X Factor's Johnny Robinson divides judges

The battle of the judges continued on 'The X Factor' this week, with new head judge Gary Barlow having some rather fiery words for veteran scamp Louis Walsh over his handling of lovable former drag queen Johnny Robinson. The Take That man had already criticised Louis' decisions about Johnny last week, blaming him for turning Johnny 'into a circus act' and had to more to say this Saturday night.

After Johnny's, er, 'unique' re-imagining of Kylie's 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' (outrageously sang whilst wearing a beautiful satin kimono and waving a bright pink fan...), Gary said:

“In all seriousness, I am actually quite sad because I don’t want to laugh at you Johnny. I don’t want you to be the joke in this competition, I want people to take you seriously because you can actually sing. I mean look at him, he looks like he’s in Aladdin.”

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To which quick-witted Johnny, to the delight of the judges and crowd, replied:

“You can rub my lamp anytime!”

Tulisa Whatshername also critiqued Louis' song choice, complaining that Johnny had not yet had a chance to 'show off his vocals'. Kelly was so shocked she was lost for words. She didn't even come out with a 'Put it down!' - her bizarre new catchphrase (WHAT DOES IT MEAN, KELLY?!).

Aside from Barlow's beef at Johnny being made to dress up like a Geisha girl, the judges were fairly good-natured throughout the rest of the night. Though both Gary and Louis agreed that Nu Vibe were more 'No Vibe' with their slightly disappointing dance-y take on U2's With or Without You.

Also in for some criticism was Sami Brookes, with Gary remarking that her ballad was 'a bit too close to being a cruise ship performance'. North London girl Sophie Habibis' number was also 'missing a little spark', apparently. The same could not be said for Marcus Collins, though. There was plenty of spark during his Rihanna song. And even more fire (we're sure it was pretty close to being a health & safety hazard).

There were also stand-out offerings from Janet Devlin, Rhymix and The Risk too (though Misha B was our favourite with a wild version of the old Charles & Eddie song, 'Would I Lie To You?').  But slightly disappointing showings from Brighton's self-styled 'cheeky chappy' Frankie Cocozza and the big-voiced Craig Colton.

The surprise of the night had to be Kitty Brucknell's excellent cover of Bjork's 'It's Oh So Quiet'. Great showmanship and an imaginative Alice in Wonderland theme really stood the controversial Kitty out. Will it win her any fans though? We'll have to wait until tomorrow night to find out.

Who do you think it'll be? Who's your favourite now we're into a second live week? And do you know what 'Put it down!' means? Let us know below...