THEY called it fagashgate, but like much that is false about the X Factor, it was a spat that was quickly forgotten.

On Saturday night, Gary Barlow accused fellow judge Tulisa of having fag-ash breath after she dared to criticise one of his charges.

By Sunday night’s results show they had kissed and made up, according to host Dermot O’Leary after Barlow apologised.

However, I had to agree with Tulisa’s criticism. Time to stop Christopher Maloney destroying 1980s classics and send him off to a cruise ship where he belongs.

Elsewhere on X Factor Saltburn’s (or is it Middlesbrough’s?) James Arthur again cruised through, qualifying for next week’s contest by destroying Eurythmics’ 1980s classic Sweet Dreams.

Nicole Scherzinger said he was an international recording artist, while Gary Barlow said he had run out of superlatives to describe the ex-pub singer.

Even Tulisa was impressed, saying how he had “taken an old-school classic and made it modern”. So there Christopher.

The Halloween-themed X Factor had been something of a disappointment in my book.

No Thriller or Monster Mash or even Ray Parker Jnr’s Ghostbusters for that matter.

Still, plenty of the acts tried their best to look the part.

On Sunday, Robbie Williams popped up on the results show looking like the Milk Tray man – complete with roll-neck jumper – and performing his new single.

Louis Walsh got a hug from Robbie, who also urged the viewers to vote Rylan.

“Terrible song, but you can’t knock him for working the crowd”, was my partner’s verdict on the Robster.

She says she doesn’t really watch X Factor. That’s because she’s usually too busy posting and viewing updates to Facebook to properly concentrate on the TV.

As for the results, it was all over for Jade Ellis, who became the fourth contestant to leave the show after three of the four judges opted to save boyband Union J instead.

Roll on next week because they can’t survive much longer.