“Thank to everyone who has supported us”.
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Her mentor Rita Ora congratulated her, saying: “Thank you to everyone for voting”.
Then it was Louisa’s turn with her song of the series, “It’s A Man’s World”.
The pop star and X Factor UK judge married French restaurateur Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini previous year in secret on the island of Mustique, with just four guests attending.
“In all the years I’ve done this show I’ve never, ever heard anything like that”. “You’re 17-years-old, you’re not human”. “It’s like a smack in the face, in a nice way”.
So what would her win be without her fave football club getting involved? Just go out there and just sing like it’s the first time we’ve ever seen you again. It blows my mind.
He said: “The X Factor’s the X Factor, I learnt the hard way, the X Factor is what it is”.
“Oh my god… I just…”
He said his highlight was his friendship with mentor Nick Grimshaw, who hugged his contestant and said: “I’m so, so proud”. “It was wonderful, it made me nervous for everybody”, he said. Only 0.1% split Che and Reggie n Bollie in the first two places.
While Cowell has so far stood by them publicly, it is not yet known if they will be invited back next year, with rumours circulating that Big Brother’s Emma Willis and Rylan Clark could be tapped up as replacements. “People don’t realise it’s even hard for us to do this and these guys have gone through insane things and it’s so impressive”.
Coldplay, Adele and One Direction all took to the stage.
“Oh Lauren was my favourite – when she couldn’t afford to buy new knickers – I loved that – I read that in the paper”. “Always go with your own instincts”. I didn’t think it would be possible.
One Direction, meanwhile, sang both “History” and new single “Infinity”, marking their last performances before their hiatus. Fans were very emotional as you can probably imagine.
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“You stand there like a professional singer and you have the audience in the palm of your hands”, said Cheryl.
