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It didn't. Somebody must have made an error that neither Radio 1 or Music Week has noticed yet

I'm from Barnstaple

Whereabouts in Devon, I'll try and have a look at some point?

That's a bit subjective. I personally don't have any strong feelings towards the song, but I can at least admit true emotion is evident in his version.

And where would Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah fit into this songwriting argument?

The X Factor voting details 13 Dec 08 X FACTOR 5 – VOTING DETAILS TOTAL VOTES CAST OVER ENTIRE SERIES : 16,469,064 Show 1 Eoghan Quigg 21.19% Scott Bruton 19.48% Laura White 16.99% Diana Vickers 7.35% Daniel Evans 7.21% Alexandra Burke 7.20% JLS 5.03% Rachel Hylton 4.77% Austin Drage 3.63% Ruth Lorenzo 3.47% Girlband 2.17% Bad Lashes 1.51% (Deadlock) Show 2 Eoghan Quigg 26.77% Diana Vickers 16.24% JLS 9.21% Laura White 8.99% Austin Drage 8.98% Daniel Evans 8.23% Alexandra Burke 7.15% Rachel Hylton 5.01% Scott Bruton 4.17% Ruth Lorenzo 2.95% Girlband 2.30% (Deadlock) Show 3 Eoghan Quigg 20.73% Diana Vickers 15.13% Rachel Hylton 12.21% JLS 10.81% Ruth Lorenzo 8.93% Alexandra Burke 8.83% Laura White 7.53% Austin Drage 6.22% Daniel Evans 5.94% Scott Bruton 3.67% (Judges) Show 4 Eoghan Quigg 19.81% JLS 17.00% Diana Vickers 15.24% Daniel Evans 10.83% Ruth Lorenzo 10.25% Alexandra Burke 8.82% Laura White 7.38% Austin Drage 6.86% (Judges) Rachel Hylton 3.81% Show 5 Eoghan Quigg 27.39% Alexandra Burke 18.35% Daniel Evans 13.77% JLS 13.26% Rachel Hylton 10.39% Laura White 9.90% (Judges) Ruth Lorenzo 6.94% Show 6 Diana Vickers 31.30% Eoghan Quigg 19.56% Ruth Lorenzo 13.91% Alexandra Burke 13.31% JLS 9.91% Daniel Evans 7.53% (Judges) Rachel Hylton 4.48% Show 7 Eoghan Quigg 31.79% Diana Vickers 18.94% Ruth Lorenzo 16.07% Alexandra Burke 14.97% JLS 11.75% Rachel Hylton 6.48% (Judges) Show 8 Alexandra Burke 24.53% JLS 24.34% Eoghan Quigg 19.58% Diana Vickers 16.32% Ruth Lorenzo 15.23% (Public) Show 9 JLS 35.03% Alexandra Burke 31.04% Eoghan Quigg 21.14% Diana Vickers 12.79% (Public) Show 10 (Final) – At vote freeze Alexandra Burke 44.02% JLS 30.65% Eoghan Quigg 25.33% Show 10 (Final) – Final Result Alexandra Burke 58.34% JLS 41.66%

Well it's on play, amazon and HMV. And of course it says to pre-order before January 5th to get the limited edition which means the release can't be too far off

So her album is out in March!

AMAZING.

Alexandra. PLEASE LET IT HAPPEN!

Wonderwall was brilliant and they deserved to stay over Girlband but they were never going to get very far. It's sad they've been totally ignored in the Hero song and video whilst Girlband are all over it

Daily Star report that Diana survived by less than half a percent last week, Alexandra topped the voting but Eoghan is still winning on most weeks http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/61310/Diana-nears-exit/

Confirmed song choices: Alexandra Burke: Don't Stop The Music (Rihanna) Unbreak My Heart (Toni Braxton) JLS: I'm Already There (Lonestar/Westlife) Umbrella (Rihanna) Eoghan Quigg: Does Your Mother Know (ABBA) Year 3000 (Busted) Diana Vickers: Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne) White Flag (Dido)

If it sold 32k on Sunday (the rumoured iTunes 28k + 4k from yesterday's mids), there's no reason it can't have sold 37k on the Monday to make the 69k. I'm sure sales are usually stronger on Mondays than Sundays because as we know downloads take a while to climb before reaching a peak during the week

I really hope that isn't true though. I can't imagine how Leona could lose out to Oasis and Take That with such a huge lead on iTunes

This was posted at chc: Take That bring their Circus to the top of the charts 12:01 | Tuesday December 2, 2008 By Ben Cardew Take That’s new album The Circus (Polydor) has taken a commanding lead in the albums chart and looks certain to score the number one spot this Sunday. The album shrugged off problems at EUK and Woolworths Retail to sell 132,985 units on its first day of release, more than four times as much as nearest competitors, the Killers’ Day And Age (Vertigo), a result that suggest the veteran boy band could be on the way to one of the highest weekly sales so far this year. Britney Spears’ new album, Circus (Jive), should secure a top three placing, having sold 24,288 copies on day of release, while Same Difference’s Pop (Syco) should debut top twenty. Meanwhile, Guns N’ Roses’ long awaited Chinese Democracy (Polydor) looks set to fall out of the top five. On the singles chart, Take That’s Greatest Day (Polydor) looks set to lose its chart crown to another Mancunian group – Oasis, with I’m Outta Time (Big Brother). Leona Lewis’s cover of Snow Patrol’s Run, which she performed on the X factor in November, should secure a top three placing.

Is it me or are the Christmas songs underperforming compared to last year? I know it's still early but I'm sure they were higher in 2007

JLS are bookies favourites to be eliminated

What happened in PI2?

Apparently James Morrison and Kaiser Chiefs

Kid Cudi is awful. Lady Gaga is amazing. End of.

December 13th, same night as the X Factor Final

No, it's on iTunes. I downloaded it this morning

Of course the album version should be on iTunes tomorrow too

I don't think Francesca will reach the final. Alexandra might though :P