Now that was good wasn't it. Just at the point where you think 'right we've seen enough now thanks' it's all BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG lasers o'clock.
We don't mind saying, ladies and gentlemen, that our hopes for Nicole's upcoming single 'Boomerang' are absurdly high.
Yet all we have to go on is this clip from this year's X Factor.
We suppose at least you can tell it's not a ballad.