I was there at the IDA taping and live Francesca was very impressive-far superior to Ashley and a good many of the others.Keisha was also fantastic live. Jessie is a decent singer but cannot move and I do not understand the Rachel love- she wasn't impressive at all when you were sitting a few feet from her and the fact that the judges and ALW clearly want her to get the part is very off putting. Samantha was good (we were stood in the queue with her parents) but Barrowman's comments were scripted to the extent that we saw him scribble it off his sheet.

Live best by miles are Sarah and Jodie- we saw Jodie sing Whenever..... in the dress rehearsal sing off and she was truly fabulous.