Same here

I have a feeling they will find a larger than usual number of people viewing from the UK.

If the format is the same as last year, the first 6 episodes will be the Blind Auditions and then there will be 4 episodes for the Battle Rounds (I think in the UK they show 2 episodes per weekend) and if that is the way it's being done, then we will have 4 episodes that feature Matt - I am really looking forward to this!

I wonder if there will be any reaction in the media for an XF winner defecting to The Voice (even if it is the Irish version).

Kian Egan ‏@KianEganWL 4h
Me and my buddy @matt_cardle_uk doing our thing on @RTETheVoice https://twitter.com/KianEganWL/statu...10649474015232

Dylan Kardashian ‏@dylankenny3 11m
When to The Voice Of Ireland tonight and the one and only @matt_cardle_uk was there!! Great night #RETWEEET

So another day on The Voice - hopefully a few more pics today.

I wonder if he will get a performance slot during the live finals.

Matt on 2fm at the moment. Hit My Heart next single.

He says having spoken to Kian he would consider going to the jungle for the experience. Big Brother never , but the jungle for the jumping out of plane etc

Me like the white hat https://twitter.com/colmhayes2fm/sta...611968/photo/1

Says he cried, at River I'm guessing?

HMH next single then, I personally would prefer TTIO

TTIO is one if my favourites on the album. HMH is more catchy pop and I assume he takes advice as to which song the radio stations (well R2 tbh) are most likely to playlist. He has done HMH at most switch on events, so we should have guessed really.

Loving You has just overtaken RFYL on YT Lately has also overtaken IOL so is now the vid from The Fire with the highest views

ETA Starlight just 6k shy of a million

Here's the interview from today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZaBA...ature=youtu.be

Not one to tweet a photo of a coffee, hmm? Excellent performance, love what Colm says at the end.

I know what's he like I'm thinking someone has a short memory, nearly half his tweets are food related

Thanks for bringing interview over, missed it earlier, for a minute I thought we weren't going to hear River, as the 1st song wasn't on the recording. Wish this was video'd

Yeah.
That's interesting about the Lately vid since it wasn't even a single, can't think why it's so popular

Interesting post here that I've copied from the main forum. I'm shocked about the lousy 7.5 per cent of tour profits

"I would assume the X Factor contract has similarities universally. There was an issue in Australia, which meant some details of the contract were revealed:

http://www.smh.com.au/business/signi...916-2tu9o.html

and this highlights some of the requirements:

http://dailydoseofziam.tumblr.com/po...ment-contracts

Some key points:
Artists who were voted out of the show are still under contract to Cowell’s label for up to three months.


Winner gets £150k advance, 2nd gets £75k, 3rd £50k and 4th £10k.


Apparently the winner and runner-ups can be signed to any of Sony’s record labels like RCA or Epic Records, not only Syco. But being in top 4 doesn’t automatically mean a record deal, even though advances have been specified in the contract.

The winner gets 15 per cent from single and album sales. Headlining a tour brings 7.5 per cent of show profits and 15 per cent of merchandise sales.


The record label has “final say” over tracks for albums, and can choose producers and single releases.


Another clause states that artists leaving the show may have to give 5 per cent of all future live earnings to Cowell for a year."

Rachel ‏@Rach_Staunton 41m
Sarah talking with Matt Cardle during the break https://twitter.com/Rach_Staunton/st...154240/photo/1

lauren walsh ‏@LWalshMusic 1h
Matt cardle and kian egan aw https://twitter.com/LWalshMusic/stat...465600/photo/1

Did someone say my name?
I must confess I was surprised at first, as I think there are stronger tracks on the album. Maybe it's a good choice though, because he's played it at the fireworks & lights gigs, and there were thousands attending those, so it may be in the consciousness of potential buyers. It's nice to talk about singles - with The Fire they seemed to be talked down a lot, which is a shame - as a fan you want to support all the milestones, whether you expect them to be a big hit or not.
I liked the bit in the Irish interview when he said about being able to prepare properly for the tour and not rushing it. He must have learned a lot from the Letters Tour experience. I just hope he enjoys every minute.

I love Hit my Heart and it's a very radio friendly song. I can see why it's been chosen as the next single.

In his words it's the album's pop moment so I guess they see it as the most radio friendly. I think it works, my only concern is a lot of his singles are the more poppy ones. I think a more mature sounding song like ALTL might attract new people.

TTIO is my favourite too. He seems to choose singles which he likes to sing rather than ones which showcase his voice. Perhaps he wants to promote a more positive 'poppy' song now. I'm still hoping TTIO will be released as a single perhaps during the tour?

https://twitter.com/Paddy_Molloy_/st...042560/photo/1

David Muldoon ‏@muldoon_david 8m
@Paddy_Molloy_ @matt_cardle_uk well done and good contributions from Matt tonight

That would be good, but so far he has only released 3 singles from each previous album.

I would agree that if he were guaranteed radio airplay then ALTL or In Chains would gain him a lot of new fans - but I can only assume that the guys who work on getting him airplay are advising that it is the poppier songs that will be accepted.

I agree with this. Tbh I was a wee but disappointed that it is HMH, I love it but would have loved TTIO or In Chains but I'm sure he's been advised. Does anyone know if Will is with him in Ireland?

Not seen any tweets that indicate he is anything but on his own. But he is having a good time:

Bumped into @matt_cardle_uk on the street and were bringing him to McDonald's lool https://twitter.com/ryxnc/status/412...852800/photo/1

Yoncé ‏@ryxnc 4h
Selfies @matt_cardle_uk https://twitter.com/ryxnc/status/412...459328/photo/1

Yoncé ‏@ryxnc 4h
@Matt_Cardle_AG he was really drunk, but he was really really nice and spent ages of time hanging out!

I think he must be one of the friendliest drunks there is - so many people get aggressive or annoying when drunk - but Matt appears to just get loveable.