The X Factor, seventh live results, review Finally! Some X Factor controversy to get worked up about. But oh no! It's all a bit of a shame, as one of the best contestants has gone. On last night's live show, Tamera Foster forgot her words - for the third time, don't forget - and very much deserved to end up in the bottom two. But somehow, she sailed through to next week and instead Rough Copy and Hannah Barrett - two of the most talented, hard working and likeable acts in the whole of Croydon - found out that they instead had failed to win over the voting public. Voting public, what's wrong with you? Oh, you didn't actually vote? Me neither. Hannah's a dab hand at this sing-off business now - this was her third time in the bottom two and, although she was clearly upset by the possibility of having to go back to her job at Gregg's in the middle of the stressful gingerbread man rush, she still managed to belt out I'd Rather Go Blind with her usual flair (some critics have accused her of shouting. Well, it's good shouting). Rough Copy, too, were great, as ever, and also deserved to stay. But unfortunately it doesn't quite work like that. When Louis Walsh was left to decide whether to take it to dramatic old "deadlock" (where the judges can't reach a majority vote and so the final result is defined by the phone stats), he said, in a clear dig at cold fish Tamera, that it was a shame he was looking at two acts who "remember all their words and sing with heart and soul." In something of a Sophie's Choice situation, if Sophie's Choice was about an ailing talent show rather than genuine tragedy, he eventually made the decision to send Hannah home - perhaps because taking it to "deadlock" can lead to accusations of judge cowardice, perhaps because he thought it was kinder to Hannah than allowing her to find out if she really had netted the fewest votes, or perhaps because he just really likes boy bands. As much as it's a travesty that Hannah has gone and Tamera has remained, at least it brought some much-needed drama to the show after 45 minutes of PR opportunities. Not only did X Factor alumni One Direction and JLS perform, but they also peddled their assorted wares in the ad breaks while Gary Barlow larked around with some meerkats. The X Factor regurgitating X Factor rigmarole will continue next week, with Rebecca Ferguson and James Arthur both set to perform, assuming they're not in the middle of Twitter breakdowns. Has the show run out of genuine megastar bookings already or something? This would also explain why Jessie J and Mary J Blige were allowed to ruin Christmas tonight with a dreadful duet that could really have benefitted from a few missing lyrics.