"A night of controversy" said Graham Norton, and he's not too far off.

Performance-wise we saw one of the worst shows this week with the girls singing 'modern pop classics', with the exception of Ashley who had 'Evergreen', and the bottom 2 really was hard to call.

We are now down to eight Nancys and the competition is stronger than ever with still no clear leader - unlike the predecessors of these shows.

A bit of a shock result tonight - Andrew Lloyd Webber made what he described as the hardest call he has had so far and sent Francesca home.

If it’s this hard to predict the bottom two now, how’s it going to be in a couple of weeks time?

Tonight Welsh girl Tara Bethan became the latest casualty of Cameron Mackintosh's search for a new Nancy for his forthcoming production of "Oliver!"

The third live show in the search to find the next Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's forthcoming production of Oliver proved that we really shouldn't judge on previous performances as a lot of the girls seem to completely transform in one direction or the other from week to week.

In the second live show we saw a very different side to many of the girls – which makes choosing and sticking to a favourite or even two or three so much harder!!

In the first results show, twelve want-to-be Nancys were reduced to eleven.

Was this a separate live show or was it filmed last night following the main show?

Cameron Mackenzie and Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for a new female lead to play the role of Nancy in Oliver! for London's West End edged nearer in last night's first live show.