The final..
 

Is earlier than expected. Next week?? 1st and 2nd Dec. I suppose Simon knows he won't get the Christmas number 1 anymore so they rather finish a week or two earlier? Hope they sing a Christmas song each next week!

If they done Halloween the day before bonfire night I don’t see why they can’t have Christmas songs on the first of the month. That might just be blind stanning for me wanting to hear Scarlett and / or Dalton tackle a gospel song

Also, Are the duets still happening this year, Wikipedia says that Amber Riley, Megan McKenna & Panic! are the performing on the Saturday show. Don’t know if that’s accurate or just vandalism.

I think the tactic is to move the final a few weeks early because charts are now influenced more by streaming, so if the XF want any chance of Xmas no1 they need a few weeks to gain