It's almost too intense to cope with!
Results show:
They've brought Leona back from last year because it's nearly Christmas and Simon will have her putting an album out. She sings a weird song, and she still sounds like Mariah Carey.
Results! Kimberley and Alisha (woe!) are the bottom two, so they both have to sing again. Sharon thows a fit and says she's going home. Shut up, Sharon. They have the two girls sing again. Kimberley is crying and flubs the beginning, but sings the the rest of the song better than the first time, and I work out that the bizarre huge sparkly thing stuck on her belt is meant to be a lipstick.
Alisha also sings better this time round, but the song is still awful.
Judges: Simon votes for sending home Kimberley, and insinuates she's not a singer. Dannii protests a bit about having to choose but eventually picks Alisha. That's it, Minogue, you're off my Christmas card list. Sharon's refusing to vote and says she's leaving the show -- I'm sure -- and so it's down to Louis and I'm horribly nervous. But he rambles about how it's choosing between fun and potential and eventually sends home Kimberley. Yay! But aw. I liked Kimberley.
Dermot introduces Kimberley's best bits, which only goes to show how horribly the stylists have treated her tonight: she used to be quite normal looking before they slapped a ton of white foundation on her, bleached and waved her hair, and dressed her in that bizarre red satiny big shouldered dress with the weird sparkly lipstick belt and the whole thing does her no favours. In contrast, Alisha, who's also not waif-like, looks absolutely stunning in a short turquoise shift dress. The girls say they are best friends and are both gutted. Dermot looks sad. Commence the crying, Dermot!
Next week: the theme is movies and Celine Dion will be here. Oh, kill me now.