Louis
Number of missions | 9 (Mission 18 18 Berlin, Mission 19 19 Valletta, Mission 20 20 Bruges, Mission 21 21 Budapest, Mission 22 22 Lisbon, Mission 24 24 Arnhem, Mission 25 25 Ghent, Mission 26 21 26 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Mission 27 27 Sofia,Mission 32 32 Rome) |
Gets a destination | always† |
Missions commanded | 1 (Mission 23 23 Copenhagen) |
Draw privilege | Louis' X Factor contest |
Preceding mascot | Marco Taylor |
Following mascot | Gozer the Gozerian |
Louis joined the Colonel's regiment on Mission 18 18 Berlin.
Louis' X Factor contest
This normally occurs over lunch on the excursion day. It is a loose interpretation of the 2008-2010 format of the X Factor TV series. Four Colonel's men are selected at random to play the roles of Louis Walsh, Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Dermot O'Leary; the remainder play members of the studio audience. Dermot also gets a vote as an audience member. The first eliminated judge gets followed by That Dog. (note this may differ from the real format)
The winner of the contest enters the draw at the point that either a mascot or the winning judge is eliminated. The result is kept secret until this point in the main draw, although a substitute winning destination - traditionally Dubrovnik - is 'revealed' in the rehearsal draw at a suitable point.
During the contest in Mission 29 29 Luxembourg (City), 30 Bergen and Dubrovnik finished tied for 1st place with exactly the same points and individual scores for the final round. 30 Bergen was awarded victory owing to a better result in the penultimate round. It went on to win the draw.
Special rules when few men are available
When only 4 Colonel's men are available, all 4 get a vote as an audience member. When this happens, judges tend to vote for their protégées, although Rupert (Louis) did once vote against his because he felt sorry for Steve (Simon).
† By agreement in Mission 36 36 Rye, Louis's destination is not eligible to enter the draw once we are otherwise down to the final two. In this circumstance Louis will not get a destination in the draw.
Judge Allocation
The table below indicates, where known, who has been allocated which judge, which person's destinations where championed and which destinations were picked.
Mission | Simon | Cheryl | Louis | Dermot | Audience |
Mission 19 19 Valletta | Rupert | David | Steve | Mike | Dave |
Mission 20 20 Bruges | |||||
Mission 21 21 Budapest | |||||
Mission 22 22 Lisbon | |||||
Mission 23 23 Copenhagen | |||||
Mission 24 24 Arnhem | |||||
Mission 25 25 Ghent | Mike (Rupert: Dubrovnik (3rd), Luxembourg City (4th), Sofia (2nd)) | Dave (LLL: Vienna (1st), Andorra (6th), Nevada (7th)) | Steve (David: Stockholm (8th), Copenhagen (9th), Torshavn (5th)) | Rupert | David |
Mission 26 21 26 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | David (David: Tromso (2nd), Las Vegas (3rd), Torshavn (7th)) | Mike (Chris: Vienna (4th), Vilnius (5th), Prague (9th)) | Rupert (Steve: Dubrovnik (1st), Zadar (6th), Kefalonia (8th)) | Steve | |
Mission 27 27 Sofia | Dave (Mike: Venice (3rd), Amsterdam (8th), Balaton (9th)) | David (Mascots: Vienna (1st), Douglas (5th), Halifax (7th)) | Mike (Steve: Dubrovnik (2nd), Kefalonia (4th), Interlaken (6th)) | Steve | Rupert |
Mission 28 28 Vienna | Steve (Chris: Munich (2nd), Porto (3rd), Prague (4th)) | David (Steve: Bucharest (5th), Interlaken (6th), Malmo (7th)) | Chris (Mike: Venice (1st), New Orleans (8th), Balaton (9th)) | Dave | Mike, Rupert |
Mission 29 29 Luxembourg (City) | Dave (Mascots: Dubrovnik (2nd), Liechtenstein (7th), Turin (8th)) | Rupert (Mike: Bucharest (4th), New Orleans (6th), Naples (9th)) | Mike (David: Bergen (1st), Las Vegas (3rd), Tromso (6th)) | David | Steve |
Mission 30 30 Bergen | Rupert (Mike: Bruges (1st), Naples (5th), New Orleans (9th)) | David (Steve: Zadar (2nd), Munich (7th), Interlaken (8th)) | Dave (David: Vilnius (3rd), Porto (4th), Bucharest (6th)) | Mike | |
Mission 31 31 Kraków | Rupert (Mike: Dubrovnik (3rd), Naples (4th), Lisbon (5th)) | David (Chris: Vilnius (1st), Munich (7th=), Tallinn (9th)) | Mike (Rupert: Bucharest (2nd), Prague (6th), Riga (7th=)) | Dave | |
Mission 32 32 Rome | Mike (Rupert: Ljubljana (1st), Riga (2nd), Bucharest (8th)) | David (Mascots: Douglas (3rd), Vaduz (4th), Vilnius (5th)) | Dave (Steve: Zadar (6th), Interlaken (7th), Munich (9th)) | Rupert | Steve |
Mission 33 33 Bayeux | Rupert (Mike: Sarajevo (1st), Dubrovnik (3rd), Bucharest (6th)) | Dave (Dave: Ljubljana (2nd), Madeira (4th), Antwerp (8th)) | David (Mascots/Chris: Vilnius (5th), Munich (7th), Venice (9th)) | Mike | |
Mission 34 34 Skipton | Mike (Steve: Bucharest (3rd), Munich (4th), Zadar()) | Rupert (Mascots: Douglas (1st), Sarajevo (6th), Venice()) | Dave (David: Torshavn (2nd), Vilnius (5th), Gothenberg ()) | David | |
Mission 35 35 Kendal | Mike (Mascots: Leichtenstein (1st), Vilnius (4th), Douglas(6th)) | Rupert (Mike: Sarajevo (5th), Bucharest (7th=), New Orleans(9th)) | Chris (Rupert: Prague (2nd), Seville (3rd), Dubrovnik (7th=)) | David | Dave |
Mission 36 36 Rye | Dave (Steve: Munich (2nd), Interlaken,(7th), Timisoara (8th)) | Rupert (Mascots: Ljubljana (1st), Miami(3rd), Marrakesh (4th)) | David (Dave: Douglas (5th), Aalborg (6th), Graz (9th)) | Mike |
Vote History
The judges are required to save one destination in each round from rounds 1 to 4. In round 5, the judges are not able to cast a vote to send one destination home, with the public vote deciding the overall winner.
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 26:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
Simon (David) | Zadar | Zadar (eliminated) | Vilnius (eliminated) | Vienna (eliminated) |
Cheryl (Mike) | Kefalonia (eliminated) | Zadar (eliminated) | Las Vegas | Las Vegas |
Louis (Rupert) | Kefalonia (eliminated) | Vilnius | Vilnius (eliminated) | Vienna (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 27:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Dave) | Interlaken | Douglas (eliminated) | Kefalonia (eliminated) |
Cheryl (David) | Kefalonia | Dubrovnik | Dubrovnik |
Louis (Mike) | Interlaken (eliminated) | Douglas (eliminated) | Kefalonia (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 28:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Steve) | Interlaken (eliminated) | Bucharest (eliminated) | Prague (eliminated) |
Cheryl (David) | Prague | Prague | Prague (eliminated) |
Louis (Chris) | Interlaken (eliminated) | Bucharest (eliminated) | Munich |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 29:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Dave) | Tromso (eliminated) | New Orleans (eliminated) | Bucharest (eliminated) |
Cheryl (Rupert) | Tromso (eliminated) | Las Vegas | Las Vegas |
Louis (Mike) | New Orleans | New Orleans (eliminated) | Bucharest (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 30:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Rupert) | Vilnius | Porto | Porto (eliminated) |
Cheryl (David) | Bucharest (eliminated) | Naples (eliminated) | Porto (eliminated) |
Louis (Dave) | Bucharest (eliminated) | Naples (eliminated) | Zadar |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 31:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Rupert) | Prague (eliminated) | No vote required | Naples (eliminated) |
Cheryl (David) | Prague (eliminated) | Lisbon (eliminated) | Dubrovnik |
Louis (Mike) | Naples | Lisbon (eliminated) | Naples (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 32:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Mike) | Zadar (eliminated) | Vilnius (eliminated) | Douglas |
Cheryl (David) | Zadar (eliminated) | Ljubljana | Refused to vote (Vaduz eliminated) |
Louis (Dave) | Vaduz | Vilnius (eliminated) | Vaduz (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 33:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Rupert) | Bucharest (eliminated) | Vilnius (eliminated) | Madeira(eliminated) |
Cheryl (Dave) | Bucharest (eliminated) | Vilnius (eliminated) | Didn’t need to vote |
Louis (David) | Didn’t need to vote | Madeira | Madeira (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 35:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Mike) | Prague | Sarajevo (eliminated) | Seville |
Cheryl (Rupert) | Douglas (eliminated) | Vilnius | Vilnius (eliminated) |
Louis (Chris) | Douglas (eliminated) | Sarajevo (eliminated) | Vilnius (eliminated) |
Votes to send a destination home for Mission 36:
Judge | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 |
Simon (Dave) | Aalborg (eliminated) | Douglas (eliminated) | Miami |
Cheryl (Rupert) | Aalborg (eliminated) | Douglas (eliminated) | Marrakesh (eliminated) |
Louis (David) | Munich | Ljubljana | Marrakesh (eliminated) |
Interaction with Gløgg
If Gløgg bums Louis, he loses his destination. All that palaver was for nothing.
If Louis is helped, the runner-up of the contest is additionally entered into the draw as "Gløgg's choice".