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X Factor hots up ahead of final
Nerves were jangling as the X-Factor semi-finalists were put through the ringer as they battled to earn their chance at stardom.
Jay Sean: 'We're not all shopkeepers, you know'
Nick Duerden: Can Jay Sean's huge success in America really help to eradicate racial stereotyping?
The Heavy, Relentless Garage, London (Rated 5/ 5 )
Genre-bending voodoo rockers The Heavy produce the kind of raw, infectious, down-and- dirty sonic assault that your mother warned you about. And judging by this storming gig at the Garage, the West Country four piece are going to be worrying a lot more parents by this time next year.
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7 Small Island - Black pride and British prejudice
8 Eminem reveals 'Relapse: Refill' track list
9 Comic release: Is it time to forgive Chris Langham?
10 'I'm a Celebrity' pair in rat-eating row
11 The ten best: Bollywood movies
12 Indy Choice: Best of the new films
13 The Girlfriend Experience (15); Me and Orson Welles (12A)
14 Thumbs down for Strictly Come Dancing's Laila Rouass
15 iPhone orchestra makes its debut using one-of-a-kind instruments
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1 Comic release: Is it time to forgive Chris Langham?
2 The Habit of Art, Lyttelton, National Theatre, London
3 Frédéric Chopin - A very tainted genius
4 Arts: Time to shrug off the dirty mac
5 Free Independent drama: Death In Genoa, featuring Simon Callow as Oscar Wilde
6 Story Of The Song: Mirror In The Bathroom
8 The secret blood-sucking world of Mr Darcy
9 The Girlfriend Experience (15); Me and Orson Welles (12A)
10 The Secret Garden Party, Cambridgeshire, 23rd-26th July 2009
11 Tim Burgess' Top 10 tour bus tracks!
12 Lorca was censored to hide his sexuality, biographer reveals
13 Album: Fink, Sort Of Revelation (Ninja Tune)
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4A cup of warm milk for the 'she-devil' of Perugia
5What on Earth? The concerned citizen's guide to global warming
6The Queen writes to editors over paparazzi
7Polls suggest 'Brown bounce' over
8Evidence of mass cannibalism uncovered in Germany
9Knox found guilty of Kercher murder
10Tory leader is 'not embarrassed' by Eton, as shadow cabinet keeps quiet over schools
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