Not sure how you know that but my teen sister and most of her mates loved Joe and Matt but shed be embarrassed to admit that now.

By the way she is voting for JA.

I think honestly its really hard to pinpoint who has what fans, again i have seen varied ages that support JA, heck my mum supports JA and she is 71.

But i think all of the contestants do actually suffer from the time delay after the show, in particular any younger fans they may have who get impatient.

Your mum has impeccable taste. My mum doesn't like him much but my dad reckons he's the best there's been for years.

james has retweeted tweets from young male fans. could these young male fans who see him as "credible" and "cool" enough be enough to counteract the "curse of the XF boys"?

James isn't a pretty boy, though....as in...he isn't the type to have a massive teen girl following. That slot was filled by D3 and Union J this year.

Good point, also I think the success of Ed Sheeran has done much to improve the lot of X Factor boys who have that whole indie one-man-and-a-guitar schtick.

It's true, the groups need to act fast, they generally have a short shelf life. But is James appealing to that market ? I can't imagine him as a pin-up on many little teenage girls' walls.

I think your original post was quite interesting, will these younger fans of James still be interested a year from now?

I would imagine that the delay of a year has something to do with their commitments to the tour as well, it must be difficult to find the studio time to try and get an album out at the same time.

Are young female teens more impatient than young male teens?

i think young male fans more on their 20s than young male teens.:sleep:

Thats possible, I never had any boys, my 3 kids are all female and I can honestly say that there taste in music never sat still for a month let alone a year, 1 month they are raving about one artist and the next month it was someone totally different lol

I don't think the teens are voting for Jahmene much at all. James is seen to be the 'coolest' of the three left. Any I know are voting for him not Jahmene.

a-ha!! fickle young customers... lolz!!

LOL i gave myself brownie points and a pat on the back many times for remembering who they were raving about the month before their birthays or at xmas time, then would would look at me like i had sprouted horns and said ermmm thanks for the cd mum but I don't like them anymore , by the time they were 16 i gave up buying them music lol

First album sales don't guaratee second album sales, as Alexandra knows

exactly the point i was making earlier, the distinction between male & female winners isn't so marked.

And the the only solo XF acts to increase sales from 1st to 2nd album are both male aren't they - Joe M & Olly M?

^^This.

Well at least they have a hit single and around 500k sales (Wings and DNA) also have charted well down under (They have a top 3 single and top 10 album in Australia).

But we will see how the next single does.

Joe is signed with Universal and just released his 4th album - he's doing fine There's more than one way to skin a cat