as mentioned above, Lauren, who hadn’t stopped weeping throughout, looked even more crestfallen, and even after Rita did a spot of back-pedalling – again, this is only my impression of the events last night – and declared her love for Lauren, the unhappy singer didn’t appear impressed.

He will go up against Reggie n Bollie and Louisa Johnson in a bid for the 2015 crown.

Was it one of those moments when you’re in that position and you know it will be the other person so you say to yourself “oh it’s Louisa”?

Reggie “n” Bollie will compete against Che Chesterman and Louisa Johnson in the finale.

Cowell does not have any acts left in this year’s competition. Sharon’s fun and I love Nicole Scherzinger.

Meanwhile Louisa performed Christina Aguilera’s version of It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World – receiving a standing ovation from all four judges.

Backed by Nick, the Basildon singer wanted to bring “old soul” back to the X Factor stage, and he has done so with his performances featuring his falsetto, with his take on songs by Amy Winehouse, James Brown, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes and Donny Hathaway.

Said controversy really kicked off when it was announced that Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s Groups act Reggie N Bollie were through to next weekend’s final. ‘Please get them through to the final and I shall’. Ché Chesterman is third and Lauren Murray is fourth.

When asked if he would work with Cheryl again, he said: “Not really”.

But her second song – Naughty Boy and Beyonce’s Running – got great comments all round.