Erasure star Andy Bell was the latest celebrity to be voted off Popstar To Operastar tonight after her forgot the words during his sing-off to Toploader frontman Joseph Washbourn.
The star, famous for hits including Drama!, Sometimes and A Little Respect, was in the bottom two after the public vote - then stumbled terribly as he sang Largo Al Factotum from the Barber of Seville.
However, being in danger of eviction appeared to buoy up Dancing In The Moonlight singer Joseph, who actually improved on his version of Torna A Surriento.
Earlier, he'd faced criticism from Rolando Villazón, Katherine Jenkins, Vanessa-Mae and Simon Callow for being too 'pop' in his singing, but impressed enough this time for them to save him and not Andy.
They voted unanimously to send him through to next week's show - but send Andy home.
He goes through to the semi-finals of the ITV1 show next weekend along with Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker, former X Factor winner Joe McElderry and Steps singer Claire Richards.
Andy said ruefully afterwards to host Myleene Klass, who looked stunning in a white ruffled dress and sideswept hair: 'I had a complete blank when the song started and I couldn't rescue it at all.
'There's just not enough to learn it all. There's a huge amount of pressure, but I've really loved it it's been fantastic.'
Earlier, Joe had impressed the judges when he tackled arguably the most famous opera aria of all time, Nessun Dorma.
However, he confessed beforehand he had been terrified at the prospect.
He said: 'There was massive, massive amounts of pressure and I had a panic attack this morning thinking I couldn't do it, but I did my best.
Rolando was thrilled, saying: 'You are very young and talented opera singer. Fantastic. That was extremely enjoyable.'
In fact, the judges all choruses in approval, with Simon adding: 'That was fantastic, absolutely thrilling.
'I saw you this afternoon and I knew that you were daunted, but you rose to it and embraced it you were fantastic.'
Vanessa-Mae dubbed his performance 'brilliant' and Katherine deemed it 'really great.'
Claire also seemed to up her game this week and looked pretty with her blonde hair held back with a plaited headband and wearing an emerald green silk dress with a jewelled belt.
Singing Casta Diva, she got a standing ovation from the crowd.
Katherine was impressed, saying: 'You did really, really well. You showed us you have the nerves under control.
'You would never have been able to do that on week one. I was very moved by that' with Vanessa-Mae concurring: 'It was a beautiful rendition, well done.'
Meanwhile, Cheryl, in a chic blue halternecked floorlength frock, also impressed with her take on Mein Herr Marquis (The Laughing Aria) from Die Fledermaus.
Simon declared it 'adorable' and she got a topnotch 'chakka chakka baby!' from Rolando - but despite Vanessa-Mae saying she 'had a bit of flabby legato' she was through to the semis.
The remaining four will fight for the two remaining places in the final the week after.
sourceThe star, famous for hits including Drama!, Sometimes and A Little Respect, was in the bottom two after the public vote - then stumbled terribly as he sang Largo Al Factotum from the Barber of Seville.
However, being in danger of eviction appeared to buoy up Dancing In The Moonlight singer Joseph, who actually improved on his version of Torna A Surriento.
Earlier, he'd faced criticism from Rolando Villazón, Katherine Jenkins, Vanessa-Mae and Simon Callow for being too 'pop' in his singing, but impressed enough this time for them to save him and not Andy.
They voted unanimously to send him through to next week's show - but send Andy home.
He goes through to the semi-finals of the ITV1 show next weekend along with Bucks Fizz star Cheryl Baker, former X Factor winner Joe McElderry and Steps singer Claire Richards.
Andy said ruefully afterwards to host Myleene Klass, who looked stunning in a white ruffled dress and sideswept hair: 'I had a complete blank when the song started and I couldn't rescue it at all.
'There's just not enough to learn it all. There's a huge amount of pressure, but I've really loved it it's been fantastic.'
Earlier, Joe had impressed the judges when he tackled arguably the most famous opera aria of all time, Nessun Dorma.
However, he confessed beforehand he had been terrified at the prospect.
He said: 'There was massive, massive amounts of pressure and I had a panic attack this morning thinking I couldn't do it, but I did my best.
Rolando was thrilled, saying: 'You are very young and talented opera singer. Fantastic. That was extremely enjoyable.'
In fact, the judges all choruses in approval, with Simon adding: 'That was fantastic, absolutely thrilling.
'I saw you this afternoon and I knew that you were daunted, but you rose to it and embraced it you were fantastic.'
Vanessa-Mae dubbed his performance 'brilliant' and Katherine deemed it 'really great.'
Claire also seemed to up her game this week and looked pretty with her blonde hair held back with a plaited headband and wearing an emerald green silk dress with a jewelled belt.
Singing Casta Diva, she got a standing ovation from the crowd.
Katherine was impressed, saying: 'You did really, really well. You showed us you have the nerves under control.
'You would never have been able to do that on week one. I was very moved by that' with Vanessa-Mae concurring: 'It was a beautiful rendition, well done.'
Meanwhile, Cheryl, in a chic blue halternecked floorlength frock, also impressed with her take on Mein Herr Marquis (The Laughing Aria) from Die Fledermaus.
Simon declared it 'adorable' and she got a topnotch 'chakka chakka baby!' from Rolando - but despite Vanessa-Mae saying she 'had a bit of flabby legato' she was through to the semis.
The remaining four will fight for the two remaining places in the final the week after.
