The X Factor's other verdict: Simon Cowell's control has its limits
Painter-decorator Matt Cardle won last night's X Factor final, leaving the show's creator, Simon Cowell, to lick his wounds after being ignored by the British publicThough Simon Cowell remains the richest and most powerful figure in British television, he again suffered the irritation of public defiance last night. In the final of the seventh series of The X Factor, the tycoon's favoured act – boy band One Direction – was dropped into third place by the telephone voting. In the resulting sin...
Guardian Music — Painter-decorator Matt Cardle won last night's X Factor final, leaving the show's creator, Simon Cowell, to lick his wounds after being ignored by the British publicThoug... more info
Scotsman.com — Former painter and decorator Matt Cardle won The X Factor last night, pipping Liverpudlian Rebecca Ferguson in the final poll in the ITV show watched by millions. more info
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