[GoldHeart]

sad for Lauren !
but sooo happy for Andrea & Fleur my 2 fav amazing stars
i still think Ben will win though but so what they made it to the final and that's a huge achievement to make it to the end and im sure we wont see the last of these 2
they've done sooo well even Lauren finishing in fourth place has done well because she's talented too and hopefully she will get the career she deserves

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

sad for Lauren !
but sooo happy for Andrea & Fleur my 2 fav amazing stars
i still think Ben will win though but so what they made it to the final and that's a huge achievement to make it to the end and im sure we wont see the last of these 2
they've done sooo well even Lauren finishing in fourth place has done well because she's talented too and hopefully she will get the career she deserves

Anything can happen in the final. Remember how close the vote between Luke and Nicholas was? And they didn't even have the app last year. That would have changed the result big time.

[Mystic Mock]

Whoever wins this year will have a dead career before they've even released a record, the other fans will resent them for winning it's how it goes every year.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by The Mockerdeer

Whoever wins this year will have a dead career before they've even released a record, the other fans will resent them for winning it's how it goes every year.

That's why i'm glad that Andrea will probably come second. Runners up always do better.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

That's why i'm glad that Andrea will probably come second. Runners up always do better.

i think Andrea will come third

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

i think Andrea will come third

Me and the fans will be voting hard. But whatever happens he's in the final and for someone who is not from the UK that is a massive achievement. He has had virtually no home support whatsoever, because they can't vote from there.

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

Me and the fans will be voting hard. But whatever happens he's in the final and for someone who is not from the UK that is a massive achievement. He has had virtually no home support whatsoever, because they can't vote from there.

yeah i agree i know him or Fleur wont win but they made it to the final!!!!

but i think because Andrea has been in the bottom twice he will probably finish third so it will be between Ben & Fleur who have never ever been in the bottom /sing off

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

yeah i agree i know him or Fleur wont win but they made it to the final!!!!

but i think because Andrea has been in the bottom twice he will probably finish third so it will be between Ben & Fleur who have never ever been in the bottom /sing off

Last year the vote was very close between Luke and Nicholas. Luke almost finished second. It all depends on Andrea song choice. If he sings "I didn't know my own strenght" he could get in the final two.

[Mystic Mock]

If Fleur doesn't win she has done very bad considering she's been the most pimped contestant of the series (it doesn't make her the worst) but she's definitely the most pimped by far so if she does not win she's done very bad.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

Anything can happen in the final. Remember how close the vote between Luke and Nicholas was? And they didn't even have the app last year. That would have changed the result big time.

Originally Posted by The Mockerdeer

Whoever wins this year will have a dead career before they've even released a record, the other fans will resent them for winning it's how it goes every year.

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

That's why i'm glad that Andrea will probably come second. Runners up always do better.

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

Me and the fans will be voting hard. But whatever happens he's in the final and for someone who is not from the UK that is a massive achievement. He has had virtually no home support whatsoever, because they can't vote from there.

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

Last year the vote was very close between Luke and Nicholas. Luke almost finished second. It all depends on Andrea song choice. If he sings "I didn't know my own strenght" he could get in the final two.

Originally Posted by The Mockerdeer

If Fleur doesn't win she has done very bad considering she's been the most pimped contestant of the series (it doesn't make her the worst) but she's definitely the most pimped by far so if she does not win she's done very bad.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Hayllelujah

Now i hope Andrea or Ben wins.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Hayllelujah

It's not bitter to point out that Fleur not winning is poor considering she's been massively pimped throughout the series.

And let's be honest here if Fleur won and took advantage of all the pimping that she's received do you honestly believe that she will have a successful career? Answer honestly, the same goes for Andrea and Ben fans as well.

[Liam-]

Fleur will have a massive career, whether she wins or not, but if she does win, she'll do even better thanks to Simon's backing, what's the issue?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by NoëlEdmonds

Fleur will have a massive career, whether she wins or not, but if she does win, she'll do even better thanks to Simon's backing, what's the issue?

Whoever wins this series is who Simon is trying to paint as the “villain” of the year, Fleur would do a lot better not winning, the same goes for Ben and Andrea as the material that any of these would be given if they won would be truly dire, Syco do it time and time again unless it's a group of a kind.

[Liam-]

Originally Posted by The Mockerdeer

Whoever wins this series is who Simon is trying to paint as the “villain” of the year, Fleur would do a lot better not winning, the same goes for Ben and Andrea as the material that any of these would be given if they won would be truly dire, Syco do it time and time again unless it's a group of a kind.

Who's trying to be painted as a villain?

[Headie]

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

Now i hope Andrea or Ben wins.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Hayllelujah

This is why i can't support Fleur. Her fans always attack the other fanbases. This happens on Digital Spy and Facebook as well. Anyone who dares to have a different opinion is targeted.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by The Mockerdeer

Whoever wins this series is who Simon is trying to paint as the “villain” of the year, Fleur would do a lot better not winning, the same goes for Ben and Andrea as the material that any of these would be given if they won would be truly dire, Syco do it time and time again unless it's a group of a kind.

Time to get over this myth of "winners never do well, runer-ups do better". Yes, maybe that was true when the show was at its peak in 2009/2010, but ever since 2011 the winners have always had more success than the "losers"

2011: Little Mix won, had a fair few chart hits. Closest to success out of the losers was Amelia Lily with one song that charted decent?

2012: James Arthur won, his winners single did extremely well and 'Nobody til Somebody Loves You' did very well too, only Ella Henderson has managed to equal his success, although she will probably overtake him soon (granted, James is irrelevant now, but still had great success)

2013: Sam Bailey won. Her album sold more copies than Ella Henderson's did this year. Where is Nicholas McDonald? Where is Luke Friend?

The show has past its prime now. It's much better to win and be guaranteed a hit or two than to lose the show and risk not even being signed.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Hayllelujah

Time to get over this myth of "winners never do well, runer-ups do better". Yes, maybe that was true when the show was at its peak in 2009/2010, but ever since 2011 the winners have always had more success than the "losers"

2011: Little Mix won, had a fair few chart hits. Closest to success out of the losers was Amelia Lily with one song that charted decent?

2012: James Arthur won, his winners single did extremely well and 'Nobody til Somebody Loves You' did very well too, only Ella Henderson has managed to equal his success, although she will probably overtake him soon (granted, James is irrelevant now, but still had great success)

2013: Sam Bailey won. Her album sold more copies than Ella Henderson's did this year. Where is Nicholas McDonald? Where is Luke Friend?

The show has past its prime now. It's much better to win and be guaranteed a hit or two than to lose the show and risk not even being signed.

Luke Friend is working on his album. It will be out in summer.

[Samm]

Luke won't be successful

[Headie]

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

Luke Friend is working on his album. It will be out in summer.

With a relatively unheard of label, I believe? At least with Syco/Sony you are guaranteed promo/press etc. And you can only be guaranteed that if you win.

Most acts make albums after XF is over, but none ever do that well (2011 onwards I'm talking about)

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Hayllelujah

With a relatively unheard of label, I believe? At least with Syco/Sony you are guaranteed promo/press etc. And you can only be guaranteed that if you win.

Most acts make albums after XF is over, but none ever do that well (2011 onwards I'm talking about)

He's with Sony and has the same management as Ella Henderson : Crown management.

[Headie]

Originally Posted by NevaSnow

He's with Sony and has the same management as Ella Henderson : Crown management.

Well done to him.

We shall see if he flops or not. People might have forgot about him by then. I don't think it will help that Ben will still be fresh in peoples minds too, as they are similar artists.

[Vanessa]

Originally Posted by Hayllelujah

Well done to him.

We shall see if he flops or not. People might have forgot about him by then. I don't think it will help that Ben will still be fresh in peoples minds too, as they are similar artists.

They will need to promote it.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by NoëlEdmonds

Who's trying to be painted as a villain?

Simon will paint the winner as the villain as the general masses that don't watch the show will see the winner as one of Simon Cowell's pets, the fans of the other contestants will abuse the winner for all the favourtism that they've received over everybody else (which would be justified in Fleur's case) and we all know that Syco doesn't give out commercial songs to the winners most of the time, and the way that this year is playing out they're gonna scapegoat the winner.