Who’s going to win X Factor, does facebook give the game away?
Looking at the stats on facebook likes , minus a few blips (Aiden’s gone, Paije is still in) this is matching the shows results. X Factor keep the voting figures closely guarded, (and the iTunes downloads aren’t reflected in the downloads chart) but the transparency of facebook makes for an interesting list.
The results are given out after the series though and looking back at 2009, the leader switched towards the end stage. http://xfactor.itv.com/2009/_uploads/documents/091213_votestats.pdf
Facebook isn’t going to show lost votes (its rare for people to UNLIKE) and its less effort to hit a like button than pay to vote, but should still reflect increasing popularity, so keep an eye on those ‘LIKES’.
So I think we can tell who will be in the final three, or at least which 5 are in the running incase theres a late surge/fail on an artist, which happens to be the 5 most talented oddly enough (one direction’s looks being their talent).
If it’s to be trusted the winner is already in the bag. and ITV need to suppress facebook!
