Viewers were raging with last night’s ‘budget’ duets on X Factor

The duets on last night's X Factor are being accused of being 'low budget'.

Last night's edition of X Factor saw Louis Tomlinson perform an emotional tribute to his recently deceased mother Johannah. The 24-year-old sang his debut single, Just Hold On with the aid of DJ Steve Aoki but was seen tearing up on stage after his performance.

#JustHoldOn @Louis_Tomlinson @TheXFactor ❤️ #ProudOfLouis https://t.co/D3OgPkySlY pic.twitter.com/pNbEINjvAk

— Steve Aoki (@steveaoki) December 10, 2016

Apart from Louis' incredibly brave performance, it seems the 'celebrity' duets part of the show really fell flat with X Factor fans. We saw Saara Aalto duet with Adam Lambert, 5 After Midnight sing with Louisa Johnson and Clean Bandit and lastly, Matt Terry sang with his mentor... Nicole Scherzinger. Fans took to Twitter to laugh at the pitiful calibre of musical guests the show's inevitable budget cuts could only afford, with many reminiscing back to the glory days when Rihanna and Beyoncé sang with finalists on the show.

What is with the X Factor budget? Duets with last years winner and this year's judge! Maybe they're still paying off Beyoncé from 2008 ?

— Daisie Mansell (@daisiemaez) December 10, 2016

X Factor should just drop the duets part of the show if they're not going to get anyone decent

— sara (@triptych_angel) December 10, 2016

X Factor duets and guest performers have gone down hill this year. Let me guess budget cuts #xfactorfinal

— Tiffani (@TiffaniB23) December 10, 2016

#xfactorfinal this has got to be the worse year for duets no good artists maybe they all feel it's the worse X factor ever and all said no

— Sarah Hornsby (@SjhornsbySarah) December 10, 2016

It is a bit of a pity... But to cheer ourselves up, let us remember the greatest X Factor duet of all time.

#xfactorfinal this has got to be the worse year for duets no good artists maybe they all feel it's the worse X factor ever and all said no

— Sarah Hornsby (@SjhornsbySarah) December 10, 2016