Danyl Johnson will finally be putting on his dancing shoes for The X Factor this weekend, according to Brian Friedman, and hinted at by Simon Cowell on last weeks Xtra Factor show.

The American creative director said the final five finalists would be performing two songs each, including one upbeat number. Speaking to the X-Factor, Brian said "Danyl can't mask behind a ballad anymore, it's finally time for him to do an up-tempo and maybe dance - that's my hope," Brian said.

He went on: "We'll get in the studio tomorrow and see what we can come up with.

"He dances around in some of the group numbers, but in group numbers you can't really show up the other people so everything has to stay pretty much in unison. But for this we can pull out his best things so we can show the world."

Since Danyl's first audition, Simon Cowell has admitted to purposely giving him more ballads, and deciding its in his best interests to cast off any of the exciting frills which Danyl treated us all to back on the opening show of this years X Factor.

Now, Simon thinks it is time for Danyl to bring back more of his true self, so expect a different and more lively Danyl on tonights show, where the contestants are battling to go through to the penultimate show before the final.

Also, in this weeks news, it has been reported that Danyl has led a sort of X Factor revolt, as the workload became heavier than normal this week.

Complaints over the contestants having to do too much work this week were directed towards Simon Cowell, and it was decided that Danyl should attempt to get the message across. The contestants were feeling the strain this week as they now have to perform two songs on the night, as well as the normal group routine for Sundays show.

Simon was too busy to see the stars but spoke to them on the phone. An insider added: “It didn’t do much good. They’re still doing two songs. He wasn’t that impressed to be honest. He thinks they should be grateful for the opportunity.”

Apparently, Simon ordered the contestants to do a dance routine in the wake of lively duo Jedward’s departure because he feels the show will now lack spice and could lose viewers.

The stars will each be performing an Elton John and Take That song tonight – including one with an uptempo beat.

Danyl has always said his aim was to be in the final five but now he has got there he is putting in his all to do his best, and it's expected that he will be singing Relight My Fire as his chosen Take That song.