Cowell: 'I was sure Lloyd would go'

Simon Cowell has claimed that he would have "bet everything" on Lloyd Daniels exiting last night's X Factor.

Welsh singer Daniels was in the bottom two with Cowell's act Jamie Archer yesterday. The judges were split on who to save after the Survival Songs, so the result returned to the public vote, which revealed that Archer was bottom and leaving the competition.

Speaking about the result on the Xtra Factor, Cowell said: "I wasn't expecting it tonight, to be honest with you. Particularly the bit where it went down to the public vote.

"I would have bet everything that [Jamie] wasn't going to be at the bottom."

When asked by host Holly Willoughby if he had misjudged public opinion for the second week in a row, he replied: "It happens."

Cowell also reiterated his comments from Saturday's live show about rock singer Sting, who criticised The X Factor last week. The 50-year-old judge said that Sting should get in contact so they can have a theme week based on his music.

"Actually, yes, we'd like a Sting week. He hasn't called yet, but we're still waiting," he said. "Someone's gone a little bit grumpy!"