sort of beautiful

I think Joe is overrated and should have auditioned for the Joseph coat thingy.

tender looks

I think Olly is a wonderful showman, but vocally he just doesn't stand up to Joe or even Stacey for me, if I'm being honest I'd probably have preferred Stacey to be in the final two with Joe.

Brucas4life

Totally agree. I love watching Olly perform, he is the most natual performer and a born entertainer, but vocally he is nowhere near as good as Stacey or Joe. There is a reason why that apart from the duets Joe is the only act to have all four judges standing up for him, vocally he is faultless and he really connects with the song.

tender looks

At this stage, it also comes down to not just how good they are vocally, but also whose album I'd pick up in a shop and buy. I'd buy Joe's album tomorrow, Olly's not so much. That's the difference for me.

Voted for Joe 4 times today, might try and sneak in a few more before the show.

Brucas4life

There's no point in voting for someone to win and then when they release their music you don't want to buy it. Look what happened with Michelle McManus and Leon Jackson, they got so many votes but when it came down to it people didn't want to buy their music. I know I would buy music by Joe, and also Stacey. Olly on the other hand I wouldn't, but I would go and see him perform.

gingerly

Gutted for Olly, like, REALLY gutted, but I liked Joe too. So congrats to him! And I loved it when they all went on stage at the end. Bless.

tender looks

Well done Joe, deserving winner and I'm absolutely delighted. Back to back victories for Team Cole, a new X Factor record.

Special mention to Olly, a fantastic finalist and a lovely guy, I wish he could have won as well because he's fantastic. I'm sure he'll still go on to have a very bright future.

eternalnoob

God I loved that finale! And my bb Joe won! So happy for him and for Cheryl, of course. I would've been ecstatic as well of Olly won since he's a great performer and I love his personality but my pick to win was Joe all the way through the competition so I'm happy he won and will go on to, hopefully, have a massive career.

sprezzatura

As much as I wanted Stacey to win - and was kinda gutted when she was out on Saturday because I thought her duet with Michael Buble was incredible. I'm glad Joe won when it came to the finale two. Every week he came out and preformed and never faulted during any song.
I just despise the winner's single, it's cheese to the max. But I think I just find it so annoying because every time I hear it I hear the Miley Cyrus version () I will though buy it to support Joe, he's got so much talent.

tender looks

I know, who the hell picked THAT as the winners single, that's what mum and I were both saying. She was like "That's a crap song really." Joe should release his version of Don't Stop Believin' as a single instead.

Guys, what will we do with our Saturday nights now? They'll be so empty.

tender looks

Damn it FF.

tender looks

sprezzatura

Don't Stop Believin' always reminds be of Glee - I really can't win can I.

IKR! it's going to be so boring. Me and my mum were like "we're going to have to talk now" .
I'm so going to get tickets for next years tour.

tender looks

I don't watch Glee (I'm probably an endangered species at this point) so I have no comparison to make. All I know is I loved Joe's version, possibly even more than Journey's.

It made me a bit teary when all the contestants were on stage with Joe at the end, I was like "Awww man, it's really over."

sprezzatura

I think I'm probally download some of the songs from the live shows. I mean I LOVED Stacey's duet with Buble so much .
I've just listened to The Climb again and it's as cheesy as No Boundaries which was Kris Allen's winners single for AI 2009 Stop with the cheesy songs!