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Matt Cardle Was Always The X Factor Favourite

Figures released show Matt was ahead from the start…

The winner of The X Factor 2010, Matt Cardle, led the votes for almost the entire series, ITV has now revealed.

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In an attempt to silence rumours of vote fixing by the producers, ITV have released voting figures for the whole series, which clearly show Matt has been stuck at the top spot from week two onwards, after he overtook the opening week favourite Mary Byrne.

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The figures show that, over the whole series, the show pulled in a whopping 15,448,019 votes across the whole run.
Simon Cowell and the judges have maintained throughout the show that they have had no access to the voting figures.
The X Factor 2010 voting stats in full are:
Week 1
Mary Byrne 22.28%
Matt Cardle - 15.14%
Cher Lloyd - 10.31%
One Direction - 10.04%
Aiden Grimshaw - 9.78%
Rebecca Ferguson - 6.51%
Paije Richardson - 5.83%
Treyc Cohen - 4.82%
John Adeleye - 2.46%
Diva Fever - 2.28%
Belle Amie - 2.13%
Wagner Carillho - 1.91%
Storm Lee - 1.89%
Katie Waissel - 1.55%
FYD 1.71%
Nicolo Festa 1.51%
Week 2
Matt Cardle - 24.39%
Mary Byrne - 18.55%
Cher Lloyd - 7.17%
One Direction - 9.84%
Aiden Grimshaw - 8.82%
Rebecca Ferguson - 7.99%
John Adeleye - 4..50%
Katie Waissel - 4.30%
Paije Richardson - 3.80%
Treyc Cohen - 2.82%
Wagner Carillho - 2.47%
Belle Amie - 1.86%
Diva Fever - 2.05%
Storm Lee - 1.44%
Week 3
Matt Cardle - 24.39%
Mary Byrne - 13.92%
One Direction - 11.08%
Cher Lloyd - 9.12%
Rebecca Ferguson - 8.46%
Aiden Grimshaw - 6.58%
Paije Richardson - 6.10%
Katie Waissel - 5.95%
Wagner Carillho - 4.50%
Belle Amie - 4.15%
Treyc Cohen - 2.39%
John Adeleye - 3.78%
Week 4
Matt Cardle - 20.60%
Cher Lloyd - 19.72%
Mary Byrne - 11.98%
One Direction - 11.79%
Rebecca Ferguson - 9.79%
Aiden Grimshaw - 6.70%
Paije Richardson - 6.22%
Wagner Carillho - 4.77%
Treyc Cohen - 3.14%
Katie Waissel - 2.73%
Belle Amie - 2.56%
Week 5
Matt Cardle - 33.41%
Rebecca Ferguson - 12.80%
One Direction - 12.13%
Mary Byrne - 12.02%
Cher Lloyd - 7.64%
Aiden Grimshaw - 5.85%
Paije Richardson - 5.19%
Wagner Carillho - 4.21%
Katie Waissel - 3.22%
Treyc Cohen - 3.53%
Week 6
Matt Cardle - 23.16%
Rebecca Ferguson - 18.24%
One Direction - 14.44%
Mary Byrne - 10.66%
Cher Lloyd - 8.88%
Paije Richardson - 8.02%
Wagner Carillho - 6.30%
Katie Waissel - 5.29%
Aiden Grimshaw - 5.01%

Week 7

Matt Cardle - 18.44%
Katie Waissel - 16.82%
Rebecca Ferguson - 12.85%
One Direction - 12.65%
Mary Byrne - 11.97%
Wagner Carillho - 9.90%
Cher Lloyd - 8.00%
Paije Richardson - 9.37%
Week 8
Matt Cardle - 31.95%
Rebecca Ferguson - 13.98%
Cher Lloyd - 13.19%
One Direction - 11.90%
Mary Byrne - 11.29%
Wagner Carrilho - 10.48%
Katie Waissel - 7.21%
Semi-final
Matt Cardle - 35.84%
Rebecca Ferguson - 20.22%
One Direction - 17.38%
Cher Lloyd - 11.57%
Mary Byrne - 14.99%
Final - Freeze One
Matt Cardle - 39.92%
Rebecca Ferguson - 25.71%
One Direction - 17.38%
Cher Lloyd - 15.83%
Final - Freeze Two
Matt Cardle - 39.83%
Rebecca Ferguson - 32.80%
One Direction - 18.54%
Final
Matt Cardle - 44.61% - The Winner!
Rebecca Ferguson - 38.63%


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