Are Ant and Dec having an inside joke with the vote count going up about a quarter of a million every day?

More people are using the app which gives you 5 free votes

Indeed and there was probably more people using the app last night for Isaac Waddington.

As with the XF the show aims to get the teens voting in their masses so that there is more money coming in. That is why the boy band will almost certainlly get the wildcard this evening.

I remember when George Sampson won his semi final heat in 2008 and Ant & Dec said that they had received the most votes that particular night compared to the previous semi finals during the week.

Then George won the final and I found the whole thing rather curious. There were other acts in the 2008 final who I preferred so sometimes you wonder if they're saying these things to hype up certain acts.

Read Chart Throb by Ben Elton,It is a satire of The X Factor/Pop Idol-style reality TV programme

Not only do you get 5 free votes, you can get them on multiple devices eg iPad and iPhone