Belle Amie's dreams of stardom were shattered tonight as they were booted off the X Factor.
The girl band ended up in the bottom two with Katie Waissel after failing to impress viewers with their rendition of Venus by Bananarama.
Judges Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Louis Walsh and Dannii Minogue failed to chose an act to send home so Belle Amie, the act with the fewest votes, were sent home.
In a bid to stay in the competition they sang Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway.
Simon Cowell said "they have been a pleasure to work with,I do not think it is the end for this group - they are survivors."
Katie Waissel had more public votes than the girl band.
The band vowed that they would stick together despite having been eliminated from the programme.
Meanwhile, last night the claws were out on the Halloween-themed X Factor as Simon Cowell criticised fellow judge Cheryl Cole for not paying enough attention to one of her contestants.
The judge said Cole was not putting as much energy into helping Treyc Cohen as she was to grooming the other girls.
Cohen, who was wearing a red hooded dress, sang Take That's ‘Relight My Fire’ in an attempt to get more public votes than last week when she was in the bottom two.
Cowell said: "Treyc, I cannot fault that vocal. You are a great, great singer.
"The problem is that I do not think there is a connection between you and Cheryl."
He turned to his fellow judge and added: "You have got to put some of your energy that you are putting into the others into her."
Feisty Cole snapped back: "You are out of order. We have got a great connection."
He challenged her: "Where does she live?"
Cole looked livid when she retorted: "That is so stupid. I went to pick her up at her house. She lives in Birmingham."
