***** X Factor's GREATEST Ever Contestant Round 8 (Series 8) *****

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 1 (Series 1)

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 2 (Series 2)

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 3 (Series 3)

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 4 (Series 4)

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 5 (Series 5)

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 6 (Series 6)

X Factor's Greatest Ever Contestant Round 7 (Series 7)


Okey Dokey, so a bit of a suprise result here. I knew Aiden Grimshaw was popular but this was a convincing win for him. Also suprised Cher Lloyd came second considering she wasn't popular on the forum at the time but you have chosen Aiden as your winner with real life winner in 3rd. Wagner also got the same amount of points as One Direction and Rebecca Ferguson for those keeping count.

So Far...


Tabby Callaghan (Series 1)
Shayne Ward (Series 2)
Leona Lewis (Series 3)
Rhydian Roberts (Series 4)
Alexandra Burke (Series 5)
Stacey Solomon (Series 6)
Aiden Grimshaw (Series 7)


Has Qualified Automatically for the Single Elimination Knockout Phase to find Digital Spy's Greatest Ever X Factor Contestant. Now though we move on to Series 8. :):)

The first of the Gary Barlow era so to speak as he assumed the role as the new head judge of The X Factor. In actual fact Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole & Dannii Minogue had all parted at the end of Series 7. While Louis Walsh stayed put he was joined by Take That Singer/Songwriter Gary Barlow, N Dubz Singer Tulisa & Former Destiny's Child/Solo Star in her own right Kelly Rowland. There was a lot of buzz to see how the new line up would do and while it all seemed fun, games & banter at the start but would soon be overtaken by controversy and feuds along the way.

The first of which came in the form of judges Louis Walsh and Tulisa branding Kelly Rowlands contestant Misha B a "Bully", "Making Mean Comments" & "Being too over confident". Kelly Rowland took the allegations badly and although Tulisa and Louis eventually apologised the damage was done prompting cheap shots throughout the Media Including Louis Walsh claiming he was sick of Kelly's Bitchiness. Gary tried to maintain a Neutral stand point but it was too little too late.

The other main issue came in form of Frankie Cocozza after being overheard boasting of taking Cocaine. Frankie had already been a huge talking point for surviving over seemingly better contestants. Something which Frankie admitted he was struggling to handle the heat coming his way. Frankie was ejected from the competition after the cocaine incident and bar his own judge Gary Barlow who just stated he was "Dissapointed" the other judges did not pull any punches in there real feelings towards Frankie (Who would eventually go on to win back support from the public when he became runner up on Celebrity Big Brother thanks mainly to standing up for Denise Welch when being verbally attacked by The Shannon Twins & Nicola McClean)

The Wildcard twist also returned with for the first time in X Factor Live Show history nobody had a say in who was eliminated bar producers as they had to eliminate one of there own acts.

The show did provide some remarkable talent however. It saw the first ever victory by a Group in X Factor History...Not only that but a Girl Group as Little Mix took victory. (The band was solo artists put together who failed to make it past Boot Camp). Little Mix have gone on to being recognized globally having achieved so far 4 Top 10 Singles and 2 Top 5 Albums. Runner up Marcus Collins scoring a top 10 single himself. Amelia Lily & Misha B managing it themselves aswell. Early Favourites Janet Devlin & Craig Colton are also on the verge of releasing there highlighy anticipated debut albums. :D:D

When it was all said and done Little Mix did claim victory in the Final over Marucs Collins & Amelia Lily. Did they deserve the win or did somebody else? TIME TO VOTE

What I do is list the contestants from each series (Doing 1 series per day) and All I Ask you to do is rank your top Three

The person you rank top gets 3 points,
Second place gets 2 points
Third place gets 1 point

(For Example lets say this year Sam Bailey was your favourite, followed by Rough Copy in 2nd and Luke Friend was your 3rd best it would easily go

3. Sam Bailey
2. Rough Copy
1. Luke Friend)

This will cover all 10 series of the X Factor. The winner from each vote will get automatic qualification to the Final 16 Single Elimination Knockout Round. The 6 Runners up with the most points from all 10 series will get the "Wildcard Spots" in the Final 16 also.

The X Factor Series 8 Contestants Were


2 Shoes (Groups)
Amelia Lily (Girls)
Craig Colton (Boys)
Frankie Cocozza (Boys)
James Michael (Boys)
Janet Devlin (Girls)
Johnny Robinson (Over 25's)
Jonjo Kerr (Over 25's)
Kitty Brucknell (Over 25's)
Little Mix (Groups)
Marcus Collins (Boys)
Misha B (Girls)
Nu Vibe (Groups)
Sami Brookes (Over 25's)
Sophie Habibis (Girls)
The Risk (Groups)


Happy to say I liked a lot of the talent that came from this series (Janet Devlin, Craig Colton, The Risk & Little Mix to an extent)

Nearly at the end of these first round votes now and then the Knockout Rounds.

Sorry its posted a Little Late. As Always the voting closes at 10pm Tommorow. Any Questions feel free to ask

Thanks For Voting Guys

Nathan