Don't usually watch X-Factor and I only watched about a third of it on the weeekend. It had the usual bombatic opening with the judges entering to the opening music of Star Wars - although Simon Cowell really should have been introuded by Darth Vader's theme.
While Strictly Come Dancing had a fairly traditional approach to marking the eve of Remembrance Sunday in the lapel, those on ITV seemed to regard the poopy as a fashion accessory, with many acts wearing the emblem on their waists, while Chreyl Cole, following her frying outfit last week (though thes ymbol then in obvious place) wore her flower on the wrist. Contestant Lucie appeared not to even do homage tot eh losses of the militray indutrial complex, with no representation of Afghanistan's favouriate forbidden crop that I could see. Having not wached all of Saturday's edition I could not judge the extent of this iconoclasm, but on Sunday, Lucie fell bottom of the public vote, probably displeased at this lack of patriotism and as she wept, chest heaving, up her smock lifted and there on her belt was the manufactured raw material for heroin; wardobe malfunction or what, the costume's designers deserve a kicking - it might have cost Lucie her progression in the competition.
I was surprised Jedward ended in the bottom two and were only reprieved by Cowell, previously their fiercest critic, making it 2-2 on the judges' panel and leaving it to the public to decide - at which point Lucie started sobbing knowing she had no hope against the Jedward juggernaut, despite their slowing here. Cowell knew that losing Jedward would cost the show a million or more viewers and therefore lost revenue; also it helps his acts, his quota intact still.

Just a small word on the football. Chelsea beat at Stamford Bridge Man Utd when the visitors were far superior. Refereeing decisions were prominent. Earlier in the season, Arsenal comprehensively outplayed the Old Trafford team in Manchester and lost. Refereeing decisions were prominent. Let the only football manager who is a knight of the realm unjumble these words: over, evens, season, out, a.