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The X Factor results have been revealed — and it could've been Janet

  • December 12, 2011
  • Brad O'Mance

The week-by-week voting patterns for this series of The X Factor have been announced and they reveal some alarming results — notably that the winner might have been Janet 'Devvo' Devlin.

Following Little Mix's 'triumph' last night, ITV announced that 'MMMBop' hitmaker Janet Devlin led the pack in the early stages of the show, polling first with the public in weeks two, three, four and five.

She was only knocked off the top spot into second place for the return of pink-haired Frankie Cocozza apologist Amelia Lily, in the sixth week. A fortnight later, Janet's vote and ability to retain lyrics collapsed and she found herself in the bottom two, exiting the show to Misha 'B' Bryan.

However, while returning finalist Amelia Lily was the most popular con­test­ant for three weeks during the show, eventual runner-up Marcus Collins failed to top the vote even once. From the semi-final onwards, Little Mix pulled in front and became the first group to win The X Factor, doing what bands like Journey South, The Conway Sisters and The Unconventionals had failed to achieve.

For those of you that with a penchant for per­cent­ages, we've compiled (copied and pasted) the full results below.
Where an act is high­lighted in red, it indicates they left.

The Final
Little Mix: 48.3%
Marcus Collins: 42.8%
Amelia Lily: 8.9%

The Semi Final
Little Mix: 34.4%
Marcus Collins: 24.0%
Amelia Lily: 21.4%
Misha B: 20.2%

Week 8
Amelia Lily: 23.8%
Little Mix: 22.4%
Marcus Collins: 21.0%
Janet Devlin: 18.3%
Misha B: 14.5%

Week 7
Little Mix: 26.1%
Misha B: 22.5%
Janet Devlin: 14.8%
Marcus Collins: 14.4%
Amelia Lily: 11.3%
Craig Colton: 10.9%

Week 6
Amelia Lily: 27.4%
Janet Devlin: 17.4%
Little Mix: 15.3%
Marcus Collins: 12.9%
Craig Colton: 10.6%
Kitty Brucknell: 8.4%
Misha B: 8.0%

Week 6 vote for a returning finalist:
Amelia Lily: 48.8%
James Michael: 26.7% SERIOUSLY?!
JonJo Kerr: 13.2%
2 Shoes: 11.3%

Week 5
Janet Devlin: 18.0%
Marcus Collins: 16.0%
Misha B: 12.2%
Little Mix: 11.9%
Craig Colton: 10.1%
Frankie Cocozza: 8.7%
Johnny Robinson: 8.3%
Kitty Brucknell: 7.6%
The Risk: 7.2%

Week 4
Janet Devlin: 14.7%
Little Mix: 13.7%
Craig Colton: 13.0%
Kitty Brucknell: 12.9%
Johnny Robinson: 12.2%
Marcus Collins: 10.1%
The Risk: 7.2%
Frankie Cocozza: 5.7%
Sophie Habibis: 5.4%
Misha B: 5.1%

Week 3
Janet Devlin: 17.2%
Johnny Robinson: 17.1%
Misha B: 11.8%
Marcus Collins: 11.2%
The Risk: 8.3%
Little Mix: 6.0%
Frankie Cocozza: 6.0%
Craig Colton: 6.0%
Sophie Habibis: 5.8%
Sami Brookes: 5.6%
Kitty Brucknell: 5.0%

Week 2
Janet Devlin: 23.6%
The Risk: 10.9%
Sophie Habibis: 8.9%
Little Mix: 8.7%
Misha B: 7.8%
Craig Colton: 6.9%
Marcus Collins: 6.8%
Johnny Robinson: 6.5%
Sami Brookes: 6.2%
Kitty Brucknell: 5.9%
Frankie Cocozza: 5.2%
Nu Vibe: 2.6%

Week 1
The judges voted out 2 Shoes, Amelia Lily, James Michael and JonJo Kerr.

  • Amelia Lily
  • Janet Devlin
  • Little Mix
  • Marcus Collins
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