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Who's topped the votes (newspaper report - possible 'spoiler' of sorts)
Just sharing this for whoever wants to know, I saw in a paper today that
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has aced every vote so far... Not sure I can believe that... |
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I can certainly believe that is true - she has the Irish vote, a broad range of support and appeals to older viewers.
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). |
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I can certainly believe that is true - she has the Irish vote, a broad range of support and appeals to older viewers.
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). 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. |
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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. |
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The Sun were the ones that climed Jedward and Wagner were doing well.
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) |
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No they did claim Jedward and Wagner were doing welll......
Also: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/vie...a-sure-winner/ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/vie...na-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. |
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Doesn't surprise me about Janet and for that reason she won't be bottom 2 today, however the Irish vote can't win it as Egohan found out when he came 3rd
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It was The Sun who wrote about jedward and Wagner, not the star. check it's all there to see, failing the papers archive, the wayback machine.
It's quite plausible though, the star are usually very reliable with their voting leaks. Doesnt mean things can't change though. |
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The Sun were the ones that climed Jedward and Wagner were doing well.
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) ![]() 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! |
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It was The Sun who wrote about jedward and Wagner, not the star. check it's all there to see, failing the papers archive, the wayback machine.
It's quite plausible though, the star are usually very reliable with their voting leaks. Doesnt mean things can't change though. 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! |
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Well I knew it was a tabloid - its not hard to mix up the Sun and the Star.
![]() 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! 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). |
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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! 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. |
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http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/105910/
Also: http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/vie...a-sure-winner/ http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/vie...na-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. |
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Could be the quickest comeback\exit ever... I dont think Amelia is anything special, would laugh my socks off if she is in bottom 2 tonight
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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. |
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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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Originally Posted by MartynMac123
oh look, more people are saying they said wagner and jedward were doing good
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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. ![]() |
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I believe they are linked "corporately" with a bit of content exchange but that's it.
But either way, I guess we'll find out about this one at the end of the series when the weekly results are revealed. |
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Well I knew it was a tabloid - its not hard to mix up the Sun and the Star.
![]() 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! 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. |
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Yeah, they have a few articles in common but Irish Daily Star covers more Southern Irish news, large emphasis on Irish X Factor contestants and The Irish Apprentice in terms of entertainment news.
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Either way, the Star do have a track record of gettng it dead on (and they weren't exactly obvious guesses ether), so if I'm inclined to believe any voting leaks it is this one. Janet topping every week seems to be consistent with them sticking her on early every week and trying to undermine her like they did with Mary Byrne.
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. |
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If the Star's info is correct, it begs the question as to why Barlow is attacking the poll topper and describing her as "boring" and a one trick pony.
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Just sharing this for whoever wants to know, I saw in a paper today that
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I reckon Janet is getting a lot of votes from Northern Ireland - the local UTV are certainly cheering her on, which is understandable.
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. |
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I reckon Janet is getting a lot of votes from Northern Ireland - the local UTV are certainly cheering her on, which is understandable.
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. |
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