So far, so good. Remember all that talk last month about the Empire Thunderdome – a sort of X Factor for people who want to carp on about Steven Soderbergh instead of people who want to get Christmas number one singles? Well it's back.

Actually, that's kind of a lie. Empire Thunderdome never really went away, but the first hopeful has been eliminated – even though we can't actually remember who it was that got the chop – so it's time to get voting for hecklerspray's very own Chris Laverty all over again. This month's Empire Thunderdome task involved Chris slagging off one of the other contenders – a task he accomplished with such verve that even Empire itself took offence. Attaboy, Chris.

But Chris won't get far without your help. Each and every one of you needs to visit the Empire Thunderdome page and vote as many times for Chris Laverty. That's Chris Laverty. Not Sofie, the alarmingly pretty Danish girl who's also in the competiton. We're fully aware that Sofie is roughly 900% prettier than Chris is, but don't vote for her. Vote for Chris Laverty. God will save you a space in heaven if you do. OK, that's a lie too. We'll save you a space in the back of our 1982 Nissan Sunny. Or at least we would if we had one. Look, just vote Chris would you.

Vote For Chris Laverty at Empire Thunderdome now