Girl band Hope leave the X Factor on Best Of British night. It's the first night this season where the judges had no deciding vote. From here on only the public vote determines who progresses in the contest.

First to be declared safe was Niki, followed by Leon then Rhydian. This meant that Same Difference joined Hope in the 'bottom two', although Dermot re-iterated that the results were 'in no particular order' so we can't be sure if Same Difference were actually placed 4th tonight.

Hope sang out with 'We Will Rock You', their second number of the night, which in our view was one of their best performances of the contest. After 3 bottom placings they half expected to leave, but Raquelle assured us that the girls intend to keep performing together. She isn't fibbing either, because they'll be performing on the X Factor Live tour early in 2008!

Guest Brits 'Duran Duran' performed on the results show, and the legendary Simon Le Bon gave Hope and Niki Evans a great confiidence booster by selecting them as the most impressive acts of the night. Niki is a great fan of Simon's, as Xtra Factor viewers will know, having witnessed her very funny "Oh my God!" reaction when she met him earlier this season.

Here's a reminder of what the final 5 sang tonight...

A late change of plan means the theme for the Final 6 show is 'Classic Love Songs', not the previously mooted 'Motown'.

Simon Cowell said he was disappoionted with the Disco week performances, but tonight, thanks to some great song choices, he's a happy man again.

With less dancing and not a gimmick in sight, tonight is all about the singing. In fact some people say that X Factor is actually a singing contest...

Well did you ever? What a swell programme this is!

For a refresher on how the finalists performed and what the 4 judges had to say, check out the links below...

The Final 6 result is an X factor shocker. Beverley Trotman leaves tonight. She and girl band Hope found themselves in the bottom 2.

Louis and Simon saved their own acts, Dannii then opted to send Hope home. Before casting her potentially decisive vote Sharon Osbourne cryptically stated that her choice was "...for a reason and you'll realise the reason when I say it." Her choice was to send Beverley home. This meant that the act leaving is the one that received the fewest public votes and Dermot revealed that this was Beverley.

We're a bit shocked to see Beverley go, she delivered another great performance on the show tonight and has been really consistent throughout the whole season. She responded to her X Factor ousting with humility and dignity, "It was such a fantastic show, everybody raised their game this evening."

She's right, tonight's 'Classic Love Songs' theme was a great success. Even Simon Cowell thought all the acts performed well! Here's a reminder of what they sang...

It all 'flares' up on X Factor's Disco Night, especially between Simon and Sharon!

They squabble over Alisha, who sings "Young Hearts, Run Free" or should that be "Young Hearts, Skate Wobbly... Never be hung out, hung out to dry like me"?

Last week Rhydian was 'raised up' to the number one spot, but tonight his gimmicky "Go West" sends him sailoring south on our chart.

Bouncing back, Beverley's Chaka chops can't take her anywhere else but to top of the disco pops.

Yes, the disco theme definitely suits some acts more than others, but overall it's great entertainment. What a pity that one act has to go-go on tonight's results show!

For a refresher on how the finalists performed and what the 4 mentors had to say, check out the links below...

The theme for the final 8 show is "21st Century Hits" and the biggest 21st Century Hit of the night is Rhydian Roberts, who raises the X Factor stakes with 'You Raise Me Up'.

For a refresher on how the finalists performed and what the 4 mentors had to say, check out the links below...

It's Big Band night! Nigel Wright and his cronies are jazzing up the house. Just 9 acts compete for a place on the tour but tonight Mrs Trotman is in a class of her own!

For a refresher on how the finalists performed and what the 4 mentors had to say, check out the links below...

This week the theme is 'Movie Songs' and Canadian superstar Celine Dion has given masterclass lessons to each act. She did a good job because most of the acts performed well tonight.

For a refresher on how the finalists performed and what the 4 mentors had to say, check out the links below...