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The X Factor Gazette:

Chris Maloney: 'My winner's single will surprise'

Dermot O'Leary, Caroline Flack "thrilled" by Maloney success

James Arthur on depression: I felt ready to give up on life

Noel Gallagher: 'I wouldn't mind seeing the Scouser win X Factor'

Jade Ellis won't attend final: 'Ticket system is a joke'

Nicole Scherzinger wears bizarre cape to 'X Factor' final photocall

#fagashbreath among top The X Factor Twitter trends

James, Jahmene, Chris turned into gingerbread men

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The X Factor Winner Hall of Fame:

Steve Brookstein (Season 1)
Shayne Ward (Season 2)
Leona Lewis (Season 3)
Leon Jackson (Season 4)
Alexandra Burke (Season 5)
Joe McElderry (Season 6)
Matt Cardle (Season 7)
Little Mix (Season 8)

The X Factor Runners Up Hall of Fame:

G4 (Season 1)
Andy Abraham (Season 2)
Ray Quinn (Season 3)
Rhydian and Same Difference (Season 4)
JLS and Eoghan Quigg (Season 5)
Olly Murs and Stacey Solomon (Season 6)
Rebecca Ferguson, One Direction and Cher Lloyd (Season 7)
Marcus Collins and Amelia Lily (Season 8)

This week's celebrity guests:

Kelly Clarkson
Kylie Minogue
Rita Ora
One Direction
Rihanna
Only Boys Aloud
Emeli Sandé

AND:

Following the trend from last series, the finalists will duet with their mentors:

Christopher Maloney with Gary Barlow
Jahmene Douglas with Nicole Scherzinger
James Arthur with Nicole Scherzinger

Odds:


See more at the source (via William Hill)

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Enjoy the final and the weekend and a good evening to everybody!!!!!!

All spoilers in tags

you had me worried there....................... thanks for all the threads zack............ can't belive this is the last thread............

Leaving it a bit late, less than 20 hours to go.

Haha it's my pleasure, it's all gone so fast.....we'll know who the winner is soon enough...

The end is in sight at long last for this car crash series

Hoping Baloney wins to put the cherry on the cake and give them the winner they deserve

Perhaps it will give Simon a bigger kick up the rear end than expected and it will sink in BIG changes need to be made for the anniversary series and that he can't fool the public anymore

............yea maloney will win can't wait for the reaction on here

Total meltdown will ensue on DS if that happens....but it would just about sum up the series though. I'm sure James and Jahmene are going to get signed whatever the outcome is this weekend. Can't say the same for Christopher though.

To say it will get nasty on here is a MASSIVE understatement

Most of us will be laughing, most will be white hot and blame the voters for getting the show axed

He'll be doing the signing, on the dole.

Ah, so efficient Zack.

Maloney winning would just be beyond excellent.

Awwww... it will soon be over

This has to have been the worst season of XF in some time... it's only saving graces have been Rylan and Ella. Certainly I couldn't be fussed to vote for any of the remaining three though tempted to stick two fingers up to Cowell by voting for ol' 'Shake + Bake' Cheesy Baloney

Oh, thanks for the thread Zack 06

I hope my old nemesis will be too busy to post

Really poor guest artists, only one that hasn't appeared on the show.

Two if you count the bunch of choir ***** from Britain's Got Talent/

If he doesn't win, then I'm not even sure his cruiseship will have him back.


Of course....and I sort of want it just to see what would happen on here....

Thing is though, if Christopher released something like You'll Never Walk Alone... I'm convinced it'd be #1.

It's gonna be an interesting final, but I'm sure Jahmene has it in the bag...he's had it in the bag ever since Ella was eliminated.

No problem. Since Christopher has never been in the bottom 2, he and Jahmene are the strongest contenders for the prize, but especially Chris since he also somehow won the wildcard vote too....however nothing is stopping James getting a voting spike in the final...

ah i hope so i can see it now

hall of shame

sex 300
silent nate 200

Probably something like this

Did you see that fake comedy Peter Kay talent show parody? Christopher reminds me of Geraldine....

I think we should announce a King of Shame at the end....i.e. total posts across the live shows....I think I know who it will be already lmao...

Don't you remember R Wayne?

I don't suppose anyone can pinpoint Kelly Clarkson's performance so I know when to turn on for 5 minutes?...

I can't remember the last time this happened, but I'm sure DS crashed over something XF related last year....I'm surprised it didn't crash when Ella went out...but Chris winning would most definitely cause a meltdown....