Every year The X Factor judges bang on about contestants being 'current' - with Gary Barlow even berating hopeful Stephanie Woods for singing an old fashioned song at The Arena auditions this time round.
So we were a little bit baffled by today's revelation that the first theme for this year's live shows will be '80s week'. Errrr, Gaz Baz - what happened to all this current business?
Yep, constestants that make it through this weekend's Judges' Houses will have to sing tracks that are two decades old for their live show debut.
With the likes of Whitney Houston, Madonna and Bon Jovi dominating the 1980s charts there is a huge range of awesome tunes to choose from - we suppose the challenge will be giving them a 'modern twist' (which we predict the judges will say approx 56.7 times).
