Fun Factor: Grim news for Aiden as public vote means Katie lives to sing another day

EVENINGS are getting darker, it’s raining, it’s cold, the Government are going to hammer us in the Budget – but at least we have X Factor.

It’s that bright light on Saturday and Sunday nights when it’s ok to order take-away and open a bottle of wine and not have to think about all the wrongs in the world.

For those few hours we can think about Cheryl’s hair colour, Mary Byrne’s voice, what a diva Cher is or how Wagner still hasn’t got the boot.