Danyl Johnson Wins Judges Round

Danyl Johnson won the judges around with his performances on last night's (28.11.09) 'X Factor'.

The teacher wooed judges Louis Walsh and Cheryl Cole – two of his biggest detractors on last week's show - with his rendition of Take That's 'Relight My Fire', but Stacey Solomon and Lloyd Daniels both came under fire from panel head Simon Cowell.

The reality TV mogul branded Stacey a "wedding singer" and said she had been given the wrong song to sing, in Elton John's 'Something About The Way You Look Tonight'.

He did, however, justify his comments and later praised her saying she has a "different" voice to previous show winners Leona Lewis or Alexandra Burke.

He said: "You had a different kind of voice, it was more subtle. That's why I used the phrase wedding singer."

Lloyd's efforts at singing Take That's 'A Million Love Songs' on the show – this week seeing the contestants singing two songs, one by Elton John and one by Take That - were criticised by Simon and Louis.

Louis bluntly told him: "The thing is, you are in the final five, so people obviously like you. Which is more than I do."

Strong performances from Olly Murs were well received, as he tackled Take That's 'Love Ain't Here Anymore' and Elton John's 'Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting'.

The highest praise was, however, reserved for Joe McElderry, who closed the show with his version of Elton's 'Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word'.

Fourth judge Dannii Minogue said: "There hasn't been a song sung in this competition that has more feeling than that."

'The X Factor' continues tonight (29.11.09), where one of the acts will be sent home ahead of next week's semi-final. Alisha Keys and Rihanna will also perform on the show.