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Pop mogul Simon Cowell says he has offered jobs to the couple who launched a successful campaign to prevent The X Factor notching up yet another Christmas number one.

Cowell said he was "gutted" at losing the battle for the top of the festive charts after Rage Against The Machine beat X Factor winner Joe McElderry to number one.

He was no "sore loser", Cowell added, as he revealed Jon and Tracy Morter, who led the Facebook campaign which ended the talent show's four-year run of number ones, had turned down his job offers.

Cowell said he was "genuinely impressed" by their campaign which he said had no funding and had not resorted to dirty tricks. "I offered them jobs at my record company. It could be in marketing or even running the company!" he told the Daily Mirror. "I wanted them to come and work for us. I was deadly serious but they haven't taken me up on the offer."

Cowell told the newspaper he now realised he had "taken too much for granted" and now accepted that some people do not like The X Factor. When the chart was revealed, Cowell said: "I am gutted for Joe because a number one single meant a lot to him, but I have to congratulate Jon and Tracy. I called Jon on Saturday to congratulate the two of them that, win or lose, they turned this into a very exciting race for the Christmas number one. I am proud of Joe - he worked really hard this week, but he has a great year ahead of him."

http://music.uk.msn.com/news/article...ntid=151448415

LOL @ them turning it down