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How many really sucessful and long lasting X-factor winners can you name?

davejc64davejc64 Posts: 6,077
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I bet the answer is not many, the only one I can think of is Leona Lewis.
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    yogacatsyogacats Posts: 6,954
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    davejc64 wrote: »
    I bet the answer is not many, the only one I can think of is Leona Lewis.

    That whatserface, , er what's she called ....... she was singing in The Bodyguard in our local theatre recently. Alexandra Burke, that's it.
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    davejc64davejc64 Posts: 6,077
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    yogacats wrote: »
    That whatserface, , er what's she called ....... she was singing in The Bodyguard in our local theatre recently. Alexandra Burke, that's it.

    Yeah definitely whatserface she is so memorable. :D
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    fext91fext91 Posts: 428
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    not many, sad but true xD
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    LieteLiete Posts: 1,885
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    I think Shayne, Leona and Little Mix are the only winners to have more than one successful album.

    Considering Ben's album sold about 20% of what Sam Bailey sold in her first week, I think we can add him to the mega flop list
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    PhoebeJeebiePhoebeJeebie Posts: 1,783
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    Simon Cowell

    The X Factors only real winner, year after year, after year, after year, after year.....
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    davejc64davejc64 Posts: 6,077
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    With the X-factor it tends to be the runners up and also rans that do better than the actual winners Olly Murs, JLS and One Direction are examples of that.
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    davejc64davejc64 Posts: 6,077
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    PhoebeJeebie wrote: »
    Simon Cowell

    The X Factors only real winner, year after year, after year, after year, after year.....

    Very true.
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    rsefitpro07rsefitpro07 Posts: 2,636
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    Leona Lewis and Little Mix have been the most successful
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    Amaretto2Amaretto2 Posts: 2,949
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    Cowell usually blows the budget on whoever his favourite act of the year is. Usually that isn't the winner, so they get a pittance spent on them just to fulfill the contract so they can be dropped ASAP.
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    Eva_Coco_MayEva_Coco_May Posts: 3,757
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    Little mix and Overall - Leona Lewis
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    pumpkinlattes33pumpkinlattes33 Posts: 8,326
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    I'd say Little Mix, Leona and Shayne Ward.
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    foxy23foxy23 Posts: 4,392
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    Its better if you DON'T win!!!
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    ShenaeBShenaeB Posts: 108
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    Leona Lewis
    Little Mix
    Alexandra Burke.
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    HotelierHotelier Posts: 13,100
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    Leona Lewis is the most consistent I think, although her last 2 albums and singles have been rather weak imo. She needs another "Bleeding love" I think, although unless you are the Beatles or their ilk, you are lucky if that sort of song happens to you once in a lifetime. A great voice still and my personal Favourite winner.
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    carnoch04carnoch04 Posts: 10,275
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    Strangely, The Voice has had even fewer successful winners yet ITV has paid big bucks to get it.
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    TheAngryGermanTheAngryGerman Posts: 1,851
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    If we talk successful and long term it's only really One Direction, Little Mix and Olly Murs.
    They're the only acts from the X-Factor which still do music and are not flying under the radar (sorry Leona, Matt, Joe, Shayne and co).
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    E05297535E05297535 Posts: 5,602
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    Liete wrote: »
    I think Shayne, Leona and Little Mix are the only winners to have more than one successful album.

    Considering Ben's album sold about 20% of what Sam Bailey sold in her first week, I think we can add him to the mega flop list

    G4 from the 1st series delivered 3 albums and at present has a xmas album in the classical charts

    I saw them performing last night. ...absolutely fabulous group of guys. .glad they came back together! !!
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    Sorcha_27Sorcha_27 Posts: 138,871
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    One direction surely :o
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    ucra girlucra girl Posts: 19,741
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    E05297535 wrote: »
    G4 from the 1st series delivered 3 albums and at present has a xmas album in the classical charts

    I saw them performing last night. ...absolutely fabulous group of guys. .glad they came back together! !!

    That is good news!
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    intoxicationintoxication Posts: 7,059
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    sorcha_healy27 wrote: »
    One direction surely :o

    They didn't win.
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    ThiswillbefunThiswillbefun Posts: 10,599
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    davejc64 wrote: »
    With the X-factor it tends to be the runners up and also rans that do better than the actual winners Olly Murs, JLS and One Direction are examples of that.

    Which oddly correlates with the acts he spends money on. Coincidence?
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    mimik1ukmimik1uk Posts: 46,701
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    Thiswillbefun wrote: »
    Which oddly correlates with the acts he spends money on. Coincidence?

    yeah i dont know how many times we seem to go around this circle

    acts dont do better BECAUSE they dont win

    acts do better because cowell and SYCO decide who they are going to invest in way before the series even finishes

    those acts would have had the same investment and so-called success regardless of whether they won or not

    from a SYCO perspective the show is used almost like a focus group writ large, to get feedback about who might or might not be worth investing in. some acts that are possible candidates for that but clearly dont have public support are discarded whereas the ones that are seen as being popular, even if not popular enough to win the show, are the ones invested in.
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    ramraiderukramraideruk Posts: 1,190
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    Susan Boyle was a runner up who did well.
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    mimik1ukmimik1uk Posts: 46,701
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    ramraideruk wrote: »
    Susan Boyle was a runner up who did well.

    different show

    but her success after the show was guaranteed after her first audition and the worldwide response to it , she was even invited to go on the oprah show in the US just on the back of that audition

    she could have withdrawn from the rest of BGT and still achieved what she did, so a perfect example of the point that final position on the show is irrelevant
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    iseloidiseloid Posts: 9,392
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    I'd say Leona, Little Mix and Alex (to an extent - filling theatres night after night for months is success, even if a show is popular). Having some strong success in a field in the entertainment world is hard, and I guess only those with a good team or have quality in what they do will make it.

    Very few winners had that. I feel for Shayne, he did have talent. Joe has done quite well in his niche, he still tours and releases albums which sell decently given the sales climate.
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