Deadlock it goes...and Luke is going through!

It's all over for Rough Copy and Gary.

Such a shame for Rough Copy, but they will get a career out of this anyway. Don't care who wins now.

Luke was all but going home there, think Mrs O panicked a bit and gave the wrong decision

Wonder where she went afterwards....Telling off from the PTB and/or Simon perhaps?

In any case Louis guaranteed at least one of his acts in the final 2, not bad for his alleged final year on the show but seriously Nicholas should have been long gone by now

Gary has no acts left, so it's a straight shootout between Louis (1 win, Series 2) and Mrs O (no wins), who is also allegedly leaving after this series

Will be interesting to see who the duets will be next week, have a feeling Sam will get Michael Bolton

Duets have been announced

Sam and Nicole Scherzinger
Luke and Ellie Goulding
Nicholas and Shane Filan

Breaking news, whoever wins will join Beyonce on the UK leg of her world tour

It HAS to be Sam!

The final has begun and so far, it's all good at least.

Round 1

1. Sam Bailey
2. Luke Friend
3. Nicholas McDonald


Round 2

1. Sam Bailey
2. Luke Friend
3. Nicholas McDonald

Sam is just MILES and MILES ahead of the others, she MUST make the final two with Luke.

My Ratings:-

First Performance

1. Sam Bailey - 8/10
2. Luke Friend - 7/10
3. Nicholas McDonald - 7/10

Second Performance

1. Sam Bailey - 10/10
2. Nicholas McDonald - 8/10
3. Luke Friend - 7/10

Overall

1. Sam Bailey - 18/20
2. Nicholas McDonald - 15/20
3. Luke Friend - 14/20

Sam has certainly been better than the boys tonight - her performance with Nicole was just brilliant! Luke or Nicholas to go for me.

The first act through to tomorrow's final is...SAM BAILEY!

The second act through to tomorrow's final is...NICHOLAS!

Luke is out in Third.

Sam and Nicholas the final two!

No prizes for guessing who the winner will be

*cough* Sam *cough*

Glad Luke is gone, never been a huge fan of him. He will go on to be a success though I think. Sam would be my winner.

Predictable final 2

Think back to Season 4 though when Leon overcame the odds on favourite Rhydian, have a feeling there's going to be a shock tomorrow...Holding out hope Sam will win but getting this bad feeling Nicholas is going to edge it

Not the best start to the finale, but really enjoyed it when the joke acts came on

Round 3

1. Sam Bailey
2. Nicholas McDonald


Final Round

1. Sam Bailey
2. Nicholas McDonald

Skyscraper was a terrific choice for a winner's single, Sam has got to win this.

My Ratings:-

Third Performance

1. Sam Bailey - 9/10
2. Nicholas McDonald - 9/10

Fourth Performance

1. Sam Bailey - 9/10
2. Nicholas McDonald - 8/10

Overall

1. Sam Bailey - 36/40
2. Nicholas McDonald - 32/40

Sam has to win it for me, but for some reason I can picture Dermot saying 'Nicholas' when he announces the winner. Wouldn't be surprised with the whole of Scotland voting for him.

Well, we'll see if England and Wales will back Sam in order to stop that.

Here we go...

The winner of The X Factor 2013 is... *cough* Sam *cough*

SAM!

Over 1 million votes!

Well, here it is...time to find out if there'll actually be a battle in the charts for next week.

The winner of X Factor 2013 is...SAM BAILEY!

HELL YEAH!

Sharon also gets her first win at last!

So Sam wins, as expected. No doubt she'll be number 1 next week in time for Christmas.

And now we go back to my new predictions from earlier:



Called it!



I'm really glad I was wrong about this, perhaps I should've had more faith in him.



Called it!



I guess the producers decided to throw her under the bus after messing up a few times.



Called it!



Called it!

I did MUCH better with the predictions this year!

...and now we all wait for the Voting % chart to be released...