It'll still go ahead, just minus some contestants. Or it'll go ahead as normal, and this is just a story shunted out there to create a bit of an ole talking point.
Lucy 'Kate Nash' Spraggan and Union J are both sick. Spraggan failed to perform last week due to illness and now, according to Digital Spy, she faces the same issue this week as she hasn't made a proper practise session. And now - there are rumours she might quit. Although those rumours are coming from Rylan Clark via The Sun.
He's been moufin' off the following: "Her health comes first and the show comes second at the moment." Apparently she's suffering from a "severe flu."
Union J, meanwhile, are spewing all over the shop. Well, just one of them, Josh (like it matters which one. OK, I think it's the one who looks like Liam Payne) tweeted the following: "Haven't left my bed for the last 36 hours with food poisoning. Been SO ill!! Sorry for lack of tweets :( josh xx" The source of the scourge was reportedly a dodgy Chinese.
So there's the story X Factor producers have 'leaked' this week in a bid to make you watch.
I won't be either.