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Simon Cowell is not a fan of Marcus Canty. That was made clear early in the week when The X Factor judge dismissed any notion that Canty had a shot at winning this year’s $5 million grand prize.

But Simon drove his negative points home even further last night, responding to Canty’s take on “Careless Whisper” with the harshest criticism leveled at a contestant this season.

“That was horrific. The grotesque performance. This was a joke,” Cowell said.

Ouch. Will Marcus once again find himself in the bottom two on tonight’s results show? Does he deserve a spot there? Watch his pair of performances from last night and decide now: