Louis

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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".

Results