X Factor’s Lloyd Daniels brings Jason and his amazing dreamcoat to Ireland, writes Jo Kerrigan

Graeme Dott’s heroic performance in reaching the final of the Embassy World Championship final – with a cue which cost him nothing – has enabled him to cling onto his place in the top 16 for the 2004-2005 campaign.

Rank outsider Graeme Dott reached his first World Embassy Championship final and immediately wrote off his chances of toppling Ronnie O’Sullivan as he claimed: “How do you stop a machine?”