This week was coasting along quite nicely until about midday on Tuesday when a bolt from the blue provided us, and The X Factor, with its biggest story of the year.

Yes, Frankie Cocozza has dominated the news ever since and we can't really speak about this week without mentioning him. So here is a run down of his week in headlines.

Tuesday morning - Rumours of Frankie's exit emerge
Tuesday afternoon - Frankie's exit confirmed
Tuesday night - amazing video of Kelly Rowland learning the news emerges.
Wednesday morning - Drugs rumoured to behind exit.
Thursday morning - Frankie Tweets his fans for the first time since being given the boot.
Friday - Frankie admits to using cocaine during his time on The X Factor.

So, there we have it. There have, however, been many other things happening in the world of pop though including a man being found guilty for basically killing Michael Jackson. You'd think that might pull focus a bit wouldn't you? But no.

For news on the Jacko trial, Rihanna's new music, the pop star going into the Jungle for ITV, TOWIE's Christmas single and Justin Bieber's paternity case - take a flick through the pictures above now.

Plus:

We interviewed JLS!
And got an exclusive first play of Rihanna's new album 'Talk That Talk'
We did a review of Tinie Tempah's O2 Arena show
Showed you pictures of the MTV EMAs, Harpers Bazaar awards and Justin Bieber in London.