THE END BEFORE THE END

Last night approximately 16million people watched as twins John and Edward, nicknamed Jedward, were voted out of the X-Factor.

After weeks of headline grabbing performances it would seem their stint in the limelight has come to an end, but has it. It has been reported the pair already have over 100 private bookings, as well as the X-Factor tour to look forward to.

Celebrity Jedward fans took to their twitters to convey their sadness over the loss of the twins from the show. After their departure Peaches Geldof tweeted ‘'Jedward are out. I am now going to take a week out for mourning. I am in shock. It may be the end, but we witnessed something truly beautiful.'

But it wasn’t just Jedward’s departure from the programme that got everybody talking. The presence of bookies favourite, Essex boy Olly Murs in the bottom two meant he has gone from bookies firm favourite to second place with the odds of 5/2.

HOME SWEET HOME

X-Factor bosses have met with Police in the hope of coming to some solution to the growing amount of teenage girls flocking to the contestants’ house, in the not so secret location of Golders Green, North London.

It started off, as a bit of fun, a few fans gathering outside to see their favorite X-Factor stars as they came and went, but as half-term week approaches local residents fear their quiet and pleasant suburb street may turn into a fully-fledged circus show.

It is not just the noise and mess that is a concern to the neighborhood, the residents are also worried about the welfare of the young girls that are making the, often long, trip to the house and usually without adult supervision. Local Alexander Netsler said "These girls - some as young as 11 - are writing pornographic messages on the barriers. They are also writing their phone numbers on the walls, and no one is doing anything about it. It is encouraging the sexualisation of young girls and it should be stopped."

But as half-term week commences and the freedom of teenage girls across the country the residents will have to wait in vain to see the outcome of what is sure to be a very long week.

WHAT A COMEBACK

Delayed responses, confused looks and 'ums' were what met X-Factor host Demot O'Leary's questions after Whitney Houston made her first UK TV appearance in 12 years on last nights results show.

After a lackluster performance, which consisted of singing over pre-recorded vocals and mishaps with her dress, the 46-year-old superstar was left looking flustered, disorientated and slightly nervous. Many viewers were left wondering if Whitney’s past drug use was something that really had been left in the pass.

Whitney chose Britain's hit reality singing contest to showcase her new single to the UK public, but responses from the public have been less than brilliant. One viewer said "What a huge waste of her talent. People should watch and learn what harm one can do to ones self. I hope for Whitney and all her fans she gets a grip and rejoins this planet."

Although fans seem disappointed with Whitney's performance judge and show producer Simon Cowell said "it was great to have such a star back on the stage".

A WEEKEND WITHOUT WALSH

Following the unexpected and tragic death of Boyzone's Stephan Gately, the bands manger, mentor, friend and X-Factor judge Louis Walsh will miss tonights Sunday results show.

Although Walsh will not be attending the tonights live X-Factor show, he is not flying out with the rest of Gately's Boyzone bandmates to Majorca. It is said Walsh was very shocked and exceptionally upset over the death of the 33-year old Boyzone singer.

The show will take place as usual, with fellow judges Simon Cowell, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole all continuing the show in the usual way. An X-Factor spokesperson has said "Out of respect the show will begin with a sombre tone and will start with the judges already in their seats waiting for the acts to begin instead of being presented on stage with a big fanfare" Judge Simon Cowell is due to say a few words at the beginning of the show, sending his condolences to Stephan's friends and family.

AND SO IT BEGINS

Another year and another batch of fresh-faced hopefuls hoping to win the nation over. But it wasn't just the battle over who would be crowned this years winner in the hit reality singing programme that had all talking, the rivalry between X-Factor vs. Strictly Come Dancing was also the contest that was on everybody's mind.

The questionable showing of the two programmes at the same time left many wondering who was going to come out on top, ITV's X-Factor came out ahead with 10.7 million viewers, a massive 2 million more viewers than its BBC Strictly Come Dancing rival.

Although ITV came out on top, BBC were still claiming to be pleased with the viewing numbers they received "We are very pleased with Strictly's viewing figures from last night's show, The peak audience of 8.7 million combined with 9.1 million on Friday night means the show has got off to a great start"

It is clear to see that both TV stations and audiences alike will have to see how the war of the viewer pans out as both series progress.

Im a div

I spent so much time concentrating on my news blog, i didn't even realise until last week that i had to have a new piece written for Thursday (5/10) so when Wednesday evening arrived last week and i had a group tutorial the next day to go through my ideas and let my tutor read through my drafts, well as you can imagine i was not what you would call prepared. Lucky for me though when it's needed i can be quite the blagger, i managed to whack out (i'm aware how that sounds) a page of ideas? The good old Croydon Advertiser came in handy, it was like a library of ideas that very few people in my class would have even heard about. I've nearly finished my first news piece, i wanna get it finished by today if i'm honest, so ill bang it on here a bit later if its finnished.

Taraa.

Xfactor

Im doing my HW blog on this beloved piece of television. Its current, has many options when it comes to writing about it and if i'm honest its right up The Mirrors street!

Over and out.

Putting it delicately

Over a five-week period you will write and post online a weekly 150-200 word news-based blog. At the end of the unit you will hand-in all five blogs: these must be numbered, printed out and neatly bound in a file with a contents page. Only one of these will be marked, so highlight your best piece of work and place it at the front of the folder.

The news blog must be for one of the following websites, and must be written in the style of the website:

www.telegraph.co.uk

www.nytimes.com

www.themirror.co.uk

Due date: Thursday 26 November 2009, 10-11am

Wicked.

I've also decided to use this to post anything else i get set at uni, will be good to keep everything together in once place.

In the mean time catch me at http://impossiblycurious.blogspot.com/