Simon Cowell in shock as his acts are axed and admits it's his fault
Simon Cowell says he is in shock after losing his second act in the X Factor and admits he "must do better" — but insists he can still win the competition.
The judge, who is mentor in the groups category, lost Diva Fever in last night's results show having already seen boyband FYD voted out in the first week.
Cowell confessed he will now have to rethink his strategy with remaining acts Belle Amie and One Direction.
He said: "I'm a bit in shock, but you know what, I can't predict at the moment who's going to go home. I've got to do better. It doesn't matter if I've got one group, two groups, I'm still in this to win it. Always in a situation like this you've got to have a re-think. I've lost two in a row and it can't happen again next week. It's my fault, I made the wrong decisions and now I've got to make good decisions.
"They are both incredibly talented, the ones I've got left, and I'm not going to give up." Storm Lee was the first to be axed on last night's show having received the fewest votes, leaving duo Diva Fever to compete in the sing-off with girl band Belle Amie.After the show, Diva Fever's Craig Saggers blamed Cowell for their exit.
He said: "We were kind of expecting it. I've been saying all week that our song was weak, there's no melody in it, and I felt like the songs we were given were hideous and didn't give us the chance to prove we can sing."
Bandmate Josef Al-Smadi added: "We expressed the fact we didn't like the song but they made us do it anyway, we acted like professionals and said, You know what? We'll sing it'. "
Scottish singer Storm also laid into his mentor Louis Walsh, saying he had been forced to dye his hair pink. He said: "I feel set up by my mentor to be honest. He was really adamant about it and I didn't want to fight it so I just went with it."
Katie Waissel made it through the public vote despite her perceived unpopularity among viewers. Her mentor Cheryl Cole said: "I think people like the fact she hasn't moaned and groaned, she's kept her chin up, she's took it, and gone out there and still performed. You couldn't not think she was good even if you didn't like her."
