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LOL, people really thought These Days would miss the top 5? Like, the possibility of that happening was so low. People are always underestimating Take That.

I think they'll easily bet Sheeran's first week record.

Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, One Direction and Take That are obviously performing at some point. Demi Lovato with Cher Lloyd and Ariana Grande are strong possibilities.

Being basic as hell was never an obstacle for Taylor Swift unfortunately

Yeah, no. You need a rabid fanbase that is willing to buy your complete album. Rihanna and the other pop girls have worldwide appeal but most of the public is only here for the singles. Especially in the US, which is the main market.

LOL, as if being a pop girl with fans is enough to have an album debut and strategy like what Beyonce's did.

I think it's funny you guys think anyone besides Adele can pull off a successful surprise release like Beyoncé's

It;ll be Adele. It wouldn't work for anyone else.

I'm pretty sure both Take That and Adele will release albums at the end of the year and will probably end top 2. Ed Sheeran, One Direction and Coldplay will also be huge sellers. 1. Adele 2. Take That 3. Ed Sheeran 4. One Direction 5. Coldplay

1D always have HUGE drops, haven't they? I don't think they'll beat Emeli Sande

You don't measure someone's success solely on sales of ONE album. If someone had out-of-this-world phenomenal sales for one album and then became C-listers, then they're obviously not more commercially successful than someone that has maintained really good and stable sales for all their albums and singles. He does. I think the "exhaustion" thing is just b.s. to hype the performance more. But he was terribly managed, he had so much potential and his winning single reached extremely high position all over Europe and in Australia which was very shocking. And he ruined it all with his terrible attitude.

Nah, that's One Direction. She was the hottest thing ever for like 5 minutes then everyone in the world forgot about her. Better to have Olly Murs career -- which is very decent -- than hers. EDIT: lmao, sorry, didn't noticed everyone had already said the exact same thing before me. Anyway, completely uninspired choices for the last two weeks. X Factor is so repetitive in everything, including guest slots. Out of all performers this year, only 4 had not performed in the show before (Ellie Goulding; Cher; Mary J Blige; Robin Thicke). So, confirmed for the final so far: Katy Perry and Elton John. Who else you guys think will perform? Last year they had plenty of performers.

JLS on the 10th Nov? According to ITV Press Centre it's Robbie Williams and Celine Dion but they may have three performers that day.

No one cares about Gaga's "immense" performances at this point, she should try something more stripped down and focused on one song.....

Nah, I'm pretty sure Katy Perry chose to sing "Roar". Which was the most logical choice anyway, giving that it was still getting airplay and still top 10. No reason to push out the new single so early. Besides, her first big "Unconditional" TV performance will be on the Europe Music Awards and that was already announced weeks prior to her performance. I doubt it but we'll see. Anyway, there's only 18 spots for musical guests on the X Factor, not including the finale. So there's only 11 guest spots left and most of them are really easy to guess: James Arthur; One Direction; Robbie Williams; Celine Dion; Miley Cyrus; Olly Murs; Mariah Carey; Gary Barlow; Cher Lloyd and JLS. Very predictable. So there's only one guest spot left (tabloids were saying Gloria Estefan?) and the finale guests.

But Sweeter than Fiction is the theme song of a Simon Cowell movie and we all know he loves his cross-promotion. I would be very surprised if she didn't end up singing Sweeter than Fiction tbh.

So Venus isn't the second single anymore and DO What U Want is officially the single.... will she still perform Venus next week then?

So Gaga, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber all releasing new songs this Monday.

Already did but thanks for the heads-up Lady Gaga.

LMAO, just seen that!

Are you on the X Factor production team or a part of Gaga's entourage?

Gaga is less predictable than Katy Perry but, again, I reckon she'll sing Applause. It's her first televised performance of the era in the UK and acts always sing their first singles in this case, it's quite obvious. Then again, Gaga is known for not going the traditional route so you'll never know. She might end up doing 'Venus'. But if she ends up doing 'Applause' and everyone acts shocked over here I'll laugh 'cause it was not a shocking decision.... It's not strange actually, considering this is the single she is currently promoting in the UK, not 'Unconditional'. 'Roar' still being top 10 is actually a reason to keep promoting it instead of starting promoting a new song.

LMAO, I knew it. There was no way she would start promotion in the UK singing the second single. That's not surprising at all. And her first Unconditional performance will probably be the Europe Music Awards in a few weeks. She'll probably be invited to the final and sing Unconditional tbh....

Both are irrelevant and none will bring out much ratings imo There's no chance The Wanted will top One Direction. They're not on equal footing, 1D is hundreds times bigger. And btw, if 1D is going on the show to promote their album instead of the single, I guess that's what we can expect for other XF acts. So Union J and James Arthur will probably be on the week of their CD releases. And I actually doubt XF will deem Union J too "irrelevant" to be on the show. They're a SYCO act and they're from X Factor so and they do well enough so I it's pretty much impossible they won't be promoted at some point.

I honestly don't understand why The Wanted always have performance slots on the X Factor. They're hardly that relevant. I thought it was just so X Factor acts could get airplay at Capital but X Factor acts are mostly snubbed by Capital, aren't they? So I guess week 3 is The Wanted and James Arthur... or will James Arthur only be featured later on to promote his second single/album?