Jedward survive as Miss Frank crash out

They walked on the X Factor audition stage oozing of confidence, often crossing the line to arrogance with matching suits and crazy matching hairstyles and most importantly an obvious lack of singing ability.

Yet we are approaching week four of the live shows and months later twins John and Edward Grimes are still in the competition and more surprisingly they are the show's talking points with one insane yet entertaining performance after another.

Defying bookies and critics the twins sailed through to week five as talented girl band Miss Frank perished in the sing-off against show favourite Danyl Johnson. The three piece of Shar, Graziella and Shanice gave their best performance of the series on Saturday night with a unique rendition of 'That's Life' but it failed to impress the public.

Danyl sang big band favourite 'Feeling Good', another impressive performance from the singer but one that is getting a little too familiar (a good vocal leading up to that sharp intake of breath as he holds one note longer than it seems possible). Danyl clearly oozes confidence on-stage but his assured performance skills may be one of the factors putting voters off, not a good sign for Simon Cowell's major hope for the competition.

So it was down to Miss Frank and Danyl in the sing-off, two acts that didn't deserve their precarious position at the bottom of the pile. Miss Frank performed their survival song, 'Love Don't Live Here Anymore' first. Despite strong vocals it seemed like the band was almost resigned to defeat at times, the girls fluffing their lines briefly on one occasion.

But you could hardly blame them for this as they were against Danyl Johnson, a man hotly tipped to win the competition before last Saturday. The teacher performed 'With A Little Help From My Friends', the audition song that prompted Simon to say it was the best first audition he had ever seen.
The acts had the judges divided, Simon and Louis saved their own acts (Danyl and Miss Frank respectively) whilst Dannii and Cheryl looked unsure about which way to go. After a string of worried looks between the pair Dannii saved Danyl and Cheryl Miss Frank leading to deadlock. Miss Frank were sadly out after receiving the lowest public vote, a fact that hardly seems fair when acts like Lloyd and the twins are still in the competition.

Other performances on Saturday included Welsh teenager Lloyd, who once again struggled through a powerful song with weak vocals (not even a back flip could save him from Simon Cowell's criticism) and John and Edward's version of She Bangs. Entertaining and amusing it may have been but extremely annoying when talented and promising acts like Miss Frank leave the competition.

Llyod and the twins joined Lucie, Stacey, Rachel, Jamie, Danyl, Olly and Joe into the next week, where each of them will have to perform a rock song. Half the fun may be watching what John and Edward do on stage each week but 'Jedward' mania is fast carrying the twins towards the final at the cost of more talented acts.

John and Edward picture from Now

Miss Frank picture from The Mirror