No, not the location of the houses the judges live in – instead where contestants are off to for the “judge’s house” section of the competition, where the live finalists are selected.

SIMON
Location: Los Angeles, California.
Helpers: Kelly Rowland and Clive Davis

CHERYL:
Location: Miami, Florida.
Helpers: Derek Hough and Nicole Scherzinger

LOUIS:
Location: Nice, France.
Helpers: Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem

DANNII:
Location: Australia
Helpers: Kylie Minogue and Rodney Jerkins

We’ve been passed a bit of a scoop by an X Factor contestant – the judges categories for this year!
There’s been a bit of a change from previous years in that the ‘overs’ category is now the 28 and Over category – previously it was 25 and over.

The judges categories are:

Simon Cowell – Girls
Louis Walsh – Boys
Dannii Minogue – 28s and Over
Cheryl Cole – Groups

Louis Walsh has pre-empted the lack of any offers for him to judge on the possible X Factor USA series by saying “I’ve got enough on”.

X Factor USA, which is due to launch on the Fox network from January 2011, has got Louis’ seal of approval though:

“I think The X Factor would be the biggest show on television anywhere. I think if Simon [Cowell]’s involved it will be. He wants to be the best, he wants to be the biggest, and he will be.”

Louis later admitted that there was little chance of him being a judge on X Factor USA even if he wanted to be, saying “I haven’t even been asked”.

It was Miss Frank vs Danyl Johnson in the bottom two tonight, and it was the end of the road for Miss Frank, the girl group formed from failed female auditionees.

As has now become traditional, the judges votes were deadlocked, so the final decision went to the results of the public vote, which meant that Miss Frank were out.

With Miss Frank’s departure, John and Edward are now the only group left in the competition. Can Louis win it this year?