Louis
Number of missions | 9 (Mission 18 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Gets a destination | always† |
Missions commanded | 1 (Mission 23 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
Rupert | David | Steve | Mike | Dave |
Mission 20 ![]() ![]() |
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Mission 21 ![]() ![]() |
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Mission 22 ![]() ![]() |
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Mission 23 ![]() ![]() |
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Mission 24 ![]() ![]() |
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Mission 25 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
Mike (Steve: Bucharest (3rd), Munich (4th), Zadar()) | Rupert (Mascots: Douglas (1st), Sarajevo (6th), Venice()) | Dave (David: Torshavn (2nd), Vilnius (5th), Gothenberg ()) | David | |
Mission 35 ![]() ![]() |
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 ![]() ![]() |
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".