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Predictably we said goodbye to Luke Friend last night. He was the only decent contestant left. And so we are left with a cruise ship singer and foetus Buble. Both seem to be “Dead On Arrival”. Whoever wins likely won’t be around for long. I think Sam Bailey is going to win tonight. Nicole Scherzinger totally wiped the floor with everyone last night. Unless Scotland really has some special voting powers, it’s Sam’s to lose.
Tonight we can looks forward to performances from One Direction, Katy Perry and Gary Barlow & Elton John.
TOP 2 will each reprise one song tonight:
Nicholas McDonald – Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
Sam Bailey – Power Of Love (Jennifer Rush)
Potential winner’s singles:
Nicholas McDonald – Superman (Five for Fighting)
Sam Bailey – Skyscraper (Demi Lovato)
Yep, “Skyscraper”. Union J recorded this song as their potential winner’s single last year before they finished 4th. Then the song ended up on their debut album. X Factor is not letting it go, through. They will make this song happen no matter what. Just like they did last year with “Impossible”. It was Cher Lloyd’s potential winner’s single in season 7 and then James Arthur finally got to release it when he won season 9.
So, this is it. Tonight we will find out who opens Beyonce’s tour in February. Oh dear.
The judges enter through the huge doors, one last time.
Time for a group number! They are destroying Katy Perry’s “Roar”. Damn, looking back, how did those two bores end up being the final 2? Dire. But Louis is digging it.
Recap of last night. Yep, we need to see and hear Nicholas murder “Candy” once again. Luke was cut out of this recap.
One Direction perform “Midnight Memories“. The intro says they’ve sold 38 millions records worldwide. Three years ago they were only X Factor UK season 7 3-rd place finishers. They will be playing Wembley STADIUM in May.
Nicholas McDonald – Angel (Sarah McLachlan)
This is his mother’s favorite song.
Nick has orchestra on stage and some dancers. He sings prettily, but it’s super boring.
Sharon: I agree with your mum, it’s one of my favorite songs ever.
Gary: I was harsh on you last night, but that’s what you should be doing.
Nicole: I can’t wait to buy that song off iTunes and curl up for the holidays.
Louis: All i wanna say, you’ve been an awesome contestant all season …
Louis is wearing McDonald tartan trousers.
Sam Bailey – Power Of Love (Jennifer Rush)
Sam performed this on the first live show. I think her vocal was better back then, but that’s probably she is tired.
Gary: You could have sung any song from this series.
Nicole: You make it look too easy.
Louis: You are what this show is all about!
Sharon: Sam, 10 weeks! You’ve been a winner for me first time you walked into the audition room.
The judges get their own recap of the series. Gary Barlow and Sharon Osbourne are leaving the show after this season.
Katy Perry performs “Unconditionally“. In a cage. She sounds terrible.
WINNER’S SINGLES:
Nicholas McDonald – Superman (Five for Fighting)
Sooo boring and lifeless. Nicole’s face is expressionless!
Sharon: You came into this X Factor show as a little boy and in 10 weeks your turned into nice young man. That song was amazing.
Gary: Congratulations, what a transformation!
Nicole: That song was absolutely perfect for you.
Louis: Everybody, if you want Nicholas to win, you have to vote now!
Caroline Flack interviews Nick’s mother. It’s impossible to hear anything. And now … some messages from family and friends to Nicholas. Dermot is trying to get Nick to say something coherent. No luck.
Sam Bailey – Skyscraper (Demi Lovato)
Some shaky parts at the beginning. Sam is just not connecting emotionally to this song, I’m afraid. Demi’s original is untouchable. I’m sorry, this was underwhelming.
Gary: You’ve stolen the hearts of the nation …
Nicole: You made me look like a hot mess … You are the voice … the timing is everything. This is your time, right now.
Louis: You deserve to be on that stage. Sam, that is going to be a #1 record!
Sharon:
Caroline interviews Sam’s family. Sam’s son Tommy is really cute. Video from family and friends for Sam.
Gary Barlow and Elton John perform “Face to Face”. Yep, now Sir Elton John is selling out (“I’m not a fan of talent shows. I probably wouldn’t have lasted if I’d gone on one. “It’s become boring, arse-paralysingly brain crippling.”).
The world is ending.
After the performance, Dermot is trying to interview them on stage and Elton looks really uncomfortable. He did this because Gary is a friend of his. Oh yeah.
The lines are now closed.
The results!
The Winner of X Factor 2013 is: Sam Bailey
X Factor Final: Sam Bailey is crowned the WINNER as she reduces the entire panel to tears with final performance
Prison officer Sam Bailey has been crowned the winner of the X Factor 2013.
Singing her winner’s song, Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, in a floor length black sequin dress, she reduced Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne to tears with her emotional performance and attracting over 1 million votes.
After months of hard work, Sam has earned her one million pound recording deal and a place on Beyonce’s Mrs Carter tour next year.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘All this is for him’: Sam Bailey dedicates her triumphant X Factor win to her beloved late father
Winning the 2013 series of the X Factor was always going to be an emotional experience – for any contestant.
But, for prison warden Sam Bailey, it was particularly overwhelming as she believed her late father was helping her through the prime-time ITV talent contest.
Speaking to The Mirror, the 36 year-old said that her deceased dad, Ronnie – who died of cancer in 2008 – was spiritually guiding her to success.
Read more: Daily Mail
X Factor champion Sam Bailey credits success to years of club singing and the Prison Service for her win in TV interview
If Sam Bailey was tired after a night celebrating her X Factor victory, she didn’t show it on Monday morning.
Speaking to Aled Jones and Lorraine Kelly on Daybreak, a smiling Sam, 36, said years of playing clubs prepared her for the seven-month competition: ‘I think what people don’t realise is when you’re singing in social clubs you’re not just singing for two minutes, you’re singing for sometimes two and a half hours.
‘You’re singing non-stop and I think when you do that you get so used to it you learn how to save your voice.’
Read more: Daily Mail
‘I was totally overwhelmed by it all…. all I wanted to do was sit in a dark room with a cup of tea’ Sam Bailey on her runaway X Factor win
If Sam Bailey was tired after a night celebrating her X Factor victory, she didn’t show it on Monday morning.
The singer arrived at the ITV studios with a smile on her face, still slightly stunned from her win in the TV singing competition.
But composing herself for a flurry of media interviews Sam, 36, said to Daybreak that all she wanted to do ‘was find a kettle’ to make a brew to settle her nerves and excitement.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘Your talent is immense!’ Leona Lewis and a cavalcade of stars line up to tweet praise for X Factor winner Sam Bailey
It was the result that seemed a certainty and it was. After winning eight out of the 10 live shows in the public vote, big-voiced belter Sam Bailey was finally crowned winner of this year’s X Factor on Sunday night.
Not only were millions watching at homes and thousands at Wembley Arena, but after Sam’s skyscraping victory the stars were quick to tweet their praise for her and offer their support on her future journey in the music industry.
Former X Factor winner Leona Lewis tweeted ‘My girl @SamBaileyREAL did it! Congratulations on winning @TheXFactor lady your talent is immense x’.
Read more: Daily Mail
Seeing double! X Factor winner Sam Bailey proves just how close she is to mentor Sharon Osbourne by dazzling in a virtually identical lace dress at show final
They’ve struck up a close bond during their 10-week stint on The X Factor live shows.
And Sharon Osbourne and her contestant Sam Bailey proved just how similar they have become as they strutted their stuff in almost identical dresses at the final of the ITV1 talent show at London’s Wembley Arena on Sunday night.
The 60-year-old panellist was first to take to the stage in a striking semi-sheer scarlet gown, which was later replicated by the 36-year-old prison officer as she performed iconic ballad The Power Of Love.
Read more: Daily Mail
Sharon Osbourne takes fashion inspiration from Cheryl Cole as she stuns in the same sheer red lace dress for X Factor final
When it comes to her ensembles for this year’s X Factor, Sharon Osbourne has been in a league of her own.
But for the grand finale of the show on Sunday night, the 61-year-old star took fashion inspiration from someone who’s been there, done that – Cheryl Cole.
Sharon wowed in a sheer red lace Zuhair Murad dress as she made her way onto the stage – the same gown that Cheryl had worn to the Cannes Film Festival back in May.
Read more: Daily Mail
Nicole Scherzinger steals the spotlight in a plunging semi-sheer gold gown slashed to the NAVEL at The X Factor final… as Sharon Osbourne is sexy in scarlet
She was criticised for stealing the spotlight from Sam Bailey during their duet in the first leg of The X Factor final on Saturday night.
And it would seem that Nicole Scherzinger was intent on being the centre of attention once again as she took to the stage at London’s Wembley Arena on Sunday.
The 35-year-old singer proved she’d well and truly saved her best until last as she opted for her most daring ensemble to date at the grand finale of the ITV1 talent show in a striking semi-sheer gold gown that was slashed to the navel.
Read more: Daily Mail
Not so much a Roar as a snore? Tamera leads X Factor finalists in underwhelming pre-recorded opening performance
It was expected to be one of the big highlights from the very last X Factor show of the season, but when returning contestants, led by Tamera Foster, performed what appeared to be a pre-recorded group rendition of Katy Perry’s Roar it sounded like more of a snore.
Perhaps the reason for this was that Perry herself had only just weeks ago performed the song on the show AND made it one of the real highlights of the season.
By coincidence Katy was back again on the Sunday night final to sing her new single Unconditionally.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘He let Nicholas sing, unlike others:’ Louis Walsh makes a sly dig at Nicole Scherzinger afters she’s accused of stealing the limelight from Sam Bailey
The X Factor was full of drama and duets on Saturday night.
But longest-serving judge, Louis Walsh was not going to let the show pass by without a dig at Nicole Scherzinger, who completely stole the limelight from duet partner Sam Bailey on the show.
When asked by Dermot about what he thought of the duets, Louis said: ‘The highlight was Nicholas and Shane because he let him sing, unlike some people – Nicole!’
Read more: Daily Mail
‘I’m going to miss you all terribly:’ Gary Barlow bows out of The X Factor gracefully performing with his ‘lifelong hero’ Elton John
It was his last night on The X Factor, but Gary Barlow didn’t want to leave the show without a proper send off.
Appearing on stage with his ‘lifelong hero’ Elton John, Mr Barlow waved goodbye to ITV show after three years of being head judge.
The pair both sat at grand pianos as they performed Face to Face and accompanied by an army of marching band dancers in matching white uniforms.
Read more: Daily Mail
‘What number do we call to vote her off?’ Katy Perry lights up the X Factor final as a winged and caged gold bird… but fails to impress with ‘patchy’ vocals
It was supposed to be an evening that showcased the best of British vocal talent.
But Katy Perry failed to impress television viewers with her performance on The X Factor live final at London’s Wembley Arena on Sunday night.
The 29-year-old singer well and truly lit up the stage in a grand finale that was distinctly lacking glamour, as she plunged down from the ceiling of the iconic venue in a giant cage.
Read more: Daily Mail
Harry STYLED: One Direction get grunge make-over for X Factor final…and it divides opinion
They are known for being clean-cut popstars, but One Direction reinvented themselves for the X Factor final on Saturday night.
The chart-topping five-piece, who won the ITV talent show in 2010, wore all-black outfits for their live performance at London’s Wembley Arena.
But, despite getting an audible reaction from fans, their appearance divided wider opinion.
Read more: Daily Mail
She got the party Sch-tarted early: Nicole Scherzinger looks a little worse for wear as she ARRIVES at the X Factor wrap party
Nicole Scherzinger was spotted out for a final Sunday evening celebration after the X Factor final looking a little worse for wear.
The former Pussycat Doll singer posed for several minutes as she entered the central London venue where the reality TV show’s wrap party was being held.
Pulling a peace sign as she walked along the make-shift red carpet the 35-year-old looked a little unsteady on her feet and flaunted bleary eyes.
Read more: Daily Mail
What made Mrs O cry AGAIN? Winning mentor Sharon Osbourne leaves X Factor wrap party tearful and bleary-eyed
She was so overcome with emotion earlier in the evening that she was unable to give X Factor’s Sam Bailey any feedback on her performance.
But Sharon Osbourne’s tears certainly didn’t stop there, as the winning mentor was seen looking bleary-eyed and in floods of tears as she left the wrap party after the show on Sunday night.
The 61-year-old star looked bleary-eyed and struggled to control her sobs as she got in her car at around 2.45am on Monday morning, and headed home following the bash at One Marylebone.
Read more: Daily Mail
