I get the feeling the competition is funnelling everything positive towards the solo boys/men because they want one of them to win this year, to give them something different to market (in other words, not another girl).
From the start, the groups they chose were never going to win, even if they showed promise or contained outstanding individuals. I am impressed by how Miss Frank manage to come together in their performances as a group, given that they didn't know each other a few weeks ago, but while it's a great achievement, it's hardly a formula for winning the damn thing.
The girls are good, some are very good, but apart from ever-lovable Stacey, do any of them have the sheer charisma or tenderness that makes them a winning performer in the eyes of people who vote?
I watch the show thinking; which boy/man will win out in the end? It's like the rest are there to fill time and space over the weeks towards the final.