Who's topped the votes (newspaper report - possible 'spoiler' of sorts)
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Just sharing this for whoever wants to know, I saw in a paper today that
has aced every vote so far... Not sure I can believe that...
Janet
has aced every vote so far... Not sure I can believe that...
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No need for a spoiler though - there is already a thread discussing it.
However I never believe the Star - they claimed Jedward were topping the votes and they never did (were always near the bottom 2 but managed to avoid it just for weeks).
Please provide a source for this.
The Star are usually right about their leaks - they correctly reported that Rachel Adedeji had topped the vote in Week Three, that Eoghan was topping every week, that Jedward actually weren't doing especially well, and various other things. I'm inclined to trust them on this.
No they did claim Jedward and Wagner were doing welll......
The Star also got it right about Mary being in the top 2 for the first 3 weeks. (another Irish contestant that did a hell of a lot better in the vote than she did on any online poll)
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/105910/
Also:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/58695/X-Factor-boy-wonder-is-a-sure-winner/
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/61310/Diana-nears-exit/
The Daily Star really is pretty good about their XF leaks - even if they're not always dead on, they're usually closer than everyone else. If they really did claim that Wagner & Jedward were doing well, I'll revise my opinion, but so far nobody has actually been able to provide links to the articles where they claimed that.
It's quite plausible though, the star are usually very reliable with their voting leaks. Doesnt mean things can't change though.
Well I knew it was a tabloid - its not hard to mix up the Sun and the Star.:D
Just don't know why the Star would have more of an inside track than the Sun - the Sun is a bigger paper with tonnes more readers. For publicity purposes the Sun would surely be a better bet to leak voting details to - it has a massive readership!
I still think Janet will win - the best singers (Misha and Kitty) don't have the support and I think Craig and Marcus will split a similar vote. Little Mix is hard to call - they could be very popular or not in the votes.
However it all changed last night with Amelia Lily - she was spectacular in my view. If the public get behind her she could be Janet's biggest threat!
Good point but the Star have been right a lot with some detail and the occasions they have been wrong it's been a fraction of a percent error.
Clearly someone at the star knows someone with access to the info. If it's a personal acquaintance then it's quite possible the star are the only ones with access.
With Janet winning, I wouldn't like to say. I would say it's between Janet, little mix, Marcus and maybe Amelia (writing Misha and kitty off due to being in the bottom 3).
I can't imagine Janet winning, especially after her last few performances. She's too divisive to pick up floating voters (which the winner always needs to do), and she must have lost the sympathy vote by now. It's much easier for divisive acts to top the vote earlier in the contest when the vote is split, but as other acts are eliminated, her percentage will probably drop sharply.
Besides, as bland as the winners of TXF often are, they're usually pretty good at hitting notes (Steve being an unfortunate exception). I would say that Janet's the one contestant this year who can't do that with any sort of regularity.
The Daily Star DID originally claim that Jedward had topped the votes in Week 3 but it was the Irish Daily Star.
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I'm not familiar with the differences between the two - does the Irish version print a lot of the same stuff, or are the two papers radically different in content? Either way, I can't find the article online.
Yes, and more people haven't provided sources.
I believe they are linked "corporately" with a bit of content exchange but that's it.
In that case, I'm guessing they also have radically different sources of info, so an incorrect voting leak in one should have no bearing on the reputation of the other.
But either way, I guess we'll find out about this one at the end of the series when the weekly results are revealed.
I don't think the Star leaks would be planned.
The Sun ones however do make sense, leak information that the "novelty" acts are winning to the biggest paper, fans of all the other acts feel compelled to save their act, the novelty act falls further down the voting and more money is made from people voting to stop novelty act winning. The Sun probably know it's not true when they print it, its just to drum up even more votes.
The Sun are metaphorically in bed with the X Factor team and print whatever the X Factor spin department wants them to print- they will not be publishing any accurate voting leaks.
I cant believe it either :eek:
I'm Irish, and wouldn't vote for a candidate just because they came from my country, and I don't think Janet has a tremendous fan base throughout the entire island of Ireland.
I think the only reason she survived last week was because of the 'dedicated Ulster (Northern Ireland) vote' which is mobilised every week regardless of how she performs.
I agree with that....I'm Irish too and as much as I would like to see an Irish winner on the show,I wouldn't vote for somebody religiously just because they're the same nationality as me.I don't think she has much of a fan base in the republic anyway,she's from up the north and that's where the majority of the support is coming from I think.Everyone I've been speaking to has said they like Little Mix/Amelia/Misha...no one going too crazy for Janet!!