Is it just me or is the sound on the X Factor rubbish? The music is far too loud so that we can’t hear the singers.

When Dermot is introducing the programme the backing music is so loud and he is so far back in the mix that it is hard to hear what he’s saying.

Often, one of the acts does a duff performance and the judges think it’s brilliant. There is something going on in the studio that does not come across on the TV.

Stacey was so far back in the mix this week, I thought she was out of tunen most of the way through – I don’t think she was though.