The X Factor just turned the tension up a notch with the announcement that one act will leave the competition on Saturday night’s show.
While the eliminations have so far been confined to the Sunday night results show this year, news that one of the remaining seven acts would be given the boot emerged just half an hour before the show was due to go on air.
A source told the Mirror: ‘Yes, one act is going tonight and it will be announced at the start of the show.’
Which was later confirmed in the opening credits: