The second live show was a night of a cheesfest as they all tackled songs from Eurovision and this shook up the leaderboard a lot! Paul moved up one spot to take the lead whilst Amelia got a huge boost to second after her Warrior performance that went down a storm with Matt taking an impressive third place.

Luke however tumbled down the leaderboard and so did our eventual winners who were in the bottom two, however...

Live Show 2 Voting Results

Paul Akister 14.95%
Amelia Lily 13.73%
Matt Cardle 12.51%
Kingsland Road 10.07%
Only The Young 9.88%
Luke Friend 8.33%
Jade Ellis 8.33%
Ben Mills 6.41%
Abi Alton 6.41%
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Belle Amie 5.30%
Carolynne Poole 4.08%

...a punish card was used on Abi who ended up falling to last and was eliminated via a majority decision.

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Paul Akister 15.95%
Amelia Lily 14.73%
Matt Cardle 13.51%
Kingsland Road 10.07%
Only The Young 9.88%
Luke Friend 8.33%
Jade Ellis 8.33%
Ben Mills 6.41%
Belle Amie 5.30%
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Carolynne Poole 4.08%
Abi Alton 3.20%

The third show was all about going to the movies and once again, this shook up the leaderboard. Carolynne made one heck of a comeback from bottom two to top of the votes with Matt taking second and even Ben got a huge boost, making it to third.

Whilst it was a strong night for the overs, it wasn't a good night for the girls as Jade found herself in trouble, but was saved against Paul who PLUMMETED from top to bottom and was out via deadlock.

But that's not all...

Live Show 3 Voting Results

Carolynne Poole 14.50%
Matt Cardle 12.50%
Ben Mills 11.50%
Only The Young 10.50%
Kingsland Road 10.50%
Luke Friend 9.50%
Belle Amie 9.00%
Amelia Lily 8.50%
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Jade Ellis 7.50%
Paul Akister 6.00%

...Paul got a punish card his way which didn't change the outcome. Carolynne received a praise card which only increased her lead that night. Whilst OTY and Matt were given the Sharing Is Caring card.

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Carolynne Poole 29.00%
Only The Young 11.50%
Matt Cardle 11.50%
Ben Mills 10.50%
Kingsland Road 8.50%
Luke Friend 7.50%
Belle Amie 7.00%
Amelia Lily 6.50%
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Jade Ellis 5.00%
Paul Akister 3.00%

The 4th show was quite an interesting night, the theme was about 15 years of success and it paid off very well for Belle Amie who won the vote with OYT taking second again. This was the second time the girls didn't have a good night. This was also the only double elimination of the Series, but there's more...

Live Show 4 Voting Results

Belle Amie 16.43%
Only The Young 14.40%
Carolynne Poole 12.98%
Matt Cardle 11.89%
Ben Mills 10.18%
Amelia Lily 9.71%
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Kingsland Road 8.53%
Luke Friend 8.53%
Jade Ellis 7.35%

...a punish card was used on Kingsland Road who were then out instantly and after a tough sing-off, Jade who didn't get the rebound vote, was sent home via deadlock.

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Belle Amie 17.43%
Only The Young 15.40%
Carolynne Poole 13.98%
Matt Cardle 12.89%
Ben Mills 10.41%
Amelia Lily 9.71%
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Luke Friend 8.53%
Jade Ellis 7.35%
Kingsland Road 4.26%

Onwards to show 5 which was all about going Indie and it was here, the boys mentor went AWOL with no contact since then, so the boys were left in a limbo. After a few middle rankings, Amelia took the top spot and looked good doing so with Matt moving up to second.

Carolynne found herself in trouble for the second time, but she was saved against Luke who was eliminated by deadlock and since no luck cards were used, it was a clear result to confirm.

Live Show 5 Voting Results

Amelia Lily 19.31%
Matt Cardle 18.10%
Belle Amie 17.89%
Only The Young 16.61%
Ben Mills 10.47%
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Carolynne Poole 9.12%
Luke Friend 8.50%

The sixth show that followed was about taking on songs that made it to number 1 anywhere in the world and for one act, Carolynne looked to be the vote winner, but...

Live Show 6 Voting Results

Carolynne Poole 22.30%
Only The Young 21.80%
Belle Amie 20.40%
Amelia Lily 18.70%
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Ben Mills 16.80%
Matt Cardle N/A*

...one sharing is caring card later and Carolynne had to share second with Belle Amie which left OTY to take the top spot instead. However in the end, it was time for Matt Cardle to leave and that was the end of the boys category.

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Only The Young 21.80%
Belle Amie 21.35%
Carolynne Poole 21.35%
Amelia Lily 18.70%
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Ben Mills 16.80%
Matt Cardle N/A*

We moved onwards to the quarter final where the five remaining acts sung twice for the first time with Best Of British and American Anthems. It was here that our eventual winners finally started to gain momentum. It was a top night for Jack as his acts took first and second and were miles ahead of the other three.

Amelia however was miles behind the overs and that means it was the end of the road for her and Riley who had no girls left.

Live Show 7 Voting Results

Belle Amie 28.00%
Only The Young 25.60%
Carolynne Poole 18.40%
Ben Mills 15.20%
Amelia Lily 12.80%

The semi-final came along where we had floor fillers and then going for broke. One act did exactly that, Belle Amie stayed in the lead, but they were so far ahead. Ben however was able to do just enough to avoid going out, that left Carolynne who had to say goodbye at the end of that evening.

Semi-Final Voting Results

Belle Amie 35.40%
Only The Young 28.10%
Ben Mills 20.25%
Carolynne Poole 18.25%

Which brings us to tonight's grand final that took place and it was VERY close between all three, however we had that surprising result where OTY had to settle for bronze...

The Grand Final Voting Results Part 1.

Belle Amie 35.37%
Ben Mills 32.98%
Only The Young 31.65%

...but the girl group had just about won more than half of the voter's hearts to take the trophy.

The Grand Final Voting Results Part 2.

Belle Amie 52.35% Winner!
Ben Mills 47.65% Runner-up!

So there you have it everyone, any of you surprised by any of these?

Up next, some announcements I need to make...

Glad to see my lone showing with the groups was a good one

Are you happy that belle amie won?

Course I am

YES! I would absolutely love to be back Steve.

If you'd have me of course.

Of course I'll come back and judge

Well I'm guessing that we will have at least one new judge on the panel as Jordan went missing and never returned