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  <body>It&#8217;s not been a great week for X Factor.

The show's most successful winner ever was punched in the face at a book signing, over-hyped judge Cheryl's been blasted for miming through her &#8216;live performance&#8217; and Whitney Houston couldn&#8217;t think of even one positive word to say about any of this year&#8217;s contestants.

Even so, the circus continues and it's as popular as ever.  Week after week the desperate contestants will provide the warm up act &lt;i&gt;(Simon doesn&#8217;t even bother registering the names of the commodities he&#8217;s eying up anymore)&lt;/i&gt; for the main attraction; the freak show of miming, crazy eyed and ranty messed up &#8216;pop stars&#8217; &#8211; and Dannii Minogue&#8217;s nostrils; currently in negations with Simon Cowell and expected to launch their solo career sometime next year.


For those of you who are interested, here's how they started out in Home and Away:

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  <title>Danni Minogue's nostrils steal the show</title>
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