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	<title>The X Factor Blog &#187; 2009 Contestants</title>
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		<title>Olly Murs straight to Number 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olly Murs has gone straight to the top of the UK charts with his debut single, &#8216;Please Don&#8217;t Let Me Go&#8216;.
He did this despite the tough competition from Katy Perry and Taio Cruz.  X Factor 2009 winner Joe McElderry famously failed to reach number one when his single was first released &#8211; although captured [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe McElderry fails to make Xmas number 1</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/20/joe-mcelderry-fails-to-make-xmas-number-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the first X Factor champion, Steve Brookstein, every X Factor winner, even Leon Jackson, has made the Xmas number 1 slot &#8211; but not this year.
As we reported earlier in the week, Joe faced a backlash against X Factor, with a Facebook-led campaign to take Rage Against the Machine&#8217;s Killing in the Name [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dannii Minogue: Lucie Jones should have won the X Factor</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/16/dannii-minogue-lucie-jones-should-have-won-the-x-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were inundated with comments when Lucie Jones left the X Factor, and it seems that it wasn&#8217;t just the public that felt wronged &#8211; judge Dannii Minogue did to.
She told Heat Magazine: &#8220;I was shocked. I think it showed a frightful side to his personal music taste.  He wimped out by not choosing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe McElderry X Factor 2009 Winner</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/13/joe-mcelderry-x-factor-2009-winner/</link>
		<comments>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/13/joe-mcelderry-x-factor-2009-winner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ X Factor is over for another year, and this year&#8217;s winner is Joe McElderry!
Joe McElderry, mentored by Cheryl Cole, was the bookie&#8217;s favourite for the final, but took some weeks to come to the  attention of the bookies.  There were more than 10 million votes for the final, so he had certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stacey Solomon out &#8211; Joe and Olly in the Final</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/12/stacey-solomon-out-joe-and-olly-in-the-final/</link>
		<comments>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/12/stacey-solomon-out-joe-and-olly-in-the-final/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the final weekend of the X Factor 2009, and today one act had to leave &#8211; that act was Stacey Solomon.
Stacey, or &#8216;Dagenham Stace&#8217;, as she was generally known, was gracious in defeat, saying that she was proud to come third in the competition.
Stacey had earlier performed with crooner Michael Buble.
Olly Murs and Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrity Duets for the X Factor Final REVEALED!</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/09/celebrity-duets-for-the-x-factor-final-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Joe McElderry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekends X Factor is to be split over two days, with all three acts singing on Saturday, and the final two in a sing-off on Sunday.
On Saturday, the acts will be joined by the now traditional celebrity pairings, and here&#8217;s who you can expect to see:
Stacey Solomon + Michael Bublé
Oly Murs + Robbie Williams
Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danyl Johnson out &#8211; Joe, Stacey and Olly in the final</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/06/danyl-johnson-out-joe-stacey-and-olly-in-the-final/</link>
		<comments>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/12/06/danyl-johnson-out-joe-stacey-and-olly-in-the-final/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2009 Contestants]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olly Murs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week saw the semi-final of X Factor 2009, and the exit of Danyl Johnson after he polled the lowest number of votes from the public
&#8220;I may have gone out in the semi-final, but I&#8217;ve gone out to some of the best people I&#8217;ve ever met&#8221; was Danyl&#8217;s gracious response when told of the result. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lloyd out after bottom-two face off with Olly</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/11/29/lloyd-out-after-bottom-two-face-off-with-olly/</link>
		<comments>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/11/29/lloyd-out-after-bottom-two-face-off-with-olly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 year old Welshman Lloyd Daniels failed to make it to the semi-finals after leaving the X Factor based only on the public vote.
Lloyd said &#8220;I just want to be recognised&#8221;, and Cheryl commented &#8220;Your only 16 &#8211; you&#8217;ve got loads of time!&#8221;
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		<title>Song Choices for Elton John/Take That Week</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/11/27/song-choices-for-elton-johntake-that-week/</link>
		<comments>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/11/27/song-choices-for-elton-johntake-that-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[2009 Contestants]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week everyone is singing two songs &#8211; one by Elton John, the other by Take That.  With John and Edward&#8217;s departure leaving Louis out of the running, will Dannii be eliminated with the exit of Stacey Solomon?  Or will Simon or Cheryl lose another act?
Here&#8217;s what they will be performing:
Stacey Solomon
Something About [...]]]></description>
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		<title>John and Edward leave the X Factor</title>
		<link>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/11/22/john-and-edward-leave-the-x-factor/</link>
		<comments>http://xfactorblog.co.uk/2009/11/22/john-and-edward-leave-the-x-factor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The marmite twins that everybody seems to love or hate have finally left the X Factor, after a bottom two sing-off against Olly Murs.
Singing Boyzone&#8217;s No Matter What, the boys were voted off by Simon, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, avoiding the deadlock situation that had saved them previously.
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