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I think it's best to take an intersectional approach to analysing this, lord knows my thoughts on Brexit Britain, but it seems a bit reductive to blame her defeat solely on that.

It of course will have played a part, but so too will others factors. She reprised the wrong song, it's irrelevant whether she came second after doing it the first time around, The Winner Takes It All was her 'moment' and the chance to show off her vocal range. Matt getting to sing a song that's featured on the most anticipated advert of the year for no reason at all wouldn't have helped matters either, that's a massive pimping if I ever saw one. And then of course vote transfers from 5AM, along with casual voters/Middle England will have played a part.

It's hard to say whether she'd have won given different song choices, but I do think the gap would've been significantly smaller (it was surprisingly large given how close it was on the Saturday). I also think it's interesting to consider how a better duet partner for 5AM may have carried them through, and subsequently presented her with an easier path to victory. We'll never really know.