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Originally Posted by Braden

I really thought Leah was going to make it big post-show. I wonder if she'd be much more successful if she'd actually won, and if the state of the show would better if she had.

If she'd won and the show treated her properly, made her a star and gave her the platform etc I think the show would also be more successful (like how Leona holds a legacy for x factor)
Her season is the only one to have ratings improve as live shows went on, and it has the most watched finale despite starting off with the worst ratings. I'm pretty confident that was just because of her (topping iTunes and everything, that's the whole reason xfactor started doing that too)