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Itttt’sssss baaaaaacck.

Now that’s the drama filled X Factor I know and love. I really was not feeling it throughout the auditions this year, but it’s only taken one weekend of live shows to remind me why it’s king.

Cheryl’s being a bitch rather than the soppy saint we usually always see. Simon being his usual arrogant ‘I don’t know their names’ self. Dannii making and being forced to apologise for insensitive comments. Louis not even being there. Alexandra miming (and messing it up) and the return of Robbie Williams blatantly as high as a kite.

Firstly, it’s awful news about Stephen Gately and I understand Louis not being there. I hope to see him back next week.

Secondly Robbie Williams was my absolute favourite in Take That and was my idol for many years, but his comeback performance was not too great — he didn’t sing very well and seemed awkward, but I was really disappointed when it became apparent while talking to Dermot that he was off his head on something

Alexandra mimed, she messed it up on a few occasions and it was very obvious. She’s a talented girl and has proven she can do it live so why they’d have her on to mime is beyond me.

Dannii’s comments to Danyl were misconstrued and blown totally out of proportion. It was a ‘joke’ that went down like a lead balloon and should have been left when it was clear no one was laughing. But she meant no harm — her point was simply that he’d outed himself in press so why did he bother to change the lyrics of the song to make out he was straight. Simples.

As for Kandy Rain — as the title says, they should have kept their clothes on. I had no idea they were former strippers until it was mentioned on the show as I don’t really follow the tabloids. I had already decided I didn’t like them because as far as I could tell from the auditions they didn’t sing very well. Cue a load of moaning that the stripping was in their past and they now just wanted to be given chance and judged on their music I though…OK I will give them a chance, but given they can’t sing I can’t see me changing my mind.

Well knock me down with a feather they actually sang pretty well on Saturday night, they came across as likable and I enjoyed the performance — but they came out dressed like slappers — so what was all that about them wanting to be judged on the music? Going for the cheap titillation vote by wearing nothing more than your knickers doesn’t exactly back that up.

If only they’d come out a little more covered up, I think they’d have won enough people over to at least survive the deadlock!

All in all, great opening shows — long may it live!