Helena Bonham Carter loves The X Factor's Matt Cardle

It's official: everyone has an opinion on The X Factor .

That goes for Hollywood stars, too, with Helena Bonham Carter spilling the beans on her reality TV favourite exclusively to Total Film.

The Harry Potter star has clearly been spending her Saturday and Sunday evenings in front of the box, telling us: "I love Matt Cardle, I think he's really talented."

"I am really intrigued by Cher but like everyone else I'm concerned… She looks 70 and she's 16. It's too crazy at that age. Cher, we've seen her now and you want her to do something else and Aiden, it's like, lighten up."

"I liked One Direction too, Billy, that's my son's, favourite. He really loves The X Factor ."

So, do you reckon Helena is on the money? Could Dannii coach cheeky chappie (and Tom Hardy lookalike) Matt to victory? Or will Cheryl lead another lady to victory?

We'd love to know who Tim Burton's rooting for though. We reckon he'd be a bit of a Wagner man…

Who's your X Factor favourite? Or do you loathe the show with a passion? Share you thoughts below...

Matt Maytum
Editor, Total Film

I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.