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Unlike the Number 2 Survivor, you guys have decided to oust the XF coronation single the first chance you get! 'The Climb', originally a song by Miley Cyrus, was chosen as The X Factor winning single for the 2009 series which saw Geordie sweetheart Joe McElderry become champion. If he had won any other year, he probably would have bagged that Christmas Number One with ease; after all Shayne, Leona, Leon and Alexandra had done just that the previous 4 years. Because interest and ratings were at an all-time high by 2009, non-XF fans were becoming aware of the monopoly the show had over the charts during the Christmas period. A Facebook campaign was set up and 'Killing In The Name' by Rage Against the Machine (the appropriately chosen song) ended up pipping poor Joe to the post when the campaign track shifted 502,000 to land at number one - 50,000 more than 'The Climb'. Joe did manage to climb to number one the following week but its fair to say he became the poster boy for XF and the enemy of "real music" fans around that time.



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10. Joe McElderry - The Climb [38.24%] 13 out of 34 votes