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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.